Specifications

Step 6. Visit the Alerts (See 7.5) page to have Blue Iris sound an alarm, send an email, or alert

you in some other way that motion is occurring.

4. The Toolbar

The Toolbar

The toolbar is a set of icons found at the top of the Blue Iris window. Each icon is actually a

button that you can click with the mouse, and corresponds to a particular command or

function.

Here's a description of each of the toolbar buttons:

Camera

Properties

This button opens the camera properties (See 7.) window for

the selected camera. You may also access this window by right-

clicking any camera image and selecting "properties" from the

menu. If you have no cameras yet configured, this button also

may be used to add your first camera.

Options

This button opens the Blue Iris Options (See 11.) window. This

window's initial page provides a quick reference to the version

number of your Blue Iris software. Other pages allow for the

configuration of the web server, start-up options, and other

user preferences.

Browser

This button opens a web browser window on your desktop and

display's your Blue Iris web server (See 8.)'s home page. By

default, the Blue Iris web folder contains samples of each of the

three ways to provide

"streaming" video (See 7.6) over the

Internet.

Stats

This button opens the Blue Iris Stats (See 9.) window. This

window has a Messages page, where Blue Iris lets you know of