General tab (options)

Select the maximum number of thumbnail images displayed in the Preview pane. Default is 64 thumbnail images.

Select Action > Refresh from the menu for the change to take effect.

A large number of thumbnail images in combination with a high frame rate may slow the system down.

Select the check box to enable motion detection on new cameras, when you add them to the system with the Add Hardware wizard.

This setting does not affect motion detection settings on existing cameras.

You enable and disable motion detection for a camera on the Motion tab for the camera device.

Generation of motion data for smart search requires that motion detection is enabled for the camera.

Select the check box to enable generation of smart search motion data on new cameras, when you add them to the system with the Add Hardware wizard.

This setting does not affect motion detection settings on existing cameras.

You enable and disable the generation of smart search motion data for a camera on the Motion tab for the camera device.

Select the check box to enable multicast on new cameras when you add them with the Add Hardware wizard.

This setting does not affect multicast settings on existing cameras.

You enable and disable live multicasting for a camera on the Client tab for the camera device.

Select the language of the Management Client.

Restart the Management Client to use the new language.

Select the check box to allow non-secure server connection by HTTP protocol. (No users are prompted to allow non-secure server connection).

Restart the Management Client to use this setting.

Client users with the necessary user permissions can manually interrupt the patrolling of PTZ cameras. Select how much time should pass before regular patrolling is resumed after a manual interruption. The setting applies for all PTZ cameras on your system. Default setting is 15 seconds.

If you want individual timeouts on the cameras, you specify this on the Presets tab for the camera.

Client users with a sufficient PTZ priority can pause patrolling on PTZ cameras. Select how much time should pass before regular patrolling is resumed after a pause. The setting applies for all PTZ cameras on your system. Default setting is 10 minutes.

If you want individual timeouts on the cameras, you specify this on the Presets tab for the camera.

Set the default timeout period for reserved PTZ sessions. When a user runs a reserved PTZ session, the PTZ camera cannot be used by others before it is released either manually or when the period has timed out. Default setting is 1 hour.

If you want individual timeouts on the cameras, you specify this on the Presets tab for the camera.

Select this check box to use the default preset position instead of the home position of PTZ cameras when activating the Home button in a client.

A default preset position must be defined for the camera. If a default preset position is not defined, nothing will happen when activating the Home button in a client.

By default, this check box is cleared.

To assign a default preset position, see Assign a camera's preset position as default

The system logs all communication errors on hardware and devices, but here you select for how long a communication error must exist before the rule engine triggers the Communication Error event.