About this documentation Copyright, trademarks and disclaimer Before you start Product comparison chart About minimum system requirements About naming of host names About important port numbers Daylight saving time (explained) Time servers (explained) About virus scanning System overview Software and system components Clients XProtect Smart Client XProtect Smart Client (explained) XProtect Mobile client XProtect Mobile client (explained) XProtect Web Client XProtect Web Client (explained) Access XProtect Web Client Recording Server Manager XProtect Download Manager Licenses About licenses License information overview About automatic license activation About device changes without activation How the number of device changes without activation is calculated Hardware device summary About replacing hardware devices Get additional licenses About license activation Activate licenses offline Activate licenses online Activate licenses after grace period Install and upgrade Install your system software Install XProtect Smart Client Install video device drivers Upgrade About upgrading About updates Upgrading from one product version to another product version Upgrading from a current version of your product to a different current XProtect Professional VMS product About upgrading to a more a feature-rich XProtect Professional VMS product Importing a new software license file About removing system components First time use Configure the system in the Management Application Best practices About protecting recording databases from corruption About saving changes to the configuration About using the help About restarting services Monitor storage space usage View video from cameras in Management Application Getting started About the Getting started page Automatic configuration wizard Automatic configuration wizard: First page Automatic configuration wizard: Scanning options Automatic configuration wizard: Select hardware manufacturers to scan for Automatic configuration wizard: Scanning for hardware devices Automatic configuration wizard: Continue after scan Add hardware wizard Add hardware: Scan for hardware Add hardware: Scanning options Add hardware: Select hardware manufacturers to scan for Add hardware: Scanning for hardware devices Add hardware: Manually specify the hardware to add Add hardware: Enter IP address Add hardware: Import from CSV file... Add hardware: Import from CSV file - example of a CSV file Add hardware: Import from CSV file - CSV file format and requirements Configure storage wizard Configure storage: Video settings and preview Configure storage: Online schedule Configure storage: Live and recording settings (motion JPEG cameras) Configure storage: Live and recording settings - H.264/MPEG4 cameras Configure storage: Drive selection Configure storage: Recording and archiving settings Adjust motion detection wizard Adjust motion detection: Exclude regions Adjust motion detection: Motion Detection Manage user access wizard Manage user access wizard: Basic and Windows Users Access summary Advanced configuration Hardware devices About hardware devices About microphones About speakers About recording audio About dedicated input/output devices Show or hide microphones or speakers Configure hardware devices Delete/disable hardware devices About replacing hardware devices About the Replace Hardware Device wizard New hardware device information Camera and database action Speaker properties Hardware properties Hardware name and video channels (properties) Network, Device Type & License (properties) PTZ device (properties) Cameras and storage information About video and recording configuration About database resizing About motion detection About motion detection and PTZ cameras Configure camera-specific schedules Configure when cameras should do what Configure motion detection Disable or delete cameras Move PTZ type 1 and 3 to required positions Recording and storage properties Recording and archiving paths (properties) Dynamic path selection (properties) Video recording (properties) If the camera uses the MJPEG video format If the camera uses the MPEG video format Manual recording (properties) Frame rate - MJPEG (properties) Template and common properties Regular frame rate properties Speedup frame rate properties Frame Rate - MPEG Audio recording (properties) Audio selection Storage information (properties) Camera properties General (properties) Video (properties) Audio (properties) Recording (properties) Recording and archiving paths (properties) Event notification (properties) Output (properties) Motion detection & exclude regions (properties) Privacy masking (properties) Fisheye lens (properties) PTZ preset positions (properties) PTZ patrolling (properties) PTZ on event (properties) Microphones About microphones Configure microphones or speakers Show or hide microphones or speakers Microphone (properties) Events and output About input and output About events and output Overview of events and output Add an analytics event Add a hardware input event Add a hardware output Add a manual event Add a generic event Add a timer event Configure hardware output on event Configure general event handling Generate alarms based on analytics events Test a generic event General event properties Ports and polling (properties) Events and output properties Test an analytics event Test Analytics Event (properties) Hardware input event Hardware output (properties) Manual event Timer event (properties) Generic event Output control on event (Events and Output-specific properties) Scheduling and archiving About scheduling About archiving About archiving locations About archiving to other locations About dynamic archive paths About archiving audio Storage capacity required for archiving About archiving schedules Automatic response if running out of disk space About viewing archived recordings Configure general scheduling and archiving General scheduling properties Scheduling all cameras Scheduling options (properties) Archiving Camera-specific scheduling properties Online period (properties) Speedup (properties) PTZ patrolling Matrix About Matrix video-sharing About Matrix-recipients Configure Matrix Matrix properties Matrix recipients (properties) Matrix event control (properties) Logs About logs Configure system, event and audit logging Log properties Notifications About notifications Email About email Configure email notifications Email (Properties) Message Settings (email) Attachment Settings (email) Server Settings (email) SMS About SMS Configure SMS notifications SMS properties Message Settings (SMS) Server Settings (SMS) Scheduling About scheduling of notifications Notification Scheduling properties Central About Central Enable XProtect Central Central properties Access control About access control integration