Symphony Client
Video wall
The video wall feature in Symphony can display footage from multiple cameras in the server farm on
multiple monitors.
Any Symphony Client can act as a video wall client, and you can include any monitors connected to
the computers that host the Symphony Client in the video wall.
Register a client
Register each computer that hosts the Symphony Client that you want to include in the video wall.
1.
In the Symphony client interface, click
View
>
Video Wall
.
2.
Click the
Video Wall Client Configuration
tab.
3.
Click
Register current Client
.
4.
Click
Save
.
Create a video wall
1.
In the Symphony client interface, click
View
>
Video Wall
.
2.
On the
Video Wall Client Configuration
tab, click
Design Video Wall
.
3.
Click
New
.
4.
To define a name for the video wall, perform the following steps:
a) Double-click the default name for the video wall.
b) Type a new name.
c) Press
Enter
.
5.
Select the name of the video wall and click
Open
.
6.
Drag a video wall monitor from the
Tool Box
pane to the video wall grid.
7.
Click the monitor box in the video wall grid.
8.
In the
Label
field, type a name for the monitor and click
Apply
.
9.
Move and size the video wall monitor.
10. Click
Save
.
Server configuration
Although you perform most configuration for the Symphony Server in the server configuration
interface, the client interface includes functionality to configure some settings on the Symphony
Server.
Connect to a server
You can connect a Symphony Client to multiple Symphony Server instances.
1.
In the client interface, click
Server Configuration
>
New Symphony Server Registration
.
2.
In the
Address
field, perform one of the following tasks:
• Select the Symphony Server from the list of discovered servers.
• Type the IP address of the Symphony Server.
• Type the DNS name of the Symphony Server.
3.
In the
Name
field, type a meaningful name for the Symphony Server.
This name will appear in the Server List in the client interface.
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