Using Variables

LEV / LASTEVENT: Last Event

$(LEV.DATE)

Date and time of the last event

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

$(LEV.TIME)

Time of the last event

hh:mm:ss

$(LEV.SECONDS)

Seconds since the last event

Seconds

$(LEV.RELATIV)

Time since the last event

hh:mm:ss

EVT / EVENT: Event

$(EVT.AST), $(EVENT.AST)

Displays all activated Action Groups.

$(EVT.EST.SELECTED), $(EVENT.EST.SELECTED)

Displays all active events.

$(EVT.EST.ACTIVATED), $(EVENT.EST.ACTIVATED)

Displays the event that triggered an alarm.

$(EVT.SYA), $(EVENT.ANTE)

Displays the number of the pre-alarm images currently set.

Pre-Alarm Images

$(EVT.SYP), $(EVENT.POST)

Displays the number of the post-alarm images currently set.

Post-Alarm Images

$(EVT.SIA), $(EVENT.ANTEINTERVAL)

Displays the interval between the pre-alarm images.

Milliseconds

$(EVT.SIP), $(EVENT.POSTINTERVAL)

Displays the interval between the post-alarm images.

Milliseconds

$(EVT.VATIMESTAMP)

Shows the time stamp of the last time a visual alert (VA) was acknowledged.

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

$(EVT.VAD)

Shows the date of the last time a visual alert (VA) was acknowledged.

YYYY-MM-DD

$(EVT.VAT)

Shows the time of the last time a visual alert (VA) was acknowledged.

hh:mm:ss

$(EVT.VAS)

Shows the status of the visual alert (VA) in this image.

HIDE (hidden) or DRAW (shown)

FPR / FINGERPRINT: Fingerprint Information

$(FPR.VER), $(FINGERPRINT.VERSION)

Version number of the JPEG comment

$(FPR.PRD), $(FINGERPRINT.PRODUCER)

Manufacturer name (MOBOTIX)

$(FPR.FRM), $(FINGERPRINT.FRAME)

Unique image number of every digitized image since the camera has been rebooted.

$(FPR.ENO), $(FINGERPRINT.EVENT)

Currently valid event number; for an event images, the number of the event.

This variable is only available with active recording and outside of image profiles.

$(FPR.IMT), $(FPR.IMAGETYPE)

Image type

$(FPR.TIMESTAMP)

Date and time as $(TMS)

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.msec

$(FPR.DAT)

Date as $(TMS.DAT)

YYYY-MM-DD

$(FPR.TIM)

Time as $(TMS.TIME)

hh:mm:ss.msec

$(FPR.TIT)

Seconds and milliseconds as $(TMS.TIMET)

ss.msec

$(FPR.TZN)

Abbreviation of the current time zone as in ($TMS.ZONE)

ZZZ

IMG / IMAGE: Image Variables

$(IMG.CTY)

Shows information on the camera model. If this variable shows MONO, all parameters will parameters will only display the value for the right lens.

DUAL, MONO

$(IMG.ICC)

Video codec used for converting this image to JPEG

MxPEG, JPEG

$(IMG.FRJ)

Frame rate of JPEG/MxPEG conversion

Hz

$(IMG.FRB)

Digitizer rate of the camera sensor (Bayer frame rate)

Hz

$(IMG.XTO), $(IMG.XRES)

Image size of the X dimension in pixels

X pixels

$(IMG.YTO), $(IMG.YRES)

Image size of the Y dimension in pixels

Y pixels

$(IMG.QLT), $(IMG.QUALITY)

Quality level of JPEG/MxPEG conversion in percent

Percent

$(IMG.CAM)

Image type or selected image sensors when this image was recorded

RIGHT, LEFT, BOTH, PIP

$(IMG.ZOM)

Selected Zoom level (x1000) of this image. 1000=1x Zoom

1000..8000

$(IMG.PAX)

Center of the zoomed image section in X direction.

-1000=left, 0=center, 1000=right

-1000..0..1000

$(IMG.PAY)

Center of the zoomed image section in Y direction.

