NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)
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If you do not yet have a permanent license string for Observer, a
License
dialog appears. To
continue without a permanent license just push
Continue
. In this case the full functionality may
not be available. See also
2.1 Introduction to Observer clients
on page 11 for further details about
licensing.
Please note
: The authentication data transferred between client and server are encrypted with MD5
strong encryption.
The administration user
admin
has the default password
admin
. For security reasons you should
change this password (please see
5 Managing users
on page 43).
A guest login is possible only if the guest has been defined on your server (which is the factory setting).
For further details contact your Observer administrator.
If you have forgotten your password, you can mark the
Forgot my password
checkbox, answer the
asked question, and click
OK
. For more information, ask your Observer administrator.
2.2.1 Optimizing the Web Start behavior of your browser
When you click on a Java Web Start link (JNLP) like the
Start Observer client (from the browser
using Web Start)
, some browsers ask whether you want to download and save the file Web Start
JNLP file instead of executing it. This can be annoying because you have to first save the file and then
execute it manually. Here is how you can automate that:
Optimizing Web Start for Google Chrome
1.
Click on the link that you are trying to launch, and Chrome will download it, as before.
2.
By default Chrome will list the download on the bottom of the page. To the right of the filename is
a small drop down arrow, click it.
3.
From the menu that pops up select
Always open files of this type
. Now, when you click on the
Web Start link the next time, the application will start automatically.
2.2.2 Next steps
If your Observer server already has cameras configured, then you can go to chapter
6 Using the Online
Monitor
on page 52. If you have to setup cameras first, then continue with chapter
4 Setting up cameras
on page 31.
Furthermore, because Observer behaves in a context-sensitive way, you will find that certain menu
items are also disabled at certain times. Thus, for example, you cannot remove a camera if there is no
