User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Working with DW Spectrum
- Opening and Closing DW Spectrum Client
- Connecting to DW Spectrum via Web-Client
- Launching DW Spectrum in Compatibility Mode
- Connecting to Enterprise Controller and Working Offline
- Introducing User Roles
- DW Spectrum User Interface Overview
- DW Spectrum Quick Start
- Obtaining and Activating DW Spectrum Licenses
- Obtaining and Configuring Media Server’s Additional Settings (Admin Only)
- Cameras and Encoders Management
- Viewing Full Camera List
- Adding Cameras and Encoders
- Setting Up Cameras
- Setting up Analog Cameras
- Renaming Cameras
- Obtaining Camera’s IP, MAC, Firmware and Model
- Configuring Audio on Camera
- Configuring Camera's Authentication
- Setting up PTZ
- Setting Up Fish-Eye Cameras
- Setting up Recording Schedule
- Setting up Motion Mask and Motion Sensitivity
- Configuring Proprietary Camera Parameters
- Adjusting Secondary Stream Quality
- Setting Same Parameters for Multiple Cameras
- Swapping Cameras between Media Servers (Admin Only)
- Diagnosing Offline Cameras
- Deleting Cameras (Admin Only)
- Configuring Events and Actions (Admin Only)
- Tracked Events
- Setting up Schedule for Tracking Events
- Motion on Camera
- Camera Disconnection/Malfunction
- Storage Failure
- Network Issue
- Camera IP Conflict
- Input Signal on Camera
- Media Server Failure
- Media Servers Conflict
- EC Connection Lost
- Licenses are not Configured
- E-mail is not Set for Users
- E-Mail Server is not Configured
- Error while Sending E-Mail
- Storages are not Configured
- Actions that DW Spectrum Can Do
- Default Rules
- Viewing Events Log
- Tracked Events
- User Management
- Layout Management
- Creating New Layout
- Setting up Layouts
- Assigning Layouts to Users (Admin Only)
- Deleting Layouts (Admin Only)
- Opening and Closing Saved Layouts
- Backing up and Restoring DW Spectrum Database
- Playback in DW Spectrum
- Screen Recording (Windows Only)
- Upgrading DW Spectrum
- Troubleshooting and Contacting Support
- Glossary
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DW Spectrum User Manual
Digital Watchdog
Hardware Acceleration of Video Decoding
DW Spectrum provides experimental feature that may enhance performance by using GPU. Intel ® Quick
Sync technology must be supported by the video card to enable this feature.
Additionally there are few more tricks in order to maximize the performance. It is recommended to have
2 video adapters:
Internal Intel HD Graphics – the processor should be Intel ® Core i3, i5 or i7 and Intel ® Quick Sync
technology must be supported by motherboard
External Graphic Card (ATI or NVidia).
Finally those video adapters must be plugged in the monitor. If one monitor has several video inputs it
may be necessary to plug internal and external adapters to the same monitor to different inputs. Main
output should be the external graphic card. To do so:
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Connect monitor's Input port 1 to Intel HD Graphics.
3. Connect monitor's Input port 2 to External Graphic Card.
4. Switch to Input port 2 on the monitor's screen menu.
5. Turn on the computer.
Then proceed with the the following to enable hardware acceleration:
1. Open Main Menu and go to System Settings.
2. Check Use advanced hardware acceleration.
3. Click OK when done or Cancel to discard changes.
4. Restart Client.
Note: This mode is experimental and may cause some flickering, noise etc.
Watching Cameras in DW Spectrum
DW Spectrum provides a powerful and easy camera playback engine that enables users to quickly find a
video fragment, perform forensic analysis, capture screenshots and export video in just a few clicks.
This section provides a detailed description on camera playback. The following operations can be
performed:
Navigating through Archive and Live
Searching through Archive
Note: It it recommended to read the following section prior to moving on to the next step: "CPU and
Bandwidth Saving during Playback (RADASS)".
Lastly, videos can be displayed in a slide-show mode. See "Tours" for more details.