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<div class="floating_card">The observe section is used to view live video and audio, prepare or start recordings and stop, pause or manage active recordings.</div> | <div class="floating_card">The observe section is used to view live video and audio, prepare or start recordings and stop, pause or manage active recordings.</div> | ||
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<li>Clicking the search button will open up a search dialog box that allows a user to search for a cameras or rooms.</li> | <li>Clicking the search button will open up a search dialog box that allows a user to search for a cameras or rooms.</li> | ||
<li>Select or change a matrix view using the buttons shown above.</li> | <li>Select or change a matrix view using the buttons shown above.</li> | ||
<li>Selecting a room or camera from this section will pull up the corresponding audio and video.</li> | <li>Selecting a room or camera from this section will pull up the corresponding audio and video.</li> | ||
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<li>Selecting a <b>“Room”</b> will pull up the corresponding audio / video as shown above.</li> | <li>Selecting a <b>“Room”</b> will pull up the corresponding audio / video as shown above.</li> | ||
<li><b>Prepare:</b> Thhis button is used to fill out information about the recording ahead of time so the recording can be initiated with a single click.</li> | <li><b>Prepare:</b> Thhis button is used to fill out information about the recording ahead of time so the recording can be initiated with a single click.</li> | ||
<li><b>Record:</b> This button is used to initiate a recording in the shown “Room”. Pressing this will bring up a information template.</li> | <li><b>Record:</b> This button is used to initiate a recording in the shown “Room”. Pressing this will bring up a information template.</li> | ||
<li><b>Lock:</b> This button is used to prevent recording / viewing a room until the room is unlocked by an authorized user.</li> | <li><b>Lock:</b> This button is used to prevent recording / viewing a room until the room is unlocked by an authorized user.</li> | ||
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<h2>Device Toolbar</h2> | <h2>Device Toolbar</h2> | ||
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<li>Clicking on a camera image will bring up the device toolbar.</li> | <li>Clicking on a camera image will bring up the device toolbar.</li> | ||
<li>This shows the device name.</li> | <li>This shows the device name.</li> | ||
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<li>PTZ control button enables optical Pan Tilt and Zoom control.</li> | <li>PTZ control button enables optical Pan Tilt and Zoom control.</li> | ||
<li>Audio control button can be used to enable or mute the audio.</li> | <li>Audio control button can be used to enable or mute the audio.</li> | ||
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<div class="floating_card">PTZ control is used to control the pan tilt and zoom of a camera through the VALT software.</div> | <div class="floating_card">PTZ control is used to control the pan tilt and zoom of a camera through the VALT software.</div> | ||
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<li>Clicking anywhere on the camera image will pull up the camera menu (2).</li> | <li>Clicking anywhere on the camera image will pull up the camera menu (2).</li> | ||
<li>Camera Menu</li> | <li>Camera Menu</li> | ||
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<li>The scroll wheel can be used to zoom in / out optically when the PTZ icon is enabled or digitally when it is not.</li> | <li>The scroll wheel can be used to zoom in / out optically when the PTZ icon is enabled or digitally when it is not.</li> | ||
<li><b>PTZ Target:</b> left clicking will recenter the camera on whatever the target is pointing at./li> | <li><b>PTZ Target:</b> left clicking will recenter the camera on whatever the target is pointing at./li> | ||
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<div class="floating_card">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.</div> | <div class="floating_card">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.</div> | ||
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<li>Rooms can be expanded by clicking the + to the left of the room.</li> | <li>Rooms can be expanded by clicking the + to the left of the room.</li> | ||
<li>Users can select a matrix layout.</li> | <li>Users can select a matrix layout.</li> | ||
<li>Clicking the three dots will reveal additional matrix options as shown above.</li> | <li>Clicking the three dots will reveal additional matrix options as shown above.</li> | ||
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| + | <li>To use the matrix first select a layout view, once selected the layout will display orange.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Rooms or individual devices under a room can be dragged and dropped into matrix cells.</li> | ||
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| + | <h2>Recording</h2> | ||
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| + | <li>Pressing the REC (Record) button will bring up the default information template associated with the users group.</li> | ||
| + | <li>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.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Any required fields will be denoted with a red <b><font color="red">*</font></b></li> | ||
| + | <li>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.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Once the information is filled out clicking the red REC (Record) button will start the recording.</li> | ||
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| + | <li>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”.</li> | ||
| + | <li>A recording indicator will also display in the menu as shown above.</li> | ||
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| + | <h2>Sharing</h2> | ||
| + | <div class="floating_card">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.</div> | ||
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| + | <li>Clicking on the sharing button will pull up the sharing section in the recording modal.</li> | ||
