Milestone Network tab

This tab configures Milestone network properties.

Figure 211. Milestone Network tab

You access these properties from the main menu by clicking Controller Setup > Remote Devices > Remote Drivers followed by double-clicking the Milestone Network row in the table.

To add a Milestone Network, click the Manage Drivers button (), click Add, select the network and click Ok.

Properties

In addition to the standard properties (Status, Enabled, Fault Cause, Health, and Alarm Source Info), these properties may be configured for a Milestone Network.

Property	Value	Description
Monitor	additional properties	Configures a network's ping mechanism, which verifies network health. This includes verifying the health of all connected objects (typically, devices) by pinging each device at a repeated interval. The Niagara Drivers Guide documents these properties.
Tuning Policies	additional properties	Configures network rules for evaluating both write requests to writable proxy points as well as the acceptable freshness of read requests. For more information, refer to the Niagara Drivers Guide.
Fox Video Stream Preferred	drop-down list (for a network component defaults to `False` and for a child component 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.

Monitor properties

Property	Value	Description
Ping Enabled	`true` ( default) or `false`	Indicates of the ability to ping the network is on or off. Pinging the network ensures the system that its surveillance capabilities are up and running.
Ping Frequency	hours, minutes, seconds (defaults to 5 minutes	Configures when to automatically ping the network.
Alarm On Failure	`true` ( default) or `false`	Indicates if the failure of a ping should result in an alarm.
Startup Alarm Delay	hours, minutes, seconds (defaults to 5 minutes	Configures a period of time before the system generates the alarm.