Start Live View in Area Mode

You can start the live view of cameras grouped in an area.

Make sure you have grouped cameras into areas. Refer to the Add Camera to Area for Current Site or Add Camera to Area for Remote Site for details.

  1. In the top left corner of the Client, select > Video > Video Security.

    The areas which the current user has permission to access are listed and the resources which the user has permission to access are shown in the corresponding areas.

    Note:

    For setting the user permission, refer to Role and User Management.

  2. Optional: Click in the upper-right corner to change live view window division.
    Average

    All the divided windows are distributed in average.

    Highlighted

    The highlighted window is used to display the live video of the critical camera.

    Horizontal

    The divided windows are distributed horizontally in the window.

    Vertical

    The divided windows are distributed vertically in the window.

    Others

    Other types of window division besides the types above.

  3. Start live view.
    Option Description

    For One Camera

    Drag a camera to the display window to start the live view of the camera, or double-click the camera to start the live view in a free display window.

    For All Cameras in The Same Area

    Drag an area to a display window, and click Batch Play, or double-click the area to start the live view of all camera in the area.

    Note:

    The display windows automatically adapt to the number of cameras in the area.
  4. Optional: When an alarm is triggered on a resource, the title bar of the resource's live view window will turn red. Click the red title bar to view the alarm information and acknowledge the alarm.