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ContentsDW Spectrum User Manual

Working with DW Spectrum

................................................................................................................................... 1Opening and Closing DW Spectrum Client

................................................................................................................................... 3Connecting to DW Spectrum via Web-Client

................................................................................................................................... 3Connecting to Server and Working Offline

................................................................................................................................... 7Launching DW Spectrum in Compatibility Mode

................................................................................................................................... 8Introducing User Roles

................................................................................................................................... 9DW Spectrum User Interface Overview

Main Menu Showing and Hiding Side Panels Tabs and Layouts Context Menu Items on Layouts and Scene Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources Search Playback Panel Full Screen and Window Mode Getting Context Help

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................................................................................................................................... 22Run DW Spectrum when computer boots up

................................................................................................................................... 22DW Spectrum Quick Start

................................................................................................................................... 23Obtaining and Activating DW Spectrum Licenses

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................................................................................................................................... 28Obtaining and Configuring Server’s Additional Settings (Admin Only)

Configuring Server Storages (Admin Only)

Analyzing and Anticipating Storage Usage

Deleting Server (Admin Only) Monitoring Servers (Admin Only) Using Server's Web Interface

................................................................................................................................... 37Configuring Multi-Server Environment (Admin Only)

Understanding Multi-Server Architecture and Basics Joining and Splitting Servers

Join Server from Different System to Current-One Split Server to Different System Merge all Servers to Another System

Configuring Failover Configuring Routing within Multi-Server Environment Configuring Time Synchronization within Multi-Server Environment

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View ing Full Device List Adding Devices (Cam eras, Encoders and I/O Modules)

Automatic Device Discovery Disabling Automatic Discovery (Admin Only) Adding Devices Manually (Admin Only) Adding RTSP or HTTP Streams as Cameras (Admin Only)

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Setting Up Devices

Setting up Analog Cameras Setting Up I/O Modules Renaming Devices (Admin Only) Obtaining Device’s IP, MAC, Firmware and Model Configuring Audio on Device Configuring Device Authentication Forcing Aspect Ratio for Cameras Setting up Camera Orientation Setting Up Fish-Eye Cameras Setting up PTZ on PTZ and Fish-Eye Cameras

Setting up Recording Schedule

Setting up Motion Mask and Motion Sensitivity Configuring Proprietary Device Parameters

Adjusting Secondary Stream Quality Disabling Recording of Primary/Secondary Stream Setting Up Camera Transport Protocol Preventing DW Spectrum from Changing Camera Streaming Settings

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Setting Same Parameters for Multiple Devices Swapping Devices between Servers (Admin Only) Deleting Devices (Admin Only)

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Saving and Restoring PTZ Positions Setting Up PTZ Tours Home Positions and Tours for PTZ and Fish-Eye Cameras

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Dual Stream Recording Specifics (RADASS) Modifying Recording Schedule Copying Recording Schedule between Cameras Configuring Maximum and Minimum Recording Time for Camera

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Resetting Camera Upgrading Camera's Firmw are

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................................................................................................................................... 98Configuring Events and Actions (Admin Only)

Tracked Events

Actions that DW Spectrum Can Do

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Setting up Schedule for Tracking Events Motion on Camera Device Disconnection/Malfunction Storage Failure Netw ork Issue Device IP Conflict Input Signal on Device Server Failure Servers Conflict EC Connection Lost Licenses are not Configured License Issue E-mail is not Set for Users E-Mail Server is not Configured Error w hile Sending E-Mail Storages are not Configured Server Started

Notifications Visual Event Indication Mail Notifications

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Configuring Mail Server for E-Mail Notifications

Start Recording on Camera Start Panic Recording Trigger Output on Device Play Sound Repeat Sound Say Text Write to Log

Default Rules View ing Events Log

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................................................................................................................................... 140User Management

User Management Form Creating New User (Adm in Only) Changing User Settings Disabling/Enabling Users (Admin Only) Deleting User (Admin Only) Adding Users from LDAP Server (Adm in Only)

View ing Users' Actions Log (Audit Trail)

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Setting Up LDAP Integration Importing Users from LDAP Server

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................................................................................................................................... 147Layout Management

Creating New Layout Setting up Layouts

Assigning Layouts to Users (Admin Only) Deleting Layouts (Admin Only) Opening and Closing Saved Layouts

