Live View Analytics Settings
In the Settings tab of Live View Analytics, you can configure the live view analytics of cameras in the current layout.
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To set up live view analytics settings:
- Select the camera you want to edit, and click Edit.
- Select an analytics type from the Analytics Type drop-down menu:
- None: If None is selected, the other settings on this page will all be disabled.
- Motion Detection: Search for movement in the specified areas.
- Missing Object: Search for missing objects in the specified areas.
- Foreign Object: Search for foreign objects in the specified areas.
- Camera Occlusion: Search for times when the camera lens is covered and unable to effectively perform surveillance.
- Focus Lost: Search for times when the camera focus is lost and unable to effectively perform surveillance.
- No-Idle Zone: Search for times when anyone or anything enters the restricted zone and lingers longer than the specified dwell time.
- Select a sensitivity level from Sensitivity. A higher sensitivity level will yield more search results but may also yield more false alarms.
- Select a size from Object Size. An object size of 1x represents one one-hundredth of the search zone size. Click and drag to resize and reposition the yellow rectangle to be smaller than the object you want to search for. This option is only available for Foreign Object.
- Select a time from Dwell time. This option is only available for No-Idle Zone.
- Under Detection Zone, use any of the following options to set up a detection zone for searching. These options are only available for Motion Detection, Missing Object, and Foreign Object.
- Click Add and then select cells on the grid to add cells to the detection zone.
- Click Delete and then select cells on the grid to delete cells from the detection zone.
- Click Select All to add all cells to the detection zone.
- Click Clear All to delete all cells from the detection zone.
- Enable the following visual/audio aids to better monitor the live view analytics process:
- Beep when detected: Surveillance Station will play a beeping sound when a detection is made.
- Show detection frames: For each camera, detection frames will appear on the live view screen to indicate the location of the figure, object, or event.
- Show path tracking: Tracking paths will be shown to indicate the movements of people or objects.
- Show virtual zone: Enabling this option to display the virtual zone defined by the four detection positions on-screen will help you identify the target's activities around the restricted zone more easily.
- Simulation: Simulate the analytics to help fine-tune live view analytics settings.
- Click Save to save your changes.
Note:
- Live View analytics uses client computer resources for processing. Please adjust live view analytics settings accordingly to match your computer processing capability.
Enable Analytics
Once you have set up live view analytics for a camera, enable the analytics for Surveillance Station to automatically alert you when a detection is made.
To enable analytics:
- Select a camera from the list.
- Select Enable from the Enable Analytics drop-down menu.
Note:
- You cannot enable Live View Analytics for any of the following: unavailable cameras, disabled cameras, and servers operating in non-recording mode.
View Alerts
Surveillance Station displays an alert count on the right side for each camera. Each alert has an associated recording that can be viewed.
To view analytics alerts:
- Select a camera with alerts from the list.
- Click View Alerts. You can also right-click the selected camera and select View Alerts. You will be directed to the Alert tab to view all alerts for the selected camera.