# Resource Panel

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The Resource Panel contains the Resource Tree and a Search pane for resource items. The Resource panel can be resized by dragging its right edge to or away from the Viewing Grid.

Resource Tree

The Resource Tree is what you use to display, search and manage available resources within the application. You can toggle display of t he IP addresses of servers and devices in the Look and Feel dialog for global display settings. What is shown in the Resource Tree depends on the user's permission level (see "Introducing User Roles"). For example, a V iewer will see only l ayouts, devices, web pages, and local files in their Resource Tree.

Resources that are placed in the active layout are highlighted in the Resource Tree list. Resources that are selected in the current layout are indicated in blue in the Resource Tree.

The following controls can be used in the Resource Tree

•Expanding/collapsing a tree node (shortcut + and - keys or > and < keys)

•Scrolling

•Multi-Selection using select plus Shift to select multiple items or Ctrl to select/deselect multiple items sequentially

•Drag-and-drop to organize and configure resources in the tree.

•Renaming a resource using a click on the name to make it editable (shortcut F2) or Right-click -> Rename. (Some items can only be r enamed by an Administrator. Local files can renamed by any user.)

•Searching

For Administrators, the following is displayed

– Servers lists the servers registered in the System. Note: A server can have several network interfaces, so different IP addresses may be displayed for the same server.

Server icons indicate the following statuses:

Client is connected to this server

Server is offline

Server is incompatible with Client (see "Upgrading Nx Witness").

Server is unauthorized. In this very rare situation, the password for the user Admin does not coincide with other servers so this server is not able connect to the System. To fix this issue, go to Server Settings, restore to factory defaults and then reconnect to the System (see "Using a Server's Web Interface").

Devices Each server shows a list of the attached devices. When a mouse cursor hovers over a device icon in the Resource Tree, a thumbnail of a frame taken by that device will open. Devices attached to a server can include:

Cameras

I/O Modules

Multi-Channel Cameras

Recorders

Device icons indicate the following statuses:

or – Device is offline (see "Diagnosing Offline Devices")

or – Device is unauthorized (see "Configuring Device's Authentication")

Icons to the left of a device name indicate the following:

– Device is currently in recording mode

– Device is configured for recording but is not recording at the moment

! – Device is experiencing network issues (see "Device Disconnection/Malfunction" or "Working Around Device Issues (Expert Settings)")

– Layouts Contains resources (devices and local files). Owned by users and displayed under each user.

– Shared Layouts are layouts created by an administrator and made available to a User Role or other set of users

– Locked Layouts are layouts that cannot be changed (see "Locking Layouts")

– Showreels cycle display through a sequence of layouts (see "Showreel (Tour Cycle)")

– Web Pages show the viewing cells containing a web page (see "Using Nx Witness as Web Browser").

– Users see Users and User Roles

Video Walls control multiple displays remotely (see "Video Wall Management")

– Other Systems shows servers in local network that belong to different Systems, and the available Cloud Systems (see "Configuring Multi-Server Environment").

– Local Files displays the following:

•Local Video files

•Exported Video Files (see “Exporting”)

•Exported Multi-Video Files (see "Multi-Video Export")

•Screen Recordings (see “Screen Recording”)

•Images

•Screenshots (see “Taking Screenshots”)