Vigil Client has many different configuration options available. Please be sure to thoroughly review this section to ensure proper software operation.
Opens the “Settings” window. You can also open this window from the menu by going to “View | Settings”.
5.10.1 Startup Tab
The “Startup” tab controls the behaviour of Vigil Client when it first opens.
Auto Logon to All Servers on Startup
When enabled, Vigil Client connects to all servers when the program is launched.
Show Splash Screen on Startup
When enabled, the Vigil Client splash screen is displayed when the program is launched.
Enable Client Login
When Client Login is enabled, a username and password is required when launching Vigil Client. The default username is “user” and the default password is “123”.
Opens the “Change Client Login” window. Type in a new user name and password to change them from the default.
5.10.2 Live Tab
The “Live” tab controls the “Live Viewer” video streaming mode.
Frame by Frame
Enables the transfer of motion block information for use with the SDK. It is not recommended to enable this feature.
5.10.3 Search / Playback Tab
The Search/Playback tab controls options relating to the searching and playback of video footage and POS data. simultaneously. To conserve server resources, leave this option disabled. previously searched items are remembered and are listed in the “Items”
dropdown list. Use the arrows to select how many search items will be remembered.
Set Connection Timeout to X
minutes
When searching video footage, select how many minutes to wait for results from the server before displaying a “Connection Timeout”
message.
Auto Sense This is the default value. It will enable the cache to become dynamic and change as required.
Caching Threads
Changes how many caching threads will be used. Each caching thread opens a TCP connection to the DVR, increasing possible bandwidth, but may be limited on CPU usage, as well as the maximum throughput to the DVR.
Cache Size
This is the size of the cache, in number of frames. Settings from 30 to 1800 frames are available. The higher the frame rate, the higher the cache size is recommended.
5.10.4 Alarms Tab
The “Alarms” tab controls the notification settings for alarms received from connected servers.
Automatically Display Inbound Alarms From Server
When enabled, inbound alarms from Vigil Server are automatically displayed in the “Alarms” window.
Audio Notification
Instructs the system to beep or play a Wave file when an incoming alarm is displayed.
System Beep – A system beep is played.
Wave File – Uses an audio WAV file instead of a system beep.
- Browse to the WAV file that will be played.
- Plays the selected WAV file. Changes into a “Stop” button after WAV file begins playing; click again to stop.
Auto Acknowledge After X Seconds
Automatically acknowledge alarm notifications after the specified number of seconds.
5.10.5 Hardware Tab
The “Hardware” tab contains settings specific to the video rendering hardware installed on the client system.
Use Live Overlay From Capture Card
If the Vigil Client PC has a Video Capture card that supports live overlay (hardware rendering), enable to view live overlay from the Video Capture card. Select the video capture card type from the dropdown list. For more information, please contact [email protected]
Use Direct Draw If the Vigil Client PC supports DirectDraw, the program will produce a better quality picture with faster rendering.
5.10.6 Destinations Tab
The “Destinations” tab configures locations for saving video footage, data records, and still shots.
If no destinations are configured, you will not be able to export footage, data, or still shots.
Opens the “Media Control” window that allows you to add and configure another destination.
Destination Name – The name that will be displayed when selecting a destination to save to.
Destination Path – The path to the destination, or click to browse to a location.
Local hard drive locations or network locations are allowed.
Destination Type – Changes how this destination appears in the selection list:
• Default On – By default, the destination checkbox will be selected.
• Default Off – By default, the destination checkbox will not be selected.
• Silent Send – All exports are also sent to this destination without notifying the user.
Include DV Player - Saves the DV Player to the destination in addition to the video during an export. This setting is normally used for CD-R or DVD-R media type destinations.
Opens the “Media Control” window for the selected destination. This enables you to change any settings for this destination.
Deletes the selected destination.
Note:
Deleting a destination will not delete the Windows folder or the files contained in that destination.5.10.7 Audio Tab
The “Audio” tab controls the buffering and compression of audio streams.
Pre Buffer The Pre Buffer is the number of milliseconds to buffer when streaming live audio. Use the arrows to modify the pre buffer.
Compression
The compression mode can be selected from three options. The higher the level of compression, the lower the audio quality but less network bandwidth is required.
• PCM (No compression) – Digital audio with no compression.
• ADPCM (4:1) – Digital audio with an approximate compression ratio of 4 to 1.
• GSM610 (10:1) – Digital audio with an approximate compression ratio of 10 to 1.
5.10.8 Chat Tab
The Chat tab controls the audio settings for the Chat utility.
Pre Buffer The Pre Buffer is the number of milliseconds to buffer when listening to audio chat. Use the arrows to modify the pre buffer.
Quality Selects the recording quality.
Compression
The compression mode can be selected from three options. The higher the level of compression, the lower the audio quality but less network bandwidth is required.
• PCM (No compression) – Digital audio with no compression.
• ADPCM (4:1) – Digital audio with an approximate compression ratio of 4 to 1.
• GSM610 (10:1) – Digital audio with an approximate compression ratio of 10 to 1.
5.10.9 Sitemaps Tab
The “Sitemaps” tab instructs Vigil Client where to locate sitemap files.
Top Level Maps Location
Enter the path to the top level sitemaps or click the button to browse to the location.
5.10.10 Transcoder Tab
The “Transcoder” tab allows configuration of up to four video transcoders to recode video and display it on an analog monitor. For more information, please contact CSI Technologies. Contact information is available at the end of this document.
Constant Quality/Bitrate
Selects the type of encoding. Constant Quality will ensure the quality of the encoding never falls below a certain threshold (Low, Medium, High, and Super-High) but at the expense of playback performance (reduced frame rates and skipping/jumpiness). Selecting Constant Bitrate will ensure a constant bitrate is sent, at the expense of image quality. For high frame rate/high motion video feeds, it will help the playback performance, improving video smoothness.
Deinterlacing Addresses interlacing issues that may occur on high resolution video feeds.
Enabled Enables the specific transcoder.
Register, Control, Streaming Ports
Changes the ports to use to connect to the transcoder. Refer to the documentation of the video transcoder to correctly set these ports.
Auto Link Enable to establish a connection with the transcoder automatically.