Interface Elements
This topic covers Macula Monitor interface elements in more details.
Main Viewing Area
The main (central) viewing section displays contents provided by the connected servers. The type of the contents depends upon the selected tab: this may be live video, several types of playback, data from external services etc. Please see the corresponding sections of this document for detailed information about each mode.
Above all viewports, you will see < arrows >: these allow you to undo/redo the changed you make to the layout in the live view and playback modes. For example, if you accidentally removed a channel from the view, simply click the < arrow to the left to go one step back (undo the last action).
up to 50 actions are remembered in the current application launch
available for live view, instant playback, and multichannel playback on the main display
both manual actions and channel popup
live and playback share history unless the Allow different layouts for live and playback option is enabled in the application settings (under main menu Edit > Settings > Usability)
The state history is not available while a layout sequence is being played.
Top Right: Window Controls
From this panel, the Macula Monitor application window can be:
opened in fullscreen mode
minimised to taskbar
maximised/restored to default size
closed
To toggle fullscreen, F11 can also be used. This is one of the default keyboard shortcuts: to change the action hotkey, go to main menu Edit >> Command Mapping.
Upper panel: tabs
The upper panel contains tabs that allow you to quickly switch between main software functionality. The following tabs may be available, depending on the software version and configuration:
Live: real-time video streams
Playback: recorded video stream review
Sequence: advanced analysis of the recorded video streams
Smart Search: quickly find the target scene using motion search
Alerts: generated alerts and information level messages
Library: exported video clips and snapshots
Video Wall*: video wall display configuration
Reports: create diagrams and heatmaps based on the collected metadata
LPR**: investigation of the license plate recognition results
FR**: investigation of the face recognition results
Camio**: investigation of the results received from Camio cloud service
VDS**: investigation of data received from configured Visual Data Solutions
VA Investigation**: External Video Analytics investigation
*The tab only appears when Macula Enterprise server connections are present, video walls exist in the Macula Enterprise configuration and the used user account has sufficient privileges assigned via Macula Console.
**The tab only appears if corresponding service is supported by Macula license, the service has been set up via Macula Console and the used user account has sufficient privileges.
When all tabs do not fit in - either because of smaller screen size/resolution or due to decreased application window size - tab items are collapsed to icons.
Upper panel - server connections
The Connection button opens server connection setup window and also displays the number of currently configured servers.
Upper right: main menu
This section contains the main application menu items.
File
Exit: close the Macula Monitor application
Edit
Settings: application settings
Command mapping: keyboard shortcuts
Theme: application appearance management
Video Analytics Connection: allows to set up direct connections to external VA servers (disabled by default)
View: operation modes and application view management
Time presentation: choose between local, UTC or specific server time zone
Operation modes:
Always on top
Exclusivity mode
Locked application
Archive Backup Wizard
Administration tool
Tools: utilities related to Macula Monitor application management and other tools
Import Settings: load application settings from file
Export Settings: save current application settings to file
Archive Backup Wizard
GPU Configuration Wizard
Administration Tool
Help
User Guide: opens the Macula Monitor application user manual
About: about Macula Monitor
Upper right: Layout actions
Enable Audio IN for All Channels: Click the Audio IN button in the top-right corner to activate Audio IN on all channels in the layout
Disable All Audio IN: Click the top-right Audio IN button again to turn off Audio IN for all channels, regardless of previous settings
Broadcast Audio OUT: Press and hold the Audio OUT (mic) button in the top-right corner to broadcast audio to all channels. Channels with Audio OUT enabled will display a yellow mic icon
Three dots: Save or share current live view contents
Multi-display setup: Configure additional windows for secondary displays
Left: resources
This section displays resources from the connected servers: layouts, channels and maps loaded from configured servers. If visual grouping has been configured for the target server, the resources will be arranged into expandable lists. Visual groups (looking as folders) can be dragged and dropped onto the viewing area whole.
The panel can be docked to the left by pressing the << arrows in the upper part of the panel, and restored back by clicking the >> arrows; individual resource lists can also be collapsed and restored by clicking the subsection name. Search field in the upper panel part allows you to filter the resources based on the entered text.
Search: global resource search
Layouts
Layouts, layout templates and layout sequences
Local resources: stored on Macula Monitor machine
Server resources: loaded from connected server(s) (shared layouts and server-side layout templates)
Channels: per server or mixed, if Merge resources option has been enabled in the server connection properties
Unavailable channels are marked red
Among regular video channels, there are also CrossLink channels: interactive and non-interactive webpages (server-side) and workstations
Maps*: e-maps, per server or mixed
User Buttons*: software buttons that perform actions, associated with them via Event&Action scenarios; per server or mixed
CrossLinks: interactive webpages (no recording)
*Some resources may be unavailable for certain software editions.
Channels, maps, webpages and user buttons can also be grouped independently through the Visual Groups functionality of Macula Console. Visual groups can have one or multiple levels, i.e. each visual group can contain other visual groups, allowing you to create more complex organisation of your channels and other resources.
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