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Adding Items to Layouts Removing Item(s) from Layouts Using Backrounds (Maps or Plans) on Layout (E-Mapping) Adjusting Layout’s Appearance

Zoom Window s Locking Layouts Working w ith Several DW Spectrum Window s Saving Layouts

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Selecting Items Zooming while Working with Layouts Moving and Sw apping Items w ithin Scene Resizing Items w ithin Scene Using Fit In View Changing Distance between Items Changing Cell Aspect Ratio

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................................................................................................................................... 170Backing up and Restoring DW Spectrum Database

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Video Wall Architecture Configuring Video Walls

Controlling Video Wall

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Creating new Video Wall Configuring Layout of Video Wall Displays Switching to and Exiting from Video Wall Mode Configuring Video Wall on Several Computers Deleting Video Wall and its Elements

Controlling Video Wall Displays Pushing Operator's Screen on Video Wall

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................................................................................................................................... 184Playback in DW Spectrum

Watching Cameras in DW Spectrum

Playing Back Local Files in DW Spectrum

Forensic Analysis

Exporting

Adjusting Volume Tours

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CPU and Bandwidth Saving during Playback (RADASS) Navigating through Archive and Live

Searching through Archive

Local files structure in Resource Tree Configuring Media Folders Opening Local Files Outside of Media Folders Navigating Through Local Files

Expanding Items to Fullscreen Zoom Rotate De-w arping Fish-Eye Cameras

Image Enhancement

Single Camera Export

Multi-Video Export

Checking the Validity of Exported Videos Taking Screenshots

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Pan-Temporal Time Line Navigating through Several Cameras Synchronously

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Using Calendar Performing Smart Motion Search Using Thumbnails for Better Navigation Preview Search

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Exporting Recorded Region from Single Camera View ing Videos Exported from Single Camera

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Exporting Layout in Multi-Video Format View ing Multi-Videos Changing Multi-Videos after Export

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Setting up Screen Recording Performing Screen Recording

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Troubleshooting and Contacting Support

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................................................................................................................................... 231Diagnosing Offline Devices

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................................................................................................................................... 232Restoring Broken Archive

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Working with DW Spectrum

Opening and Closing DW Spectrum Client

A few different ways are available to launch the application:

Windows

From desktop: DW Spectrum shortcut icon. From Start Menu: Start –> Programs –> Digital Watchdog –> DW Spectrum. Directly from the installed folder:

For x86 default is C:\Program Files(x86)\Digital Watchdog\DW Spectrum\Client\1.5

\2.4\DW Spectrum Launcher.exe

For x64 default is C:\Program Files\Digital Watchdog\DW Spectrum\Client\DW

Spectrum Launcher.exe

Linux

Using DW Spectrum shortcut icon.

Directly from the installed folder: /opt/digitalwatchdog/dwspectrum/Client/2.4/DW

Spectrum

MAC

Using DW Spectrum shortcut icon located in Applications. Directly from the installed folder: /Applications/DW Spectrum/Contents/MacOS/DW Spectrum

To close DW Spectrum Client:

Click on the "X" button located in the top right corner Go to Main Menu –> Exit (or press ALT+F4).

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It is possible to set up DW Spectrum Client to launch at start (WIndows/Linux only). To proceed:

1. Open Main Menu and go to Local Settings.

2. Select Run Application when PC boots up (see Misc section).

3. Click OK when done or Cancel to discard changes.

IMPORTANT. In order to display video and graphics properly, it is important to have most current video

drivers installed. If video drivers are not installed, the warning will be displayed.

Finally, DW Spectrum Client can detect PC configuration automatically. If CPU and/or graphic adapter are insufficient to render all graphics, the configuration mode will be activated.

This mode restricts the following functionality:

Only one video can be viewed in the same time No notifications in Client (see Notifications) All animations are turned off.

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Connecting to DW Spectrum via Web-Client

Web Client allows users to do the following:

view Live streams from Cameras search through archive change resolution to save bandwidth

To open Web Client:

1. Open Server's Web Interface and log in using user name and password.

2. Open Web Client.

Connecting to Server and Working Offline

In order to gain access to Cameras, User must be connected to Server.

The connection to Server can be established by pressing the Connect button ( or ) or via Main Menu –> Connect to (Another) Server.

The current connection status is indicated by the color of the Connect button:

– connected – disconnected

The connection dialog is displayed as follows:

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DW Spectrum provides a powerful mechanism that can auto-discover Servers in local network. The easiest way to is to use one of the auto-discovered Servers.

To use predefined connections, click on the drop-down list. By default ,*Last Used Connection* is recommended:

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Note: the computer Server is installed on may have several network interfaces. In this case, any

available one is displayed on the Auto-Discovered Servers list.

Note that Servers with different versions are discovered automatically as well. However, they will be displayed in red. It is possible to connect to them in a compatibility mode (see "Launching DW Spectrum

in Compatibility Mode").

System name is displayed in parenthesis after the Server's IP address. In case of multi-server environment several servers with the same System Name can be discovered. In this case it is possible to connect to any Server. See "Understanding Multi-Server Architecture and Basics" for details.

Connection details can also be entered manually. The following values are required:

Host – IP Address or name of the computer Server is installed on (localhost or 127.0.0.1 for All-in- One installation).

Port – IP Port for access to Server (7001 by default). Login and Password to connect to Server. If connecting for the first time, "admin" should be used as a

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To check connectivity to Server, press Test. If ok, access is granted. The following may cause connection errors:

Server is not available:

specified IP Address is incorrect or inaccessible specified port is incorrect

Server is stopped login and/or password are incorrect Server and Client are incompatible with each other (different versions). In this case the compatibility

mode will be suggested (see "Launching DW Spectrum in Compatibility Mode"). Server and Client are incompatible with each other (different customizations).

To save login details, select the Auto-Login option on the bottom. When Client is launched again, it will connect to the Server automatically through the pre-established login and password combination.

To save and restore connection details:

If current connection details are used, press Save and create a connection name to store, which will appear in the drop-down list next time a user logs in.

To delete details of a stored connection, select it from the drop-down list and press Delete. If the last connection was not properly saved, the software will use its connection data from the next

launch (* Last Used Connection *).

Note: passwords are not stored in saved connection details.

To log out, go to Main Menu and choose Logout.

If Client is not connected to Server, a user can only access Local Files (see “Playing Back Local Files in DW

Spectrum”).

IMPORTANT. Compatible hardware supports Safe Mode Booting. The hardware boots up in Safe

Mode if something has happened during a previous boot. In this case it is possible to connect to Server, but it is not allowed to perform any configurations.

To connect to a different Server under a different user, open the login window and enter new Server coordinates or login credentials. If canceled, the current user will still be connected to Server.

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Launching DW Spectrum in Compatibility Mode

It is necessary sometimes to connect to Server with different versions. A good example would be when DW Spectrum is installed at multiple sites (home, work, etc.) and only one installation is upgraded. In this particular case, Servers will have different versions and one Client should connect to another Server (Client at home connects to Server at work). Servers of different versions are highlighted in red in login dialog.

In this case, the following message will appear:

You are about to connect to Server which has a different version. Would you like to restart client in compatibility mode?

By clicking OK, the application will restart in compatibility mode.

In some instances, it may be necessary to download additional files for compatibility pack. In this particular instance, the following message will be displayed:

You are about to connect to Server which has a different version. Client version X is required to connect ti this Server Download version 2.2?

Once download is completed, restart is suggested.

Note: DW Spectrum recalls the Server it was last connected to and automatically suggests

compatibility mode for the next launch.

IMPORTANT. If some of the components of the Multi-Server System such as Server or Client have

different versions installed, it may cause potential issues. When Client is connected to Server, all component versions are checked. The warning will appear if the component versions differ from one another.

It is recommended to have the same version installed on all system components. See Upgrading DW

Spectrum.

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PERMANENT

VIDEO WALL

CAM SETTINGS

PTZ

Introducing User Roles

There are three types of user roles in DW Spectrum:

Owner (user with "admin" login). Unlimited control. This user cannot be deleted. Administrator. Full control, except:

Change Super Administrator (admin) settings

Delete or change own role Viewers (Live Viewer, Viewer, Advanced Viewer). Limited control. A viewer cannot:

Manage users (except for changing their own password).

See servers and all connected devices. Only the devices assigned by the administrator are visible.

Change predefined layouts (layouts can be changed, but cannot be saved); however, it is possible

to configure and save own layouts based on available resources (assigned devices and local files).

Additional permissions can be assigned to users to be able to operate with available devices (assigned by Administrator):

View archive, perform search and forensic analysis Perform export from archives Set up devices Set up PTZ on cameras Create, modify and delete Video Walls.

If none of these permissions are assigned, a user can only view live videos on available cameras.

IMPORTANT. If any action or graphical element described in this document is not available to a specific

user level, the following will apply (Admin only). If the action described in this document is unavailable to certain roles, it will be indicated in the corresponding topic.

The following represents a standard flow:

1. Super Administrator creates and configures all layouts for own use.

2. Super Administrator creates several users with a Viewer role.

3. Super Administrator creates and configures layouts for each Viewer.

4. Viewer logs into DW Spectrum and is only able to work with assigned layouts and devices.

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DW Spectrum User Interface Overview

DW Spectrum User Interface (UI) includes the following main controls:

Scene (main view). Displays video items from cameras or local files.

Tab Navigator (top Panel). It contains Main Menu, Tabs and the following buttons:

Connect/Disconnect button. This button indicates the current connection status and allows to

connect or disconnect from Server.

Window Buttons (go/exit fullscreen, minimize, close window)

Screen Recording button. Starts/stops screen recording Playback Panel (located on the bottom Panel). Used for playing back local videos and live streams. Resource Tree (left Panel). Contains all servers, devices, local files, users and layouts available to the

current user.

Notifications (right Panel). Contains notifications about system events.

Scene represents space for video Items can be placed on. DW Spectrum allows viewing streams from Cameras as well as Local Video Files.

Items are placed on Scene and can be saved as Layouts.

If several Tabs are opened, then each Tab contains its own Layout with Items.

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Main Menu

Main Menu allows users to gain access to various DW Spectrum features quickly and intuitively. Main Menu can be opened by clicking on the logo at the upper left corner and contains the following items:

Connect to (Another) Server – allows connecting/disconnecting to/from Server (see "Connecting to

Server and Working Offline")

Logout – drop connection to a current Server and go offline New:

Tab – creates an empty tab in Tab Navigator (see "Tabs")

Window – opens a new window of DW Spectrum (see "Working with Multiple DW Spectrum

Windows")

User – creates a new user (see "User Management")

Video Wall – create new Video Wall (see "Video Wall Management"). Open – opens and plays back Local Files (see "Playing Back Local Files in DW Spectrum"):

File – opens Local Video File

Folder – opens all Local Video Files in the selected folder and plays them back simultaneously (max

24 files for x86 and max 64 files for x64).

Start/Stop Screen recording (see "Screen Recording (Windows Only)"). System Administration – opens up system-related settings (see "System-Wide Configurations"). Local Settings – opens up client-related settings (see "Customizing Look and Feel of DW Spectrum"). Merge Systems – allows merging mult-server systems (see "Full Screen and Window Mode"). About – opens information about the system (see "Collecting Additional Information"). Exit.

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Showing and Hiding Side Panels

Side Panels are extremely useful, though may be hidden by a user if needed. The ">" buttons show/hide Panels as well as Hide Panel Context Menu item.

If an item is expanded to fullscreen (see "Expanding Items to Fullscreen"), all Panels slide off the screen and disappear.

To bring Panel back, click on ">".

Additionally, both left and right sliding menu panels can be pinned ( ):

If Pinned: side Panels are always visible. If a panel is hidden manually, it will not reappear automatically.

If Unpinned: Panel is only visible when the cursor is on. As soon as a user clicks off the Panel, the panel will disappear. Panel can reappear if a user points or clicks on ">".

F11 hides all Panels. To undo, press F11 again or use Esc (toggle Fullscreen will also apply if hit Esc).

Tabs and Layouts

Tabs are used to make layout navigation easier. Each Tab hosts a separate Layout. Tabs function very similar to any Internet browser.

The following actions can be performed with Tabs:

Open a new tab:

Tab Navigator’s Context Menu –> New Tab (Ctrl+T)

Main Menu –> New –> Tab

"+" icon on the right of layout tabs Close a specific Tab: Tab’s Context Menu –> Close (Ctrl+W) Keep one Tab open – Tab’s Context Menu –> Close All but This Change the tab order – switch position by dragging and dropping a tab in the desired order.

IMPORTANT: A warning message will appear every time Tab is modified, suggesting to the user to save

changes. See “Saving Layouts”.

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If too many Tabs are opened at the same time, scrolling arrows will appear:

These arrows can be used to scroll Tabs left and right.

