Video unit - Peripherals tab

This section lists the settings found in the Video unit Peripherals tab, in the Video task.

In the Peripherals tab, you can view all the peripheral devices (inputs/outputs, audio encoders/decoders) found on the unit that are not 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.

Output relay settings

The setting specific to output relays is as follows:

Default mode:
Default state of the output relay.
- Normally option:
  The normal contact state of the output is open.
- Normally closed:
  The normal contact state of the output is closed.

Speaker settings

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

Volume:
Desired volume level (0 to mute, 100 equals maximum volume).
UDP port:
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.

Microphone settings

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 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 will also be lower.
UDP port:
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.