Explore Your Workspace
This is what the IREX front page looks like in the card view:
The key elements of the screen are:
- 1 — the main menu
- 2 — the search tool
- 3 — the new alarm/monitor blocked indicator
- 4 — the Case ID indicator
- 5 — the user menu
- 6 — the filter toolbar
- 7 — the card-to-map view switch
- 8 — camera cards pane
Click Open map to switch to the map view:
Use the Main Menu
Use the main menu commands (1) as follows:
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
| Cameras | Displays cameras in map or card view. |
| Events | Opens the recent events screen. |
| Alarms | Opens the recent alarms screen. |
| Traffic violations | Opens the traffic violations screen. |
| Layouts | Opens the layout management screen. |
| Gallery | Opens the video gallery. |
| People | Provides access to the person database. |
| Vehicles | Provides access to the vehicle database. |
| Logbook | Opens the Logbook |
Filter Cameras to Show/Hide
On the Cameras screen, use the filter toolbar to control which cameras are displayed:
- Tags — Filter by camera tags (e.g., “3rd Floor”).
- Cameras and places: cameras by name, address, floor plan, or building. Tabs: Cameras, Addresses, Plans, Buildings. See Search cameras and places on the map.
- Resource Groups: filter by the selected resource groups.
- Video Analytics — Filter by enabled analytics modules (e.g., Face Recognition).
- Sensors — Filter by camera type (Fixed, PTZ, Thermal, Mobile, etc.).
- Other Filters — Filter by resolution and status (Online, Signal lost, Disabled, etc.).
- Map — Indicates that not all cameras are currently visible within the map area.
Navigate on the Map
- To pan the map, click and drag using the left mouse button.
- To zoom, use the "+" / "–" buttons or the mouse wheel.
Find a Camera
To locate a camera, enter its ID, name, or RTSP address in the search field (2) and press Enter.
Camera Card
On the Cameras page, in Show Cards mode, the camera-card layout was improved. The camera name and status icon are in the card header.
A camera card contains the following:
1 — Status icon. Hovering over the icon shows the camera status. For the Video issues status, the issue type is shown, for example Scene too bright or Low frame rate. For cameras with the Online status, the icon matches the sensor type.
2 — Camera name.
3 — Options icon (the menu items can differ by sensor type):
- Go to Events: opens the Events page. The All tab opens, with this camera selected in the Cameras and places filter.
- Device settings: opens the camera settings page. See Manage cameras.
- Video Analytics settings: opens the video analytics settings page for the camera. See Manage video analytics.
4 — Button that opens playback in the player. The button appears when the pointer hovers over the card. For cameras with the Disabled and Signal lost statuses, a default system image appears in place of the video frame.
5 — Camera installation address.
Watch Video in the Media Player
Click a camera card to open the media player and stream live video.
The video playback control bar includes the following tools.
1 — Video timeline. Move the timeline with the < > buttons or by dragging with the left mouse button held down.
2 — Archive recording timeline. Blue segments show intervals that contain archive video. Clicking a point on the timeline starts archive playback from that point.
4 — Pause / play video.
5 — Previous frame within the playback buffer. Frame stepping helps select the clearest frame near the current position, such as a better view of a license plate or face. Pressing the control pauses playback. Also available with the keyboard shortcut: <.
6 — Next frame within the playback buffer. Pressing the control pauses playback. Also available with the keyboard shortcut: >.
7 — Rewind playback by 10 seconds.
8 — Mute / unmute and volume control.
9 — Live video playback.
10 — Date and time of the playing video segment.
11 — Opens the calendar to select the video date and time.
12 — Timeline scale selection.
13 — Video image zoom.
14 — PTZ camera controls.
15 — Full-screen video.
16 — Opens the options list:
- Save to Gallery: select a video segment to save to the Gallery for later download.
- Copy video link: copies a link tied to the current playback time.
- Download current frame: downloads the full current video frame as JPEG.
- Playback speed: select playback speed.
- Camera settings: opens the camera settings page. See Manage cameras.
- Video Analytics settings: opens the video analytics settings page for the camera. See Manage video analytics.
- Go to Events: opens the Events page with the selected camera as the Cameras and places filter parameter.
- Video source: switches the playback source to Server or Camera archive. The option appears only for cameras of an ONVIF device that has access to the archive on the cameras enabled. To play back the archive stored on the camera, select Camera archive. If the camera was created only for viewing archive on the camera, the switch is unavailable, and the player uses the archive on the camera.
17 — Opens / closes the events panel.
User Menu
Click User menu to access:
- Profile — User details
- Theme (light/dark)
- Language
- Settings — User settings
- Users — User management
- User groups — Group management
- Netping — External devices
- Collaboration: resource groups
- Sign out — Log out of the platform
Platform Settings
Click the Settings in the User Menu to open the Settings screen, which manages users, user groups, extra resources, map marks, and much more.
Build a Video Layout
Use layouts to prioritize selected cameras by allocating more screen space (video wall mode).
Layout mode is intended for watching videos from multiple cameras on one screen at a time. Zooming, switching cameras, and viewing streams are available, but analytics features are unavailable.
To create a layout:
- In the main menu, click Layouts. The list of layouts opens.
- On the Layouts page, click +.
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In the Create Layout window, fill in the fields and click Create:
- Name: layout name.
- User Groups: the user groups that receive access to the layout.
- Layout: template for how cameras are arranged on the screen.
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On the created layout that opens, select a cell marked with + to add a camera.
- In the dialog that opens, select a camera and click Add.
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Add the remaining cameras the same way, according to the selected template.
The created layout is saved automatically.
Log Out
To log out of IREX, select Sign out in the user menu.