IP camera components properties and interface

Version:2.24

Properties List
1 ShowTitle
Show the title of the video window or not
2 ShowStatus
Show the status of the video window or not
3 ShowToolBar
Show the toolbar of the video window or not
4 ShowOSDName
Show the device name in the video display area or not
5 ShowOSDTime
Show current time in the video display area or not
6 ShowFPS
Show frame rate on the status bar of the video window or not
7 ShowRate
Show the internet speed on the status bar of the video window or not
8 Lan
Language used in ActiveX file
Current support languages
Simple Chinese
English
Traditional Chinese

9 Ver
Current Version of the ActiveX file
Read only Property
10
DevState
The status of current ipcam
Returned
value

Presenting status

-1

No camera added

No work

Camera disconnected

Camera connected

Read only Property

11IsRecing
Record properly or not
Read only Property
12
TurnImg
Video can be turned over or not
13
CanPopupMenu
Menu can appear by clicking right button on the video window or not
14
SavePath
Video record and capture save path,when transferring StartRec or Capture, if appointing the
saving file parameter as savepath then video or picture will be saved under the SavePath
categoryand file name will use the current time automaticallyThe default category is My
Documents If no setting before a dialogue box will be appeared for your selecting
savepath.
15
Selected
Selected or not when multi-demo exist, then use this property to choose a certain one, so
that control it
16
EnableAlarm
Enable alarm notify. If alarm is enable, the event OnAlarm will be triggered on alarm. Note:
this function is valid on using device code to access device.
17
RecMpeg4
Record with MPEG4 format. It is valid for MJPEG IPCam.
18
IsFullScreen
Whether in full screen.
19
TransServer
Transmitting server IP address and prot. It is valid on ConnMode with 1.
20
VideoFixedRate
Show video with video resolution rate.
21
IsTalking
The status of talking.
22
Listen
The status of listen.

23
VideoRecv
Whether receiving video and audio data.
If set it to false, the activeX also connect the ip camera and receive the alarm notification.
This property is valiable for F series and the TCP mode must be set 1.
24
PTZProtocol
The PTZ decoder protocol. 0 is for no PTZ. 1 is for Pelco-D, 2 is for Pelco-P
*it is valid after AddDev.
25
VideoRate
Set the max video rate.
*it is valid after AddDev and before ConnectAll.
Method List
1 AddDev4
Add IP camera
Parameters Instruction:
Parameter

Type

Instructions

nDevType

whole

Device type, please refer to the form below

bLan

whole

Connect in LAN or notnot 0 means LAN mode.

szID

alphabetic Device code of the cameraif visiting by LAN mode, then

LAN IP address will be filled in.
string

nTCPPort

Whole

Reverseset to 0

szDevName

Alphabetic
string

Name of the camera displayed on the up left side of the

video window

szAcc

Alphabetic
string

Authorized account

szPwd

Alphabetic
string

Authorized password

nChannelID

whole

Path numberfirst path is 1, and so forth

Returned value is 0
Types of IP cameras
Types of IP cameras

Definetion

Without appointing

F series

902

Q series

906

V(H3) series

912

H series

918

T,C Series

924

PnP Series

922

2 ConnectAll
Connect the IP cameras
No parameter

No returned value
3 DisConnectAll
Disconnect the IP cameras
No parameter
No returned value
4 DevSet
Display IP camera setting page
No parameter
Returned value
returned
value

Status

Normal display, click confirm to return

-1

Normal display, click cancel to return

-2

Cannot display the window

5 NetSet
Display network setting page
No parameter
returned value
returned
value

Status

Normal display, click confirm to return

-1

Normal display, click cancel to return

-2

Cannot display the window

6 ClearDevs
Clean IP camera settings
No parameters
No returned value
7 StartRec
Start recording
Parameter Instruction:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

szFileName

Alphabetic
string

Path of saving record files, if szFileNam is empty an option

dialogue box will be appeared for selecting saving path If
szFileName is savepathfiles will be saved in SavePath

Returned value
Returned
value

Status

-1

No IP camera added or connected

-2

Video save path is empty

normal

8 StopRec
Stop recording
No parameter
Returned value:
Returned
value

Status

-1

No IP camera added or connected

Normal

9 Capture
Capture current pictures
Parameter instruction:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

szFileName

Alphabetic
string

Picture saving path can save picture with bmp or jpg

format judge it according to the extension name If
szFileName is empty an option dialogue box will be
appeared for selecting saving path If szFileName is
savepathfiles will be saved in SavePath

