Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 136)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 136 Investigating incidents
When a sequence with motion inside the selected area(s) is found, it is displayed with the
motion highlighted.
Tip: The Playback tab's timeline displays the corresponding time information.
7. If required, click the Next or Previous to continue the smart search.
Evidence lock
About evidence locks
With the evidence lock functionality you can protect video sequences from deletion, for example while
an investigation or trial is ongoing. This protection also covers audio and other data from devices
related to the selected cameras.
Once an evidence lock is in place, the system protects the data from being deleted. This means that
neither you nor other XProtect Smart Client users can delete the data until a user with sufficient user
rights unlocks the evidence. With an evidence lock the data will also be protected from automatic
deletion that would otherwise take place based on the system’s default retention time.
Depending on your user rights defined by your system administrator, you may or may not be able to
create, view, edit and delete evidence locks.
Create evidence locks
1. Select the Playback tab.
2. In the timeline, click the Time Selection Mode or the Set Start/End Time button.
3. Select the start and end time for the video sequences you want to protect from deletion.
4. Select one or more cameras that have video sequences and data from related devices that
you want to protect.
5. In the workspace toolbar, click Evidence lock and select Create.
6. In the Create Evidence lock window, give the evidence lock a headline and optionally add a
description.