Managing Milestone ONVIF Bridge

After you configure the Milestone ONVIF Bridge, you can monitor the service and change configuration settings in several ways.

Check the status of the ONVIF Bridge service

To view the status of the ONVIF Bridge service, follow these steps.

1. On the computer where the ONVIF Bridge server is installed, look in the notification area. The ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon indicates the status of the ONVIF Bridge service. If the service is running, the icon is green.

   

2. If it is not running, the icon is yellow or red. Right-click the icon and select Start ONVIF Bridge service.

View logs

The ONVIF Bridge Manager saves the log information about the ONVIF Bridge server and the RTSP streams.

1. In the notification area on the computer where the ONVIF Bridge server is installed, right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon.

   

2. Select Show latest ONVIF log or Show latest RTSP log.

Change the level of information in your logs

The ONVIF Bridge Manager saves the log information about the ONVIF Bridge server and the RTSP streams.

To change the level of information, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon, and then stop the ONVIF Bridge service.
2. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon again, and select Configuration.
3. In the Log level for ONVIF and Log level for RTSP fields, specify the type of information, and how much information you want to save in your ONVIF and RTSP logs. The default value is Information.

   Note: From top to bottom in the list, the options are ordered from lowest level to highest level. Each level includes the level above it in the list. For example, the Warning level includes the Error level. Milestone recommends that you use only the Error, Warning, and Information levels. The Trace and Message levels capture more information and use more disk space, which can decrease performance.

4. Click OK.
5. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon, and then start the ONVIF Bridge service.

Change configuration settings for the Milestone ONVIF Bridge

If you change the IP address or host name of the surveillance server, or if you have changed the user accounts that have access to the surveillance server service, you must update this information for Milestone ONVIF Bridge.

To change the VMS address or login credentials, follow these steps:

1. On the computer where Milestone ONVIF Bridge server is installed, right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon, and then stop the ONVIF Bridge service.
2. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon again, and select Configuration.

   

3. Specify the new information, and then click OK.

   Note: You must use the fully qualified domain name or the IP address of the server where the management server is installed.

4. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon, and then start the ONVIF Bridge service.

The ONVIF Bridge service is now running and the tray icon turns green.

Include sub-sites

By default, the Milestone ONVIF Bridge is configured to exclude sub-sites. This means that ONVIF client users cannot access video from cameras that are installed on sub-sites.

You can change this to include sub-sites. However, Milestone recommends that you do so only for systems where sub-sites do not contain large numbers of cameras. The Milestone ONVIF Bridge aggregates and displays all cameras, including those from sub-sites, in one list. For example, if the system and sub-sites have more than 50 cameras, the list will be difficult to use.

Tip: If you must include sub-sites, consider installing the Milestone ONVIF Bridge on each management server. You will have more than one list of cameras, however, the cameras will be easier to identify and navigate.

To include sub-sites:

1. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon, and then stop the ONVIF Bridge service.
2. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon again, and click Configuration.
3. Select the Include sub-sites checkbox, and then click OK.
4. Right-click the ONVIF Bridge Manager tray icon, and then start the ONVIF Bridge service.

Tips and tricks

The configuration created by ONVIF Bridge Manager is stored locally in a file at ProgramData\Milestone\XProtect ONVIF Bridge. The name of the file is serverconfiguration.xml. If this file is deleted, you must update the configuration in the ONVIF Bridge Manager.

To update a configuration, follow the steps described in Change configuration settings for a Milestone ONVIF Bridge in this document.

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