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DW Spectrum User Manual

Item windows display basic device information and provide icons for powerful built-in functions. Information and icons shown depends on whether the item is showing live or recorded video.

Upper Left

The upper left corner displays the camera name for live streams, or the file name for recorded video, and an icon for the current Recording Mode.

recording – Constant Recording (green circle)

recording_motion – Motion Recording (red circle)

recording_motion_lq – Low Resolution always and High Resolution for motion (red circle with green diagonal stripe)

recording_off@2x – Not Recording (grey circle)

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Upper Right

The upper right corner contains the following buttons:

object_search_hovered – Object Search

image_enhancement_hovered – Image Enhancement

zoom_window_hovered – Creating a Zoom Window

search_hovered – Motion Smart Search

screenshot_hovered – Screenshot

rotate_hovered – Rotate

fisheye_hovered – Dewarping – for fish-eye cameras

ptz_hovered – Pan, Tilt, and Zoom (PTZ) – for live streams, if supported by the device

info_hovered – Information – displays additional information about the device settings

close_hovered – Close – removes the item from the current layout

Bottom Right

The bottom right corner indicates LIVE for live streams, or displays the date and running time for archive or local files. If supported by the device you may also see:

mic_hovered – Using 2-Way Audio button

Custom Soft Triggers

Additionally, these messages may appear for camera items:

•NO SIGNAL – Camera is offline (see "Diagnosing Offline Devices")

•NO DATA – No recording was performed, no data is available

•Loading – Awaiting data from server

•Unauthorized – Incorrect/missing login or password

Bottom Left

Click on the Information icon info_hovered or right-click on any selected item to open the context menu, and choose Show Info (Alt+I) to display the following item information:

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•Resolution of the stream in pixels

•Frames per second (FPS) of the stream

•Bitrate of the stream. The letter after the bitrate value is the video traffic delivery method indicator – Direct Connect, NAT traversal (N) and Proxy (P).

•Codec (e.g., H.265, H.264, or MJPEG). If "Hardware Decoding" (Intel Quick Sync) is enabled, the stream will display the (HW) indicator to the right of the stream codec.

•Stream in use – Hi-Res or Lo-Res.