Pelco dx8100 UNDERSTANDING THE DX8100 RESOURCE METER

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UNDERSTANDING THE DX8100 RESOURCE METER

Figure 93. DX8100 Resource Meter

TableAB describes the parts of the DX8100 Resource Meter.

Table AB. DX8100 Resource Meter

Item Part Description

View Pane Displays the available system resources (CPU and Memory resource levels) for the DX8100 server. The meter

range is 0 to 100 percent. The CPU and Memory resource levels cannot exceed 100 percent. If either level

exceeds 100 percent, the DX8100 System Resources Warning dialog box appears. For information about

configuring analog and IP cameras for optimal system resources performance in order to bring the system

resources within an acceptable range, refer to Configuring Analog and IP Cameras for Optimal Hybrid Video

Recording on page12 6.

NOTE: The DX8100 Resource Meter shows the CPU and memory resource levels that are specific to the

DX8100 server application. They do not match the resource levels that appear in Windows Task Manager on

the server.

Memory Level (Blue) Indicates the DX8100 server’s memory usage.

CPU Level (Orange) Indicates the DX8100 server’s CPU usage.

Data Area Displays the CPU and Memory usage as a percentage.

IP Camera Status

Button

Sends a command to the IP address of the camera displayed in the Selected Channel drop down box. The

ping command opens and displays the results in the IP Camera Network Status dialog box.

IP Camera Properties

Button

Opens a dialog box that allows you to assign an IP camera to a camera channel.

