The VISEC manual.

• Install and openRun the installer, then open Visec Online from the Start menu or its desktop icon. The installer is about 30 MB to download and roughly 200 MB once installed.
• The six buttons along the topEverything is reached from the row at the top of the window: Main Menu, the list of cameras, full screen, the Control Panel, and arrange cameras to choose how the grid is laid out.
• Try it without a cameraYou do not need hardware to see how it works. Add a test video camera and VISEC generates a moving image, so you can try the settings, the recording and the alerts first.

• LanguageEnglish and Russian.
• GeneralCheck for updates automatically, and start VISEC when the computer starts.
• UpdateChecks online for a newer version.
• UsersAdd, edit and delete users, and set what each one is allowed to do — worth doing before anyone else sits at the machine.
• AccountsThe outgoing email account VISEC uses to send alerts. Standard outgoing mail settings. Set this up first or motion emails have nowhere to go.

• Scan the networkThe usual route. VISEC searches for ONVIF-compliant cameras and lists what it finds.
• Import from an older VISECUpgrading from a previous version brings your existing cameras across.
• Enter a stream address by handFor a camera the scan cannot see — another site, another subnet, or a model that only offers RTSP. Give it the media stream path, not just the camera's address:
  rtsp://10.1.1.22:8554/CH001.sdp
rtsp://user:password@192.168.1.2:554/Streaming/Channels/101
  RTSP, MJPEG and raw paths are all accepted.
• A video file as a cameraPoint VISEC at an .mp4 file and it treats it like a camera. Useful for testing motion zones or plate reading against footage you already have.
• A test cameraA generated moving image, for trying things out with no hardware at all.

• Where they liveControl Panel › Cameras, pick the camera and press Properties — or just right-click the camera in the live view and choose properties.
• GeneralThe camera's name, the group it belongs to, the video type (for an older interlaced camera), free-text notes, and whether it loads and goes live when VISEC opens.
• SourceThe stream address VISEC is using, with the login and password. The password always displays as four characters however long it really is, so its length is not given away. The address is normally found for you — change it only if you know exactly what you are changing.
• MotionBy default VISEC uses its own motion algorithm, which adapts to how busy the camera is. Setup Internal Motion sensor opens the detail if you want to tune it or draw the area to watch.
• RecordingThree ways to record, and they can be combined: everything; incrementally, such as one frame a second; and full video when motion happens, keeping the moments before and after the event.
• GroupsGive cameras group names — by building, gate or floor — so a large list stays navigable.

• An email when something movesIn the motion settings press Add to create an event. The usual one is an email with a snapshot when motion is detected in the zone you drew. Set the email account up first in Control Panel › Accounts.
• Other actions on an eventAn event can also show an alert window on screen, or drive a camera output to open a gate, unlock a door, switch on a light or sound a siren.

• Plate recognitionPer camera, under Properties › LPR. You set the region of the picture to read, whether to log, and what should happen when a plate is found. There is a full LPR setup guide covering the camera, the lens, the infrared and the configuration.
• QR codesPer camera, under Properties › QR. VISEC reads codes straight from the video, so no scanner hardware is involved — see QR code reading.

• StorageUnder Properties › Storage. VISEC can manage recordings across several drives automatically, so you are not limited to one disk. As a rough guide, four or five cameras recording on motion fill about 500 GB in three to four months.
• Repairing damaged filesProperties › Fix Files scans for corrupt recordings and attempts a repair — worth running after a power cut or an unclean shutdown.
• Playing footage backPress Open Video Footage, or simply double-click a camera's window to play back immediately. You can export a whole clip or just the section you need.

• DirectX testUnder Properties › DirectX. Confirms Windows has the multimedia support VISEC draws video with. If the AI features will not load, this and the graphics driver are the first things to check.
• A camera that will not connectNearly always the camera's own ONVIF account rather than VISEC — many brands keep a separate ONVIF user from the admin login. There are per-brand setup pages for twenty camera makes.

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