16234 – Exacq

Enterprise Manager (EM), formerly known as Enterprise System Manager (ESM), includes a feature called Camera Inspection which allows EM users to notate cameras which need attention for a later date.

This handy feature means you can easily create a punch list of cameras which need attention for integrator/installer work orders to do things such as:

Clean camera domes/lenses
Maintain camera focus on subjects
Trim foliage or remove debris blocking camera views
Re-orient camera field of view if a camera has been tampered with or nudged
Investigate network issues

Log into Enterprise Manager (EM) with an account that has live viewing privileges.
See Configuring live video streams in Enterprise Manager
Beneath the Cameras header on the navigation menu, click on Inspection.
A paginated view of available cameras is displayed. Each camera listed will display the Server Group name / Server name / Camera name at the top of its box.
- Orange border = Has not been checked
- Green border = Marked Good
- Red border = Marked Bad

To work effectively a reference image would have been set when the camera was added/installed. This image appears on the left and can be set using the Use current image as camera image link on the camera details page.
Use the Camera Inspection page by comparing the current snapshot on the right with the one on the left. 
- Mark Good if you are pleased that the current snapshot indicates no action is needed.
- Mark Bad if further action is needed.
- Clicking the View Details link allows the user to enter additional comments, such as “Camera is out of focus”, or, “Camera dome needs cleaned”. Comments could also include notes about the person or date/time an issue was resolved. The bottom corner allows navigating through all cameras one by one while in the details/comments view.

After marking each camera, you may export a report to provide your integrator/installer.
After issues have been fixed, use the Camera Inspection tool to Mark Fixed.