The following table describes the parts of the DX8100 application window.

 

 

Table A. Parts of the DX8100 Application Window

 

 

 

Item

Part

Description

 

 

 

 

Title Bar

Displays the DX8100 application title.

 

 

 

 

Menu Bar

Provides access to drop-down menus.

 

 

 

 

Toolbar

Provides access to display, setup, export, and search tools.

 

 

 

 

Site Tree

Displays top-down, hierarchical management of DX8100 resources, such as servers, cameras, alarms, and

 

 

relays.

 

 

 

 

View Panels

Display live and playback video from attached cameras. A view panel consists of view panes.

View pane: A view pane is a division of a view panel. Each view pane contains only a single camera channel. Up to 36 view panes can fit in a single view panel.

View panel: A view panel is made up of the entire DX8100 viewing area. View panels are divided into multiple panes. A panel can display from one to 36 individual cameras.

 

For additional information about view panels and panes, refer to Understanding View Panes and Panels.

 

 

PTZ Control Panel

Allows users with access rights to operate camera lens control features and to program PTZ presets,

 

patterns, auxiliary outputs, and tours.

 

 

Index View Panel

Allows users with access rights to search motion and alarm events within a 24-hour period specified in the

 

playback timeline. By default, this panel is not displayed.

 

 

Playback Timeline

Displays a 24-hour timeline marked with color-coded video events. Allows users with Standard User access

 

rights to select a date and time for playback.

 

 

Playback Control

Provides buttons for users with access rights to control video playback. Includes forward and reverse

Panel

playback and still image. It also provides controls for playback speed and volume.

 

 

PTZ OSD Menu or

This control provides two functions depending on whether the DX8100 is operating in Live view or playback

Digital Zoom

mode:

Control

Live view mode: Provides whether the DX8100 is operating in Live view or playback mode: users with

 

 

access rights to operate PTZ OSD features. For information on using the PTZ OSD menu controls, refer to

 

Using the PTZ OSD Menu Control.

 

Playback mode: Provides users with access rights to operate digital zoom features.

 

 

Status Bar

Displays the current date and time, recorder processing status, disk status indicator, user name (of the

 

current logged in user), and total amount of recorded video.

 

NOTE: As the storage array of the DX8100 fills beyond its capacity, video is deleted in a first-in, first-out

 

(FIFO) fashion. The disk status indicator on the status bar shows the amount of disk space used by recorded

 

video. The red indicator marks the current recording position of the disk array, blue indicators mark parts of

 

the array that are storing previously recorded video, and clear indicates that no video has been recorded in

 

that area of the array.

DX8100 MENU BAR

This section describes the DX8100 menu bar commands and includes the following topics:

File Menu

Edit Menu

View Menu

Export Menu

Favorite Menu

Help Menu

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