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Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's Manualcamera. When you create a customized schedule profile for one camera, you can reuse it with other cameras ifrequired.1. In the Schedule Profiles list, select Add new....2. In the Add Profile dialog, enter a name for the profile. Names must not contain any of these specialcharacters: < > & ' " \ / : * ? | [ ]3. In the top right corner of the dialog, select Set camera to start/stop on time (to base subsequentsettings on periods of time) or Set camera to start/stop on event (to base subsequent settings onevents within periods of time).Tip: You can combine the two, so you may return to this step in order to toggle between the two options.4. In the calendar section, place your mouse pointer at a required start point, then hold down the left mousebutton, drag the mouse pointer and release at the required end point.ooYou specify each day separately.You specify time in increments of five minutes. XProtect Express helps you by showing the time overwhich your mouse pointer is positioned.If you base your schedule profile—or parts of it—on events within periods of time, remember to select Start eventand Stop event from the lists below the calendar section.ooooTip: If you have not yet defined any suitable events, you can quickly do it: Use the Configure eventslist, located below the other fields.To delete an unwanted part of a schedule profile, right-click it and select Delete.To quickly fill or clear an entire day, double-click the name of the day.As an alternative to dragging inside the calendar section, use the Start time, End time and Dayfields, then the Change Period or Set Period button as required. When using the Start time andEnd time fields, remember that time is specified in increments of five minutes. You cannot specify aperiod shorter than five minutes, and you can only use times like 12:00, 12.05, 12:10, 12:15, etc. Ifyou specify a time outside of the five-minute intervals, such as 12:13, you will get an error message.Configure motion detectionDo the following:1. In the Management Application navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, expand Camerasand Storage Information, right-click the required camera, and select Properties.2. In the Camera Properties window, select the Recording Properties tab, and select the relevant settings(see "About motion detection settings" on page 76).3. Select the Motion Detection tab.If there are any areas that should be excluded from motion detection (for example if the camera coversan area where a tree is swaying in the wind), you can exclude that area (see "Exclude regions" on page65) by selecting it with your mouse.4. Fill in the relevant properties (see "Motion detection & exclude regions" on page 101).www.milestonesys.com 78 Advanced configuration
Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualThere are some differences in motion-detection behavior for PTZ cameras (see "About motion detectionand PTZ cameras" on page 76).5. Click OK.Disable or delete camerasAll cameras are by default enabled. This means that video from the cameras can be transferred to XProtectExpress provided that the cameras are scheduled to be online (see "Online period" on page 126).To disable a camera:1. In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, expand Camerasand Storage Information, double-click the camera you want to disable, and clear the Enabled box.2. Save your configuration changes by clicking the Save Configuration button on the ManagementApplication toolbar.To delete a camera, you have to delete the hardware device (see "Delete hardware devices" on page 72). If youdelete the hardware device, you also delete any attached microphones. If you do not want this, consider disablingthe camera instead.Move PTZ type 1 and 3 to required positionsFor PTZ types 1 and 3, you can move the PTZ camera to required positions in several different ways:1. Click the required position in the camera preview (if supported by the camera).2. Use the sliders located near the camera preview to move the PTZ camera along each of its axes: the X-axis (for panning left/right), the Y-axis (for tilting up/down), and the Z-axis (for zooming in and out; tozoom in, move the slider towards Tele; to zoom out, move the slider towards Wide).3. Use the navigation buttons:Moves the PTZ camera up and to the leftMoves the PTZ camera upMoves the PTZ camera up and to the rightMoves the PTZ camera to the leftMoves the PTZ camera to its home position (that is defaultposition)Moves the PTZ camera to the rightMoves the PTZ camera down and to the leftwww.milestonesys.com 79 Advanced configuration
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