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Milestone XProtect ® Go 2014 Administrator's Manual
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The CSV file must have a header line (determining what each value on the following lines is about),
and the following lines must each contain information about one hardware device only. A minimum of
information is always required for each hardware device:
Name Description
HardwareAddress IP address of the hardware device.
HardwareUsername User name for hardware device's administrator account.
HardwarePassword Password for hardware device's administrator account.
HardwareDriverID
If cameras and server are offline —specify a HardwareDriverID for
each hardware device you want to add. Example: ACTi ACD-2100
105 indicates that you should use 105 as the ID if adding an ACTi
ACD-2100 hardware device.
Existing configuration parameters that are not specified in CSV file remain unchanged. If a parameter
value for an individual camera in the CSV file is empty, the existing parameter value remains
unchanged on that camera. Most system integrators store hardware device information in
spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel, from which they can save the information as comma-separated
values in a CSV file.
The following applies for the information present in CSV files:
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The first line of the CSV file must contain the headers, and following lines must contain
information about one hardware device each
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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.