Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 174)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
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Settings
About automatic device discovery
Automatic device discovery allows you to automatically add hardware devices to your system as soon
as you connect these to your network. When you enable automatic device discovery, your system
configures and set ups cameras automatically without the need for any user interaction, making the
camera instantly accessible in XProtect Smart Client's default view after the automatic installation has
completed.
Note that:
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Not all cameras support automatic device discovery.
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Cameras respond differently to automatic device discovery. The systems adds some devices
(such as Axis models P3301 and P3304) to the system automatically, while some devices from
other vendors (such as Sony models SNC-EB520, EM520 and E521) you must turn off and
back on again before they are automatically added to your system.
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You must still manually activate licenses for your camera. This is to ensure that you only
activate cameras set up in an environment with multiple servers on one of the servers.
Disable information collection
1. In the Management Application toolbar, click Options > Settings > Privacy Options.
2. On the Privacy Options tab, clear the Yes, I would like to improve XProtect Express check
box.
3. Click OK.
Change default file paths
To change any of the default file paths:
1. If you want to change the configuration path, stop all services. This step is not necessary if
you want to change the default recording or archiving path.
2. On the Management Application menu bar, select Options > Default File Paths...
3. You can now overwrite the necessary paths. Alternatively, click the browse button next to the
field and browse to the location. For the default recording path, you can only specify a path to
a folder on a local drive. If you are using a network drive, you cannot save recordings if the
network drive becomes unavailable.
If you change the default recording or archiving paths and there are existing recordings at the
old locations, you must select whether you want to move the recordings to the new locations
(recommended), leave them at the old locations, or delete them.