HikCentral Professional Control Client

User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 1 About Control Client ................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Control Panel Overview ......................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Customize Module Arrangement on Control Panel ............................................................... 5
Chapter 2 Login .......................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 First Time Login ...................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Normal Login (Not First Time) ................................................................................................ 7
2.3 Change Password for Reset User and Login ........................................................................... 9
Chapter 3 Manage View ........................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 4 Live View .................................................................................................................. 14
4.1 Start Live View in Area Mode ............................................................................................... 14
4.2 Start Live View in View Mode .............................................................................................. 16
4.3 Auto-Switch Camera in Area Mode ...................................................................................... 17
4.4 Auto-Switch View Group's Views ......................................................................................... 17
4.5 Auto-Switch One View's Cameras ........................................................................................ 18
4.6 PTZ Control .......................................................................................................................... 19
4.6.1 Configure Preset ......................................................................................................... 21
4.6.2 Configure Patrol .......................................................................................................... 22
4.6.3 Configure Pattern ........................................................................................................ 23
4.7 Manual Recording and Capture ........................................................................................... 24
4.7.1 Manual Recording ....................................................................................................... 24
4.7.2 View Manually Recorded Videos ................................................................................ 25
4.7.3 Capture Pictures .......................................................................................................... 26
4.7.4 Edit Captured Picture .................................................................................................. 26
4.7.5 View Captured Pictures ............................................................................................... 27
4.8 View Dewarped Live View of Fisheye Camera ..................................................................... 28

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4.9 View Detected Event in Live View ........................................................................................ 29

4.10 Stop Live View .................................................................................................................... 30
4.11 More Functions .................................................................................................................. 31
4.12 Customize Icons on Live View Window .............................................................................. 32
Chapter 5 Playback ................................................................................................................... 35
5.1 Normal Playback .................................................................................................................. 35
5.1.1 Search Video File ......................................................................................................... 35
5.1.2 Play Video File ............................................................................................................. 36
5.2 Start Playback in View Mode ............................................................................................... 37
5.3 Synchronous Playback .......................................................................................................... 37
5.4 Fisheye Playback .................................................................................................................. 38
5.5 Customize Icons on Playback Window ................................................................................. 38
Chapter 6 Visual Tracking .......................................................................................................... 41
6.1 Perform Visual Tracking in Live View ................................................................................... 41
6.2 View Visual Tracking Video .................................................................................................. 42
Chapter 7 Video Search ............................................................................................................ 44
7.1 Search Video by Time Range ................................................................................................ 44
7.2 Search Tagged Video Footage .............................................................................................. 46
7.3 Search Locked Video Footage .............................................................................................. 49
7.4 Search Video/Picture/Audio Stored on Dock Station ........................................................... 51
7.5 Search Transaction Event Triggered Video Footage ............................................................. 52
7.6 Search ATM Event Triggered Video Footage ........................................................................ 54
7.7 Search VCA Event Related Video .......................................................................................... 56
Chapter 8 Manage Downloading Tasks ...................................................................................... 60
Chapter 9 Map Management .................................................................................................... 62
9.1 Operate Hot Spot ................................................................................................................. 62
9.1.1 Preview Hot Spot ........................................................................................................ 62
9.1.2 Perform Arming Control .............................................................................................. 64

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9.1.3 View History Alarm ..................................................................................................... 65

9.2 Preview Hot Region .............................................................................................................. 66
9.3 Preview Resource Group ...................................................................................................... 67
9.4 Operate Map ........................................................................................................................ 68
Chapter 10 Access Control and Elevator Control ....................................................................... 69
10.1 Control Door Status in Live View ........................................................................................ 69
10.2 Control Floor Status in Live View ....................................................................................... 72
10.3 Door and Elevator Control ................................................................................................. 74
10.3.1 View Real-Time Access Event .................................................................................... 74
10.3.2 Door Control ............................................................................................................. 75
10.3.3 Elevator Control ........................................................................................................ 77
10.4 Open Door for Multi-Factor Authentication ...................................................................... 79
10.5 Handle Opening Door Request from Video Access Control Terminal ................................ 81
10.6 Search Access Records ....................................................................................................... 81
10.7 Perform Entry & Exit Counting ........................................................................................... 83
Chapter 11 Video Intercom ....................................................................................................... 85
11.1 Control Door Status in Live View ........................................................................................ 85
11.2 Call Indoor Station ............................................................................................................. 88
11.3 Answer Call ........................................................................................................................ 88
Chapter 12 Vehicle .................................................................................................................... 90
12.1 View ANPR Camera's Live Video ........................................................................................ 90
12.2 View UVSS's Live Video ...................................................................................................... 91
12.3 Entrance & Exit Control ...................................................................................................... 93
12.3.1 View Passing Vehicle Information ............................................................................. 93
12.3.2 Automatically Open Barrier for Vehicles ................................................................... 96
12.3.3 Manually Open Barrier for Vehicles .......................................................................... 98
12.3.4 Correct License Plate Number ................................................................................ 101
12.3.5 Manually Control Barrier ........................................................................................ 102

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12.4 Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle List ............................................................................ 102

12.5 Search Recognized Vehicles ............................................................................................. 105
Chapter 13 Facial Comparison ................................................................................................. 109
13.1 View Detected and Matched Face in Live View ............................................................... 109
13.2 Add Mismatched Person to Person List ........................................................................... 111
13.3 Person Search .................................................................................................................. 113
13.3.1 Search Captured Face Picture and Related Video ................................................... 113
13.3.2 Search Matched Face Picture and Related Video .................................................... 116
13.3.3 Search Frequently Appeared Person' Pictures ........................................................ 119
13.4 Archive Search ................................................................................................................. 120
13.5 Identity Verification ......................................................................................................... 122
13.5.1 Compare with Face Comparison Group .................................................................. 122
13.5.2 Compare with Specific Picture ................................................................................ 123
Chapter 14 Security Control .................................................................................................... 126
14.1 Start Live View of Radar's Calibrated Camera .................................................................. 126
14.2 Perform Arming Control ................................................................................................... 127
14.3 Handle Panic Alarm from Panic Alarm Station ................................................................. 129
Chapter 15 Check Alarm and Event ......................................................................................... 131
15.1 Perform Arming Control ................................................................................................... 131
15.2 View Resource's Real-Time Alarm .................................................................................... 132
15.3 Search Event/Alarm Logs ................................................................................................. 135
15.4 Manually Trigger User-Defined Event .............................................................................. 136
15.5 View Pop-up Window Triggered by Alarm ....................................................................... 137
Chapter 16 Manage Evidence .................................................................................................. 139
16.1 Save Manually Recorded Video as Evidence in Live View ................................................ 139
16.2 Save Clipped Video as Evidence in Playback .................................................................... 140
16.3 Save Found Video Footage as Evidence ........................................................................... 141
16.4 Save Downloaded Video Footage as Evidence ................................................................. 142

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16.5 Search Evidence ............................................................................................................... 143

Chapter 17 Smart Wall ............................................................................................................ 146
17.1 Manage Smart Wall (Decoding Device) ............................................................................ 146
17.1.1 Decode and Display Directly ................................................................................... 148
17.1.2 View Settings ........................................................................................................... 150
17.1.3 Perform View Auto-Switch ...................................................................................... 152
17.1.4 Perform Auto-Switch of an Area's Cameras ............................................................ 152
17.1.5 Create a Roaming Window ..................................................................................... 153
17.1.6 View Alarm's Related Video on Smart Wall ............................................................ 154
17.1.7 View and Export Window No. and Camera ID ........................................................ 155
17.2 Manage Smart Wall (Graphic Card) ................................................................................. 155
17.2.1 Display Contents on Smart Wall in Smart Wall Mode ............................................. 156
17.2.2 Display Contents on Smart Wall in Live View Mode ............................................... 158
17.2.3 Display Alarm's Related Video on Smart Wall ......................................................... 162
17.2.4 Display Health Monitoring Page on Smart Wall ...................................................... 165
Chapter 18 Intelligent Analysis Report .................................................................................... 167
18.1 Customize Report Dashboard .......................................................................................... 167
18.2 Generate People Counting Report ................................................................................... 168
18.3 Generate Queue Analysis Report ..................................................................................... 173
18.4 Generate Heat Analysis Report ........................................................................................ 178
18.5 Generate Pathway Analysis Report .................................................................................. 182
18.6 Generate Person Feature Analysis Report ....................................................................... 186
18.7 Generate Temperature Report ......................................................................................... 188
18.8 Generate Vehicle Analysis Report .................................................................................... 192
Chapter 19 Maintenance ........................................................................................................ 196
19.1 Health Monitoring ........................................................................................................... 196
19.1.1 Real-Time Overview ................................................................................................ 196
19.1.2 History Overview ..................................................................................................... 197

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19.2 Resource Status ................................................................................................................ 199

19.3 Log Search ........................................................................................................................ 204
19.3.1 Search Server Logs for Current Site ......................................................................... 204
19.3.2 Search Server Logs for Remote Site ........................................................................ 205
19.3.3 Search Online/Offline Logs of Device ...................................................................... 206
19.3.4 Search Device Logs .................................................................................................. 207
19.3.5 Search Online/Offline Logs of Resource .................................................................. 209
19.3.6 Search Recording Status of Resource ...................................................................... 210
19.3.7 Back Up Logs ........................................................................................................... 213
Chapter 20 Tools ..................................................................................................................... 214
20.1 Play Video via VSPlayer .................................................................................................... 214
20.2 Broadcast to Connected Devices ..................................................................................... 214
20.3 Perform Two-Way Audio .................................................................................................. 215
20.4 Control Alarm Output ...................................................................................................... 215
Chapter 21 System Settings ..................................................................................................... 217
21.1 Set General Parameters ................................................................................................... 217
21.2 Set Image Parameters ...................................................................................................... 219
21.3 Set File Saving Path .......................................................................................................... 220
21.4 Set Keyboard and Joystick Parameters ............................................................................. 221
21.5 Set Screen Position .......................................................................................................... 221
21.6 Set Alarm Sound .............................................................................................................. 221
21.7 Set Health Monitoring Parameters .................................................................................. 222

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Chapter 1 About Control Client

1.1 Overview
As one of the key components of the system, Control Client provides multiple operating
functionalities, including real-time live view, PTZ control, video playback and download, alarm
receiving, log query, and so on.
This user manual describes the function, configuration, and operation steps of the Control Client.
To ensure the proper usage and stability of the client, refer to the contents below and read the
manual carefully before operation.

Note
The functions on the Control Client vary with the License you purchased. For detailed information,
contact our technical support.

1.2 Control Panel Overview

The control panel provides an overview of navigation and menu about the function modules. It
contains multiple sections for the modules, such as Surveillance, Investigation, Intelligent Analysis,
Maintenance, Tool, and Management. You can access to the function modules you want quickly
and conveniently via control panel.
The HikCentral Professional Control Client is composed of the following function modules by
default.

Note
You can custom and adjust the module arrangement as you desired. For details, refer to Customize
Module Arrangement on Control Panel .

Table 1-1 Function Module on Control Panel

Section Module Description
Surveillance Monitoring The Monitoring module provides live view, playback,
smart wall (graphic card), view management, map
management, and supports some basic operations, such
as PTZ control, picture capturing, etc.

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Section Module Description

For more details, refer to Live View , Playback , Map
Management , and Manage Smart Wall (Graphic Card) .
Alarm Center The Alarm Center module provides the display and
management of alarm/event information received by
Control Client.
For more details, refer to Check Alarm and Event .
Door/Elevator The Door/Elevator Control module provides status control
Control of the doors and elevators managed in the system. You
can control all the doors and elevators, or control those
managed in different emergency groups.
For more details, refer to Door and Elevator Control .
Entrance/Exit The Entrance/Exit module provides entry and exit control
for the detected vehicles. The system will automatically
open the barrier according to the settings on the Web
Client. If the barrier is not open, you can also open the
barrier by pressing a button manually to allow the vehicle
to pass.
For more details, refer to Entrance & Exit Control .
Investigation Video Search The Video Search module provides searching video
footage, video on device, or VCA event related video.
For more details, refer to Video Search .
Person Search The Person Search module provides searching captured/
matched/frequently appeared person's face picture and
related video, archive information, and identity
verification records.
For more details, refer to Search Captured Face Picture
and Related Video , Search Matched Face Picture and
Related Video . Search Frequently Appeared Person'
Pictures , Archive Search , and Compare with Face
Comparison Group .
Alarm/Event The Alarm/Event Search module provides searching
Search alarm/event logs.
For more details, refer to Search Event/Alarm Logs .
Vehicle Search The Vehicle Search module provides searching related
vehicle passing information.
For more details, refer to Search Recognized Vehicles .

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Section Module Description

Identity Access The Identify Access module provides searching access
Search records and entry&exit counting.
For more details, refer to Search Access Records and
Perform Entry & Exit Counting .
Evidence Search The Evidence Search module provides searching video
footage which evidence information.
For more details, refer to Search Evidence .
Intelligent Dashboard The Dashboard module provides customizing and viewing
Analysis reports.
For more details, refer to Customize Report Dashboard .
People Analysis The People Analysis module provides reports for people
counting, queue analysis, heat analysis, pathway analysis,
and person feature analysis.
For more details, refer to Generate People Counting
Report , Generate Queue Analysis Report , Generate
Heat Analysis Report , Generate Pathway Analysis
Report , and Generate Person Feature Analysis Report .
Temperature The Temperature Analysis module provides report for
Analysis temperature analysis.
For more details, refer to Generate Temperature Report .
Vehicle Analysis The Vehicle Analysis provides report for the number of
passing vehicles.
For more details, refer to Generate Vehicle Analysis
Report .
Maintenance Health Monitoring The Health Monitoring module provides real-​time
overview and history overview of the resources and
service status.
For more details, refer to Real-Time Overview and
History Overview .
Real-Time Status The Real-Time Status of Resource module provides the
of Resource status for the resources.
For more details, refer to Resource Status .
Audit Trail The Audit Trail module provides searching, viewing, and
backing up the log files.
For more details, refer to Log Search .

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Section Module Description

Tool Smart Wall The Smart Wall module provides the function of
displaying the decoded video on smart wall.
For more details, refer to Manage Smart Wall (Decoding
Device)
VSPlayer Via VSPlayer module, you can run the software and play
video files stored in the local PC.
For more details, refer to Play Video via VSPlayer .
Broadcast The broadcast function supports distributing audio
content to the added device if the device has an audio
output.
For more details, refer to Broadcast to Connected Devices
Alarm Output The alarm output function provides controlling alarm
output remotely by Control Client.
For more details, refer to Control Alarm Output .
Two-Way Audio The Two-Way Audio module provides the network
communication between the Control Client and the
added resources.
Video Intercom The Video Intercom module provides voice talk with
residents by calling their indoor stations.
For more details, refer to Video Intercom .
Arming Control The Arming Control module provides arming and
disarming of the resources managed in the system.
For more details, refer to Perform Arming Control .
Management Download Center The Download Center module supports viewing and
managing the downloading tasks.
For more details, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .
Local Picture The Local Picture module provides the search and
management of local pictures.
Local Recording The Local Recording module provides the search and
management of local video files.
System The System module provides basic settings and
application settings.

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Section Module Description

For more details, refer to System Settings .
Help The Help module provides help information, such as user
manual, license details and software version of Control
Client.

1.3 Customize Module Arrangement on Control Panel

You can customize the modules arrangement displayed on the control panel. The control panel is
divided into two areas: common area on the left and uncommon area on the right. For the
frequently-used modules, you can arrange them on the common area, which contains five
sections: Surveillance, Investigation, Intelligent Analysis, Maintenance, and Others. The other
modules which are not used so frequently, can be arranged on the uncommon area. The module's
section and order is fixed. You can only drag the module from the common area to uncommon
area, or from uncommon area to common area, but you cannot adjust the fixed section and
arrangement order in one section.
Drag the module to the desired area to customize the module arrangement.

Figure 1-1 Module Arrangement on Control Panel

Note
• If there are no modules in one section, the section will not be displayed in the area.
• If you drag the modules in Tool section and Management section of uncommon area into
common area, they will be grouped into Others section in common area.

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Chapter 2 Login
Log in to the system via the Control Client for operations.

2.1 First Time Login

When normal user (except admin user) logs in to the system for the first time, he/she should
change the initial password and set a new password for login.
Before You Start
When you log in to the system for the first time, you are required to create a password for the
system pre-defined administrator user (named admin) on the Web Client before you can properly
configure and operate the system.
Perform the following steps when you access the system via the Control Client for the first time as
a normal user (except admin).
Steps
1. Double-click on the desktop to run the Control Client.

Figure 2-1 Login Page

2. Enter the server parameters.

Note
You can click Hide Server Address or Show Server Address to hide or show the server network
information.
Transfer Protocol
Select the transfer protocol. You can select HTTP or HTTPS as configured on the Web Client.
Server Address

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Enter the address (IP address or domain name) of the server that running the SYS service you
want to connect to.
Port
Enter the port number of the server that running the SYS service. By default, it's 80 for HTTP
and 443 for HTTPS.
3. Enter the user name and password of the HikCentral Professional.

Note
• Contact the administrator for the user name and initial password.
• For domain user account, you can check Auto-Launch so that you will not need to manually
start the Control Client next time you start your computer.

4. Click Login.
5. Click Close in the pop-up dialog to continue.
6. Set a new password and confirm the password.

Caution
The password strength of the device can be checked by the system. We highly recommend you
change the password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least
three kinds of following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special
characters) in order to increase the security of your product. And we recommend you reset your
password regularly, especially in the high security system, resetting the password monthly or
weekly can better protect your product.
Proper configuration of all passwords and other security settings is the responsibility of the
installer and/or end-user.
7. Click Login to change the password.
You enter the Control Client home page after you change the password.

2.2 Normal Login (Not First Time)

Normally, you can log in to the system with the user name and password of HikCentral Professional
as a normal user.
Steps
1. Double-click on the desktop to run the Control Client.

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Figure 2-2 Login Page

2. Enter the server parameters.

Note
You can click Hide Server Address or Show Server Address to hide or show the server network
information.
Transfer Protocol
Select the transfer protocol. You can select HTTP or HTTPS as configured on the Web Client.
Server Address
Enter the address (IP address or domain name) of the server that running the SYS service
that you want to connect to.
Port
Enter the port number of the server that running the SYS service. By default, it's 80 for HTTP
and 443 for HTTPS.
3. Enter the user name and password of the HikCentral Professional.
4. Optional: Check Remember Password checkbox to keep the password.
5. Optional: Check Enable Auto-login checkbox to log in to the software automatically for the next
login.

Note
For domain user account, you can check Auto-Launch so that you will not need to manually
start the Control Client next time you start your computer.
6. Click Login.

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Note
• If failed password attempt of current user is detected, you are required to input the
verification code before you can log in. The failed password attempt from current client, other
client and other address will all require the verification code.
• The failed password attempt from current client, other client (e.g., Control Client) and other
address will all be accumulated. Your IP address will be locked for a specified period of time
after specific number of failed password or verification code attempts. For detailed settings of
failed login attempts and locking duration, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional
Web Client.
• The account will be frozen for 30 minutes after 5 failed password attempts. The failed
password attempt from current client, other client (e.g., Control Client) and other address will
all be accumulated.
• The password strength can be checked by the system and should meet the system
requirements. If password strength is lower than the required minimum strength, you will be
asked to change your password. For detailed settings of minimum password strength, refer to
the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• If your password has expired, you will be asked to change your password when login. For
detailed settings of maximum password age, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.

Enter the Control Client home page.

2.3 Change Password for Reset User and Login

If the normal user's password is reset to the initial password by the administrator, he/she should
change the initial password and set a new password when logging in again.
Perform this task when you need to access the system via Control Client by normal user whose
password has been reset to the initial one.
Steps
1. Double-click on the desktop to run the Control Client.

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Figure 2-3 Login Page

2. Enter the server parameters.

Note
You can click Hide Server Address or Show Server Address to hide or show the server network
information.
Transfer Protocol
Select the transfer protocol. You can select HTTP or HTTPS as configured on the Web Client.
Server Address
Enter the address (IP address or domain name) of the server that running the SYS service you
want to connect to.
Port
Enter the port number of the server that running the SYS service. By default, it's 80 for HTTP
and 443 for HTTPS.
3. Enter the user name and password of the HikCentral Professional.

Note
• Contact the administrator for the user name and initial password.
• For domain user account, you can check Auto-Launch so that you will not need to manually
start the Control Client next time you start your computer.

4. Click Login.
5. Click Close in the pop-up dialog to continue.
6. Set a new password and confirm the password.

Caution
The password strength of the device can be checked by the system. We highly recommend you
change the password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least

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three kinds of following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special
characters) in order to increase the security of your product. And we recommend you reset your
password regularly, especially in the high security system, resetting the password monthly or
weekly can better protect your product.
Proper configuration of all passwords and other security settings is the responsibility of the
installer and/or end-user.
7. Click Login to change the password.
You enter the Control Client home page after you change the password.

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Chapter 3 Manage View

A view is a window division with resource channels (e.g., cameras and access points) linked to each
window. View mode enables you to save the window division and the correspondence between
cameras and windows (or correspondence between map and window) as favorite so that you can
quickly access these channels and (or) map later. For example, you can link camera 1, camera 2,
and camera 3 located in your office to the certain display windows and save them as a view called
office. Next time, you can access the view office and these cameras will display in the linked
window quickly.
Perform this task when you need to get quick access to a certain set of channels for live view or
playback.

Note
• For live view, the view mode can save resource type, resource ID, stream type, position and scale
after digital zoom, preset No., and fisheye dewarping status.
• For playback, the view mode can save resource type, resource ID, position and scale after digital
zoom, and fisheye dewarping status.

Steps
1. Click Monitoring on control panel to enter Monitoring page.
2. Click to enter the View page.
3. Optional: Add a custom view group.
1) Select Public View or Private View to add the view group.

Note
The view groups and views belonging to the private view group are hidden from the other
user.
2) Click .
3) Create a name for the group or use the default name.
4) Click OK to add this view group.
4. Optional: Select a view group.
5. Add a view.
1) Click .
2) Create a name for the view or use the default name.
3) Click OK to add this view.
6. Select a view name for setting window division mode and linked resource channels.
7. Click (Logical Resource) tab.
8. Drag the channels to the window or double-click the channels to start live view or playback.

Note
For detailed operations about live view and playback, refer to Live View and Normal Playback .

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9. Save the view with the displayed view division and channels.
- Click → Save to save the current window division mode and displayed channels and (or)
map as the selected view.
- Click → Save as to save the current window division mode and displayed channels and (or)
map as a new view by creating view name (optional) and selecting the view saving path.

Note
If the added view is not selected before, you can also save the current window division and
displayed channels as a new view.
10. Optional: Perform the following operations after adding the view.
Edit View Edit the view settings (such as window division, correspondence
between channels and display windows, etc.), click and edit the
view name.
Add Camera and a. Go to Logical Resource.
(or) Map to the b. Select camera(s) or map.
Existing View
Note
You can click Ctrl on the keyboard to select multiple cameras.
c. Click → Save to View to save the camera(s) or map to an
existing view.
Delete Camera(s) a. Select camera(s) and (or) map under a view.
and (or) Map from b. Click → to delete the selected camera(s) and (or) map.
View
Delete View or View Click to delete the custom view or view group.
Group
Reset If you did other operations on this view, click reset to restore to
the initial view settings.
Result
After adding a view, you can start live view or playback in view mode. See Start Live View in View
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Chapter 4 Live View

You can view live video of the connected cameras. During live view, you can also control PTZ
cameras, manually record video footage, capture images, and view instant playback. For the ANPR
camera, you can view the recognized license plate number. For the face identification device, you
can view the face comparison information of the detected face. For the access points that related
to cameras, you can control the access point status in real-time and check the card swiping
records. You can enter smart wall (graphic card) mode and display the resources on the smart wall.

Navigation Panel

Logic Resource Mode View a list of available cameras and areas created by the
system administrator.
Face Comparison View the face comparison information between the
Mode detected faces and the face pictures in the selected face
comparison group.
View Mode Create custom view groups and views of available channels.
Edit existing view groups and views.
Smart Wall Mode Enter or exit Smart Wall (Graphic Card) Mode.
Set window division and adjust display window on smart
wall.

Note
For more details, refer to Display Contents on Smart Wall
in Smart Wall Mode .

PTZ Control Mode Control a PTZ camera.

Create presets for PTZ cameras.
Create patrols for PTZ cameras.
Create patterns for PTZ cameras.

4.1 Start Live View in Area Mode

Live view shows you the live video getting from cameras.
Before You Start
Group cameras in areas via the Web Client. For details, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.

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Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Click (Logical Resource) tab.
The areas which the current user has permission to access are displayed in the list and the
logical resources which the user has permission to access are displayed in the corresponding
areas.

Note
For setting the user permission, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
3. Optional: Click above the display window to layout the live video.

Note
The types of window division are shown as the followings:
Average
All the divided windows are distributed averagely on the full window.
Highlighted
The highlighted window is used to display the live video of the critical camera.
Horizontal
The divided windows are distributed horizontally on the window.
Vertical
The divided windows are distributed vertically on the window.
Others
Other types of window division besides the types above.

4. Start live view.

For one camera Drag the selected camera to the display window. Or double-click the
camera name to start the live view in a free display window.
For all cameras in Drag the area to a display window, and click Play in Batch, or double-
the same area click an area name to start live view.

Note
The display windows adapt to the number of cameras in the area.

5. Optional: Perform the following operations after starting live view.

Customize Icons Move the mouse to the lower edge of the live view window to access
the icons for further operations.

Note
For details, refer to Customize Icons on Live View Window .

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View Alarm When an alarm is triggered on a resource, the title bar of the
Information and resource's live view window will turn red. Click the red title bar to
Acknowledge Alarm view the alarm information and acknowledge alarm.

4.2 Start Live View in View Mode

You can quickly access the live view of the cameras managed in a view.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring on control panel to enter Monitoring page.
2. Click to enter the view mode.

Note
If the playback page is shown, switch to live view page.
3. Optional: Add a view if no view is available.

Note
Refer to Manage View for details.
4. Click a view to quickly start the live view of all the cameras related to the view.

Note
You can also quickly switch the added view from the drop-down view list above the displaying
windows.
5. Optional: Perform the following operations after starting live view.
Customize Icons Move the mouse to the lower edge of the live view window to access
the icons for further operations.

Note
For details, refer to Customize Icons on Live View Window .

View Alarm When an alarm is triggered on a resource, the title bar of the resource's
Information live view window will turn red. Click the red title bar to view the alarm
information and acknowledge alarm.
Adjust Windows' Drag the windows to adjust their sequence.
Sequence
Note
The changed sequence will be restored after restarting live view in view
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4.3 Auto-Switch Camera in Area Mode

You can display the live view of the cameras in one area in turn in one window.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Click (Logical Resource) tab.
The areas which the current user has permission to access are displayed in the list and the
logical resources which the user has permission to access are displayed in the corresponding
areas.

Note
For setting the user permission, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
3. Start auto-switch in area mode.
- Drag an area to the display window and select Single-Screen Auto-Switch to switch the
cameras of the area in the selected display window.
- Click after area name and click Area Auto-Switch to switch the cameras of the area in the
display window.
4. Optional: Move the cursor to the display window and perform the following operations after
auto-switch starts.
Adjust Switching Interval Click or to adjust the interval of the auto-switch.
View Previous or Next Camera Click or to go to the previous or next camera.
Pause Click to pause the auto-switch.
5. Optional: Move the cursor to the display window to access the icons for further operations.

Note
For details about icons, refer to Customize Icons on Live View Window .

4.4 Auto-Switch View Group's Views

A custom view enables you to save the window division and the correspondence between cameras
and windows as favorite so that you can quickly access these cameras later. You can display the
custom views in one view group in turn.
Before You Start
Customize the views and manage the views in different groups before proceeding. Refer to
Manage View for details.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
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3. Start auto-switch views in view group.

- Drag a custom view group to the live view window to switch the views in the view group
according to the interval.
- Click after custom view group and click View Group Auto-Switch to switch the views in
the view group according to the interval.

Note
The two pre-defined view groups (Public View and Private View) do not support auto-switch.
The views belong to the view group will start switching automatically.
4. Optional: Move the mouse to the lower edge of the live view window to access the icons for
further operations.

