1. Double-click 3VR_Client_Applications-Release 8.1.1.XXXXX.exe to begin the installation process.
2. When the InstallShield Wizard is ready, click Next > to proceed.
3. The InstallShield Wizard will display the 3VR Client
   Applications End User License Agreement.
4. To accept the terms of the agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement radio button.
5. Click Next > to proceed.
6. To install OpCenter, select Typical and click Next> to proceed.
7. Click Install to begin the installation.
8. When installation is complete, click Finish to exit
   the wizard.

1. Contact 3VR Customer Support by email (support@3vr.com) or by phone at (415) 513-4572 to request license keys for the client application that you are installing.
2. Launch the client application.
3. A dialog will be displayed prompting you to enter
   the license key.

4. Enter the license key in the text field. If the license
key is correct, the OK button will be enabled.

5. Click OK to enter the license key and proceed to the
application’s login screen.

1. To view details and the video associated with an event, click on an event card.
   
   
   
   When selected, the event will be highlighted in orange.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. The following features are available for some event types:
   
   
   • Video clip: video clip associated with the selected event
     
     
     
     
   • High quality images: for a face event, a set of high quality images generated from the event will be displayed in the Image tab of the Event Detail Viewer
     
     
     
     
     
   • Person details: if a face event has been matched to a person in the 3VR system, the person’s details will be displayed in the Person tab of the Event Detail Viewer.
     
     
     
     
     
   • Alert details: if an event has triggered an alert, the color representing the alert will be displayed across the top of the event card, and details about the alert will appear in the Alerts tab of the Event Detail Viewer.
     
     
     
     
     
   • Note details: if you select an event with a note, the note will be displayed in the Notes tab of the Event Detail Viewer.
     
     
     
     
     

Refer Working with Alerts and Working with Notes chapter for more details.

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A. Motion events are created when the system detects movement in the camera’s field of view.

B. Face events indicate that the system detected a person during a motion event. Face events display the best views of a person’s face.

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The Alerts and Notes event filters can be used in combination with event types to restrict the set of events to those that have triggered alerts or have notes attached:

C. Alert events are motion or face events that meet user-defined criteria for an alert, such as a targeted face or motion occurring during a specified time range.




D. Note events are events to which a user has attached a note.

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Click the pause button, then click the back button to step backward one frame at a time. Click the play button to resume playing video at normal speed.

Click the slow motion button to play the video in slow motion. Clicking this button up to three times will allow you to view the video at one-half, one-quarter, one-eighth, and one-sixteenth of normal speed. Click the play button to resume playing video at normal speed.

Click the fast forward button to play the video at 2x speed. Click again to play at 3x speed, click again to play at 4x speed. Click the play button to resume playing video at normal speed.

1. Select an event, and click the Live Video tab in the Event Detail Viewer.
   
   
   
2. This will show the live video feed from the channel that captured the selected event.
   
   
   
   
3. When no event card is selected, or to change the live video channel that is currently selected, click the arrow on the pop-up menu at the bottom right of the video and select a different channel from the list.
   
   
   
   
4. To turn off live video, choose None from the menu at the bottom right of the video. The live video feed will stop.

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1. Right-click on a face event card.
   
   
   
2. From the resulting menu, select Play Motion Video.
   
   
   The entire motion event video will play in the video player.

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1. Click the Video tab to go to the Video panel.
   
   
   
2. Select Display live video radio button.
   
   
   The timeline across the top of the Video panel displays a 15 minute time range. The time when the video you are viewing took place is displayed above the timeline.
   
   When you are watching live video, the current video time is highlighted in green, and the indicator moves forward along the timeline as time passes.

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1. Choose Select channel group radio button.
   
   
   
   
2. The Channel Groups drop-down menu will open. Check boxes are displayed to the left of the channel group names. Selected channel groups are checked.
   1. Click in an empty check box to the left of a channel group name to select it.
      
      
   2. Click in a checked box to deselect it.
      
      
3. Click OK to close the channel group drop down menu.

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1. To go to the Search panel, click the Search tab.
   
   
2. Define the dates, days of the week, and time ranges to search for events.
   
   
3. Choose the channels to include in the search.
   
   
4. Select the event types you wish to search.
   
   
5. The selected search criteria will be displayed under Search
   Description.
   
   
6. Click the Search button.

• To search for recent events by selecting a common time range, choose the Recent radio button and click a time range button.
  
