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Camera viewers require VLC Media Player (64-bit). |
Adding a Viewer
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Enable the Config Function. In the Configuration Tree, click on the Camera Group you wish your new Viewer to be in.
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In the Configuration Panel, select New, then choose New Video Viewer.
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The Create New Video Viewer window will appear. Name the new Viewer, then select Finish.
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Select the Camera you wish to stream from in the Configuration Tree.
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In the Configuration Panel, select Add Viewer.
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In the Configuration Tree, a blank Video Viewer will appear.
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Use the new Viewer's settings in the Configuration Panel (see below) to Edit the Viewer; create a name and add a Stream URL etc.
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Select Save, then test your new Viewer by toggling Preview Viewer on.
If the selected camera is an ONVIF compliant device then using the Add Viewer option from the camera will try and automatically populate the viewer URL and it will adopt the same username and password that was used to connect to the camera. This creates a fully operational viewer without having to configure the viewer settings. For this to work, the Camera Controller must be connected to the camera, therefore it must have been allocated to the Camera Controller in the Topology Manager.
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Track ID: This is the track ID which is only displayed if the Camera camera is following a track.
In the example below, the camera has been automatically tasked by the system to follow the Track. The operator has selected the a viewer from the list of Viewers (highlighted in orange) from the Camera Mini Control which has opened the viewer on the top left of the PPI Map, and also the Viewer Mini Control, highlighted on the top right. The track and camera have been highlighted in the middle of the PPI Map:
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Conversely, moving the wheel downwards will decrease the magnification.
Point to Move
You can also utilize the mouse to move to an area, by Left-Click + Hold the mouse curser in the spot you wish to move the camera to.
When you begin to Left-Click the mouse a green ring will appear:
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This will be turn into a solid green circle once you have held the mouse for long enough:
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Then the viewer will be centred to where the mouse was pointing to:
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There is a limitation with Point to Move immediately after a relative move, as we don't know where a camera is. So you have to wait for an absolute move before you can use Point to Move feature again. The system will warn you as you will see a red ring on the screen, as in the image below, and the command will not be actioned. |
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It will appear in translucent form, turning solid when your mouse hovers over it. Clicking the down arrow again will maximise the viewer as it was before.
Videos
This video shows the Direction & Magnification Controls, and also the Drag to Move and Absolute Zoom video viewer controls:
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This video demonstrates the Point to Move feature:
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This video illustrates the Absolute Zoom control using the mouse wheel:
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Related Information
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