Note
• Click or to adjust the interval of the auto-switch.
• For details, refer to Customize Icons on Live View Window .

4.5 Auto-Switch One View's Cameras

A custom view enables you to save the window division and the correspondence between cameras
and windows as favorite so that you can quickly access these cameras later. After setting a view,
you can perform auto-switch for the cameras in the view in one window so that you can view the
live video of the cameras in this view one by one.
Before You Start
Customize the views before proceeding. Refer to Manage View for details.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Click to enter the view mode.
3. Start auto-switch for the cameras in one view.
- Drag a view to the display window and select Single-Screen Auto-Switch to switch its
cameras in the selected display window.

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Figure 4-1 Drag View to Display Window

- Click after view name and click View Auto-Switch to switch its cameras in the display
window.

Figure 4-2 Start View Auto-Switch

The cameras in the view will start playing one by one automatically.
4. Optional: Move the cursor to the display window and perform the following operations after
auto-switch starts.
Adjust Switching Interval Click or to adjust the interval of the auto-switch.
View Previous or Next Camera Click or to go to the previous or next camera.
Pause Click to pause the auto-switch.
5. Optional: Move the cursor to the display window to access the icons for further operations.

Note
For details about icons, refer to Customize Icons on Live View Window .

4.6 PTZ Control

The Control Client provides PTZ control for cameras with pan/tilt/zoom functionality. You can set
the preset, patrol and pattern for the cameras on the PTZ control panel.

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Note
The PTZ control function should be supported by the camera.

Figure 4-3 PTZ Control Panel

The following buttons are available on the PTZ control panel:

Lock the PTZ for a designated time period. When the PTZ is locked, users with
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Note
For details about setting the PTZ control permission level, refer to the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

Cancel the PTZ lock.

Direction Button, Auto-scan and PTZ speed.

In the live video display window, you can also click the icon to enable window PTZ control. Move
the cursor to the direction you desired and click on the image to pan or tilt. You can also click
and drag the cursor with a white arrows to the direction you desired for a quick direction control.

4.6.1 Configure Preset

A preset is a predefined image position which contains configuration parameters for pan, tilt,
zoom, focus and other parameters. You can also set a virtual preset after enabling digital zoom.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page
2. Start live view.
3. Click to enter the PTZ Control mode.
4. Click to enter the PTZ preset configuration panel.
5. Use the direction buttons and other buttons to control the PTZ movement.
6. Select a PTZ preset number from the preset list and click .
7. Create a name for the preset in the pop-up window.
8. Click OK to save the settings.

Note
• Up to 256 presets can be added.
• The unconfigured preset is gray.
The configured preset is highlighted.

9. Optional: After adding the preset, you can do one or more of the followings:
Call Preset Double-click the preset, or select the preset and click .
Edit Preset Select the preset from the list and click .
Delete Preset Select the preset from the list and click .

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4.6.2 Configure Patrol

A patrol is a scanning track specified by a group of user-defined presets (including virtual presets),
with the scanning speed between two presets and the dwell time of the preset separately
programmable.
Before You Start
Two or more presets for one PTZ camera need to be added. Refer to Configure Preset for details
about adding a preset.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page
2. Click to enter the PTZ Control mode.
3. Click to enter the PTZ patrol configuration panel.
4. Add presets to the patrol.
1) Select a patrol number from the drop-down list and click .
2) Select Device Preset or Virtual Preset as the preset type.
3) Click to add a configured preset, and set the dwell time and patrol speed.

Note
• The preset dwell time ranges from 15 to 30s.
• The patrol speed ranges from 1 to 40.
• The unconfigured patrol is gray.
The configured patrol is highlighted.
4) Repeat the above step to add other presets to the patrol.

Note
By default, the first preset is added to the patrol list. Double-click the preset, speed, and
dwell time to access a drop-down configuration list.
5. Optional: Perform the following operations after you add the preset.
Edit Added Preset Double-click the corresponding field of the preset to edit the
settings.
Remove Preset from Click to remove the preset from the patrol.
Patrol
Adjust Preset Sequence Click to adjust the presets sequence.
6. Click OK to save the patrol settings.

Note
Up to eight patrols can be configured.
7. Optional: After setting the patrol, you can do one or more of the followings:
Call Patrol Click to start the patrol.

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Note
When the patrol is working, it will stop if you start performing PTZ control
including direction button control, zoom in/out, focus +/-, iris +/-, etc. The
patrol will continue working after you have stopped PTZ control for 15
seconds.

Stop Calling Click to stop the patrol.

Patrol

4.6.3 Configure Pattern

Patterns can be set to record the movement of the PTZ.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Start live view.
3. Click to enter the PTZ Control mode.
4. Click to enter the PTZ pattern configuration panel.
5. Click to start recording the movement path of the pattern.
6. Use the direction buttons and other buttons to control the PTZ movement.
7. Click to stop and save the pattern recording.

Note
Only one pattern can be configured, and the newly-defined pattern will overwrite the previous
one.
8. Optional: After setting the pattern, you can do one or more of the followings:
Call Pattern Click to call the pattern.

Note
When the pattern is working, it will stop if you perform PTZ control
including direction button control, zoom in/out, focus +/-, iris +/-, etc. The
pattern will continue working after you have stopped PTZ control for 15
seconds.

Stop Calling Click to stop calling the pattern.

Pattern
Delete Pattern Click to clear the recorded pattern.

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4.7 Manual Recording and Capture

You can record video files and capture pictures manually during live view.
Manual Recording
Record the live video during live view if needed and store the video files in the local PC.
Capture
Capture pictures during live view if needed and store the pictures in the local PC.

4.7.1 Manual Recording

While watching live video, you can record the video manually if you see something of interest and
you can export the video as video evidence.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Move the mouse to the live view display window to show the toolbar.
3. Click in the toolbar of the display window to start the manual recording. The icon turns to .

Note
During the manual recording, Recording will display in the upper-right corner of the display
window.
4. Click to stop the manual recording.
The recorded video file will be saved automatically and a dialog with the saving path of the file
will open.

Note
• The saving path of video files can be set on the Local Configuration interface. For details, see
Set File Saving Path .
• The video cannot be stored if the free space is less than 2 GB.

5. Optional: Perform the following operations after manual recording.

Open Folder Click Open Folder on the dialog to verify the video file.
Save as Click Save as and check Save as Evidence, and then set the required
Evidence information to save the video footage as evidence.

Note
See Save Found Video Footage as Evidence for details.
a. Click Save as on the dialog to open the Save as panel.
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Set Saving Set saving path for the recorded video files.
Path a. Click Save as on the dialog to open the Save as panel.
b. Click Browse to select a directory as the saving path.

4.7.2 View Manually Recorded Videos

The manually recorded files in live view are stored on the PC on which the Control Client is
running. You can view the video files.
Steps
1. On the Control Panel, click Local Recording to enter the Local Recording page.
2. Click to select the camera(s) to be searched from the camera list and click Close to close the
camera selection window.
3. Set the time period for search in the Time field.
4. Click Search.
The video files recorded between the start time and end time will display.

Figure 4-4 Local Recording

5. To play a video file using the VSPlayer, click on the video file.

Note
For detailed instructions about VSPlayer, click and select User Manual to view the VSPlayer
user manual.
6. Select the files or check All to select all the found video file(s). You can:
Save Video File to Click Save as and then specify a local path to save the selected video
Local PC file(s).
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Save Video File as a. Click Save as to open the Export panel.

Evidence b. Check Save as Evidence and then set the required information to
save the video file as evidence.

Note
For details, see Save Found Video Footage as Evidence for details.

4.7.3 Capture Pictures

During live view, you can take a quick snapshot of an image for the live video manually via the
Control Client if you want to save or share a still image.
Perform the following steps to capture picture during live view.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring on control panel and then enter the live view page.
2. Move the cursor to the live view display window to show the toolbar.
3. Click in the toolbar of the display window to capture a picture.
The captured picture will be saved automatically and a dialog with the saving path will open.

Note
• The saving path of the captured picture can be set on the Local Configuration interface. For
details, see Set File Saving Path .
• The picture cannot be saved if the free space is less than 512 MB.

4. Optional: Click Open Folder on the dialog to verify the picture or click Edit to edit the picture.

Note
For details about editing the captured picture, refer to Edit Captured Picture .
5. Optional: Click Search by Picture to open video search window. Refer to Search Captured Face
Picture and Related Video for more details.

4.7.4 Edit Captured Picture

After capturing a picture during live view, you can edit the picture according to actual needs and
save the edited picture.
Before You Start
Capture a picture during live view, and a dialog with the saving path of the captured picture will
pop up.
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Steps
1. Click Monitoring on control panel and then enter the live view page.
2. Click Edit on the dialog with the saving path of the captured picture to pop up the following
window.

Figure 4-5 Edit Captured Picture

3. Drag on the captured picture to draw as desired, such as marking the suspicious person.
4. Optional: Click Browse to select the saving path and click Save.

Note
The picture cannot be saved if the free space is less than 512 MB.

4.7.5 View Captured Pictures

The captured pictures in live view are stored on the PC on which the Control Client is running.
Perform the following steps to view the captured pictures.
Steps
1. On the Control Panel, click Local Pictureto enter the Local Picture page.
2. Click to select the camera(s) to be searched from the camera list, and click Close to close the
camera selection window.
3. Set the time period for the search in the Time field.
4. Click Search.
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Figure 4-7 Local Picture

5. Optional: Double-click the captured picture to enlarge it for a better view.
6. Optional: Select the picture(s) or click All to select all the found picture(s). You can:
Print Pictures Click Print to print the selected pictures to a printer connected via
the network.
Save Picture to Local Click Save As and then specify a local path to save the selected
PC picture(s).
Delete Picture Click Delete to delete the selected picture(s).

4.8 View Dewarped Live View of Fisheye Camera

Dewarping refers to the process of perspective correction of an image, to reverse the effects of
geometric distortions caused by the fisheye camera lens. Dewarping allows the user to cover a
wide area with a single device, but also to have a "normal" view of an otherwise distorted or
reversed image. A dewarped fisheye device will function as regular PTZ device, and can be
controlled by clicking and dragging the mouse inside the dewarped image.
Steps
1. Start the live view for a fisheye camera (refer to Start Live View in Area Mode and Start Live
View in View Mode ).
2. Move the mouse to the live view display window and click to enter the fisheye dewarping
mode.
3. Drag on the live video to adjust the view angle.
4. Scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in or out the view.
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Note
• For details about PTZ control, refer to PTZ Control .
• Fisheye camera doesn't support pattern.

4.9 View Detected Event in Live View

The detected events, including ANPR events, face comparison events, access events, and passing
vehicle records can display in real-time during live view. You can view the event details, filter the
events, and clear the events.
Before You Start
Make sure you have added the required devices and events.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Start the live view.
3. Click on the bottom of the client to show the event list.
4. Click All Events/Face Comparison/Access Control/ Vehicle Records tab to view the
corresponding event information.

Figure 4-9 Event List

Face Comparison
A face comparison event refers to any event involving a camera with face recognition
function. When a face comparison event occurs, event information can be displayed in the
event list at the bottom of Monitoring page.
Access Control
An access control event refers to any event involving an access point. When an access event
occurs, event information can be displayed in the event list at the bottom
of Monitoring page.
Vehicle Records
The vehicle records refer to any passing vehicle information involving an ANPR camera.
When an vehicle passes, the record can be displayed in the list at the bottom
of Monitoring page.
5. Perform the following operation(s).
View Event Click to view the event details.
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Add to List • If the client recognizes a person that is not added to the person list,
you can add her/him to the face comparison group by clicking .
Refer to View Detected and Matched Face in Live View for details.
• If the client recognizes a vehicle license plate that is not added to the
vehicle list, you can add it to the vehicle list by clicking . Refer to for
details.
Forgive Anti- When a person attempts to use a card out of anti-passback rule's
Passback sequence, the access will be denied. This is called "Anti-Passback
Violation Violation". When anti-passback violation occurs, no entry is allowed
unless the anti-passback violation event is forgiven.
In the Access Control event list, you can forgive an anti-passback event
by clicking in the Operation column.
Identity Access For visitor access events, click to go to Identity Access Search page
Search to search access records of the visitor by customizing searching
conditions.
Event Search For door events, click to go to Event Search page to search event by
customizing searching conditions.
Subscribe All Face In the Face Comparison event list, check Subscribe All so that the
Comparison current Control Client can receive events from all the face comparison
Events groups and display the events in the event list.
Subscribe Access In the Access Control event list, click Subscribe Event, and then check
Control Events the event types you want to subscribe, so that the current Control
Client can receive events from all the doors and display the events in
the event list.
Subscribe All In the Vehicle Records list, check Subscribe All so that the current
Vehicle Records Control Client can receive all passing vehicle records from ANPR
cameras and display the records in the list.
Filter Event Click to select the resource to filter the related event.
Clear Event Click to clear all the detected events.

4.10 Stop Live View

Stop the live view if needed.
You can perform the following steps to stop the live view.
Steps
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2. Click that appears in the upper-right corner when the mouse pointer is over the display
window. You can also click above the display window to stop the live view of all the display
windows.

4.11 More Functions

There are some other functions supported in the live view, including auxiliary screen preview,
digital zoom, two-way audio, camera status, and arming control.

Auxiliary Screen Preview

Live video can be displayed on different auxiliary screens to monitor multiple scenes. Click
above the display window area to open an auxiliary screen. Up to four auxiliary screens for live
view are supported.
Digital Zoom
Digital zoom is a useful feature for cameras that do not have their own optical zoom capabilities. It
lets you zoom a portion of a given image to have a closer look at it.
Move the mouse to the live view display window and click on the tool bar. Click a place or scroll
up the mouse wheel to zoom in. Drag the mouse to the upper-left direction or scroll down the
mouse wheel to zoom out. Click to switch to dragging mode, which means you can drag the
image to another direction after zooming in. Click to resume the zoomed-in image to the
original one.
Two-way Audio
Move the mouse to the live view display window and click . Two-way audio function enables
audio on supported cameras. You can get not only the live video but also the real-time audio from
the camera. For other operations, refer to Tools .

Note
This function is not supported by the cameras added in Remote Site.

Camera Status
Move the mouse to the live view display window and click . The camera status, such as
recording status, signal status, connection number, bitrate (including camera's real-time bitrate and
the constant bitrate configured on the connected NVR), etc., can be detected and displayed. The
default inspection interval for the camera status is 3 minutes.
Arming Control
Move the mouse to the live view display window and click . The status of the enabled event
detection (e.g., motion detection, video loss) of the camera displays, such as arming status, alarm
name and alarm level. You can click Disarm or Disarm All to disable the event detection and set
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Save Tagged Video Footage

Move the mouse to the live view display window and click to display the Add Tag panel. And
then set the information such as the time range of the to be saved video footage to save the
tagged video footage.
Start Camera Wipers in a Batch
Click and select cameras to start wipers of the selected cameras in a batch. Click the button
again to stop their wipers in a batch.

4.12 Customize Icons on Live View Window

You can customize the icons shown on the toolbar of the display window and other display settings
for live view control.
Steps
1. Click System on the control panel to enter the System page.
2. Click Application Settings → Live View to enter the Live View Settings page.
3. Customize the live view toolbar.
- Click an icon in the list to add it to the gray frame below to hide the icon. Icons in the gray
frame will be hidden in the toolbar of the live view window.
- Click the icon in the gray frame to add it back to the live view toolbar to show an icon on the
toolbar.
4. Drag the icons in the icon list to adjust icon positions.
Table 4-1 Icons on Live View Toolbar
Audio Control Turn off/​on the sound and adjust the volume.
Capture Take a snapshot of the current video and save in the
current PC.

Note
After capturing a picture, a thumbnail will pop up on the
upper-right corner. You can click Search by Picture to
search the captured picture, archive, and identity
verification related with the captured picture.

Print Take a snapshot of the current video and print it.

You can enter some descriptive information.
Record Record the video files for current live view and save in the
current PC.
Playback Switch to instant playback to view the recorded video
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Two-Way Audio Start two-way audio with the camera to get the real-​time
audio from the device to realize voice talk with the
person at the device.
Digital Zoom Zoom in or out the video for cameras that do not have
their own optical zoom capabilities. Click again to disable
the function.
PTZ Control Activate the PTZ icons on the image to pan, tilt, or zoom
the image.
Fisheye Dewarping Available for fisheye camera. In the fisheye dewarping
mode, the Control Client will correct the video image and
reverse the effects of geometric distortions caused by the
fisheye camera lens. See View Dewarped Live View of
Fisheye Camera .
Camera Status Show the camera's recording status, signal status,
connection number, etc.
Arming Control Open the arming control window of the camera to arm or
disarm the camera's event. The Control Client can receive
the armed events or alarms.
Edited Transcoded Stream Switch the live view stream to main stream, sub-stream
(if supported), or smooth stream (if supported).

Note
The smooth stream will show if the device supports
smoothing function. You can switch to smooth stream if
in low bandwidth situation to make live view more
fluent.

Live View on Smart Wall Display the live video on the smart wall. See Manage
Smart Wall (Decoding Device) for details.
VCA Playback Display the VCA Search window. You can set VCA rule to
search video files and filter the videos by VCA event
types. Refer to Search VCA Event Related Video for more
details.
Alarm Output Display the Alarm Output Control page and turn on/​off
the alarm outputs of the connected camera. See Control
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Add Tag Add tag for a video footage of a selected time period
during live view. See Save Tagged Video Footage in More
Functions for details.
Visual Tracking Track an individual (such as a suspect) across different
areas without losing sight of the individual. See User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client and Visual
Tracking for details about setting and performing visual
tracking.

Note
The icons shown on the toolbar in the display window will vary with the device's capabilities.
5. Optional: Set the Always Display Toolbar to ON to always display the toolbar on the live view
window.
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Chapter 5 Playback
You can view the recorded video files on the Monitoring module of the Control Client.

5.1 Normal Playback

You can search video files by area or camera for the Normal Playback and download found video
files to local PC. You can also add a tag to mark important video footage, and so on.

Note
• You can search video files by the time of the time zone where the device locates in, or by the
time of the time zone where the PC running the Control Client locates in.
• Automatically converting daylight saving time to standard time is supported, or vice versa.
• Synchronous playback or asynchronous playback of devices in different time zones are
supported.

5.1.1 Search Video File

You can search video files by camera, by area, or by time for normal playback. And you can also
filter the searched video files by video type or by storage location.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Playback to enter the playback page.
2. Drag the camera or area to the display window, or double-click the camera or area to play the
recording of the specified camera(s) in selected window.

Note
The playback window supports up to 16 channels. If exceeding the limit in live video display
window, select the channels within 16 before switching to playback.
Today's recorded video files of the selected camera will be played.
3. Click on the toolbar to set the date and time to search video files by time.

Note
In the calendar, the date with video files will be marked with a triangle.
After selecting the date and time, the matched video files will start playing in the display
window.
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Note
To set the storage location for recording, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.

5.1.2 Play Video File

After searching the video files for the normal playback, you can play the video via timeline or
thumbnails.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Playback to enter the playback page.
2. Select a date with videos to start playing video and show the timeline after searching the video
files.

Note
The video files of different types are color coded.

Figure 5-1 Play Video Files

3. Play video in specified time period by timeline or thumbnails.
- Drag the timeline forward or backward to position the desired video segment.
- Move the cursor over the timeline to take a quick view of video thumbnails (if supported by
the device) and click the appearing thumbnail to play the specific video segment.

Note
• Click the icon / on the right of the timeline bar, or use the mouse wheel to zoom in or
zoom out on the timeline
• Click / to show or hide the thumbnail bar.
• Move the cursor to the top border of the thumbnail bar and drag to adjust the height of the
thumbnails when the cursor changes into . You can also click to lock the thumbnail bar
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4. Optional: Move the mouse to the lower edge of the playback window to access the icons for
further operations.

Note
For details, refer to Customize Icons on Playback Window .

5.2 Start Playback in View Mode

You can quickly access the playback of the cameras managed in a view.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring on the control panel to enter Monitoring page.
2. Click to enter the view mode.
3. Click the Playback tab to enter the playback page.
4. Optional: Add a view if no view is available. Refer to Manage View for details.
5. Click a view to quickly start the playback of all the cameras related to the view.

Note
You can also quickly switch the added view from the drop-down view list above the displaying
windows.

5.3 Synchronous Playback

You can play the video files of different cameras synchronously.
Steps

Note
Video files from up to 16 cameras can be played simultaneously.
1. Click Monitoring → Playback to enter the playback page.
2. Start normal playback of at least two cameras.

Note
For detailed configuration about normal playback and playback control, refer to Normal
Playback . Some icons may not be available for synchronous playback.
3. Click on the playback toolbar to enable the synchronous playback.
The cameras displayed in Playback will start synchronous playback.
4. Optional: Click on the playback toolbar to disable synchronous playback.
5. Optional: Move the mouse to the lower edge of the playback window to access the icons for
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Note
For details, refer to Customize Icons on Playback Window .

5.4 Fisheye Playback

Fisheye playback function allows you to play the fisheye camera's video in fisheye dewarping
mode. Fisheye dewarping mode refers to the process of perspective correction of an image, to
reverse the effects of geometric distortions caused by the fisheye camera lens. Dewarping allows
you to cover a wide area with a single device, but also to have a "normal" view of an otherwise
distorted or reversed image.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Playback to enter the playback page.
2. Select a fisheye camera to start playback.

Note
For detailed configuration about playback and playback control, refer to Normal Playback .
3. Move the cursor to the display window and click on the appearing toolbar to enter the
fisheye dewarping mode.
4. Drag on the video to adjust the view angle.
5. Scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in or out the view.

5.5 Customize Icons on Playback Window

You can customize the icons shown on the toolbar of the display window for playback control.
Steps
1. Click System on the control panel to enter the System page.
2. Click Playback to enter the Playback Settings page.
3. Customize playback toolbar.
- Click an icon in the list to add it to the gray frame below to hide the icon. Icons in the gray
frame will be hidden in the toolbar of the playback window.
- Click the icon in the gray frame to add it back to the playback toolbar to show an icon on the
toolbar.
4. Drag the icons in the icon list to adjust icon positions.
Table 5-1 Icons on Playback Toolbar
Audio Control Turn off/​on the sound and adjust the volume.
Capture Take a snapshot of the current video and save in the
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Note
After capturing a picture, a thumbnail will pop up on the
upper-right corner. You can click Search by Picture to
search the captured picture, archive, and identity
verification related with the captured picture.

Print Take a snapshot of the current video and print it.

You can enter some descriptive information.
Clip Clip the video files for current playback and save in the
current PC. You can save the clipped video as evidence,
and set the saving path for the clipped video files. For
details about saving video files as evidence and setting
saving path, see Manual Recording .
Tag Control Add custom tag for the video file to mark the important
video point. You can also edit the tag or go to the tag
position conveniently.
Lock Video Lock the video file and set the locking duration to avoid
deleting the video file and protect the video file from
being overwritten when the HDD is full.

Note
For the camera imported from Remote Site, if the video
files are stored on the encoding device locally, you
cannot lock the video files.

Digital Zoom Zoom in or out the video for cameras that do not have
their own optical zoom capabilities. Click again to disable
the function.

Note
When in software decoding mode, you can also capture
the zoomed in picture after enabling digital zoom
function.

Export Video File Export the video files of the camera and save them to
your PC or connected USB device. You can also save the
video file as evidence, and set saving path for the video
files. For details about saving video files as evidence and
setting saving path, see Manual Recording .
Fisheye Dewarping Available for fisheye camera for entering the fisheye
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VCA Playback Display the VCA Search window. You can set VCA rule to
search video files and filter the videos by VCA event
types, including VCA Search, Intrusion Detection, and Line
Crossing Detection. Refer to Search VCA Event Related
Video for more details.
Camera Status Show the camera's recording status, signal status,
connection number, etc.
Stream Switch Switch the stream to main stream, sub-stream (if
supported), or smooth stream (if supported).
If the device supports transcoding playback, start
transcoding and you need to set the resolution, frame
rate and bitrate for transcoding.

Note
• The smooth stream will show if the device supports
smoothing function. You can switch to smooth stream
if in low bandwidth situation to make live view more
fluent.
• Only video files stored in DVR and I-series NVR support
transcoding playback.

Playback on Smart Wall Click to view the playback on smart wall. See Manage
Smart Wall (Decoding Device) for details.
Frame-​Extracting Playback Extract frames from the video and play the extracted
images (frames) one by one.
Visual Tracking Track an individual (such as a suspect) across different
areas without losing sight of the individual. See User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client and Visual
Tracking for details about setting and performing visual
tracking.

Note
The icons shown on the toolbar in the display window will vary with the device's capabilities.
5. Optional: Set theAlways Display Toolbar switch to ON to always display the toolbar on the
playback window.
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Chapter 6 Visual Tracking

Visual tracking allows you to track an individual (such as a suspect) across different areas without
losing sight of the individual.
You can perform visual tracking in both live view and playback. After entering the visual tracking
mode, icons of associated cameras will be overlaid on the video image. Each icon corresponds to
one adjacent camera that you can jump to.
For details about setting the camera's associated cameras for visual tracking, refer to the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

6.1 Perform Visual Tracking in Live View

During live view, if the camera is configured with associated cameras for visual tracking, you can
easily track the individual appeared by accessing the live video of adjacent cameras directly.
Steps
1. Enter the Monitoring module and start live view of one camera which is configured with visual
tracking.
2. On the live view toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode.
The live view of the current camera and the associated cameras will be displayed.
3. When the individual moves out of the camera's field of view, click the associated camera icon
representing a link to jump to the live view of the associated camera.

Figure 6-1 Visual Tracking in Live View

The live view of the associated camera will be displayed in the middle. Meanwhile, the live view
of the associated cameras (if configured) of this associated camera will show.
4. You can perform the following operations during visual tracking.
Start Recording On the toolbar, click to start recording the video footage for the
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Capture a On the toolbar, click to capture a picture for the camera in the
Picture middle.
After capture, you can click Search by Picture to perform further search.
For searching captured picture, refer to Search Captured Face Picture
and Related Video .
For searching archive, refer to Archive Search .
For identity verification, refer to Identity Verification .
Show/Hide On the toolbar, click / to show or hide the icons of the associated
Camera Icon cameras.
Jump to Click ← Previous or Next → to jump to the live view of previous or next
Previous/Next camera.
Camera
5. Click Exit in the upper-right corner to exit the visual tracking mode.

6.2 View Visual Tracking Video

During playback, if the camera is configured with associated cameras for visual tracking, you can
easily track the individual appeared by accessing the recorded video of adjacent cameras directly.
Steps
1. Start playback of the camera. Currently, you can access visual tracking during playback in the
following modules:
- In the Playback module, start playback of the camera which is configured with visual tracking
and recording schedule. For details about starting playback, refer to Playback .
- During live view, start instant playback of the camera which is configured with visual tracking
and recording schedule. For details about starting instant playback, refer to Live View .
- In the Video Search module, after searching the video footage of the camera which is
configured with visual tracking and recording schedule, start playing the videos. For details,
refer to Video Search .
- In the Alarm Center module, when checking the related video of the alarm source, start
playback of the camera which is configured with visual tracking and recording schedule. For
details, refer to Check Alarm and Event .
- In the Identity Access Search module, when checking the related video of the access point,
start playback of the camera which is configured with visual tracking and recording schedule.
For details, refer to Search Access Records .
2. On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode.
The recorded video of the current camera and the associated cameras will be displayed.
3. When the individual moves out of the camera's field of view, click the associated camera icon
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Figure 6-2 Visual Tracking in Playback

The recorded video of the associated camera will be displayed in the middle. Meanwhile, the
recorded video of the associated cameras of this associated camera will show.
4. You can perform the following operations during visual tracking.
Start Clipping On the toolbar, click to start clipping the video footage for the camera
in the middle.
Capture a On the toolbar, click to capture a picture for the camera in the
Picture middle.
After capture, you can click Search by Picture to perform further search.
For searching captured picture, refer to Search Captured Face Picture
and Related Video .
For searching archive, refer to Archive Search .
For identity verification, refer to Identity Verification .
Show/Hide On the toolbar, click / to show or hide the icons of the associated
Camera Icon cameras.
Jump to Click ← Previous or Next → to jump to the playback of previous or next
Previous/Next camera.
Camera
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Chapter 7 Video Search

The video files stored on local devices or Recording Server can be searched.

