2.2.1 Login

Double click the icon to start the software, then choose the user and enter the password, the default account Username is: admin; Password is: password. You can check the checkbox to remember the password, then you can auto login by choosing Auto Login.



After login into the system, you can see the Live View page as below:



And the meanings of the icons on the top-right are as below:

Table 1. Description of the buttons
Item Function Introduction

User name

Click the button to lock the software, and it needs to enter the password to unlock

Menu button

Minimize the interface

Restore the interface

Maximize the interface

Close the software

Switch to the previous group cameras / next group cameras when click the left arrow / right arrow button.

Check the real-time CPU status on PC

Check the real-time RAM memory on PC

Click the Menu button , the interface is as below:

Table 2. Description of the buttons
Item Function Introduction
General

Auto Login: Enable this option to automatically login CMS when running it.

Run CMS when Windows startup: Enable this option to automatically run CMS when Windows startup.

Run CMS as Administrator: Enable this option to run CMS as administrator.
General

Quick Exit: Enable this option, you can close the CMS in one click without confirming the password.

Language: There are 14 different languages available.

Log Retention Period: Six different periods are available(1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Weeks), and you can also set the log retention period to permanent.
Video Save Path: Clickto select a path for manual recording in Live View and Playback interface or video clips in Playback interface.
Note: Please don’t save Recording files under the installation path. The recorded files would be deleted when CMS was uninstalled if they were saved under installation path.
Snapshot Save Path: Clickto select a path for snapshot in Live View and Playback interface.
Note: Please don’t save Snapshot files under the installation path. The recorded files would be deleted when CMS was uninstalled if they were saved under installation path.
General

Play Mode: Select different modes to meet your needs.

  • Least Delay: The most instantaneous mode;
  • Best Fluency: The most fluent mode.
Recycle Mode: You can enable or disable Recycle Mode for video recording.
  • Enable: Enable Recycle Mode in the case of insufficient storage capacity.
  • Disable: Devices will stop recording when the storage capacity is insufficient.
Display

Video Card Info: You can check the video card information of this server where CMS is installed, including Vendor, Renderer and Version.

Rendering Method: There are three options available, including Direct3D, OpenGL and RGB. If the video can’t be previewed successfully, please adjust this option to try again.

High resolution display adaptation: Enable this option to adapt to high resolution monitor.
Display

Live Stream Information: Enable this option to display the Live Stream Information in the live view page, including Video Codec, Resolution, Frame Rate and Bitrate.

Channel Name: Enable this function to display the channel name in each channel. There are four text positions available, including Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right. And there are three font sizes available, including Small, Medium and Large.

Event Detection Region: Enable this function to display the detection region on the live view interface. The detection region will turn red when an event is triggered. There are eight event detection regions available, including Region Entrance, Region Exiting, Advanced Motion Detection, Loitering, Line Crossing, Object Left/Removed, People Counting and Regional People Counting. Only one Event Detection Region can be enabled at the same time

Note:
  • Support up to 64 channels to display Event Detection Region at the same time.
  • Support in Live View Screen, Alarm Screen and Full Screen.
  • Available for cameras and the cameras on the NVR.
  • Make sure the camera’s version is 4X.7.0.78 or above and the NVR’s version is 7X.9.0.12 or above.
Alarm

Enable Alarm Popup: When the Motion Detection, VCA alarm, Camera / NVR Alarm Input, Audio Alarm, IoT Alarm and NVR Disconnected are triggered, the channel window will pop up.

Note:
  • You can disable it by pressing Hot Key Ctrl + F12.
  • Support up to 4 alarm windows.

Alarm Popup Schedule: Set the schedule of channel alarm pop-up.

Alarm Audio: Enable this option to Play Audio when Alarm Popup is triggered. You can choose to play Alarm Audio or Live Audio.

Audio File: There are two default alarm audios available. And you can also upload your customized audio.
  1. Only support ‘wav/MP3’ audio files and no more than 1M.
  2. Currently it supports uploading 5 customized audio files.

Live Audio: If the camera supports audio, you can directly play the live audio caught.

Advanced

Dual Stream Connection Mode: Enable this option to optimize the speed of switching stream but will increase the pressure to the network.

Maintenance

Import Configuration File:Clickto upload a selected configuration file, then click ‘save’ button.

Export Configuration File:Click to back up a selected configuration file, then click ‘save’ button.

Information of the CMS, Milesight webpage link and Check for Update.

Log out of the current account.

Close the software.