Web Browser

Log on from any web browser for quick and easy access.

1. Enter the site URL provided by your system administrator: Example: https://www.go.cavu.me

2. Login with your system credentials

3. If the UI selector appears, press the grid to enter the interface

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Application

The application allows for stable and standard use of the software. Web browsers have various settings that may disturb service.

1. Enter the site URL provided by your system administrator: Example: https://www.go.cavu.me

2. Log in with your system credentials

3. Once logged in press ‘Install App’ button in the UI Selector

4. Select your system type and download the app

5. Once installed, open the application and log in with your credentials.

01 Navigate toViews on the navigation bar. You will see a list of drop-down menus.

Under the section, My Views press the [ + ] button to add a new view.

02 You have now entered the view customization panel.

Press the Create Customized View button to continue.

Select a tile layout from the templates provided.

04 Once a template is selected it will take you to the customizer where view panels can be split, merged, or deleted in addition to adding widgets to those panels:

Control the layout of the view by using these buttons:

Split cell vertically

Split cell horizontally

Delete Cell

Add a new column

Add a new row

05 Once your view layout is set, drag over the widgets to the desired panel, where they will display

06 When you are satisfied with the layout of your view choose between a Default or Auto View Ratio located at the bottom of the editor

Default - Always display your view at a 16:9 ratio and will keep your widget cells the exact way you sized them. This may cause black bars on the sides of the view depending on the screen size.

Auto - Automatically resizes your view to fit your screen. Makes it so there is no wasted space.

01 Start using your views by going toViews on the Navigation bar

02 The View selection column is where you select views to interact with

Views are sorted into 3 categories:

03 Open a view by pressing on a View category then select a View to open it

04 View interactions allow you to edit, share, or delete each View.

Hover over the desired view in the View column to interact

Edit View

Share View

Delete View

Option 1: Standard Shared View

On the View Column go to shared views and select a standard View.

When entering a Realm for the first time there will always be 4 standard Views:

Archive Camera Grid - Use for viewing archival footage. Use the timeline to scrub through multiple archive feeds at once.

Camera Grid - Use for viewing multiple live camera feeds at a time.

Essential -

VMX - Used to view and configure video walls. Learn more about VMX

Option 2: Modify Shared View Template

On the View Column go to shared views, select a standard View, and press the Edit View button.

Use the standard View as a template to add more widgets, cameras, etc.

Option 3: Create a New View

Start a new View by pressing the + Add New View button on the View Column.

Press here for more details about View Setup

06 After selecting your View add your cameras to your Camera Live Viewer or Archive Viewer Widgets. Cameras can be added Dynamically or Statically.

Dynamically - Cameras can be swapped in and out of the Viewer widget by dragging and dropping them into the widget.

Statically - A Viewer widget assigned a static camera will stay locked to that feed.

To make a Viewer static press the edit button on your View → Select the Viewer Widget (will highlight green) → On the left panel, under Device list drag and drop a camera to the View Widget → Press Save

01 In the View editor drag and drop your desired Widget into the View cells.

To learn what each Widget does, reference the guide below.

02 To change the widget's properties, press on the widget cell. This will open the widget properties on the left panel. Select the desired preferences.

To learn what each property does, reference the guide below.

_PLAYBACK

Play and Pause controls are located in the bottom left corner of the viewer. Toggling this control will stop or continue the playback of the stream.

_{TIME SLIDER}

This feature is a quick way of scrubbing through the stream's recent footage. Hover over, press, and drag the slider to the right to rewind the footage.

_{GENERAL CONTROLS}

Live Toggle

This button jumps back to live video when viewing archived footage

Connection Type

Selects whether the video stream is pulled locally, from the cloud, or switch automatically

Snapshot

This button captures a photo of what is currently shown on the viewers stream

Calender

Allows you to jump quickly between dates and times in recorded footage

Digital Zoom

Enables the ability to digitally zoom into the video feed

Analytic Markup

Highlights objects found by analytics in an alert, all, or none state

Create Event

Manually create an event with what is currently on the video feed

Fullscreen Toggle

Toggle this button to switch between a fullscreen or regular view of the video feed

_PLAYBACK

Play and Pause controls are located in the bottom left corner of the viewer. Toggling this control will stop or continue the playback of the stream.

_{TIME SLIDER}

This feature is a quick way of scrubbing through the stream's recent footage. Hover over, press, and drag the slider to the right to rewind the footage.