7.1 Search Video by Time Range

You can search video footage by time range. And optionally, you can configure the video
segmentation settings before search to segment the matched video footage if the original video
footage lasts too long. The segmented video files are shorter in terms of duration, which makes it
easier for locating specific video information such as a recorded criminal incident. After search, you
can export the matched video files to the local PC, and save them as evidence to the SFTP server.
Steps
1. Click Video Search to enter the Video Search page.
2. Click Video Clip tab to search for video footage.
3. Select Time Range as the search type.
4. Select cameras.
1) Click in this camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its cameras.
3) Check the cameras you want to search.
4) Click Close.

Note
• Up to 16 resources can be selected for search at the same time.
• The icon and represent the current site and remote site, respectively.

5. Optional: Move the mouse to the selected camera and click to switch the storage location
among Main Stream/Main Storage, Sub Stream/Main Storage, Main Stream/Auxiliary Storage,
or Sub Stream/Auxiliary Storage.
6. Set the time period for search in Time field.
- Select the predefined time period in the drop-down list.
- Select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
7. Optional: Check Video Segmentation to segment the matched video footage of each selected
camera.
Segment
Set the number of video clips for equally segmenting the video footage of each selected
camera. For example, if you set the segment value to "5", the matched video footage of each
selected camera will be divided into 5 segments, each of which equals in terms of time
duration.
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The matched video footage of each selected camera will be segmented into video clips by
the duration (unit: second) you set. For example, if you set 60 seconds as the duration for
video segmentation, the matched video footage of each camera will be segmented into clips
which last 60 seconds each.
Interval (min)
The matched video footage of each selected camera will be segmented into video clips by
the duration (unit: minute) you set. For example, if you set 2 minutes as the duration for
video segmentation, the matched video footage of each camera will be segmented into clips
which last 2 minutes.

Note
A few clip(s) may last less than the duration you set.
8. Click Search to find the related video footage.
The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. You can switch between
thumbnail and list mode to view.
9. Optional: Start remote playback of the searched video footage.
- For list mode, click the item t in Time Range column
- For thumbnail mode, click the image of the found result.

Play the previous video footage among the searched results.

Play the next video footage among the searched results.

Play in Order
After playing the current video footage, continue to play the next one automatically.

Note
• Refer to Normal Playback for more details of playback.
• On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode. For details, refer to View
Visual Tracking Video .

10. Optional: Export the matched video footage to local storage.

- During playback, click on the toolbar to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1)(Optional) For downloading single video footage, set the time range of the video footage to
download.
2)Set the file format of the exported file.
MP4
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Only VSPlayer supports playing video footage in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player when exporting video footage.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other players also support playing the video footage in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player when exporting the video
footage.
EXE
Package the video footage with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage
of one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double-click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
video footage of different cameras will be displayed in the playlist.

Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to export their video footage in EXE format for one
time.
3)(Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB video footage can be merged.
4)Optional: Check Save as Evidence and set the required information for the evidence.

Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5)Set the saving path to store the exported video footage.
6)Click Export to add the exporting task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the exporting tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

7.2 Search Tagged Video Footage

You can search for the camera's tagged video footage. After search, you can export the matched
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Steps

Note
For adding tag to the video file, refer to Play Video File .
1. Click Video Search to enter the Video Search page.
2. Click Video Clip tab to search for video footage.
3. Select Tag as the search type.
4. Optional: Enter the keyword of tag name to search.
5. Select cameras.
1) Click in this camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its cameras.
3) Check the cameras you want to search.
4) Click Close.

Note
• Up to 16 resources can be selected for search at the same time.
• The icon and represent the current site and remote site, respectively.

6. Optional: Move the mouse to the selected camera and click to switch the storage location
among Main Stream/Main Storage, Sub Stream/Main Storage, Main Stream/Auxiliary Storage,
or Sub Stream/Auxiliary Storage.
7. Set the time period for search in Time field.
- Select the predefined time period in the drop-down list.
- Select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
8. Click Search to find the related video footage.
The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. You can switch between
thumbnail and list mode to view.
9. Optional: Start remote playback of the searched video footage.
- For list mode, click the item t in Time Range column
- For thumbnail mode, click the image of the found result.

Play the previous video footage among the searched results.

Play the next video footage among the searched results.

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Note
• Refer to Normal Playback for more details of playback.
• On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode. For details, refer to View
Visual Tracking Video .

10. Optional: Export the found video footage to local storage.

- During playback, click to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1)(Optional) For exporting single video footage, set the time range of the video footage for
export.
2)Set the file format of the exported file.
MP4
MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video footage for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video footage in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player when exporting video footage.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other players also support playing the video footage in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player when exporting the video
footage.
EXE
Package the video footage with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage
of one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double-click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
video footage of different cameras will be displayed in the playlist.

Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to export their video footage in EXE format for one
time.
3)(Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB video footage can be merged.
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Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5)Set the saving path to store the exported video footage.
6)Click Export to add the exporting task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the exporting tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

7.3 Search Locked Video Footage

You can search for the camera's locked video footage. After search, you can export the matched
video footage to the local PC and save the video footage as evidence to the SFTP server.
Steps

Note
For locking the video file, refer to Normal Playback .
1. Click Video Search to enter the Video Search page.
2. Click Video Clip tab to search for video footage.
3. Select Locked File as the search type.
4. Select cameras.
1) Click in this camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its cameras.
3) Check the cameras you want to search.
4) Click Close.

Note
• Up to 16 resources can be selected for search at the same time.
• The icon and represent the current site and remote site, respectively.

5. Optional: Move the mouse to the selected camera and click to switch the storage location
among Main Stream/Main Storage, Sub Stream/Main Storage, Main Stream/Auxiliary Storage,
or Sub Stream/Auxiliary Storage.
6. Set the time period for search in Time field.
- Select the predefined time period in the drop-down list.
- Select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for search.
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The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. You can switch between
thumbnail and list mode to view.
8. Optional: Start remote playback of the searched video footage.
- For list mode, click the object in Time Range column
- For thumbnail mode, click the image of the searched result.

Play the previous video footage among the searched results.

Play the next video footage among the searched results.

Play in Order
After playing the current video footage, continue to play the next one automatically.

Note
• Refer to Normal Playback for more details of playback.
• On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode. For details, refer to View
Visual Tracking Video .

9. Optional: Export the found video footage to local storage.

- During playback, click to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export at the upper-right side to export all the selected
video footage.
1) (Optional) For exporting single video footage, set the time range of the video footage for
export.
2) Set the file format of the exported file.
MP4
MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video footage for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video footage in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player when exporting the video footage.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other players also support playing the video footage in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player when exporting the video
footage.
EXE
Package the video footage with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage
of one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After exporting, double-click the EXE file, and then the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
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Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to export their video footage in EXE format for one
time.
3) (Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB video footage can be merged.
4) Optional: Check Save as Evidence and set the required information for the evidence.

Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5) Set the saving path to store the exported video footage.
6) Click Export to add the exporting task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the exporting tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

7.4 Search Video/Picture/Audio Stored on Dock Station

The dock station is a data collector which can automatically detect and back up law-enforcement
data and evidence data (including video footage, pictures, and audio files) from body camera(s)
connected to it. You can search these data via the Control Client. After search, you can lock and
unlock the matched data.
Before You Start
You should have added dock station(s) to the system. For details, see the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. Click Video Search on the Control Panel.
2. Click Video Clip tab.
3. Select Dock Station as the search type.
4. Select dock station group(s).

Note
Dock station group is a group of persons (usually policemen or policewomen). Only when the
persons are added to the dock station, can the data in their body cameras be backed up to the
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selected, the data backed up from the body camera(s) of the persons in the selected dock
station group will be searched.
5. Select a file type from the File drop-down list.
6. Select a per-defined time period from the Time drop-down list or customize a time period.
7. Click Search.
The matched video files, audio files, and pictures will be displayed by person. You can display
the result in thumbnail mode or list mode.
8. Click the matched file to play the video/audio file or view the picture.
9. Optional: Perform the following operations.
Export Single After opening the matched file, click and then set the required
File to Local PC information to export it to the local PC.

Note
For details about the required information for exporting, see Search Video
by Time Range

Batch Export Select the matched files, click Export and then set the required
Files to Local information for exporting to export the files to local PC.
PC
Note
For details about the required information for exporting, see Search Video
by Time Range

Lock File After opening the matched file, click to lock it in order to prevent it
from being overwritten, modified or deleted.

7.5 Search Transaction Event Triggered Video Footage

You can search for the video footage triggered by transaction event which contains POS
information. After search, you can export the matched video footage to the local PC or save it as
evidence to the SFTP server.
Steps
1. Click Video Search to enter the Video Search page.
2. Click Video Clip tab to search for video footage.
3. Select the search type as Transaction Event.
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Note
• You can enter up to three keywords, and you should separate each one with a space.
• If you enter more than one keyword for search, you can select "|" to search the POS
information containing any of the keywords, or select "&" to search the POS information
containing all keywords.

5. Optional: Select Case Sensitive to search the POS information with case-sensitivity.
6. Select the device and camera in the Camera field to search the transaction information.
7. Optional: Move the mouse to to switch the storage location among Main Stream/Main
Storage, Sub Stream/Main Storage, Main Stream/Auxiliary Storage, or Sub Stream/Auxiliary
Storage.
8. Set the time period for search in Time field.
- Select the predefined time period in the drop-down list.
- Select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
9. Click Search to find the related video footage.
The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. You can switch between
thumbnail and list mode to view.
10. Optional: Start remote playback of the searched video footage.
- For list mode, click the object in Time Range column
- For thumbnail mode, click the image of the searched result.

Play the previous video footage among the searched results.

Play the next video footage among the searched results.

Play in Order
After playing the current video footage, continue to play the next one automatically.

Note
• Refer to Normal Playback for more details of playback.
• On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode. For details, refer to View
Visual Tracking Video .

11. Optional: Export the searched video footage to local storage.

- During playback, click to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1)(Optional) For exporting single video footage, set the time range of the video footage to
export.
2)Set the file format of the exported file.
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MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video file for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video files in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other player also supports playing the video files in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
EXE
Package the video files with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage of
one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
video files of different cameras will be displayed in the playlist.

Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to download in EXE format for one time.
3)(Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB files can be merged.
4)Optional: Check Save as Evidence and set the required information for the evidence.

Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5)Set the saving path to store the exported video files.
6)Click Export to add the downloading task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the downloading tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

7.6 Search ATM Event Triggered Video Footage

You can search for the video footage triggered by ATM event, such as transactions and other
operations on the ATM. After search, you can save the matched video footage to the local PC and
save it as evidence to the SFTP server.
Steps
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2. Click Video Clip tab to search for video footage.

3. Select the search type as ATM Event.
4. Enter the card number that is contained in the ATM information.
5. Select the device and camera to search the ATM information in the Camera field.
6. Optional: Move the mouse to to switch the storage location among Main Stream/Main
Storage, Sub Stream/Main Storage, Main Stream/Auxiliary Storage, or Sub Stream/Auxiliary
Storage.
7. Set the time period for search in Time field.
- Select the predefined time period in the drop-down list.
- Select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
8. Click Search.
The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. You can switch between
thumbnail mode and list mode to view.
9. Optional: Start remote playback of the searched video footage.
- For list mode, click the object in Time Range column
- For thumbnail mode, click the image of the searched result.

Play the previous video footage among the searched results.

Play the next video footage among the searched results.

Play in Order
After playing the current video footage, continue to play the next one automatically.

Note
• Refer to Normal Playback for more details of playback.
• On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode. For details, refer to View
Visual Tracking Video .

10. Optional: Download the matched video footage to local storage.

- During playback, click to download the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1)(Optional) For downloading single video footage, set the time range of the video footage to
download.
2)Set the file format of the downloaded file.
MP4
MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video file for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video files in MP4 format. You can check Download
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Besides VSPlayer, other player also supports playing the video files in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
EXE
Package the video files with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage of
one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
video files of different cameras will be displayed in the playlist.

Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to download in EXE format for one time.
3)(Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB files can be merged.
4)Optional: Check Save as Evidence and set the required information for the evidence.

Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5)Set the saving path to store the downloaded video files.
6)Click Export to add the downloading task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the downloading tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

7.7 Search VCA Event Related Video

You can search video files where VCA events occur. And you can play or download the found video
files. The VCA events include motion detection, intrusion, and line crossing.
Steps

Note
• This function should be supported by the device.
• Video files stored on a Hybrid Storage Area Network do not support VCA event search.

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Access from Live a. Enter the Live View page, and start the live view of the camera (refer
View Page to Start Live View in Area Mode .
b. Move the cursor to the display window and click to pop up the
VCA Event search page.
Access from a. Enter the Playback page, and start playback of the camera (refer to
Playback Page Normal Playback ).
b. Move the cursor to the display window and click to pop up the
VCA Event search page.
Access from Click Video Search → VCA Search enter the VCA Search page.
Video Search
Page
2. Select the site (current site or Remote Site) and select the camera to search the video where the
VCA event occurs.

Note
Perform this step when you access the VCA Event search page from the Video Search module.
3. In the Time field, set the time period for search.

Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for search.
4. In the Draw VCA Rule field, click to open the rule settings window.

Note
Perform this step when you accessing the VCA Event search page from the Video Search
module.
5. Select the VCA type, and draw the detection region.
- Motion Detection: Click and drag on the display window to set the grid rectangle as the
detection region.
- Line Crossing: Click and drag on the display window to set the detection line.
- Intrusion: Click on the display window to set the vertex(es) for the detection region and
right-click to finish drawing.
6. Optional: Click Clear to delete the drawn region.
7. Click OK to save the settings.

Note
Perform this step when you accessing the VCA Event search page from the Video Search
module.
8. Adjust the sensitivity for detecting the event. The larger the sensitivity is, the more sensitive the
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9. Click Search to search the videos during which the VCA events occurring in the defined region
will be displayed.
The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. You can switch between
thumbnail and list mode to view.
10. Optional: Start remote playback of the searched video footage.
- For list mode, click the object in Time Range column.
- For thumbnail mode, click the image of the searched result.

Play the previous video footage among the searched results.

Play the next video footage among the searched results.

Play in Order
After playing the current video footage, continue to play the next one automatically.

Note
• Refer to Normal Playback for more details of playback.
• On the playback toolbar, click to enter the visual tracking mode. For details, refer to View
Visual Tracking Video .

11. Optional: Download the searched video footage to local storage.

- During playback, click to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1)(Optional) For exporting single video footage, set the time range of the video footage to
export.
2)Set the file format of the exported file.
MP4
MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video file for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video files in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other player also supports playing the video files in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
EXE
Package the video files with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage of
one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
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Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to download in EXE format for one time.
3)(Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB files can be merged.
4)Optional: Check Save as Evidence and set the required information for the evidence.

Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5)Set the saving path to store the exported video files.
6)Click Export to add the downloading task to the download center.

Note
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Chapter 8 Manage Downloading Tasks

You can view the ongoing or completed downloading task information and manage all the tasks
(e.g., video downloading, vehicle information downloading), such as starting, stopping, deleting
and so on, in the Download Center.
Steps
1. Click Download Center on the Control Panel to enter Download Center page.

Figure 8-1 Download Center

2. Check the download tasks.
Check Downloading Click the Downloading tab to check the downloading tasks.
Task
Check Uploading Task Click the Uploading tab to check the evidence which is being
uploaded to the SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol).

Note
For details about saving video footage as evidence, see Manage
Evidence .

Check Completed Click the Done tab to check the completed tasks.
Task
3. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) for the tasks.
Pause Select an ongoing downloading task and click Pause.
Downloading
Resume Click Start to resume the downloading, or click Start All to resume all
Downloading the paused tasks.
Arrange Time for You can arrange an off-peak time period to automatically download
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a. Click the Downloading tab.

b. Check Select Period to select one or more time periods and
customize the corresponding time period for automatically
downloading.
Delete Select a task and then click to remove the downloading task, or
Downloading Task click Delete All to delete all the downloading records.
For completed downloading task, you can also select to delete the
downloaded video files.
View Downloaded For completed downloading task, click Open File in Operation column
Video to view the downloaded video files.
4. Optional: Click Download Player to download the player to your PC for playing the downloaded
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Chapter 9 Map Management

After properly configuring the map settings via the Web Client and enabling the map function on
Monitoring module, you can view and manage the map, such as zooming in or zooming out the
map, locating the resources on the map. You can view and operate the added resources on the
map, such as getting the live view and playback of the cameras, UVSSs, and doors, setting the
arming control for cameras, alarm inputs, UVSSs, and doors, and so on.

Note
• If the GIS map doesn't show properly, all the current site's and Remote Site's E-map thumbnails
are displayed. Click one E-map to view details.
• If you enable the GIS map function of the Central System via Web Client, you enter the
configured GIS map. All the current site's and Remote Site's E-map thumbnails are displayed
under the GIS map. Click one E-map to view details.

9.1 Operate Hot Spot

The resources (including cameras, alarm inputs, alarm outputs, access points, elevators, radars,
and UVSSs) added on the map are called the hot spots. The hot spots show the locations of the
resources. You can operate the hot spot, such as starting live view of the camera, UVSS, and door,
arming or disarming the resources.

9.1.1 Preview Hot Spot

You can view locations of the cameras, alarm inputs, alarm outputs, access points, elevators,
radars, sites, and Under Vehicle Surveillance Systems (UVSSs). You can also set the arming control
and view the history alarms of the surveillance scenarios through the hot spots.
Before You Start
Configure the map settings via the Web Client. For details, see User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring on the Control Panel to enter the Monitoring module.
2. Drag the map to the display window or double-click the map to display the map.
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Switch Map • Switch from GIS map to e-map: Click at the bottom of the GIS
map to display the e-map(s) and then select a e-map.
• Switch from e-map back to GIS map: Move the cursor to the
upper side of the e-map and then click the appearing , or click
the first map in the thumbnail map list.
• Switch between e-maps: Click at the bottom of the e-map to
display other e-map(s) and then select a e-map.
Filter Resource on Click Filter and select resource type(s).
Map
Select Multiple Click Select and draw a rectangle on the map to select multiple
Resources resources.
Drag Resource(s) on Select one or multiple resources on map and drag it/them to the
Map to Display display window in Live View or Playback.
Real-Time Display of Click Live View and select the item(s) to display real-time related
Face Comparison/ captured face picture, access event, and vehicle list on the map.
Access Control/
Vehicle List
More Tools Click and select Add Label, Capture or Print to add a label on
map, capture or print the current map.
Display Map on Click to display the map on smart wall. For details, see Display
Smart Wall Map on Smart Wall .
4. Click the hot spot to open the dialog which displays the related functions.

Note
If there is an alarm triggered on the hot spot, the hot spot icon will turn into red alarm mode
. Click the red icon, you can view the detailed alarm information.
5. Operate in the dialog.
- For camera and UVSS hot spot: Check the live view and playback of the camera, view its
status, area, and remark, set the arming control, and view the history alarms.

Note
• To view the live view and playback of the camera, the user should be assigned with
permissions of live view and playback of the camera. For details, please refer to the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about arming control, see Perform Arming Control .
• For details about viewing history alarms, see View History Alarm .
- For alarm input hot spot: View its status, area, and remark, set the arming control, and view
the history alarms.
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- For access point hot spot: View the access point status, check the live view and playback of
the access point's related camera(s), view the access point's basic information, control the
door status, set the arming control, and view the history alarms and access records.
- For elevator hot spot: View the elevator status, area and remark, check the live view and
playback of the elevator's related camera(s), control the floor status, set the arming control,
and view the history alarms and access records.
- For radar hot spot: View the radar status, area and remark, check the live view and playback
of the radar's related camera(s), set the arming control, and view the history alarms.
- For site hot spot: View the site's resources and alarms which are not handled.

9.1.2 Perform Arming Control

You can arm or disarm the hot spots via the arming control function. After arming the device, the
current Control Client can receive the triggered alarm information from the hot spot.
Before You Start
Configure the map settings via the Web Client. For details, see User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. Enter the Monitoring module.
2. Drag the map to the display window or double-click the map to display the map.
3. Click the hot spot.
A window on which the related functions of the hot spot display is opened.
4. Click Arming Control to activate the Arming Control window.

Figure 9-1 Arming Control Page

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The information of the enabled alarms (e.g., motion detection, video loss) displays, such as
alarm name, alarm priority and source IP address.
5. Perform arming control of the selected hot spot.
- Click Disarm or Disarm All to disable the alarm(s) and set the disarming start time and
duration.

Note
For example, if you set the disarming duration as 1 hour and the start time as 2018-03-26
18:05, then the event detection will be enabled again after 2018-03-26 19:05.
- Click Arm or Arm All to enable the alarm(s).

9.1.3 View History Alarm

When an alarm is triggered, it will be recorded in the system. You can check the history log related
to an alarm, including the alarm source details, alarm category, alarm triggered time, etc.
Steps
1. Enter the Monitoring module.
2. Drag the map to the display window or double-click the map to display the map.
3. Click the hot spot.
A dialog pops up on which the related functions of the hot spot display.
4. Click History Alarm to activate the History Alarm window.

Figure 9-2 History Alarm

5. Select Camera or ANPR as alarm source.
6. Set the time for searching the alarms.
7. Select the triggering event from the drop-down list.
8. Click Search to start searching the logs of the alarm.
The search results will display in the list and you can check the history alarm's detailed
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9.2 Preview Hot Region

The hot region function links a map to another map. When you add a map to another map as a hot
region, an icon of the link to the added map is shown on the main map. The added map is called
child map while the map to which you add the hot region is the parent map.
Before You Start
Configure the map settings via the Web Client. For details, see User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client
Steps
1. Enter the Monitoring module.
2. Drag the map to the display window or double-click the map to display the map.
3. Click the hot region and a window opens displaying the related functions such as editing map
and deleting map.

Figure 9-3 Pop-up Window After Clicking a Hot Region

Note
If there is an alarm triggered in the hot region, the alarm icon will appear on the top left corner
of the hot region icon .
4. Optional: Hover the cursor on the icon of the added hot region to show the area covered by the
hot region.

Figure 9-4 Area Covered by the Hot Region

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5. Click the E-map thumbnail to jump to the child map and view the elements added on the E-
map.

9.3 Preview Resource Group

During displaying map in Monitoring module. you can view locations and regions of the resource
groups, including alarm group, people analysis group, multi-door interlocking group, and anti-
passback group. You can also perform further operations on the resources in the group.

Note
Make sure you have configured the required resource group and map settings via the Web Client.
For details, see User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

Enter the Monitoring module and display the map. You can locate the resource group and view
related alarms on the map.
• For alarm group: When an alarm is triggered by the resources in the group, the region of the
group will be highlighted on the map and you can view the real-time alarms triggered in the
region.
• For people analysis group: You can view the real-time number of people entered, exited the
region, or stayed in the region. Meanwhile, when an alarm is triggered in the region (such as
people amount more/less than threshold), the region of the group.
• For multi-door interlocking group: When multi-door interlocking alarm is triggered by the doors
in the group, the region of the group will be highlighted on the map and you can view the real-
time alarms triggered in the region in the Monitoring module on the Control Client.
• For anti-passback group: When an anti-passback alarm is triggered by the doors in the group,
the region of the group will be highlighted on the map and you can view the real-time alarms
triggered in the region in the Monitoring module on the Control Client.

Figure 9-5 Triggered Alarm in Alarm Group

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9.4 Operate Map

After displaying map on Monitoring page, you can perform one or more operations of the
followings, such as zooming in or out map, selecting resource(s) on map, adding label, printing
map, displaying map in full screen mode, and so on.
Zoom in/Zoom out Map
Use the mouse wheel or click or to zoom in or zoom out on the map.
Filter
Click and select the object type you want to show on the map.
Real-Time Display of Face Comparison/Access Control/Vehicle List
Click Live View and select the item(s) to display real-time related captured face picture,
access event, and vehicle list on the map.
Select Resource(s) on Map
Click Select, and drag on the map to select resource(s).
Drag the selected resource(s) to the display window for live view or playback.
Add Label
Click , select Add Label to add a label with description to the map.
Capture
Click , select Capture, and drag on the map to select an area. You can save this area as a
picture to local PC.
Print Map
Click and select Print to print the map.
Locate Resource on Map
Move the cursor to the resource in the device list, click and select Locate on Map to locate
the resource on the map. The located resources can be displayed in the center of the map.
Or start live view or playback of a camera, move the mouse to the lower edge of the display
window and click on the left to locate the resource on the map.

Note
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Chapter 10 Access Control and Elevator Control

The system supports access control and elevator control functions. Access control is a security
technique that can be used to regulate who can get access to the specified doors and elevator
control can be used to regulate who can get access to the specified floors by taking the elevator.
After setting the persons' permissions of accessing specified doors and floors by assigning access
levels to access groups, the authorized persons can access specified doors and floors with
credentials.
On the Control Client, the operator can check the real-time access events (access granted or access
denied, and so on), view the live video of the access point's related cameras (such as camera
mounted inside the elevator), control the door or floor's status (such as remaining the door locked
or switching the floor to access forbidden status).
You can also search the access records and perform entry & exit counting on the Control Client to
see who presents her/his credential on the card reader of the access point, whether he/she
accesses successfully, who enters or exits this room, and how many people still stays in the room.

10.1 Control Door Status in Live View

You can view the live video of the door's related camera(s). During live view, you can control the
door status if needed, and view the card swiping record in real time.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Drag the door to the display window, or double-click the door name after selecting the display
window.
If the door is related with camera(s), the live view of these cameras will show. If two cameras
are related, the live video will display in Picture-in-Picture mode, which means one is at the
bottom left of the other one.
If the door hasn't been related with any camera, the door status will show in the display
window.
The access record will overlap the display window in real time, if access event happens.

Note
For relating cameras with door, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
3. Optional: In Picture-in-Picture mode, click the smaller video view to switch the view position of
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Figure 10-1 Picture-in-Picture Mode

4. Click the icons in the middle of the window or on the upper right corner of the window to
switch the door status among Unlocked, Locked, Remain Unlocked, Remain Locked.
: Unlock
When the door is locked, unlock the door and it will be open. After the door open duration,
the door will be closed and locked again automatically.

Note
For setting the door's open duration, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
: Lock
When the door is unlocked, lock the door and it will be closed. The person who has the
access permission can access the door with credentials.
: Remain Unlocked
The door will be unlocked (no matter closed or open). All the persons can access the door
with no credentials required (free access).
: Remain Locked
The door will be closed and locked. No person can access the door even if he/she has the
authorized credentials, except the super users.

Note
For setting person's super user privilege, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
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Figure 10-2 Control Door Status in Live View

5. Optional: Perform the follow operations after starting the live video of the door.
Control Door Click on the top of the display area to switch status of all doors in the
Status in a current site into remain locked/remain unlocked.
Batch • Remain Locked: Lock down all doors. This function is applicable for
situations such as preventing a theft in the building from running away.
Click Remain Locked → All to lock down all doors in the current site;
click Remain Locked → Part and select one or more emergency
operation group to lock down all the doors in the selected group(s).
• Remain Unlocked: Remain all doors unlocked. This function is used
when emergency happens and the persons need to leave as quickly as
possible, such as in a fire escape. Click Remain Unlocked → All to set
all doors in the current site as remain unlocked; click Remain Unlocked
→ Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all
doors in the group(s) as remain unlocked.
• Recover Status: Lock doors in the current site after the emergency.
Click Recover Status → All to lock all doors in the current site; click
Recover Status → Part and select one or more emergency operation
group to lock all doors in the group(s).
Control Single Click in the upper-right corner of a door's live view window to switch
Door Status the door's status to locked/unlocked/remain locked/remain unlocked.
Place Door on Click on the lower-left corner of the display window to show the map
Map and the door's location on the map.
Triggering Event Click Triggering Event to select the user-defined event. Refer to Manually
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10.2 Control Floor Status in Live View

During live view, you can view the live video of the elevator's related camera(s) (such as cameras
mounted inside the elevator). You can also control the status of the floors linked to the elevator if
needed.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Drag the elevator to the display window, or double-click the elevator name after selecting the
display window.
If the elevator is related with camera(s), the live view of these cameras will show. If two
cameras are related, the live video will display in Picture-in-Picture mode, which means one is at
the bottom left of the other one.

