After adding the cameras into areas, you can start live view to view the camera's live video, and perform some basic operations via the Web Client.

1. Click Monitoring > Live View on home page to enter the Live View page.
2. Select a site from the drop-down list.

   The area and cameras of the selected site is displayed.

3. Optional: Enter a keyword of camera name or area name in the search field and click Search in All Sites or Search in Current Site to search the cameras or areas.

   All the search results display.

   Note:

   You can move the cursor to the camera name to view the image thumbnail.

   Figure 1. Thumbnail
4. Optional: Click on the live view toolbar, and select a window division mode.
   Note:

   Up to16-window mode is available when you access the Web Client via the Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari.

5. Drag a camera/area to the display window, or double-click a camera/area name after selecting the display window to start the live view. The selected window is outlined in red.
   Note:

   • If the system is Central System with Remote Site Management module, you can also view the live video of the cameras imported from remote site. For managing remote site's cameras in areas, refer to Add Camera to Area for Remote Site.

   • You can also double-click the area name to start the live view of cameras in the area. The display windows adapt to the number of cameras in the area.

6. Optional: Move the cursor over the display window during live view, and you can perform some operations, such as digital zoom, instant playback, two-way audio, fisheye dewarping, and PTZ control, etc.