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NETAVIS Observer 4.5 User Manual (December 2014)
2. In the control icon list click the right mouse button and choose Add I/O contact… from the
pop-up menu. This opens the Modify I/O Contact Control dialog (for a screenshot see 14.5.5
Modifying I/O contact control appearance and behavior on page 133).
In this dialog you can define the name of the control and the two images for activated and
deactivated states. Also set the Control type: An Input contact displays the state of the input
contact of an I/O device. An Output contact allows you to switch an output contact of an I/O
device. An Impulse button allows you to manually switch an output contact for a predefined
period of time.
For example, for an input contact that shows the state of a gate barrier you can use images that
reflect the open and closed state of the barrier.
3. Click OK to create the new camera control icon.
14.6 Layout navigation and operation (Navigation mode)
Switch to Navigation mode by clicking the navigation mode icon
by choosing Project > Switch to navigation mode.
at the right side of the tool bar or
Note: An Observer client must be running under the same user on the same client workstation so that
it can be controlled by Layout Navigation.
14.6.1 Peeking live video of mapped cameras
The default behavior of some camera icons is that you can peek at live video of mapped cameras by
moving the mouse pointer over a camera icon. Then the live video stream will be shown on top of the
layout:
As soon as you move the mouse pointer away from the icon, the stream disappears. This behavior can
be changed with the Modify control icon dialog (see 14.5.1 Modifying camera control appearance
and behavior on page 130).
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