APEX SERVER SOFTWARE NETWORK VIDEO RECORDING SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Version 1.3
OPENEYE Liberty Lake, WA U.S.A.
Standard Warranty
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 25-32 i5 8 GB 33-64 i7 8 GB
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)
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
APEX SERVER INSTALLATION AND SETUP DEFAULT ADMINISTRATOR USERNAME / PASSWORD Apex and Linux System Log In Windows System Log In SETUP WIZARD
SETUP MENU GENERAL CONFIGURATION Camera Management Add Cameras to an Apex Recorder using Discovery
Encoder Listings
Camera Auto-Discovery Add Cameras Manually
Edit Cameras
LIVE / RECORDING
IMAGE SETTINGS
MOTION
FISHEYE
AUDIO
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
SYSTEM SETTINGS General Settings Language Time Settings (Linux)
Export/Import Configuration
Remote Assist Session Console
Export Signing Certificate Video Buffer Settings Storage
Adding Storage Space Disable Recording Drives Licensing
Software Upgrade Update via OWS Update via Manually Selected File Update via Custom URL
NETWORK CONFIGURATION Settings Manually Ping Address Edit Ports
Proxy Auto Discovery Video Streaming Adapters
Diagnostics Plug And Play
USER MANAGEMENT User Roles Add New Custom Role Edit Existing Role
Users Add System User Adding User Image
MACROS Macros Add a Macro
Setting up an Action for a previously created Macro Schedules Add a Schedule
Holidays Add a Holiday SENSOR / RELAY Sensors
Relays Setting up a relay in Apex
WEB SERVICES Web Services tab
REPORTSTAR ReportStar Tab TOOLS / LOGS Log Files Loading general or recording logs in Apex Exporting general or recording logs in Apex
Power Options Support Tools (Linux)
ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT LAN SMART FORWARDING
DIRECT CONNECTION VIA PORT FORWARDING
LIVE SCREEN VIEWING PANE
NAVIGATION BAR RIGHT-CLICK MENU HOW DO I ADD / REMOVE CAMERAS FROM THE LIVE SCREEN DISPLAY? Add Camera OR OR Remove Camera OR
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?
HOW DO I TURN THE OSD ON / OFF? Toggle OSD for All Viewing Panes Toggle OSD Per-Camera DIGITAL ZOOM
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
Customize the Camera Tile Grid Perform a Date / Time Search
HOW DO I PERFORM A TIMELINE SEARCH (THIN CLIENT ONLY) Timeline Search Bar Playback Controls
Add Camera(s) to the Timeline Search Viewing Pane OR Customize the Camera Tile Layout Perform a Timeline Search
HOW DO I PERFORM AN EVENT SEARCH (THIN CLIENT ONLY) Perform and Event Search
HOW DO I PERFORM A THUMBNAIL SEARCH (THIN CLIENT ONLY) Thumbnail Search Bar Playback Controls
Perform a Thumbnail Search HOW DO I EXPORT FROM SEARCH? Export Image Locally
Export Video Clip Locally Export Video Clip to Cloud Video Archive
HOW DO I VIEW EXPORTED VIDEO CLIPS IN WEB SERVICES?