How to Use CMS Multi-Monitor - DVRAID.Com

How to Use CMS Multi-Monitor

1.1 CMS Introduction

The Milesight CMS provides a powerful monitor surveillance tool that enhances security by providing administrators flexibility to monitor the live video from the camera. It's a video management system that works with the network cameras to provide video monitoring.

1.2 Environmental Requirement

The multi-monitor function supports up to 4 monitors. This function requires your PC need to support at least 4 display interfaces(/DVI/).

1.3 Performance Overview

When your PC accesses multiple screens simultaneously, you can choose the appropriate mode as needed. There are four more options for you to choose.

CMS Multi Monitor

When your PC accesses four screens simultaneously, it will be shown as below:

CMS Multi Monitor

Chapter II Operations and Settings

Step 1: Add additional displayers to the PC. Click this icon to enter the shown as below.

CMS Multi Monitor

Step 2: Then the window will pop up:

CMS Multi Monitor

Step 3: There are four more options for you to choose.

CMS Multi Monitor

2.1 Live View Screen

If you have a lot of devices connected, you can play the Live View with multiple screens and get a more intuitive visual experience.

If you choose the second screen as the Live View Screen, the second screen will show the display:

Live View Screen

Left click your interested channel, it will quickly display the Live View of this channel.

Live View Screen

You can select the different Layouts View to see more channels.

Live View Screen

you can also select the customized layouts View which configured in the Main CMS monitor.

Live View Screen

When playing Live View, you can right click the mouse. The list is shown follow:

Live View Screen

The icons on toolbar in the second Live View Screen are as below:

Live View Screen

The description of the icons can be referred to the table below:

Live View Screen

The toolbar of the Live View window:

Live View Screen
Live View Screen

For more details please refer to of CMS.

2.2 Alarm Screen

If you choose the screen as the Alarm Screen. When alarming, the alarm channel will pop up to this screen, the screen what you have set up will show the display:

Alarm Screen

When alarming, the alarm channel will pop up to this screen:

Alarm Screen

You can select the different Layouts View to see more channels or select the customized layouts View which configured in the Main CMS monitor.

Alarm Screen

It is worth mentioning that the Alarm Screen features with intelligent adjustment of the number of . For example, if you selected the Layout View of four windows and five or more devices trigger the Motion Detection at the same time, the Layout View of the Alarm Screen is automatically converted into nine windows.

Alarm Screen
Alarm Screen

When playing Live View, you can play it in full screen mode by right click the mouse and choose the”Show In Full Screen”.

Alarm Screen

2.3 Full Screen and None

You can also choose the screen as the Full Screen. If you want to see more details, you can double click the channel that you have chosen on the Live View Screen or the Alarm Screen and then it will will display the main stream in full screen.

Full Screen and None

When you need to use a screen for other purposes, you can choose the screen as None and means that the Live View temporarily turn off.

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