Remote Monitoring Guide

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PREVIEW
Viewing live video from your connected devices takes place in the Preview window.
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1 Icon Tab Switch between windows by clicking on icons in this area.
2 Viewing Area Shows video feed from camera
3 Active Screen Green outline indicates which channel is active for control
4 Device List/
PTZ Tabs
Shows available groups and cameras
PTZ Camera Controls
5 Information Bar Appears when mouse hovers over camera view. Contains
information about bit stream, and includes shortcut controls:
Turn audio on or off
Turn microphone on or off
Begin/end local record (saves to computer’s hard drive)
Take snapshot (saved to computer’s hard drive)
Closes channel
6 Tasks Allows quick access to saved tasks, such as tours, channel
combinations, etc.
7 Multi-Screen
Mode
Slider adjusts between single-screen view and 36-screen view with
10 configurations possible.
8 Screen Aspect
Ratio/Full Screen
Change the aspect ratio (height vs. width) of the on-screen view.
Click to bring window to full screen. Pressing ESC will return to
normal window view.
9 Shortcut Menu Gives access to additional controls and functions.
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Shortcut Menu
Right-clicking on any camera’s screen view
will open up the Shortcut Menu. This is
a different menu than that which appears
on screen in the NVR. This menu includes
the same controls that are available in the
Information Bar that appears above the
screen view along with addition of expanded
options and functions.
Close Video/Close All Video - Ends the
display of the live feed from the camera(s).
Does not close Smart PSS.
Start Record/Snapshot/Triple Snapshot
- Records video or still images directly to
the computer’s hard drive. The save paths
for these files can be set in Files are of the
General setting window which is located in
the bottom portion of the Home Page. Triple
Snapshot will, as the name suggests, save a
sequence of three images to your hard drive.
When Snapshot is selected - either through
the Shortcut Menu or the Information Bar
- a new window will open to allow you add
notes and classify the image before saving it.
StreamType, Quality/Fluency - These
settings allow you to adjust the video stream
to compensate for network and/or bandwidth
issues. Your system records both a Main
Stream - which is saved to the device’s
internal drive and an Extra Stream which
is lower quality, and therefore smaller to
better be sent out over a network. If you
Cameras can be dragged from the Device List on the right of the window into a channel
space where the camera’s video will appear. If a camera is dragged onto a space where
another camera already is, the new video feed will replace the old one. You can close the
camera view by clicking on the X in the information bar that appears at the top of the video
image when you place the mouse cursor in that area.
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are connecting through the same network as your security system, you should be able to use
the Main stream for the best quality. Likewise, if both your device and the computer are both
connected to networks with good Internet connections, the Main stream should also provide
best quality. However, if you regularly see breaks in on-screen movement, then switching
streams may improve the quality of the on-screen video. Also be aware that viewing multiple
screens at the same time can also affect the smoothness of the video they “overflow” the
available bandwidth of your connection. With Quality/Fluency, you can choose whether you
prefer higher quality images or whether smooth-flowing video is more important. None of the
changes made here will affect the quality of the video recorded onto your device’s hard drive.