Thumbnails view
This view shows all of the cameras assigned to a selected device group. Each thumbnail shows a low frame-rate, real-time feed from a camera. When a thumbnail receives a new frame, it is highlighted to show any activity that happened for that camera for that frame.Note
If a NetBotz Appliance is mapped to an external share drive, a Store Data on NetBotz Appliance option is available in the "Surveillance Settings" display for each camera associated with that appliance. If that option is selected for a camera, its Thumbnail view cannot update, as thumbnail data cannot be sent to the Data Center Expert server. However, its Camera View will still provide real-time video, and its clip data, which is stored at the external share drive at the NetBotz Appliance, can still be accessed by the Data Center Expert server.
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Which thumbnails are displayed depends on which group is selected in the Device Groups view. In addition, an unlicensed camera will have a grayed out image showing where the camera is pointing, with a prohibited symbol that indicates the camera will not function until it is licensed, and when the Data Center Expert server has lost communication with a camera, the thumbnail will be black with a grey x.
- Access the "Surveillance Settings" display to configure one or more cameras (select Surveillance Settings in a right-click menu for a selected camera's thumbnail).
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Surveillance Settings in the Device menu allows you to configure cameras for all device groups; Surveillance Settings in the Device Groups view allows you to configure cameras for a selected device group; Surveillance Settings in the Camera view allows you to configure one camera for a selected device group.
- Access the "Camera Settings" display to configure the cameras at the monitored NetBotz Appliances (select NetBotz Appliance Camera Settings in a right-click menu for a selected camera's thumbnail).
- Access the "Recorded Camera Clips" display to retrieve, view, and tag clips for a selected camera (select Retrieve Clips in the thumbnail's right-click menu, or use the
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- Double-click a thumbnail to access its Camera view (or select Open Camera View in the thumbnail's right-click menu).
- Use the Change Resolution icons (
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- Use the Toggle Extra Thumbnail Borders (
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- Use the Configure Thumbnail Details icon (
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- Sort the thumbnails by the type of information that can be provided with the thumbnails (use the
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- Use the Search and Clear elements to filter the Thumbnails view to display only the thumbnails that include your typed text.
- Access the "Device Launch Settings" display to define the settings used to access the web interface at a selected camera's NetBotz Appliance (select Device Launch Settings in the thumbnail's right-click menu).
- Launch to the web interface at a selected camera's NetBotz Appliance (select Launch to Device in the thumbnail's right-click menu).
- View the Device View listing for a selected camera in the Monitoring perspective (select Show in Monitoring Perspective in the thumbnail's right-click menu).
- Log on to the Advanced View interface at a selected camera's NetBotz Appliance (select Launch Advanced View in the thumbnail's right-click menu).
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This option is enabled by Advanced View Settings, a Client Preferences option in the File menu.
