Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 97)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 97 Defining your views
Name Description
Default image quality
Select a default for the quality of video viewed in the XProtect
Smart Client. Note that image quality also affects bandwidth usage.
If your XProtect Smart Client is used over the internet, over a slow
network connection, or if for other reasons you need to limit
bandwidth use, image quality can be reduced on the server by
selecting Low or Medium.
You can override this setting on individual cameras by adjusting
camera properties (see "Camera settings" on page 57) for the
camera(s) in setup mode.
Default frame rate
Select a default frame rate for video viewed in the XProtect Smart
Client.
You can override this setting on individual cameras by adjusting
camera properties (see "Camera settings" on page 57) for the
camera(s) in setup mode.
PTZ click mode
Select a default PTZ click mode for your PTZ cameras. Options are
click-to-center or virtual joystick. You can override this setting on
individual cameras by selecting a different default PTZ click mode
for the camera.
Start mode
Select how the XProtect Smart Client opens after you have logged
in. Options are full-screen mode, window mode or your last used
mode.
Start view
Select whether the XProtect Smart Client displays a view
immediately after you have logged in. Options are: the view you last
used, no view, or that you decide after you have logged in.
Hide mouse pointer
Lets you select whether you want the mouse pointer to be hidden
after a period of inactivity. You can specify how much time you want
to elapse before hiding the mouse pointer. The default option is
after 5 seconds. Options are:

Never

After 5 seconds

After 10 seconds

After 20 seconds

After 30 seconds
If you move the mouse after a period of inactivity, it is enabled
immediately.
Snapshot
Specify whether you want the snapshot feature to be available or
unavailable. A snapshot is an instant capture of a frame of video
from a camera at a given time.
Path to snapshots
Specify the path indicating where you want your snapshots to be
saved to.