To navigate to a specific Tab or open a saved layout, use the following button located on the right (next to "+"):

Initially, no Layouts are configured in the system. An empty default Tab is shown (“New Layout”). If User tries to configure Layout in this Tab, asterisk will automatically be added to the caption (indicating a Layout change). The Layout will remain local.

The layout information is automatically passed to Server once Layout is saved (See “Saving Layouts”). If Layout is saved successfully, it will be displayed in Resource Tree under the current User.

When closing all Layouts, the default blank Tab will still appear. If the current Layout is saved as “New

Layout”, the blank Tab located next to it will be renamed “New Layout 1” automatically.

Any saved Layouts that were previously opened, will appear automatically once User logs in.

See "Layout Management" and specifically "Setting up Layout" sections for more details.

Context Menu

Context Menu displays all available actions as they relate to the selected element. Context Menu will appear by right-clicking on the desired element (or on empty space).

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Items on Layouts and Scene

Video Item represents video recorded by a camera that can be played back within DW Spectrum.

Items displayed on Scene offer total video manipulation, a variety of features, streaming data and other

related information.

Local videos are displayed as follows:

The file name is displayed in the upper left corner of Local Video Item.

The following buttons are displayed in the upper right corner of Local Video Item:

– Image Enhancement – create Zoom Window (see Zoom Windows) – take screenshot fron the item (see Taking Screenshots) – Rotation (see "Rotate") – Information: displays additional information about the current stream (see below) – Close (removes the item from the current layout)

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Streams from cameras are displayed as follows:

The following information is displayed in the upper left corner of the camera item:

Device Name Current Recording Mode (Device may be recording differently depending on its schedule):

– Recording Always (green circle)

– Motion Recording (red circle)

– Low Resolution - always, High Resolution - only while in motion (red circle crossed green)

– Not Recording (grey circle)

For more information on recording settings, see "Setting up Recording Schedule".

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The following buttons are displayed in the upper right corner of Device in addition to those displayed for local video:

– applies de-warping (is displayed if this is a fish-eye lens camera) – see "De-warping Fish-Eye

Cameras"

– PTZ (if camera supports) – see "Setting up PTZ on PTZ and Fish-Eye Cameras" – Smart Search – see "Performing Smart Motion Search".

The following information can be useful during camera setup to help adjust to the desired FPS and bitrate. It may also be useful for monitoring local files.

To view item information, click on located in the top right corner of the item. To view information on multiple items at a time, select Items (see "Selecting Items"), open Context Menu and choose Show Info (Alt+i).

The following data will appear on the bottom:

Current Resolution of the stream Current FPS of the stream Current Bitrate Current stream Codec (H264 or MJPEG) Current Resolution (if Dual-Streaming is enabled for the camera): Hi-Res or Lo-Res Current Time of video playback or LIVE if viewing live from a camera

Additionally, the following messages may appear for camera items:

NO SIGNAL – camera is offline. It is possible to diagnose Device in this case (see "Diagnosing Offline

Devices").

NO DATA – no recording was performed. No data available. Loading... – awaiting data from Server Unauthorized – incorrect/missing login or password

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Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources

Resource Tree is a convenient tool to display, search and manage available resources within the application. The format of Resource Tree depends on the current user's permission level.

Resource Tree is displayed on the left Panel. It can be resized by dragging the right edge to the left or right.

Depending on a user level (see "Introducing User Roles") it may contain different elements. For

Administrators, Resource Tree is displayed as follows:

Servers (admin only) – a list of servers registered in the system. Server IP addresses are also

displayed (if the corresponding setting is enabled).

Note: Server can have several network interfaces, so different IP addresses may be displayed.

Servers can have additional statuses:

– indicates Server the client is connected to. – Server is offline for various reasons. – Server is incompatible. This means the system is not fully updated and update is

recommended. See "Upgrading DW Spectrum".

– unauthorized Server. This means the password for user "admin" is not coincide with other

servers so this server is not able connect to this system.

or – Cameras and I/O Modules (Devices). Displayed under Servers (admin only) and Layouts. If

Device appears on more than one layout, the device will be listed multiple times in Resource Tree.

Devices can have additional statuses:

or – Device is offline for various reasons (see "Diagnosing Offline Devices").

or – unauthorized Device (see "Configuring Device's Authentication").

The following indicators are displayed on the left:

– Device is in recording mode – recording is set up for Device, but not recording at the moment.

