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50 Guardall Director V4.74 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.4

Maps and Video (Visual

Monitoring & Status/Control)

Status and Control Using Visual

Director

Welcome to Visual Director

(Map/Camera Views)

Beginning with V4.0, Guardall Director

includes a customizable visual interface for

viewing live cameras, monitoring alarms, and

controlling items. We call this "Visual

Director".

Software Licensing: This is an optional feature

(requires suitable software licensing). For details on

activating purchased features, refer to "Software

Activation and Licensing".

Camera Support

: Cameras are supported through

Netvision and other video servers. For more

information, refer to the on-line help or documentation

provided with the Netvision software.

Grid view

: Due to its visual nature, this feature uses

'forms' view only.

Initial Set Up / Camera Control and Adjustments

: This

section covers using 'Visual Director' to perform

monitoring, status, and control tasks.

Also See

: "Camera Status/Control and

Adjustments", and "Initial Set Up of: Views, Maps,

Cameras" (both to follow / below).

Items to be available under Control & Status depend on

the authorities associated with the user

ID and PIN

entered when logging into "Control & Status". If you

were not asked to enter a user ID and PIN, then one

has been set up for automatic entry in your operator

settings. For details, refer to the section on

"Operators".

Status monitoring (either manually, or through the

status toolbar), requires that the Guardall Director

system be connected with the specific panel(s), and the

specific devices must be communicating.

Also See ( V4.0):

+ For Form-based Status & Control:

"Checking Status and Controlling Items"

+ To Set up Panel Communications for a New System:

"New Installation? Try the Wizard "

Connecting to the Associated Panel(s),

An Overview:

Tip: If you will only be viewing or controlling cameras,

you do not need to initiate a panel connection

(i.e., you can skip these steps).

1) See if you're already connected by

checking the status bar at the bottom of

the monitoring window.

Multi-Account systems: Ensure your desired

account is selected (click [Account Folders] in the

tree, and then double-click the specific account).

2) If not connected, check to ensure the

communication software is running on the

specific PCs.

Detail: If the LCD/Telephone icon on the

Windows taskbar is black-and-white (colour =

running), start the communications service by

right-clicking the icon, and selecting "Start

Communications".