User guide

Furthermore,ifatileiscurrentlydisplayinganalarmandtheusertriesto

changethelayouttoonethatwouldhidethattile,hewillnotbeableto.When

usingthe“nextlayout”or“previouslayout”commandfromaCCTVkeyboard,

theVMwillchoosealayoutthatcontainsatleastonealarmtile.Forexample,if

theuserisin2×2layoutandthetileofthelowerrightcornerisdisplayingan

alarmandtheuserdoesa“previouslayout”command,the4×4layoutis

showninsteadofthe1×1layoutsothealarmtileisdisplayed.

Before you begin

AddtheHDR1800toNextivaVMS.

AssignMonitorIDstomonitors.

► To set up screens

1. ClickSystem Components>Virtual Matrix>Screens.TheScreenList

containsinformationabouttheavailablescreensandtheirdefault

configuration.

2. Tochangethecurrentmonitorgridlayout,fromthescreenlist,selecta

screen,click (Change Active Layout),andselectagridlayoutoption.

3. Thescreendisplayrefreshestoreflectthechange.

4. Tosetthedefaultgridlayout,fromtheDefaultlist,choosealayout.

5. ClickApply.

Defining Camera Tours

AcameratouriscomposedofanumberofcamerasdefinedintheVirtual

Matrixwhereeachcameraisgivenapredefinedamountoftimetoplayvideoin

asequence.

Anothercameratourcanbeincludedinthecameratour.InthiscasePresetand

Dwelltimearedefinedbytheoriginaltour.Whenaddingtourstoatour,be

carefulnottocreateanendlesscycle.

ThecameratourfeatureenablesVirtualMatrixuserstodisplaymultiple

camerasonasingleanalogmonitororasingleviewingwindowinaviewing

applicationsuchasNextivaReview.

Chapter 3: Configuring the HDR 1800 In Nextiva VMS6.2 and Higher