Milestone Basis+ 6.5 - Manual (Page 68)

Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; Administrator’s Manual
General Settings
General Settings Window
The General Settings window lets you manage a variety of settings, such as user rights, e-mail
settings, logging, etc. To access the General Settings window, click the General Settings... button
in the Administrator window (see page 26).
Administrator Settings
The Administrator Settings section lets you password protect access to the Administrator
application. When the Enable Protection check box is selected, users must supply the administrator
password in order to be able to access the Administrator application, and in order to be able to use
any of the features to which access has been restricted.
Changing the Administrator Password
To change the administrator password, click the Change Password... button to open the Change
Password window (see page 70). When an administrator password is in use, users accessing the
Administrator application, or wishing to use protected features, must type the administrator
password in the window before access is granted.
Manual Start Recording Settings
In the Manual start recordings settings section you can enable the possible to manually start
recording in the Smart Client (see page 140). Select the check box Enable manual start recording
to enable manually start of recording.
In the Default duration of manual recording [secs.]: field you can specify the number of seconds
the recording should last. Note that the minimum number of seconds you can specify is 30.
The Maximum duration of manual recording [secs.]: field is reserved for future use.
Logfile Settings
The Logfile Settings section lets you specify where to keep the general log files containing
information about activity in the Administrator and the Recording Server (see page 61), and for
how long. Separate log files are generated for the Administrator and Recording Server service.
Logfile Path
By default, the Administrator and Recording Server log files are stored in the folder containing the
XProtect Basis+ software, typically C:\Program Files\Milestone\Milestone Surveillance\. To specify
another location for your log files, type the path to the required folder in the Logfile Path field, or
click the browse button next to the field to browse to the required folder.
Days to Log
A new log file is created every day. A log file older than the number of days specified in the Days to
log field is automatically deleted. By default, the log file will be stored for five days. To specify
another number of days, simply overwrite the value in the Days to log field. The current day’s
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