Install your system software

Do not install your surveillance software on a mounted drive. A mounted drive is a drive that is attached to an empty folder on an NTFS (NT File System) volume, with a label or name instead of a drive letter. If you use mounted drives, critical system features may not work as intended. You do not, for example, receive any warnings if the system runs out of disk space.

Before you start: shut down any existing surveillance software. If you are upgrading, read Upgrading from one product version to another product version first.

Run the installation file
If you have a previous installation of your system or any of the other XProtect Professional VMS products installed, the system detects this installation and informs you that your previous installation is removed after installing the new version. If you accept this, click Yes to continue the installation. All your recordings and configuration from the previous version are available in the new version
Select language for the installer and then click Continue
Select Trial to install a 30-day trial version of the system software if you do not have a software license file named after your SLC. If you have a software license file, first save it on your local drive. Do not try to import it directly from a network drive or a USB stick. Import it by typing the destination of the software license file or clicking Browse
Read and accept the license agreement. Select the checkbox to enable access to the Customer Dashboard
Select Typical or Custom installation. If you select Custom installation, you can select application language, which features to install and where to install them. Let the installation wizard complete
If you have installed a trial version, open the Management Application once the installation is complete and select which of the XProtect Professional VMS products you want to use, for example XProtect Professional.

You can now begin to configure your system.