Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 92)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 92 Management Client elements
Output 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. Output devices do not require separate licenses. You can use as many output devices as
required on your system.
For information about supported hardware, see the supported hardware page on the Milestone
website.
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 Output. In the Overview pane, you group your input devices for an easy overview. Initial
grouping is done as part of the Add hardware wizard.
You can configure output devices on these tabs:

Info tab (see "Info tab (devices)" on page 95)

Settings tab (see "Settings tab (devices)" on page 97)
Activate output manually for test
With the rules feature, you define rules that automatically activate or deactivate output or you can
activate them manually from a client.
You can activate an output manually from the Management Client to test the functionality:
1. In the Overview pane, select the relevant output device.
2. Typically, the following elements are shown for each output in the Preview pane:
3. Select/clear the check box to activate/deactivate the selected output. When an output is
activated, the indicator lights up green:
4. Alternatively, click the rectangular button to activate the output for the duration defined in
the Output Trigger Time setting on the Settings tab (this feature/setting may not be available
for all outputs). After the defined duration, the output is automatically deactivated.