Spotlight™ Plug-in for the XProtect Smart Client
Stay alert with Spotlight's user-defined audio announcements and alarm-specific visual cues.
Updated on Thursday, April 24, 2025
Spotlight™ captures a XProtect Smart Client operator's attention with user-defined audio announcements and alarm-specific visual cues, view changes, and pop-up windows.
Spotlight™ SHOWS and TELLS you when alarms-of-interest occur.
Spotlight™ SHOWS and TELLS you when alarms-of-interest occur.
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 the XProtect Smart Client - Stay alert with Spotlight's user-defined audio announcements and alarm-specific visual cues.
The Spotlight™ Plug-in for the XProtect Smart Client dynamically announces user-defined text-to-speech audio announcements when particular alarms-of-interest occur and can visually highlight the camera on which the alarm occurred.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. Audio announcements come directly from the Smart Client workstation speakers.
Audio and visual alarm indicators include:
1. Color-coded bounding boxes around live camera cells for alarms-of-interest.
2. User-defined, text-to-speech audio announcements when alarms-of-interest occur.
3. Change the on-screen smart client view based on alarm-keyword match.
4. Pop-up "Floating" windows based on alarm keyword match.
Settings can be managed locally or shared with other Smart Client users.
Key features
- Associate a user-defined, text-to-speech audio announcements with event or alarm keywords. Announcements play directly from workstation speakers.
- Display color-coded bounding boxes automatically around live cameras based on alarm keyword matches to indicate alarm location, type, or severity.
- Automatically change the on-screen view, or trigger a Pop-Up "floating" window based on an alarm keyword match.
- Spotlight™ is completely plug-and-play. No user-defined events, rules, or back-end configuration required. No need to pre-record audio announcements!
- Maintain Spotlight settings by user, or share settings globally across your workstation. No need to configure every workstation locally.
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 visual alarm indicators.
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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 provides a range of features, including repeating audio alarms and the option to pop up a floating window when an alarm of interest occurs.
How to install
Documentation
This is where you can find additional documentation
| Spotlight Installation and Configuration Manual | pdf Download (1.21 MB) |
| Spotlight™ Plug-in One Page Flyer | pdf Download (249.26 KB) |
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Installers
Here you can find more information about installers and installation guides
| Title | Installer Guide | Installer Software |
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| pdf Download (1.21 MB) | exe Download (6.88 MB) |
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+2025 R1, 03/18 2025
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XProtectCorporate2025 R1, 03/18 2025
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XProtectExpert2025 R1, 03/18 2025
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XProtectEssential+2025 R1, 03/18 2025
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XProtectProfessional+2025 R1, 03/18 2025
Is also expected to work with:
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XProtectExpress+2022 R1, 03/08 2022 and later
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XProtectCorporate2022 R1, 03/08 2022 and later
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XProtectExpert2022 R1, 03/08 2022 and later
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XProtectEssential+2022 R1, 03/08 2022 and later
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XProtectProfessional+2022 R1, 03/08 2022 and later
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