# Camera Bar and Camera Group Bar

Fig. 24: The camera- and camera group bar

The Group or Camera bar at the upper margin of MxManagementCenter provides the means for quickly selecting individual cameras/camera groups or for switching views.
In addition, icons in the camera images of the camera bar indicate the current status of the corresponding camera:
The height of the bar and thus the size of the images can be increased to cover two lines. To do this, pull down the lower frame border until it locks into place.

Camera Bar

The Camera bar displays the cameras with the image that was transferred from the camera when the camera was added. The camera name that was captured when the camera was added is shown in the gray Info bar at the bottom of the camera image.

### Sorting the Cameras

By default, the cameras are displayed according to the order in which they were added to the Device bar. In order to make it easier to locate single cameras, you can change this order and sort the cameras. Do so by moving the slider on the lower frame border to the desired position:

- unchanged order
- alphabetical sorting
- sorted by IP address

### Showing Camera States

The following camera states can be displayed in the camera image:

- Camera is not active
- Camera is not reachable.
- Wrong camera password
- Privacy mode is active
- Limited functionality (only live image access) due to old firmware (<4.0), old camera model (M/D/V12, M/D/Q22M) or proxy issue.
- Camera password does not grant administrator rights.

### Selecting Cameras

Select the desired camera either with a single click or drag and drop the camera into the display area. The Info bar of the selected camera turns yellow.

### Switching To The Group Or Camera Bar

By clicking on the top frame border of the bar, you can switch from the Camera bar with individual cameras to the Group bar for managing camera groups.

Group or Camera Bar

The Group bar displays the camera groups with the reference image or icon configured in the camera management section (see Setting Up Camera Groups). The name that was entered when creating the camera group is shown at the bottom of the reference image or icon.

### Sorting The Camera Group Display

The camera groups are displayed according to the order in which they were added to the Device bar. You can change this order and sort the camera groups alphabetically.
To do this, move the slider on the lower frame border until the slider indicates alphabetical sorting: .

### Select a camera group

Click on the desired camera group. The Info bar of the selected camera group turns yellow.

### Switching To The Camera Bar

Click on the upper frame border of the bar to change from the Group bar with camera groups to the Camera bar for managing individual cameras.