Besides capturing images from video cameras, it is also possible to record visual information of HMI operator stations, including operating procedures, synchronously with process data from ibaPDA. For this purpose, the virtual camera type ibaCapture-ScreenCam is available.

Computer monitors that work with a Windows operating system (at least .Net 4.0) can be captured. An ibaCapture-ScreenCam program must be installed on computers for this purpose and they must be connected to ibaCapture Server via TCP/IP.

Virtual ibaCapture-ScreenCams can be configured in ibaCapture-ScreenCam, which can be accessed by ibaCapture. ibaCapture receives the screen recording stream and stores these recordings like for usual surveillance cameras.

One virtual ibaCapture-ScreenCam can capture either all monitors connected to a computer or one whole screen or a region of a screen. When several regions of a screen should be captured, a virtual ibaCapture-ScreenCam can be created for each region.

The number of cameras which can be operated on the ibaCapture Server depends on the ibaCapture license. The ibaCapture-ScreenCam program does not require a specific license.