Milestone Smart Client 3.6 - Manual (Page 59)

Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.6; User’s Manual
Camera Shortcut Menus
By right-clicking inside one of a view’s camera positions, you get access to a shortcut menu.
Note: Some of the following features may only be available when connecting to selected Milestone
surveillance systems; see Surveillance System Differences on page 100 for more information.
Some of the shortcut menu’s content may vary from camera to camera, depending on the
configuration of the selected camera:
• Start Recording for # Minutes: Lets you record video from the selected camera. Once
started recording will continue for a number of minutes. Available for all cameras. See
Starting Recording when Viewing Live Video on page 61 for more details.
• Copy: Lets you copy the displayed image (as a single bitmap image) to your clipboard. The
copied image can then be pasted into other applications, such as word processors, etc.
Available for all cameras. See Copying Single Images on page 70 for more details.
• Camera: Lets you select another camera for display in the view position. This way you are
able to switch between viewing video from different cameras in the same view position.
Only available for single-camera view positions, not for hotspots, carousels, or Matrix
positions. See page 60 for more details.
• Sound Notifications: Lets you temporarily mute sound notifications. Only available for
single-camera view positions, not for hotspots, carousels, or Matrix positions. Only
available if sound notifications (audible notifications triggered when events and/or motion
occur) are configured for the camera on the Smart Client’s Setup tab.
See Handling Sound
Notifications on page 62 for more details.
• PTZ Presets: Lets you move a PTZ camera between its preset positions. Only available for
single-camera view positions, not for hotspots, carousels, or Matrix positions. Only
available if the selected camera is a PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) camera. See Using PTZ on page
67 for more details.
• Matrix: Lets you send video from the selected camera to a particular Matrix recipient. Only
available for single-camera view positions, not for hotspots or carousels. Only available if
Milestone XProtect Matrix (an integrated product for distributed viewing of live video
streams) has been configured on your surveillance system. See Sending Video to Matrix
Recipients on page 70 for details.
• Send Camera: Lets you send video from the selected camera position to another single-
camera position in an open view, including any views you may have open in floating
windows or on secondary displays. Only available for single-camera view positions, not for
hotspots, carousels, or Matrix positions. See Sending Video between Views on page 60 for
more details.
Camera Messages
Message texts may under particular circumstances appear in white letters across one or more of a
view's camera positions.
See page 86 for a complete overview of the message texts and advice about what to do when you
see them.
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