Specifications

a specified time period. This allows you to the opportunity, for example, to leave the house

before the system becomes "armed." During this count-down to green, the signal will show a

yellow light and display the time remaining at the bottom of the Blue Iris window.

If you choose the Delay a green signal option, Blue Iris will show a yellow traffic signal for a

specified amount of time before automatically turning green. This gives you time to leave the

room or house before the surveillance begins.

Operating system

If you choose to run quietly, a splash screen will not be displayed, and the main Blue Iris

window will not open. If you are running an unregistered version, however, the registration

screen will always be displayed.

The Blue Iris window always on top option will override your ability to move the Blue Iris

window "behind" other windows on your desktop.

Most Windows programs display a smaller window in the taskbar at the bottom of your

screen. When you minimize these programs, the taskbar window remains, and you may click it

to re-open the program. With Blue Iris, you instead may select to use a system tray

icon. When you minimize Blue Iris with a system tray icon, the taskbar window is removed. To

restore Blue Iris, double-click the system tray icon, or right-click it for other options. Here's

what the system tray icon looks like:

You have the option of securing the Blue Iris system tray icon with a password. Without this

password, it will be impossible to re-open the Blue Iris window from the system tray. The

password entered here is case sensitive. To remove the password protection, delete all letters

and spaces from the password box.

The options to prevent the Windows screensaver and to Prevent Power Management allow

you to override these Windows features which may interfere with your use of Blue Iris.

By default, video is not displayed during remote terminal sessions. This is to prevent the

interface from becoming unusable due to continuous screen updating. However, if you feel

that you have a fast enough connection and need to see the video, adjust the Display video

during remote terminal sessions setting to allow for occasional or continuous live camera

updates.

Software