Luma View app

Download the Luma View app for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

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.

  1. Luma View app menu

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

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

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

  5. Change channel group – Move entire camera screen between channel groups.

  6. Close – Close all live channels on the screen.

  7. Active channel selector

  8. Two-way talk

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

    2. 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.

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

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

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

  12. Options – Additional menu options.

Single channel view

Double tap an image or select the single channel display mode.

  1. Favorite.

  2. Change the definition of the current image.

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

  4. Two-way talk

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

    2. 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.

  5. Alarm.

  6. Fullscreen.

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

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

PTZ controls in single-channel view

Tap once on the channel view to reveal the icons. Tap the PTZ icon to activate 3D Zoom. Eight directional arrows appear briefly to confirm it has been activated. Zoom buttons appear below the camera image.

When 3D Zoom is activated, tap anywhere in the camera image to center the PTZ on that location. You can also swipe the image to move the camera in the direction indicated.

If you have Smart Tracking enabled, 3D Zoom does not prevent the camera from returning to its home position.

Additional menu options

This presents you with these options.

  • Notification – Toggle push notifications for the selected device.

  • Add favorite – Save the specified view to a favorite group. You can also recall favorite groups by clicking the play button.

  • Manual alarm – If your device supports manual alarm connections and they are properly set up, this triggers those outputs.

  • Search by event – Search your NVR’s playback using the Advanced Analytics from your Luma x20 cameras.

Search by event menu

Select the Event type you would like to search by.

  1. Start/End time – Select the start time and end time for this search.

  2. Camera name – Select the cameras to be included in the search.

  3. Type – Select the Type of AI Event to be included in the search.

  4. Target – Verify the target type.

  5. Start/Save search – Begin searching archived footage based on the above parameters or save these search parameters for later.

Playback interface

This section of the Luma View app used for playback and archiving of video.

  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)

  1. Day of the current month you are playing back from.

  2. Choose the current channel for playback.

  3. Enable audio playback from the recording.

  4. Enable multi-camera view for synchronous playback.

  5. Filter the timeline by event type.

  6. Change the date range for your playback timeline.

  7. Change the image quality of your playback.

  8. Enable full screen playback.

  9. Save a snapshot of the current playback frame on your mobile device.

  10. Start a recording of playback on your mobile device. Press again to stop recording.

Server list

The list of all recorders that are synced to the Luma View app through OvrC.

  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.

Main menu for Luma View

Selecting the top left icon from Live slides out the main menu.

  • 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.

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

Local Settings page

  • 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.

Notifications menu

You will receive pop-up notifications for the selected notifications. If that notification was for an AI event, you will see an image of the object that triggered the notification. The share icon allows you to share that image.

  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.