Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 90)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 90 Management Client elements
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Info tab (see "Info tab (devices)" on page 95)
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Settings tab (see "Settings tab (devices)" on page 97)
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Record tab (see "Record tab (devices)" on page 101)
About metadata devices
Metadata devices deliver data streams to the system that the client users can use to view data about
data, for example, data that describes the video image, the content or objects in the image, or the
location of where the image was recorded. Metadata can be attached to cameras, microphones, or
speakers.
Metadata can be generated by:
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The device itself delivering the data, for example the camera delivering video.
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A 3rd party system or integration via a generic metadata driver.
The device-generated metadata is automatically linked to one or more devices on the same hardware.
For information about supported hardware, see the supported hardware page on the Milestone
website.
Roles determine the users' right to view metadata.
The system comes with a default start feed rule which ensures that metadata feeds from all connected
hardware that supports metadata, 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 metadata devices, expand Devices in the Site
Navigation pane, then select Metadata. In the Overview pane, you group your metadata devices for
an easy overview. Initial grouping is done as part of the Add hardware wizard.
You can configure metadata 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)
About input devices
On many devices you can attach external units to input ports on the device. Input units are typically
external sensors. You can use such external sensors, for example, for detecting if doors, windows, or
gates are opened. Input from such external input units is treated as events by the system.
You can use such events in rules. For example, you could create a rule specifying that a camera
should begin recording when an input is activated, and stop recording 30 seconds after the input is
deactivated.
You can use input devices completely independently of cameras.