  
• To search for events during a specific date range, choose  Specify, and select a specific Start and End date for your
  search.
  
  To search for events on a single day, set the Start and End dates to the same day.
  
  

If a Date Range greater than 1 week has been specified, you can restrict the search to specific days of the week.

• To limit the search to specific days of the week, choose Specify radio button and check the boxes beside the days you wish to include in the search.
• To include all seven days in the search select Full week radio button
  
  

If the Date Range specified is at least one day, you can:

• Search for events over the Full day radio button
  
  
• Select Partial day radio button to search for common time ranges like evening or working hours
  
  
• Choose Specify radio button to search for precise hours

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• Click individual channel names to select them
  
  
  
  
• Click All to select all channels.
  
  
  
• Right-click on individual channels and use the resulting menu to add them to your selection, remove them from the selection, add groups of channels, remove groups of channels, select all channels, or clear the selection.
  
  
  
  
• You can also select predefined groups of channels by clicking the down arrow to the right of the channel selector to display the Channels drop-down menu.
  
  Check the box beside a channel group name to select that channel group.

1. Specify search criteria for the main type of event to search
   for as described on the previous pages.
   
   In this example, we’ve specified face events similar to person 1, George Smith, on all cameras over the past day.
2. Select Search for related events check box to load the secondary search window.
   
   
3. Specify the period of time you wish to search around each event that meets the first set of search criteria.
   
   By default, the 3 minutes before and after each event matching the first set of criteria will be searched for events that meet the second set of criteria.
   
   
4. Specify the type of related event you wish to search for. In this example, we’ve chosen to search for motion events.
   
   
5. Click Search.

1. Events matching the search criteria are shown in the main area of the screen.
   
   
   
2. The search criteria are displayed at the top of the screen.
   
   
   
3. When you select an event card, the associated video clip will automatically play in the video player.
   
   
   
4. High quality images and saved frames from the selected event card will appear in the Images tab of the Event Detail Viewer for some types of events. In the Notes tab, you can add a note about the selected event.
   
   
   
5. To resize the event cards and change the number of events shown on the screen at a time, select one of the card size buttons.
   
   
   
6. If a search was done with both a primary and secondary search event type, events that match the first set of search criteria will be displayed in the search results panel. Any events with associated events from the secondary search criteria will be displayed with a plus sign.
   
   
7. Click the plus sign to display the associated events.
   
   
8. To perform another search:
   
   
9. Click Modify Search to return to the Search panel with your current criteria still selected. The Modify Search button keeps your search settings so you can change or fine-tune them and perform the search again.
   
   
10. Click New Search to clear your search criteria and return to the main Search panel

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1. Right-click a face event card.
   
   
2. From the right-click menu, select Search for Person.
   
   
   
3. The Search panel will load with the following criteria selected:
   
   
   • Date Range: Recent: 1 day radio button
   • Time: Full day radio button
   • Channels: The channel that captured the face event
   • Events: Faces check box: Specify, Similarity = 80 radio button
4. Click Search.

a. To view all people in your system, select All People.

b. To view people in a specific group, select the group name from the list.

c. To view only people who have manually been assigned to any group, select Categorized People.

d. To view people who have not been manually assigned to a group, select Uncategorized People.

After selecting a group or category, profile cards for all
members of the selected group will be displayed. If a
group has more members than can be displayed on the
screen at once, use the scroll bar to scroll through all
group members.

1. To display profiles in the order of their most recent appearance in the system, select Last seen from the Sort by drop-down menu. Profiles matched to the most recent face events are displayed last.
   
   
2. To display profiles in the order of their first appearance in the system, select First seen from the Sort by drop-down menu. Profiles matched to the earliest face events are displayed first.
   
   
   
3. To display profiles in alphabetical order by last name, select Last name from the Sort by drop-down menu. Profiles without an assigned last names will be displayed first, followed by profiles with assigned last names in alphabetical order.

• Person ID: A Person ID is a unique number generated for each profile by the system. Type in part or all of the Person ID number for the profile you wish to view, then press the Enter key to display that profile or set of profiles. For example, to find employees with ID numbers in the 50s, type 5 and press Enter. This returns Employee #5, as well as other employees whose ID numbers begin with 5 (i.e., 50, 51, 52, etc).
• Last Name: To filter by last name, type part or all of the last name for the profile you wish to view in the Last Name text box and press the Enter key. Only profiles that have been assigned a last name containing what you typed will be shown.
• Employee ID: type in part or all of the Employee ID for the profile you wish to view, then press the Enter key.
  