Note
For relating cameras with elevator, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
3. Optional: In Picture-in-Picture mode, click the smaller video view to switch the view position of
the two cameras.
4. Move the cursor to the display window and click the floor icons to switch the floor status among
Temporary Access, Access with Credential, Free Access, Access Forbidden.
: Temporary Access
During the temporary access time period, the persons can access this floor with no
credentials required. After this time period, the floor will recover to Access with Credential
status.
For details about setting the temporary access time period, refer to the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
: Access with Credential
The person who has the access permission can access this floor with credentials.
: Free Access
All the persons can access this floor with no credentials required.
: Access Forbidden
No person can access this floor even if he/she has the authorized credentials, except the
super users.

Note
For setting person's super user privilege, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
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Figure 10-3 Control Floor Status in Live View

5. Optional: Perform the follow operations after starting the live video of the door.
Control Floor Click on the top of the display area to switch status of all floors in the
Status in a current site into access forbidden/free access.
Batch • Access Forbidden:
This function is applicable for situations such as preventing a theft in
the building from running away. Click Access Forbidden → All to set all
floors in the current site as access forbidden; click Access Forbidden →
Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all floors
in the group(s) as access forbidden.
• Free Access:
This function is used when emergency happens and the persons need
to access all the floors. Click Free Access → All to set all floors in the
current site as free access; click Free Access → Part and select one or
more emergency operation group to set all floors in the group(s) as free
access.
• Recover Status:
Recover floor status to access with credential after the emergency. Click
Recover Status → All to set all floors in the current site as access with
credential; click Recover Status → Part and select one or more
emergency operation group to set all floors in the group(s) as access
with credential.
Control Single Click in the upper-right corner of a floor's live view window to switch
Floor Status the its status to free access/access with credential/access forbidden/
temporary access.
Place Elevator Click on the lower-left corner of the display window to show the map
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Triggering Click Triggering Event to select the user-defined event. Refer to Manually
Event Trigger User-Defined Event for details.

10.3 Door and Elevator Control

You can control door and/or elevator status in a batch when an emergency happens. For example,
after grouping the doors of the school's main entrances and exits into one emergency operation
group, the school's security personnel can lock down the doors in this group by quick operation on
the Control Client, so that the doors closes and no one can get into the school except for
maintenance and high level admins. This function would block out teachers, custodians, students,
etc.
You can control all or part of the doors and/or floors in the selected site according to your need.
After that, you can recover their status, which means you lock the doors and/or set the floors as
Access with Credential.

Note
Only users with admin role and operator can control all doors/floors in a batch.

Under the doors and elevators area, the real-time access control events are displayed. You can
view the event details and perform more functions for further information search.

Figure 10-4 Door and Elevator Module

10.3.1 View Real-Time Access Event

In Door and Elevator module, you can view events of doors and elevators. Then, you can control
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Enter the Door and Elevator module, and click at the bottom of the Control Client to show the
event list.
Click Subscribe Event to check the event types you want to subscribe, so that the current Control
Client can receive events from all the doors and display the events in the event list. In the event
list, you can view person information, event type, event source, event time, etc. and perform the
following operations.

Figure 10-5 Real-Time Access Events

Event Search For door events, click in the Operation

column to go to Event Search page to search
event by customizing searching conditions. See
Search Event/Alarm Logs for details.
View Event Video Click in the Operation column to open the
recorded video of the event. And you can
enable sound, capture a picture, clip the video,
and adjust playing speed if you need.
View Event Details Click to view the event details.

10.3.2 Door Control

You can switch the status of all doors in a site to locked/unlocked/remaining locked/remaining
unlocked after viewing event details.

Note
Make sure you have grouped the doors into an emergency operation group. See the User Manual
of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

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Figure 10-6 Select an Area

Control status of all or part of doors in the current site.
Unlock
When the door is locked, unlock the door and it will be opened. After the door open duration,
the door will be closed and locked again automatically.
Click → All to unlock all doors in the current site.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to unlock all doors in the
group(s).

Note
For setting the door's open duration, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
Lock
When the door is unlocked, lock the door and it will be closed. The person who has the access
permission can access the door with credentials.
Click → All to lock all doors in the current site.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to lock all doors in the
group(s).
Remain Unlocked
The door will be unlocked (no matter closed or opened). All the persons can access the door
with no credentials required (free access). This function is used when emergency happens and
the persons need to leave as quickly as possible, such as in a fire escape.
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Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all doors in the
group(s) as remaining unlocked.
Remain Locked
The door will be closed and locked. No person can access the door even if he/she has the
authorized credentials, except the super users. This function is applicable for situations such as
preventing a theft in the building from running away.
Click → All to lock down all the doors in the site.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to lock down all the doors
in the selected group(s).

Note
For setting person's super user privilege, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
Recover Status
You can recover status of all or part of the doors in the current site after switching door status in
a batch. Click → All to recover status of all doors in the current site; click → Part and select
one or more emergency operation group to recover status of all doors in the group(s).

Note
The doors will be locked after recovering status.

10.3.3 Elevator Control

You can switch the status of all floors in a site to temporary access/access with credential/free
access/access forbidden when an emergency happens.

Note
Make sure you have grouped the floors into an emergency operation group. See the User Manual
of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

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Figure 10-7 Select an Area

Control status of all or part of floors in the current site.
Temporary Access
During the temporary access time period, the persons can access this floor with no credentials
required. After this time period, the floor will recover to Access with Credential status.
Click → All to set all the floors in the current site as Temporary Access。
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all the floors in the
group(s) as Temporary Access.
For details about setting the temporary access time period, refer to the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Access with Credential
The person who has the access permission can access this floor with credentials.
Click → All to set all the floors in the current site as Access with Credential.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all the floors in the
group(s) as Access with Credential.
Free Access
All the persons can access this floor with no credentials required. This function is used when
emergency happens and the persons need to access all the floors.
Click → All to set all floors in the current site as free access.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all floors in the
group(s) as free access.
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No person can access this floor even if he/she has the authorized credentials, except the super
users. This function is applicable for situations such as preventing a theft in the building from
running away.
Click → All to set all floors in the current site as access forbidden.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all floors in the
group(s) as access forbidden.

Note
For setting person's super user privilege, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
Recover Status
You can recover status of all or part of the floors in the current site after switching floor status in
a batch.
Click → All to recover status of all floors in the current site.
Click → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to recover status of all floors
in the group(s).

Note
The floors will be set as Access with Credential after recovering status.

10.4 Open Door for Multi-Factor Authentication

In access control, multi-factor authentication is an authentication method in which the door will
unlock only after multiple persons authenticating multiple credentials in turn. This method is
mainly used for locations with high security requirements, such as bank vault. With the mutual
supervision of the persons, multi-factor authentication provides higher security for the assets in
these locations.
You can set multi-factor authentication rule on the Web Client. For details, refer to the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
If you set the access mode as Remotely Unlock After Granted, when the persons in the access
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Figure 10-8 Pop-Up Window of Remote Request

Click Answer to answer the request. If the door is related with a camera, you can view the live
video of the related camera. You need to verify the identity of the persons before opening the
door.

Figure 10-9 Remotely Open Door

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10.5 Handle Opening Door Request from Video Access Control Terminal
Video access control terminal supports voice talk with the connected client. Person can press
button on the device front panel to send an opening door request to the security personnel and
the security personnel can talk with the person via Control Client, view the live video of the video
access control terminal's camera, and unlock the door if the person's identity is confirmed. This
function is mainly used when the person forgets to take her/his credentials or for visitors.

Note
Before the Control Client receiving the remote request from video access control terminal, you
should first add a Calling Surveillance Center alarm for this video access control terminal's access
point in the Web Client. For details about adding alarms, refer to User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.

After pressing the button on the device front panel, a window will pop up on the Control Client.
You can view the live view of the video access control terminal's camera and perform the following
operations.
• Answer Request: Click Answer to start voice talk with the person who starts this request.
• Ignore Request: Click Ignore to ignore this request and close this window.
• Open Door: During voice talk, click Open Door to allow the person to get in.
• End Call: Click End Call to end voice talk and close this window.

10.6 Search Access Records

You can search the persons' access records triggered on the specified doors or elevators via the
Control Client by setting search conditions. For example, if you select specified access points and
set the event type as access denied by card, all the access denied events (accessing by swiping a
card) triggered on these access points will show.
Before You Start
Configure the access event on the Web Client. For details, refer to User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. Click Identity Access Search on the control panel.
2. Set the search conditions.

Note
Among source (door or elevator), person, and access mode, you need to set at least two
conditions.
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Note
The time here can be device time or client time, based on the time zone settings in System →
General .
2) Select Door or Elevator as source and click to select the door(s) or elevator(s) to search
the triggered events.
3) Check All/Person/Visitor to select person type.
Person
Persons added in the Person module of the Web Client.
Visitor
Visitors added in the Visitor module of the Web Client.
All
The collection of persons and visitors added by the Web Client.
4) Click to select the person(s). You can filter the persons by person name, visitor name or
additional information.
5) Click to select the access mode, which refers to the type of the triggered access event.
6) Select the access result including access granted and access failed.
3. Click Search.
The matched access records will display.
4. Optional: Perform the following operations after search.
View Event Click the person name in the Name column to view the event details, such
Details as the recorded video or captured picture of the related camera (if
configured), person information, and access information. If the person is a
visitor, here you can view the detailed visitor information and visitee
information, including name, person profile, visit reason, etc.
Filter Search Click near Type and select Person, Visitor or All to filter the search
Results by results.
Person Type
Forgive Anti- When a person attempts to use a card out of anti-passback rule's
Passback sequence, the access will be denied. This is called "Anti-Passback
Violation Violation". When anti-passback violation occurs, no entry is allowed
unless the anti-passback violation event is forgiven.
You can forgive an anti-passback event by clicking in the Operation
column. Or click Forgive All Anti-Passback to forgive all the anti-passback
violation events in the search result.
Download Click in the Operation field to download the event information,
Single Record including the event details, the person information, person profile,
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Note
You can view the task progress in Download Center.

Export All Click Export to export the searched access control events details
Searched (including person name, person ID, event time, access result, etc) and you
Records can save it in your PC.

Note
The exported file is in CSV format. You can view the task progress in
Download Center.

10.7 Perform Entry & Exit Counting

By grouping the doors (adding entry & exit counting group), the system provides counting
functions based on the entry and exit records on these doors. With this function, you can know
who enters/exits this region and how many persons still stay in this region. This is available for
certain emergency scene. For example, during a fire escape, the number of the stayed persons and
name list are required.
Before You Start
Add an entry & exit counting group first to group the doors in the Web Client. For details, refer to
User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps

Note
Currently, the system only supports to search persons with access records in the last 24 hours.
1. Enter Identity Access Search → Entry & Exit Counting on the control panel.
2. Select one entry & exit counting group in the Source list.
3. Select what type of persons you want to search.
All
All the entering and exiting access records in the last 24 hours will be displayed.
People Stayed
The persons who are still stayed in the region will be displayed. The system will filter the
persons whose entering record is found but exiting record is not found.
People Exited
The persons who entered and later exited the region will be displayed.
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The access records matched the search conditions will be listed, showing information such as
person details, location of last access, etc.
5. Optional: Perform the following operations after search.
View Event Click the person name in the Name column to view the record details,
Details including the recorded video of the access point's related camera (if
configured), person information, and access information.
Download Click in the Operation column to download the record, including the
Single Record person information, person profile, phone number, location of last
access, etc. You can check the downloading progress in the Download
Center.
Export All Click Export in the upper-right corner to export the searched access
Searched control events details (including the person information, person profile,
Records phone number, location of last access, etc.) and you can save it in your
PC. You can check the downloading progress in the Download Center.

Note
• Up to 100,000 records can be exported for one time.
• The exported file is an Excel file.

Print Single Click in the Operation column to print the record.

Record
Print All Click Print in the upper-right corner to print all the searched records.
Searched
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Chapter 11 Video Intercom

The system supports video intercom functions. Video intercom is an audiovisual communication
and security technique used in a building or a small collection of buildings. With microphones and
video camera devices at both sides, it enables the intercommunication via video and audio signals.
After adding device and person to the system and configuring related parameters, the operator can
check the real-time events and alarms, view the live video of the related cameras, control the
door's status (such as remaining the door locked), call indoor station and answer call, etc.

11.1 Control Door Status in Live View

For video intercom device, you can view the live video of its door's related camera(s). During live
view, you can control the door status if needed, and view the access events in real time.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Drag the door to the display window, or double-click the door name after selecting the display
window.
If the door is related with camera(s), the live view of these cameras will show. If two cameras
are related, the live video will display in Picture-in-Picture mode, which means one is at the
bottom left of the other one.
If the door hasn't been related with any camera, the door status will show in the display
window.
The access record will overlap the display window in real time, if access event happens.

Note
For relating cameras with door, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
3. Optional: In Picture-in-Picture mode, click the smaller video view to switch the view position of
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Figure 11-1 Picture-in-Picture Mode

4. Click the icons in the middle of the window or click in the upper right corner of the window
to switch the door status among Unlocked, Locked, and Remain Unlocked.
: Unlock
When the door is locked, unlock the door and it will be open. After the door open duration,
the door will be closed and locked again automatically.

Note
For setting the door's open duration, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
: Lock
When the door is unlocked, lock the door and it will be closed. The person who has the
access permission can access the door with credentials.
: Remain Unlocked
The door will be unlocked (no matter closed or open). All the persons can access the door
with no credentials required (free access).

Note
For setting person's super user privilege, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
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Figure 11-2 Control Door Status in Live View

5. Optional: Perform the follow operations after starting the live video of the door.
Control Door Click on the top of the display area to switch status of all doors in the
Status in a current site into remain locked/remain unlocked.
Batch • Remain Locked: It is not supported for video intercom devices.
• Remain Unlocked: Remain all doors unlocked. This function is used
when emergency happens and the persons need to leave as quickly as
possible, such as in a fire escape. Click Remain Unlocked → All to set all
doors in the current site as remain unlocked; click Remain Unlocked →
Part and select one or more emergency operation group to set all doors
in the group(s) as remain unlocked.
• Recover Status: Lock doors in the current site after the emergency. Click
Recover Status → All to lock all doors in the current site; click Recover
Status → Part and select one or more emergency operation group to
lock all doors in the group(s).
Control Single Click in the upper-right corner of a door's live view window to switch
Door Status the door's status to locked/unlocked/remain unlocked.
Place Door on Click on the lower-left corner of the display window to show the map
Map and the door's location on the map.
Triggering Click Triggering Event to select the user-defined event. Refer to Manually
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11.2 Call Indoor Station

If the person has been linked with an indoor station, you can call the added indoor station via the
Control Client for starting voice talk with the resident, viewing the video of the indoor station's
camera, etc.

Note
Make sure you have added the person and linked the person with an indoor station via Web Client.

Click Tool → Video Intercom to enter the video intercom page. Select a person group or enter
person name to filter the person.
Click on Operation column to start calling the indoor station.

Figure 11-3 Call Indoor Station

After the call is answered, you can talk with the person, view the video, or perform other
operations as follows.
• Click to adjust the volume of the speaker.
• Click to end speaking.
• Click to adjust the volume of the microphone.

11.3 Answer Call

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When the Control Client receives a call from the door station, a window will pop up. You can click
Answer to answer the call, or click Refuse to decline the call.

Figure 11-4 Answer Call

After the call is answered, you can perform the following operations.
• Click Open Door to open the linked door remotely.
• Click to adjust the volume of the loudspeaker.
• Click to adjust the volume of the microphone.
• Click End Call to end the call.

Note
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Chapter 12 Vehicle
The system supports managing ANPR (Automatic Number-Plate Recognition) cameras and UVSS
(Under Vehicle Surveillance System). After adding ANPR cameras and UVSS in the system, the
license plate number and undercarriage picture of the passing vehicles will be detected and
captured. The system also provides entrance and exit management and it can control the entry and
exit of the detected vehicles according to the entry & exit rules you set.
On the Control Client, you can view the live video of the ANPR cameras and check the recognized
license plate numbers of the detected vehicles. Also, for UVSS, you can check the real-time
undercarriage image of this vehicle.
You can view the information of the vehicles entering and exiting the parking lot. The system can
open the barrier gate of the parking facility automatically according to the entry & exit rules. If the
barrier doesn't open, you can also open it manually via the Control Client to allow the vehicle to
enter or exit.

12.1 View ANPR Camera's Live Video

You can view the live video of ANPR camera via the Control Client. During live view, the license
plate number of the passing vehicle is recognized and displayed on the right side of the live view
window. You can mark the suspicious vehicle, add a new vehicle to the vehicle list, and search the
passing vehicle information.
Before You Start
Add an ANPR camera to the system via the Web Client. For adding camera, refer to User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Perform this task when you need to view ANPR camera's live video.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring on control panel and then enter the live view page.
2. Start the live view of ANPR camera.
- Drag the ANPR camera from the device list on the left to the display window to start live
view.
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Figure 12-1 Live View of ANPR Camera

3. Perform the following operation(s) after starting the live view of ANPR camera.
Mark If you think the vehicle is suspicious, move the cursor to the recognized
Vehicle license plate number and click to mark the vehicle. The marked vehicles
can be filtered out later when searching the related vehicle passing
information in Vehicle Search module.
Add Vehicle If client recognizes a vehicle that is not added to the vehicle list, you can add
to Vehicle it to the vehicle list manually. Move the cursor to the recognized license plate
List number and click to add the vehicle. See Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle
List for details.
Search Move the cursor to the recognized license plate and click to enter the
Vehicle Vehicle Search page to search the related vehicle passing information
recorded by the camera. For details, refer to Search Recognized Vehicles .

12.2 View UVSS's Live Video

An under-vehicle surveillance system (UVSS) generally consists of imaging systems mounted on a
roadway and used at facility access points, particularly at secure facilities. It is used to detect
threats—such as bombs—that are hidden underneath vehicles. Cameras capture images of the
undercarriage of the vehicle for manual or automated visual inspection by security personnel or
systems. As the vehicle arrives at the checkpoint and drives over the imaging unit, the cameras
capture images of the undercarriage and transmit them to Control Client. The undercarriage
picture of the passing vehicle is captured and displayed on the live view window. The license plate
number of the passing vehicle is recognized and displayed on the right side of the live view
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Before You Start

Add a UVSS to the system via Web Client. Refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client for details.
Perform this task when you need to view UVSS's live video.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring on control panel and then enter live view page.
2. Start the live view of UVSS.
- Drag the UVSS from the device list on the left to the display window to start live view.
- Double-click the UVSS name in the device list on the left to start live view.

Figure 12-2 Live View of UVSS

You can view the live video of the UVSS linked camera, the undercarriage picture, and
recognized license plate number of the passing vehicles.
3. Perform the following operation(s) after starting live view of UVSS.
Mark on Click on the toolbar and draw on the undercarriage picture to mark
Undercarriage important information such as explosive.
Picture
Mark Vehicle If you think the vehicle is suspicious, move the cursor to the
recognized license plate number and click to mark the vehicle. The
marked vehicles can be filtered out later when searching the related
vehicle passing information in Vehicle Search module.
Add Vehicle to If client recognizes a vehicle that is not added to the vehicle list, you
Vehicle List can add it to the vehicle list manually. Move the cursor to the
recognized license plate number and click to add the vehicle. See
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Search Vehicle Move the cursor to the recognized license plate and click to enter
the Vehicle Search page to search the related vehicle passing
information. For details, refer to Search Recognized Vehicles .

12.3 Entrance & Exit Control

HikCentral Professional also provides parking service: managing the vehicles access in and out of a
parking facility. The system can open the barrier gate at the entrance and exit of the parking facility
according to the entry & exit rules you set.
On the Control Client, you can view the detailed information of the vehicles detected at the lane
(real-time passing vehicles as well as history records). If the barrier gate is not open, you can also
open the barrier by pressing a button manually to allow the vehicle to pass. Meanwhile, you can
also remain the barrier gates open or closed according to actual needs.

Figure 12-3 Entrance & Exit Control

12.3.1 View Passing Vehicle Information

In the Entrance/Exit module, you can view information of vehicles entered or exited from the
parking lot including captured vehicle pictures, license plate numbers, vehicle lists, vehicle
directions, passing time, allowed or not, etc. You can also view detailed information of the passed
vehicles, mark suspicious vehicles, add passed vehicles to a vehicle list, etc.
Enter the Entrance/Exit module, and select an entrance/exit in the drop-down list in the upper-left
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View Real-Time Passing Vehicle Information

In the Enter area, the picture of vehicle entering is displayed. Click to view the entering video.

Figure 12-4 Vehicle Entering

In the Exit area, the picture of vehicle exiting e is displayed, and its corresponding entering picture
is displayed on its right with related entering information displayed. Click to view the exiting
video. If the corresponding entering picture cannot be found, click Fuzzy Matching to open the
Matching Result window to select a vehicle in the entering pictures which are regarded as entering
pictures of similar vehicles to this vehicle. After that, the selected picture will be displayed under
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Figure 12-5 Vehicle Exiting

Figure 12-6 Matching Result

In the upper-right corner of the page, the free parking spaces are displayed. You can decide
whether to allow a vehicle to enter/exit according to this number.
View History Passing Vehicle Information
Click Vehicle Record tab to show the passed vehicles and their information. You can perform the
following operations if you need:
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Click to view vehicle details (including owner information, vehicle features, etc.) and entering
record including lane, direction, entering time, etc. You can also allow the vehicle to enter or exit
from the parking lot, view video of the vehicle, and correct the license plate number on this
page.
• Mark Vehicle
If you think a vehicle is suspicious, click to mark the vehicle. The marked vehicles can be
filtered out later when searching the related vehicle passing information in Vehicle Search
module.
• Add Vehicle to Vehicle List
If the Client recognizes a vehicle that is not added to the vehicle list, you can add it to the vehicle
list manually. Click to add the vehicle to a vehicle list. See Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle
List for details.
• Search Vehicle
Click to enter the Vehicle Search page to search the related vehicle passing information. For
details, refer to Search Recognized Vehicles .

Figure 12-7 View History Passing Vehicle information

You can also allow vehicles to enter/exit, correct license plate number, and control barriers
manually on this page. See Manually Open Barrier for Vehicles , Correct License Plate Number ,
and Manually Control Barrier for details.

12.3.2 Automatically Open Barrier for Vehicles

The vehicle can enter or exit the parking lot with the barrier gate opened automatically in the
following situations:

Barrier Opened Automatically According to Entry & Exit Rule

If you have set the entry & exit rule for the vehicles in the vehicle list or not, and set Opening
Barrier for Entering or Opening Barrier for Exiting as Automatic, and the time is within the
authorized time period, when the system detects a vehicle at the lane, the barrier gate will be
opened automatically.
You can view the details of the vehicle such as license plate number, vehicle brand, color, entering/
exiting time in the Entrance/Exit module.

Note
For details about setting the entry & exit rule, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional
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Figure 12-8 Example: Barrier Opened Automatically for Vehicle in Vehicle List

Barrier Opened Automatically After Swiping Card

If you have linked one access control device or video intercom device with the lane, the owner of
the vehicle in the vehicle list can also swipe her/his card on this device to verify her/his identity
when entering or exiting the parking lot.
The system will find out the vehicle information linked with this card and judge whether to open
the barrier gate automatically according to the entry & exit rule of its vehicle list. If you have set
Opening Barrier for Entering or Opening Barrier for Exiting as Automatic, and the time is within
the authorized time period, the barrier gate will be opened automatically.
In this situation, you can use access control device or video intercom device instead of ANPR
camera at the entrance and exit to check whether the card is linked with the vehicle in the vehicle
list.

Note
• Make sure you have already linked cards with the vehicles when adding vehicles and setting
vehicle owner information on the Web Client.
• Make sure you have already linked an access control device or video intercom device with the
lane on the Web Client.
• For details about the above settings on the Web Client, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.

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Figure 12-9 Swipe Card to Open Barrier

12.3.3 Manually Open Barrier for Vehicles

In Entrance/Exit module, the information of the detected vehicles at the lanes will be displayed. If
the barrier gate is not opened by the system automatically, you can open it manually via the
Control Client.
You can open the barrier gate manually via the Control Client in the following situations:

One-Touch Open Barrier Gate

Click Allow button on the Enter or Exit panel to open the barrier gate at the entrance or exit lane.
You can also press the shortcut key on the keyboard to open the barrier gate.

Note
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Figure 12-10 One-Touch Opening Barrier Gate

Open Barrier Gate and Enter Remarks for Entry

For the vehicles at the entrance lane, you can also set the remark information if needed. For
example, you can enter why you allow this vehicle to enter the parking lot even though it is not in
any vehicle list.
In the Enter panel, click Allow → Advanced to enter the remark information.

Figure 12-11 Advanced Opening Barrier Gate

In the pop-up Advanced window, you can also select a vehicle list which has enabled with Parking
Space Control function, which means this vehicle will occupy one parking space of this vehicle list.
For example, if the parking lot is shared by three companies (company A, B, and C), when a visitor
of company C wants to park in the parking lot, the security guard can open the barrier manually
after verifying her/his identity and select the vehicle list of company C.

Note
For details about setting Parking Space Control function of vehicle list, refer to the User Manual of
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Open Barrier During Video Intercom

If you have linked one access control device or video intercom device with the lane, the owner of
the vehicle can press button on the device front panel to send an opening barrier request to the
security personnel and the security personnel can talk with the person via Control Client, view the
live video of the device's camera and capture unit (if any), and open the barrier if the person's
identity is confirmed.

Note
Before the Control Client receives the remote request from the device, you should first add a Call
Center alarm for the parking lot on the Web Client. For details about adding alarms, refer to User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

Figure 12-12 Start Video Intercom to Send Opening Barrier Request

After pressing the button on the device front panel, a window will pop up on the Control Client
as follows:

Figure 12-13 Access Request Received by Control Client

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You can click Answer to view the live view of the device's camera as well as the capture unit and
start voice talk with the person who starts this request. You can also click Ignore to ignore this
request and close this window.

Figure 12-14 Video Intercom

During voice talk, click Allow to open the barrier gate.
You can also click Advanced to enter the remark information if needed, and select a vehicle list
which has enabled with Parking Space Control function, which means this vehicle will occupy one
parking space of this vehicle list.
For example, if the parking lot is shared by three companies (company A, B, and C), when a visitor
of company C wants to park in the parking lot, the security guard can open the barrier manually
after verifying her/his identity and select the vehicle list of company C.

Note
For details about setting Parking Space Control function of vehicle list, refer to the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.

Click End Call to end voice talk and close this window.

12.3.4 Correct License Plate Number

You can correct the license plate numbers recognized by capture units.
You can correct the license plate number of vehicles entering or exiting the parking lot. Click to
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Figure 12-15 Entrance/Exit Page

12.3.5 Manually Control Barrier

This function is applicable for diverse situations. For example, during rush hour, controlling barrier
by a capture unit or card-swiping is very time-consuming. In this circumstance, the guard can
open/close the barrier manually or set the barrier status as remaining open so that vehicles are
able to pass quickly to save time. Meanwhile, if a capture unit failed to recognize a vehicle in the
vehicle list, or one failed to open the barrier by swiping card, the guard can also open/close the
barrier manually to allow the vehicle to pass.
Enter the Entrance/Exit module, and click Barrier Control at the bottom of the client.
Click Open to open the barrier for one time; click Close to close the barrier; click Remain Open to
remain the barrier opened.

Figure 12-16 Manually Control Barrier

12.4 Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle List

Recognized vehicle license plate number will be displayed both on the live view page and the
Entrance/Exit page. So you can add the recognized vehicles to vehicle list on the two pages.
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Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle List on Live View Page

Select a camera for license plate recognition to start live view. Click at the bottom of the client
to show the event list, and then click Vehicle Record tab to show vehicle recognition events.

Figure 12-17 Recognized Vehicles

Click to open the Add to Vehicle List panel.
Set the vehicle information including license plate number, effective period, vehicle features,
vehicle owner information, and select a vehicle list to add the vehicle to. Click Add to add the
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Figure 12-18 Add to Vehicle List

Note
See Live View for details about starting live view.

Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle List on Entrance/Exit Page

Enter the Entrance/Exit module, the recognized vehicles will be displayed in the Vehicle Record tab
page.

Figure 12-19 Vehicle Record

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Set the vehicle information including license plate number, effective period, vehicle features,
vehicle owner information, and select a vehicle list to add the vehicle to. Click Add to add the
vehicle to the selected vehicle list.
Add Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle List on Vehicle Search Page
Search vehicles recognized by entrance and exit. See Search Recognized Vehicles for details.
In the search results area, click in the Operation column to open the Add to Vehicle List panel.