Contents

Main Page Contents Client Operation/Configuration Page Page DX8100 Client Emergency Agent DX8100 Viewer DX8100 Mobile Client DX8100 Web Client Page List of Illustrations Page Page Page List of Tables Client Operation/Configuration Welcome to DX8100 Series HVR Client Application DX8100 CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT DX8100 VIEWER DX8100 MOBILE CLIENT DX8100 WEB CLIENT DX8100 FEATURES Getting Started with DX8100 Client Software DESCRIPTION OF DX8100 CLIENT SOFTWARE WINDOWS XP DISPLAY PROPERTIES CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS INSTALLING THE CLIENT APPLICATION SETTING UP SECURITY SERVICES ENABLING IPSEC SERVICES DISABLING IPSEC SERVICES STARTING THE DX8100 CLIENT APPLICATION BEFORE YOU START DX8100 CLIENT SOFTWARE STARTING DX8100 CLIENT SOFTWARE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM UPGRADE Logging On to the Client Application CHANGING THE DX8100 CLIENT APPLICATION LOGIN PASSWORD ENABLING DIRECTDRAW VIDEO HARDWARE ACCELERATION Connecting to DX8100 HVR Server Sites ADDING A DX8100 HVR SERVER TO THE CONNECTION LIST ADDING A SITE WITH A KNOWN IP ADDRESS Page 3a 3b 3c DELETING A DX8100 HVR SERVER EDITING DX8100 SERVER INFORMATION FROM CONNECTION LIST Page ADDING A NEW SITE TO A GROUP DELETING A SERVER FROM A GROUP DELETING A GROUP WORKING WITH REMOTE SITES CONNECTING TO A REMOTE SITE AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING TO A REMOTE SITE LOGGING IN TO A REMOTE SITE LOGGING OUT OF A REMOTE SITE DISCONNECTING FROM A REMOTE SITE EXITING THE DX8100 CLIENT APPLICATION Understanding the DX8100 Application Window DESCRIPTION OF THE DX8100 MAIN WINDOW Page Page DX8100 MENU BAR File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Export Menu Favorite Menu Help Menu DX8100 TOOLBAR DISPLAYING THE DX8100 WINDOW FROM A PAGE DESCRIPTION OF OPERATING MODES DISPLAYING VIDEO IN FULL SCREEN VIEW Displaying Live Video in Full Screen View Displaying Playback Video in Full Screen View UNDERSTANDING VIEW PANES AND PANELS WORKING WITH VIEW PANES AND PANELS CONFIGURING VIEW PANELS NAVIGATING VIEW PANELS Navigating Between View Panels Expanding and Collapsing View Panes Manually Cycling Through Hidden View Panels Automatically Cycling Through View Panels Page Page Page Page ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO VIEW PANES SETTING UP LINKS Manually Turning On and Off a Relay Linking Alarm Inputs to a Camera Linking a Relay Output to a Camera REMOVING LINKS Removing a Linked Alarm Input from a Camera Removing a Linked Relay Output from a Camera Page Working in Live View Mode ASSIGNING AND REMOVING CAMERAS FROM VIEW PANES SETTING UP FAVORITES ADDING A CAMERA VIEW TO FAVORITES ORGANIZING FAVORITES IN FOLDERS Creating a Favorites Folder Moving Existing Favorites to a Folder LIVE VIEW ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) CUSTOMIZING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) INSTANT RECORDING ENABLING AND DISABLING INSTANT RECORDING Enabling Instant Recording Disabling Instant Recording ADDING INSTANT RECORDING TO OSD STARTING AND STOPPING INSTANT RECORDING Starting Instant Recording Stopping Instant Recording LISTENING TO LIVE AUDIO AT THE CLIENT OPERATING THE ON-SCREEN PTZ CONTROLS OPERATING THE PTZ CONTROLS Page USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO OPERATE PTZ AND LENS FUNCTIONS PTZ PRESETS PROGRAMMING A PRESET ACTIVATING A PRESET CLEARING A PRESET PTZ PATTERNS PROGRAMMING A PATTERN Start Programming a Pattern Stop Programming a Pattern ACTIVATING A PATTERN ACCESSING PROGRAMMING FEATURES OF REMOTE CAMERAS Using the PTZ OSD Menu Control Accessing a Remote Camera Programming Menu Page SENDING AUXILIARY COMMANDS TO A DEVICE CONFIGURING PRESET TOURS PROGRAMMING A PRESET TOUR Accessing a Preset Tour Group Page Page ACTIVATING A PRESET TOUR DEACTIVATING A PRESET TOUR Working in Playback Mode PRINTING IMAGES ACCESSING PLAYBACK MODE ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO VIEW PANELS PLAYBACK ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) Page Page Page UNDERSTANDING INSTANT PLAYBACK PLAYING BACK VIDEO BY EVENT OPERATING PLAYBACK DIGITAL ZOOM ZOOM USING THE DIGITAL ZOOM CONTROL Page ZOOM USING THE MOUSE PANNING A ZOOMED IMAGE Working in Search Mode SEARCH WINDOW DISPLAYING A DEINTERLACED IMAGE IN THE SEARCH MODE REUSING THE SEARCH TIME