Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 89)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 89 Management Client elements
Roles determine the users' right to listen to microphones. You cannot listen to microphones from the
Management Client.
The system comes with a default start audio feed rule which ensures that audio feeds from all
connected microphones are automatically fed to the system. Like other rules, the default rule can be
deactivated and/or modified as required.
Enabling/disabling and renaming of individual devices take place on the recording server hardware.
See Enable/disable devices via device groups (on page 93).
For all other configuration and management of cameras, expand Devices in the Site Navigation pane,
then select Microphones. In the Overview pane, you group your microphones for an easy overview.
Initial grouping is done as part of the Add hardware wizard.
You can configure microphone devices on these tabs:

Info tab (see "Info tab (devices)" on page 95)

Settings tab (see "Settings tab (devices)" on page 97)

Record tab (see "Record tab (devices)" on page 101)

Events tab (see "Events tab (devices)" on page 114)
About speaker devices
On many devices you can attach external speakers. Some devices have built-in speakers.
Speaker devices are added automatically when you add hardware to the system. They are per default
disabled, so you must enable them before use, either as part of the Add Hardware wizard or
afterwards. Speakers do not require separate licenses. You can use as many speakers as required on
your system.
You can use speakers completely independently of cameras.
For information about supported hardware, see the supported hardware page on the Milestone
website.
The system sends an audio stream to the speakers when a user presses the talk button in XProtect
Smart Client. Speaker audio is only recorded when talked to by an user. Roles determine users' right
to talk through speakers. You cannot talk through speakers from the Management Client.
If two users want to speak at the same time, the roles determine users' right to talk through speakers.
As part of the roles definition, you can specify a speaker priority from very high to very low. If two
users want to speak at the same time, the user whose role has the highest priority wins the ability to
speak. If two users with the same role want to speak at the same time, the first-come first-served
principle applies.
The system comes with a default start audio feed rule that starts the device so the device is ready to
send user activated audio to the speakers. Like other rules, the default rule can be deactivated and/or
modified as required.
Enabling/disabling and renaming of individual devices take place on the recording server hardware.
See Enable/disable devices via device groups (on page 93).
For all other configuration and management of cameras, expand Devices in the Site Navigation pane,
then select Speakers. In the Overview pane, you group your speakers for an easy overview. Initial
grouping is done as part of the Add hardware wizard.
You can configure speaker devices on these tabs: