Milestone Smart Client 3.6 - Manual (Page 20)

Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.6; User’s Manual
Views Explained
The way in which images from one or more cameras
are displayed in the Smart Client is called a view.
A view may contain video from up to 64 cameras,
depending on the surveillance system to which you
connect. A Smart Client can handle an unlimited
number of views, allowing you to switch between video
from various collections of cameras.
The illustration to the right provides an example of a
Smart Client displaying a view, in this case with video
from six different cameras (view is highlighted in red
frame).
In order to help you maintain an easy overview when
you navigate between various views in your Smart Client, all views are placed in folders called
groups. A group can contain any number of views and, if required, subgroups.
Difference between Private and Shared Views
Views can be private or shared:
• Private views can only be accessed by the user who created them.
• Shared views allow many Smart Client users to share the same views. This is possible since
all views are stored on the surveillance system server. Depending on the type of surveillance
system you connect to, shared views can simply be shared by all Smart Client users, or
access to selected shared views can be given to selected groups of Smart Client users.
Before you create any views, it is important that you are sure about the difference between private
and shared views—not least because a number of shared views may already exist for Smart Client
users in your organization.
If you already know that shared views exist, and that you have access to them,
you can start using your Smart Client straight away. See Viewing Live Video on page
54 and Viewing Recorded Video on page 71 for more information.
When you have access to shared views, creating further views in your Smart Client will not be
necessary unless you want to supplement the shared views with private views of your own.
If you want to create views yourself, for example if no shared views are available in your
organization, the Smart Client’s Setup tab lets you create groups and views, and specify which
cameras should be included in each view. See Setup of Views on page 22 for more information.
Note: The way shared views work varies slightly depending upon which type of Milestone
surveillance system you connect to; see Surveillance System Differences on page 100 for details.
Tip: You can use your views, private as well as shared, on any computer that has a Smart
Client installed. This is because information about your views is stored centrally on the surveillance
system server, as part of your user login information.
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