Chapter 2

Installing and Using the Camera Utility

The controls and their functions are described below.

Control

Function

 

 

 

Play/Pause  Click this button to toggle

 

the video between play and pause.

 

 

 

Playback Speed  Click and drag the

 

wheel clockwise to increase the speed of

 

the video playback, or counterclockwise

 

to decrease the speed of the video

 

playback. When the wheel is centered

 

(with the indicator at the top position),

 

the video will play at normal speed.

 

Frame by Frame  Click these buttons to

 

go back (left arrow) or go forward (right

 

arrow) exactly one video frame.

 

 

 

Previous/Next  Click these buttons to

 

view the previous (left arrow) or the

 

next (right arrow) recording.

 

 

 

Zoom  Move the slider to the right of

 

this icon to zoom into the current video

 

display. The zoom factor cycles from 1x

 

to 16x.

 

Snapshot  Click this button to capture a

 

still image of the current video display.

 

 

 

Print  Click this button to print the

 

current video image.

 

 

 

Sound  Click this button to toggle the

 

sound off or on. Move the slider to the

 

left to decrease the volume or to the

 

right to increase the volume.

Memory Status

This section of the View Recordings window indicates, in hours and gigabytes (GB), how much hard disk space is available for recorded video.

Memory Status

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Video Playback

The section at the bottom of the View Recordings window is used to locate video for playback.

Video Playback

To locate and play a recording:

1.If you want to see all available recordings, toggle the button above the timeline to View all recordings. If you want to see only those recordings which were triggered by motion detection, toggle the button to View by motion detection only.

2.Using the calendar to the right of the timeline, select the date of the recording you want to view. (Bolded dates have recordings.)

3.The timeline displays blue bars where recordings are available. To display video from a specific time, click and drag the marker above the timeline to any point above a blue bar. The marker will display the date and time of the point you have chosen.

4.The video plays, starting from the point you have chosen.

Setup

The Setup screen is accessed by clicking the Setup icon. There are three tabs along the top of the Setup screen: Cameras, Recording Options, and Settings. By default, the Cameras tab is selected when the Setup screen is opened. These tabs display screens whose functions are described below.

Setup > Cameras

Click the Cameras tab to set up a network Camera.

Setup > Cameras

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Cisco Systems WVC80N manual Setup Cameras, Memory Status, Video Playback

WVC80N specifications

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