On many devices, you can attach external units to output ports on the device. This allows you to activate/deactivate lights, sirens, etc. through the system.
You can use output when creating rules. You can create rules that automatically activate or deactivate outputs, and rules that trigger actions when the state of an output is changed.
Output can be triggered manually from the Management Client and XProtect Smart Client.
Before you specify use of external output units on a device, verify that the device itself can control the device attached to the output. Most devices can show this in their configuration interfaces, or via Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script commands.
Output 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. Output devices do not require separate licenses. You can use as many output 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 Output. 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 output devices on these tabs:
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