Usage🔗
Control panel
The controls in Eocortex Web Client are similar to the controls in the Eocortex Client application. Clicking by the left border of the window opens the control panel.
At the bottom of the control panel is a short view panel that displays the five user views that are the first in the general list of views. If the total number of views is less than five, then the remaining spaces in the short panel are filled with the New view buttons.
A short list of views can be expanded to fill the entire sidebar. In this case, the search field for a view by its name will become available.
The following is a description of the pages that open when you select the corresponding control panel menu items:
The view editor provides the ability to view and edit the view tree, add new views or create new ones based on existing ones, and delete views in groups.
Selecting cameras to be displayed on the screen.
A camera preview is available in the camera selection window.
Clicking Create view button creates a view with selected cameras and a grid that places all the selected cameras with a minimum number of remaining empty cells.
Events log. The list of system and user events with the ability to search, filter, and sort.
Export the archive fragment to a file. More details...
Viewing the current status and export history, downloading videos. More details...
Application settings.
Return to the authorization form.
On-screen grid cell
Grid cells display live and archive video of the selected cameras. One of the cells can be selected as active. The active cell is highlighted with a frame. To activate the cell, click inside it.
To call the context menu of the channel, right-click in the cell of that channel, or click to the 
icon in the active cell.
Note
The contents of the context menu items and the active cell buttons depend on the camera and application settings.
The following is a description of items in the context menu and control buttons:
Select camera: allows selecting the camera which will be displayed in the cell.
Hide camera: allows hiding the camera (clears the cell).
Deselect: removes the selection from the cell (makes the cell inactive).
Full-screen mode: expands the cell to the entire browser window.
Note
The change between the grid mode and full-screen mode can also be performed by double-clicking in the grid cell.
Eocortex Archive : opens archive of the selected camera recorded on the server.
Save frame: saves the current frame to disk. When this menu item is selected (or after clicking on the icon), the window for the selection of the location and name of the file to be saved will open.
Sound: adjusts the volume of the sound in the cells.
Enlarge image: displays the enlarged area of the frame. To enlarge the frame area, select this item in the context menu or click the corresponding button and draw the frame over the area to be enlarged. Enlarging mode can be disabled by clicking the middle mouse button.
Camera control interface: displays PTZ control elements.
Stream selection: Allows to choose the stream to display in the camera cell.
The following streams are available:
Main
Additional 1
Additional 2
Additional 3
Auxiliary
Note
Both main and additional streams are available for selection only in case if they are encoded to H.264 video codec in the source and the browser are capable to decode and display it.
Configuration of video streams should be performed by the surveillance system administrator.
Auxiliary stream will always be available for selection. The server generates this stream in MJPEG from the original stream regardless of what video codec this original stream was encoded.
When assigning a camera to the cell for the first time, the auxiliary stream will be displayed by default.
Stream selection settings will be saved for each camera in the cell.
Warning
When viewing many cameras in H.264 video codec simultaneously, problems with the playback may occur. In such cases it is recommended to decrease the load to the browser by activating the Switch to MJPEG in case of video playback issues option in the 
Settings window.
Full-screen live viewing
Warning
The full-screen mode may significantly increase the load to the device where the browser with Eocortex Web Client is running. In addition, it may increase consumption of network channel with the surveillance server.
The following is a description of context menu items and buttons specific to full-screen viewing:
Stream selection: Allows to choose the stream to display in the camera cell.
Note
By default, when switching to the full-screen mode, the best available stream with the highest image quality will be selected automatically.
When changing the stream selection for the camera in the full-screen mode, the selection will be saved for this camera.
Exit full-screen mode: allows returning to the on-screen grid of channels.
Eocortex Archive : opens archive of the selected camera recorded on the server.
Turn sound On / 
Turn sound Off: allows enabling and disabling the sound transmission from the camera.
Note
There may be a gap between the sound and the image that may be up to 1.5 seconds long.
Context menu
By clicking the
icon in the bottom right corner of the cell.By right-clicking anywhere in the cell.
Note
The number of menu items may be different from below, depending on the settings of camera, archive, and client workstation.
Description of the menu items:
Select camera: Allows selecting one of the available cameras to be displayed in the selected cell.
Hide camera: Removes the camera from the cell (frees the cell).
Full-screen mode / Exit Full-screen mode: Switches the camera display between full screen and grid mode.
Note
Switching between grid mode and full screen mode can also be done by double-clicking in a cell.
