Milestone Smart Client 3.6 - Manual (Page 57)

Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.6; User’s Manual
• It is surrounded by a thin orange border
How to Use a Hotspot
Note: To use the hotspot functionality, at least one of the views you are using must have a
hotspot. If in doubt, look for the orange border indicating a hotspot position.
To use a hotspot, simply select a camera position in a view to automatically view the camera’s
images in the hotspot.
Advantages of Using a Hotspot
The fact that you can often view enlarged images in the hotspot is not in itself what makes the
hotspot useful; you can enlarge any image in a view by double-clicking the image.
What makes the hotspot useful is that with a hot spot it is possible to use a low image quality
and/or frame rate for cameras in the view’s regular positions and a high image quality and/or
frame rate for the hotspot. Then, only when you select a camera for viewing in the hotspot will it
be displayed in high quality and/or high frame rate. This can really help save bandwidth on the
remote connection.
Hotspots are configured on the Smart Client’s Setup tab.
Carousel Positions
A carousel is used for displaying images from several cameras, one after the other, in a single view
position.
If a position in one of your views contains a carousel, you will
be able to recognize it by the following characteristics:
• It displays images from different cameras, one after
the other
• It is surrounded by a thin green border
You can enlarge a carousel by double-clicking the blue bar at
the top of the carousel position.
Placing your mouse pointer over the blue bar at the top of a carousel position gives you
access to buttons which let you pause the carousel as well as change the carousel's
rotation direction:
Example: A carousel has been configured to display camera A, then camera B, then camera C, and
so forth. By changing the direction, you can make the carousel display camera C, then camera, B,
then camera A, etc.
Carousels are configured on the Smart Client’s Setup tab.
Matrix Positions
Note: The ability to use Matrix content in views is available when connecting to selected Milestone
surveillance systems only; see Surveillance System Differences on page 100 for more information.
Matrix is an integrated product that allows distributed viewing of live video from any camera on
any monitor on a network operating with selected Milestone surveillance systems. With a typical
Matrix configuration, live images are automatically presented on the required monitor when defined
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