Security Monitor Pro makes it very easy to run different actions on each camera. To configure the actions for a particular camera, right click on camera preview and select 'Edit Camera' option. On actions tab, choose the action you want to perform. Similarly configure actions for other cameras as well. Once you have the actions configured on multiple cameras, go to the 'Monitor' option on tool bar, select the cameras and start monitoring. You can also add a schedule to automate the monitoring process. This is useful when you are away from home. The scheduler is flexible and you can configure it to run at night, or on weekends. [image: SMPpost5453.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro saves the video recordings with the camera name as the prefix of the file name. To change these settings, open 'Manage Cameras' dialog from the tool bar. Select the camera and click 'Edit Camera' button. On actions tab, look for Video Recording action and click on Configure button. Now uncheck the ‘Use camera name’ option and enter your desired prefix like 'Office camera', 'Garden Camera', etc. to the file name. Note- The Date and Time of the video is appended by default to the file name automatically. [image: SMPpost5440.jpg]

With Security Monitor Pro you can adjust the image size before uploading it to the FTP server. Open 'Manage Cameras' dialog from the tool bar. Select the camera you want to edit and click the 'Edit Camera' button. On Actions tab, check ‘Take Photo’, and ‘Upload Media File’ actions. [image: SMPpost5427_2.jpg] On the FTP upload settings dialog, choose the FTP account and select the upload option as 'Upload photos to my website'. Then select the image size to upload. [image: SMPpost5427.jpg] Start monitoring by selecting 'Monitor' option on the tool bar. Photos will be captured, resized and uploaded to the FTP server. [image: SMPpost5427_3.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro allows you to add a delay between successive audio alarm events. To add a delay, select 'Manage camera' from the tool bar, then choose the camera and click on 'Edit Camera'. On the Actions tab, look for Audio Alarm Action and click on Configure button. Check the option for setting the wait interval between audio alarm events. Change the wait interval value from the drop down list to a maximum of 5 minutes. Once the wait interval is over it will invoke the alarm only if motion is detected. [image: SMPpost5417.jpg]

You can use a schedule in Security Monitor Pro to record on motion detection during the daytime hours. Click on Add camera option from tool bar, enter all the camera details like IP address, username, password, brand and model. Make sure the recording action is selected on the actions tab. After adding camera, create a schedule to perform monitoring action. To create a schedule, click on the Scheduler icon on the toolbar. On the scheduling dialog, the monitoring action option is selected by default. You have to select your 3 cameras and enter the number of hours to run the schedule along with the start time. The scheduler will start motion detection monitoring at the time you selected. It will run for the specified number of hours. [image: SMPpost5406.jpg]

You can use the scheduling function in Security Monitor Pro to start actions simultaneously on all cameras. Create a new schedule to perform video recording action. Select all the listed IP cameras on the ‘Add Schedule’ dialog. You can schedule the cameras to start actions one time, daily, weekly or monthly. Select the start time, date and enter the number of hours to run the schedule and click OK. The schedule will launch at the specified time and all the cameras will start recording. [image: SMPpost5396.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro immediately sends out email notifications on motion detection. You can select multiple email address to receive this notification. To configure these settings, open 'Manage Cameras' from the tool bar. Select the camera and click 'Edit Camera'. On Actions Tab, look for 'Email notification' and click the 'Configure' button. [image: SMPpost5381.jpg] In the To field add all the email addresses separated by a comma (","). To make sure everyone on the list receives the email, click on the 'Send Test Email' button. [image: EmailNotificationSettings.png] After configuring email notification, start monitoring for motion by selecting 'Monitor' option on tool bar. Email notifications will be sent to all the listed email addresses whenever an alert is triggered. [image: SMPpost5381_1.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro detects and highlights the motion event on camera preview. To highlight detected motion on camera preview, select 'Manage camera' from tool bar, then choose the camera and click on 'Edit Camera'. On actions tab, click on 'Motion Settings' button. [image: SMPpost5371_1.jpg] Now select the ‘Highlight motion movements in:’ option and choose the color from the drop down. If you don't want to highlight the camera border then uncheck the ‘Highlight camera border in red color’ option. [image: SMPpost5371.jpg] Right click on camera preview and start monitoring action. Whenever motion is detected, it will be highlighted in the selected color. [image: SMPpost5371_2.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro can automatically upload latest recorded video and photos to an FTP server by overwriting the older ones. To replace the older files with the newer ones, select 'Manage camera' from tool bar, then choose the camera and click on 'Edit Camera'. On Actions tab, select the regular intervals option and set it for 20 seconds. Now select and configure Take photo action. [image: SMPpost5361.jpg] On Photo Settings dialog, set the regular interval to ‘Take photo after every 1 second for next 1 second’, this will capture 1 frame after every 1 second. [image: SMPpost5361_1.jpg] After that select and configure 'Upload Media files' action. On the 'FTP upload settings' dialog, choose the FTP account and select the upload option as 'Upload Photos to my site'. Select rename photo files option. By default the ‘Overwrite files’ option will be selected. [image: SMPpost5361_2.jpg] Right click on camera preview and start monitoring action. One photo will be taken after every 20 seconds and will be uploaded to the FTP server. [image: SMPpost5361_3.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro can run an alarm when there is a network failure. To configure this setting, click on the 'Settings' option on tool bar. In General tab, select the option ‘When network failure occurs, turn on audio alarm:’. You can also select duration to run the alarm from the drop down list. Whenever the camera connection fails due to network failure, the audio alarm will start. [image: SMPpost5349.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro allows you to take snapshots from recorded videos. To take snapshots, open 'Media Analyzer' from tool bar. Select the camera for which you have recorded the videos. [image: SMPpost5337.jpg] Now select and start playing the recorded video from the list. Click on the 'Take Snapshot' icon to save an image of the running video. This image file will be saved and would be reflected in the list view.