XProtect Access licenses Wizard for access control system integration Create access control system integration Connecting to the access control system Associated cameras Final summary Access control properties General Settings tab (Access Control) Doors and Associated Cameras tab (Access Control) Access Control Events tab (Access Control) Access Control Actions tab (Access Control) Cardholders tab (Access Control) Server access About server access About registered services Configure server access Server access properties Server access (properties) Local IP ranges (properties) Language support and XML encoding (properties) Master/Slave About master and slave Configure master and slave servers Master/slave properties Users About users Add basic users Add Windows users Add user groups Configure user and group rights User properties User information (properties) Group information (properties) General access (properties) Camera access (properties) Alarm management (properties) Access control management (properties) Services About services Server manager tray icons (explained) Start and stop services Start, stop, or restart the Event Server service Stopping the Event Server service View Event Server or MIP logs Servers LPR servers XProtect LPR system overview XProtect LPR (explained) XProtect LPR system architecture Compatibility Minimum system requirements XProtect LPR licenses Preparing cameras for LPR (explained) Positioning the camera Camera angles Plate width recommendations Image resolution Understanding camera exposure Physical surroundings Lens and shutter speed Contrast Unwanted camera features XProtect LPR installation Install XProtect LPR Upgrade XProtect LPR XProtect LPR configuration View LPR server information LPR server information properties Configuring cameras for LPR Requirements for LPR in the Management Application Snapshots (explained) Add LPR camera Adjust settings for your LPR camera Info tab Recognition settings tab Match lists tab Country modules tab Select snapshots Validate configuration Auto-configure Working with license plate match lists License plate match lists (explained) Unlisted license plates list (explained) Add new license plate match lists Edit license plate match lists Import/export license plate match lists License plate match list properties Edit custom fields properties Events triggered by LPR Alarms triggered by LPR Alarm Definitions for LPR Alarm Data Settings for LPR LPR maintenance LPR Server Manager (explained) Start and stop LPR Server service Show LPR server status Show LPR server log Change LPR server settings Uninstall XProtect LPR XProtect Mobile XProtect Mobile introduction XProtect Mobile (explained) Prerequisites for using XProtect Mobile XProtect Mobile system requirements XProtect Mobile configuration XProtect Mobile server (explained) XProtect Mobile and master/slave servers (explained) Smart Connect (explained) Set up Smart Connect Sending notifications (explained) Set up sending notifications to mobile devices Set up investigations Using Video Push to stream video (explained) Set up Video Push to stream video Actions (explained) Naming an output group for use in XProtect Mobile client and XProtect Web Client (explained) Mobile server settings General tab Connectivity tab Server Status tab Performance tab Investigations tab Video Push tab Notifications tab Mobile Server Manager Mobile Server Manager (explained) Access XProtect Web Client Show status (explained) Accessing logs and investigations (explained) Change investigations folder Edit certificate Fill in/edit surveillance server credentials Show/edit port numbers Start, stop, and restart Mobile Server service Troubleshooting XProtect Mobile Milestone ONVIF Bridge Milestone ONVIF Bridge (explained) Milestone ONVIF Bridge Setting up Milestone ONVIF Bridge security controls Installing Milestone ONVIF Bridge Configuring the Milestone ONVIF Bridge Managing Milestone ONVIF Bridge Milestone ONVIF Bridge properties User settings tab (properties) Advanced settings tab (properties) Manage video playback Alarms Alarms (explained) About maps Add an alarm Add a time profile (for alarms) Alarms properties Alarms definition (properties) Alarm data settings (properties) Sound settings (properties) Time profile (properties) MIP plug-ins About MIP plug-ins XProtect Transact XProtect Transact introduction XProtect Transact (explained) XProtect Transact system architecture Connectors (explained) Transaction definitions (explained) Transaction events (explained) Compatibility Getting started XProtect Transact trial license XProtect Transact configuration Setting up transactions Add transaction source (wizard) Transaction sources (properties) Add transaction definitions Transaction definitions (properties) Setting up transaction events and alarms Define transaction events Create alarms based on transaction events Enable filtering of transaction events or alarms Maintaining transaction setup Edit transaction source settings Disable transaction sources Delete transaction sources Verify XProtect Transact configuration Options About automatic device discovery Change default file paths About Customer Dashboard Settings General Connecting Hardware Devices User Interface Default File Paths Access Control Settings Audio Recording Analytics Events (properties) Alarms and Events System maintenance Backing up and restoring configuration About backup and restore of configuration Back up system configuration Restore system configuration Back up and restore alarm and map configuration Export and import Management Application configuration Restore system configuration from a restore point Importing changes to configuration About importing changes to configuration About required fields for CSV files when you import changes to configurations Import changes to configuration Glossary of Terms Access control door license Administrator Analytics Events API Aspect ratio ATM AVI Base license Carousel Central Codec CSV Device Device changes without activation DirectX DNS Driver DST Dual stream Event Server Fisheye FPS Frame rate Generic events GOP Grace period GUID H.264 Hardware device Hardware device license Host Hotspot I/O I-frame Image Server IPIX JPEG Keyframe LPR camera license LPR country module license MAC address Manual events Master/Slave Matrix Matrix-recipient MJPEG MPEG NTLM Panomorph Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) P-frame PIN Ping Polling Port POS Post-recording Pre-alarm Pre-buffer Pre-recording Privacy masking PUK Recording Recording Server service Restore point SCS SDK SIM SMTP Software License Code (SLC) Software license file Subnet TCP TCP/IP Telnet Transaction source license UDP UPS VCA Video encoder Video motion detection (VMD) Video server View Wizard XProtect Transact Index