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Introduction

With VDG Sense 2.5.1, the traditional Treeview Menu has been replaced with a redesigned Live menu. This live menu provides an improved way of navigating through the live features of VDG Sense.

What’s new?

• Live functions (Layouts & Devices) are split from Live Tools (Event Search, FaceR Match)

• Ability to filter list based on keywords

• Camera footage shown as thumbnail

• Layout icons are generated based on panel positions

• Drag and Drop layouts directly on monitors or monitor icons

Navigation

The navigation bar show several icons which have the following functions:

Eye – Open/Close Live Menu

Wrench – Open/Close Tools Menu

Gear – Open the configuration screen

Exit – Close or Logout

Live Menu

The menu is accessed by clicking on the “Eye” icon in the upper left corner of the screen. It contains the following items.

Multi-Layouts
Contains all multi-layouts available for the currently logged in user. Selecting a multi-layout will update all monitors which are configured in this multi-layout.

Layouts
Contains all layouts available for the currently logged in user. Selecting a layout will update the currently selected monitor with this layout.

You can drag and drop a layout on the desired monitor. This can be a local monitor or a remote monitor. Layouts cannot be dragged to a monitor configured in a video wall.

You are able to save layouts as shortcuts on your keyboard function keys by pressing Ctrl + F1…F12 on the current open layout. To switch to these layouts, press F1…F12 in live mode.

Camera Sequences
Contains camera sequences for the currently logged in user.

Cameras
Contains all cameras available for the currently logged in user. Each camera in the list contains the camera name and the configured location.

The search field can be used to easily find a device. The camera list can be filtered on camera name or location.

Live Tools

The Live tools menu contains all fixed-layouts available for the currently logged in user. Selecting a fixed-layout will update the currently selected monitor with this layout. The menu is accessed by clicking on the “Tools” icon in the upper left corner of the screen. It contains the following items.

Search
Provides functions to search for events and meta data.

FaceR Match
Event-list for use with FaceR algorithms.

Database
Maintains person list for use with CarR and FaceR algorithms. FaceR and CarR are available if included in the license.

System Events
Opens the ’System Events’ dialog

Video Tags
Opens the ’Tagged Video List’ dialog.

Using the Live Menu

Placing a layout or multi-layout

To place a layout on your monitor, open the Live menu by clicking on the ‘Eye’ icon and then opening the “Layout” or “Multi-Layout” list. Search for the layout you wish to place. This can be done by simply browsing through the layout list, or using the search field by entering a part of the layout name.

To place a layout, simply click on the layout in the layout list and it will place that layout on the current selected monitor.

To place a layout on another monitor, you can drag and drop the layout from the list on any local monitor, or on a remote monitor by dropping the layout on the monitor icon in the main navigation bar.

Placing a camera or camera sequence

To place a camera in a layout panel, open the Live menu by clicking on the ‘Eye’ icon and then opening the “Camera” or “Camera sequence” list. Search for the camera you wish to place. This can be done by simply browsing through the layout list, or using the search field by entering a part of the camera name or part of the location name. To filter directly on a specific location, click the “Location” icon next to the search field and select one of the available locations.

To place a camera, click on the panel you wish the camera to be positioned and then simply click on the camera in the camera list.

To place a layout on another monitor, you can drag and drop the layout from the list on any local monitor, or on a remote monitor by dropping the layout on the monitor icon in the main navigation bar.

Using the Tools Menu

The tools menu is where the fixed-layouts, as well as the Video tag and System Events dialog are located.

Like regular layouts, the fixed layouts can be opened by simply clicking the icon in the Tools menu. This will open the fixed layout on the current selected monitor. The fixed layouts can also be dragged to a monitor by dragging the icon from the Tools menu to the desired monitor.