APEX SERVER SOFTWARE NETWORK VIDEO RECORDING SOFTWARE USER MANUAL. Version 1.3

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1 APEX SERVER SOFTWARE NETWORK VIDEO RECORDING SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Version 1.3

2 OPENEYE Liberty Lake, WA U.S.A.

3 Standard Warranty

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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7 SERVER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS OS REQUIREMENTS VM REQUIREMENTS Minimum: (up to 250mbps throughput) Hyper-V 5 (Windows Server 2012 R2) 2 cores with a reservation of 3ghz 6 GB virtual RAM Storage throughput equal to at least 125% of the Throughput determined by the Apex Calculator 1 GbE network connection Windows 7 64-bit or newer Recommended: (up to 500mbps throughput) Hyper-V 6 (Windows Server 2016) 5 cores with a reservation of 3ghz 8 GB virtual RAM SAN or pass-through RAID5/10 storage 1 GbE network connection Windows 7 64-bit or newer APEX HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION BASED ON CHANNEL COUNT Channel Count CPU Memory 1-24 i3 4 GB i5 8 GB i7 8 GB

8 I/O THROUGHPUT FOR APEX CONCURRENT REMOTE CONNECTIONS Professional Traverse Embark Unlimited** 5 3 THIN CLIENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Thin client Minimum Requirements Thin client details Most current version of Adobe Flash 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 with DirectX support 2nd Generation Intel Dual Core i3 processor (or equivalent) 4 GB system memory 1366 x 768 minimum display resolution Latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 web browser Broadband internet connection (25 Mb/s download, 5 Mb/s upload) Recommended Requirements Most current version of Adobe Flash 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 with DirectX support 6 th Generation Intel Quad Core i5 (or better) 8 GB system memory 1920 x 1080 (1080p) optimal display resolution Latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 web browser Broadband internet connection (25 Mb/s download, 8 Mb/s upload or better)

9 THIN CLIENT AVERAGE BANDWITH USAGE Average bandwidth usage based on D1/4MP, 6,000Kbps, 15 IPS, 15 GOP IP Cameras Channel Count Live & Search SD Playback Live & Search HD playback Single channel 500 Kbps 5 Mbps 4 channel grid 2 Mbps Not Applicable 9 channel grid 5 Mbps Not Applicable 16 channel grid 8 Mbps Not Applicable THIN CLIENT LIVE VIEW SUPPORT Live View Support 1 Channel 4 Channel 9 Channel 16 Channel Google Chrome X X X X Microsoft Edge X X Microsoft IE11 X X Mozilla Firefox X X X Apple Safari X X X X

10 APEX SERVER INSTALLATION AND SETUP DEFAULT ADMINISTRATOR USERNAME / PASSWORD Apex and Linux System Log In Windows System Log In SETUP WIZARD

11 SETUP MENU GENERAL CONFIGURATION Camera Management Add Cameras to an Apex Recorder using Discovery

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13 Encoder Listings

14 Camera Auto-Discovery Add Cameras Manually

15 Edit Cameras

16 LIVE / RECORDING

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18 IMAGE SETTINGS

19 MOTION

20 FISHEYE

21 AUDIO

22 ADVANCED CAMERA MANAGEMENT Discovering OpenEye Cameras with a Static IP Address (Linux) Configuring OpenEye Cameras with DHCP (Linux) Adding Third Party Cameras Adding Cameras Not Supported by ONVIF, Arecont or Vivotek

23 SYSTEM SETTINGS General Settings Language Time Settings (Linux)

24 Export/Import Configuration

25 Remote Assist Session Console

26 Export Signing Certificate Video Buffer Settings Storage

27 Adding Storage Space Disable Recording Drives Licensing

28 Software Upgrade Update via OWS Update via Manually Selected File Update via Custom URL

29 NETWORK CONFIGURATION Settings Manually Ping Address Edit Ports

30 Proxy Auto Discovery Video Streaming Adapters

31 Diagnostics Plug And Play

32 USER MANAGEMENT User Roles Add New Custom Role Edit Existing Role

33 Users Add System User Adding User Image

34 MACROS Macros Add a Macro

35 Setting up an Action for a previously created Macro Schedules Add a Schedule

36 Holidays Add a Holiday SENSOR / RELAY Sensors

37 Relays Setting up a relay in Apex

38 WEB SERVICES Web Services tab

39 REPORTSTAR ReportStar Tab TOOLS / LOGS Log Files Loading general or recording logs in Apex Exporting general or recording logs in Apex

40 Power Options Support Tools (Linux)

41 ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT LAN SMART FORWARDING

42 DIRECT CONNECTION VIA PORT FORWARDING

43 LIVE SCREEN VIEWING PANE

44 NAVIGATION BAR RIGHT-CLICK MENU HOW DO I ADD / REMOVE CAMERAS FROM THE LIVE SCREEN DISPLAY? Add Camera OR OR Remove Camera OR

45 HOW DO I ADJUST THE GRID OF CAMERA TILES IN THE VIEWING PANE? HOW DO I ADJUST THE LIVE SCREEN VIEW? HOW DO I ADJUST THE LIVE VIDEO STREAM QUALITY?

46 HOW DO I TURN THE OSD ON / OFF? Toggle OSD for All Viewing Panes Toggle OSD Per-Camera DIGITAL ZOOM

47 PERFORMING A SEARCH HOW DO I PERFORM A DATE / TIME SEARCH VIA A RECORDER (APEX LINUX CONSOLE)? Date / Time Search Bar Playback Controls Add Camera(s) to the Date / Time Search Viewing Pane OR

48 Customize the Camera Tile Grid Perform a Date / Time Search

49 HOW DO I PERFORM A TIMELINE SEARCH (THIN CLIENT ONLY) Timeline Search Bar Playback Controls

50 Add Camera(s) to the Timeline Search Viewing Pane OR Customize the Camera Tile Layout Perform a Timeline Search

51 HOW DO I PERFORM AN EVENT SEARCH (THIN CLIENT ONLY) Perform and Event Search

52 HOW DO I PERFORM A THUMBNAIL SEARCH (THIN CLIENT ONLY) Thumbnail Search Bar Playback Controls

53 Perform a Thumbnail Search HOW DO I EXPORT FROM SEARCH? Export Image Locally

54 Export Video Clip Locally Export Video Clip to Cloud Video Archive

55 HOW DO I VIEW EXPORTED VIDEO CLIPS IN WEB SERVICES?

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