Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 87)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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6. If you exceed the limit of 400 devices in one group, you can add device groups as subgroups
under other device groups:
Specify common properties for all devices in a device group
With device groups, you can specify common properties for all devices within a given device group:
1. In the Overview pane, click the device group.
In the Properties pane, all properties which are available on all of the device group's
devices are listed and grouped on tabs.
2. Specify the relevant common properties.
On the Settings tab, you can switch between settings for all devices and settings for individual
devices.
3. In the toolbar, click Save. The settings are saved on the individual devices, not in the device
group.
Working with devices
About devices
Hardware has a number of devices that you can manage individually, for example:
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A physical camera has devices that represent the camera part (lenses) as well as
microphones, speakers, metadata, input and output either attached or built-in.
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A video encoder has multiple analog cameras connected that appear in one list of devices that
represent the camera part (lenses) as well as microphones, speakers, metadata, input and
output either attached or built-in.
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An I/O module has devices that represent the input and output channels for, for example,
lights.
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A dedicated audio module has devices that represent microphones and speaker inputs and
outputs.
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In a Milestone Interconnect setup, the remote system appears as hardware with all devices
from the remote system listed in one list.
The system automatically adds the hardware’s devices when you add hardware.
For information about supported hardware, see the supported hardware page on the Milestone
website.