How To Setup Views and Tours Using Amcrest Orion Surveillance Software

How To Create a View

When creating a tour it is highly recommended to create a view first before creating the tour. A view is a collection of cameras/channels shown in a window. This can be a collection of devices from the same DVR/NVR or a collection from different devices in a single view. For efficiency purposes, it is recommended to keep cameras from the same NVR in the same view. Conversely, this is not mandatory and each view can be customized based on your needs. 

Step 1: Log into the Amcrest Orion Software and select Monitoring Center.

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Note: Views can be customized to a range of a single camera to 64 cameras simultaneously. Please keep in mind the more cameras that are opened the more network resources are being used. Our recommendation is to set a max of 9 camera views or less but in our example, we will use a wide variety to show the flexibility of the feature.

Step 2: Select each device from the device list and click the save icon ( ). Enter a name for the View and click OK

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 Note: If you are using a DVR/NVR with multiple channels, it is necessary to expand the device to show the individual channels associated with your device.

If you are performing this procedure on multiple computers, the process will need to be performed on each desktop/laptop. For this reason, we recommend renaming the cameras in a way to know which cameras/channels go together. 

Step 3: Select View. Select the dropdown option next to the View folder. Select the newly created view to load the live feed of the cameras in the interface. 

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Tour Setup

When you have finished creating the view you can now start configuring a tour. A tour will allow the software to shift between multiple PTZ presets set by the user in the software. If using a PTZ camera, please navigate to Add Device menu and select the edit icon ( ) for the device. Select Video Channel  and ensure the Camera Type is set to PTZ Camera. Click OK.

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Note: At least 2 presets must be set to configure a tour. 

Step 1: Access the Monitoring Center, select the device, access the PTZ menu, and select the down arrow. 

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Step 2: Use the PTZ option to rotate the camera to a specific point. Click the Edit ( ) icon and name the tour. Click the checkmark ( ) when finished. 

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Note: Click the Go icon ( ) to call a preset. The camera will rotate to a related position. 

Step 3: Once the presets are created, click the icon and select the Edit ( )icon.

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Step 4: Enter a name for the tour and click the add ( ) icon. Select all applicable presets related to the tour and click OK

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Note: Click the play ( ) icon to run the tour.

Step 5: Navigate to the Resources menu, right click on the device to set a tour duration. 

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Note: To stop the tour, click on the stop ( ) icon in the Tour ( )menu. 

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