Additionally Devices' IP addresses are displayed (if the setting is enabled, see below). If Device is experiencing network issues over the past minute, "!" is displayed on the right. See

"Device Disconnection/Malfunction" for details. When hovering over Camera with a mouse cursor, a thumbnail of a frame taken from the Camera will

appear.

Recorders (admin only). Displayed under Servers and contain several channels (represented as

Cameras).

Video Walls (admin only). See "Video Wall Management" for details.

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Users (Administrator can view several users in Resource Tree). Layouts. Contains resources (devices and local files). Owned by users and displayed under each

user. Locked layouts are dilspayed like this: (see "Locking Layouts").

Local Files (). Contains the following: Local Video files Exported Video Files (see “Exporting”) Exported Multi-Video Files and their contents: Cameras, or Local Files (see “Exporting the Layout in

Multi-Video Format"

Screen Recordings (see “Screen Recording”) Images Screenshots (see “Taking a Screenshot”).

Other Systems – Servers in local network that belong to different systems. See "Configuring Multi-

Server Environment (Admin Only)".

Items that are currently placed on Scene are highlighted in bold in Resource Tree. A selected (focused)

Item it has the“>” mark in both Server and Layout sections.

To enable/disable displaying IP addresses in Resource Tree:

1. Open Main Menu and go to Local Settings

2. Select/clear the flag in Show IP in Tree option (Look and Feel section).

Viewer's Resource Tree contains only Layouts, Devices and Local Files.

If Client is not connected to Server, only Local Files are visible.

The following actions can be performed in Resource Tree:

Expanding/collapsing a tree node (+/- on keypad) Scrolling (if the tree contains multiple elements) Multi-Selection. Shift to select multiple items and hold Ctrl to select/deselect items individually. Drag and drop. An efficient way to organize and configure resources in the tree. The following

chapters will further explain the drag and drop capabilities.

Search.

Almost any resource (except Local Files) can be renamed by Administrator in Resource Tree. To rename a resource, simply select it and:

Left-Click on it again (like Windows Explorer). Right-Click for Context Menu and choose Rename (or press F2).

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Search

DW Spectrum provides fast, powerful and flexible search engine that enables users to quickly locate the desired items on demand. To perform search, click on the Search tab in Resource Tree next to Resources.

IMPORTANT: Search results will appear on Scene immediately. If the search comes back with a high

number of found items, only the first 24 will be displayed for x86 architecture and 64 results - for x64 architecture. Search results are automatically added to the current scene.

Type any three consecutive characters from a resource name, MAC or IP into the box to activate search. Search results are displayed as follows:

To refine search, use the following tips:

Specify the resource type: Any Type, Video Files, Image Files or Live Cameras. Use special symbols to combine several search criteria:

“+” – to add a new criteria to the search. Example, “out” + “100” will pull in all files containing “out” or “100” in file description.

“\” – to avoid files containing certain characters. Example, “out \hdtv” will pull in all files containing “out”, but no “hdtv”.

For instance, search string "00 + 254" shows the following results:

Cameras, recorders and local files that contain "00" or "254", Cameras and recorders that contain "00" in their MAC Addresses, Cameras and recorders that contain "254" in their IP Addresses.

All results will disappear from the scene once all characters are removed from the search box.

Note: It is not possible to rename resources in the Search tab.

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Playback Panel

DW Spectrum provides powerful and intuitive playback system. It includes seamless transition from live to archived footage, smooth archive playback, extensive search capabilities, local files playback, etc. All playback operations can be performed within the Playback Panel:

The following elements are displayed:

Playback Buttons – used for playing back selected Item(s) Speed Slider – controls the playback speed of selected Item(s)

Pan-Temporal Time Line – represents the archived data for selected Item(s) Volume Control – used to adjust volume for the selected Item

Additional Buttons:

LIVE – switches selected camera(s) to a live playback mode or indicates that they are playing live. See "Navigating through Archive and Live"

SYNC – performs time synchronization of all cameras displayed on Scene. See "Navigating through

Several Cameras Synchronously"

CLND – opens calendar to help navigate through archive (see "Using Calendar") THMB – expands Time Line and shows small previews called Thumbnails. See "Using Thumbnails for

Better Navigation".

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Full Screen and Window Mode

DW Spectrum is recommended to be operated in full screen. To toggle full screen or bring the application to a window mode:

and buttons

Alt + Enter F11 (all side panels will be hidden).