RANGE INDEX VIDEO SEARCH THUMBNAIL VIDEO SEARCH Page Page Page SEARCHING AND DISPLAYING POS DATA BY DEVICE NAME Searching POS Data by Device Name Page SEARCHING BY POS TRANSACTION NUMBER SEARCHING FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS WITH EXCEPTIONS SEARCHING FOR TRANSACTIONS THAT SATISFY SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS SEARCHING FOR TRANSACTIONS BY LINE ITEM b 3 SEARCHING FOR TRANSACTIONS BY ACTION CODE PIXEL VIDEO SEARCH SEARCHING VIDEO BASED ON CHANGES IN SCREEN PIXELS Page VIEWING A VIDEO THUMBNAIL WORKING WITH SPECIAL VIEW AND SEARCH METHODS VIEWING VIDEO IN THE DEINTERLACED MODE VIEWING LIVE AND PLAYBACK VIDEO SIMULTANEOUSLY Exporting Video EXPORTING BOOKMARKED VIDEO REGIONS CREATING BOOKMARKS CLEARING BOOKMARKS Clearing a Single Bookmark BOOKMARKING AND EXPORTING MULTIPLE CHANNELS INSERTING AND REMOVING A USB FLASH DRIVE INSTALLING A USB FLASH DRIVE REMOVING A USB FLASH DRIVE ENABLING THE DEINTERLACING FILTER MAPPING AND DISCONNECTING A NETWORK DRIVE MAPPING A NETWORK DRIVE DISCONNECTING A NETWORK DRIVE PERFORMING THE EXPORT STARTING AN EXPORT PROCESS Page CHANGING A BOOKMARKED TIME RANGE ASSIGNING A CUSTOM EXPORT VIDEO FILE NAME Page SELECTING THE EXPORT FORMAT EXPORTING A SEQUENCE OF STILL IMAGES FINALIZING AN EXPORT PROCESS STOPPING AN EXPORT WHILE IN PROCESS Retaining Video When Stopping an Export Process u v Page Working with System Health Status VIEWING SYSTEM HEALTH STATUS WORKING WITH SYSTEM HEALTH STATUS VIEW Setting Up the DX8100 ACCESSING THE SETUP MODE Page CAMERA SETUP BASIC CAMERA SETUP Page MOTION DETECTION SETUP AUDIO SETUP Setting Up the Standard Audio Options Setting Up the Expanded Audio Options CONFIGURING VIDEO LOSS DETECTION APPLYING SETTINGS TO ALL CAMERAS IP CAMERA SETUP CONFIGURING THE DX8100 TO RECORD IP CAMERA VIDEO About Analog and IP Camera Channel Configurations Searching for IP Cameras Assigning an IP Camera to a Camera Channel Page Configuring IP Camera Settings Using the IP Cameras Properties Dialog to Configure IP Cameras Using the Device Utility to Configure IP Cameras Customizing IP Camera Display Settings Page UNDERSTANDING THE DX8100 RESOURCE METER CONFIGURING ANALOG AND IP CAMERAS FOR OPTIMAL HYBRID VIDEO RECORDING Disabling an Analog Camera Disabling an IP Camera Deleting an IP Camera Restoring a Disabled Analog or IP Camera Analog Camera IP Camera LINK SETUP CONFIGURING BASIC RELAY AND ALARM SETTINGS Understanding How Relays and Alarms React to a Power Outage Configuring DX8100 Basic Relay and Alarm Settings Page Page Page Linking Relay Outputs to Video Loss Events LINKING CAMERAS TO RECORD IN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL EVENTS Linking Cameras to Record in Response to Motion Events Linking Cameras to Record in Response to Alarm Events Linking Cameras to Record in Response to ATM/POS Events 4 b 4a Page Page Page Page Page SCHEDULE SETUP ACCESSING THE SCHEDULE Page SETTING UP THE CAMERA RECORDING MODE Scheduling a Record Mode Clearing a Scheduled Recording Clearing Recording Times for a Specific Record Mode Clearing Recording Times for All Record Modes CREATING YEARLY RECORDING SCHEDULES Creating a Yearly Recording Schedule Scheduling Individual Days Using the Year View Copying Schedule Attributes to a Different Day CREATING MONTHLY OR MULTIPLE-DAY RECORDING SCHEDULES Creating Multiple-Day Schedules Creating Single-Day Schedules Working with Single-Day Schedules Page Copying and Applying Schedule Attributes EDITING SCHEDULES Changing an Existing Schedule Profile Page WORKING WITH CUSTOM CAMERA SETTINGS Configuring Custom Camera Settings Page CONFIGURING THE FRAME RATE Accessing the Frame Rate Configuration Dialog Box Setting the Frame Rate Setting the Resolution and Frame Rate Page Understanding DX8100 Server Maximum IPS Recording Setting Up DX8100 for Maximum IPS Recording Page Page Understanding the DX8100 Frame Rate Calculations SETTING UP ADVANCED RELAY OUTPUT Configuring Advanced Motion-Activated Relay Output Page Configuring Advanced Alarm-Activated Relay Output Page Page Page DATA BACKUP SETUP WORKING WITH BACKED UP VIDEO ON THE CLIENT VIEWING AND SEARCHING BACKED UP VIDEO EXPORTING AND PRINTING BACKED UP VIDEO Page Page BUILT-IN USER ACCOUNTS DEFINITION OF USER ACCESS LEVELS DEFINITION OF CAMERA SECURITY ACCESS MODIFYING USER ACCESS RIGHTS ADDING NEW USERS