Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 94)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 94 Defining your views
Viewing Matrix content
The event or the camera used in the Matrix setup depends entirely on the Matrix configuration on the
surveillance system server or on what other users want to share with you. You cannot control this in
the Smart Client. However, you can add Matrix content to as many positions in the view as required,
so you can watch live video from several Matrix-triggered sources at the same time.
A Matrix position is displayed with a Matrix icon on the toolbar: . You can maximize a Matrix by
double-clicking it.
A view can contain several Matrix positions. This lets you watch live video from several Matrix-
triggered sources at the same time. If your view contains several Matrix positions, the positions are
always ranked
—one of the positions will be the primary Matrix position, another the secondary, and so
on. When the first Matrix-triggered live video stream is received, it is automatically presented in the
primary Matrix position. When the next Matrix-triggered video stream is received, a first-in-first-out
principle applies: the previously received video stream is transferred to your view's secondary Matrix
position, and the newest video stream is presented in your primary Matrix position, and so on. The
Matrix positions’ ranking is applied automatically: the first Matrix position you add is the primary Matrix
position, the next one you add is the secondary one, etc. You can change this ranking in setup mode,
see Matrix properties (see "Settings" on page 94).
On the Playback tab, Matrix positions display video from the cameras with which the Matrix positions
were last used on the Live tab. You can, of course, play back this video using the Playback tab's
navigation features.
Settings
In setup mode, in the Properties (see "Camera settings" on page 57) pane, you can specify the
settings for Matrix positions.
Name Description
Window index
Change the Matrix position's ranking by choosing a different
number. You can only choose a number in the range that
corresponds to the number of Matrix positions in your view. 1 is the
primary position in which video from the newest event is always
shown, 2 displays video from the previously detected event, 3
displays video from the event detected before the event in position
2, and so on.
Connection Settings...
Lets you specify the TCP port and Password for transferring
Matrix-triggered video from the surveillance server to the XProtect
Smart Client view. This is only available when Matrix position 1 is
selected; other Matrix positions inherit the connection settings
specified for position 1. By default, the TCP port used for Matrix is
12345. Consult your surveillance system administrator about which
port number or password to use.