Video unit - Peripherals tab - This section lists the settings found in the Video unit Peripherals tab in the Video task. - Security Center 5.12

In the Peripherals tab, you can view all the peripheral devices (inputs or outputs, audio encoders, and audio decoders) found on the unit. Some of these devices may not be explicitly shown as entities, such as the video encoders or video decoders.

Peripheral State (LED)

• Green (): Active peripheral.
• Red (): Peripheral disabled by user.
• Yellow (): Peripheral activation in progress.
  NOTE: If the LED stays yellow, it indicates that the peripheral is either not supported or has problems, in which case it is recommended to disable it.

Name

Logical name. It is the same as the physical name by default.

Logical ID

Logical identifier.

Description

Description of the device.

You can also modify the selected peripheral devices.

Edit the item ()

Change the settings of the selected peripheral device.

Enable/Disable selected items (/)

Enable or disable the selected peripheral devices.

CAUTION:

Disabling an item permanently deletes it along with all associated settings.

The setting specific to output relays is as follows:

Default mode

Default state of the output relay.

Normally open

The normal contact state of the output is open.

Normally closed

The normal contact state of the output is closed.

The settings specific to speakers (audio decoder devices) are as follows:

Volume

Desired volume level (0 to mute, 100 equals maximum volume).

UDP port

The port number used when the connection type is unicast UDP.

Connection type

Connection type that is used between the unit and the Archiver for this audio decoder.

The settings specific to microphones (audio encoder devices) are as follows:

Data format

Audio compression format.

Input type

Type of input source.

Line in

Used for pre-amplified source.

Mic in

Use this port if the microphone is directly connected to the unit. In this case, the signal is amplified by the hardware.

Internal

Use microphones integrated to the unit.

Sensitivity

Desired amplification level (default=68). The lower the level, the less sensitive the microphone is to ambient noise, but the recording level is also lowered.

UDP port

The port number used when the connection type is unicast UDP.

Connection type

Connection type that is used between the unit and the Archiver for this audio encoder.

Multicast address

The multicast address and port number are assigned automatically by the system when the video unit is discovered. Each audio encoder is assigned a different multicast address with a fixed port number. This is the most efficient configuration.