Figure 12-20 Vehicle Search Results

Set the vehicle information including license plate number, effective period, vehicle features,
vehicle owner information, and select a vehicle list to add the vehicle to. Click Add to add the
vehicle to the selected vehicle list.

12.5 Search Recognized Vehicles

If the added Automatic Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera, Under Vehicle Surveillance
System (UVSS), and entrance and exit are properly configured, and the vehicle license plate
number is recognized by the cameras or capture units linked to the entrance and exit, you can
search the related vehicle passing information.
Steps

Note
Make sure your license supports ANPR function, or turn to Home page of the Web Client, click
License Details → Configuration → Add and then select the added cameras as ANPR cameras.
Otherwise, ANPR function cannot perform normally in the system.
1. Enter the Vehicle Search page.
- Click Vehicle Search on control panel to enter the Vehicle Search page.
- Start live view of the ANPR camera or UVSS, move the cursor to the recognized license plate
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Figure 12-21 Vehicle Search Page

2. Set the search conditions.
1) Select Camera, UVSS or Entrance/Exit in the drop-down list.
2) Select the resources to search the vehicle passing records.

Note
For camera, you can click , select the current site or a Remote Site from the drop-down list
and select the ANPR camera(s).
3) Optional: Set the mark information, country or region, plate number, and vehicle owner for
searching.

Note
You can enter the keywords of plate number and vehicle owner name to fuzzy search the
vehicles.
4) Optional: Check No License Plate to search passing records of vehicles with no plate.
The Plate Number field will be unavailable.
5) Select vehicle type, brand, color, direction in the drop-down list.
6) Set the time for searching.
- Select to search the vehicles today, yesterday, current week, last 7 days, and last 30 days.
- Click Custom Time Interval to set the search time range.
3. Click Search.
The vehicle passing records that match the search conditions will display in the list.

Note
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Figure 12-22 Searched Vehicles

4. Optional: Perform the following operations after searching.

Mark Vehicle Click to mark the vehicle. The marked vehicles can be filtered when
searching the related vehicle passing information recorded by the camera
or UVSS.
Add to List If the vehicle is not added to the vehicle list, you can add the new vehicle
to the vehicle list manually. Click to add the vehicle. See Add
Recognized Vehicle to Vehicle List for details.
Download Click to download the vehicle information. For details about
Vehicle downloading, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .
Information
View Picture Click the Plate Number column and click Picturetab to view the captured
vehicle picture or undercarriage picture.
View Video Click the Plate Number column and click Video to view the linked video
file of the passing vehicle.

Note
• When viewing the video file of passing vehicles, you can control the
playback.
• Click Go to Monitoring to switch to Monitoring page.
• Click to export the video file to the local PC.

Export Vehicle Click Export in the upper-right corner to export the searched vehicle
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Note
Up to 500 vehicle records with captured pictures can be exported at one
time. Up to 100,000 vehicle records without pictures can be exported at
one time.

Edit Click Edit to modify the recognized license plate number as needed.

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Chapter 13 Facial Comparison

The system supports facial recognition and comparison functions. After adding devices which
support facial recognition, the devices can recognize faces and compare with the persons in the
system.
On the Control Client, the operator can view the real-time face comparison information during live
view and see whether the detected persons match or mismatch the person information in the pre-
defined face comparison group.

13.1 View Detected and Matched Face in Live View

During live view of face recognition cameras, the detected faces will be displayed in the window.
After setting the face comparison group and apply it to the camera, the face picture matched with
the face in the face comparison group will display, showing the person details, captured picture,
matched person's original picture, and similarity. If the detected person is not in the face
comparison group, you can also add it to the face comparison group and apply the group to the
device to take effect .
Before You Start
Add the required device and configure the face comparison group. Refer to the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps

Note
This function should be supported by the device.
1. Click Monitoring on control panel and then enter the live view page.
2. Start live view.
- Drag the camera from the camera list on the left to the display window.
- Double-click the camera name to start the live view.
If a face is detected, it will display on the right of the window. If he/she is not matched with any
persons in the camera's linked face comparison groups, the capture time is marked with an
orange background as follows.

Figure 13-1 Mismatched Person

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3. View matched persons in different face comparison groups.

Example
For example, you can view the matched persons in blacklist and VIP list at the same time.
1) Click tab to open the face comparison group list.
All the face comparison groups added to the system display.
2) Double click the face comparison group name in the list or drag it to the display window.
A blank panel of the face comparison group will display on the right of the display windows.
If there are persons matched with the person in the face comparison group, the captured and
original face pictures will display in this panel in pairs with similarity as follows.

Figure 13-2 Matched Persons

You can view the captured face picture, person's profile (configured in the Web Client) and the
similarity. The person's name is shown on the profile.
4. Optional: View all the real-time face comparison events.
1) Click Event List Hidden on the upper right corner to show the event list panel.
2) Click Face Comparison tab to view all the detected faces (including matched and mismatched
persons.

Note
For mismatched persons, the picture's capture time is marked with an orange background as
follows.

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Figure 13-3 Mismatched Person

5. Optional: For the matched persons, view the person details.
- In the matched face picture panel, click to view the matched person details.
- Click the face picture of matched person in the face comparison event list to view the person
details.
- In the all events list panel, select the person matched event and click in the Operation
column to view the person information.
6. Optional: If there are multiple cameras in live view, you can quickly find the camera which
captures certain picture and view its live view.
- In the matched face picture panel, click .
- In the Face Comparison event list, click the captured picture and click Live View.
The camera which captures this picture will be highlighted with a red frame.
7. Optional: For the captured pictures (mismatched or matched person), click the picture and click
Search by Picture to search other pictures of this person. Refer to Search Captured Face Picture
and Related Video for more details.

13.2 Add Mismatched Person to Person List

During live view, if a person is detected, but not matched with any persons in the face comparison
group, and if you want the person to be recognized for the next time, you can add the person to
the face comparison group. For example, if the detected person is a new arrived VIP, you can add
the person to the VIP face comparison group and apply this group to the camera. For the next
time, the camera will recognize the person's face and match her/him with the person information
in the face comparison group.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring to enter the Monitoring module and perform face comparison in live view.

Note
For details, refer to View Detected and Matched Face in Live View .
2. Open the Add to Person List panel.
- In the All Events panel, click in the Operation column to open the Add to Person List page.
- Click the mismatched face pictures in Face Comparison event panel and click Add to Person
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Figure 13-4 Add to Person List

3. Select the face comparison group(s) you want to add this person to.
4. Enter the person details, such as ID, first name, last name, gender, custom additional
information, etc.
5. Click Add.
What to do next
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13.3 Person Search

You can search persons on pictures by the Control Client, including captured face pictures,
captured face pictures matched with the pictures of face comparison group, and frequently
appeared person.
Captured Face Pictures
The captured face pictures can be stored in HikCentral Professional server or on the Recording
Server. You can search for the target person in the captured pictures by person face credential
or by uploading a face picture. You can also view the search results' related video files and save
the related video files as evidence.
Matched Pictures
You can search for the captured face pictures which are matched with the faces in specified face
comparison groups. You can also export the related video footage to the local PC and save it as
evidence to the SFTP server.
Frequently Appeared Person
You can search for the pictures of the frequently appeared persons of specific locations in a
specific time period. The function is helpful for screening out the potential VIP customers in
retail industry such as luxury stores. It can also be used to find out suspects who may commit
crimes and thereafter notify the security personnel to be on guard in locations such as banks
and jewelry stores.

13.3.1 Search Captured Face Picture and Related Video

The captured face pictures can be stored in SYS server or on the Recording Server. You can search
for the target person in the captured pictures by person face credential or by uploading a face
picture. You can also view the search results' related video files and save the related video files as
evidence.
Steps

Note
Make sure your license supports facial recognition function, or turn to Home page of the Web
Client, click License Details → Configuration → Add and then select the added cameras as facial
recognition cameras. Otherwise, facial recognition function cannot perform normally in the
system.
1. Click Person Search → Face Search to enter the Face Search page.
2. Select Captured Pictures as the searching type.
3. In the Time field, set the time period.
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Figure 13-5 Face Search Page

4. Select the camera(s) to search the face picture.
1) Click in this camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its cameras.
3) Check the cameras you want to search.
4) Click Close.

Note
Up to 200 resources can be selected for searching at the same time.
5. Optional: Set a picture for face picture searching, and you can use the added person's face
credential or upload one as desired.
- Enter a keyword of person name or person ID in the Person Name/ID field to search in the
added persons and select a face credential.
- Click Upload Picture to upload a face picture from local PC.

Note
The uploaded picture should be in JPG format and picture size should be no larger than 1 GB.
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6. Optional: Drag the slider to set the similarity.

7. Click Search.
The search results will be displayed and grouped by different cameras. If you do not upload a
picture, the similarity will not be displayed on the searching result. You can switch between
thumbnail and list mode to view.
8. Optional: Perform the following operations for the searched pictures.
View Picture Click the picture to view the large picture and the related video (if
and Video available).

Note
For playback control instructions, refer to Normal Playback . Some icons
may not be available for face picture playback.

Add to Click and set the required parameters to add the person to the person
Person List list. For details about how to set the parameters, refer to the Manage
Person of HikCentral Professional Web Client User Manual.
9. Optional: Hover the cursor on a matched picture and click to perform secondary search.
Search Click Search Captured Picture to go to the Face Search page to search the
Captured captured pictures related with the searched face picture by setting
Picture searching conditions.
Search Archive Click Search Archive to go to the Archive Search page to search the
searched person's archive.
Verify Identity Click Identity Verification → To be Verified to verify the person's identity,
or click Identity Verification → Target to set the person as a comparing
target.
10. Optional: Export the matched video footage to local storage.
- During playback, click to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1)(Optional) For exporting single video footage, set the time range of the video footage to
export.
2)Set the file format of the exported file.
MP4
MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video file for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video files in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other player also supports playing the video files in AVI format.
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EXE
Package the video files with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage of
one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
video files of different cameras will be displayed in the playlist.

Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to download in EXE format for one time.
3)(Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB files can be merged.
4)Optional: Check Save as Evidence and set the required information for the evidence.

Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5)Set the saving path to store the exported video files.
6)Click Export to add the downloading task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the downloading tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

13.3.2 Search Matched Face Picture and Related Video

You can search for the captured face pictures which are matched with the faces in specified face
comparison groups. You can also export the related video footage to the local PC and save it as
evidence to the SFTP server.
Steps
1. Click Person Search → Face Search to enter the Face Search page.
2. Select Matched Pictures as the searching type.
3. In the Time field, set the time period for searching.

Note
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Figure 13-6 Search Matched Pictures

4. Select the face comparison group to search for the matched pictures.

Note
Hover the cursor on a face comparison group and click to select cameras linked with the
group.
5. Click Search.
The matched persons will be displayed and grouped by different face comparison groups, and
you can view the person details. The face pictures of the matched persons (similarity larger than
the threshold of the face comparison group) are displayed on the right of the person details
with similarity.
6. Optional: Enter a similarity on the upper right corner and press Enter key to filter the pictures.
The pictures the similarity of which is higher than this similarity will show.
7. Click beside the original picture to perform secondary search.
Search Click Search Captured Picture to go to the Face Search page to search the
Captured captured pictures related with the searched face picture by setting
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Search Archive Click Search Archive to go to the Archive Search page to search the
searched person's archive.
Verify Identity Click Identity Verification → To be Verified to verify the person's identity,
or click Identity Verification → Target to set the person as a comparing
target.
8. Optional: Click a matched picture to view the large picture and the related video (if available).

Note
For playback control instructions, refer to Normal Playback . Some icons may not be available
for face picture playback.
9. Optional: Export the matched video footage to local storage.
- During playback, click to export the current video footage.
- Select the video footage and click Export to export all the selected video footage.
1) (Optional) For exporting single video footage, set the time range of the video footage to
export.
2) Set the file format of the exported file.
MP4
MP4 format supports encryption. You can set a password to encrypt the video file for
security purpose.
Only VSPlayer supports playing video files in MP4 format. You can check Download
VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
AVI
Besides VSPlayer, other player also supports playing the video files in AVI format.
You can check Download VSPlayer to download the player with the video files.
EXE
Package the video files with the VSPlayer into one EXE file. The selected video footage of
one camera will be merged to one MP4 file.
After downloading, double click the EXE file and the VSPlayer will launch. The merged
video files of different cameras will be displayed in the playlist.

Note
Up to 16 cameras can be selected to download in EXE format for one time.
3) (Optional) If you select the format as MP4 or AVI, you can check Merge Video Files to merge
the selected video footage of the same camera to one video file.

Note
Up to 2 GB files can be merged.
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Note
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• For details about setting the required information for evidence, see Save Found Video
Footage as Evidence .
5) Set the saving path to store the exported video files.
6) Click Export to add the downloading task to the download center.

Note
For details about managing the downloading tasks, refer to Manage Downloading Tasks .

13.3.3 Search Frequently Appeared Person' Pictures

You can search for the pictures of the frequently appeared persons of specific locations in a specific
time period. The function is helpful for screening out the potential VIP customers in retail industry
such as luxury stores. It can also be used to find out suspects who may commit crimes and
thereafter notify the security personnel to be on guard in locations such as banks and jewelry
stores.
Before You Start
You should have configured frequently appeared person alarm on the device. For details, see the
user manual of the device.
Steps
1. Click Person Search → Face Search to enter the Face Search page.
2. Select Frequently Appeared Person as the search type
3. In the time field, select a time period or select Custom Time Interval to customize a time period
for search.
4. Select the camera(s) to search pictures of the frequently appeared persons.

Figure 13-7 Face Search Page

1) Click in this camera panel.
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3) Check the cameras you want to search.

4) Click Close.

Note
Up to 200 resources can be selected for search at the same time.
5. Click Search.
The search results will be displayed in list mode. You can view the appeared times of each
matched person. Click a recorded time (Client) to view more captured pictures and related
videos.
6. Optional: Click to add the person to person list.
7. Optional: Perform secondary search after clicking in the Operation column.
Search Click Search Captured Picture to go to the Face Search page to search the
Captured captured pictures related with the searched face picture by setting
Picture searching conditions.
Search Archive Click Search Archive to go to the Archive Search page to search the
searched person's archive.
Verify Identity Click Identity Verification → To be Verified to verify the person's identity,
or click Identity Verification → Target to set the person as a comparing
target.

13.4 Archive Search

The system will save the features and information (including captured picture and video) of the
captured person as archive. You can search the related archives of a face picture to check the
captured pictures or videos of similar persons in the library. You can also check whether a person is
a stranger.
Before You Start
Make sure you have added a DeepinMind server to the system and have configured capturing
camera and face comparison group for it.
Steps

Note
By default, the archive will be kept for 3 months.
1. Click Person Search → to enter the Archive Search page.
2. Select a face comparison group in the Face Picture Library field, you can also check stranger
group.
3. Upload a face picture in the Person Information field.
4. Drag the slider of the similarity to set a similarity.
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Pictures of which the similarity is larger than the configured one will be displayed on the right
panel. Hover the cursor on a searched picture and the details (e.g. group name, gender, etc) of
the picture will appear, and strangers' picture details are different from that of the face
comparison group.

Figure 13-8 Archive Search

6. Optional: Hover the cursor on a matched picture and click to perform secondary search.
Search Click Search Captured Picture to go to the Face Search page to search the
Captured captured pictures related with the searched face picture by setting
Picture searching conditions.
Search Archive Click Search Archive to go to the Archive Search page to search the
searched person's archive.
Verify Identity Click Identity Verification → To be Verified to verify the person's identity,
or click Identity Verification → Target to set the person as a comparing
target.
7. Optional: Perform the following operation(s).
View Picture and Click a matched picture to view more captured pictures and related
Video videos.
Export Archive Check searched pictures and then click Export to save the data in the
Search Report current computer. Select Excel if you want to save the searched picture
or video.
Filter Capture Click a matched picture and click Filter Capture Time to set the time
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13.5 Identity Verification

The control client provides picture-to-picture comparison and picture-to-group comparison, which
means you can know the similarity between two faces on two different pictures, or whether a
person is a member of an existing face comparison group,.

13.5.1 Compare with Face Comparison Group

When you are not sure about a person's identity, you can compare the his/her face picture with
those of the face comparison group to identify him/her.
Before You Start
Make sure you have added a DeepinMind server to the system and have configured capturing
camera and face comparison group for it.
Steps
1. Click Person Search → to enter the Identity Verification page.
2. Upload the face picture you want to identify.
3. Select Face Comparison Group in the Compare with field.
4. Select a face comparison group in the list.
5. Drag the slider of the similarity to set a similarity.

Figure 13-9 Compare with Face Recognition Group

6. Click Search.
Pictures of which the similarity is larger than the configured one will be displayed on the right
panel.
7. Optional: Click Add Person to add the person to person list.
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Search Click Search Captured Picture to go to the Face Search page to search the
Captured captured pictures related with the searched face picture by setting
Picture searching conditions.
Search Archive Click Search Archive to go to the Archive Search page to search the
searched person's archive.
Verify Identity Click Identity Verification → To be Verified to verify the person's identity,
or click Identity Verification → Target to set the person as a comparing
target.

13.5.2 Compare with Specific Picture

You can also compare two face pictures to see whether they are the same person according to the
similarity.
Before You Start
Make sure you have added a DeepinMind server to the system and have configured capturing
camera and face comparison group for it.
Steps
1. Click Person Search → to enter the Identity Verification page.
2. Upload the face picture you want to identify in the Person Information field on the top of the
panel.
3. Select Picture in the Compare with field.
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Figure 13-10 Compare with Specified Picture

Note
You can upload a picture with more than one face, and the client will tell the similarity between
the first picture and all faces in this picture.
5. Drag the slider of the similarity to set a similarity.
6. Click Search.
The face picture(s) on the second uploaded picture will be displayed on the right panel, and the
similarity between persons on the first-uploaded picture and second-uploaded is displayed.
7. Optional: Click Add Person to add the person to person list.
8. Optional: Hover the cursor on a matched picture and click to perform secondary search.
Search Click Search Captured Picture to go to the Face Search page to search the
Captured captured pictures related with the searched face picture by setting
Picture searching conditions.
Search Archive Click Search Archive to go to the Archive Search page to search the
searched person's archive.

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Verify Identity Click Identity Verification → To be Verified to verify the person's identity,
or click Identity Verification → Target to set the person as a comparing
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Chapter 14 Security Control

A security control device detects people, vehicles, etc., entering a pre-defined region, triggers
events and alarms, and reports events/alarms information (such as location) to security personnel.
On the Control Client, the operator can view the video of the radar's related cameras, arm &
disarm partitions, bypass zones, etc. If a panic alarm is triggered, the operator can handle the
request on the Control Client.

14.1 Start Live View of Radar's Calibrated Camera

You can start live view of a radar's calibrated camera to view the image of the radar's detection
area.
Before You Start
Make sure you have configured at least one calibrated camera for the radar. See User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client for details about configuring calibrated camera.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Live View to enter the live view page.
2. Click (Logical Resource) tab.
The areas which the current user has permission to access are displayed in the list and the
logical resources which the user has permission to access are displayed in the corresponding
areas.

Note
For setting the user permission, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
3. Double-click a radar's name or drag a radar to the display area to start the live view of its
calibrated cameras.
The image of one calibrated camera will be displayed in the display window with a thumbnail of
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Figure 14-1 Live View of Radar's Calibrated Cameras

4. Optional: Perform the following operation(s).
Arming Control The arming status of the radar will be displayed in the upper-right corner
of the live view window. Click to arm the radar; click to disarm a
radar.
Switch Hover the cursor on the thumbnail to display other calibrated cameras'
Calibrated thumbnails, and then click one of the thumbnail to display it in the display
Camera window.
Locate on Map Click in the lower-left corner of the live view window to show the map
where the radar is added, so that you will see the moving pattern of the
one who intruded the detection area.

Note
• A prompt will appear showing you the current arming status after an arming control if there is
no calibrated camera linked to the radar.
• Arming radar will fail if anybody is in the radar's detection area, and you will see a prompt
showing you the failure of arming.

14.2 Perform Arming Control

You can arm or disarm the partitions of the security control devices and radars via the Control
Client. After arming the partitions, the current Control Client can receive the triggered alarms in
the partitions. You can also bypass or recover bypass for the zones if necessary. For armed radars, if
an object (it can be a human or thing) enters its detection area, an event/alarm will be triggered to
inform you.
Click Alarm Center → Arming Control → Resource .

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Select the resource type as Alarm Input. You can also set the resource type as Radar to arm or
disarm the radar.

Arm & Disarm Partition

Hover over the security control partition or radar and click to arm or disarm the partition or
radar. You can select the arming mode according to actual needs.

Note
The disarming and arming control in Alarm Center only controls the alarm detection on the current
Control Client.

Figure 14-2 Arm & Disarm Partition

Instant Arming
It is used when people leave the detection area. The zone will be immediately triggered when it
detects event or alarm with no delay and notify the security personnel.
Stay Arming
It is used when people stay inside the detection area. During stay arming, all the perimeter
burglary detections (such as perimeter detector, magnetic contacts, curtain detector in the
balcony) will be turned on. Meanwhile, the detectors inside the detection area are bypassed
(such as PIR detectors). People can move inside the area and not trigger an event or alarm.
Away Arming
It is used when people leave the detection area. Event or alarms will be activated when the zone
is triggered or tampered. For delayed zone, the alarm will not be activated when the zone
detects triggering event during entry/exit delay.

Bypass Zone
When some exception occurs for the zone, and other zones can work normally, you need to bypass
the abnormal zone to turn off the protection of it. Otherwise, you cannot arm the security control
partition which the zone belongs to.
Hover over the alarm input and click to bypass the zone.

Figure 14-3 Bypass Zone

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Bypass Recovery
When you want to recover the zone that is bypassed to make it work normally, select alarm input
as triggered source and find the alarm input (zone) of the security control partition.
Hover over the zone and click to recover zone to normal status.
Clear Alarms
Hover over the security control partition to click to clear the generated alarms in the security
control partition.
Arm Radar
Click to arm a radar; click to disarm a radar. You can also check multiple radars in the list and
click Arm All/Disarm All to arm/disarm all the checked radars in a batch.
If anybody or an object is in the radar's detection area, or there is a fault of the radar, arming radar
will fail and a prompt will pop up to show you the reason as the following picture. You can click
Arm Mandatorily to arm the radar mandatorily.

Figure 14-4 Arm Radar Mandatorily

14.3 Handle Panic Alarm from Panic Alarm Station

A panic alarm station is mainly installed in the areas with the crowd or high incidence of cases,
such as school, square, tourist attraction, hospital, supermarket gate, market, station, parking lot,
etc. When the emergency happens or someone asks for help, the person can press panic button to
send alarm to the monitoring center, and the operator in the center will take the appropriate
actions. The panic alarm station helps to realize alarm aid in emergency.

Note
You should first set an alarm for the alarm input of the panic alarm station via the Web Client. For
details, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

If someone presses the panic button on the panic alarm station, a window will pop up on the
Control Client as follows:

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Figure 14-5 Panic Alarm

Perform Voice Talk

Click Answer to answer this panic alarm and talk with the person who triggers this panic alarm.
Ignore Alarm
Click Ignore to ignore this alarm if you don't want to handle it on the current Control Client. If
ignored, the user on other Control Client still can handle this alarm.

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Chapter 15 Check Alarm and Event

The alarm information (for example, motion detection alarm information) received by the Control
Client displays. You can check the detailed information of the event or alarm, view the alarm linked
video, manage the related information, and so on.

Note
You should configure the event or alarm settings via the Web Client before you can check the
related information and linkage actions via the Control Client. For detailed configuration of event
and alarm settings, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

15.1 Perform Arming Control

You can arm or disarm the alarms of selected resource(s). After arming the alarms, the current
Control Client can receive the triggered alarm information from the resource.
Steps

Note
You can also perform arming control for security control devices (such as arming/disarming
partitions, bypassing zones, etc.) and radars. For details, refer to Security Control .
1. Click Alarm Center → Arming Control to open the Arming Control window.
2. Click Alarm tab, and select the resource for alarm arming control.
All the configured alarms of the selected resource will be displayed.
3. Perform arming control.
Disarm
Click icon or Disarm All to disable the alarm and set the disarming start time and duration.
For example, if you set the disarming duration as 1 hour, the alarm cannot be received by
Control Client, but will be recorded as the log within 1 hour. The event detection will be
enabled again in 1 hour after the disarming start time.
Arm
Click icon or Arm All to enable the alarm detection.

Note
• For alarm input source, an icon will display if there is an exception. You can view the
exception details by moving the cursor on the icon.
• The disarming and arming control in Alarm Center only controls the alarm detection on the
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15.2 View Resource's Real-Time Alarm

The real-time alarm information received by the Control Client, such as motion detection, video
loss, and video tampering alarm, of the connected cameras and alarm inputs are displayed in the
Alarm Center. You can check the alarm details and view alarm related video and picture if
configured.
Before You Start
Arm the device first before the Control Client can receive the alarm information from the device.
For details, refer to Perform Arming Control .
Steps
1. Enter the Alarm Center page and you can view the real-time alarms received by the Control
Client.
Alarm Time (Control Client)
The Control Client time when the alarm starts.
Alarm Source
The resource that occurred the alarm.
Triggering Event/Alarm
Display the type of the event that triggered alarm.
Operation
Go to Alarm Search
Click in the Operation column to go to the Alarm Search page to search the current
camera's events by setting searching conditions.
Linkage Action
Click to start live view of the related cameras.
Two-Way Audio
Start two-way audio with the camera.
Export
Download the alarm details, including alarm information, alarm picture, linked video,
linked map, etc.
Display on Smart Wall
Display the alarm video on smart wall.

Note
The available operation changes according to the alarm linkage of the camera. For detailed
configuration, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

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Figure 15-1 Alarm Center

2. Set the filter conditions to display the required alarms only.

Mark Status
Mark the alarm information and the marked items can be filtered.
Alarm Priority
The priority including low, medium, high and custom level which indicates the urgent degree
of the alarm.
Alarm Status
The status of the alarm includes Start, Stop and Abnormally Stopped. Start indicates the
alarm has not stopped yet; Stop indicates the alarm has stopped; and Abnormally Stopped
indicates the alarm has stopped abnormally.
Alarm Displayed on Smart Wall
Filter the alarms which are set to be displayed on the smart wall.
The alarms will be automatically filtered by the configured conditions and display in the list.
3. Select an alarm to view.
The alarm linked video (if any) shows on display window and the alarm source linked map (if
any) appears as well.
4. Optional: Perform one or more of the following operations.
Acknowledge a a. Click the name of an alarm to open its alarm information window.
Single Alarm b. (Optional) Set alarm priority and alarm category.
c. (Optional) Select alarm output(s) from the Turn off Alarm Output
drop-down list and then check checkbox(es) to turn off the
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d. (Optional) Enter a remark about the alarm acknowledgment.

e. Click Acknowledge.
Batch Acknowledge a. Check alarms in the alarm list, and then click Batch Acknowledge
Alarms to open the Batch Acknowledge window.
b. (Optional) Set the alarm priory and alarm category.
c. (Optional) Enter a remark about the alarm acknowledgment.
d. Click OK.

Note
Up to 100 alarms can be checked at a time.

Play Video from Click Go to Alarm Time to play the video from the alarm time.
Alarm Time
Get Live View of Click Live View to view the live video of the related cameras.
Related Camera
Display Linked Click Display on Smart Wall to play the videos on smart wall.
Video on Smart
Wall Note
For setting the related camera of the alarm, refer to User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.

Display Alarm Click Display Related Video & Map to show the Related Video or
Related Video and Related Map window.
Related Map
Turn On/Off Alarm When the Control Client receives an alarm, the PC running the
Sound Control Client will play the alarm sound. You can turn on/off the
alarm sound by clicking Operation and checking or unchecking Audio
On.

Note
This configuration won't be changed after restarting the Control
Client.

Disable Pop-up For the alarm configured with pop-up window, a window will pop up,
Alarm Window showing the alarm details, when the Control Client receives the
alarm. You can disable or enable the pop-up window by clicking
Operation and checking or unchecking Pop-up Window Disabled.