-1000=bottom, 0=center, 1000=top

-1000..0..1000

$(IMG.MIR)

Mirroring of the image

NONE, VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, BOTH

$(IMG.ROT)

Rotation of the image in degrees

0..359

$(IMG.SRP[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Sharpness setting of the right or left image

-2..0..10

$(IMG.ACT[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Setting of the auto contrast

OFF, AUTO

$(IMG.BRT[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Brightness setting for both lenses

-10..0..10

$(IMG.BLT[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Backlight correction for both lenses

-10..0..10

$(IMG.CSA[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Color saturation. -10 = B/W

-10..0..10

$(IMG.BBL[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Blue Balance

-10..0..10

$(IMG.RBL[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Red Balance

-10..0..10

$(IMG.NSM[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Setting of the noise filter

OFF, LOW, HIGH

$(IMG.EXB[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Black pixel correction

ON, OFF

$(IMG.EXW[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Weighting of the measurement windows for exposure. TOTAL: Ignore exposure windows, use full image to determine exposure.

0..100, TOTAL

$(IMG.WBW[.RIGHT|LEFT])

White balance weighting. TOTAL: Ignore exposure windows, use full image to determine white balance.

0..100, TOTAL

$(IMG.AVB[.RIGHT|BOTH|LEFT])

Mean brightness of the image in percent. BOTH is the mean value of both the right and the left lens.

0..100

$(IMG.AMB[.RIGHT|BOTH|LEFT])

Minimum mean image brightness. This value is important for night improvement.

0..100

$(IMG.GNG[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Green amplification of the camera sensor. The value range depends on the sensor.

128..1024..16384

$(IMG.GNR[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Red amplification of the camera sensor. The value range depends on the sensor.

128..1024..16384

$(IMG.GNB[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Blue amplification of the camera sensor. The value range depends on the sensor.

128..1024..16384

$(IMG.CNG[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Green color correction value. 1024=1. 0=No correction required.

128..1024..16384

$(IMG.CNR[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Red color correction value.

128..1024..16384

$(IMG.CNB[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Blue color correction value.

128..1024..16384

$(IMG.LFQ)

Power supply frequency in Hz

50, 60

$(IMG.EXI[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Minimum exposure time in microseconds

Microseconds

$(IMG.EXI[.RIGHT|LEFT].SECOND)

Minimum exposure time in seconds Example: 1/90

seconds 1/x

$(IMG.EXA[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Maximum exposure time in microseconds

Microseconds

$(IMG.EXA[.RIGHT|LEFT].SECOND)

Maximum exposure time in seconds Example: 1/90

seconds 1/x

$(IMG.EXP[.RIGHT|LEFT])

Current exposure time in microseconds

Microseconds

$(IMG.EXP[.RIGHT|LEFT].SECOND)

Current exposure time in seconds. Example: 1/90

seconds 1/x

TMS / TIMESTAMP: Timestamp Information

$(TMS)

Timestamp & milliseconds

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.msec

$(TMS.DATE)

Date according to ISO 8601

YYYY-MM-DD

$(TMS.TIME)

24h date & milliseconds

hh:mm:ss.msec

$(TMS.TIMET)

Number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC & milliseconds

Seconds.msec

$(TMS.YEAR)

Year, four digits

YYYY

$(TMS.SYEAR)

Year, two digits

YY

$(TMS.MON)

Month from 01 to 12

MM

$(TMS.MON.NAME)

Abbreviation of the month Jan, Feb, etc.

MMM

$(TMS.MON.FULL)

Full name of the month. January, February, etc.

Month

$(TMS.DAY)

Day from 01 to 31

TT

$(TMS.YDAY)

Day of the year (001 ... 366)

DDD

$(TMS.WEEK)

Number of the week according to ISO 8601:1988 from 01 to 53. The first week has at least four days in the current year. The week starts on Monday.

WW

$(TMS.WDAY)

Day of the week from 1 to 7. 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday, etc.

W

$(TMS.WDAY.NAME)

Abbreviation of the weekday. Mon, Tue, etc.

WWW

$(TMS.WDAY.FULL)

Full name of the weekday. Monday, Tuesday, etc.