Esc can be used to exit Fullscreen mode.

Moreover it is possible to expand a single item on fullscreen. See "Expanding Items to Fullscreen".

Getting Context Help

DW Spectrum provides intuitive context help system on each interface element.

To invoke help:

1. Press button.

2. Left-Click on the desired interface elements.

Context Help contains links to other topics that can be useful as well.

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Customizing Look and Feel of DW Spectrum

DW Spectrum provides a number of ways to customize user interface. To start, open Main Menu, choose Local Settings, then switch to Look and Feel...

The following settings can be changed:

Language – interface localization. Skin – desired interface color scheme (Dark or Light) Timeline mode – display time when viewing recorded footage (Server Time or Local Time) Show IP in tree – display IP device and recorder addresses in Resource Tree Tour sequence cycle time – time between cycling items in Tour Mode (see "Tours")

Also DW Spectrum allows changing a variety of background settings as well:

Background Animation. It is possible to set the color and intensity or completely disable it.

Note: To disable animation once press CTRL + ALT + T. This may be useful on slow video adapters or

in remote sessions.

Background Image. Click Browse... to select a graphic file and set Mode (Stretch, Fit or Crop) and Intensity (transparency).

Click OK when done or Cancel to discard changes. If the changes require restart, the corresponding warning will be displayed.

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Run DW Spectrum when computer boots up

It is possible to automatically launch DW Spectrum if a computer boots up. To do so open Main Menu, choose Local Settings (General tab), and set the "Run Application when PC Boots".

DW Spectrum Quick Start

This section provides recommendations on system settings for DW Spectrum to be configured properly.

If the system contains multiple Servers, it may be necessary to ensure they are merged in one system properly. See "Configuring Multi-Server Environment".

First, a sufficient number of Licenses should be obtained and activated (see “Obtaining and Activating DW

Spectrum Licenses (Admin Only)”).

Then, Storages on each Server should be configured (see “Configuring Server Storages (Admin Only)”).

All Devices should be properly set up (see “Cameras, Encoders and I/O Modules Management”). Same with Recording Settings (see “Setting up Recording Schedule (Admin Only)”).

Once completed, it becomes possible to create multiple Users, configure Layouts for them and more.

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Obtaining and Activating DW Spectrum Licenses

DW Spectrum’s license policy is quite simple. Each Device requires License. The application has no device count restrictions.

The License allows viewing and recording of a single Device. Cameras can be viewed live without Licenses allowing for an unlimited number of Cameras to be connected and viewed live at no charge. I/O Module requires the specific License.

Note: If recording is enabled for Device License is considered used even if recording is not performed

( icon in Tree). Recording is required to capture Motion Detection and Input Detection events on Device.

For instance, the following screenshot illustrates the situation that all Cameras are offline and not recording. However recording is enabled on four Cameras (marked by ):

In this case 4 Licenses are being used.

See also "Setting up Recording Schedule".

Additionally there are Video Wall Licenses. Each one allows controlling video wall from a single computer (one session) or extend Video Wall on 2 displays. For instance 4 licenses allow user to display Video Wall on 8 monitors and control it from 4 clients concurrently.

DW Spectrum comes with four Trial Licenses automatically (do not allow Video Wall feature). Trial Licenses are active 30 days only.

IMPORTANT: In Multi Server System Licenses are activated on a certain Server (the one Client is

currently connected to - icon). If this server is offline, those licenses will be invalidated until the server is back online. If licenses are activated on different servers, they will be combined if those servers are merged into a single system.

To activate Trial Licenses:

1. Open Main Menu –> System Administration (CTRL+ALT+A).

2. Go to Licenses tab.

3. Click Activate Trial License.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Working with DW Spectrum

Opening and Closing DW Spectrum Client

Connecting to DW Spectrum via Web-Client

Connecting to Server and Working Offline

Launching DW Spectrum in Compatibility Mode

Introducing User Roles

DW Spectrum User Interface Overview

Main Menu

Showing and Hiding Side Panels

Tabs and Layouts

Context Menu

Items on Layouts and Scene

Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources

Search

Playback Panel

Full Screen and Window Mode

Getting Context Help

Customizing Look and Feel of DW Spectrum

Run DW Spectrum when computer boots up

DW Spectrum Quick Start

Obtaining and Activating DW Spectrum Licenses