XProtect Express 1.1; Administrator's Manual - Milestone

Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualVideo recordingWhen you configure video and recording (see "About video and recording configuration" on page 75), you canspecify certain properties for many cameras in one go. Either in order to speed up things, or because theproperties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras.In XProtect Express, the term recording means saving video and, if applicable, audio from a camera in thecamera's database on the surveillance system server. Video/audio is often saved only when there is a reasonto do so, for example as long as motion is detected, when an event occurs and until another event occurs, orwithin a certain period of time.All properties on a white background are editable, properties on a light blue background cannot be edited. Notethat all of the Video Recording properties can also be specified individually for each camera (see "Recording" onpage 96).NameTemplateApply TemplateCamera NameDescriptionThe template can help you configure similar properties quickly. Say youhave 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path, archivingpath, and retention time for all of them. Instead of having to enter the samethree pieces of information 20 times, you can simply enter them once in thetemplate, and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only twoclicks.Select which cameras you want to apply the template for. You then use oneof the two Set buttons to actually apply the template.Tip: To select all cameras in the list, click the Select All button.The name as it appears in the Management Application as well as inclients. You can overwrite the existing name with a new one. Names mustbe unique, and must not contain any of these special characters: < > & '" \ / : * ? | [ ]Lets you select under which conditions video from the camera should berecorded:Always: Record whenever the camera is enabled (see "General"on page 90) and scheduled to be online (see "Online period" onpage 126) (the latter allows for time-based recording).Record onNever: Never record. Live video will be displayed, but—since novideo is kept in the database—users will not be able to play backvideo from the camera.Motion Detection: Select this to record video in which motion (see"Motion detection & exclude regions" on page 101) is detected.Unless post-recording (see the following) is used, recording willstop immediately after the last motion is detected.Event: Select this to record video when an event occurs and untilanother event occurs. Use of recording on event requires thatevents (see "Overview of events and output" on page 111) havebeen defined, and that you select start and stop events.Tip: If you have not yet defined any suitable events, you canquickly do it: Use the Configure events list, located below theother fields.Motion Detection & Event: Select this to record video in whichmotion is detected, or when an event occurs and until anotherevent occurs. Remember to select start and stop events in theneighboring columns.www.milestonesys.com 83 Advanced configuration