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Configuration Article | CA-20201130-TP-10 VDG Sense | Setup | Layouts  |
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Required Sense version: 2.7. |
6 or higher |
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Introduction
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In VDG Sense version 2.7.2 6 and higher it’s possible to create (serverbased) on-screen messages, which are presented as an overlay over a video- or playbackpanel. Up to 4 rectangular zones can be defined with different styling in background color, fontcolor and fontsize. When a message is sent via a macro the API command ‘Custommessage’, the on-screen message is displayed in the eventbox
Configuration
The ‘OSM Style’ can be configured in the On-Screen Message configuration dialog. This dialog is opened by selecting a live or playback video panel and pressing Edit Custom Message button in the Panel Settings area of the Layout Manager. The following dialog appears:
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On the right side of the dialog the settings for the selected OSM style can be modified. To enable or disable the OSM the Enable checkbox either needs to be checked or unchecked. The Name field is providing a (unique) name for OSD Style.
Event box
Up to 4 Eventboxes can be created, each with different size, textstyle, background-color, opacity and position. When pressing the + button, the eventbox will appear in the preview panel and size and position can be changed in the panel.
The setting under the Event box menu are per Event box. Changing a setting will be visible in the corresponding eventbox in the preview panel.
Playback and Video Export
The On-screen Messages are stored as metadata with the recordings, and can optionally be displayed during playback or can be exported with the videodata.
Use case examples of this feature
Alarm triggering:
Traffic monitoring → After an incident, a message on the camera panel can pop indicating an alarm status
Event Visualisation
Licenseplate recognition being displayed as an overlay in the camera panel.
Related
API function OSM