Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 56)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 56 Defining your views
Add a camera to a view
1. In setup mode, select the view you want to add a camera to.
2. In the Overview pane, expand the required server to view a list of available cameras from
that server.
Often, you will only see a single server, but if you are connected to a large surveillance
system, you may see a hierarchy of several servers. If a server is listed with a red icon, it is
unavailable, in which case you will not be able to view cameras from that server.
3. Select the camera from the list and drag it to the position in the view.
An image from the camera will —provided a connection can be established—appear in the
selected position. If a connection cannot be established, just the camera name will be
displayed.
Tip: If parts of images are black, it is because privacy masks (on page 116) are in use.
You can specify the camera properties (such as quality, frame rate, etc.) in the Properties pane (see
"Camera settings" on page 57).
Repeat for each camera required in the view.
Tip: If you want to add multiple cameras to a view in one go (for example all of the cameras from a
camera folder under a server), simply drag the folder to the view. This automatically adds all the
folder's cameras in the view from the selected position onwards. Make sure a sufficient number of
positions are available in the view.
Tip: You can easily change which cameras are included in your view by dragging a different camera to
the position.
Camera names and colored indicators
If configured (in setup mode, in the Properties pane (see "Camera settings" on page 57)), the camera
title bar displays the name of the camera. When video is displayed from the Playback tab, the bar
shows the date and time of the displayed video. When you select a camera in a view, the camera title
bar changes color.
The camera title bar displays Live when live video is displayed, Recording if video from the camera in
question is being recorded, and Stopped if there is no camera feed and live viewing is not possible. A
camera may stop working for various reasons, for example, if it has been configured only to be
available during certain hours of the day, or because of camera or network maintenance, or a change