Page CHANGING USER PASSWORDS CHANGING A USERS GROUP AFFILIATION DELETING EXISTING USERS SETTING LOGIN TIMEOUT ASSIGNING AUTOMATIC LOGIN PERMISSION TO A USER SITE SETUP SYSTEM SETUP ACCESSING THE SYSTEM PAGE WORKING WITH THE EXPORT FEATURE Exporting the Current HVR Settings 5a5 Using the Edit Menu to Perform an Export WORKING WITH THE IMPORT FEATURE Importing HVR Settings Using the Edit Menu to Perform an Import 4a b 4a4 USING SYSTEM LOGS Viewing a Log File Exporting Log Information EXTERNAL MONITOR SETUP EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SETUP ACCESSING THE EMERGENCY AGENT NOTIFICATION SETUP ADDING CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENTS TO BE NOTIFIED CHANGING CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT PROPERTIES DELETING CLIENTS FROM THE NOTIFICATION LIST LINKING CAMERAS TO CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENTS SETTING SERVER EVENT TRANSMISSION TIME EMERGENCY E-MAIL NOTIFICATION SETUP ACCESSING THE EMERGENCY E-MAIL NOTIFICATION SETUP CONFIGURING EMERGENCY E-MAIL NOTIFICATION Enabling or Disabling E-mail Notification Setting Up the E-mail Server Page Page Setting the Time of Day Sending E-mail Notifications in Response to Motion Events Sending E-mail Notifications in Response to Alarm Events Sending E-mail Notifications in Response to Video Loss Events SETTING UP E-MAIL NOTIFICATION GROUPS Adding an E-mail Notification Group Modifying an E-mail Group Name Deleting an E-mail Group Page Page Page Page y DX8100 Client Emergency Agent Setting Up and Using the Client Emergency Agent INSTALLING THE CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT APPLICATION ENABLING IPSEC SECURITY SERVICES DISABLING IPSEC SECURITY SERVICES Before You Begin STARTING THE CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT REAL-TIME EVENT MONITORING SETTING THE CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT LISTEN PORT VIEWING PREVIOUSLY LOGGED EVENTS Page DX8100 Viewer Setting Up and Using the DX8100 Viewer DX8100 VIEWER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION STARTING THE DX8100 VIEWER Page VIEWING MEDIA FILES PLAYING VIDEO Page Working with the Playlist ACCESSING THE PLAYLIST Page Working with Viewer Configuration Tools ACCESSING VIEWER CONFIGURATION TOOLS ADJUSTING PICTURE QUALITY CHANGING THE SNAPSHOT DIRECTORY CHANGING THE LANGUAGE ENABLING/DISABLING FILTERED IMAGE DISPLAY VERIFYING THE WATERMARK EXITING THE DX8100 VIEWER APPLICATION DX8100 Mobile Client Setting Up and Using the DX8100 Mobile Client MOBILE (PDA) CLIENT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION CONNECTING MOBILE CLIENTS TO A DX8100 SERIES HVR STARTING THE DX8100 MOBILE CLIENT EXITING THE DX8100 MOBILE CLIENT SETTING UP USER SECURITY SETTING UP AN INITIAL PASSWORD CHANGING AN EXISTING PASSWORD LOGGING IN TO THE MOBILE CLIENT APPLICATION WORKING WITH SITES AND GROUPS CREATING SITE GROUPS Page EDITING AN EXISTING GROUP DELETING A GROUP ADDING A DX8100 SITE TO A GROUP Page EDITING A DX8100 SITE DELETING A DX8100 SITE CONNECTING TO A DX8100 SITE DISCONNECTING FROM A SERVER SITE VIEWING LIVE VIDEO CUSTOMIZING THE VIEW SCREEN CHANGING SCREEN SIZE Page DX8100 Web Client Using the DX8100 Web Client DESCRIPTION INSTALLATION STARTING THE DX8100 WEB CLIENT Page Page Web Client Configuration WORKING WITH THE CONNECTION LIST ADDING SITES TO THE CONNECTION LIST Adding a DX8100 Site with a Known IP Address Adding a DX8100 Site with a Unknown IP Address GROUPING DX8100 SERVERS IN THE CONNECTION LIST Adding a Group to the Connection List Adding a DX8100 Server to a Group with a Known IP Address Adding a DX8100 Server to a Group with an Unknown IP Address MODIFYING A CONNECTION LIST Deleting a DX8100 HVR Server from the Connection List Editing a DX8100 Servers Information in the Connection list WORKING WITH REMOTE SITES CONNECTING TO A REMOTE SITE LOGGING IN TO A REMOTE SITE LOGGING OUT OF A REMOTE SITE DISCONNECTING FROM A REMOTE SITE VIEWING LIVE VIDEO CONFIGURING VIEW PANELS ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO VIEW PANELS OPERATING THE ON-SCREEN PTZ CONTROLS Operating PTZ Controls PTZ Presets Programming a Preset Page Clearing a Preset PTZ PATTERNS Programming a Pattern Activating a Pattern Clearing a Pattern Page Page Index A B C D E F G H I J L N O P R S T U V W Z PRODUCT WARRANTY AND RETURN INFORMATION