Milestone M50 - Manual (Page 61)

Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
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Click Auto-detect/Verify Hardware Device Type to automatically detect and verify the right
driver.
When the right driver is found, the Serial number (MAC address) field displays the MAC address of
the new hardware device. When done, click Next.
Camera and database action
The last page of the Replace Hardware wizard lets you decide what to do with the camera and the
database containing recordings from the camera attached to the old hardware device. For multi-
camera devices, such as video encoders, you must decide what to do for each video channel on the
new hardware device.
The table in the left side of the wizard page lists available video channels on the new hardware device.
For a regular single-camera hardware device, there are only one video channel. For video encoders,
there are typically several video channels.
1. For each video channel, use the table's Inherit column to select which camera from the old
hardware device should be inherited by the new hardware device.
2. Then decide what to do with camera databases. You have three options:
o Inherit existing database(s): The cameras you selected to be inherited by the new
hardware device inherit camera names, recordings databases as well as any archives from
the old hardware device. Databases and archives (see "About archiving" on page 126) are
renamed to reflect the new hardware device's MAC address and video channels. The
rights (see "Configure user and group rights" on page 166) of users with access to the
inherited cameras are automatically updated so they can view both old and new
recordings. Users do not notice the hardware device replacement since camera names
remain the same.
o Delete the existing database(s): The databases of the cameras you selected to be
inherited by the new hardware device are not deleted. New databases are created for
future recordings, but it is not possible to view recordings from before the hardware
replacement.
o Leave the existing database(s): The databases of the cameras you selected to be
inherited by the new hardware device are not deleted. New databases are created for
future recordings, but even though the old databases still exist on the Milestone Husky
product server, it is not possible to view recordings from before the hardware replacement.
Should you later want to delete the old databases, you must delete this manually.
3. If the new hardware device has fewer video channels than the old hardware device, it is not
possible for the new hardware device to inherit all cameras from the old hardware device.
When that is the case, you are asked what to do with the databases of cameras that could not
be inherited by the new hardware device. You have two options:
o Delete the databases for the cameras that are not inherited: The databases of the
cameras that could not be inherited by the new hardware devices are deleted. It is not
possible to view recordings from before the hardware replacement. New databases are, of
course, created for future recordings by the new hardware devices.
o Leave the databases for the cameras that are not inherited: The databases of the
cameras that could not be inherited by the new hardware devices are not deleted. Even
though the old databases still exist on the Milestone Husky product server, it is not
possible to view recordings from before the hardware replacement. Should you later want