Template

The template can help you configure similar properties quickly.

Say you have 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path, archiving path, and retention time for all of them. Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times, you can simply enter them once in the template, and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks.

Apply Template

Select which cameras you want to apply the template for. Use one of the two Set buttons to actually apply the template.

Camera Name

The name as it appears in the Management Application as well as in clients. You can overwrite the existing name with a new one. Names must be unique, and must not contain any of these special characters:  < >  &  '  "  \  /  :  *  ?  |  [  ]

Shortcut

Users of XProtect Smart Client can take advantage of keyboard shortcuts, some of which let the users toggle between viewing different cameras. Such shortcuts include numbers which are used to identify each camera.

Shortcut numbers must be unique for each camera. A camera shortcut number must not contain any letters or special characters, and must not be longer than eight digits.

Examples of correct camera shortcut numbers: 3, 12345678.
Examples of incorrect camera shortcut numbers: Cam#3, 123456789.

More information about using the keyboard shortcuts is available in the separate documentation for XProtect Smart Client.

Recording Path

Path to the folder in which the camera's database should be stored. Default is C:\MediaDatabase. To browse for another folder, click the browse icon next to the required cell. You can only specify a path to a folder on a local drive. You cannot specify a path to a network drive. If you use a network drive, you cannot save recordings if the network drive becomes unavailable.

If you change the recording path, and you have existing recordings at the old location, you are asked whether you want to move the recordings to the new location, leave them at the old location, or delete them.

If you have several cameras, and several local drives are available, you can improve performance by distributing individual cameras' databases across several drives.

Archiving Path

Only editable if not using dynamic paths for archiving. Path to the folder in which the camera's archived recordings should be stored. Default is C:\MediaDatabase.

To browse for another folder, click the browse icon next to the relevant cell. If you change the archiving path, and there are existing archived recordings at the old location, you are asked whether you want to move the archived recordings to the new location (recommended), leave them at the old location, or delete them. Note that if you move archived recordings, your system also archives what is currently in the camera database. In case you wonder why the camera database is empty just after you have moved archived recordings, this is the reason.

Retention time

Total amount of time for which you want to keep recordings from the camera (that is, recordings in the camera's database as well as any archived recordings). The default retention time is 7 days.

Retention time covers the total amount of time you want to keep recordings for. In earlier versions of your surveillance system, you specified time limits separately for the database and archives.

Camera

Click the Open button to configure detailed and/or camera-specific settings (such as event notification, PTZ preset positions, and fisheye view areas) for the selected camera.

Select All

Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column.

Clear All

Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column.

Set selected template value on selected cameras

Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras.

Set all template values on selected cameras

Apply all values from the template to selected cameras.