XProtect Download Manager

The XProtect Download Manager allows you to manage the system-related features your organizations can access. You can reach XProtect Download Manager from a targeted welcome page on the surveillance system server.

Examples of user-accessible features

The welcome page

The welcome page links to downloads of various features. Users can select language from a menu in the top right corner of the welcome page.

To view the welcome page, open an Internet browser (for example, Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later) and connect to the following address:

http://[surveillance server IP address or hostname]

If you have configured the Image Server service with a port number other than the default port 80 (you configure this as part of the server access properties), users must specify the port number as well, separated from the IP address or hostname by a colon:

http://[surveillance server IP address or hostname]:[port number]

The content of the welcome page is managed through XProtect Download Manager and can look different in different organizations.

Immediately after you install your system, the welcome page provides access to XProtect Smart Client in all languages. You can also download XProtect Smart Client in 32-bit or 64-bit if you run a 64-bit operating system and in 32-bit if you run a 32-bit operating system. This initial look of the welcome page is automatically provided through XProtect Download Manager's default configuration.

Default configuration of XProtect Download Manager

XProtect Download Manager has a default configuration. This ensures that your organization's users can access standard features without the surveillance system administrator having to set up anything. The XProtect Download Manager configuration is represented in a tree structure.

Download Manager's tree structure explained:

The fact that only standard features are initially available helps reduce installation time and save space on the server. There is no need to have a feature or language version available on the server if nobody is going to use it. You can make more features and/or languages available if you need to.

Making new features available

When you install new features, these are by default selected in XProtect Download Manager and immediately available to users through the welcome page.

You can always show or hide features on the welcome page by selecting or clearing check boxes in the tree structure. You can change the sequence in which features and languages are displayed on the welcome page by dragging items and dropping them in the relevant position.

Hiding and removing features

You can remove features in several ways:

You can hide features from the welcome page by clearing check boxes in XProtect Download Manager's tree structure. If you do this, the features are still installed on the surveillance system server, and by selecting check boxes in the tree structure, you can quickly make the features available again.

You can remove features which have previously been made available through XProtect Download Manager. This removes the installation of the features on the surveillance system server. The features disappear from XProtect Download Manager, but installation files for the features are kept in the surveillance system server's Installers or relevant language folder, so you can re-install them later if required. To do so:

  1. In XProtect Download Manager, click Remove features...
  2. In the Remove Features window, select the features you want to remove.
  3. Click OK and then click Yes.

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