XProtect Express 1.1; Administrator's Manual - Milestone

Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualNameUser namePasswordHardware typeSerial number (MAC address)License informationReplace Hardware DeviceDescriptionUser name for the hardware device's administrator account. Manyorganizations use the hardware device manufacturer's default user namesfor their hardware devices. If that is the case in your organization, select (do not type a manufacturer's default user name as this can be asource of error; trust that XProtect Express will know the manufacturer'sdefault user name). Other typical user names, such as admin or root arealso selectable from the list. If you want a user name which is not on thelist, simply type a new user name.Tip: User names you enter will subsequently be added to the list, so youcan easily select them later.Password for the hardware device's administrator account, a.k.a. the rootpassword.Read-only field displaying the type of video device driver used forcommunication with the hardware device.Read-only field displaying the serial number of device. The serial number isusually identical to the 12-character hexadecimal MAC address of thehardware device (example: 0123456789AF).The current license status for the hardware.Opens a wizard (see "About the Replace Hardware Device wizard" on page69), with which you—if required—can replace the selected hardware devicewith another one. This can typically be relevant if you replace a physicalcamera on your network. The wizard helps you take all relevant issues intoaccount: for example, deciding what to do with recordings from camerasattached to the old hardware device, etc.PTZ deviceThe PTZ Device tab is only available if you configure (see "Configure hardware devices" on page 72) videoencoder hardware devices on which the use of PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) cameras is possible:NameConnected cameras havePan/tilt/Zoom capabilitiesPTZ type on COM#DescriptionSelect check box if any of the cameras attached to the video encoderdevice is a PTZ camera.If a PTZ camera is controlled through the COM port (a.k.a. serial port) inquestion, select the required option. Options are device-specific, dependingon which PTZ protocols are used by the device in question. If no PTZcameras are controlled through the COM port in question, select None.Some of the options concern absolute and relative positioning. What isthat? Absolute positioning is when the PTZ camera is controlled based on asingle fixed position, against which all other positions are measured.Relative positioning is when the PTZ camera is controlled relative to itscurrent position.The table in the lower half of the dialog contains a row for each video channel on the hardware device. First rowfrom the top corresponds to video channel 1, second row from the top corresponds to video channel 2, etc.NameNameDescriptionName of the camera attached to the video channel in question.www.milestonesys.com 74 Advanced configuration