Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 63)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 63 Defining your views
About Bounding Box Providers
Requires that Show bounding box layer is selected. In the dialog box, enable the metadata devices
that you want to provide data for the bounding boxes in videos from this camera. The list of devices is
defined by your system administrator.
Keyboard shortcuts and overlay buttons
Depending on your surveillance system (see "Surveillance system differences" on page 42), you can
assign custom keyboard shortcuts (see "XProtect Smart Client options" on page 95) and overlay
buttons (see "Views" on page 44) to trigger auxiliary commands (commands defined by the camera) to
the camera positions in the view. Auxiliary commands differ from camera to camera; for details, see
the documentation for the camera.
Sound notifications
Your XProtect Smart Client may have been configured to notify you with a sound notification when:

motion is detected on one or more specific cameras
- and/or -

events (on page 154) related to one or more specific cameras occur
When you hear a sound notification, special attention may be required. If in doubt about whether or
how sound notifications are used in your organization, consult your surveillance system administrator.
You can temporarily mute sound notifications for a specific camera: on the camera toolbar, click More
> Sound Notifications > Mute.
When you minimize the XProtect Smart Client window, sound notification is disabled.
To turn on sound notifications for the camera again, click More > Sound Notifications > Mute again.
The ability to mute sound notifications is not available for hotspots (on page 84), carousels (on page
90), or Matrix (on page 93) positions.
Frequently asked questions: cameras
Will I receive lots of sound notifications?
If you select Always on, the number of motion-related sound notifications will depend on the motion
detection sensitivity of the camera. If motion detection for the camera is highly sensitive, you may
receive very frequent sound notifications. The camera's motion detection sensitivity is configured on
the surveillance system server. If you select sound notifications for more than one camera, you may
also hear more notifications
—again depending on the cameras' motion detection sensitivity.
What is jitter?
Jitter is small variations in the video which can be perceived by the viewer as irregular movement, for
example when viewing a person walking.
What is an event?
An event is a predefined incident occurring on the surveillance system. Depending on the surveillance
system's configuration, events may be caused by input from external sensors connected to cameras,