  
• Gender: The Gender filter allows you to display only profiles that have been manually identified as male or female.
  
  
• Hair Color: The Hair Color option allows you to display only profiles that have been manually identified as having a particular hair color.
  
  
• Note label: From the Note label drop-down menu, select a label to only view profiles with that type of note attached.
  
  The Clear Filter button resets any previous filter settings.

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1. From the People tab, click Edit Groups.
   
   
2. Click Add New Group.
   
   
3. Customize group details:
   
   1. Type the Name of the new group. This name will
      appear on profile cards as well as on any face
      events matched to any profiles in this group.
      
      
   2. Enter a brief Description of the group.
      
      
4. Click Save to create the new group.

1. Click the People tab to go to the People panel.
   
   
   
2. Click Edit Groups.
   
   
3. Select the group name that you would like to edit or
   remove from the list.
   
   
   • To edit the group, click Edit.
     
     
   • Modify the Name or Description of the group, then click Save.
     
     
   • To permanently remove the group, click Delete.

1. Each profile card displays a picture and a unique Person ID number.
   
   
   
   
2. Click a profile card to display information about that profile in the Profile Detail Viewer.
   
   
   
   
3. Information will only be displayed in the following fields when it has been manually entered for a profile:
   
   • Group
   • First Name and Last Name
   • Employee ID
   • Gender and Hair Color
     
     
     
     
4. Notes: Any notes added to the profile will be displayed by selecting the Notes tab.
   
   
   
   
5. Profiles: The Profiles tab contains sets of images from face events that have been matched to that profile.
   
   
   
   
6. Cases: Select the Cases tab. If the profile has been added to any cases, Only cases for this person radio button will be selected by default.

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1. Select a person profile card.
   
   
2. Click the Notes tab in the Profile Detail Viewer.
   
   
3. Click the Add a Note button.
   
   
4. From the Label drop-down menu, select the label for your note.
5. Type in the note text and click Save.
   
   
6. The note will be displayed in the Notes tab. The system will automatically save the date, time, and author of the message.

1. Select a profile card and click the Profiles tab in the Profile Detail Viewer. The current reference image is marked Display.
   
   
2. Select the most recognizable profile from the Profiles tab and click Use as Display Image. The new reference image will be reflected on the profile card, and anywhere else that person is represented throughout the system.

1. Select a person card, and click the Profiles tab.
   
   
   
2. To view the images contained in a profile, select that profile in the Profiles tab and click View Images. Images from the selected profile will be displayed in a new window.
   
   One of the profile images will be marked Display; this image is used as is the display image for the profile in the Profiles tab.
3. To change the display image for a profile, select a
   different image from the bottom panel and click Use as Display Image. Your change will be reflected in the Profiles tab.
   
   
4. Click Close to return to the Profiles tab.

1. Click the profile or profile image and click Unmatch
   Profile to open the Unmatch Profiles window.
   
   
2. Select one of the three ways to unmatch this profile:
   1. For low-quality profiles, select Keep selected profile on this person, but do not use for future searches and alerts radio button.
      
      The profile will still be associated with the profile, but the images will not be used for face recognition and will not be displayed in the Profiles tab.
   2. For incorrectly matched people you want to save, create a new profile from the profile in the by selecting Create a new person from the profile radio button.
      
      This profile will be placed in the Uncategorized group.
   3. For incorrectly matched profiles you do not wish to save, select Unmatch without creating a new person radio button.
      
      No new profile will be created, and the face event type will revert to Indexed (see Working with Face Events for more information about Indexed face events).
      
      
   4. Click Unmatch to unmatch the profile. Click Cancel to close the window without unmatching.

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1. To switch to toggle mode from standard mode, right-click anywhere in the channel selector and choose Toggle Mode from the resulting menu.
   
   A check will appear beside Toggle Mode in the right-click menu when toggle mode is enabled.
2. To select channels in toggle mode, click the channel number. The selected channel numbers will be highlighted in yellow.
   
   
3. To deselect a channel in toggle mode, click the highlighted channel number.

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1. To turn on standard mode, right-click anywhere in the channel selector and uncheck the Toggle Mode.
   
   
2. To select channels in standard mode, click the channel number. The selected channel number will be highlighted in yellow.
   
   
   
3. To deselect a selected channel in standard mode, click a different channel number.

In both toggle and standard mode, you may select or deselect all channels at once by clicking the All or None buttons to the left of the channel selector.

