Devices (explained)

Hardware has a number of devices that you can manage individually, for example:

A physical camera has devices that represent the camera part (lenses) as well as microphones, speakers, metadata, input and output either attached or built-in.
A video encoder has multiple analog cameras connected that appear in one list of devices that represent the camera part (lenses) as well as microphones, speakers, metadata, input and output either attached or built-in.
An I/O module has devices that represent the input and output channels for, for example, lights.
A dedicated audio module has devices that represent microphones and speaker inputs and outputs.
In a Milestone Interconnect setup, the remote system appears as hardware with all devices from the remote system listed in one list.

The system automatically adds the hardware’s devices when you add hardware.

The following sections describe each of the device types with links to the tabs you can use to manage them.