Configuring a feed

Once the feed is configured and running, you will see it appears in the ‘Feeds’ section of the main Console bar. Right-clicking over this feed will bring up a menu that allows you to configure the various settings for the selected feed

Show Feed

The Show Feed option controls whether the feed is show on screen

Bring to Top

Bring to top will bring the selected feed to the top of the screen, ensuring it is not hidden by other windows

Playback

The Playback option will bring up a playback window enabling you to review the images recorded for this camera

Motion map

Selecting Motion Map will bring up a window containing an image that represents the frequency of motion in each part of the image. Blue represents little motion, and red is large amounts of motion. Over a period of time, this feature will enable you to see where in the image most movement occurs

Settings

Selecting Settings from the feed menu will bring up a dialog box that enables you to configure the general settings for that feed. From the settings dialog you can configure the following

Motion Detection
Scheduling
Tracking
Overlays
Recording
PTZ
Web Access

Masks

Masks allow you to mark areas of the image not to be analysed by motion detection. This enables you to mask out areas that are not of interest, or areas of continuous motion that you wish to ignore.

Alerts

The Alert settings control how iCatcher Console alerts you when motion has occurred on a camera. iCatcher Console can alert you via SMS, Email, Audio, Windows Messages or by uploads to a web site.

Device

The Device dialog enables you the change and configure the settings used to capture images for the current feed.

Stop / Start

These options will stop or start the feed.

Rename

Rename allows you to change the name of the feed

Delete

Delete removes the current feed. Optionally, it will also delete all the recorded images associated with the feed.