In addition, the current channel selection may be modified by right-clicking anywhere in the channel selector and choosing a new channel arrangement option from the drop-down menu:

• Deselect the current channel
• Deselect all channels except the current channel
• Select all channels
• Deselect all channels
• Select one of the channel groups configured on your system

To view all of the channels and channel groups on your system, click the drop-down next to the channel selector to display the channel selection drop-down menu.

• Select all channels with Select all.
• Deselect all channels by clicking Clear All.
• Select or deselect channels or channel groups individually by clicking the check box next to each channel or group name.

When you have finished selecting the channels, click OK.

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1. From the Monitor or Search panel, click the drop-down to the
   right of the channel selector to display the channel selection drop-down menu.
   
   
   
2. Click Edit Channel Groups.
   
   
   
3. To create a new channel group, click New.
   
   
   
4. Type in a Name for the new channel group.
   
   
   
5. Select the channels to include in the channel group.
   
   
   
6. If this channel group should be the default channel group in OpCenter select the Default Channel Group check box.
   
   
7. Click Save to save the channel group.
   
   
   
8. Click Close to close the channel groups editor and return to OpCenter.

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1. From the Monitor or Search panel, click the to the right of the channel selector to display the channel selection drop-down menu.
   
   
2. Click Edit Channel Groups.
   
   
3. To modify or delete a channel group, select the group name from the list and click Edit.
   
   
   
4. To modify the channel group, edit the Name field or which channels are included in the group, then click Save.
   
   To delete the channel group, click Delete. In the resulting dialog box, click Delete to confirm that the group should be removed.
   
   
   
5. Click Close to close the channel groups editor and return to OpCenter.

When Faces check box is selected from the event type drop-down menu, face event cards appear in the Monitor panel.

Face events also appear in the Search panel results when the search includes Faces check box.

1. When you select a face event card, the Person tab will automatically open in the Event Detail Viewer, except for the following situations:
   
   
   
   1. If an Alert or a Note is associated with the event, the Alert or the Note tab will open by default.
      
      
      
   2. If the Live Video tab has already been selected in the Event Detail Viewer, live video from the selected channel will continue to play until you manually select a different tab.
      
      
      
2. For Indexed face events, the information fields in the Person tab will not contain any information.
   
   
   
3. If the face event type is New or Matched, some or all of these details may be filled in, and the Go to Person button will appear.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Images tab in the Event Detail Viewer to view high-quality images generated from the face event.

In the Monitor panel, face event cards are generated when the system finds a face in the video stream.

Face event cards at the smallest size display the Person ID for matched face events and a single image from the face event.

Face event cards at the two intermediate sizes additionally display the time the event occurred.

Full-size event cards contain the following elements:

1. Face image: the best image of the person’s face.
2. Event time: the time that the face was detected.
3. Channel number and name: the number and name of the channel that captured the event.
4. Face event type: there are three different types of face event cards: Indexed, Matched, and New.

Matched and New face events may also contain these elements:

• Reference Image: a face image of the person to whom the card is matched. For New face events, the event image is used as the reference image.
  
  
• Person ID number: the unique number that the system assigns to a person.
  
  
• Name and Group: if this identifying information has been entered for the face event, or if the face event has been matched to a person with this information, it will be displayed.

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1. Select a Matched or New face event card. The Person tab will automatically open in the Event Detail Viewer, except for the following situations:
   • If an Alert or a Note is associated with the event, the Alert or the Note tab will open by default.
   • If the Live Video tab has already been selected in the Event Detail Viewer. Live video from the selected channel will continue to play until you manually select a different tab.
     
     
2. Click the Person tab if it has not been automatically selected.
   • Information from the person profile associated with the event will be displayed in the Person tab.
   • To view this person’s profile card in the People panel, click the Go to Person button.
   • To edit the person’s profile details, modify the information in one or more fields and click Save.
     
     
3. You can also view the person profile associated with a Matched or New face event by right-clicking on the face event card and selecting Go to Person from the menu.

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1. To hide the event profile from searches and alerts, change the Use event profile for searching and alerts? setting to No.
   
   This option should be used only if images generated from the face event are of poor quality, but you wish to associate the event with the person. The face event and its images will still be associated with the person, but these images will not be used when you search for similar faces or create an alert based on this person.
2. Leave the Use event profile for searching and alerts? setting at the default value of Yes if images generated from the face event are of good quality (clear image, good angle, sufficient lighting.
   
