Camera Detail
A Camera Detail Card will be displayed if you select a camera item in the Camera List (by clicking the item) or by right clicking on any viewer displaying camera footage. The detail card displays general camera info and a list of all users viewing the camera and all playing Tours which contains the selected camera. It also shows the camera reference image if one has been configured by the administrator.
The following two areas needs further explanation.
Camera Usage Summary The two tables show a summary of how the camera is currently being used; i.e. Viewed/Reviewed, as part of one or more Tour. If the camera is not currently used in either of these methods, the corresponding table will not appear.
The user names and the Tour names in these two lists may be dragged to any other screen component that can drop-accept a user or Tour. (You may e.g. drag the user name of a user viewing the camera to the Messages Tab to send a message to the user, or you may drop the Tour on a viewer to view the same Tour another user is viewing etc.
Camera Actions
The following action buttons are available on the Camera Detail Card:
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Button |
Description |
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Block |
With this function, you can block access to these cameras for any users or user groups. This is described below. |
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Enable camera |
This button only appears when the camera has been blocked by the logged on user. (It replaces the "Block camera" button.) More information can be found here. |
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Task (delegate camera) |
Create a new task to delegate the display/control of this camera to a selected user. See Create new tasks. |
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Key Frame (display camera reference image) |
Click this button to open the functions for camera status images and create new reference images. |
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Locate (show on map) |
This button allows you to highlight the position of a camera on the map in the selected Viewer. If you select a viewer that already contains other content, the initial content will be replaced by the (first) map with camera. If in the corresponding viewer a map of the site is already displayed, the map is shifted so that the sought camera is displayed in the center. The camera label is highlighted with the color "Map Highlighted Camera Outline" (see mapping in G-SIM). |
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Layout (show linked layout) |
Show linked layouts (Template Walker Mode) |
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View (live video) |
With this button you can display the live video images of a camera in a selected viewer. If you select a viewer that already contains other content, the initial content will be replaced. |
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Add camera to tour |
If you create a new tour or edit an existing tour, click this button to add the selected camera to the tour. However, it is easier to simply drag cameras onto the tab of the tour with the mouse. |
Blocking and Unblocking Cameras
Blocking and unblocking of cameras is a privilege which allows a user to prevent any other user or group of users to access a camera or group of cameras. This may be required to ensure fast and dedicated access to the camera footage (especially if there are bandwidth limitations to the site) or to isolate a site or part thereof in the case of an emergency. If a blocked user was viewing a camera before the block was applied, a message will be displayed in the viewer indicating that the live video stream was blocked by another user.
After the Block Camera button was clicked, either on a Camera Detail Card or on the toolbar at the top of the Camera List, a pop-up window will be displayed from where you may select the user or group of users you wish to block. This is done in exactly the same way as filters are defined. Multiple users or user groups may be selected before the Block button is click on the Block pop-up. The name of the user who blocked a camera will be visible to the blocked users on the Detail Card of the corresponding camera.
It is possible to block all cameras on a site by using the corresponding button on the Detail Card of the specific site (see Site Detail). You may also apply a filter to the Camera List and block all the cameras in the list by clicking the Block All Cameras in Current List button on the toolbar at the top of the Camera List (see The Camera List).
It is the responsibility of the user who applied the block to remove it again. You may remove the block on a single camera by clicking the Unblock Camera button on the Detail Card of the corresponding camera. You may also remove all camera blocks that you have applied by clicking the Unblock all Cameras Blocked by Me button at the top of the Camera List (see The Camera List).
To unblock all cameras on a specific site, use the Unblock All Cameras on Site button (see Site Detail).
Reference Frame Update
It is possible to check the Camera reference frame from a camera detail card by clicking the Check Camera reference frame button . The Reference Frame dialogue box will be displayed, allowing you to extract a current frame from the NVR (Refresh button), compare it with the current reference frame, and update (Update button) the reference frame if needed.
The reference frame is used for the thumbnail image on the camera detail card.