OpiaView is user name and password protected. When the application is started the user name and password must be entered before proceeding to the main screen.Any name or password can be used for Demo SoftwareThe OpiaView main screen. Unless otherwise stated, all actions commence from this screen.
The Connecting Screen displays the status of the connection process as well as the information about the site. While attempting to connect, the button at the bottom of the screen is labelled Disconnect. Pressing this will terminate the connection and return to the Site List screen.
Once the connection attempt is completed, either successfully (Status: Connected) or unsuccessfully (status will display the error message), the Disconnect button changes to OK. Pressing this will return to the Main Screen if the connection was successful or to the Site List screen if the connection failed. When the Main Screen is displayed and the connection to a site is currently established the Connect button changes to the Disconnect button
Pressing the Disconnect button will terminate the connection and display the Connect button.
Once connected live images can be viewed by clicking the View Live Image button as shown in Figure 8.
When live image viewing first commences only a single camera is viewed. The camera to be viewed can be selected by selecting the camera from the drop down box on the tool bar as shown in Figure 9.
The camera to view can also be selected by right clicking on the image and then selecting the camera from the pop-up menu.To stop viewing live press the Stop button.
Four or nine cameras can be viewed at any one time by selecting the Quad Cam or Nine Cam buttons on the Camera Tool Bar. When viewing multiple cameras, the camera to be viewed in each position can be changed by right clicking on the image and selecting the camera. For example, if there is a 6 camera system (2 WaveServe units) and Quad Cam mode is selected the first four cameras will be displayed. To display Camera 5 in the fourth position right click over the fourth image and select Camera 5. To a view a single camera selecting one of the multi view cameras, right click over the image to be viewed and select View As Single Image.
Live images may be recorded as they are being viewed for storage and later review. To record images press Record. As images are recorded they are only stored in memory. There is an indicator showing how many frames have been recorded. The images can then be saved to disk.
History images come from one of two sources: timed storage or event triggering. When reviewing history images the operator is required to select the storage type, select the camera to be reviewed, the start time, the end time or the duration of viewing and, optionally, an image frequency. To enter the History Image Selection screen click View History Images. On entry to the History Image Selection screen the operator is required to select the storage source: timed storage, event triggering,or cash register transaction events Timed storage uses the time of day to store images.
The controls on the Movie Control Tool Bar from left to right are First, Back, Back Multi, Frames To Jump, Forward Multi, Forward, Last, Play Rate and Play. The First button moves the movie to the first frame and the Last button to the last frame. The Forward and Back buttons moves the movie one frame forward or backwards. The Forward Multi and Back Multi buttons moves the movie forward or backwards a multiple number of frames with the number of frames being selected by the Frames To Jump control. A movie can be played with it automatically starting from the beginning when it gets to the end. The rate at which it is be played is controlled by Play Rate. A play rate of Full plays the movie as fast as the computer will allow it, while a play rate or Real plays the movie in real time (as long as the computer is able to decode the images fast enough). Other rates (for example 500ms, 1 sec, 2sec etc) display each frame for a minimum amount of time before displaying the next frame. This allows for the movie to be played at a rate where the entire image can be viewed before the next image is displayed.