You can organize your cameras from across any of your locations into camera groups. Organizing your cameras into camera groups can help you locate them faster and more efficiently, allowing you to find footage on the fly.
Create New Camera Group
To create a new camera group:
Navigate to the Video page in the Solink platform.
Select the Groups tab on the left-side of the page:
Select the New Group button:
Enter a name for the camera group. For example, if you want to include only cameras of the cash register areas of your business, you could call the camera group “Cash Register Area”.
(Optional - skip this step if you do not see this option) If you have Admin permissions, you can choose the Visibility of the camera group:
Private: This camera group is only viewable in the current user account. Other Solink users under the account will not be able to see this camera group.
Shared: All Solink users under the account can view this camera group.
Select Add to create the camera group.
Additionally, there are default camera groups created for you which includes:
Favorites: You can favorite a camera and add it to the Favorites folder. On any camera, select Actions > Add to Group button and select the Favorites folder:
Recently Viewed: This folder contains cameras you have recently viewed.
Add Cameras to Camera Group
To add cameras to a camera group:
Click Select in the top-right corner of the Video page:
Select the cameras you want to add to a new or existing group.
Select Add to Group:
Choose whether you want to add the selected camera(s) to an existing group or to a new group.
Use the dropdown list to select an existing camera group to add the selected camera(s) to:
Or select Add to New Group and type a name for the new camera group:
(Optional - skip this step if you do not see this option) If you have Admin permissions, you can choose the Visibility of the camera group:
Private: This camera group is only viewable in the current user account. Other Solink users under the account will not be able to see this camera group.
Shared: All Solink users under the account can view this camera group.
Select Save to add the camera(s) to an existing or new camera group.
Note: You can drag and drop cameras to rearrange them from the camera group page. The order that cameras appear on the camera group page determines which cameras you can view at once.
Camera Groups on Mobile Apps
For information on how to create, edit, delete and add users to camera groups in the Solink mobile apps, see the following: