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2.3 CONTROL CENTER OPERATION INTERFACE
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Item Name Description
1 Device List Shows the connected DVRs and available cameras. This can
be switched to show groups of specific channels by clicking
on the Channel Group tab at the bottom.
2 Lock/Unlock Locks the current configuration. When locked, one must enter
the user name and password to make any changes.
3 Minimize/Maximize Minimize or maximize the Control Center’s window.
4 Close You can close the program by clicking on the X or the Exit
button at the bottom.
5 Preview Window Displays the live video from selected cameras. The channel
with the red surround is the camera currently being controlled
(if applicable). Double clicking on a channel will bring it to full
screen.
6 Local PC Time Displays the local time of the monitoring PC.
7 Drive Capacity
Shows the amount of space remaining in the partition on the
computer’s hard drive that has been set to save recorded videos.
8 PTZ Controls Clicking on the directional controls will move a connected PTZ
camera.
9 Zoom/Focus/Iris Allows you to adjust the zoom, focus and light level (iris) of the
camera.
10 Preset/Cruise Allows you to activate pre-set PTZ functions
11 Display Mode Choose the number of cameras you wish to view at once.
12 Audio Turn audio on or off. You must have a microphone or other
audio input device connected to listen to audio.
13 Snapshot Take up to 10 still images from selected camera (highlighted
in red)
14 Close Preview Closes all currently displayed video streams.
15 Dwell Allows you to automatically switch between channel groups.
Depending on display mode settings, Dwell will:
Proceed through each camera in sequence
Switch to the next set of channels if more are
available than can be displayed at once.
16 Previous/Next
Group
Manually switch to the prior or next group of channels.
17 Alarm Display Shows activity, such as the beginning and ending of motion
detection events or video loss, along with camera number,
alarm type, and device name.
18 Mode Buttons Live - Live viewing mode
E-Map - Opens a user-created map showing location of
cameras and sensors.
System Config - Add systems, create Channel Groups, etc.
Video Search - Switches to video search mode
Exit - Exits CMS