Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources |
  
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Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources |
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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:
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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:
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– indicates Server the client is connected to.
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– Server is offline for various reasons.
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– Server is incompatible. This means the system is not fully updated and update is recommended. See "Upgrading Nx Witness".
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– 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.
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Cameras. Cameras are displayed under Servers (admin only) and Layouts. If Camera appears on more than one layout, the camera will be listed multiple times in Resource Tree.
Cameras can have additional statuses:
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– Camera is offline for various reasons (see "Diagnosing Offline Cameras").
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– unauthorized Camera (see "Configuring Camera's Authentication").
The following indicators are displayed on the left:
– a camera is in recording mode
– recording is set up for the camera, but not recording at the moment.
Additionally Cameras' IP addresses are displayed (if the setting is enabled, see below).
If Camera is experiencing network issues over the past minute, "!" is displayed on the right. See "Camera Disconnection/Malfunction" for details.
When hovering over Camera with a mouse cursor, a thumbnail of a frame taken from the Camera will appear.
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Recorders (admin only). Displayed under Servers and contain several channels (represented as Cameras).
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Video Walls (admin only). See "Video Wall Management" for details.
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Users (Administrator can view several users in Resource Tree).
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Layouts. Contains resources (cameras and local files). Owned by users and displayed under each user. Locked layouts are dilspayed like this: 
(see "Locking Layouts").
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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, Cameras 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).