Note
This configuration won't be changed after restarting the Control
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Sort Alarms Click on the column name of the alarm list and select a property to
sort the alarms by the selected property.
View History Alarm Click History Alarm to enter the Alarm & Event Search module to
search the history alarms.
Enter Visual Click to start live view of the camera triggering alarm in the lower-
Tracking Mode left corner. Click to enter the camera's visual tracking mode. See
User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client for details about
configuring visual tracking.

15.3 Search Event/Alarm Logs

You can search the event and alarm log files of the added resource for checking.
Before You Start
You should configure the event and alarm settings via Web Client. See User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client for details.
Steps
1. Enter the Alarm & Event Search module and click the Alarm Search or Event Search tab.
2. Select the types of event source.

Note
The Remote Site is only available for the Central System with Remote Site Management module
(based on the license you purchased).
3. Set the time range for search.
- Select a predefined time period for search.
- Select Custom Time Interval and specify the start time and end time for search.
4. Set search conditions for different event source types.

Note
When searching certain event or alarm for thermal imaging devices, you can click icon in the
added source list for more accurate search, such as selecting VCA rule for VCA event, selecting
thermometry point for temperature alarm or temperature difference alarm.
5. Click to select the triggering event(s)/alarm(s) and source(s).
6. Click Search.
The matched event or alarm logs display on the list.
7. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after searching alarms or events.
View Alarm Click the Name field of the searched event or alarm to view the details
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View Event Click the Name field of the searched event to view the details and linked
Details video.
Export Alarms Click Export and select the format and saving path to save the found
or Events events or alarms to your PC.
Click on the Operation column to export the specified event or alarm
to your PC.

Note
You can view the exporting process in the Download Center by clicking
in the top of the interface.

Switch to On the Event Search page, click on the Operation column to switch to
Alarm/Event the Alarm Search page.
Search Page On the Alarm Search page, click on the Operation column to switch to
the Event Search page.
Switch to Click to open the Alarm Search or Event Search page as a auxiliary
Auxiliary Screen screen. You can view the alarms or events on the auxiliary screen, as well
as operating the other pages of the Control Client.

15.4 Manually Trigger User-Defined Event

The system provides user-defined event which is used if the event you need is not in the provided
system-monitored event list, or the generic event cannot properly define the event received from
third-party system. On the Control Client, you can trigger a user-defined event manually and it will
activate a series of actions according to the settings on Web Client.
Before You Start
Add the user-defined event to the system and determine what happens when you manually trigger
it, such as setting it as the alarm source, as start/end of the alarm's arming schedule, or as the
alarm linkage actions. For details, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Perform this task if you need to trigger a user-defined event manually on the Control Client.
Steps
1. In the Monitoring or Alarm Center module, click Trigger Event.
The user-defined events added to the system will display.
2. Select the event you want to trigger and click OK.

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15.5 View Pop-up Window Triggered by Alarm

After configuring the required settings on the Web Client and Control Client, the alarm window will
open when the corresponding event/alarm is triggered. You can view the alarm time, the source
device which trigger the alarm, the triggered event, and alarm status, etc.
Before You Start
Make sure you have enabled the alarm linkage of Trigger Pop-up Window on the Web Client, and
enabled the pop-up window function in the Alarm Center on the Control Client. For setting this
alarm linkage, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. View the alarm details including alarm source, alarm time, triggered event type, alarm status,
etc., in the pop-up window when alarm is triggered.

Figure 15-2 Alarm Triggered Pop-Up Window

2. Optional: Set the alarm priority and the alarm category.
3. Optional: Select alarm output(s) from the Turn off Alarm Output drop-down list and then check
the checkbox(es) to turn off the selected alarm output(s).
4. Optional: Enter a remark for the alarm according to actual needs.
5. Click Picture/Video/Map tab to view the alarm related cameras' captured pictures, the playback
or live view when alarm occurs, and view the camera/alarm input location on the map (if
configured).

Note
When viewing the recorded video files of the related camera, you can click Go to Alarm Time to
play the video from the alarm time. You can also click Live View to view the live video of the
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6. Click the Acknowledge to acknowledge the alarm.

The alarm status becomes Acknowledged.
7. Optional: Click to view the previous or next alarm information.
8. Optional: Uncheck Enable Pop-up Window to disable pop-up window when new alarm triggers.

Note
When the pop-up window remains open, the later alarm, if alarm priority is higher, will be
displayed in the pop-up window, replacing the earlier one.
9. Optional: Check Full Screen to display the pop-up window in full screen mode by default.

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Chapter 16 Manage Evidence

The Control Client allows you to save the recorded video footage as evidence if it contains
important information about incidents such as traffic accidents and violent crimes in case of the
need for settling disputes or legal cases.
This functionality is available when you search video footage, manually record video footage during
live view, manually clip video footage during playback, or download video footage in the Download
Center.

16.1 Save Manually Recorded Video as Evidence in Live View

During live view, you can manually record video footage which contains important information
about incidents such as traffic accident and violent crimes, and save it as evidence to the SFTP
(Secure File Transfer Protocol).
Before You Start
You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User Manuel
of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps

Note
You can set the SFTP when enabling evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the
User Manuel of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
1. Start live view.

Note
See Live View for details.
2. Click in the toolbar of the display window to start the manual recording.
The icon turns to
3. Click to stop recording.
A dialog will pop up.
4. Click Save as on the dialog to open the Save as panel.
5. Check Save as Evidence and then set the required information for the evidence.

Note
For details about the required information for the evidence, see Save Found Video Footage as
Evidence .
6. Click Save on the Save as panel.

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Note
You can search the saved evidence. For details, see Search Evidence .

16.2 Save Clipped Video as Evidence in Playback

During playback, you can manually clip video footage which contains important information about
incidents such as traffic accident and violent crimes, and save it as evidence to the SFTP (Secure
File Transfer Protocol).
Before You Start
You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User Manual
of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps

Note
You can set the SFTP address when enabling evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see
the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
1. Start playback.

Note
For details, see Playback .
2. Click to start clipping.
The icon turns to .
3. Click to stop clipping.
A dialog will pop up.
4. Click Save as on the dialog to open the Save as panel.
5. Check Save as Evidence and then set the required information for the evidence.

Note
For details of the required information for the evidence, see Save Found Video Footage as
Evidence .
6. Click Save on the Save as panel.

Note
You can search the saved the evidence. For details, see Search Evidence .

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16.3 Save Found Video Footage as Evidence

After searching for video footage under specific conditions, you can export the matched video
footage as evidence if the video footage contains information of the incidents such as traffic
accidents and violent crimes.
Before You Start
You should have enabled evidence management on the Web Client. For details, see the Manage
Evidence chapter in the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps

Note
You can set the SFTP address when enabling evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see
the Manage Evidence chapter in the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
1. Search video footage.

Note
For details, see Video Search .
2. Enter the Export panel.
- On the video file list, click the time range to play back the video file, and then click .
- Select video file(s) from the video file list, and then click Export at the upper-right side.

Figure 16-1 The Export Panel

3. Check Save as Evidence and then select Create Evidence or Add to Existing Evidence.
Create Evidence
Set the parameters such as evidence ID, evidence type, and evidence status to create a new
evidence.

Note
You can add and delete the evidence type, organization on site, and conclusion/result on the
Web Client, see the Manage Evidence chapter in the User Manual of HikCentral Professional
Web Client for details.

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Evidence Type
Select the type of accident or criminal incident recorded in the video file(s).
Organization on Site
The organization or personnel (e.g., police, fire department) on the site of the accident or
criminal incident.
Evidence Status
Select Closed if the related case is settled, and select Open if the related-case is pending.
Add to Existing Evidence
Add the video file(s) to existing evidence. After saving the video file(s) as evidence, you can
see the video file in the Content of Evidence section on the evidence details panel. For
details, see Search Evidence .
4. Click Save to save the video file(s) as evidence.
The video file(s) will be downloaded in the Download Center, and then be uploaded as evidence
to the SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol).

Note
• For details about the Download Center, see Manage Downloading Tasks .
• You can configure the SFTP. See the Manage Evidence chapter in the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client for details.
• You can search the saved evidence. For details, see Search Evidence .

16.4 Save Downloaded Video Footage as Evidence

When the downloading task is completed in the Download Center, you can save the downloaded
video footage as evidence if it contains important information about incidents such as traffic
accidents and violent crimes.
Before You Start
You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User Manual
of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps

Note
For details about managing downloading tasks, see Manage Downloading Tasks .
1. Click Download Center on the Control Panel to enter the Download Center.
2. Click Done to view the completed task.
3. Select the downloaded video footage and then click Save as to open the Save As panel.
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Note
For details about the required information for the evidence, see Save Found Video Footage as
Evidence .
5. Click Save on the Save As Panel.
The saved video footage will be uploaded to the SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol).

Note
• You can set the SFTP address when enabling evidence collection on the Web Client. For
details, see the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• You can search the saved evidence. For details, see Search Evidence .

16.5 Search Evidence

Evidence in HikCentral Professional refers to the video footage which contains information for
settling disputes or criminal cases. You can search the evidence by setting search conditions.
Before You Start
• You should have enabled evidence collection on the Web Client. For details, see the User Manual
of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• You should have saved video footage as evidence. For details, see Manage Evidence .
Steps
1. Click Evidence Search to enter the Evidence Search page.
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Figure 16-2 Evidence Search Page

Evidence Status
Open
The related dispute or criminal case has NOT been settled.
Closed
The related dispute or criminal case has been settled.
3. Click Search.
The matched evidence will be displayed.
4. Optional: Perform the following operations.
Download Click Download to download the evidence (video) to local PC.
Evidence
Edit Evidence a. Click the evidence name to view enter the evidence details page.
Information b. Edit evidence information such as evidence type, result/conclusion.
c. Click Save.

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Export Evidence Select evidence and then click Export and then select CSV or Excel to
Information export the evidence information to local PC as CSV file or Excel file
respectively.

Note
You can check the exporting task in the Download Center.

Close Evidence Select evidence and then click Close Evidence to set the evidence
status to Closed if the related case is settled.
Delete Evidence Select evidence and then click Delete.

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Chapter 17 Smart Wall

Smart wall provides security personnel with a larger overview of the regions they want to watch
for any small or big unusual movement or activity. Large number of surveillance resources (such as
cameras, maps) can be displayed on the smart wall for continuous monitoring. With the help of the
Smart Wall, the security personnel can respond to the incidents effectively.
HikCentral Professional provides two modes of smart walls: Smart Wall (Decoding Device) and
Smart Wall (Graphic Card).
In Smart Wall (Decoding Device) mode, the decoding devices can decode the streams and display
the cameras' images on the display units connected to the decoding devices.
In Smart Wall (Graphic Card) mode, the graphic card of the PC running the Control Client will
decode the images and other contents (such as pages of the Control Client) and display on the
screens connected to the PC.

17.1 Manage Smart Wall (Decoding Device)

A Smart Wall (Decoding Device) is a special multi-monitor setup that consists of multiple monitors,
screens or display units tiled together contiguously or overlapped in order to form one large
screen, so that you can get a complete overview of large surveillance centers. With the smart wall,
you can easily create views defining window division and content for the managed smart wall.
What's more, the video triggered by event can also be displayed on smart wall to help operator
quickly focus on the most critical matters. For example, if a door is opened, the smart wall can be
configured to display the video of the camera nearest to the door.
This type of smart wall is mainly used in medium and large surveillance scenarios, such as
surveillance center. In these scenarios, more than four display units are required to display the
images.

Figure 17-1 Application Scenario: Smart Wall (Decoding Device)

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Before decoding and display, you need to add decoding devices (such as video wall controllers and
decoders) to the system, and create virtual smart walls via the Web Client. Then you need to link
the decoding devices' decoding output to the windows of the virtual smart wall.
After the above configuration, the Control Client supports displaying camera's video on the smart
wall to get a complete and clear overview of the videos.
Click Smart Wall in the Tool list to open the Smart Wall (Decoding Device) module.
The following icons are available on the Smart Wall window.

Icon Description
Enter the Alarm Center to view the detected alarms and perform further operations,
such as searching related video files of the alarm, displaying on smart wall, and
downloading the alarm details. Refer to Check Alarm and Event for details.
When the smart wall settings on the SYS server are changed (e.g., more smart walls
are added, linked decoding outputs are changed, decoding devices deleted), a red dot
will appear on this icon. Click it to synchronize the smart wall information.
Set to switch the stream type automatically according to current network situation,
display the window No. on the smart wall, or view the details of the smart wall.
/ Unlock or lock the window. When you lock the window, you cannot display the video
on this window or stop decoding and displaying on the window.
Set the window division for the selected display window of smart wall. Double-click on
the split window to enlarge the window.
Create a roaming window to open a virtual window on the screen(s).
/ Display or hide the VCA rules on the display window of smart wall, such as configured
target detection frames for VCA event.
Stop all the windows' playing.
Save the current settings to the view or to other view. In this way, you can easily view
the required live videos on the smart wall by calling this view.

Note
For details, refer to View Settings .

Click to view the view schedule of the current smart wall.

Note
For details about how to define the schedule, refer to Set Schedule for Displaying
Views on Smart Wall .

/ Display three/two smart walls in line.

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17.1.1 Decode and Display Directly

After setting the smart wall via Web Client, the video streams from the camera can be decoded by
the configured decoding outputs, and then you can display the decoded videos on the smart wall.
Before You Start
Add the smart wall via Web Client. For details, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
Steps
1. Click Smart Wall on the control panel to enter the Smart Wall page.
2. Click in the upper-right corner of the smart wall window to select a window division mode.
3. Display resources on smart wall.
- Display Camera on Smart Wall: Select Camera and site from the drop-down list, and double-
click a camera name or drag the camera to the layout area of smart wall area to display the
camera on the smart wall.

Note
It is only available for the central system with Remote Site Management module (based on
the license you purchased).
- Display Signal Source on Smart Wall: Select Signal Source from the drop-down list, and drag
the signal source to display window of the smart wall.
- Display Area on Smart Wall: Select Camera and site from the drop-down list, and double-click
the area or drag the area to the layout area of smart wall to display the resources in the area
on the smart wall.

Note
If there are multiple resources in the area, when you drag it to the layout area of smart wall,
you need to select Play in Batch or Single-Screen Auto-Switch to display each resource in
one display window or display area auto-switch in one display window on the smart wall. For
more details about area auto-switch, refer to Perform Auto-Switch of an Area's Cameras .
- Display View on Smart Wall: Click on the left , and double-click the view name to display
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Figure 17-2 Display Live Video on Smart Wall

The decoded video stream is displayed on the smart wall.
4. Optional: Select a display window which is linked with the camera to display the live video on
the large window at the bottom of the page, and then perform the following operation(s).
View Camera Click to show the camera's frame rate, resolution, and stream
Status format.
Switch Stream Click or to switch the live view stream to main stream, sub-stream,
or smooth stream.

Note
Smooth stream needs to be supported by device.

Enable PTZ Click to enable PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) control function on the display
Control window. And then you can control PTZ and set preset, patrol, and
pattern. See PTZ Control for details.
Switch to Click to switch to playback mode. For details, refer to Play Video File .
Playback
Stop Decoding Click or to stop the decoding and displaying for the specified
and Displaying window or all windows.

Note
For the locked windows and alarm linked windows, you cannot stop the
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17.1.2 View Settings

You can set the view and organize the views into a group for displaying the video on smart wall
conveniently. You can also perform the view auto-switch for the view group on the smart wall.

Add View Group

A view group of a smart wall is to manage multiple views in a group for performing view auto-
switch.
Steps
1. Click Smart Wall on control panel to open the Smart Wall window.
2. Click to open the View window.
3. Select Public View or Private View to add this view group.

Note
• The view groups and views belonging to the public view can be seen by all the system users.
• The view groups and views belonging to the private view can only be seen by the user who
add it.

4. Click to open Add View Group window.

5. Edit the group name or use the default one.
6. Click Save to add the group.
7. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after adding the view group.
Edit View Group Select the view group and click to edit the view group name.
Delete View Group Select the view group and click to delete the group.

Add View
View defines which cameras are displayed on the monitors of the smart wall. In this way, you can
quickly access the frequently used cameras on smart wall for an excellent overview.
Steps
1. Click Smart Wall on control panel to open the Smart Wall window.
2. Display the videos of cameras on the smart wall.

Note
For more details, refer to Decode and Display Directly .
3. Click to open the View window.
4. Select a view group.
5. Click to open Add View window.
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7. Optional: Set Schedule Play switch to on and set when to automatically display the view on
smart wall.

Note
For more details about how to set view schedule, refer to Set Schedule for Displaying Views on
Smart Wall .
8. Click OK to save the view.
9. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after adding the view.
Start Decoding and Double-click the view to start decoding and displaying on smart
Displaying wall conveniently.
Edit View Click to edit the name of the view.
Delete View Click to delete the view.

Set Schedule for Displaying Views on Smart Wall

The view schedule is used to define when to automatically display the view on smart wall.
According to the schedule, the view will play on the smart wall at the time point(s) or the fixed
time point(s) on regular date(s) in one week repeatedly.
When adding a view, enable Scheduled Play and do one of the followings:
• Check Repeated Play, select the days in one week, and set time for displaying the view on smart
wall at the regular time.
• Uncheck Repeated Play, and set the date and time for displaying the view on smart wall at the
irregular time.

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Figure 17-3 Set Schedule

Click to view the view schedules of the current smart wall.

17.1.3 Perform View Auto-Switch

View auto-switch is used for displaying the views of a view group one after the other. You can
specify the interval between view changes.
Before You Start
Add at least two views into one view group, see Add View for details.
Steps
1. Click Smart Wall on control panel to open the Smart Wall window.
2. Click to open the View window.
3. Click beside the view name to set the auto-switch interval.
4. Click beside the view group name to start auto-switch.
The views in the selected view group starts switching automatically.

17.1.4 Perform Auto-Switch of an Area's Cameras

Area auto-switch is used for displaying the videos from all the cameras of an area, one after the
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Before You Start

The cameras are added to one area. See User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. Click Smart Wall on control panel to open the Smart Wall window.
2. Click on the left to enter the Camera page.
3. Select Camera and site from the drop-down list.
4. Double-click an area name or drag an area on the left panel to the window linked with the
decoding output.
5. Click Single-Screen Auto-Switch in the pop-up menu to display the videos of all cameras of the
area in one display window of the smart wall.
The cameras in the selected area starts switching automatically on the smart wall.
6. Optional: Click << or >> in the toolbar of the video view to set the auto-switch interval: 20 s, 40
s, 1min, 3min, 5min.

17.1.5 Create a Roaming Window

Windowing is to open a virtual window on the screen(s). The window can be within a screen or
span multiple screens. You can move the window on the valid screens as desired and this function
is called roaming. With windowing and roaming function, you can create custom window and the
window size and position will not be limited by the actual screen(s).
Steps
1. Click Smart Wall on control panel to open Smart Wall window.
2. Click and drag on the screens which are linked to decoding outputs to open a window.

Note
Screens linked to BNC outputs are not available for opening a window.

Figure 17-4 Open a Window

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3. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after opening a window.

Roam Click on the window and hold the mouse to move the window on the
valid screens.
Adjust Window Move your cursor to the window edges and adjust the window size
Size when the cursor becomes directional arrow.
Enlarge Window Double-click the window and it will be enlarged to fill the spanned
screens and display on the top layer. Double-click again to restore.
Display Window Select one window when there're overlapped windows and right-click
on Top Layer the window to display it on the top layer.

17.1.6 View Alarm's Related Video on Smart Wall

If you have enabled the smart wall linkage for an alarm, the live view of cameras or public views
related to the alarm will pop up on the chosen smart wall when the alarm is triggered. Therefore,
you will know alarm details in a timely manner for further operations.
• When an alarm linked with multiple cameras in one display window is triggered, the window will
be divided into an adaptive division mode and show the videos of all cameras.
• When multiple alarms linked with one display window are triggered, the window will be divided
into an adaptive division mode and show the alarms' related videos.
• When each alarm linked with multiple display windows is triggered, every window will show one
alarm's related video. If the alarms exceed the window limit, the window will be divided into an
adaptive division mode and show the more alarms' related videos.
For example, there are alarm A, alarm B, alarm C and alarm D are linked with window 1, window
2 and window 3 of smart wall. When alarm A, alarm B, and alarm C are triggered, the display
window of smart wall will show as the left figure below. When alarm D is also triggered, the
display window will show as the right figure below.

Figure 17-5 Multiple Alarms Displayed on Smart Wall

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17.1.7 View and Export Window No. and Camera ID

When displaying live view on smart wall, you can use a keyboard for convenient operations such as
starting live view on smart wall, PTZ control, etc. If you want to display certain camera's live view in
certain window on the smart wall, you should press the camera's identifier number and target
window number on the keyboard, which are called Camera ID and Window No.
In the Web Client, you can set a unique ID for each camera added in the system. For details, refer
to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
In the Control Client, click Smart Wall on the control panel, and click → Window No. & Camera
ID → Display Window No. to show the number of each window.
If you want to export a document which contains the IDs of all the cameras and smart wall
information (such as smart wall name, row and column, etc.) as a reference, click → Window
No. & Camera ID → View Window No. and Camera ID to generate a document.
Click Download to download this document and save it in local PC. You can print it if necessary.

Note
• The exported file is in PDF format.
• The exported document also contains smart wall No., which are used for selecting smart wall via
network keyboard.

17.2 Manage Smart Wall (Graphic Card)

Smart Wall (Graphic Card) is hardware independent. It doesn't require any decoding resources
such as video wall controllers or decoders. The PC running the client can decode the streams by its
graphic card and then display the content on the screens connected to the PC. As a result, it is cost
efficient solution and easy deployment.
This type of smart wall is mainly used in small surveillance scenarios, such as supermarket, with
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Figure 17-6 Application Scenario: Smart Wall (Graphic Card)

In this smart wall mode, you can display not only the camera's videos on the smart wall, but also
other display contents such as maps, health status, Monitoring page, etc.

Note
Up to four screens are supported as smart walls for one Control Client in this mode.

17.2.1 Display Contents on Smart Wall in Smart Wall Mode

A variety of contents (e.g., video, map, face comparison) can be shared on the smart wall to help
you respond quickly and effectively. The smart wall (graphic card) mode provides a convenient way
to set up initial smart wall, check complete overview of the smart wall layout, or adjust the layout
of the smart wall. You can select the desired smart screen and enter this mode to set window
division, adjust layout, display contents on smart wall or perform other operations.
Before You Start
Make sure you have enabled GPU Hardware Decoding function in System → Image .
Steps
1. Click Monitoring → Smart Wall to enter smart wall page.
2. Enter Smart Wall Modce.
- Double-click a smart wall in the smart wall list.
- Drag a smart wall from the smart wall list to the layout area of smart wall.
The smart wall's icon will turn to .

Figure 17-7 Enter Smart Wall Mode

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3. Optional: Click at the bottom to choose the predefined window division to layout the display
window of the smart wall.
4. In smart wall mode, display contents on the smart wall.
- Display Camera on Smart Wall: Double-click a camera name or drag the camera to the layout
area of smart wall area to display the camera on the smart wall.
- Display Map on Smart Wall: Double-click the map or drag the map to the layout area of
smart wall to display the map on the smart wall.
- Display Area on Smart Wall: Double-click the area or drag the area to the layout area of
smart wall to display the resources in the area on the smart wall.

Note
If there are multiple resources in the area, when you drag it to the layout area of smart wall,
you need to select Play in Batch or Single-Screen Auto-Switch to display each resource in
one display window or display area auto-switch in one display window on the smart wall.
- Display View on Smart Wall: Drag the view to the layout area of smart wall and select Single-
Screen Auto-Switch or Replace Current View to display the auto-switch view in one display
window or replace current display content on smart wall.
- Display View Group on Smart Wall: Drag the view group to the layout area of smart wall to
display auto-switch of each view in one display window on smart wall.
- Display Face Comparison on Smart Wall: Double-click the face comparison group or drag it to
the layout area of smart wall to display the face comparison result on the smart wall.
5. Optional: In smart wall (graphic card) mode, perform one of the following operations.
View Resource You can view all resource channels displayed on smart wall.
Channel
Adjust Display Drag one display window to another to adjust the layout order on
Window smart wall.
Edit Name Click and select Edit Name to edit the name of the smart wall.
Show Screen Click and select Show Screen to show the name on the smart
wall.
Back to Monitoring Click Back to Monitoring to enter the live view page and the layout
area of the smart wall is converted into one display window of live
view. You can view the video of other resources or perform other
operations at the same time. Click Enter Smart Wall Mode to go back
to the smart mall page.
Display or Do Not Click to disable alarm display on the corresponding screen when
Display Alarm on an alarm is triggered. Click to restore alarm display on the screen.
Screen
Exit Smart Wall Click Exit Smart Wall Mode to exit the mode.
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17.2.2 Display Contents on Smart Wall in Live View Mode

During live view, if you see something important in the live view window, for example, a suspect
caught by one camera or a VIP matched in the face comparison panel, you can display these
contents on the smart wall to get a complete and larger overview.
After displaying the live contents on the smart wall (on another display) in this mode, you can
continue view other live content, or perform other operations on the Control Client on the current
display, without changing the content that smart wall displays. This function lets you keep an eye
on your smart wall while working in Control Client. For example, the smart wall continues to show
the current video while you start playback of this camera on the Control Client.

Display All Contents in Live View on Smart Wall

In the Monitoring module, you can display all contents you are viewing in the displaying windows
onto the smart wall (graphic card) to get a larger overview by a one-touch operation.

Note
Make sure you have enabled GPU Hardware Decoding function in System → Image .

After starting live view, click in the upper-right corner on the client and select a smart wall to
display all the displaying windows on the smart wall.

Figure 17-8 Display All Contents in Live View on Smart Wall

Note
The contents include all the resources displayed in the display area, such as video of the cameras,
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Hover the cursor on the top the displaying smart wall screen and click Exit Smart Wall Mode to
stop displaying the contents on smart wall.

Display Camera on Smart Wall

You can display the live view of a camera on the smart wall without decoding, so as to show details
of the monitored area of the camera in a timely manner.
Before You Start
• Connect your PC to at least one smart wall.
• Make sure you have enabled GPU Hardware Decoding function in System → Image .
Steps
1. Click Monitoring to enter the Monitoring module.
2. Click to open the Logical Resource panel.
3. Optional: Click to select a window division mode.
4. Display the live view of a camera on smart wall.
- Hover the cursor on a live view window, click in the window's toolbar, and then select a
smart wall.

Note
You can also click Smart Wall (Decoding Device) to decode and display this camera on smart
wall.
- Hover the cursor on a camera's name, click , and then hover the cursor on Display on
Smart Wall to select a smart wall.
The camera's icon will turn to , and the icons of different camera types vary.

Figure 17-9 Display Camera on Smart Wall

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5. Optional: Use a USB keyboard (such as DS-1005KI) to start live view of certain camera on smart
wall by pressing the camera's identifier number.

Note
In the Web Client, you can set a unique ID for each camera added in the system. For details,
refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

Display Area on Smart Wall

You can display all the cameras' live view in an area on the smart wall to view the details in an area
in a timely manner for an overview of the area.
Before You Start
• Connect your PC to at least one smart wall.
• Make sure you have enabled GPU Hardware Decoding function in System → Image .
Steps
1. Click Monitoring to enter the Monitoring module.
2. Hover the cursor on an area's name, click , and then hover the cursor on Display on Smart
Wall to select a smart wall to display an area on the smart wall.

Display Map on Smart Wall

You can display e-map and GIS map on smart wall to show the overall layout and locations of the
added devices, or devices of a certain type. The alarm information will be displayed on the smart
wall as well when an alarm is triggered.
Before You Start
• Configure a GIS map or e-map via the Web Client beforehand. For details, see User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• Make sure you have enabled GPU Hardware Decoding function in System → Image .
Steps
1. Click Monitoring to enter the Monitoring module.
2. Optional: Enter Smart Wall Mode. For details, see Display Contents on Smart Wall in Smart
Wall Mode .
3. Click to open the Logical Resource panel.
4. Optional: Click to select a window division mode.
5. Display a map on smart wall.
- Hover the cursor on Map in the Logical Resource panel, click , and then move the cursor
on Display on Smart Wall to select a smart wall.
- Double-click Map in the Logical Resource panel to display it on the right panel. Click in the
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Note
The devices added to the map will be displayed with the map.

