On many devices, you can attach external units to input ports on the device. Input units are typically external sensors. You can use such external sensors, for example, for detecting if doors, windows, or gates are opened. Input from such external input units is treated as events by the system.
You can use such events in rules. For example, you could create a rule specifying that a camera should begin recording when an input is activated, and stop recording 30 seconds after the input is deactivated.
You can use input devices completely independently of cameras.
Before you specify use of external input units on a device, verify that the device itself recognize the sensor operation. Most devices can show this in their configuration interfaces, or via Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script commands.
Input devices are added automatically when you add hardware to the system. They are by default disabled, so you must enable them before use, either as part of the Add Hardware wizard or afterwards. Input devices do not require separate licenses. You can use as many input devices as required on your system.
For information about supported hardware, see the supported hardware page on the Milestone website.
Enabling/disabling and renaming of individual devices take place on the recording server hardware. See Enable/disable devices via device groups.
For all other configuration and management of cameras, expand Devices in the Site Navigation pane, then select Input. In the Overview pane, you group your input devices for an easy overview. Initial grouping is done as part of the Add hardware wizard.
You can configure input devices on these tabs:
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