Event Search in the Video Player
Types of Event Search
Click the the search type you want to perform on the displayed video panes:
- Motion
- Sensor
- License Plate Recognition (LPR)
- Vehicle
- Person
- Analytic
- Point of Sale (POS)
Motion
Click on Motion to search video for motion events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
- Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration.
- Select Recorder from the dropdown.
- Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras
to select from a list of cameras.
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
Sensor
Click on Sensor to search video for sensor events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
- Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration.
- Select Sensors from the dropdown or click Search Sensors
to select from a list of sensors.
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
License Plate Recognition (LPR)
NOTE: LPR requires Apex Server Software version 2.7 or higher.
Click on LPR to search video for LPR events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras
to select from a list of cameras.
- Enter License Plates numbers to search license plates that match the letters and numbers entered into the field.
- Check Include Visually Equivalent Characters to include results with plate numbers and letters that are close in appearance.
NOTE: More than one license plate number can be entered. Separate each entry with a comma. Up to 100 plate numbers can be entered.
NOTE: Add a Wildcard asterisk (*) to a license plate to return specific results.
Examples:
WH89K* will return all license plates that start with WH89K
WH*KR will return all license plates that start with WH and end with KR
W*MK* will return all license plates that start with W and contain MK
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
Vehicle
Click on Vehicle to search vehicle detection events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
- Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration.
- Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras
to select from a list of cameras.
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
Person
Click on Person to search person detection events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
- Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration.
- Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras
to select from a list of cameras.
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
Analytics
Click on Analytics to search person Line Crossed, Fog / Smoke, and Camera Tampering events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
- Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration.
- Select one or more of the Analytics Event Types: Line Crossed, Fog / Smoke, and Camera Tampering.
- Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras
to select from a list of cameras.
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
Point of Sale (POS)
Click on POS to search video for POS events.
- Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar
and set Start and End Date / Time.
- Click Add Filters to add POS search criteria.
- Select which filters to apply to the search. More than one filter can be chosen.
- Click Apply.
- Use the fields and dropdowns in the selected fields to set search criteria.
- Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.
NOTE: Filters are not limited to being selected once per search. For example, two different Line Item Amount filters could be applied to the same search. The exception is Location, which can only be selected once per search.
Search Results
A list of results that match the search criteria will be displayed. Video with playback is displayed in Details to the right of the list.