Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 45)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 45 Defining your views
Typically, only a few people in an organization can create and edit shared views. For example, the
surveillance system administrator may create and maintain a number of shared views, so users do not
need to create their own views.
Add content to views
Add a camera to a view
1. In setup mode, select the view you want to add a camera to.
2. In the Overview pane, expand the required server to view a list of available cameras from
that server.
Often, you only see a single server, but if you are connected to a large surveillance system,
you may see a hierarchy of several servers. If a server is listed with a red icon, it is
unavailable, in which case you cannot view cameras from that server.
3. Select the camera from the list and drag it to the position in the view. An image from the
camera may appear in the selected position if a connection is established. If a connection
cannot be established, just the camera name is displayed. If parts of images are black, it is
because privacy masks (on page 116) are in use.
You can specify the camera properties (such as quality, frame rate and more) in the Properties pane
(see "Camera settings" on page 57). Repeat for each camera required in the view.
If you want to add multiple cameras to a view in one go (for example all of the cameras from a camera
folder under a server), simply drag the folder to the view. This automatically adds all the folder's
cameras in the view from the selected position onwards. Make sure a sufficient number of positions
are available in the view.
You can easily change which cameras are included in your view by dragging a different camera to the
position.