Milestone Smart Client 3.6 - Manual (Page 58)

Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.6; User’s Manual
events occur, for example when movement is detected, or when another user wishes to share
important live images.
Provided Matrix has been configured on the surveillance system server, and one or more special
Matrix positions have been defined for your view, you are able to watch Matrix-triggered live video
on the Smart Client’s Live tab: When particular events occur, or when other users wish to share
important live images with you, live images from particular cameras will automatically appear in
your views’ Matrix positions.
Which events or cameras are used in the Matrix setup depends entirely on the surveillance system
server’s Matrix configuration and on what other users wish to share with you; you are not able to
control this in the Smart Client.
If a position in one of your views contains Matrix content, you will be able to recognize it by the
following characteristics:
• It automatically displays live images when predefined
events occur, or when other users wish to share
important live images with you
• It may display images from different cameras,
depending on which events have occurred or what other
users wish to share with you
• It is surrounded by a thin blue border
You can enlarge a Matrix position by double-clicking the blue
image bar above the image.
A view may contain several Matrix positions. This way you are able to watch live video from more
than one Matrix-triggered source at the same time.
If your view contains several Matrix positions, the positions are always ranked: One of the
positions will be the primary Matrix position; another will be the secondary Matrix position, and so
on. When the first live image stream is received, Matrix automatically presents the stream in the
primary Matrix position in your view.
When the next image stream is received, a first-in-first-out principle begins to apply: Matrix quickly
transfers the previously received image stream to your view’s secondary Matrix position, and
presents the latest image stream in your view’s primary Matrix position, and so on.
This way, you can always watch the latest image stream, while maintaining the last few previously
received image streams in your view as well.
Which of a view’s positions should be primary, secondary, etc. is determined on the Smart Client’s
setup tab.
Enlarging Camera Positions
To enlarge images from a particular camera in a view, double-click the camera position’s blue
image bar.
To return to normal view, simply double-click the blue image bar again.
Tip: Depending on configuration, images from the camera may be displayed in full quality
when enlarged, even if reduced image quality has been selected for the camera on the Setup tab.
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