D-Link DCS-5300 Monitor Program continued Application Layout and Functionalities, Misc. functions

Using IP surveillance Software (continued)

Monitor Program (continued)

Application Layout and Functionalities

This section demonstrates a global view of the monitor tool, shown below. The components of the monitor tool will be introduced in detail in the following sections.

Misc. Functions Video Area

Channel Area

Layout Area

Hard Disk Status

Common Controls Display Frame

DI/DO and Alert

Message

There are several parts in the monitor tool:

Misc. functions:

These include application exit, minimization, full screen monitoring, lock, stop alert, and configuration menu for camera configurations, global settings, scheduler settings and the user information of this application software. The tips about these operations are provided on-line when you move the mouse cursor over them.

Channel area

This area displays the status of each video channel. The information indicates the status of connection, recording, selection, and alert-event trigger.

Video area

In this area, you can see the video of the selected channel in the display frame. The number of the display frames in the video area depends on the layout chosen by the user. You can also use convenient controls to alter the video display.

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