Metadata Display

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It relies on the Metadata Display tabbed page to set how to show the metadata onscreen.

 

To access the Metadata Display tabbed page for the metadata channel:

 

1. From the Tree Console, click the topic Metadata Server.

 

2. Click the topic metadata source.

 

3. Click the metadata source to which the metadata channel to configure belongs.

 

The Properties tabbed page opens in the Configuration Pane for the metadata channel to configure by default.

 

4. Click the Metadata Display tab.

 

The Metadata Display tabbed page then opens.

 

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Take a closer look at the user interface. The Metadata Display tabbed page shows a screen simulation at the top to set where to show the metadata onscreen.

 

Click and drag the rectangle where the metadata sample text is to set the location for the metadata onscreen. And click and drag the eight nodes of the rectangle to resize the rectangle.

 

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Other featured settings are:

Setting

Description

Default

Font

Sets the font for the onscreen metadata

Tahoma

Font size

Sets the font size for the onscreen metadata.

10

Bold

Enables/disables bold font or the onscreen metadata.

Deselected

(Disabled)

Font color

Sets the font color for the onscreen metadata.

black

Font edge color

Sets the outline color for the font of the onscreen metadata.

white

Background color

Sets the border color for the onscreen metadata.

Use the slide bar to adjust the transparency of the border color.

blue

Associated Camera

Associates the metadata setting with a Video Device.

None

Associated Camera display

Enables/disables showing the metadata with associated camera on Live view.

Selected

(Enabled)

Display timeout

Enables/disables clear transaction display after __ sec. timeout, or remain transaction display until next transaction comes.

Enable the timeout to be able to set the timeout in the sec field.

Clear transaction display after 10 sec. timeout.