Resource Panel

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Resource Panel

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The Resource Panel contains the Resource Tree and a Search pane for resource items. The Resource panel can be resized by dragging its right edge to or away from the Viewing Grid.

Resource Tree

The Resource Tree is what you use to display, search and manage available resources within the application. You can toggle display of the IP addresses of servers and devices in the Look and Feel dialog for global display settings. What is shown in the Resource Tree depends on the user's permission level (see "Introducing User Roles"). For example, a Viewer will see only layouts, devices, web pages, and local files in their Resource Tree.

Resources that are placed in the active layout are highlighted in the Resource Tree list. Resources that are selected in the current layout are indicated in blue in the Resource Tree.

The following controls can be used in the Resource Tree

Expanding/collapsing a tree node (shortcut + and - keys or > and < keys)

Scrolling

Multi-Selection using select plus Shift to select multiple items or Ctrl to select/deselect multiple items sequentially

Drag-and-drop to organize and configure resources in the tree.

Renaming a resource using a click on the name to make it editable (shortcut F2) or Right-click -> Rename. (Some items can only be renamed by an Administrator. Local files can renamed by any user.)

Searching

For Administrators, the following is displayed

serversServers lists the servers registered in the System. note Note: A server can have several network interfaces, so different IP addresses may be displayed for the same server.

Server icons indicate the following statuses:

server_current_disabled Client is connected to this server

server_offline_disabled Server is offline

server_incompatible_disabled Server is incompatible with Client (see "Upgrading Nx Witness").

server_unauthorized_disabled Server is unauthorized. In this very rare situation, the password for the user Admin does not coincide with other servers so this server is not able connect to the System. To fix this issue, go to Server Settings, restore to factory defaults and then reconnect to the System (see "Using a Server's Web Interface").

Devices Each server shows a list of the attached devices. When a mouse cursor hovers over a device icon in the Resource Tree, a thumbnail of a frame taken by that device will open. Devices attached to a server can include:

camera_disabled Cameras

io_disabled I/O Modules

multisensor_disabled Multi-Channel Cameras

encoder Recorders

Device icons indicate the following statuses:

camera_offline_disabled or io_offline_disabled – Device is offline (see "Diagnosing Offline Devices")

camera_unauthorized_disabled or io_unauthorized_disabled – Device is unauthorized (see "Configuring Device's Authentication")

Icons to the left of a device name indicate the following:

recording@2x– Device is currently in recording mode

scheduled– Device is configured for recording but is not recording at the moment

! – Device is experiencing network issues (see "Device Disconnection/Malfunction" or "Working Around Device Issues (Expert Settings)")

layoutLayouts Contains resources (devices and local files). Owned by users and displayed under each user.

layout_shared_disabledShared Layouts are layouts created by an administrator and made available to a User Role or other set of users

layout_lockedLocked Layouts are layouts that cannot be changed (see "Locking Layouts")

layout_tourShowreels cycle display through a sequence of layouts (see "Showreel (Tour Cycle)")

webpageWeb Pages show the viewing cells containing a web page (see "Using Nx Witness as Web Browser").

usersUsers see Users and User Roles

videowall_disabled Video Walls control multiple displays remotely (see "Video Wall Management")

other_systemsOther Systems shows servers in local network that belong to different Systems, and the available Cloud Systems (see "Configuring Multi-Server Environment").

localLocal Files displays the following:

Local Video files

Exported Video Files (see “Exporting”)

Exported Multi-Video Files (see "Multi-Video Export")

Screen Recordings (see “Screen Recording”)

Images

Screenshots (see “Taking Screenshots”)