Figure 17-10 Display Map on Smart Wall

Display View and View Group on Smart Wall

If you have saved a view or view group, you can display it on smart wall in a timely manner with
the saved window division and the correspondence between cameras and windows.
Before You Start
Save at least a view or create at least one view group beforehand. For details, see Manage View
.
Steps
1. Click Monitoring to enter the Monitoring module.
2. Click to open the View panel.
3. Display a view or view group on smart wall.
- Hover the cursor on a view name, click , and then hover the cursor on Display on Smart
Wall to select a smart wall.
- Hover the cursor on a view group name, click , and then click View Group Auto-Switch.
• The view will be displayed on the selected smart wall in the saved window division mode.
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17.2.3 Display Alarm's Related Video on Smart Wall

If you have enabled the smart wall linkage for an alarm, the live view of cameras or public views
related to the alarm will pop up on the chosen smart wall when the alarm is triggered. Therefore,
you will know alarm details in a timely manner for further operations. You can also manually
display live view of one of the alarm-related cameras on the smart wall.
Before You Start
• Configure an alarm (and enable smart wall linkage for it) via the Web Client beforehand. For
details, see User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• Make sure you have enabled GPU Hardware Decoding function in System → Image .
Steps
1. Enter the Alarm Center module.
The information of triggered alarms will be displayed.
2. Optional: Click an alarm to display the live view of the alarm in the Related Video & Picture
window in the lower-left corner of the client for a preview.
3. Display live view of a camera related to an alarm on smart wall.

Figure 17-11 Display Alarm's Related Video on Smart Wall

- If you are viewing video of the camera's video in the Related Video & Picture window, click
Display on Smart Wall under the window to select a smart wall.
- Click in the alarm's Operation column to display the alarm-related camera's live view on
smart wall directly.
4. Optional: Hover the cursor on the top of the displaying smart wall to show the Exit Smart Wall
Mode bar, and then click to enable automatic alarm-video display on the current wall.
• The icon turns to . The related cameras or views of the alarms configured with smart
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Figure 17-12 Exit Smart Wall Mode Bar

• If you have disabled automatic alarm-video display on the current wall, the smart wall name
will turn to (Alarm Disabled)Smart Wall Name.

Figure 17-13 Smart Wall Name with Alarm Disabled

Note
This configuration won't be changed after restarting the Control Client.
5. Enter the Monitoring module, click , and then double-click the working smart wall's name to
enter the Smart Wall Mode on the client.
• The windows of the alarm-related cameras will be displayed in the right panel with a red title
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Figure 17-14 Display Alarm on Smart Wall

• For alarm-related view, the view will be displayed in the right panel covering the images you
are currently viewing in the saved window division mode.
6. Optional: Perform the following operations if you need.
View Alarm Details Click a red title bar on the client to open the alarm information
window for details.
Switch to Auto- Click to switch between tile mode and auto-switching mode
Switching Mode for the alarm-related cameras.

Note
• In auto-switching mode, you can hover the cursor on the displaying window to perform
operations including stream switching, switching between instant playback and live view,
recording, camera switching, fast forward and slow forward.
• Up to 64 windows can be displayed on the smart wall. You can perform the above-mentioned
tasks to control the live view displaying of the cameras and views.
• If you have enabled alarm on the smart wall, live view of alarms with higher priority will cover
that of alarms with lower priority before the due time of smart wall displaying.
• You can configure the due time of smart wall displaying via the Web Client. For details, see
User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• When multiple alarms with the same camera/view linkage are triggered, the alarms will be
displayed on smart wall showing alarm number. When new alarm with the camera/view
linkage is triggered, the number will change. The alarm window title shows the alarm's name
with the highest priority. Hover your cursor on alarm name, you can view all alarms in time
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Figure 17-15 Display Multiple Alarms with Same Camera/View Linkage on Smart Wall

17.2.4 Display Health Monitoring Page on Smart Wall

You can display the health monitoring page on smart wall for an overview status of the added
devices and HikCentral Professional Service.
Before You Start
Add devices to HikCentral Professional via the Web Client. For details, see User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
Steps
1. Enter the Health Monitoring module.
The overview status of the added devices and HikCentral Professional Service will be displayed.
2. Click in the upper-right corner of the client and select a smart wall to display the health
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Figure 17-16 Display Health Monitoring Page on Smart Wall

3. Enter the Monitoring module and click to open the smart wall panel.
4. Double-click the name of the smart wall displaying the health monitoring page to enter the
Smart Wall (Graphic Card) mode in the Control Client.
The word Health Monitoring will be displayed in the right window.
5. Optional: Click in the upper-right corner of the display window to stop displaying the health
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Chapter 18 Intelligent Analysis Report

Reports, created for a specified period, are essential documents, which are used to check whether
a business runs smoothly and effectively. In HikCentral Professional, reports can be generated daily,
weekly, monthly, annually, and by custom time period. The reports can also be added to the
dashboard for browsing at a glance. You can use reports as basis in creating decisions, addressing
problems, checking tendency and comparison, etc.

18.1 Customize Report Dashboard

The report dashboard provides an at-a-glance view for the reports supported by the system, such
as people counting report, vehicle analysis report, and queue analysis report. You can customize
the report dashboard as required.
Steps
1. Click Dashboard to enter the report dashboard page.
2. Optional: Add dashboard(s).
- Click on the report dashboard page to add a new dashboard.
- Click → to add a new dashboard.

Note
You can add up to 200 dashboards.
The new dashboard appears and it is named as "Dashboard + The Time When It was Added" by
default. For example, in "Dashboard20190916102436", "2019" represents year, "09" month,
"16" date, "10" hour, "24" minute, and "26" second.
3. Optional: Edit dashboard(s).
1) Click to enter the dashboard management page.
2) Move the cursor to the name of a dashboard, and then click to edit the dashboard name,
or click to delete the dashboard.
3) Click Back to go back to the report dashboard page.
4. Add report(s) to a dashboard and edit the report(s).
1) Select a report type and generate the report.
2) Click Add to Dashboard on the report page to add the report to dashboard.
The report appears on the selected dashboard.
And appears on the lower-right of the report dashboard page. You can click the icon to
add more reports.
3) Perform the following operations.
• Add More Reports: Click to add more reports to the dashboard.
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• Edit Report Name: Click and then click Edit Name.

• Delete Report from Dashboard: Click and then click Delete.

Figure 18-1 Report Dashboard

5. Switch time to view report data.
1) Select a dashboard and then click Switch Time to View to set the report type and time.
Report Type
Select the time basis for the reports. For example, daily report shows data on a daily basis.
Time
Set the specific time for generating the reports. For example, if you select Custom Time
Interval as the report type, you can click to specify a time interval for generating report
data.
2) Perform one of the following operations.
• Click Save to change the default time basis of all the reports in the dashboard to the time
you set in the previous sub step.
• Click View to view the reports in the dashboard on the basis of the time you set in the
previous sub step.
6. Optional: Export report(s) on the dashboard to the local PC.
1) Click Export to display the Export panel.
2) Select report(s) from the report list.
3) Click Browse to select a saving path for the selected report(s).
4) Select Excel or CSV as the format of the exported report(s).
5) Click Export.

18.2 Generate People Counting Report

You can manually generate a people counting report to view the people counting statistics in a line
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Before You Start

Properly configure the camera with a people counting rule for the required area. To configure the
people counting rule, please refer to user manual of people counting camera.
Steps
1. Click People Analysis → People Counting to enter the People Counting page.
2. Set the analysis type.
People Counting for One Camera
A people counting report based on the data from the cameras you select will be generated.
You can compare the data of different cameras.
People Counting in One Region
A people counting report based on the data from the people counting groups you select will
be generated. You can compare the data of different groups.

Note
You should have added people counting groups. See for details.
3. Select people counting camera(s) or people counting group(s) based on the analysis type you
set in the previous step.
1) Click .
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its people counting
cameras or people counting groups.

Note
Only people counting cameras and people counting groups will be displayed here.
3) Check the people counting camera(s) or people counting group(s) for statistics.
The selected item(s) will appear in the camera list or people counting group list.
4. Select item(s) for the report in the camera list or people counting group list.

Note
Up to 20 people counting cameras can be selected for statistics at the same time.
5. Set the report type to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, annual report, or customize
the time interval for a report.
Daily Report
Daily report shows data on a daily basis. The system will calculate the number of people in
each hour of one day.
Weekly Report, Monthly Report, Annual Report
As compared to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, and annual report can be less
time-consuming, since they are not to be submitted every day. The system will calculate the
number of people in each day of one week, in each day of one month, and in each month of
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Custom Time Interval

Users can customize the days in the report to analyze the number of people in each day or
month of the custom time interval.
6. Set the time or time period in the Time field for statistics.

Note
For custom time interval report, you need to set the start time and end time to specify the time
period.
7. Click Generate Report.
The statistics of all the selected item(s) are displayed in the right panel.

Figure 18-2 People Counting Report

8. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after generating the people counting report.
Show/Hide Certain Click the legend to show or hide the data of certain element, such
Data as certain camera.
View Entered/ Select Enter, Exit, or Enter and Exit from the drop-down list. The
Exited/Both Entered total statistics and all the selected cameras' statistics are displayed
and Exited Statistics and marked with different colors.
View Both Entered Click the camera name on the page below to view the chart of
and Exited Statistics single camera.
of Single Camera
Switch Between Line Select Time or Item for Comparison on the upper-right corner to
Chart and Histogram switch the between line chart (displaying the trend for the number
of people on different time points) or histogram (for comparison).
Play Linked Video For line chart, if the selected report type is daily report, weekly
report, or monthly report, click the line on the line chart to play the
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For histogram, if the selected report type is daily report, click the
rectangle on the histogram to play the linked video.
9. Optional: Export the report and save it in local PC.
1) Click Export.
The following panel will display with camera selected and time configured according to the
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Figure 18-3 Export People Counting Report

2) (Optional) Select the camera and set the report type and report time if needed.
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Example
For example, if you select Daily Report, you can select Day or Hour, and it will export 1, 24
records respectively for each camera.

Note
If you select Minute, the records amount depends on the configuration on the device. For
example, if the device reports people counting data to the system every minute, it will export
24*60 records for each camera.

Figure 18-4 Set Level of Detail for Data of Each Camera

4) Click Browse to set the saving path on local PC.
5) Set the format of the exported file as Excel or CSV.
6) Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center,

18.3 Generate Queue Analysis Report

For cameras which support queue management, you can generate a report to show the number of
queue exceptions and number of persons in each queue, and show the queue status including
waiting duration and queue length.
Before You Start
Add a camera which supports queue management to the system and configure queue regions. To
configure the queue region, refer to user manual of the camera.
Steps
1. Click People Analysis → Queue Analysis to enter the Queue Analysis report page.
2. Select camera(s) for statistics.
1) Click in the camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its cameras.

Note
Only cameras which support queue management will be displayed here.
3) Check the camera(s) for statistics.
The cameras will be added to the camera list.
3. Select the queue regions configured on the camera and the system will collect the queue data in
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Note
For configuring the queue, refer to the user manual of the camera.
4. Select the report type as daily report, weekly report, monthly report, or annual report.
Daily Report
Daily report shows data on a daily basis. The system will calculate the queue data detected in
each hour of one day.
Weekly Report, Monthly Report, Annual Report
As compared to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, and annual report can be less
time-consuming, since they are not to be submitted every day. The system will calculate the
queue data detected in each day of way week, in each day of one month, and in each month
of one year.
5. Set the time or time period in the Time field for statistics.
6. Optional: Select the analysis type and set the report range for daily report, weekly report, or
monthly report.
Waiting Duration

Figure 18-5 Set Range for Waiting Duration

The report can show the number of persons in each queue who have waited for specified
duration at different time points.
For example, if you set the report range as 300s and 600s, the report will show that in each
queue, how many persons have waited for less than 300s, how many persons have waited
for 300 to 600s, and how many persons have waited for more than 600s.
Queue Length

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Figure 18-6 Set Range for Queue Length

The report will show how many seconds each queue status (number of persons in different
ranges) lasts.
For example, if you set the report range as 5 persons and 10 persons, the report will show
that in each queue, how many seconds the status lasts when there are less then 5 persons,
how many seconds the status lasts when there are 5 to 10 persons, and how many seconds
the status lasts when there are more than 10 persons.
7. Click Generate Report.
A chart are displayed in the right panel, showing the number of exceptions (waiting timeout or
people amount exceeding) of different queues.

Figure 18-7 Queue Analysis Report

8. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after generating the report.
Show/Hide Certain Click the legend to show or hide the data of certain element, such as
Data queue.
View Queue Click the queue icon on the page below to view the report of the
Analysis Report of single queue, including the number of exceptions, number of people
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Switch Between Click on the page below to view the report of all the selected
Number of queues.
Exceptions, Number If you select the report type as Daily Report, Weekly Report, or
of People, and Monthly Report, and set the analysis type as Waiting Duration, click
Queue Length the drop-down list to view the number of waiting timeout
exceptions, or number of people in different and all queues.
If you select the report type as Annual Report, and set the analysis
type as Waiting Duration, click the drop-down list to view the
number of waiting timeout exceptions or number of people in all
queues.
If you select the report type as Daily Report, Weekly Report, or
Monthly Report and set the analysis type as Queue Length, click the
drop-down list to view the number of people amount exceeding
exceptions or queue length of different queues.
If you select the report type as Annual Report, and set the analysis
type as Queue Length, the people amount exceeding exceptions will
show.
9. Optional: Export the report and save it in local PC.
1) Click Export.
The following panel will display with camera and queue selected and time configured
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Figure 18-8 Export Queue Analysis Report

2) (Optional) Select the camera and queue, and set the report type and report time if needed.
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Example
For example, if you select Daily Report, you can select Day or Hour and it will export 1 or 24
records respectively for each queue.

Figure 18-9 Set Level of Detail for Data of Each Queue

4) Select the content to export.
Queue Exception
The number of exceptions (people amount exceeding and waiting timeout) of each queue.
People Amount Exceeding
The number of persons in the queue exceeds the configured threshold.
Waiting Timeout
The waiting duration for the persons in the queue exceeds the configured threshold.
Person Amount in Queue
The number of persons in each queue.
Queue Status
The status of each queue, including persons' waiting duration and number of persons
(queue length) in the queue.
5) Click Browse to set the saving path on local PC.
6) For daily report, weekly report or monthly report, select analysis type.
7) Set the format of the exported file as Excel or CSV.
8) Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center,

18.4 Generate Heat Analysis Report

You can generate a heat analysis report to track consumer movements and analyze the visit times
and dwell time in a configured area.
Before You Start
• Add a heat map network camera to the system and properly configure the camera with heat
map rule for the required area. To add a heat map network camera, please refer to the User
Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client. To configure the heat map rule, please refer to
the user manual of heat map network camera.
• Add the camera to a static map. For details about how to add a camera to the static map, refer
to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client.

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Steps
1. Click People Analysis → Heat Analysis to enter the Heat Analysis page.
2. Select analysis type.
Heat Analysis for One Camera
A heat analysis report based on the data from the selected cameras will be generated. The
data of different cameras will be displayed and you can compare the data of different
cameras.
Heat Analysis in One Region
A heat analysis report based on the data from the selected heat analysis groups will be
generated. The data of different groups will be displayed and you can compare the data from
different groups.

Note
You should have added heat analysis group(s). For details, see .
3. Select heat analysis camera(s) or heat analysis group(s) for statistics.
1) Click .

Note
Only heat analysis camera or heat analysis group will be displayed here.
2) Check the heat analysis camera(s) or heat analysis group(s) for statistics.
4. Select camera(s) for the report in the camera list.

Note
Up to 20 heat analysis cameras can be selected for statistics at the same time.
5. Set the report type to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, annual report, or customize
the time interval for a report.
Daily Report
Daily report shows data on a daily basis. The system will calculate the number of people or
people dwell time in each hour of one day.
Weekly Report, Monthly Report, Annual Report
As compared to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, and annual report can be less
time-consuming, since they are not to be submitted every day. The system will calculate the
number of people or people dwell time in each day of way week, in each day of one month,
and in each month of one year.
Custom Time Interval
Users can customize the days in the report to analyze the number of people or people dwell
time in each day or month of the custom time interval.
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Note
For custom time interval report, you need to set the start time and end time to specify the time
period.
7. Set the analysis type.
Dwell Time
The minutes that the people stay at the same location during each time period for each
camera.
People Amount
The number of people detected during each time period for each camera.

Note
This analysis type is only supported by the second generation of heat analysis cameras.
Average Dwell Time
The average dwell time for the each person stay at the same location during each time
period for each camera.
8. Click Generate Report.
The static maps of the selected cameras will appear.

Figure 18-10 Static Map of selected Cameras

9. Click the map to view the detailed heat data of the cameras on the map. You can view each
camera's field of view, and the fields are color coded. The red color block (255, 0, 0) indicates
the most welcome region (most persons detected or longest dwell time), and blue color block
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Note
Move the cursor to the field of view to view the detected value, including people amount or
dwell time.
10. Optional: Click the camera icon on the page below to view heat analysis of single camera.

Figure 18-11 Heat Map of Single Camera

The image of the camera is color coded. The red color block (255, 0, 0) indicates the most
welcome region (most persons detected or longest dwell time), and blue color block (0, 0, 255)
indicates the less-popular region (least persons detected or shortest dwell time).
You can drag the slider on the upper-right to adjust the range of the heat value. The heat data
out of the range will not be displayed.
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Figure 18-12 Line Chart of Heat Analysis

12. Optional: Export the report and save it in local PC.
1)Click Export.
A panel will display with camera selected and time configured according to the range you
defined in step 2 to 6.
2)(Optional) Select the camera, and set the analysis type and report time if needed.
3)Select shorter time period to view more detailed data of each queue.
Example
For example, if you select Daily Report, you can select Day or Hour and it will export 1 or 24
records respectively for each camera.
4)Click Browse to set the saving path on local PC.
5)Set the format of the exported file as Excel or PDF.
6)Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center.

18.5 Generate Pathway Analysis Report

Pathway analysis is mainly used to analyze the people counting on the pathways in the shopping
malls. With the help of fisheye cameras, the system can collect the consumers data (for example,
where the customers walk mostly) and translate that data onto a dashboard for mall managers.
This helps managers analyze which areas/shops of the mall best catch a shopper's attention and
which are overlooked. After setting the fisheye camera's pathways and their directions, the system
calculates the people dwell time at each pathway and number of people walking by, thus helps
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Before You Start

• Properly add the camera to a static map and set its pathways on the map via the Web Client first.
For details about adding camera to map and set pathways, refer to the User Manual of
HikCentral Professional Web Client.
• You should have added pathway analysis groups. For details, see the user manual of the Web
Client.
Steps

Note
This function is only supported by the second generation of fisheye cameras.
1. Click People Analysis → Pathway Analysis to enter the Pathway Analysis page.
2. Select path analysis group(s) from the Resource Group list for statistics.
3. Select the report type as daily report, weekly report, monthly report, annual report, or
customize the time interval for a report.
Daily Report
Daily report shows data on a daily basis. The system will calculate the number of people or
people dwell time in each hour of one day.
Weekly Report, Monthly Report, Annual Report
As compared to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, and annual report can be less
time-consuming, since they are not to be submitted every day. The system will calculate the
number of people or people dwell time in each day of way week, in each day of one month,
and in each month of one year.
Custom Time Interval
Users can customize the days in the report to analyze the number of people or people dwell
time in each day or month of the custom time interval.
4. Optional: Set the time or time period in the Time field for statistics.

Note
For custom time interval report, you need to set the start time and end time to specify the time
period.
5. Click Generate Report.
The static map with the cameras and pathways color coded on the map will be displayed. The
red color block (255, 0, 0) indicates the most welcome pathway (most persons detected or
longest dwell time), and blue color block (0, 0, 255) indicates the less-popular pathway (least
persons detected or shortest dwell time).

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Figure 18-13 Pathway Analysis Report

6. Move the cursor to the camera hot spot to view the line chart or heat map of the people
amount and people dwell time in the pathways during this time period.

Figure 18-14 View Heat Map or Line Chart

7. Optional: Export the report and save it in local PC.
1) Click Export.
The following panel will display with map selected and time configured according to the
range you defined in step 2 to 4.

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Figure 18-15 Export Pathway Analysis Report

2) Edit the report type and report time if needed.
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Example
For example, if you select Daily Report, you can select Day or Hour and it will export 1 or 24
records respectively for each camera.
4) Click Browse to set the saving path on local PC.
5) Set the format of the exported file as Excel or PDF.
6) Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center,

18.6 Generate Person Feature Analysis Report

The system supports saving features (including age and gender) of recognized human faces and
generating reports in various time periods. The reports tells the percentage and number of people
of different gender and age groups in different time period. It can be used in places such as
shopping mall to analyze interests of people in different gender and age.
Before You Start
Make sure you have added a person feature analysis group if you want to perform feature analysis
in one region. See User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web Client for details about adding a
person feature analysis group.
Steps
1. Click People Analysis → to enter the Person Feature Analysis page.
2. Select analysis type.
Feature Analysis for One Camera
Compare percentage and number of people of different gender and age groups detected by
specified camera(s).
Feature Analysis in One Region
Compare percentage and number of people of different gender and age groups detected by
the cameras in specified person feature analysis group(s) of multiple regions.
3. Select camera(s)/resource group(s).

Note
• Up to 20 cameras/resource groups can be selected for statistics at the same time.
• The system supports selecting one resource group of a remote site.

4. Select the report type as daily report, weekly report, monthly report, annual report, or
customize the time interval for a report, and the system will generate statistics of the selected
camera(s)/resource group(s) of the current day/week/month/year or the customized period.
5. Set the time or time period in the Time field for statistics.

Note
For custom time interval report, you need to set the start time and end time to specify the time
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6. Click Generate Report.

Note
The statistics of all the selected cameras/resource groups are displayed on the right panel.

Figure 18-16 Person Feature Analysis

7. Optional: Click Add to Dashboard to display the report on the Dashboard.
8. Optional: Save the report to the current computer.
1) Click Export.
The selected camera(s)/resource group(s) and configured time will be displayed on the
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Figure 18-17 Export Panel

2) Optional: Select the camera and set the report type and report time if needed.
3) Select shorter time period to view more detailed data of each camera.
Example
if you select Daily Report, you can select Day or Hour, and it will export 1or 24 records
respectively for each camera.
4) Click Browse to set the saving path on the computer.
5) Set the format of the exported file.
6) Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center.

18.7 Generate Temperature Report

For thermal cameras, you can generate a report to show the number of exceptions (temperature
too high or too low) and maximum/minimum temperature of different thermometry points on
different presets.
Steps
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2. Select thermal camera(s) for statistics.

1) Click in the camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its thermal cameras.

Note
Only thermal cameras will be displayed here.
3) Check the thermal camera(s) for statistics.
The cameras will be added to the camera list.
3. Select the preset(s) configured on the camera and the system will collect the data on the
thermometry point in these presets.

Note
For configuring the thermometry point with temperature measurement rules, refer to the user
manual of the thermal camera.
4. Select the report type as daily report, weekly report, monthly report, annual report, or
customize the time interval for a report.
Daily Report
Daily report shows data on a daily basis. The system will calculate the temperature data
detected in each hour of one day.
Weekly Report, Monthly Report, Annual Report
As compared to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, and annual report can be less
time-consuming, since they are not to be submitted every day. The system will calculate the
temperature data detected in each day of way week, in each day of one month, and in each
month of one year.
Custom Time Interval
Users can customize the days in the report to analyze temperature data detected in each day
or month of the custom time interval.
5. Set the time or time period in the Time field for statistics.

Note
For custom time interval report, you need to set the start time and end time to specify the time
period.
6. Click Generate Report.
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Figure 18-18 Temperature Report

7. Optional: Perform the following operation(s) after generating the temperature report.
Show/Hide Certain Click the legend to show or hide the data of certain element, such as
Data certain preset or thermometry point.
View Temperature Click the preset icon on the page below to view the report in the
Report of Single single preset.
Preset
View Temperature a. Click the preset icon on the page below to view the report in the
Report of Single single preset.
Thermometry Point b. In the Item for Comparison field, select one thermometry point.
c. In the Item for Comparison field, select the indicator you want to
view in the chart.
High/Low Temperature
Shows the number of exceptions that the temperature at this
thermometry point is higher or lower than the pre-defined
temperature.
Max. Temperature
Shows the maximum temperature at this thermometry point
during the set time period.
The temperature is displayed in line chart, indicating the trend.
Min. Temperature
Shows the minimum temperature at this thermometry point
during the set time period.
The temperature is displayed in line chart, indicating the trend.
8. Optional: Export the report and save it in local PC.
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The following panel will display with camera and preset selected and time configured
according to the range you defined in step 2 to 5.

Figure 18-19 Export Temperature Report

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2) (Optional) Select the camera and preset, and set the report type and report time if needed.
3) Select shorter time period to view more detailed data of each thermometry point.
Example
For example, if you select Daily Report, you can select Day or Hour, or Minute and it will
export 1, 24, or 24×60 records respectively for each thermometry point.

Figure 18-20 Set Level of Detail for Data of Each Thermometry Point
4) Select the content to export.
Temperature Exception
Export the number of exceptions on temperature (temperature too high or too low) of
each thermometry point.
Temperature Status
Export the maximum temperature and minimum temperature of each thermometry
point.
5) Click Browse to set the saving path on local PC.
6) Set the format of the exported file as Excel or CSV.
7) Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center,

18.8 Generate Vehicle Analysis Report

For ANPR cameras, you can generate a report to show the number of passing vehicles detected by
the specified cameras during specified time period.
Steps
1. Click Vehicle Analysis on control panel to enter the Vehicle Analysis page.
2. Select the camera(s) for statistics.
1) Click in the camera panel.
2) Select a current site or Remote Site from the drop-down site list to show its ANPR cameras
which support this function.

Note
Only ANPR cameras will be displayed here.
3) Check the camera(s) for statistics.
The cameras will be added to the camera list.
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Note
Up to 20 ANPR cameras can be selected for statistics at the same time.
4. Select the report type as daily report, weekly report, monthly report, annual report, or
customize the time interval for a report.
Daily Report
Daily report shows data on a daily basis. The system will calculate the number of vehicles in
each hour of one day.
Weekly Report, Monthly Report, Annual Report
As compared to daily report, weekly report, monthly report, and annual report can be less
time-consuming, since they are not to be submitted every day. The system will calculate the
number of vehicles in each day of way week, in each day of one month, and in each month of
one year.
Custom Time Interval
Users can customize the days in the report to analyze the number of vehicles in each day or
month of the custom time interval.
5. Set the time or time period in the Time field for statistics.

Note
For custom time interval report, you need to set the start time and end time to specify the time
period.
6. Click Generate Report.
The passing vehicles statistics detected by all the selected cameras are displayed in the right
panel.
7. Optional: Export the report and save it in local PC.
1) Click Export.
The following panel will display with camera selected and time configured according to the
range you defined in step 2 to 5.

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Figure 18-21 Export Vehicle Report

2) (Optional) Select the camera and set the report type and report time if needed.
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Example
For example, if you select Daily Report, you can select Day, Hour, or Minute and it will export
1, 24, or 24×60 records respectively for each camera.

Figure 18-22 Set Level of Detail for Data of Each Camera

4) Click Browse to set the saving path on local PC.
5) Set the format of the exported file as Excel or CSV.
6) Click Export and the task will be displayed in the Download Center,

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Chapter 19 Maintenance
The Control Client allows you to monitor resource health status and search resource logs. The data
of resource health status and resource logs, which is of especially importance for maintenance of
the system, helps you locate the source of exceptions and determine methods for troubleshooting.

19.1 Health Monitoring

Health monitoring provides both near-real-time and history information about the status of the
SYS server and added resources. It is critical to multiple aspects of operating the servers or devices
and is especially important for maintenance. When a resource exception occurs, you can enter this
module to check the resource status and find out the abnormal device(s) and view the exception
details.
Click Health Monitoring on control panel to enter the Health Monitoring page.

19.1.1 Real-Time Overview

The Real-Time Overview provides an at-a-glance view of the status of the resources added to the
system with charts and basic data of resource status.
Click Health Monitoring and then click Real-Time Overview on the navigation panel on the left to
enter the Real-Time Overview page.

