Spotlight Plug-in for the XProtect Smart Client
Stay alert with Spotlight's user-defined audio announcements and alarm-specific visual cues.
Updated on Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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 when alarms-of-interest occur.
Spotlight SHOWS and TELLS 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 changes the Smart Client display when events and / or alarms of interest occur.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 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™ 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 for XProtect Smart Client User Manual | pdf Download (1.42 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+2023 R2, 06/20 2023
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XProtectCorporate2023 R2, 06/20 2023
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XProtectExpert2023 R2, 06/20 2023
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XProtectEssential+2023 R2, 06/20 2023
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XProtectProfessional+2023 R2, 06/20 2023
Is also expected to work with:
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XProtectExpress+2018 R1, 02/20 2018 and later
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XProtectCorporate2020 R1, 02/11 2020 and later
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XProtectExpert2018 R1, 02/20 2018 and later
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XProtectEssential+2018 R1, 02/20 2018 and later
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XProtectProfessional+2018 R1, 02/20 2018 and later
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