Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 250)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 250 Feature configuration
new Smart Wall preset is automatically triggered or manually selected in XProtect Smart
Client. You can use empty presets and empty preset items for content not controlled by the
Smart Wall preset.
4. Use the preset behavior setting Element insertion to define what should happen when an
XProtect Smart Client user drags a camera onto a layout item in the Smart Wall preset. Select
Independent to replace the camera already in the preset item with the new camera or Linked
to push the content of the layout items from left to right from where you inserted the new
camera.
5. Add as many monitors as you have on the physical video wall.
6. Select the Smart Wall and on the Layout tab, click Edit to position the different monitors so
their positions resemble the mounting of the physical monitors on the video wall.
7. Click OK. The same layout is used in XProtect Smart Client.
c. Add Smart Wall presets (optionally)
1. Select the Smart Wall and from the Presets tab, click Add New.
2. Enter a name and a description and click OK.
3. Click Activate to display the Smart Wall preset on the video wall.
4. Create as many Smart Wall presets as you need.
d. Add layout and cameras to the monitors (requires a Smart Wall preset)
1. Select one of the monitors you created and from the Presets tab, select a preset from the list
to configure what you want the selected monitor to show when used with the selected Smart
Wall preset.
2. Click Edit.
3. Click the layout button to select which layout to use with your monitor, and click OK.
4. Drag cameras from the Device Groups, Recording Servers or Federated Sites tab onto the
different layout items. The cameras on the Federated Sites tab are accessible in a MFA
setup. You can leave layout items blank, so they are available for other content not controlled
by the Smart Wall preset.
5. If the monitor already has a layout for the selected preset, you can click Clear to define a new
layout or to exclude the monitor from the Smart Wall preset, so the monitor is available for
other content not controlled by the Smart Wall preset.
6. Click OK.
7. Repeat the steps, until you have added a layout and cameras on the monitors you want to
include in the Smart Wall preset.