Returned value
Returned
value

Status

-1

No IP camera added or connected

-2

No picture captured

-3

Saving file error, maybe the disk is unable to write or is full

Normal

10
CaptureTool
Display the capture tool of the plug in
No parameter
Returned value:
Returned
value

Status

-1

No IP camera added or connected

Normal

11FullScreen
Display the video window in full screen
No parameter
No returned value
12
PTZ
Pan/Title control

Parameter:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

nPro

int

PTZ Protocol 0:Pelco-D1:Pelco-PDefault is Pelco-D

nAddr

int

Address of decoder board, default is 1

nDir

int

Actions, see following table

nSpeed

int

Speed,1~255

nParam

int

Parameter for preset

bWithStop

int

Whether send stop action after action 0:no, 1:yes Just M

series support this parameter

No returned value
PTZ actions:
nDir value
-1
0
1
2
3
4
13
5
6
7
8
9
10
14 11
12
13
14
15
16
15 17
18
19
20

action
Stop
Up
Left
Right
Down
Focus+
FocusZoomZoom+
Autoscan on
Autoscan off
ApertureAperture+
Light off
Light on
Goto preset position nParam
Set preset position n
Delete preset position n
Up-left
Down-right
Up-right
Down-left

StartTalk
Start talking
No parameter
No returned value
StopTalk
Stop talking.
No parameter
No returned value
SDPlay
Show the window to play the SD
file

Parameter
Parameter

Type

Instruction

nDevType

Int

Types of IP cameras. View the types table.

szDevName

string

Camera name, ignore for T PnP series

szUrl

string

If the nDevType is 918, it is the camera url(include the

port).Ifthe nDevType is 925, it is the UID.

szAcc

string

User name of the camera. ignore for T PnP series.

szPwd

string

Password of the camera.

Types of IP cameras:
Types of IP cameras

value

H Series

918

T PnP Series

925

Events:
1 OnAlarm
Called on IP camera alarming.
Parameter:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

bStart

Integer

1 0

Note: It is valid when the F serials is connected with IP address and SN, the E,M serials is
connected with SN.
2 OnVideoConnected
Called when the IP camera is connected.
Parameter:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

BmpInfo

Integer

BITMAPINFOHEADER structure pointer

AudioFmt

Integer

AUDIOFOMRATEX structure pointer

3 OnVideoDisconnect
Called when the IP camera is disconnected.
No parameters.
4 OnVideoSample
Called on receiving a video or audio frame data.
Parameter:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

nFrameID

Integer

Video or Audio frame index

IsVideo

Integer

1:video, otherwise audio

pData

Pointer

Video or audio data pointer, PBYTE

nDataLen

Integer

Video or audio data length

Invalid interfacethese interface is invalid

1 Start
2 SwitchLayout
5 OnPreVideoSample
The Original video data callback.
Parameter:
Parameter

Type

Instruction

nFrameID

Integer

Video or Audio frame index

bDecode

Integer

Whether the decoded video data, if set to 0, the control data

can not be decoded to the original

bShow

Integer

Whether to display the video, if set to 0, the control does not

display the video screen. If set to 1, the original data will be
decoded and the display.

pData

Pointer

Video data pointer, PBYTE

nDataLen

Integer

Video data length

Real file list

Files

Instruction

ipcamax.ocx

ActiveX file, need to register when instalation

AudioCodec.dll

Audio process

AviWriter.dll

Record process

Com1024.dll

Related to IP camera communication

ddisp.dll

Related to display

ipcamax.lb5

Traditional Chinese

ipcamax.lcn

Simple Chinese

ipcamax.len

English

ijl15.dll

JPEG function base

LPng.dll

Image function base

oemopt.dat

Configuration file

Option.ini

Configuration file

vcore.dll

Related to video

vvfw.dll

Related to video

ZPlayer.exe

Video player, program transferring method ZPlayer.exe file play path

ZPlayer.lb5,
ZPlayer.lcn,
ZPlayer.len

Video play language file

These files should be in the same category when assign them.