Avigilon™ Gateway Web Client User Guide Version: 5.
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Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 Installation .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 For More Information ...................................................................................................................................
Avigilon Gateway Web Client Taking Snapshots............................................................................................................................................ 21 Controlling PTZ Cameras.............................................................................................................................. 23 Adjusting Image Quality................................................................................................................................
Introduction The Avigilon™ Gateway Web Client works with the Avigilon™ Control Center Gateway to give users remote access to your Avigilon™ Control Center System. The Gateway Web Client is a simplified web browser version of the Avigilon Control Center Client software that gives you access to Sites and cameras configured by the Gateway.
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Accessing the Gateway Web Client The Gateway Web Client allows you to access your Control Center System from any web browser. To access the Web Client, you will need the IP address, username and password of the Gateway software, and have a user account in the Control Center system. 1. In a web browser, enter the Gateway IP address in this format: http:///acc 2. The browser will prompt you to enter the Gateway username and password.
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Logging Into and Out of a Site After you log in to the Gateway, you will see a list of all the Sites that you have access to through the Web Client. To log in to a Site, right-click the Site in the System Explorer and select Log In. To log out of a Site, right-click the Site and select Log Out. If you choose to close the tab or the web browser rather than log out, be aware that you are still logged into the Site.
Adding and Removing Cameras Adding a Camera to a View Perform one of the following: Drag the camera from the System Explorer to an empty image panel in the View. Double-click a camera in the System Explorer. In the System Explorer, right-click the camera and select Add to View. The camera is added to the next empty image panel in the View layout. Tip: You can drag the same camera to multiple image panels to watch the video at different zoom levels.
Live and Recorded Video When you monitor video, you can choose to watch live or recorded video. By default, live video is displayed. Live or Recorded. To switch between live and recorded video, click either To switch individual image panels between live and recorded video, right-click the image panel and select either Live or Recorded.
Controlling Recorded Video The Timeline is displayed when you watch recorded video. The colored bars on the Timeline show the camera's recording history: A red bar shows the camera recorded a motion event. A blue bar shows the camera recorded video. White areas show that the camera did not record any video.
Avigilon Gateway Web Client Figure A. Recorded video and Timeline To control recorded video, perform any of the following: 14 To select a playback time, click on a point in the Timeline. To start playback, click . To stop playback, Click . Click to step forward one frame. Click to step backward one frame. To zoom in or out on the Timeline, place your mouse over the Timeline and use the scroll wheel to zoom in or out.
Zooming and Panning in a Video You can digitally zoom and pan video inside an image panel. Using the Zoom Tools Move your mouse over the video image then rotate your mouse wheel forward and back. Using the Pan Tools There are two ways to pan through the video image: Right-click and drag inside an image panel On the toolbar, select then left-click and drag the video image in any direction inside the image panel.
Changing View Layouts You can change the View layout by selecting one of the layout options on the top toolbar. Figure A.
Maximizing an Image Panel You can maximize an image panel to enlarge the video display. Maximizing an Image Panel Perform one of the following: Right-click an image panel and select Maximize. Inside the image panel, click Double-click the image panel. . Restoring an Image Panel In an maximized image panel, perform one of the following: Right-click the maximized image panel and select Restore Down. Inside the image panel, click Double-click the image panel. .
Taking Snapshots A snapshot allows you to save any image that is displayed in an image panel. In the image panel, click . The current image in the image panel is immediately downloaded through your browser.
Controlling PTZ Cameras If you have a pan, tilt, zoom camera connected to your Site, you can control the PTZ camera by using the onscreen controls in the image panel. To display the PTZ onscreen controls, click . In the image panel, drag your mouse from center to move the camera in that direction. The farther the cursor is from the center of the image panel, the faster the camera will move. If the camera supports Click to Center, click anywhere in the image panel to center the camera to that point.
Adjusting Image Quality If the video is not as clear as you’d like, you can adjust the image quality. In the image panel, right-click and select Image Quality then select a setting number. Image quality setting of 1 will produce the highest quality video and require the most bandwidth. The default setting is 5.
