Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 64)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
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by detected motion, by data received from other applications, or manually through user input. Events
are used by the surveillance system for triggering actions. Typically, most events on the surveillance
system are generated automatically. For example, detected motion can be defined as an event which
in turn triggers an action, for example, recording.
Can I change the notification sound?
By default, the XProtect Smart Client uses a simple sound file for its sound notifications. The sound
file, called Notification.wav, is located in the XProtect Smart Client installation folder, typically
C:\Program Files\Milestone\Milestone XProtect Smart Client. If you want to use another .wav file
as your notification sound, simply name the file Notification.wav and place it in the XProtect Smart
Client installation folder instead of the original file. The file Notification.wav is used for event- as well
as motion-detection notifications. You cannot use different sound files for different cameras or to
distinguish between event- and motion-detection notifications.
Audio
Support for specific audio features may vary from system to system (see "Surveillance system
differences" on page 42). Access to recorded audio, or certain recorded audio features, may be
restricted depending on your user rights. Consult your surveillance system administrator if in doubt.
About audio
The XProtect Smart Client supports both incoming and outgoing audio. You can listen to live
recordings from microphones attached to cameras as well as use loudspeakers connected to cameras
to talk to audiences. When you play back recorded video, you can hear the corresponding audio if the
cameras have microphones and/or speakers attached. When you select a camera or view, the
corresponding microphone and/or speaker is also selected by default.
Tip: If your views contain maps, these maps may contain microphones and/or speakers. When this is
the case, you can listen to audio by clicking the relevant microphone or speaker element. Click and
hold down the mouse button for as long you want to listen or talk.
Audio settings
Tip: You can listen to recorded audio independently of the views/cameras you are watching. You must
specify a time in the Playback tab's navigation feature to determine what recorded audio to hear.
Name Description
Microphones
Select the microphone you want to listen to audio from.
If the Microphones list displays No microphone hardware, your
computer does not have the required hardware for playing audio
from the surveillance system. Typically, this occurs because your
computer does not have an audio card installed. If the list displays
No microphone sources, no microphones attached to cameras
are available.
Mute
Select to mute either microphones or speakers (muting speakers is
only available on the Playback tab).