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Abbreviations Used in the MOBOTIX Camera

The abbreviations (also called 'symbols') listed in the table below are displayed at the bottom of the camera images. They inform you about camera events, actions and messages as well as errors and display status information.

These shortcuts are visible in the Live images, the stored images and the event stories. For example, using the abbreviations displayed in the Player images you can identify the lens that has triggered the storage of an image or event story.

Event Symbols

Event symbols are displayed in the lower left corner of the image and indicate the activated events. Symbols are only shown for activated events.

Colors of Event Symbols

State Color Example Remark
enabled White UC User Click, see below
Triggered Red UC  
Event Dead Time Grey UC Only, if an Event Dead Time has been set in the Event Settings dialog.

List of Event Symbols

Symbol Description
BT Keys on the camera's body have been pressed.
CI RS232 message received via the serial interface.
EC Event counter (only if the Event Counter has been activated in the Event Filter dialog).
IL Illumination
MI Microphone
PE Periodic Event
PI PIR sensor
RB Recording Begin
RC IP Receive
RD Random event
RE Recording End
RH Recording of history image
RT Terminate Recording
SC This event is triggered by the CTS signal (pin 8-5)
(only, if the serial interface has been set to Data mode).
SI Signal Input
SR This event is triggered by the DSR signal (pin 6-5)
(only, if the serial interface has been set to Data mode).
SX This event is triggered by the RxD signal (pin 2-5)
(only, if the serial interface has been set to Data mode).
TP Temperature
TT Time Task event
UC User Click
VM Video Motion Detection

Message and Action Symbols

These symbols are displayed in the lower right corner of the image and indicate, that the corresponding action or message is active. Symbols are only shown for activated actions and messages.

Colors of Message and Action Symbols

State Color Example Remark
enabled Yellow EM E-Mail, see below
Executed Aqua EM Only while the function is being activated.
inactive Grey EM E.g. by time table.
Error Red EM  

As Recording has additional options, the REC symbol has an expanded color scheme (see table below).

List of Message and Action Symbols

Symbol Description
CL / CL2 ISDN Call Action
CT Receive a JPEG comment via the RS232 interface
EM / EM2 Send an E-Mail
FS Storing images on a File Server
FT / FT2 Perform File Transfer action
HR Record history image
IP / IP2 Send TCP Message
REC

The camera is storing images in its internal storage (RAM).

Colors of the REC symbol:

State Color Example Remark
enabled Yellow REC  
inactive Grey REC By time table or when recording is deactivated (Arm Recording is Off or has been deactivated using a key switch in conjunction with the signal input).
Event Recording Aqua REC Only while an event recording is taking place.
Continuous Recording Green REC  
Error Red EM  
SD / SD2 Sound on event is active
SO Switching Signal Output is active
TR The Terminate Recording action has been triggered and the camera has stopped recording. The symbol is displayed in gray (TR) and a message in the live image above the symbols will indicate the status.
VA Visual Alarm is active.

Status Symbols

These symbols are displayed in the lower right corner of the image to indicate a certain status of the camera. The default color is yellow: DY.

Symbol Description
DY The camera is using the day lens (only Day/Night models).
NI The camera is using the night lens (only Day/Night models).

Additional Symbols

These additional symbols are not linked to a specific event or action and are only displayed above the event symbols if an error has occurred. The default color is yellow: LG.

Symbol Description
LG Error processing a logo.
OA Error obscuring image areas.
SB Error triggering a softbutton function.

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See also: Open Help in the Text & Display Settings dialog.

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