Remote Monitoring Guide

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Item # Area Function
1 Operations Separate controls for NVR features including video
search, alarms and logging out
2 Channel Controls Select which cameras to display along with activating
bi-directional chat if available
3 PTZ Controls Controls for any attached PTZ cameras
4 Picture Controls Adjust hue, brightness, etc.
5 Real-Time Monitor Live viewing of selected channels
6 Image View Options Controls for number of channels viewable at once plus
other options.
It should be noted that the screen outlined in green is the one that will be affected by any
control inputs and that clicking on another screen will highlight that one instead, making it the
one that will be controlled.
Operations
There are five operations that can be selected; Search, Alarms, Config, About and Logout.
Double-clicking on any of these will open a window over the live display allowing you to set or
enable options and functions. Their use will be described later in this section.
Channel Controls
In this area, you can select which cameras to view, which data stream to use,
activate two-way communication with someone near a camera and play back a recorded
video that has been saved on your computer.
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Cameras - Clicking on one of the camera
icons will open the corresponding
channel. Cameras will be numbered
as they are on the NVR.
Stream - You can select whether to use the
main data stream or the smaller Extra
Stream (also known as a SubStream)
which may provide smoother video if
you have bandwidth issues.
Open All - Opens all available cameras
Refresh - Refreshes camera list
Start Dialog - If you have a microphone
and speaker co-located with a
camera and you have a microphone
connected to the input port on the
back of the NVR, you can initiate a
bi-directional dialog with a person
near that camera. There are two
options: DEFAULT and G711a.
Local Play - Open and playback a recorded
video file saved on your computer.
The files are saved as .dav format
which will require conversion to .avi
format tusing the Player software
included on the CD to play in another
application.
The color of the camera icons indicate their status:
Icon Status
Online
Offline
Playing
Back
In live view mode, cameras can be turned on and off by clicking on their icon. They can be
positioned as you desire within a multi-screen mode by clicking on a frame to highlight it and
then clicking on the camera’s icon to make it gold (active).