Milestone Camera tab

This view manages one or more Milestone cameras.

Figure 236. Milestone Camera tab

You access this tab from the main menu by clicking Controller Setup > Remote Devices > Remote Drivers followed by double-clicking the Milestone Network row in the table, clicking the Cameras tab, and double-clicking a Milestone camera row in the table.

Properties

In addition to the standard properties (Status, Enabled, Fault Cause, Health, and Alarm Source Info), these properties support Milestone cameras.

Property	Value	Description
Video Device Id	additional properties	Refer to Video Device Id.
Ptz Support	additional properties	Turns Pan Tilt, Zoom, Focus, Iris, Move To Preset, and Store Preset features on (`true`), and off (`false`). Your camera may or may not support these features. For each feature the camera supports, select `true`. For unsupported features, select `false`. NOTE: If these properties are not enabled, PTZ functions do not work. This means that any widgets that use PTZ controls do not work.
Control Timing	hours, minutes and seconds	Configures intervals between actions and timeout values. These settings affect how long a camera continues to respond to control communications after a control message is received. The reason for these limits is to prevent a camera from being left in a state of continual movement or adjustment (iris, focus, or zoom) in case communication with the device is lost.
Video Preferences	additional properties	Refer to Video Preferences.
Auto Set Ptz Support	`true` or `false`	Turns the automatic configuration of the Ptz properties on `true` and off `false`.
Stop Recording Mode	drop-down list	Indicates when to stop recording.
Preset Text	two properties with Add, Edit and Delete buttons	Defines a set of pre-defined camera instructions each as a pair that consists of an integer (ordinal) and text command for controlling the camera. What to enter here depends on the camera.
High Compression CODEC	drop-down list	Defines the type of video compression to use.

Video Device Id

Property	Value	Description
Description	text	Provides additional information, which could include the camera’s geographical location or other unique information.
Camera Id	number	Identifies the specific camera.
Camera Guid	32–digit hexadecimal number	Identifies the camera’s globally unique identifier (a 32–hexadecimal digit that identifies the camera.

Video Preferences

Figure 237. Video Preferences properties

Property	Value	Description
Preferred Background Color	color chooser (defaults to black)	Opens the color chooser. The color you select affects the border or margin area around the video display.
Preferred Aspect Ratio	drop-down list (defaults to `Standard Definition` (1.33:1))	Defines the ratio of the width to the height of the video frame. Options include Inherit from camera (default), `Standard Definition`, `Inherit from Stream`, `Fit to Screen`, etc. Resolution at the device or network may linked to the video stream options and inherited. In some cases, this may adversely affect the aspect ratio of your streaming video. If video images display distorted, try setting the camera’s `Preferred Aspect Ratio` to the `Standard Definition` option.
Preferred Resolution	drop-down list (defaults to `High`)	Specifies the pixel resolution of each transmitted frame. Options are: `High`, `Medium`, or `Low`. The actual pixel values for these three relative settings are defined in the video device.
Preferred Frame Rate	drop-down list (defaults to `Low`)	Defines the speed of the video stream. Options are: `Low`, `Medium`, and `High`. You can configure each rate.
Preferred Compression	drop-down list (defaults to `Medium`)	Specifies what level of compression is used during live video streaming. The actual compression values for these relative settings are defined in the video device. Higher compression uses less bandwidth but negatively affects image quality. Options are: `None`, `Low`, `Medium`, or `High`
Preferred Video Stream Fox	drop-down list (defaults to `Inherit`)	For a network component, selects (`true`) or declines (`false`) the use of Fox streaming. For a child component (DVR, NVR or camera) selects or declines the use of Fox streaming at the child component level. `Inherit` sets this property to the value set for its parent component (the DVR, NVR or network component). `Yes` sends the video stream from the video camera to the station (controller) and then forwards it to the Workbench interface through the standard Fox/Foxs connection. This overcomes fire wall issues in the event that the video surveillance system is not exposed to the outside world on its network. NOTE: This option assumes that the controller is exposed - otherwise you could not even connect to the station. `No` sends the video stream directly from the video camera to the interface. Using this setting allows you to set the `Preferred Resolution` and `Frame Rate` to `High` without impacting CPU usage. In essence, this removes the station from the equation. In all cases, the client-side computer expends some of its CPU utilization to render the video on the screen.
Timestamp Preferred	`true` or `false` (defaults to `true`)	Configures the camera to record and display (`true`) a timestamp on the video.
Interframe Timeout	hours, minutes, seconds	Defines the maximum amount of time permitted to elapse between frames. A video stream that takes longer than this amount of time to retrieve a video frame needs to be re-established.