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	A key on the camera's front has 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
IR	Signal by an IR remote control (not available on D10 models).
MI	Microphone
PE	Periodic Event
PI	PIR sensor
RB	Recording Begin
RC	IP Notify
RD	Random event
RE	Recording End
RH	Recording of history image
RT	Recording Terminate
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 window

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

Receive a JPEG comment via the RS-232 interface

EM / EM2

E-Mail Action

Storing images on a File Server

FT / FT2

Perform File Transfer action

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

Switching Signal Output is active

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.

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.

Notes:

In general, the camera can use all symbols to indicate an error if the corresponding function fails.
Open the Text & Display Settings dialog to deactivate the display of Error Messages.
Error messages are always logged in the System Messages, even if the error messages are not displayed in the live image.

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