Day

$(TMS.HOUR)

Two-digit number of the current hour (24h representation) from 00 to 23

hh

$(TMS.HOUR12)

Two-digit number of the current hour (12h representation) from 01 to 12

hh

$(TMS.AMPM)

AM and PM abbreviations

12 o'clock noon is 'PM' and 12 o'clock midnight is 'AM'

AM or PM

$(TMS.MIN)

Two-digit minutes

mm

$(TMS.SEC)

Two-digit seconds

ss

$(TMS.MSEC)

Three-digit milliseconds

msec

$(TMS.ZONE)

Abbreviation of the current time zone

ZZZ

$(TMS.RFC822)

Date and time as deviation from GMT (UTC) according to RFC822

Day, DD MMM YYYY hh:mm:ss +zzzz

ID: Identification Information

$(ID.MAC)

MAC address of the network interface

00:03:C5:xx:yy:zz, where 00:03:C5: MOBOTIX identifier, xx:yy:zz: Factory IP address in hexadecimal notation

$(ID.FIP)

Factory default IP address of the camera

10.x.x.x

$(ID.NAM), $(ID.HOSTNAME)

Host name of the camera

<host name>

$(ID.ET0), $(ID.ETHERNET)

Current IP address of the camera

E.g. 192.168.60.55

$(ID.SWV)

Software version of the camera

E.g. MX-V4.4.2.73

$(ID.UPT), $(ID.UPTIME)

Operating time of the camera since the last reboot in seconds

ss

$(ID.TSI)

IP addresses of the time servers separated by space characters.

e.g. 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.2

$(ID.TSP)

Time Server Protocol NONE: Automatic Adjustment is not activated.

NTP, RFC868, NONE

$(ID.TST)

Time stamp of the last time server check (this is not the time of the last contact to the server): A check is run every 30 minutes with NTP, every 6 hours with RFC868.

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

$(ID.TSO)

Time server offset in milliseconds (NTP only)

e.g. 0.073

$(ID.PTS)

If the camera time is set to a point in the future, this counter is increased by the time difference in seconds. It serves the detection of camera time changes to prevent manipulation of recordings.

0..4294967295

$(ID.NTS)

Like $(ID.PTS), but counting changes to the past.

0..4294967295

$(ID.CTX[.ALL|.<n>])

Returns text lines from IP Receive and the serial interface. .ALL returns all available lines, .<n> up to n lines (maximum of 64 lines possible). Corresponds to $(ID.CTX.1) if called without parameters.

Several strings

$(ID.CTX.LIP[.DAT|.TIM|.SRC|.MSG])

Returns the last text line from IP Receive, if available. .DAT limits the output to a certain date, .TIM to a certain time, .SRC to an IP address and port of the sender and .MSG to the message itself. Corresponds to $(ID.CTX) and returns all lines if called without parameters.

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss IP:port string

$(ID.CTX.LRS[.DAT|.TIM|.SRC|.MSG])

Returns the last text line from the serial interface, if available. .DAT limits the output to a certain date, .TIM to a certain time and .MSG to the message itself. Corresponds to $(ID.CTX) and returns all lines if called without parameters.

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss "RS232" string

SEN / SENSOR: Sensor Information

$(SEN.INA) to $(SEN.INP)

Status of the signal inputs: If an ExtIO is attached, these variables show the corresponding status. Otherwise, the variables show the status of the inputs of the MX-232-IO-Box (INA to IND: 7.1 to 7.4, INE to INH: PIR to Bpc, INI to INP: ERT mode of the inputs, also in the order of 7.1 to Bpc). The on-board inputs will be available only if there is no MX-232-IO-Box present.

0, 1

$(SEN.BTR)

State of the right camera key

0, 1

$(SEN.BTL)

State of the left camera key

0, 1

$(SEN.PIR)

PIR level in percent

0..100

$(SEN.MIC)

Microphone level in percent

This value will only be displayed if the Microphone event or the level meter has been activated.

0..100

$(SEN.ILR)

Illumination level of the right lens, where 0: dark, 1000: direct sun at the equator at noon

0..1000

$(SEN.ILL)

Illumination level of the left lens, where 0: dark, 1000: direct sun at the equator at noon

0..1000

$(SEN.LXR)

Lux value of the right lens

0..100000

$(SEN.LXL)

Lux value of the left lens

0..100000

$(SEN.LXE)

Lux value of the sensor in the MX-GPS-Box

0..100000

$(SEN.VM1)

List of all triggered motion windows

(Comma-separated list with window numbers)

$(SEN.TIN.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TIN.FAHRENHEIT)

Internal camera temperature in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit

°C

°F

$(SEN.TOU.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TOU.FAHRENHEIT)

Only cameras with ambient temperature sensor! Ambient camera temperature in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit.

