Install XProtect Smart Client

You must install XProtect Smart Client on your computer before you can use it. Download XProtect Smart Client from the surveillance system server and install it on your computer.

Before you begin, visit the Milestone website and verify that your computer meets the XProtect Smart Client's minimum system requirements.

Install XProtect Smart Client from the management server

1. Open Internet Explorer and connect to the management server using the URL or IP address of that server.
2. On the Welcome page, click Language and select the language you want to use.
3. The XProtect Smart Client setup wizard starts. In the wizard, follow the installation instructions.

The wizard suggests an installation path. Normally, you can use the suggested installation path. However, if you have previously used add-on products, this path might not be valid anymore.

Install XProtect Smart Client silently

A surveillance system administrator can deploy the system or XProtect Smart Client to users’ computers by using tools such as Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS). With this tool, you can build up databases of hardware and software on local networks. You can then use the databases for distributing and installing software applications over local networks.

To install silently:

1. Locate the XProtect Smart Client installation file XProtect Smart Client 2019 R1 Installer x64.exe. Find the file in a subfolder under the folder httpdocs. The httpdocs folder is located under the folder in which your Milestone surveillance software is installed.
   
   The path is typically (if you are using an English language version of the XProtect Smart Client):
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Milestone\Milestone Surveillance\httpdocs\XProtect Smart Client Installer\[version number] [bit-version]\All Languages\en-US
   
   For example:
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Milestone\Milestone Surveillance\httpdocs\XProtect Smart Client Installer\2018 R1 (64-bit)\All Languages\en-US
2. Run a silent installation using one of the following two options:

• Run with default parameter settings:

  To run a silent installation using the default values for all parameters, start a command prompt (cmd.exe) in the directory where the installation program is located and perform the following command:

  • XProtect Smart Client:

    XProtect Smart Client 2019 R1 Installer x64.exe --quiet

    Your system:

    Milestone XProtect Professional VMS Products 2019 R1 System Installer.exe --quiet

  This performs a quiet installation of XProtect Smart Client or your system using default values for parameters such as target directory and so on. To change the default settings, see the following:

• Customize default parameters using an XML argument file as input:

  In order to customize the default installation settings, you must provide an XML file with modified values as input. In order to generate the XML file with default values, open a command prompt in the directory where the installation program is located and perform the following command:

  • XProtect Smart Client:

    XProtect Smart Client 2019 R1 Installer x64.exe --generateargsfile=[path]

  • Your system:

    Milestone XProtect Professional VMS Products 2019 R1 System Installer.exe --generateargsfile=[path]

  Open the generated arguments.xml file in a text editor and perform any changes needed. Then perform the following command in the same directory to run a modified version of the silent installation.

  • XProtect Smart Client:

    XProtect Smart Client 2019 R1 Installer x64.exe --arguments=[full path]args.xml --quiet

  • Your system:

    Milestone XProtect Professional VMS Products 2019 R1 System Installer.exe --arguments= [full path]args.xml --quiet

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