View Status Information

You can view the overall status of the resources managed in the system, such as the cameras
managed in the Central System, the access points, servers, devices, etc.

Note
You can go to the Control Panel and then click System → Health Monitoring to set the interval for
automatically refreshing the status of the resources.

You can click the numbers and status types on the chart to enter the corresponding status page to
view the details.
• For HikCentralProfessional service, you can click to open the System Management Server
window to view the followings.
• CPU: The real-time CPU usage.
• RAM: The real-time RAM usage.
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• Streaming Gateway: The incoming or outgoing streaming situation of the Streaming Gateway
running on SYS server.
• Picture Storage: The real-time usage of picture storage.
• The Remote Site status is only available for the Central System with Remote Site Management
module (based on the license you purchased).

Export Data
You can perform the following task to export the Real-Time Overview page as a PDF file to the local
PC.
1. Click Export to open the Export panel.

Figure 19-1 The Export Panel

2. Select a saving path for the to-be-exported data.
3. Click Save.
You can also perform the following task to export the abnormal data to the local PC.
1. Click Export to open the Export panel.
2. Check Export Exception Data.
3. Select CSV or Excel as the format of the to-be-exported data.
4. Click Save.

19.1.2 History Overview

You can view the overview of history resource online rate, device online rate, and recording
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Click Health Monitoring and then click History Overview on the navigation panel on the left to
enter the History Overview page.
You can select a time period from the drop-down list for filtering data.
You can also click Export to export the history overview to the local PC. For details, see Export
Data .

Resource Online Rate

On the line chart, you can perform the following operations.
• Move the cursor on the line chart to view the camera online rate and the number of offline
cameras at specific time points.
• Click the a dot on the line to go to Resource Log page to view the detailed network status of
cameras at that time point.
On the doughnut chart, you can perform the following operations.
• Move the cursor to red part of the doughnut chart to view the number of the cameras which
once were offline and the offline rate during the time period you select.
• Move the cursor to the green part of the doughnut chart to view the number of the cameras
which stay online and the online rate during the time period you select.
On the table, you can do one of the followings.
• Click Total Offline Duration to rank the cameras in terms of total offline duration within the time
period you select.
• Click Offline Times to rank the cameras in terms of offline times within the time period you
select.

Device Online Rate

On the line chart, you can do one of the followings.
• Move the cursor on the line chart to view the device online rate and the number of offline
devices at specific time points.
• Click the a dot on the line to go to Device Log page to view the detailed network status of
devices at that time point.
On the doughnut chart, you can perform the following operations.
• Move the cursor to red part of the doughnut chart to view the number of the devices which
once were offline and the offline rate during the time period you select.
• Move the cursor to the green part of the doughnut chart to view the number of the devices
which stay online and the online rate during the time period you select.
On the table, you can do one of the followings.
• Click Total Offline Duration to rank the devices in terms of total offline duration within the time
period you select.
• Click Offline Times to rank the devices in terms of offline times within the time period you
select.

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Recording Integrity Rate

On the line chart, you can move the cursor to view the recording integrity rate at specific time
points. Click the a dot on the line to go to Device Log page to view the detailed resource status of
devices at that time point.

Figure 19-2 History Overview

19.2 Resource Status

You can monitor the near-real time status of the added resources, such as Recording Servers,
Streaming Servers, and encoding devices, to find out and maintain the abnormal resources in time,
ensuring the smooth running of the system to the greatest extent.
Click Real-Time Status of Resource and select a resource type from the navigation panel on the
left.
The resource status will be automatically refreshed in a specified interval. You can also click
Refresh to refresh all the resource status manually.

Note
For details about specifying the interval for refreshing resource status, see Set Health Monitoring
Parameters .
You can perform the following operations for different resource types.
• Check Include Sub-area to display the cameras of child areas.
• Check the checkbox beside the drop-down list on the upper-right and then select an abnormal
type (such as Camera Offline and Video Loss to filter data.
• Click Export to export the status data as CSV or Excel to the local PC.

Camera Status
On the camera status page, you can view camera status such as network status, arming status, and
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You can also perform the following operations.

• Click the camera name to view its status and basic information.
• Click the IP address to view the status of the device to which the camera is connected to.
• Click in the Operation column to view the online/offline records of the camera. For details,
see Search Online/Offline Logs of Resource .
• Click in the Operation column to view the recording status of the camera. For details, see
Search Recording Status of Resource .
• Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to configure the
camera parameters.

Note
Contact the admin user to edit the exceptional configuration of camera's event or alarm via the
Web Client if an icon appears near the camera name.

Elevator Status
On the elevator status page, you can view information such as network status of the elevator
control device and the card reader status.
You can click the name of the elevator control device to view its detailed status.
You can also click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to
configure the elevator parameters.
Door Status
On the door status page, you can view the information such as the network status of the access
control device and the door status.

Note
For the door linked to the video intercom device, the door status is not available to be displayed.

You can click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to
configure the door parameters.
You can click the door status icon in the Operation column to control the door status.
Unlock
When the door is locked, unlock the door and it will be open. After the open duration
(configured via the Web Client), the door will be closed and locked again automatically.
Lock
When the door is unlocked, lock the door and it will be closed. The person who has the access
permission can access the door with credentials.
Remain Unlocked
The door will be unlocked (no matter closed or open). All the persons can access the door with
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Note
For the door linked to video intercom device, setting its status to remain unlocked is not
available.
Remain Locked
The door will be closed and locked. No person can access the door even if he/she has the
authorized credentials, except the super users.

Remote Site Status

You can view the remote site status such as network status and default stream.
You can click or in the Operation column to switch the mode for accessing the resources on
Remote Site between Automatically Judge mode and Proxy mode.
• Automatically Judge: The system will automatically judge the condition of network connection
and then set the device access mode accordingly as accessing directly or accessing via Streaming
Gateway and Management Service.
• Proxy: The system will access the device via Streaming Gateway and Management Service.
You can click Restore All Network Connections to restore the connection mode of all the added
Remote Site's resources to Automatically Judge mode.
The Default Stream in the table refers to the default stream type for accessing the resources on
the Remote Site. You can select the Remote Site(s) and click Switch Stream to switch the stream
type. When starting live view of the Remote Site's resources in Central System, the Control Client
will get this default stream to start live view.
• Main Stream: Main stream provides higher quality video, higher resolution, but brings about
higher bandwidth usage.
• Sub-Stream: Sub stream can save on bandwidth, but the video quality is lower than main
stream.
• Smooth Stream: This stream type is usually used in low-bandwidth situation. After switching to
smooth stream, the live view and playback will be smoother in slow network performance, but
the image quality will be lower accordingly.
• Default Stream Type: If you select Default Stream Type, the stream type for accessing the
selected Remote Site's resources will be restored to the global stream type you set in System →
General .

UVSS Status
On the UVSS status page, you can view the information such as line scan camera status and capture
camera status.
You can click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to
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Streaming Server Status

You can view the streams via each added Streaming Server (including incoming streams and
outgoing streams), and view the hardware status such as network status, CPU usage, and RAM
usage.
Recording Server Status
Click the status in Recording Status column to view the recording status of the channels configured
to store the video files in this Recording Server.
Click the status in Hardware Status or HDD Status column to view the hardware status and HDD
exception details if the status is exceptional.
DeepinMind Server Status
You can view the network status, CPU usage, and RAM usage, etc., of the DeepinMind servers.
Security Audit Server Status
You can view the HDD status, network status, and first added time, etc., of the audit server.
Encoding Device Status
You can view the encoding device status including recording status, HDD usage, default stream, etc.
In the Operation column, you can perform the following operations.
• Click in the Operation column to view the online/offline records of the encoding device. For
details, see Search Online/Offline Logs of Device .
• Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to configure the
device parameters.
Click the status in Recording Status column to view the recording status of the channels configured
to store the video files in this Recording Server.
Click Switch Device Access Mode to switch the access mode for the Control Client to access the
devices.
• Restore Default: Restore the device access mode as configured in the System → Device Access
Mode on the Web Client.
• Automatically Judge: Judge the device access mode according to the current network.
• Directly Access: Access the device directly, not via HikCentral Professional Streaming Service.

Note
When the encoding device is in the same LAN with the SYS server, the Direct Access mode is not
available.
• Proxy: Access the device via HikCentral Professional Streaming Gateway and HikCentral
Professional Management Service. It is less effective and less efficient than accessing directly.
The Default Stream in the table refers to the default stream type for accessing the resources of the
encoding device. You can select the encoding device(s) and click Switch Stream to switch the
stream type. When starting live view, the Control Client will get this default stream to start live
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• Main Stream: Main stream provides higher quality video, higher resolution, but brings about
higher bandwidth usage.
• Sub-Stream: Sub stream can save on bandwidth, but the video quality is lower than main
stream.
• Smooth Stream: This stream type is usually used in low-bandwidth situation. After switching to
smooth stream, the live view and playback will be smoother in slow network performance, but
the image quality will be lower accordingly.
• Default Stream Type: If you select Default Stream Type, the stream type for accessing the
selected encoding device(s) will be restored to the global stream type you set in System →
General .

Access Control Device Status

You can view the network status and battery status of the added access control devices.
If the device is turnstile, you can view the status of master lane controller, slave lane controller, and
component.
Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to configure the
device parameters.
Security Control Panel Status
You can view the managed devices' network status and battery status.
Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to configure the
device parameters.
Dock Station Status
You can view the network status and HDD status of the added dock station.
Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to configure the
dock station parameters.
Elevator Control Device
You can view the information such as network status, arming status, and distributed elevator
controller status.
Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral Professional Web Client to configure the
device parameters.
Decoding Device Status
You can view the status information such network status, first added time, and checking time.
Video Intercom Device Status
You can view the status information of the video intercom device such as network status, arming
status, and the status of calling center from device.
Calling Center from Device
Whether the device is able to call the surveillance center of the system.
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• Filter Device Type: Click All Devices and then select a type a video intercom device to display the
selected type only.
• Configure Device Parameter: Click in the Operation column to go to the HikCentral
Professional Web Client to configure the device parameters.

19.3 Log Search

Three types of log files are provided: server logs, device logs, and resource logs. The server logs
refer to the logs files stored in the SYS server on the Current Site and the Remote Site; The device
logs refer to the log files stored on the connected devices, such as encoding device and security
control device; The resource logs refers the logs about camera recording status and online status.
You can search the log files, view the log details and backup the log files.

19.3.1 Search Server Logs for Current Site

You can search the server logs for the current site, which contains error logs, warning logs and
information logs. The server logs allow you to view the historical logs for the selected user or
service, such as admin user, SYS service, and so on. You can search these log files and view their
details.
Perform this task when you need to search the server logs for the current site.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
2. Select Server Logs on the left navigation bar.
3. Select the current site.
4. Select the major log type and the corresponding minor log type as you desired.

Note
The error logs refer to the log files containing failed or error operations; the warning logs record
the license expired event, and the information logs refer to other general logs which record
successful or unknown operation results.
5. click and select the user or service as the source which you want to search the logs for.

Note
You can also enter the key words to filter the source.
6. Enter the resource name related to the log.
7. Select the time period.

Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
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The matched log files with details are listed on the page.

Note
Please narrow the search condition if there are too many log files.

19.3.2 Search Server Logs for Remote Site

You can search the server logs for the Remote Site, which contains error logs, warning logs and
information logs. The server logs allow you to view the historical logs for the selected user or
service, such as admin user, SYS service, and so on. You can search these log files and view their
details.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
2. Select Server Logs on the left navigation bar.
3. Select a Remote Site for search.
4. Select the major log type and the corresponding minor log type as you desired.

Note
• The error logs refer to the log files containing failed or error operations; the warning logs
record the license expired event, and the information logs refer to other general logs which
record successful or unknown operation results.
• For the Remote Site with old version, only information type can be selected.

5. click and select the user or service as the source which you want to search the logs for.

Note
You can also enter the key words to filter the source.
6. Enter the resource name related to the log.
7. Select the time period.

Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
8. Click Search.
The matched log files with details are listed on the page.

Note
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19.3.3 Search Online/Offline Logs of Device

You can search the online/offline logs of the encoding devices.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
2. Select Device Logs on the left navigation bar.
3. Select Online/Offline Log.
4. Select or search device(s) on the device list.
5. Select the time period for search.

Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
6. Optional: Check Filter Condition and then set a range of total offline times in the selected time
period to filter devices.
7. Click Search.
The devices match the above search conditions will appear on the right side. You can view the
names, IP addresses, current status (online or offline), latest offline time, total offline times,
total offline duration of the matched devices.

Note
Narrow the search condition if there are too many matched devices.
8. Optional: Perform the following operations if required.
View Click the device name to view the history online duration (displayed as a line
Offline chart) and history status (displayed as a list).
History You can perform the following operations.
• Filter Data: Select a time period and a status (online, offline or all) from the
drop-down lists respectively to filter data.

Note
If you select Custom Time Interval as the time period, you can specify the
start time and end time for filtering data.
• View Details: Move the cursor on the line chart to view the detailed offline
and online duration at each time point.
View Click on the Operation column to view the device logs.
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19.3.4 Search Device Logs

You can search the device logs, which refer to the log files stored on encoding devices, security
control devices, decoding device, access control devices and elevator control devices.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
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3. Select Log on Device.

4. Select the device type and the corresponding device.

Note
The system supports fuzzy search by device name to quickly find the target device(s).
5. Select the major log type and the corresponding minor log type as you desired.
6. Select the time period.

Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
7. Click Search.
The matched log files with details are listed on the page.

Note
Please narrow the search condition if there are too many log files.

19.3.5 Search Online/Offline Logs of Resource

You can search the online/offline logs of the cameras, which provide information of current status
(online or offline), latest offline time, total offline duration, etc.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
2. Select Resource Logs on the left navigation panel.
3. Select Online/Offline Log.
4. Click to select camera(s) from the area list.
5. Optional: Edit the selected camera(s). Click to edit.
Reselect Camera(s) Click and then reselect camera(s) from the area list.
Delete a Single Camera Click and then click to delete the selected camera.
Delete All Selected Click and then click to delete all the selected camera(s).
Camera(s)
6. Select the time period for search.

Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
7. Optional: Check Filter Condition and then set a range of total offline times in the selected time
period to filter cameras.
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The cameras match the above search conditions will appear on the right side. You can view the
names, IP addresses, areas, current status (online or offline), latest offline time, total offline
times, total offline duration of the matched cameras.

Note
Narrow the search condition if there are too many matched cameras.
9. Optional: Perform the following operations if required.
View Click the camera name to view the history online duration (displayed as a line
Offline chart) and history status (displayed as a list).
History You can perform the following operations.
• Filter Data: Select a time period and a status (online, offline or all) from the
drop-down lists respectively to filter data.

Note
If you select Custom Time Interval as the time period, you can specify the
start time and end time for filtering data.
• View Details: Move the cursor on the line chart to view the detailed offline
and online duration at each time point.
View Click the IP address to view the online/offline logs of the device to which the
Device camera is connected to.
Online/
Offline Logs

19.3.6 Search Recording Status of Resource

You can search recording status of cameras. After search, you can view the information such as
recording integrity rate, total time length when recording was abnormal, and times of recording
interruptions, etc.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
2. Select Resource Logs on the left navigation panel.
3. Select Recording Status.
4. Click to select camera(s) from the area list.
5. Optional: Edit the selected camera(s). Click to edit.
Reselect Camera(s) Click and then reselect camera(s) from the area list.
Delete a Single Camera Click and then click to delete the selected camera.
Delete All Selected Click and then click to delete all the selected camera(s).
Camera(s)
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Note
You can select Custom Time Interval to specify the start time and end time for the search.
7. Optional: Check Filter Condition and then set the filter condition(s).
Retention Duration (Days)
Set a range of the retention duration of the recorded video footage to filter cameras.
Recording Integrity Rate
Set a range of the recording integrity rate to filter cameras. The recording integrity rate refers
the percentage obtained from dividing the actual recording duration by the scheduled
recording time.

Note
For details about recording schedule, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional
Web Client .
8. Click Search.
The cameras match the above search conditions will appear on the right side. You can view the
information including camera names, camera IP addresses, areas where the cameras belong to,
video storage type, etc.
Start Time
The time point when the camera started recording.
End Time
The latest time point when the camera was recording.
Retention Duration (Days)
The retention duration (unit: days) of the recorded video footage refers to the duration
between the Start Time and the End Time mentioned above.
Total Length
The total time length of video storage.
Abnormal Total Length
The total time length of the video loss within the scheduled time.
Recording Interruption
The total times of recording interruption within the scheduled time.

Note
Narrow the search condition if there are too many matched cameras.
9. Optional: View history recording status.
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Figure 19-4 History Recording Status

Note
The blue parts on the time bars represent the time periods during which video footage were
recorded. And the orange parts on the time bars represent the time periods during which
video loss occurred or the time periods during which no recording schedule exists.
2) Select a time period and a status (exception or all) from the drop-down lists respectively to
filter data.

Note
If you select Custom Time Interval as the time period, you can specify the start time and end
time for filtering data.
3) Optional: Select the number of records displayed on each page of the History Recording
Status panel from the drop-down list at the lower-left corner of the panel.
4) Optional: Move the cursor on the time bar to show the 24 hours on it, and click one hour to
view recording status details within the hour.

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Figure 19-5 Recording Status Details within One Hour

19.3.7 Back Up Logs

After searching for log files, you can export the matched log files to the local storage for backup.
Steps
1. Click Audit Trail on the control panel to enter the Audit Trail page.
2. Search for log files.
3. Move the mouse over Export in the upper right corner and select Excel or CSV for saving log file.
4. Select a local saving path.
5. Click Save to export the matched log files.

Note
You can click to view the downloading log files in the download center.

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Chapter 20 Tools
The Control Client provides multiple tools: Smart Wall, VSPlayer, Broadcast, Alarm Output, and
Two-Way Audio.
Smart Wall
Play the live view or playback on smart wall. See Manage Smart Wall (Decoding Device) for
details.
VSPlayer
Run the player and play the video files stored on the local PC.
Broadcast
Distribute audio content to the added device if the device has an audio output. See Broadcast to
Connected Devices for details.
Alarm Output
Enable alarm output to control the connected external devices by events or alarms, or manually
by client. See Control Alarm Output for details.
Two-Way Audio
Enable the voice talk between the Control Client and devices, See Perform Two-Way Audio for
details.

20.1 Play Video via VSPlayer

You can run the VSPlayer software and play the video files stored in the local PC via the software.
Perform this task when you need to play video via VSPlayer.
Steps
1. Click VSPlayer on the control panel to run the VSPlayer.
The available video files are listed on the playlist.
2. Double-click the video to play.
3. Optional: Click in the upper-right corner of the VSPlayer page and select User Manual to
view the VSPlayer's user manual for more detailed operations.

20.2 Broadcast to Connected Devices

Perform the broadcast function to distribute audio content to the added device if the device has an
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Note
• Your PC should have available microphone for broadcasting audio to the device.
• If the client is performing two-way audio with the device's camera, you cannot start broadcast
with the device, and vice versa.
• The Cloud P2P device supports broadcast if it enables DDNS.

On the control panel, select Tool → Broadcast , select the device(s) to broadcast to and click Start
Broadcast one by one, then you can broadcast audio to the selected device(s) through the
microphone. Or you can click Open All to start broadcasting to all devices.
For stopping broadcasting, select Tool → Broadcast , select the device(s) that you want to cancel
broadcast and click Stop Broadcast one by one. Or you can click Close All to stop broadcasting to
all devices.

20.3 Perform Two-Way Audio

Two-way audio function enables the voice talk between the Control Client and devices. You can get
and play not only the live video but also the real-time audio from the device in the Control Client,
and the device can also get and play the real-time audio from the Control Client.
Perform this task when you need to perform the two-way audio function.

Note
This function is not supported by the devices added in remote site.
Steps
1. Click Two-Way Audio on the control panel to open the two-way audio window.
2. Click Select Camera to open the selecting camera window.
3. Select a camera and click OK.
4. Click Start to start the two-way audio.
5. Optional: Click to adjust the microphone volume, and click to adjust the speaker volume.

20.4 Control Alarm Output

An alarm output is an output on the device that can be connected to an peripheral device, such as
a light, a barrier, etc. Device can send signal to control the connected external device, e.g., turn on
light, open the barrier gate. The connected peripheral device can be controlled automatically by
events or alarms, or manually by client, and here we introduce the process for controlling alarm
output remotely by client.
On the control panel, select Tool → Alarm Output Control , select the alarm output(s) to control
and click Open one by one, then the selected alarm output(s) are enabled. Or you can click Open
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For disabling alarm output, select Tool → Alarm Output Control , select the alarm output(s) that
you want to disable and click Close one by one. Or you can click Close All to disable all alarm
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Chapter 21 System Settings

The System page contains basic settings and application settings. Use Basic Settings to configure
general parameters, image parameters, file saving paths, and keyboard and joystick settings. Use
Application Settings to configure alarm sounds, and the icons shown on the Live View toolbar and
Playback toolbar.

21.1 Set General Parameters

You can set the frequently-used parameters, including the global stream, picture format, etc.
Steps
1. Click System on the control panel to enter the System page.
2. Click General to enter the General Settings page.
3. Configure the general parameters.
Global Stream
Select the default stream type for live view for global usage. If the network is in good
condition, select main stream or sub-stream. If the network is in poor condition, select
smooth stream.
If the device doesn't support smooth stream, it will use sub-stream. If the device doesn't
support sub-stream, it will use main stream.
If you don't want to adopt global stream settings for certain encoding device, you can enter
Health Monitoring → Encoding Device and set its stream type. The Control Client will get
this stream type to start live view of the encoding device's resources. For details, refer to
Health Monitoring .
Threshold for Main/Sub-Stream
If a window's proportion of the displaying area is larger than the configured threshold, the
stream type will be main stream. If the proportion is smaller than the threshold, it will be
switched to sub-stream.
For example, if you set the threshold as ¼, when the window division turns to 5-window, the
camera's stream type will be switched from main-stream to sub-stream.

Note
This parameter is only available when the Global Stream is set as Main Stream.
Network Timeout
The default waiting time for the Control Client. The operations will be regarded as failure if
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The minimum default waiting time of the interactions between the Control Client and SYS
server is 30s, the minimum time between SYS server and devices is 5s, and the minimum
time between the Control Client and devices is 5s.
Picture Format
Set the file format for the captured pictures during live view or playback.
Maximum Mode
Select Maximize or Full Screen as the maximum mode. For selecting Maximize, the client will
be maximized and the task bar will display. For selecting Full Screen, the client will be
displayed in full-screen mode.
Time Zone
Device Time
The Control Client will adopt the time of the time zone where the device locates in.
Client Time
The Control Client (except the Video Analysis modules) will adopt the time of the time
zone where the PC running the Control Client locates in.
Time Difference
If enabled, the time zone information will displayed on the time. For example, 2018-12-12
12:12:12 +8:00.
Bandwidth
Set the bandwidth upper limit for downloading video from pStor, which is used as a
Recording Server for storing video files and pictures.

Note
For details about adding pStor as the Recording Server, see the User Manual of HikCentral
Professional Web Client.
Auto-login
The system will remember the user name and password and log in to the Control Client
automatically when you start the PC running the Control Client.
Resume Last Interface
Restore the interface last opened when you run the client next time.
Display Window No.
Display the No. of each window in Monitoring module.
Resume Last Interface
Automatically resume the last interface or view after launching the client.
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Last Interface
Restore the interface last opened when you run the client next time.
Specified View
Automatically display the specified view you set after launching the client.

Note
• You can click Show Screen No. to show the screen number of current PC running the
Control Client. And you can select the specified view(s) according to your requirement.
For details about setting view, refer to Manage View .
• Supports displaying the specified view on the auxiliary screen or on the smart wall
(graphic card).
• For displaying on the smart wall (graphic card), you should set displaying contents on
smart wall (graphic card) in smart wall mode. (See Display Contents on Smart Wall in
Smart Wall Mode for details)
• For displaying on the smart wall (graphic card), when you select the specified view, the
view should be displayed on the smart wall (graphic card) at the same time, and then
the view will be displayed on the smart (graphic card) after launching the client next
time, otherwise the view will be displayed on the auxiliary screen after launching the
client next time.

4. Click Save.

21.2 Set Image Parameters

You can set image parameters, including view scale, video caching, etc.
Steps
1. Click System on the control panel to enter the System page.
2. Click Image to enter the Image Parameters page.
3. Configure the image parameters.
View Scale
The image display mode in each display window in live view or playback.
Window Scale
The scale of the video in live view or playback. You can set it set as 4:3 or 16:9.
Video Caching
Larger frame caching will result in better video performance. It is determined based on
network performance, computer performance, and bit rate.
Continuous Decoding
Decode continuously when switching window division between one window and multiple
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Enable Highlight
Enable this function to mark the detected objects with green rectangles in live view and
playback.
VCA Rule
When On, displays the VCA rule in the live view and playback.
GPU Hardware Decoding
When On, enables the GPU decoding for live view and playback to save CPU resources. When
the performance of the graphic card is good, you can enable GPU decoding to lower the PC's
performance consumption. It is not recommended to enable this function if the graphic
card's performance is poor.

Note
• Your PC must support GPU decoding.
• After enabling GPU decoding, restart live view and playback for GPU decoding to take
effect.
• If the client shows a blurred screen after enabling GPU decoding, disable GPU decoding.
• If GPU decoding is enabled, Overlay Transaction Information in live view and playback is
not supported.

Overlay Transaction Information

When On, displays the transaction information on the live view and playback image.
Overlay Temperature Information
When On, displays the temperature information on the live view and playback image.
4. Click Save.

21.3 Set File Saving Path

You can set the saving paths for the files you downloaded to your PC (manual recorded or
downloaded video files, captured pictures, and package files).
Perform this task when you need to set file saving path.
Steps
1. Click System on the control panel to enter the System page.
2. Click Basic Settings → File to enter the File Saving Path Settings page.
3. Set the local saving path for the files.
Save Video to
The video files refer to the video files recorded manually during live view, the clipped video
during playback, the downloaded video files during playback and the video files downloaded
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The pictures refer to the captured pictures during live view and playback.
Save Package to
The package files refer to the client installation packages.
4. Click Save.

21.4 Set Keyboard and Joystick Parameters

You can set shortcuts for the following hardware for quick and convenient access to the commonly
used actions: network keyboard, USB joystick, and USB keyboard.
Steps

Note
For detailed operations of connecting the network keyboard to a PC that runs Control Client, refer
to the user manual of corresponding keyboard.
1. Click System on the control panel to enter the System page.
2. Click Keyboard and Joystick to enter the Keyboard and Joystick Parameters page.
3. Select a function, and double-click the item field to select the compound keys operation or
number from the drop-down list to set it as the shortcuts for the function.
4. Click Save.

21.5 Set Screen Position

For users adopting expanded screen during live view/playback or smart wall (graphic card), you
need to set the screen position according to their real layout in order to switch screen by a
network keyboard conveniently.
Click System → Basic Settings → Screen Position to display the current screen position on the right
panel. You can hover the cursor on a screen to make sure the corresponding screens of the
displayed windows. Drag a window to another window to change the relative position of the
windows so that the controlling direction by joystick will also change.

21.6 Set Alarm Sound

When an alarm, such as a motion detection alarm, video exception alarm, etc., is triggered, you
can set the client to give an audible warning, and you can configure the sound of the audible
warning for different priority levels.
Perform this task when you need to set alarm sounds.
Steps
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2. Click Alarm Center to enter the Alarm Sound Settings page.

3. Select the alarm sound type.
- If you select Voice Engine, the PC will play the voice text configured on the Web Client when
the alarm is triggered.

Note
The Voice Engine function should be supported by the operating system of your PC.
- If you select Local Audio Files, follow steps 4 and 5.
4. Click Browse and select audio files from the local PC for different alarm levels.

Note
• For configuring the priority level, refer to the User Manual of HikCentral Professional Web
Client.
• The format of the audio file can only be in WAV format.

5. Click to test the audio file.

6. Click Save.

21.7 Set Health Monitoring Parameters

You can set the interval for automatically refreshing resource status in the Health Monitoring
module.

Note
For details about health monitoring, see Maintenance .
Click System on the Home page and select Application Settings → Health Monitoring to enter the
health monitoring settings page. You can select the interval from the Auto-Refresh Interval drop-
down list and then click Save to set the interval for auto-refreshing resource status.

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