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Affected Roles: Administrator, Owner
Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps: DW Spectrum IPVMS
Complexity: Low
Last Edit: February 26, 2021
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The MEGApix IVA/IVA+ camera’s Counters feature can be configured to tally when objects trigger a Counting Line analytic rule. This feature can be useful for keeping track of room capacity or for monitoring traffic.
This article will outline how to create a Counter using the camera’s IVA analytic options.
**NOTE: For a Counter to work, a Counting Line rule must be created first so that it can be used as an input.
**NOTE: To be able to view a Counter in the secondary stream of the camera, Annotations must be enabled in the IVA settings.
MEGApix IVA Training Video - Creating Counters from Digital Watchdog on Vimeo.
To create a Counter:
From the Rules men, make sure that the Counting Lining rule is created. If you intend for the Counter to also subtract from its tally, create a second Counting Line rule for exit tracking.
Under Name, enter a label for the Counter.
From the Counters menu, under Increment, click the Add Input button and select the Counting Line rule that will be adding to the tally.
If you want the Counter to subtract from the tally, under Decrement, click the Add Input button and select the Counting Line rule that will be subtracting from the tally.
A text box will overlay the camera’s video in the preview window. Click-and-drag the text box to the desired position where you want the Counter to display.