Nx Witness User Manual - Squarespace · PDF fileWorking with Several Nx Witness Windows ......
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ContentsNx Witness User Manual
Nx Witness User Manual
Table of ContentsWorking with Nx Witness 1
................................................................................................................................... 1Opening and Closing Nx Witness Client
................................................................................................................................... 3Connecting to Nx Witness via Web-Client
................................................................................................................................... 4Connecting to Enterprise Controller and Working Offline
................................................................................................................................... 7Launching Nx Witness in Compatibility Mode
................................................................................................................................... 8Introducing User Roles
................................................................................................................................... 9Nx Witness User Interface Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 10Main Menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 11Showing and Hiding Side Panels .......................................................................................................................................................... 11Tabs and Layouts .......................................................................................................................................................... 12Context Menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 13Items on Layouts and Scene .......................................................................................................................................................... 16Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources .......................................................................................................................................................... 18Search .......................................................................................................................................................... 19Playback Panel .......................................................................................................................................................... 20Full Screen and Window Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 20Getting Context Help
................................................................................................................................... 21Customizing Look and Feel of Nx Witness
................................................................................................................................... 22Run Nx Witness when computer boots up
................................................................................................................................... 22Nx Witness Quick Start
................................................................................................................................... 23Obtaining and Activating Nx Witness Licenses
................................................................................................................................... 26System-Wide Configurations
................................................................................................................................... 27Obtaining and Configuring Servers Additional Settings (Admin Only) .......................................................................................................................................................... 28Configuring Server Storages (Admin Only) .......................................................................................................................................................... 29Deleting Server (Admin Only) .......................................................................................................................................................... 30Monitoring Servers (Admin Only) .......................................................................................................................................................... 32Using Server's Web Interface
................................................................................................................................... 33Configuring Multi-Server Environment (Admin Only) .......................................................................................................................................................... 33Understanding Multi-Server Architecture and Basics .......................................................................................................................................................... 34Joining and Splitting Servers ......................................................................................................................................................... 34Join Server from Different System to Current-One......................................................................................................................................................... 34Split Server to Different System......................................................................................................................................................... 35Merge all Servers to Another System.......................................................................................................................................................... 36Configuring Failover .......................................................................................................................................................... 37Configuring Routing within Multi-Server Environment .......................................................................................................................................................... 37Configuring Time Synchronization w ithin Multi-Server Environment
................................................................................................................................... 38Cameras and Encoders Management .......................................................................................................................................................... 39Viewing Full Camera List .......................................................................................................................................................... 41Adding Cameras and Encoders ......................................................................................................................................................... 41Discovering Cameras Automatically......................................................................................................................................................... 42Disabling Automatic Discovery (Admin Only)......................................................................................................................................................... 43Adding Cameras and Encoders Manually (Admin Only)......................................................................................................................................................... 46Adding RTSP or HTTP Streams as Cameras (Admin Only).......................................................................................................................................................... 47Setting Up Cameras
ContentsNx Witness User Manual
Nx Witness User Manual
......................................................................................................................................................... 48Setting up Analog Cameras
......................................................................................................................................................... 49Renaming Cameras (Admin Only)
......................................................................................................................................................... 50Obtaining Cameras IP, MAC, Firmware and Model
......................................................................................................................................................... 51Configuring Audio on Camera
......................................................................................................................................................... 52Configuring Camera's Authentication
......................................................................................................................................................... 53Forcing Aspect Ratio for Cameras
......................................................................................................................................................... 54Setting up Camera Orientation
......................................................................................................................................................... 55Setting Up Fish-Eye Cameras
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