Security Monitor Pro provides detailed event logs which gives information about all occurring incidents. You can save and review the event logs later. You can also disable the event log entries from the settings. Click on the 'Settings' icon on tool bar. On Advanced settings tab, uncheck the ‘Enable Event Logging’ checkbox. This will disable the creation of new log entries for added cameras. [image: SMPpost5325.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro can show the camera preview in Cyclic order. To apply this settings, go to the ‘View’ menu and select the ‘Cycle Cameras’ option. This will move the preview to next camera after 30 seconds. To change the cycling rate, click on 'Settings' option from tool bar. On General settings, look for 'Cycle cameras every' option and choose the time interval to wait on a camera preview. [image: SMPpost5314.jpg]

You can hide Security Monitor Pro from the PC screen and keep it running in the background. Go to the File menu and select ‘Enable Hide Mode’ option. Use the key combination to switch the application between normal and hidden mode. You can also update the key combination. In hidden mode, application will not be visible, but it will perform all the configured actions in background. [image: EnableHideMode.png]

Yes, you can change the image quality in Security Monitor Pro. Right click on camera preview and select Edit camera option. Move to the Actions tab. Click on the ‘Configure’ button for the Take Photo action. [image: SMPpost5292.jpg] Next, adjust the image quality using the slider control. Images are saved as JPEG files. [image: SMPpost5292_1.jpg]

In Security Monitor Pro you can save the camera settings by creating a backup file for your IP cameras. On menu bar, click File >> Export Cameras, create a backup file by providing file name, folder location and cameras to backup. The camera along with the configured settings will be stored in backup file. [image: SMPpost5503.jpg] For configuring the details on another PC, on menu bar, click File >> Import Cameras, here you need to specify the backup folder location and the backup file. This will import all the camera(s) back in the application.

Broadcasting action allows users to connect to the PC running Security Monitor Pro and view live video feed. To check the number of viewers watching the broadcast, first click 'Broadcast' icon from tool bar, select the broadcasting camera and then click on the 'See who is viewing' link. [image: Live_Video_Broadcasting.png] The 'See Active Viewers' dialog shows the number of viewers watching the broadcast stream for the selected camera. Also it will show the IP address and domain name of the viewing user. [image: SMPpost5265_1.jpg]

With Security Monitor Pro you can configure a schedule to start camera actions automatically on application launch. Start by configuring the actions. On the menu bar, click Camera >> Manage Cameras. Select the camera and click 'Edit Camera'. On Actions tab, select and configure the Video recording and Email notification actions. [image: SMPpost5253.jpg] To create a schedule, click the 'Scheduler' icon on the tool bar. Choose the camera(s) and actions to be performed at scheduled time. Monitoring would be selected as the default action. Select ‘On Application Launch’ schedule type, provide start date and period to run the schedule as 8 hours. This will run the specified actions at next application launch for 8 hours. [image: SMPpost5253_1.jpg]

Security Monitor Pro allows you to restrict the number of viewers watching your IP camera's live broadcast. To allow a single person to view the stream, click Manage Cameras icon from the tool bar, select the camera and click 'Edit Camera'. On Broadcast tab, you need to choose the value 1 in the ‘Maximum concurrent viewers’ drop down list and save it. On broadcasting the camera stream, the application will allow only 1 user to watch the live preview. You can also set the Broadcast Profile and Video Size. [image: SMPpost5243.jpg]

Using Media Analyzer in Security Monitor Pro, you can instantly review videos and photos recorded from your IP cameras. Click ‘Media Analyzer’ icon from Tool bar. Now to view recorded video for the current date, filter out media files by selecting ‘Today’ option from the ‘View Captured Media’ drop down and from the Display option, uncheck the ‘Photos Taken’ checkbox. All the videos recorded for current date will be displayed in the list. You can also sort the list according to the video creation date. [image: SMPpost5225.jpg]