ACC5.0 Quick Guide - Copy - Vision Systems

1 Getting Started Once the avigilon Control Center Client software has been installed, you can start using the avigilon High Definition Surveillance System immediately. Refer to any of the procedures in this section to help you get started. Starting and Shutting Down the avigilon Control Center Client The avigilon Control Center Client software can be started or shut down at anytime - video recording is not affected because it is controlled separately by the Server software. Starting the Client Software Perform one of the following: In Windows, select All Programs or All Apps > avigilon > avigilon Control Center Client. Double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop. From the avigilon Control Center Admin Tool, click Launch Control Center Client. See the avigilon Control Center Server user Guide for more information. Log in to your Site when the Log In dialog box appears.

2 See Logging_In for more information. Shutting Down the Client Software 1. In the top-right corner, select > Exit. 2. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes. Discovering Sites If your computer is on the same network segment (subnet) as a Site, that Site is automatically discovered and displayed in the System Explorer on the left side of the application window. If the Site you want to access is not listed, it is because the Site is on a different subnet and must be manually discovered. There is no limit to the number of Sites that can be discovered by the Client software. By default, when a server is first connected to the system, it is added as a server within a Site of the same name. If you need to locate a new server, you would search for its Site. 1. Open the Find Site dialog box. o In the Log In dialog box, click . o In the top-right corner, select > Client Settings > Site Networking.

3 In the Site Networking tab, click . 1. Ge ng Started Figure A. Site Networking tab 2. In the dialog box, enter the Hostname/IP Address and the Base Port of the server in the Site you want to discover. Figure B. Find Site dialog box 7. 2. ACC5 Enterprise he base ort is by default. ou can change the base ort nu ber in the vigilon ontrol enter d in ool. See the avigilon Control Center Server user Guide for ore infor ation.. lick . If the Site is found, it is auto atically added to the Site list in the Site Networking tab. If the Site is not found, check the following then try again he network settings are configured correctly. he firewall is not blocking the a lication. he vigilon ontrol enter Server software is running on the server you searched for in ste 2. Logging Into and Out of a Site Logging In . en the og In dialog box. he og In dialog box auto atically a ears when the lient software is launched.

4 O anually access the og In dialog box, erfor one of the following o In the to right corner, select o In to log in to all available Sites. o In the Syste x lorer, right click a Site and select o In to log in to the selected server. 2. In the og In dialog box, select a s ecific Site or select A tes fro the o n to dro down list. 8. 3. Ge ng Started Figure A. og In dialog box If you accessed the og In dialog box fro a s ecific Site, you will not have the o tion of logging into ll Sites. If the Site you want to log into is not shown, click to discover the Site.. nter your ser ame and Pass ord, or select the se rrent ndo s redent a s check box if your syste ad inistrator has i orted your indows account infor ation to the Site.. lick o In. fter logging in the first ti e, you can set u auto atic login fro the lient Settings dialog box. See eneral Settings for ore infor ation.

5 Logging Out ou can log out of one or all Sites at any ti e. o ot s og out of one Site . ight click the Site in the Syste x lorer and select o t.. Select o o t. og out of all Sites 2. In the confir ation dialog box, click es. 4. Navigating the Application nce you log in, the vigilon ontrol enter lient a lication window is o ulated with all the features that are available to you. ote So e features are not dis layed if the server does not have the re uired license, or if you do not have the re uired user er issions. Getting Started Figure A. vigilon ontrol enter lient a lication window. A at on ndo eat res Area es r t on is lays all the ele ents in your surveillance syste . se the ear bar to uickly locate anything that is available in the Syste x lorer. ou can search for ite s by na e, and Syste x lorer devices can also be searched for by location, logical I , serial nu ber and I address.

6 He Syste x lorer changes de ending on the tab you have o en. For exa le, servers are not listed in the iew tab. llows you to onitor video and organi e i age anels. ou can 2 iew tab have ulti le iews o en at once. 5. Ge ng Started is lays live or recorded video fro a ca era. he video control I age anel buttons are dis layed when you ove your ouse in to the i age anel. oolbar rovides uick access to co only used tools. ask tabs is lays all the tabs that are currently o en. ens the New ask enu so you can select and o en new task dd ask button tabs. ou can access advanced tools like Search and x ort, or syste ad inistrative features like Site Setu . his enu gives you access to local a lication settings like Settings enu lient Settings and Site connections. he highlighted nu ber shows the nu ber of syste essages that need your attention. lick the nu ber to dis lay the list of essages.

7 He highlight color indicates the severity of the ost recent Syste essage list essage. ed rror e o arning reen Infor ation stem orer I ons I on es r t on Site. isted under a Site are all the connected devices and linked features. server. ca era. ca era. n encoder. irtual atrix onitor. saved iew. a . web age. 11. 6. ACC5 Enterprise Adding and Removing Cameras in a View o onitor video, add a ca era to the iew. he ca era video can be re oved fro the iew any ti e. Adding a Camera to a View erfor one of the following rag the ca era fro the Syste x lorer to an e ty i age anel in the iew. ouble click a ca era in the Syste x lorer. In the Syste x lorer, right click the ca era and select Add to e . he ca era is added to the next e ty i age anel in the iew layout. ou can drag the sa e ca era to ulti le i age anels to watch the video at different oo levels. Removing a Camera From a View erfor one of the following ight click the i age anel and select ose.

8 Inside the i age anel, click . Viewing Live and Recorded Video ote So e features are not dis layed if the server does not have the re uired license, or if you do not have the re uired user er issions. hen you onitor video, you can choose to watch live and recorded video in the sa e iew, or only one ty e of video er iew. nce you ve added the re uired ca eras to the iew, erfor the following o switch the iew between live and recorded video, click either e or e orded on the toolbar. o switch individual i age anels between live and recorded video, right click the i age anel and select either e or e orded. I age anels dis laying recorded video have a reen border. 12. 7. ACC5 Enterprise ach transaction is se arated by date and ti e, and the ost recent transaction is highlighted in blue.. o dis lay ca eras that are linked to the S transaction source, click in the S.

9 Transaction i age anel. If ulti le ca eras are connected to the S transaction source, you will be ro ted to select one. Controlling Recorded Video isted in this section are the features that are only available while onitoring recorded video. Playing Back Recorded Video he i eline dis lays when video was recorded and lets you control the video layback. he colored bars on the i eline show the ca era s recording history red bar shows the ca era recorded a otion event. blue bar shows the ca era recorded video. hite areas show that the ca era did not record any video. n orange bar is a book ark in the ca era s recording history. See ook arking ecorded ideo for ore infor ation about book arks. Figure A. layback controls on the i eline o ot s o select a lick the dark gray date dis lay and select a s ecific date and ti e. layback ti e r, click a oint in the i eline.

10 128. 8. Video lick . lick to fast forward. a the arrow again to increase the layback s eed. o start layback lick to rewind. a the arrow again to increase the layback s eed. ou can lay the video u to eight ti es the original s eed. lick . o sto layback lick to ste forward one fra e. lick to ste backward one fra e. o u forward or n the i eline, click or to ove to set oints back on the on the i eline. i eline ove the slider on the botto left to oo in or out on the i eline. r, you can lace your ouse over the o oo in or out i eline and use the scroll wheel to oo in or on the i eline out on the i eline. ou can oo in to a uarter of a second, and oo out to see years if recorded video exists. o center the ight click the i eline, and select enter on i eline on the ar er ti e arker lick and drag the ti e arker through the i eline. o an the ove the hori ontal scroll bar under i eline the i eline.