Logging in for the first time using OvrC Connect

When you open the Luma View app for the first time you will be prompted to log in to your OvrC Connect account. You can only log in to the Luma View app using OvrC Connect credentials.

Live View

A. Luma View app menu

B. Server list – All devices that are assigned to your OvrC Connect account and their current status.

C. Device list – All available devices for viewing. This includes NVRs and standalone IP cameras.

D. Display mode – Choose different displays that can be shown using the Luma View app.

E. Active channel selector

F. Audio – Open/Close audio if the camera is equipped with a microphone

G. Landscape view - Expand the Luma App to view cameras and menu in Landscape.

H. Two-way talk If you are using Luma View to access the camera directly, this opens communication between the mobile device and that camera. If you are using Luma View to access the camera through the NVR (by selecting an NVR channel), this opens communication between the mobile device and the NVR.

I. Record - manually live footage

J. Snapshot - take a photo of live footage

K. Search by event

L. Playback – Opens the remote playback interface for the camera currently selected.

M. Favorites - save a group of cameras for easy access

N. Close – Close all live channels on the screen

O. Adjust icon order - customize icons on this page

P. Channel display – Change the display of your available channels below

Q. Waterfall View

A. Choose which cameras, and how many cameras to view at once (in portrait mode).

B. Choose which cameras, and how many cameras to view at once (in landscape mode).

Note: Note: Viewing over 9 screens will reduce app performance.

C. Save your favorite views by creating a group.

D. Enable and disable the cameras you want to view from a favorite list, on command.

E. Waterfall: Create a scrollable strip view of cameras on command.

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Single Channel View

From any multi-camera view, double-tap a camera tile to expand to single camera view. Tap the drop-down menu to see extra icons. Tap Adjust Icon Order to customize icon layout.

A. Camera audio

B. Change the definition of the current image.

C. Display mode

D. Fullscreen.

E. Playback – Opens the remote playback interface for the camera currently selected.

F.Search by event

G.Take a snapshot of the current image to save to your mobile device.

H. Start recording video to save to your mobile device.

I. Two-way talk

• If you are using Luma View to access the camera directly, this opens communication between the mobile device and that camera.

• If you are using Luma View to access the camera through the NVR (by selecting an NVR channel), this opens communication between the mobile device and the NVR.

J. Image settings – Adjust brightness, white balance, sharpness, image mirror, and zoom.

K. Perspective (Fisheye camera only)

L. Favorite.

M. Close viewing channels

N. Alarm.

1. Enter single channel view.

2. Tap the PTZ icon.

3. Tap anywhere in the camera image to center the PTZ on that location.

4. Swipe to pan and tilt the camera.

5. Pinch to zoom (if supported).

6. Use the zoom buttons under the video for precise control.

7. Exit PTZ by tapping the PTZ icon again.

Note: If you have Smart Tracking enabled, this PTZ control does not prevent the camera from returning to its home position.

1. In Playback, tap Event Search.

2. Apply filters: Human, Vehicle, Alarm input, or AI detection.

3. Tap Search. Results are shown in the timeline and event list.

4. Tap an event to jump playback to that recording.

1. Frame-by-frame playback

2. Rewind and Fast Forward

3. Play/Pause

4. Switch between channels for playback

5. Close all channels

6. Select to jump back or forward to the next closest event on the timeline

7. Timeline for event playback. The timeline is color coded for different types of playback or events. Pinch to zoom in on the timeline for more precise playback.

   • AI event – line crossing

   • AI event – intrusion

   • Other AI events – exception detection

   • Manual recording

   • Sensor event

   • Motion event playback

   • Point of sale (not currently supported on Luma x20)

• Luma View – This opens your login for OvrC Connect.

• Local – This menu provides settings that are unique to your mobile device’s experience with Luma View.

• Server list – Opens the Server list of all available Luma x20 devices.

• File – Opens the file explorer of saved snapshots and videos from the Luma View App. You can save and share from this section.

• Push setting – View the push notification status for all of your Luma x20 NVRs.

• Notifications – Shows the last 99 push notifications that your Luma View app has received.

• In App Notification - enable or disable

• About – Shows various information about the Luma View app.

Snooze

Pause the alarm message for a period of time.

1. Tap on the main menu button on the upper left hand corner to access snooze. You can only snooze by NVR, not by camera.

2. Select NVR and choose duration.

1. Filter – Choose to show only cameras or only NVRs.

2. Connection - If this icon is green, the device is communicating with Luma View. If this icon is gray, and the device shows online in OvrC, log out of Luma View and reload it.

3. Edit – Edit properties of the selected device. The only available option on this screen is Reset Password. This resets the root admin password of the NVR. Other passwords will remain intact.

4. Play – Start playback of this device.

5. Basic info – Obtain basic information of this device like firmware version for IP Cameras and some more detailed status information for NVRs.

• Receive new notification – Globally turn off notifications from your Luma View app.

• Playback time of pre-push message (sec) – Set the playback start-time for a push message (event) based on the actual alarm time. For example, when you click on the alarm video playback icon, playback starts 10 seconds before the alarm occurred.

• Notification – Choose how you would like push notifications to operate on your phone.

• Resolution adaptive – When enabled, video automatically switches to a lower resolution when the image is not smooth.

• Reserved disk space (MB) – Luma View reserves space on your phone so that it always has room to backup archived footage. Set the reserved space here.

• Recycle recording – Enable/Disable record cycle. If enabled, the system automatically deletes old recordings and recycles the space if needed.

• Snap num – Select the number of snapshots to be taken when you click Snapshot in preview or playback.

• Split snap – When disabled, Luma View takes snapshots of the selected channel only. When enabled, Luma View generates snapshots of all channels in the current layout view. For example, if Split Snap is disabled and you are using 2x2 (4 ) channel layout view with Channel 1 selected, snapshots of Channel 1 will be generated. If Split Snap were enabled, snapshots of all the channels in the layout will be generated.

• Favorite – Edit your favorites after you have set them.

• Launch setting – Set to play favorite group, play a specific device, or play last preview channels when you open the app.

• OSD – Enable or Disable on screen display option pop-up icons.

• Original scale display video – When enabled, the native video ratio will be used, not fitted to the layout window.

• PTZ gesture operation prompts – Tapping the PTZ icon in Live view, displays eight directional touch controls. When this setting is disabled, the eight directional touch controls are displayed for only three seconds. When enabled, the eight directional touch controls remain on the screen.

• PTZ direction reverse control – When enabled, the eight directional PTZ controls are reversed.

1. Go directly to live view of the camera that is associated with the notification.

2. Go directly to playback of the event associated with the notification.

3. Go directly to the manual alarm page of the camera associated with the notification.

4. Delete this notification from your list. This does not delete the recording.