Milestone X Protect Network tab

Milestone X Protect Network tab

This view and tab configures Milestone X Protect network properties.

Figure 212. Milestone X Protect Network tab

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

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.
Native Process Port	read-only	Displays the port.

Monitor properties

Property	Value	Description
Ping Enabled	`true` (default) or `false`	Turns the monitor ping on and off. `true` each network device receives a ping, as needed. `false` no network device receives a ping. Device status remains as recorded the last time this property was `true`. Recommendation: leave `Ping Enabled` as `true` in almost all cases.
Ping Frequency	`hours:minutes:seconds`	Specifies the interval between periodic pings of all devices. Typical default value is every 5 minutes (05m 00s), you can adjust differently if needed.
Alarm on Failure	`true` (default) or `false`	Controls the recording of ping failure alarms. `true` records an alarm in the station’s AlarmHistory for each ping-detected device event (down or subsequent up). `false` ignores device down and up events.
Startup Alarm Delay	`hours:minutes:seconds`	Specifies how long a station waits at startup before generating a device down or up alarm. Applies only if the Monitor’s `Alarm On Failure` property is `true`.