Spotlight Plug-in for Milestone Smart Client
Play user-defined, alarm-specific AUDIO announcements and trigger color-coded visual alerts
Updated on Thursday, June 16, 2022
The Spotlight™ Plug-in plays user-defined, alarm-specific AUDIO announcements and displays color-coded bounding boxes around live camera cells in the XProtect Smart Client.
Spotlight™ captures an operator's attention so that you never miss an alarm.
Spotlight™ captures an operator's attention so that you never miss an alarm.
What is needed
From App-Techs Corporation
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Spotlight™
From Milestone Systems
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Milestone XProtect
Overview
How it works
How to install
Overview
Spotlight Plug-in for Milestone Smart Client - Play user-defined, alarm-specific AUDIO announcements and trigger color-coded visual alerts
Spotlight™ plays user-defined, alarm-specific AUDIO announcements and displays color-coded bounding boxes around live camera cells based on event and/or alarm keyword matches.Spotlight™ is completely plug-and-play. Enter alarm and/or event keywords on your Smart Client, select a color, type in an optional speech phrase, and audio and visual alerts will be automatically activated. No user-defined events, rules, or back-end configuration required. Audio announcements come directly from the Smart Client workstation.
Settings can be managed locally or shared with other Smart Client users.
Key features
- User-defined, text-driven AUDIO announcements can be associated with event/alarm keywords. Announcements play directly from workstation speakers.
- Display color-coded bounding boxes automatically around live cameras based on event/alarm keyword match to indicate alarm type, severity, or location.
- Spotlight settings can be managed locally or shared with other Smart Client users. Easily set alert duration, color, and audio alert repetitions.
- "ANNOUNCE ALL" triggers audio announcements for events/alarms from any device on your network. Spotlight can even play audio alerts for system events.
- Spotlight™ is completely plug-and-play. No user-defined events, rules, or back-end configuration required. No need to pre-record audio announcements!
How it works
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Spotlight™ Plug-in captures operator's attention with its new, user-defined, text-driven, alarm-specific AUDIO announcements and color-coded bounding boxes around live camera cells.
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Spotlight™ is completely plug-and-play and can be managed entirely within the Smart Client. Just enter event/alarm keywords, choose a color, and type in a preferred audio announcement.
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Spotlight™ can trigger audio alerts for XProtect System events such as Motion Started or Low Disc Space. It can easily be set to announce alarms and display bounding boxes for edge-analytics cameras.
How to install
Documentation
This is where you can find additional documentation
| Spotlight™ Plug-in User Guide | pdf Download (1.41 MB) |
| Spotlight™ Plug-in One Page Flyer | pdf Download (249.26 KB) |
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Specification
Required App-Techs Corporation product(s)
Requires Windows 10 and the Milestone Smart Client. Spotlight™ just needs to be dropped in the XProtect Smart Client MIPPlugins folder.
Has proven compatibility with the following Milestone versions:
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XProtectExpress+2020 R3, 11/12 2020
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XProtectCorporate2020 R3, 11/12 2020
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XProtectExpert2020 R3, 11/12 2020
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XProtectEssential+2020 R3, 11/12 2020
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XProtectProfessional+2020 R3, 11/12 2020
Is also expected to work with:
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XProtectExpress+2019 R1, 02/05 2019 and later
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XProtectCorporate2019 R1, 02/05 2019 and later
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XProtectExpert2019 R2, 06/19 2019 and later
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XProtectEssential+2019 R1, 02/05 2019 and later
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XProtectProfessional+2019 R2, 06/19 2019 and later
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