GE v6 user manual DVR Help Camera Shortcut Menu, DVR Help Digital Video Search Icon

DVR Help - Camera Shortcut Menu

Right-click on a selected camera icon to display the camera shortcut button.

•Select View Live to call up a live video window for that camera.

•Select Edit to display the Camera Form, and depending on your permissions, view or edit the camera configuration.

DVR Help - Digital Video Search Icon

Digital Video Viewer Window

Click to launch the Digital Video Search window. Digital Video Search is used to search for recorded video events triggered by reader and/or alarm transactions. Click this icon to close the Digital Video Search window.

Digital Video Search has a separate Help system. Refer to Digital Video Search Help for specific details on how to search for recorded video events. Activate the Help system by clicking Help on the Digital Video Search window.

DVR Help - Digital Video Viewer Window

The main Digital Video Viewer program window consists of the following:

Digital Video Network List

The Digital Video Network List is an expanding hierarchical display of your digital video network devices as defined in the system database. These devices include host computers, DVRs, cameras, and presets. The Digital Video Network List also acts as a system monitor for its devices, providing graphical display of device conditions and status changes.

Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.

Failed Host Computer

In case of a system failure on a client computer licensed for Client Redundancy, a backup client takes over the functionality of DVRs and cameras. This scenario will be indicated by the backup computer name in parentheses following the failed Hostname, such as: BCTBOCA <BCTROME>

where

•BCTBOCA is the failed host computer.

•<BCTROME> is the backup client. DVRs previously associated and displayed under BCTBOCA will display under (BCTROME). No DVRs will display under the failed client.

Following recovery, devices again display under the default hostname. The backup client name may display in the list with no device association.

Play Controls

Shortcut menus for operations of DVR and cameras can be accessed quickly using right-click mouse button navigation.

The play controls allow you to control and adjust live and recorded video.

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