VALT 6 Observe

The observe section is used to view live video and audio, prepare or start recordings and stop, pause or manage active recordings.

1. Clicking the search button will open up a search dialog box that allows a user to search for a cameras or rooms.
2. Select or change a matrix view using the buttons shown above.
3. Selecting a room or camera from this section will pull up the corresponding audio and video.

1. Selecting a “Room” will pull up the corresponding audio / video as shown above.
2. Prepare: Thhis button is used to fill out information about the recording ahead of time so the recording can be initiated with a single click.
3. Record: This button is used to initiate a recording in the shown “Room”. Pressing this will bring up a information template.
4. Lock: This button is used to prevent recording / viewing a room until the room is unlocked by an authorized user.

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Device Toolbar

1. Clicking on a camera image will bring up the device toolbar.
2. This shows the device name.
3. If the device is a PTZ camera and the user has PTZ control rights the preset menu will be shown. This allows a user to add / delete / and use presets to control the camera.
4. The digital zoom shows how zoomed into the image the user is, hovering over the button will pull up a slider that can be used to zoom in / out.
5. PTZ control button enables optical Pan Tilt and Zoom control.
6. Audio control button can be used to enable or mute the audio.

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PTZ Control

PTZ control is used to control the pan tilt and zoom of a camera through the VALT software.

1. Clicking anywhere on the camera image will pull up the camera menu (2).
2. Camera Menu
3. Clicking on the PTZ icon will change the icon from black to red (signalling that PTZ is enabled) the mouse will change to a target as shown above (5).
4. The scroll wheel can be used to zoom in / out optically when the PTZ icon is enabled or digitally when it is not.
5. PTZ Target: left clicking will recenter the camera on whatever the target is pointing at./li>

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Matrix

Matrix layouts allow a user to view one or more video sources in the desired layout. The matrix layout can be set for each “Room” but a user can also manipulate matrix layouts by selecting a layout and dragging and dropping cameras into the empty cells within the layout.

1. Rooms can be expanded by clicking the + to the left of the room.
2. Users can select a matrix layout.
3. Clicking the three dots will reveal additional matrix options as shown above.

1. To use the matrix first select a layout view, once selected the layout will display orange.
2. Rooms or individual devices under a room can be dragged and dropped into matrix cells.

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Recording

1. Pressing the REC (Record) button will bring up the default information template associated with the users group.
2. The information template fields are used to associate searchable information with a recording. The information fields can be filled out prior to the start of the recording of after a recording is complete under the review section.
3. Any required fields will be denoted with a red *
4. The recording navigation menu can be used to switch to different sections that allow a user to share the recording with other VALT users, change the author, or modify how long the video is stored for before automatically deleted prior to starting a recording.
5. Once the information is filled out clicking the red REC (Record) button will start the recording.

1. Once a recording has been started if the “Room” is being observed a recording indicator will appear next to the room displaying how long the recording has been active and a red border will appear around the “Room”.
2. A recording indicator will also display in the menu as shown above.

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Sharing

The sharing section allows recordings to be shared with VALT users that normally would not have access to them from both a live observation and review perspective.

1. Clicking on the sharing button will pull up the sharing section in the recording modal.
2. The arrows can be used to expand user groups, a user can check the box next to a user or an entire group of users to share the video.

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Change Author

The change author section can be used to re-author a recording. This can be important as access rules are based on who authored the video

1. Clicking on the change author button will pull up the change author section in the recording modal.
2. The arrows can be used to expand user groups, a user can only select a single author for a recording.

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Retention

The retention settings control how long a recording is stored on the system before it is automatically deleted. Retention settings are set based on the recording authors user group but can be modified either before a recording starts or after a recording is finished within the review section.

1. Clicking on the retention button will pull up the retention section of the recording modal.
2. Select the retention duration type:

1. Default: whatever the authors user group retention settings are set to will be automatically used.
2. Keep For: allows a user to define a number of days, hours or minutes to keep a recording for.
3. Keep Until: allows users to select a future date that the recording will be deleted on.
4. Keep Forever

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Prepare

The prepare feature allows a user to enter information about a recording ahead of time so the recording can be started quickly with the single click of a button.

1. Pressing the prepare button will bring up the default information template associated with the users group.
2. The information template fields are used to associate searchable information with a recording. The information fields can be filled out prior to the start of the recording of after a recording is complete under the review section.
3. Clicking the prepare button will finish preparing the room and close the modal.

1. Once a recording has been prepared if the “Room” is being observed a prepare indicator will appear next to the room and an orange border will appear around the “Room”.
2. A prepared indicator will also display in the menu as shown above.

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