Start monitoring and send instructions
Use with AI
Before you start:
- Local AI preparation is complete and the desktop sidebar shows the AI is ready.
- Open Camera settings for this camera, choose its source, and enable Monitoring. If a connection check is needed, open Settings → Camera AI engine, expand Analysis frequency and AI model connection, and select Test Local.
- You added a camera or imported its configuration.
Select Start Monitoring near the bottom of the sidebar. Verify both a live camera picture and fresh timestamps and descriptions in the right-hand log.
Reading the log
To stop one camera, open its Camera settings and turn off Monitoring. To stop all cameras, select Disconnect in the sidebar. After restarting, verify that both the picture and analysis timestamps update.
- Info (grey) — connection events, config changes.
- Analysis — the AI's read on a specific camera. Suspicious content is highlighted in amber and critical content in red.
- Events and errors — check the message and timestamp for connection or configuration changes.
Send an instruction
The command input below the log changes the focus of subsequent analyses. Check the selected target before sending:
- Use the selector above the log to pick one connected camera. All cameras and Current view cameras send the command to every connected camera in that selection.
- Type the prompt, e.g. "Watch the entrance for loitering", "How many people are in the frame?".
- Press Enter. A command entry acknowledges receipt; verify the result in fresh analyses with new timestamps. The instruction continues to affect later analyses until it is changed or that monitoring session ends.
Test with a video or screen region
In Camera settings, select Upload video to choose a recording, or select Screen Region, choose a window or display, and confirm the region to observe. If the operating system requests screen-capture access, allow Watch in the computer’s privacy settings. Check the selected source in the preview before enabling Monitoring.
To turn a full recording into a searchable, exportable case, use Offline Analysis. For missing video or analyses, follow troubleshooting.
Use a 360° panorama source
This option requires a stitched 2:1 panorama from RTSP or a video file. It does not apply to screen regions. Check the source format before proceeding.
- Open Camera settings, enable 360° image, and select Original panorama or Directional analysis.
- For directional analysis, select the number of views. Mark the projection as verified only after confirming a full-sphere equirectangular source.
- Select Start 360 analysis. An RTSP source restarts on its own; a video file opens a saved case for the complete recording.
- Use Reports on the live camera’s toolbar, or open the offline case for a recording. Check source timestamps and evidence images. Direction labels alone do not establish physical orientation.
If Start is unavailable, check that a source is selected and Monitoring is enabled. Saved 360 settings apply on the next Start.