_{GENERAL CONTROLS}

Live Toggle

This button jumps back to live video when viewing archived footage

Connection Type

Selects whether the video stream is pulled locally, from the cloud, or switch automatically

Snapshot

This button captures a photo of what is currently shown on the viewers stream

Calender

Allows you to jump quickly between dates and times in recorded footage

Digital Zoom

Enables the ability to digitally zoom into the video feed

Auto AOD request

TBD

Analytic Markup

Highlights objects found by analytics in an alert, all, or none state

Create Event

Manually create an event with what is currently on the video feed

Fullscreen Toggle

Toggle this button to switch between a fullscreen or regular view of the video feed

INTERACTIONS WITH EVENTS WIDGET

From the Events Widget, drag and drop a video event into the Archive Viewer Widget. The associated event will play in the Archive viewer

INTERACTIONS WITH TIMELINE WIDGET

To scrub through multiple Archived feeds simultaneously, create a view with a Timeline Widget and Archive Viewer Widget(s). Dragging the Timeline slider will scrub all Archived feeds at the time stamp.

_{EVENT LOG}

Chronologically logs events that occur on the video feeds, sensors, and the system.

_{GENERAL CONTROLS}

Select Events

Allows you to select and acknowlege multiple events at once

Export CSV

Exports the entire event log into a CSV file

Search

Filter events by text to quickly find what you’re looking for

Filter

Filters events based reported status

Event Details

Event Video

_{ARCHIVE EVENT LOOKUP}

Enter

_PLAYBACK

Play and Pause controls are located in the bottom left corner of the viewer. Toggling this control will stop or continue the playback of the stream.

_{TIME SLIDER}

This feature is a quick way of scrubbing through the stream's recent footage. Hover over, press, and drag the slider to the right to rewind the footage.

_{GENERAL CONTROLS}

Live Toggle

This button jumps back to live video when viewing archived footage

Connection Type

Selects whether the video stream is pulled locally, from the cloud, or switch automatically

Snapshot

This button captures a photo of what is currently shown on the viewers stream

Calender

Allows you to jump quickly between dates and times in recorded footage

Digital Zoom

Enables the ability to digitally zoom into the video feed

Analytic Markup

Highlights objects found by analytics in an alert, all, or none state

Create Event

Manually create an event with what is currently on the video feed

Fullscreen Toggle

Toggle this button to switch between a fullscreen or regular view of the video feed

Filter by name or status

Filter the Device List by entering the name of a device or its status. Status can be filtered by entering “broken” or “opperating”

Filter by label

Filter the Device list by selecting a label, group, or set on the drop-down list

Camera Live Viewer

Archive Viewer

_{URL Stream}

A URL Stream is a direct link to the assigned camera. By logging into the camera’s utility or web interface you can obtain a URL to add the camera to the system. This is a quick and easy way to add a small number of cameras.

_{ONVIF Stream}

An ONVIF stream is a universal protocol that allows you to set profiles that apply to a group of cameras. This makes it so all the profiled cameras have consistent stream parameters such as resolution, aspect ratio, framerate, PTZ, etc.

03 Enter a camera's geolocation by entering the longitude/latitude values or by dragging the pin to the desired spot

Once the desired geolocation is found, be sure to press "Save" once finished

05 Once added to the View, exit the editing view. You will see the Geo Map Widget added to the View

The Geo Map widget now displays any cameras with a coordinate

Why use Maps?

With Maps View, it is easy to visualize where all your cameras are.

Through the use of layers, you have the freedom to customize and order your maps just how you’d like.

Keep track of everything

Using each layer as its own floor makes it easier to handle and organize alerts.

Alternative Views

Alternative Views allow for an alternative view of the map being looked at.

The feature gives flexibility in the different ways that the maps can be related.

03 Once added to the View, exit the editing view by saving it. You will see the Image Map Widget added to the View

04 Enter a Map Set Name and press

05 Enter Map Layer and press

06A Select Main then press Upload to select your main map picture

06B Select Alternate then press Upload to select your Alternate map picture

07 Drag and drop any camera on the Device List Widget to the desired map location. Pinpoints will appear on the map

08 Once the desired cameras are added to the map go back to edit view by pressing then click on the Image Map area, it will outline green. Widget properties will appear to the left

09 Under Properties turn off Editor mode. This will turn off the editor on the main viewer so the widget will be filled

03 A menu will appear. You can select the Map Set and/or layers that are visible in that widget. Press the arrow to close the menu

Layer Alert

When an Alert enabled event occurs on a camera that is in a layer a red arrow will appear next to the active Layer

Camera Alert Indicators

The normal GREEN camera icon indicates that there are no active alerts

A RED camera icon indicates that there is an active enabled alert that has been triggered

01 Select the desired Wall(1) and Monitor(2) , then select the type of Split(3)

02 Drag and drop cameras from the device list widget into the desired empty spaces

01 Start by navigating to the Archived Video cell, scroll the timeline to the desired starting point, open Settings, then choose to Add download job

02 Select a period of video you would like to download by adjusting the start day/end date and time on the calendar. You can adjust the time to specific minutes.

**Recommended to keep download jobs 15min segments or less for faster processing.

03 Click the button Add. The download job has been started and can be managed at the Video Delivery Manager