Nx Witness User Manual

The Main Menu provides access to fundamental Nx Witness settings for server connections, display characteristics, users permissions, device controls, and layout configurations.

NOTE: The items listed in the Main Menu will vary depending on User Permissions and Site settings.

Click on the Main Menu button in the upper left corner of the Navigation Panel to access the following:

•Connect to (Another) Server (Ctrl+Shift+C) – see "Connecting to Site from the Welcome Screen".

•Disconnect from Server (Ctrl+Shift+D)

•New

oLayout – creates a new empty tab in the Tab Navigator (see "Layout Tabs").

oWindow – opens a new window of Nx Witness (see "Working with Multiple Nx Witness Windows").

oWelcome Screen – opens the Welcome Screen in a new window of Nx Witness (see "Working with Multiple Nx Witness Windows").

•Open

oFile(s) and Folder commands open and play back selected local video files or all video files in a folder, respectively (see "Playing Local Video Files in Nx Witness").

oWeb Admin – opens a web browser to an Nx Witness Web Admin login dialog (see "Opening Nx Witness Web Admin").

•Site Administration (Ctrl+Alt+A) – opens a tabbed dialog for Site-related settings (see "Site-Wide Configurations").

•User Management – opens a dialog for managing Users and User Groups (see "Users and Groups").

•Lists Management – site-wide, reusable Lookup Lists that contain variables provide a method to update many Event Rules by changing a single file.

•Local Settings – opens a dialog for local client settings (see "Customizing Look and Feel of Nx Witness").

•Audit Trail – opens a log that displays all User sessions, actions, and device activity (see "Audit Trail of User Actions").

•Bookmark Log (Ctrl+B)– opens a log where you can view, search and manage Bookmarks (see "Searching Bookmarks").

•Add

oDevice – opens the dialog where you can specify or search for a connected device, by Server (see "Adding Devices Manually").

oUser – creates a new User

oVideo Wall – creates new Video Wall (see "Video Wall Management").

oIntegration – creates a Web Page frame that can interact with the Desktop Client,

oWeb Page – creates a new layout item for a web page,

see "Managing Web Pages and Integrations".

oShowreel – creates a new tab containing a Showreel layout (see "Showreel (Tour Cycle)").

oVirtual Camera – creates a new Virtual Camera device (see "Setting Up a Virtual Camera").

•Merge Sites – starts the process for Merging Sites into a single entity. (see "Configuring Multi-Server Environment").

•Import From Devices – this menu item and related data is only displayed supported devices are connected (see "Configuring ONVIF Profiles).

•About (F1) – displays product version, hardware, and driver information (see "Collecting Additional Information").

•User manual – Opens this Desktop Client User Manual.

•Save Window Configuration – allows for retaining and restoring settings for multiple Desktop Client windows at a time (see "Retained Settings" for more information).

•Exit (Alt+F4) – closes the current Nx Witness client session.