Layout of the home page

(1) Channels section

This section shows a grid view of your system.

If a channel is empty, click the + icon in the center to add a camera to that channel.

Double-click on a channel to view it in single-channel mode; double-click again to return to the previous view.

In-channel iconography

The top right of each channel may display several icons.

• A colored dot indicates recording is active. The color indicates what type of event caused the recording.

• A speaker indicates the NVR is playing audio input from this camera's microphone.

• A microphone shows your system microphone is being broadcast to this camera's speaker.

• A PTZ profile indicates that this camera is a PTZ.

Event classification iconography

• AI detected an event.

• Area intrusion

• Line crossing

• Manual record

• Basic motion

• Ordinary recording

• Other recording

• POS recording

• Scheduled recording

• Sensor recording

Floating channel menu

Click on a channel to reveal a control menu for that camera. It appears either just above or just below the channel.

1. Grip: This lets you move the menu to a more suitable position.

2. Record:  Starts or stops manual recording. While recording is active, this center of this icon turns red.

3. Instant Playback:  This immediately launches the most recent recording from this channel. Tools include a scrub bar, play/pause buttons, audio toggle, and snapshots.

4. Mute: Toggles the sound for the channel. When active, you can hear audio picked up by the camera's microphone (if any).

5. Snapshot: Takes a snapshot of the channel. This opens a dialog where you can export the image or save it to your NVR.

6. PTZ control: Click to open a standard PTZ control dialog. This is disabled for non-PTZ cameras.

7. Zoom In: Switches to single-channel mode so you can see additional detail (up to the camera's resolution). Click (or click and drag) in the thumbnail in the lower right of the screen to select an area to investigate. Click the zoom in and zoom out icons as needed. Use the dropdown to switch to a different camera. Click Back to return to the live view.

8. Image Adjustment: This option opens the Image Adjustment controls as provided under the Settings menu. This panel does not scroll; instead, use the three dots at the bottom to navigate pages.

9. Start Talk: Use your local microphone to communicate through the camera. This is disabled if your camera does not have an associated speaker.

10. Target Detection: This shows a version of the Target Detection sidebar. WHile it only shows events for the selected camera, you can use the dropdown to select a different camera.

Popup channel menu

Right-click on a channel to open a pop-up menu.

• Manually record on/off: While manual recording is active, a green dot appears on the channel.

• Instant Playback: Select how long ago you want to start playback. Select Customization to choose any playback time and date.

• Enable Audio: Toggles the sound for the channel. When active, you can hear audio picked up by the camera's microphone (if any).

• Original Proportions / Overspread Window: Select whether the camera image stretches to fill the channel window or shrinks to fit .

• Snapshot: Takes a snapshot of the channel. This opens a dialog where you can export the image over the network or save it to your NVR.

• PTZ control: Click to open a standard PTZ control dialog. This is disabled for non-PTZ cameras.

• Zoom In: Switches to single-channel mode so you can see additional detail (up to the camera's resolution). Click (or click and drag) in the thumbnail in the lower right of the screen to select an area to investigate. Click the zoom in and zoom out icons as needed. Use the dropdown to switch to a different camera. Click Back to return to the live view.

• Target Detection: This shows a version of the Target Detection sidebar. While it only shows events for the selected camera, you can use the dropdown to select a different camera.

• Camera Info: Gives a variety of technical data for the camera.