Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 44)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 44 Getting started
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Separators can be commas, semicolons or tabs, but cannot be mixed
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All lines must contain valid values —pay special attention to the fact that camera names, user
names and similar items must be unique, and must not contain any of the following special
characters: < > & ' " \ / : * ? | [ ]
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There is no fixed order of values, and optional parameters can be omitted entirely
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Boolean fields are considered true unless set to 0, false or no
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Lines containing only separators are ignored
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Empty lines are ignored
Even though the CSV file format is generally ASCII only, Unicode identifiers are allowed. Even without
Unicode identifiers, the entire file or even individual characters are allowed to be Unicode strings.
Configure storage wizard
The Video storage step helps you quickly configure your cameras' video and recording properties.
Configure storage: Video settings and preview
Control bandwidth, brightness, compression, contrast, resolution, rotation and more in Video settings.
Use the list on the left side of the wizard window to select a camera and adjust its video settings. Then
select the next camera and adjust its settings. Video settings are to a large extent camera-specific, so
you must configure these settings individually for each camera.
Click Open Settings Dialog to configure the camera's settings in a separate dialog. When you
change video settings, they are applied immediately. This means that
—for most cameras—you can
immediately see the effect of your settings in a preview image. However, it also means that you cannot
undo your changes by exiting the wizard. For cameras set to use the video formats MPEG or H.264,
you can typically select which live frame rate to use for the camera.
Video settings may feature an Include Date and Time setting. If set to Yes, date and time from the
camera are included in the video. Note, however, that cameras are separate units which may have
separate timing devices, power supplies, etc. Camera time and XProtect system time may therefore
not correspond fully, and this may occasionally lead to confusion. As your system time-stamps all
frames upon reception, and exact date and time information for each image is already known,
Milestone recommends that you set it to No.
Note: For consistent time synchronization, you may automatically synchronize camera and system
time through a time server if your camera supports this.
Configure storage: Online schedule
Specify when each camera should be online. An online camera is a camera that transfers video to the
server for live viewing and further processing. The fact that a camera is online does not in itself mean
that your system records video from the camera (configure recording settings on one of the following
pages). By default, cameras you add to your system are automatically online (Always on), and you
only need to modify their online schedules if you require cameras to be online only at specific times or
events. Note, however, that you can change this default as part of the scheduling options (on page
127).