   If Yes is selected, images from this event will be displayed in the profiles tab for that person in the People panel. The images will
   be used in the future to compare against other face images when you search for this person or create an alert for them.

1. Click the face event card. The Person tab will automatically open in the Event Detail Viewer, except for the following situations:
   • If an Alert or a Note is associated with the event, the Alert or the Note tab will open by default.
   • If the Live Video tab has already been selected in the Event Detail Viewer. Live video from the selected channel will continue to play until you manually select a different tab.
2. Click the Person tab if it has not been automatically displayed.
   
   
3. Click the Match or Unmatch radio button.
   
   
4. A list of people in the system with faces similar to the face event will be displayed in the Person tab.
   
   
   1. To match the selected event card to a person:
      
      
      1. Click a radio button beside the options for Show People to view a list and find the person you wish to match:
         • Named: the list of people who have been identified by name
         • All: the list of all people in your system
      2. Scroll down to find the matching person from any of the lists. Click the name or image of a person to select him or her.
      3. Click the Match button to match the face event to the selected person.
         
         
   2. To unmatch the selected event card:
      
      
      1. The person currently matched to the face event will already be selected in the list. Click the Unmatch button.

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1. Click to select the event card.
   
   
   
2. In the Event Detail Viewer, the Alerts tab will open automatically to display details about the alert.
   
   
   
   
   
   To quickly view recent events which have triggered alerts,
   in the Monitor panel:
   
   1. Click the Click here to choose events drop-down and select an event type.
   2. Check the box next to With Alerts.
   3. Click OK.
   4. The Monitor panel will update to only show events that are associated with an alert.

1. Click the Alerts tab.
   
   
   
2. Select the alert from the list of alerts by clicking on the alert Name.
   
   
3. A description of the alert will appear in the text box to the right of the list of alerts. The following information will be displayed:
   
   
   1. The alert color block.
      
      
   2. The date and time range of the alert.
      
      
   3. What channels have been selected to be scanned for matching events.
      
      
   4. The event types that will trigger the alert.
      
      
   5. If you entered an alert response procedure it will appear below the other alert criteria.
4. To enable an alert, select the check box beside the alert name.
   
   
5. To disable an alert, uncheck the check box beside the alert name.

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1. Choose the Alerts tab to go to the Alerts panel and select the Actions sub-tab to view the list of alert actions.
   
   
2. Select an action from the list of alert actions.
   
   
3. A description of the alert action will appear in the text box to the right of the list of alerts.
   
   The information displayed depends on the type of alert action. Settings change alert actions will display:
   
   
   • Alternate Setting Values: which settings will be modified when the alert is triggered.
   • Post-alert recording period: the settings change will remain in effect for this many seconds after the alert is triggered
   • Channels: Which cameras will have modified settings during the post-alert recording period
4. Email alert actions will show the following fields:
   • To Addresses: the list of recipients of the alert email.
   • Subject: subject line of the email that will be sent when the alert is triggered.
   • Body: content of the email that will be sent when the alert is triggered.
   • Include: lists information and images that will be included with the email.

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To create a new alert, click the New button from the  Alerts sub-tab.

1. Type in an Alert Name.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the color block below the Alert Name to display the color selector.
   
   
   
   
3. Use the scroll bar to view additional colors. Click a color block to select a color.
   
   
   
   
   The color you select for the alert will appear across the top of an event card that triggers the alert.

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You can set an alert to be triggered only on certain days of the week, or at certain times of day.

1. Select which times of day the alert should be active:
   1. To enable the alert 24 hours per day, select Any time radio button.
      
      
   2. To enable the alert for only part of a day, select Specify radio button, and select a time range when the alert can be triggered.
      
      To change the start or end time, click on the hour, minute, or the AM/PM fields and click the up or down arrows until the desired value is displayed.
      
      
2. Select which days the alert should be active:
   
   
   1. To enable the alert for all days of the week, choose All days radio  button.
      
      
   2. To enable the alert for specific days of the week, choose Specify check box, and click the check box beside each day you wish to include.

1. Click All to select all channels.
   
   
2. Right-click on individual channels and use the resulting menu to:
    
   • Add channels to your selection
     
     
   • Remove channels from the selection
     
     
   • Add or remove groups of channels
     
     
   • Select or deselect all channels
     
     
3. You can also choose predefined groups of channels from the Channels drop-down menu by checking the boxes beside channel group names.