Archive: Switches the cell to View the single camera archive mode.
The following archive types can be accessed:
Archive Eocortex: Archive on Eocortex server.
Memory card archive: Archive on the camera's memory card.
Save frame: Saves the frame (frame fragment) to the selected location.
Enlarge image: Allows to zoom in on a selected fragment of the frame.
Note
When recording to an archive, a record-indicator is placed in the upper right corner of the cell: 
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Quick record for 15 minutes: Enables forced recording of camera video to the archive for 15 minutes.
: Also enables recording to the archive for the next 15 minutes.
Recording: Enables forced recording of camera video to archive for the period selected in the submenu.
Warning
Forced archiving will only occur if the system administrator has set the recording permission to archive for this camera and user.
Note
When forced archiving is enabled, continuous recording to the archive will take place for the specified duration, regardless of the recording settings configured by the system administrator for this camera.
Note
After the forced archiving is completed, archiving will continue in the mode set by the system administrator for this camera.
Note
When forced recording is enabled, the menu will display Turn off archive recording till ....
To disable forced recording, select this item.
Note
If there are no Quick record for 15 minutes and Recording items in the menu, it means that the camera is already recording to archive permanently or cannot be recorded.
Export archive: Exports the archive.
Show objects boundaries: Enables the display of colored rectangular frames for moving objects (when using the software motion detector) and for detected faces (using face detection module).
Set alarm cell: The cell in the alarm mode will display the cameras on which the Alarm was triggered.
Camera control interface: Enables/disables the PTZ control interface.
Camera position: Allows to set the camera to the pre-configured position (preset).
Note
In the lower part of the menu, items related to the intelligent modules connected to this camera are placed. Descriptions of these items are provided in the sections describing the corresponding intelligent modules.
Warning
Any changes in one of the client applications are automatically reflected in the other.
Playback of archive
Note
The scale of time on the Fragments panel can be changed by rotating the mouse wheel.
The following is a description of context menu items and buttons specific to archive playback:
Stream selection: Allows to choose the stream to display in the camera cell.
Note
Choice of stream for archive playback is saved for the camera. Selected stream will be applied to the camera next time when viewing archive.
: expands the cell to full-screen.
: playback controls: backward, forward, pause.
Note
When playing in backward, the archive recordings will be displayed only in key frames.
: opens the calendar for switching to a set date and time.
: controls the speed of video playback.
MJPEG video playback is available from 0.1x to 120x.
Surveillance: switches the cell to live view.
Save frame: saves the frame to the device.
Zoom: enlarge the frame area (set with the frame). Press the middle mouse button to exit the zoom mode.
: call the context menu.
PTZ control
PTZ controls in Eocortex Web Client are similar to the controls in the Eocortex Client application.
Note
PTZ capabilities are only available in the full-screen view of the camera. Clicking the button in grid mode will automatically switch to full-screen mode.
Pan and tilt can be performed with the virtual joystick by dragging a handle (a small circle inside a large circle) with the mouse.
: Opens the tour list.
The selected tour from the list will be marked with a checkmark. After refreshing the page, the checkmark will disappear, but the tour will continue to be displayed on the screen.
: Opens the preset list.
: Returns the camera to the home position.
: Controls the infrared lighting.
: Controls the wiper.
: Controls the washer.
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: Controls the focus.
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: Zooming in/out.
: Hides the PTZ control panel.
Warning
Tour and Preset buttons are displayed if the corresponding settings are enabled on the camera. Other buttons will be displayed if camera settings are available, as well as the corresponding user permissions.
Opening a camera from Eocortex Client
To open the camera in the Eocortex Web Client, go to the Eocortex Configurator application, go to the 
Users tab, and turn on the Users of Eocortex applications button, then go to edit group rights.
In the new window, you should switch to the Basic tab, then in the Eocortex client applications capabilities item, tick the Opening camera in a browser checkbox.
After that, you need to launch Eocortex Client and open the context menu in the cell of any camera. Then select Open in browser.
Access to the Open in browser menu item depends on the rights configured in the Eocortex Configurator application and the default workplace configuration in the Eocortex Client.
If Opening camera in a browser is disabled by the administrator in the Eocortex Configurator, the corresponding context menu item is not displayed in the Eocortex Client, also in the workplace settings the option Prohibit “Open in Browser” option in client mode will not be displayed.
Note
For the Senior administrators group, the Opening camera in a browser option is turned on by default, with no option to turn it off.