MOBOTIX MX Management Centre User Guide

1. MX Management Center User Guide
VERSION 2 CREATED 5 FEB 2016

2. This Guide Covers 3 Things
1. How To See What’s Going On Now
2. How To See What Happened In The Past
3. How To Send Evidence To Someone Else

3. This Guide Covers 3 Things
1. How To See What’s Going On Now
2. How To See What Happened In The Past
3. How To Send Evidence To Someone Else

4. 1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now
3 Options
Live GraphicGrid
One camera at a time Several cameras

5. 1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now
KEY CONCEPT
SHORT TAP selects the icon
LONG TAP shows a menu behind the icon

6. This button is the
most important one
in the whole system.
It lets you switch
between the different
views.
1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now
This is how you tell
which view you’re in

7. Zoom
Look at recent events
Drag any image
into focus
window
1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now
Switch views with this button

8. Graphic
e.g. Site drawing
Cameras are icons
Open a preview
of any camera
Live
1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now
Click will take
you back to Grid
view in this
example

9. 2 things that are always available at the top
of the screen are the Group Bar and the
Camera Bar, no matter what view you’re in.
1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now
Use the camera bar at
any time, to go to the
Live view of any
particular camera

10. If you get lost
…remember you
can always go
Home
1. How To See
What’s Going On
Now

11. This Guide Covers 3 Things
1. How To See What’s Going On Now
2. How To See What Happened In The Past
3. How To Send Evidence To Someone Else

12. This Guide Covers 3 Things
1. How To See What’s Going On Now
2. How To See What Happened In The Past
3. How To Send Evidence To Someone Else
There are 3 main ways to get into Playback view

13. 2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past
1. Drag the
Recent Events
slider to see
previews of
what happened
recently
2. Then either
play a preview
right there using
play button on
left , or go to
Player by
clicking the play
icon
1st way to Playback

14. 2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past
1. Open the
Camera Bar at
the top of the
screen
2. Click on the
Player icon for
the camera you
want
2nd way to Playback

15. 2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past
1. Long click on
the View
Selection button
2. Select
Playback
3rd way to Playback

16. Use these controls for searching and playback
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

17. 2. How To See What
Happened
Type in a date
and time and hit
enter
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

18. 2. How To See What
Happened
This button determines what you
see when you search so always
check what it’s set to
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

19. 2. How To See What
Happened
Event Images
is really useful for
searching for footage
of an incident
Select it and then click
the Play button
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

20. 2. How To See What
Happened
Time Lapse can be
handy when you’re not
sure of the time frame
Select it
and then
click the
Play
backwards
button
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

21. 2. How To See What
Happened
Entire Recordings
plays video from now
until the end of all
recordings
Event Recording
plays a single whole
recording event only
Then once you’re
around the right time,
use Normal Playback
to see real time video
clips
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

22. 2. How To See What
Happened
1. Long click and
select Research
Lets you see recent
events in mini.
Then lets you switch
to the Playback view
for more detailed
analysis
4. Playback & even
zoom
2. Choose whether 1 camera,
1 Group or All cameras
3. Mouse over an event
2. How To See What
Happened In The
Past

23. This Guide Covers 3 Things
1. How To See What’s Going On Now
2. How To See What Happened In The Past
3. How To Send Evidence To Someone Else

24. 3. How To Send
Evidence To
Someone Else
Playback
Entire Recordings
plays one whole
recording event after
another
1. Go to start of
incident.

25. 3. How To Send
Evidence To
Someone Else
2. Click on the little flag. It turns green. This
selects 1 minute of footage starting at the time
shown. (If you want more or less than 1 minute
simply play to the end of your selection, Pause,
Long Click on the flag & Adjust End.)
FYI:
During testing
1 minute = 15.7 Mb
Playback

26. 3. How To Send
Evidence To
Someone Else
3. Click on the Export button. Select MOBOTIX
from the pop-up menu. Tell it where to save the
footage. DONE!
Playback

27. 3. How To Send
Evidence To
Someone Else
Well … almost done.
First you need to have some software to play
MOBOTIX videos.
On PC download Direct Show Codec from
MOBOTIX site or use VLC
On Mac use VLC

28. This button is the
most important one
in the whole system.
It lets you switch
between the different
views.
Recap This is how you tell
which view you’re in
If you get lost Go
Home!

29. Next click on the
help for the item
you’re not sure
about
Useful Tips
If you want help click
on the ?

30. And voila! …
detailed help
appears
Useful Tips

31. If you're in Playback
and you find
something
interesting you can
mark it & come back
to it later
Useful Tips
Simply click on the
flag to mark the clip

32. 2. Then simply click
on the clip of
interest and watch it
Useful Tips
1. Do a long click
on the flag to see
your list of marked
clips

33. 2. To find where the snapshots are saved go to
Preferences>Snapshots & you’ll see the Destination
Path ( which you can change of course )
Useful Tips
1. Short click here saves a
snapshot image ( in this case of
whatever is in the focus window) to
your computer

34. 2. email it to
info@aucklandsecuritycameras.com
and we’ll be able to help you!
Final Tip
1. Hold down the
cog icon for 5
seconds & you can
send a Service
Report

35. MX Management Center User Guide
VERSION 2 CREATED 5 FEB 2016