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EyesOnItDocumentation6.1

Prepare and assign cameras

HOW-TO GUIDEWeb UI · EyesOnIt 6.1

Prepare cameras ahead of deployment. Use the Camera library to collect connection and detection settings, then assign each camera to this server or a managed local server.

Watch the walkthrough

Section titled “Watch the walkthrough”
Web UI: prepare a source, review its processing assignment, and apply it when ready.

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Prepare the camera

Section titled “Prepare the camera”

Sign in as a system administrator in the provider workspace. Open Administration → Camera library and choose Prepare camera.

  1. Enter a recognizable Camera name and its masked Camera source address. The processing server must be able to reach this address.
  2. Set Analyzed frames per second and Time zone.
  3. Choose whether to Analyze video when assigned. Leave it off when you want to review the deployed camera before starting analysis.
  4. Choose continuous recording and retention for this camera.
  5. Choose Save to camera library.
Web UI Prepare camera form with source, analysis, time zone, and recording settings.
Web UI: prepare the source and recording settings before assigning a processing server. Enlarge image

Choose Configure detection on its library card to set regions, object types, conditions, and rules. Save the configuration when the draft is ready.

Web UI Camera library card showing a prepared entrance camera and its configuration and assignment controls.
Web UI: use the library to review the camera and its deployment state. Enlarge image

Choose where it runs

Section titled “Choose where it runs”

Choose Manage assignment, then select an Assignment:

Choice Use it for
Run on this server Process the camera directly on the EyesOnIt server you are using.
Choose local server Process it on a registered managed server, such as a server at the camera’s site.
Choose organization Set the customer organization that owns the camera.
Web UI camera assignment dialog reviewing Run on this server and its effect on monitoring.
Web UI: review the assignment and monitoring behavior before applying it. Enlarge image

Read the effect on monitoring, check I have reviewed this camera assignment and its effect on monitoring, and choose Apply assignment. A camera assigned to a local server uses that server’s organization.

Verify and maintain the camera

Section titled “Verify and maintain the camera”

For a camera running here, choose Open monitoring. Start the camera if you staged it paused, then check live video and analysis. For a managed local server, check its connection and camera status in Appliances.

Use Edit source and recording or Configure detection to revise the library entry. When an assigned camera has a new saved configuration, choose Apply configuration, review the target, then Apply saved configuration. Verify the result in live video.

For customer ownership and rule-editing access, see Camera ownership.

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