To configure the access of several operator workstations to the same interfaces, the corresponding displays should be assigned to these workstations. This can be done manually for each display, via the display assigning Wizard or via the display activation.

Assigning displays manually

The displays can be assigned to the workstations on the settings panel of the Display object. The figure below shows the configuration of two objects: Display 1 and Display 2. According to the configuraton, the Display 1 will be available to all computers of the video surveillance system, while the Display 2 will be available only to the COMPUTER 2 computer.

If the display assigning is performed from the Server which is not connected with some Servers of the distributed system (the corresponding checkbox in the Architecture tab is not set — see Configuring the interaction of distributed system components), the data from this Server will not be displayed in the list of computers to which the current Display can be assigned. The settings of these Servers will not change after completing the display assignment.

Assigning displays via Wizard

To assign the displays via Wizard, do the following:

  1. Click the Wizard button on the Interfaces tab (1). The Display settings window opens.
  2. Select the computer in the Computer column (2).
  3. Set the checkboxes next to the Display objects to assign them to the selected computer (3).

  4. Repeat steps 2-3 for all required Computer objects.

    Use the Copy (4) and Paste (5) buttons to copy the display list. For example, to assign the same displays to the COMPUTER 2 computer as those assigned to the COMPUTER computer, do the following:

    1. Select the COMPUTER computer in the Display settings dialog box.
    2. Click the Copy button (4).
    3. Select the COMPUTER 2 computer in the Display settings dialog box.
    4. Click the Paste button (5).


  5. Click the OK button (6).

Assigning the displays via Wizard is now complete.

Assigning displays via display activation

Assigning the displays via the display activation allows displaying the objects of several displays simultaneously. Assign the displays via the display activation as follows:

  1. Select the Display object on the Interfaces tab. In the +Activate table in the Number column, select the display number from the drop-down list (1).
  2. In the Name column (2), select the display name from the drop-down list.
  3. Click the Apply button (3).

According to this configuration, when the Display 1 is displayed, both the Display 1 and the Display 2 objects will be displayed.

To delete the display from the +Activate table, click on the corresponding line and press Ctrl+Del on the keyboard.

Assigning the displays via the display activation is now complete.