Refer Selecting Channels for more information.

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1. Check the check box beside each action that should be performed when this alert is triggered.

1. Under Events, select Faces check box and click Specify radio button.
   
   
2. Under People and Characteristics:
   • To search for a specific person, select Person. You can type the name of the person you are looking for and press Enter on your keyboard, or scroll through the list
     of people until you find the right person. Click that person to select him or her.
     
     
   • To search for members of a group, select Characteristics radio button and select Groups check box. Click the name of the group you want to include in the alert.
3. To choose the Similarity level, use any of the following methods:
   • Click and hold the mouse button on the similarity slider bar. Move the mouse to drag the slider up or down.
     
     
   • Click the mouse anywhere above or below the slider bar to adjust the similarity level by 5 at a time.
     
     
   • Click in the box above the Similarity slider, type any number from 5 to 95 and hit the enter key.

1. Select the cameras you wish to monitor.
   
   
2. Specify the days and times you wish to monitor.
   
   
3. Under Events, select Motion check box. Click All radio button.

1. Select the camera you wish to monitor.
   
   
2. Specify the days and times you wish to monitor.
   
   
3. Under Events, select Motion check box and click Specify radio button. If more than one camera has been selected, the
   Specify radio button option will be disabled.
   
   
4. Under Region, click Specify radio button to define a region of the camera view to monitor for activity.
   
   
5. Click a button to choose the shape of the region to draw: rectangle, circle, a hand-drawn shape, or a polygon.
   
   
6. You can draw multiple shapes to outline separate and/or overlapping areas of the camera view. The search will find any movement in all selected regions.
   
   
7. If you make a mistake, click in a region to select it and click Clear Region to remove that region. To remove all regions, click Clear All.

1. Select the camera you wish to monitor.
   
   
2. Specify the days and times you wish to monitor.
   
   
3. Under Events, select Motion check box and click Specify radio button. If more than one camera has been selected, the Specify radio button option will be disabled.
   
   
4. Under Direction, click Specify direction radio button to specify the direction(s) of motion in which you are interested.
   
   
5. By default, the right arrow is selected.
   
   
6. Click to select sections of the direction selector.
   
   
7. Arrows corresponding to the selected directions will appear in the camera view.

1. Click the Alerts tab and select the Actions sub-tab.
2. Click New to create a new alert response action.
   
   
3. Select Email, text message or page radio button.
   
   
4. Type in an Action Name to identify the action in the list of Actions.
   
   
5. Click the To button.
   
   
6. Choose email recipients for this alert response action by clicking their names. Selected names appear with a check box next to them.
   
   If the person you would like to email is not listed in the box below, then you can add a new recipient in the Email Recipients box: type a name and email address and click the Create button. The new recipient can then be selected from the list below.
   
   
7. Click the Done button to add the selected people as recipients of the email.
   
   
8. Enter a Subject line and Body for the message. The body should include your organization’s response procedure for when this alert is triggered.
   
   
9. Select which information to include in the alert email message:
   
   
   1. Alert name check box: includes the alert name in the body of the message.
      
      
   2. Alert details: includes a brief summary of the alert criteria in the body of the message.
      
      
   3. Single image: emails only the image that triggered the alert or All images  check box: includes all images from the event.
      
      
   4. Add event details in images: embeds information about the event in each image saved from the event.
      
      
   5. Send verification image: includes the reference image for face events that match to a known person.
      
      
   6. Video: includes the video file associated with the event as an attachment.
      
      
   7. Send additional early email when event opens: sends a message when the event begins.
      
      
10. Click the Save button to store the alert response action.

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1. Click the Alerts tab to go the Alerts panel and select the Actions sub-tab.
   
   
2. Click New to create a new alert response action.
   
   
3. Select Settings change radio button.
   
   
4. Type in a new Action Name to identify the action in the list of Actions.
   
   
5. To modify camera recording settings,
   
   1. Select Recording Settings check box.
      
      
   2. To determine the camera model, point the mouse at a channel number in the channel selector. The channel number, name, and camera type will be displayed in a pop-up box.
      
      
   3. Select channels from the channel selector by clicking the channel number. Each alert action may only be applied to one
      camera model. A warning message will be displayed if you select incompatible channels or other types of input channels.
      
      
   4. Configure the modified settings which will take effect when the alert is triggered. Depending on the selected camera model, different configuration options will be available. Only settings that apply to the selected camera model will be displayed.
      