°C

°F

$(SEN.TEX.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TEX.FAHRENHEIT)

Only with ExtIO! Temperature of the ExtIO in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit

°C

°F

$(SEN.TGP.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TGP.FAHRENHEIT)

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Temperature of the MX-GPS-Box in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit

°C

°F

$(SEN.TSR.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TSR.FAHRENHEIT)

Only with thermal image sensor! Temperature of the sensor center in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit (right sensor)

°C

°F

$(SEN.TSL.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TSL.FAHRENHEIT)

Only with thermal image sensor! Temperature of the sensor center in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit (left sensor)

°C

°F

$(SEN.TTR.CELSIUS), $(SEN.TTR.FAHRENHEIT)

Only with image sensor for thermal radiometry! A list of measured temperatures of all configured radiometry events. The displayed values are determined for every event according to the following method:

In this context, the minimum range specifies the number of pixels in which the temperature values exceeds or drops below the trigger value in order to trigger an event.

°C

°F

$(SEN.GST)

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the number of satellites used to obtain the fix and the total number of reachable satellites.

$(SEN.GPS[.(DEG|MIN|SEC)])

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the position in degrees longitude and degrees latitude. In addition, the box also shows the precision of this value in meters. Note that the availability of this value depends on the reception status of the MX-GPS-Box.

By default, longitude and latitude are shown as a decimal fraction (this corresponds to using $(SEN.GPS.DEG)). When using $(SEN.GPS.MIN), the result includes degrees and arc minutes, using $(SEN.GPS.SEC) will also show the arc seconds.

° & m

$(SEN.GLO[.(DEG|MIN|SEC)])

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the current longitude. Note that the availability of this value depends on the reception status of the MX-GPS-Box.

By default, the longitude is shown as a decimal fraction (this corresponds to using $(SEN.GLO.DEG)). When using $(SEN.GLO.MIN), the result includes degrees and arc minutes, using $(SEN.GLO.SEC) will also show the arc seconds.

°

$(SEN.GLA[.(DEG|MIN|SEC)])

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the current latitude. Note that the availability of this value depends on the reception status of the MX-GPS-Box.

By default, the latitude is shown as a decimal fraction (this corresponds to using $(SEN.GLA.DEG)). When using $(SEN.GLA.MIN), the result includes degrees and arc minutes, using $(SEN.GLA.SEC) will also show the arc seconds.

°

$(SEN.GAL)

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the elevation above Mean Sea Level and the precision of this value. Note that the availability of this value depends on the reception status of the MX-GPS-Box. Note that $(SEN.GPS) may already deliver a position, but the elevation cannot be determined yet.

m

$(SEN.GVE[.(MPS|KMH|MPH|KNOT)])

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the current speed and the precision of this value. Note that the availability of this value depends on the reception status of the MX-GPS-Box. Note that $(SEN.GPS) may already deliver a position, but the speed cannot be determined yet.

By default, the speed is shown in meters per second (this corresponds to using $(SEN.GVE.MPS)). Use $(SEN.GVE.KMH) to get kilometers per hour, $(SEN.GVE.MPH) to get miles per hour and $(SEN.GVE.KNOT) to get the speed in knots.

mps, kph, mph & kn

$(SEN.GDI)

Only with MX-GPS-Box! Shows the direction of movement and the precision of this value. Note that the availability of this value depends on the reception status of the MX-GPS-Box. Note that $(SEN.GPS) may already deliver a position, but the direction of movement cannot be determined, although the box is measuring significant movement.

°

TEXT: Text Variables

$(TEXT.FTPDIR)

Default path for FTP image storage

<hostname>/YYYY/MM/DD/hh/

$(TEXT.FTPFILE)

Default filename for FTP image storage (without file name extension)

mYYMMDDhhmmssmsc

$(TEXT.EVENTFILE)

File name (without file name extension) that contains a timestamp and where event images are identified by a E+<event number> suffix.

fYYMMDDhhssmsc[_Eeeeeee]

STO / STORAGE: Storage

$(STORAGE.BUFFERFILL.CURRENT), $(STORAGE.BUFFERFILL.AVERAGE), $(STORAGE.BUFFERFILL.MAXIMUM)

Buffer load indicator in percent

0..100

$(STORAGE.TRANSFERDELAY.CURRENT), $(STORAGE.TRANSFERDELAY.AVERAGE), $(STORAGE.TRANSFERDELAY.MAXIMUM)

Transfer delay when storing in seconds

Seconds

Special Variables

$("any text" [, Formatting option])

Use double quotes to write any text. This text can then be formatted using the Formatting Options.

In order to output the "$" character itself, make sure that you enter "$$".

If any text is entered as the second parameter, this text is seen as the result of the variable.