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MONITOR AFx™ Director V4.1 User's Guide
500-9041 v4.1
Welcome to Visual Director
(Map/Camera Views)
Beginning with
V4.0
, MONITOR AFx Director
includes a customizable visual interface for
viewing live cameras, monitoring alarms, and
controlling items. We call this "Visual
Director".
Software Licensing: This is an optional feature
(requires suitable software licensing). For details on
activating purchased features, refer to "Software
Activation and Licensing".
Camera Support: Cameras are supported through
Netvision
™ capture stations. For more information,
refer to the on-line help or documentation provided with
the Netvision software.
Grid view: Due to its visual nature, this feature uses
'forms' view only.
Initial Set Up:
The following section covers using
'Visual Director' to perform monitoring, status, and
control tasks. For details on initial set-up, refer to
"Initial Set Up of Views and Maps".
Items to be available under Control & Status depend on
the authorities associated with the user ID and PIN
entered when logging into "Control & Status". If you
were not asked to enter a user ID and PIN, then one
has been set up for automatic entry in your operator
settings. For details, refer to the section on
"Operators".
Status monitoring (either manually, or through the
status toolbar), requires that the MONITOR AFx
Director system be connected with the specific panel(s),
and the specific devices must be communicating.
Also See
(
≥
V4.0)
:
+
For Form-based Status & Control:
"Checking Status and Controlling Items"
+
To Set up Panel Communications for a New System:
"
Try the Communication Wizard"
Connecting to the Associated Panel(s),
An Overview:
For a View that Contains only Cameras: You do not
need to initiate a panel connection (you can skip these
steps).
1)
See if you're already connected by
checking the status bar at the bottom of
the monitoring window.
Multi-
Account
systems: Ensure your desired
account is selected (click
[Account Folders]
in the
tree, and then double-click the specific account).
2)
If
not
connected, check to ensure the
communication software is running on the
specific PCs (check the Windows task-
bar for an LCD/Telephone symbol). Start
up the software if necessary.
(From the
Start
menu, select:
Programs
,
MONITOR AFx Director V4
, and
MONITOR AFx
Director-Communications
.)
3)
Select
Communications
from your
MyTools bar,
or
click
[Communications]
in the 'tree', and select
Pending/OnLine
.
4)
Click the
[+]
at the bottom of the form, or
right-click the form, and select
Add New
from the pop-up menu. Then, select the
desired panel(s) (double-click to select),
and set "Action" to "Normal", and
"Frequency" to "Stay Connected" ( ).
(Click
OK
when finished.)
5)
Check that the connection is made, and
watch for the panel updates to occur.
(Click the 'Panel Group', and look for the status on
the right side of the screen.)
Note:
Control & Status features will be available after
the panel updates have finished (look for a connection
state of 'Connected' and 'Idle State'.)
Also See
(Related Topics):
+
"New Installation? Try the Wizard!"
+
"Panel Communications and Updates"
+
"Panel Connection Overview"
Maps and Video (Visual Monitoring & Status/Control)
Status and Control Using Visual Director
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