      
6. To modify the maximum network bandwidth available to the system after an alert is triggered:
   
   1. Select Maximum Bandwidth check box.
      
      
   2. Enter the maximum network bandwidth that should be made available to the 3VR system after an alert has been triggered into the Maximum Bandwidth (Kbits/sec) box.
      
      To allow unlimited bandwidth usage, enter 0.
      
      
7. Define the duration that the modified settings will be applied after an alert has been triggered with the Apply settings for [] seconds after the alert box. 120 seconds will be entered by default.
   
   
8. Click Save to create the new alert response action.

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1. Select an event card displaying a yellow note label. When the event cards are displayed at maximum size, the note label appears in the top right corner.
   
   When the event card size is reduced, the note label appears across the top of the card.
   
   
2. In the Event Detail Viewer, click the Notes tab to display all notes for that event, including the date, time, and author of each message.
   
   A note may be labeled with Note, Flag, Review, Cleared or a custom label created by a user with administrative privileges.

1. Select an event card.
   
   
2. In the Event Detail Viewer, click the Notes tab.
   
   
3. Click the Add a Note button.
   
   
4. Select a label for the note from the Label drop-down menu. This label will be displayed in the top right corner of the event card to indicate the type of note attached.
   
   
5. Type your note in the text field and click the Save button.
   
   
6. When you click Save, the system will automatically add the date, time, and author to the note.
   
   
7. In addition, the event card will be stamped with the note label.

1. Select an event card with a note.
   
   
   
2. In the Notes tab of the Event Detail Viewer, click the drop-down arrow next to Label to display the four default labels, as well as any custom labels created on your system.
   
   
3. Select a different label from the list.
   
   
   The event card will instantly be updated with the new note label.

To edit or delete an existing label:

1. From the Notes tab, click the Add a Note button.
   
   
2. Click the Labels button.
   
   
3. Select a note label from the list.
   
   
   • To edit the note label, click Edit. Modify the label in the text box and click Save.
     
     
   • To delete the note label, click Delete.
     
     
4. When you are finished editing note labels click Close.

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1. Click on an event card to play the video.
   
   While video is playing:
   
   
   1. In the video player, click pause video button to halt the video.
      
      
   2. Click the frame back button and frame forward buttons to display the frame you wish to save.
      
      
   3. When the video is paused, a picture icon is displayed to the right of the video controls.
      
      Click the picture icon to save the frame.
   4. To view the saved video frame, select the Images tab of the Event Detail Viewer.

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1. From the Image Details window click Email.
   
   
   
2. Click the To button to choose email recipients.
   
   
3. From the Select Recipients box, click the names of the desired recipients. A check box is displayed beside selected recipients.
   
   If the person you would like to email is not listed in the box below, then you can add a new recipient:
   
   In the Create New Recipient box, type a name and email address and click the Create button. Select the new recipient name from the Select Recipients list below.
   
   
4. When all necessary recipients have been selected, click the Done button to return to the email screen.
   
   
5. Type in the subject line for the email.
   
   
6. Select the information you want to include with the email:
   1. Event details
   2. Notes
   3. Alerts
      
      
7. Choose which items to attach to the email:
   1. Selected image or All Images
      
      To include information about the event in each image file saved from the event select Include event details in images check box
   2. Video
      
      
8. Type in any additional comments you wish to include with the email.
   
   
9. Click the Send button to send the email.

1. Select specific events by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking the event cards for those events you wish to export.
   
   
2. Right-click one of the selected event cards and select Export Event(s).
   
   
3. Click the drop-down next to Location to select the directory or drive where you wish to save exported events.
   
   
4. To create a new folder for exported events, select Create new folder check box and enter a folder name.
   
   
5. Select All images, video and details radio button so that images, video and details from exported events can be viewed in a web browser. This format is ideal for sharing with law enforcement or other investigators, and also allows you to import events into another SmartRecorder.
   
   
6. Check Include event details in images to embed details about the event in exported images.
   
   
7. Click the Export button.
   
   
8. When exporting has completed, click Close.

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1. On the search results screen, ensure that no event cards are selected.
   
   
2. Click the Export button displayed directly below the search criteria.
   
   
3. Click drop-down next to Location box to select the directory or drive where you wish to save exported events. To create a new folder, check the box beside Create new folder check box and enter a folder name.
   
   
4. Select the desired export format:
   • All Images, Video and Details allows you to view images, video and details the from exported events in a web browser. This format is ideal for sharing with law enforcement or other investigators, and also allows you to import events into another Smart Recorder.
     
