Nx Witness User Manual
Nx Cloud is a cloud service hosted on the Internet that extends the access to Nx Witness Sites. See "Working with Nx Witness" for more information about Nx Cloud.
The cloud icon 
in the Navigation Panel opens a dialog where you can log in or log out of Nx Cloud, or create a Nx Cloud account.
To obtain all benefits of Cloud connectivity, the Site should be linked to Nx Cloud. See "Connect your Sites to Nx Cloud" for more details.
To Log In to Nx Cloud from the Desktop Client
1.Click the icon in the Navigation Panel.
2.Enter your Email and Nx Cloud password, then click on the Log In button.
Once connected, your Email address will be displayed next to the cloud icon, and you can click on it to open the Nx Cloud portal, log out from Nx Cloud, or change your Cloud account settings.
NOTE: It is possible to connect to a server using the Nx Cloud login even if the internet connection is temporarily unavailable. After several unsuccessful attempts to log in, connect to, or disconnect from a Cloud account, all log in attempts will be denied for 1 minute.
To log in to the Nx Cloud Portal Interface
1.Open the Nx Cloud portal homepage and click Log In.
2.Enter your Nx Cloud account credentials and click Log In.
3.Select an available Sites to open by clicking on one of the displayed tiles.
4.Choose a tab from the Nx Cloud interface banner to display related information. The most common tabs are:
•View – Show the Resource Panel to select a live viewing device or archive playback.
•Layouts – Display existing and available layouts (Enterprise Edition).
•Bookmarks – View existing and available bookmarks (Enterprise Edition).
•Settings – Manage users, Site and security settings, activate Licenses or Services, enable recording, create a motion mask, etc.
•Information – Browse detailed data on Site resources (cameras, devices, network interfaces, storage locations).
•Monitoring – Open a rolling graph of Site performance metrics (CPU and RAM usage, network and storage I/O, and other available data.
NOTE: Tabs displayed in the Nx Cloud portal are dynamically populated according to configuration and user permissions. Not all tabs are available to all users.
When a Site Administrator or power user adds a Cloud User who does not have an established Cloud account, the added user will receive instructions to create their Cloud account.
1.Do one of the following:
•Open the Cloud Account Creation dialog from the Desktop Client using the icon in the Navigation Panel
•Open the Nx Cloud Website and find the Create Account button in the upper, right-hand corner of the page
•Open the link provided in the invitation Emailed to Cloud Users who do not have am established Cloud Account
2.Enter your registration information and click Create Account.
3.An activation Email will be sent to the Email address specified.
