User Manual Still need help? Visit us at http://support.networkoptix.com Nx Witness User Manual Contents Table of Contents Working with Nx Witness 1 Opening................................................................................................................................... and Closing Nx Witness Client 1 Connecting................................................................................................................................... to Nx Witness via Web-Client 3 Connecting................................................................................................................................... to Enterprise Controller and Working Offline 4 Launching................................................................................................................................... Nx Witness in Compatibility Mode 7 Introducing................................................................................................................................... User Roles 8 Nx Witness................................................................................................................................... User Interface Overview 9 Main Menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Show ing and ..........................................................................................................................................................Hiding Side Panels 11 Tabs and Layouts.......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Context Menu.......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Items on Layouts.......................................................................................................................................................... and Scene 13 Working w ith.......................................................................................................................................................... Resource Tree and Renaming Resources 16 Search .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Playback Panel.......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Full Screen and.......................................................................................................................................................... Window Mode 20 Getting Context.......................................................................................................................................................... Help 20 Customizing................................................................................................................................... Look and Feel of Nx Witness 21 Run Nx................................................................................................................................... Witness when computer boots up 22 Nx Witness................................................................................................................................... Quick Start 22 Obtaining................................................................................................................................... and Activating Nx Witness Licenses 23 System-Wide................................................................................................................................... Configurations 26 Obtaining................................................................................................................................... and Configuring Server’s Additional Settings (Admin Only) 27 Configuring Server.......................................................................................................................................................... Storages (Admin Only) 28 Deleting Server.......................................................................................................................................................... (Admin Only) 29 Monitoring Servers.......................................................................................................................................................... (Admin Only) 30 Using Server's.......................................................................................................................................................... Web Interface 32 Configuring................................................................................................................................... Multi-Server Environment (Admin Only) 33 Understanding.......................................................................................................................................................... Multi-Server Architecture and Basics 33 Joining and Splitting.......................................................................................................................................................... Servers 34 Join Server......................................................................................................................................................... from Different System to Current-One 34 Split Server......................................................................................................................................................... to Different System 34 Merge all......................................................................................................................................................... Servers to Another System 35 Configuring Failover.......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Configuring Routing.......................................................................................................................................................... w ithin Multi-Server Environment 37 Configuring Time.......................................................................................................................................................... Synchronization w ithin Multi-Server Environment 37 Cameras................................................................................................................................... and Encoders Management 38 View ing Full Camera.......................................................................................................................................................... List 39 Adding Cameras.......................................................................................................................................................... and Encoders 41 Discovering......................................................................................................................................................... Cameras Automatically 41 Disabling......................................................................................................................................................... Automatic Discovery (Admin Only) 42 Adding Cameras......................................................................................................................................................... and Encoders Manually (Admin Only) 43 Adding RTSP......................................................................................................................................................... or HTTP Streams as Cameras (Admin Only) 46 Setting Up Cameras.......................................................................................................................................................... 47 Nx Witness User Manual Nx Witness User Manual Contents Setting up......................................................................................................................................................... Analog Cameras 48 Renaming......................................................................................................................................................... Cameras (Admin Only) 49 Obtaining......................................................................................................................................................... Camera’s IP, MAC, Firmware and Model 50 Configuring......................................................................................................................................................... Audio on Camera 51 Configuring......................................................................................................................................................... Camera's Authentication 52 Forcing Aspect......................................................................................................................................................... Ratio for Cameras 53 Setting up......................................................................................................................................................... Camera Orientation 54 Setting Up........................................................................................................................................................