User Manual

DW Spectrum 3.0
Rev. 072017 Page | 16
IMPORTANT. If any action or graphical element described in this document is not available to a specific user level,
the following will apply (Admin only). If the action described in this document is unavailable to certain roles, it will be
indicated in the corresponding topic.
Usually Administrators create and configure layouts for Viewers. Viewers log into DW Spectrum and can only work
with assigned layouts and devices.
DW Spectrum User Interface Overview
DW Spectrum User Interface (UI) includes the following main controls:
 Scene (main view). Displays video items from cameras or local files.
 Tab Navigator (top Panel). It contains Main Menu, Tabs and the following buttons:
 Cloud Connect Button. This button indicates the current cloud connection status and allows to
connect/disconnect to Cloud and open Cloud Portal.
 Help Button. Invokes this help.
 Window Buttons (go/exit fullscreen, minimize, close window)
 Playback Panel (located on the bottom Panel). Used for playing back local videos and live streams.
 Resource Tree (left Panel). Contains all servers, devices, local files, users and layouts available to the current user.
 Search Tab. Function to search Video Files, Image Files, Live Cameras or from All types.
 Notifications (right Panel). Contains notifications about system events.
Scene represents space for video Items can be placed on. DW Spectrum allows viewing streams from Cameras as well
as Local Video Files.
Items are placed on Scene and can be saved as Layouts.
If several Tabs are opened, then each Tab contains its own Layout with Items.
Main Menu
Main Menu allows users to gain access to various DW Spectrum features quickly and intuitively. Main Menu can be
opened by clicking on the at the upper left corner and contains the following items:
 Connect to (Another) Server – allows connecting/disconnecting to/from Server (see "Connecting to System and
Working Offline")
 Disconnect from Server – drop connection to a current Server and go offline
 New:
 Tab – creates an empty tab in Tab Navigator (see "Tabs")
 Window – opens a new window of DW Spectrum (see "Working with Multiple DW Spectrum Windows")
 User – creates a new user (see "User and Roles Management")
 Video Wall – create new Video Wall (see "Video Wall Management")