Milestone M50 - Manual (Page 59)

Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 59 Advanced configuration
Configure hardware devices
Once you have added hardware devices (see "Add hardware wizard" on page 40), you can
specify/edit device-specific properties, such as the IP address, which video channels to use, which
COM ports to use for controlling attached PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) cameras, whether to use 360° lens
technology, etc.
1. In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, expand
Hardware Devices, right-click the relevant hardware device, and select Properties.
2. Specify Name and video channels, Network, device type and license (see "Network, device
type, and license" on page 63), PTZ device (on page 63), and 360° lens (see "Fisheye" on
page 98) properties as required.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.
Delete hardware devices
IMPORTANT: If you delete a hardware device you will not only delete all cameras, speakers and
microphones attached to the hardware device. You will also delete any recordings from cameras on
the hardware device.
1. In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, expand
Hardware Devices, right-click the hardware device you want to delete, and select Delete
Hardware device.
2. Confirm that you want to delete the hardware device and all its recordings.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.
4. Restart (see "Start and stop services" on page 170) the Recording Server service.
Alternately, you can also consider disabling the individual cameras, speakers or microphones
connected to the hardware device:
1. In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, expand
Hardware Devices, and expand the relevant hardware device.
2. Right-click the camera, microphone or speaker that you want to disable, and select Disable.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper-
right corner of the Management Application.
4. Restart (see "Start and stop services" on page 170) the Recording Server service.
About replacing hardware devices
If you need to, you can replace a hardware device that you have added and configured on your
system with a new one, for example to replace a physical camera on your network.