| + | <li>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.</li> | ||
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| + | <h2>Change Author</h2> | ||
| + | <div class="floating_card">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</div> | ||
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| + | <li>Clicking on the change author button will pull up the change author section in the recording modal.</li> | ||
| + | <li>The arrows can be used to expand user groups, a user can only select a single author for a recording.</li> | ||
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| + | <h2>Retention</h2> | ||
| + | <div class="floating_card">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.</div> | ||
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| + | <li>Clicking on the retention button will pull up the retention section of the recording modal.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Select the retention duration type:</li> | ||
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| − | </ | + | <li><b>Default:</b> whatever the authors user group retention settings are set to will be automatically used.</li> |
| + | <li><b>Keep For:</b> allows a user to define a number of days, hours or minutes to keep a recording for.</li> | ||
| + | <li><b>Keep Until:</b> allows users to select a future date that the recording will be deleted on.</li> | ||
| + | <li><b>Keep Forever</b></li> | ||
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| + | <h2>Prepare</h2> | ||
| + | <div class="floating_card">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.</div> | ||
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| + | <li>Pressing the prepare button will bring up the default information template associated with the users group.</li> | ||
| + | <li>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.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Clicking the prepare button will finish preparing the room and close the modal.</li> | ||
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| + | <li>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”.</li> | ||
| + | <li>A prepared indicator will also display in the menu as shown above.</li> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:23, 30 September 2022
Contents
The observe section is used to view live video and audio, prepare or start recordings and stop, pause or manage active recordings.
- Clicking the search button will open up a search dialog box that allows a user to search for a cameras or rooms.
- Select or change a matrix view using the buttons shown above.
- Selecting a room or camera from this section will pull up the corresponding audio and video.
- Selecting a “Room” will pull up the corresponding audio / video as shown above.
- 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.
- Record: This button is used to initiate a recording in the shown “Room”. Pressing this will bring up a information template.
- Lock: This button is used to prevent recording / viewing a room until the room is unlocked by an authorized user.
⤺ Back to the Main Manual Page
Device Toolbar
- Clicking on a camera image will bring up the device toolbar.
- This shows the device name.
- 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.
- 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.
- PTZ control button enables optical Pan Tilt and Zoom control.
- 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.
- Clicking anywhere on the camera image will pull up the camera menu (2).
- Camera Menu
- 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).
- The scroll wheel can be used to zoom in / out optically when the PTZ icon is enabled or digitally when it is not.
- 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.
- Rooms can be expanded by clicking the + to the left of the room.
- Users can select a matrix layout.
- Clicking the three dots will reveal additional matrix options as shown above.
- To use the matrix first select a layout view, once selected the layout will display orange.
- Rooms or individual devices under a room can be dragged and dropped into matrix cells.
⤺ Back to the Main Manual Page
Recording
- Pressing the REC (Record) button will bring up the default information template associated with the users group.
- 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.
- Any required fields will be denoted with a red *
- 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.
- Once the information is filled out clicking the red REC (Record) button will start the recording.
- 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”.
- A recording indicator will also display in the menu as shown above.
⤺ Back to the Main Manual Page
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.
- Clicking on the sharing button will pull up the sharing section in the recording modal.
- 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.
⤺ Back to the Main Manual Page
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
- Clicking on the change author button will pull up the change author section in the recording modal.
- The arrows can be used to expand user groups, a user can only select a single author for a recording.
⤺ Back to the Main Manual Page
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.
- Clicking on the retention button will pull up the retention section of the recording modal.
- Select the retention duration type:
- Default: whatever the authors user group retention settings are set to will be automatically used.
- Keep For: allows a user to define a number of days, hours or minutes to keep a recording for.
- Keep Until: allows users to select a future date that the recording will be deleted on.
- Keep Forever
⤺ Back to the Main Manual Page
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.
- Pressing the prepare button will bring up the default information template associated with the users group.
- 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.
- Clicking the prepare button will finish preparing the room and close the modal.
- 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”.
- A prepared indicator will also display in the menu as shown above.