     
   • Images Only creates a folder containing only images associated with the search results.
     
     
   • Video only creates a folder containing video files associated with the search results.
     
     
5. Check Include event details in images check box to embed details about the event in exported images.
   
   
6. Click the Export button.
   
   
7. When exporting has completed, click the Close button.

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1. Click the People tab.
   
   
2. Select the name of the group you wish to export from the View Group box.
   
   
3. Click the Export button at the top of People panel.
   
   
4. Verify that Export all people in group radio button is selected.
   
   
5. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Location box to select the directory or drive where you wish to save exported people.
   
   
6. To create a new folder for exported events, check Create new folder and enter a folder name.
   
   
7. Click the Export button.

1. Click the Cases tab.
   
   
2. Select a case and click the Export button at the top of the Cases tab.
   
   
3. Choose Export only selected case radio button.
4. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Location box to select the directory or drive where
   you wish to save the exported case. If desired, you
   can select Create a new folder check box.
   
   
5. To include details about the event in each image, select Include event details in images check box.
   
   
6. Click the Export button.
   
   
7. When exporting has completed, click the Close button.

1. Click Export.
   
   
2. Select the Start and End time for the video export.
   
   
3. Select the channels to export by clicking the checkbox beside each channel name.
   
   
4. Select the location where you wish to save the exported video from the Location drop-down menu. To create a new folder, select Create new folder and enter the new folder name.
   
   
5. To include 3VR Evidence Viewer, select Include 3VR Evidence Viewer Application check box.
   
   
6. Click Export to export all available video from the selected channels over the specified time range.
   
   
7. When exporting is complete, click Close to return to the video panel.

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1. Select specific events by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking the event cards for the events you wish to export.
   
   
2. Right-click one of the selected event cards and select Export Video by Channel/Time option.
   
   
3. Modify the Start and End time for the video export, if necessary.
   
   
4. Modify the selected channels, if necessary.
   
   
5. Select the location where you wish to save the exported video from the Location drop-down menu. To create a new folder, select Create new folder and enter the new folder name.
   
   
6. To include 3VR Evidence Viewer, select Include 3VR Evidence Viewer Application.
   
   
7. Click Export to export all available video from the selected channels over the specified time range.
   
   
8. When exporting is complete, click Close to return to the Video panel.
   
   Refer Viewing Exported Video in EvidenceViewer for more information.

1. Open the browser.
   
   
2. Select File, and select Open from the drop-down menu.
   
   
3. Click Browse and navigate to your exported folder.
   
   
4. Select 3VR_people.xml, 3VR_cases.xml, or 3VR_events.xml and click Open.

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
   
   
2. Select File, and select Open file from the drop-down menu.
   
   
3. Navigate to your exported folder.
   
   
4. Select 3VR_people.xml, 3VR_cases.xml, or 3VR_events.xml and click Open.
   
   Alternatively, navigate to the exported xml file in Windows Explorer. Right-click the file and select to open the file with your web browser of choice.

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1. Click the Search tab to go to Search panel.
   
   
2. Click the Import Events tab at the top of the panel.
   
   
3. Select XML: Import events from an XML file exported from a 3VR system radio button
   
   
4. Click drop-down arrow on the right side of the XML File Name box and navigate to your 3VR_events.xml file.
   
   
5. Click the Import button.
   
   
6. After the import is complete, click the Close button.
   
   
7. To view the imported events, search in the import channel.

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1. Click the People tab to go to People panel.
   
   
2. Click the Import button at the top of the People panel.
   
   
3. Select XML: Import people from an XML file exported from a 3VR system radio button.
   
   
4. Click the icon on the right side of the XML File Name box and navigate to the 3VR_people.xml file.
   
   
5. Click the Import button.
   
   
6. After the import is complete, click the Close button.

1. Click the People tab to go to People panel.
   
   
2. Click the Import button at the top of the People panel.
   
   
3. Select CrimeDex: Import suspects from 3VR CrimeDex radio  button.
   
   
4. Click the drop-down arrow icon on the right side of the Import Files box and navigate to the suspect-[#####].cdif file
   
   
5. To provide a group name for the imported suspects other than the default value (“CrimeDex Suspects”), enter a group name in the Set Identifier field.
   
   
6. Click the Import button.
   
   
7. After the import is complete, click the Close button, or you can view the results of the import by clicking Go to New People.