nmilestone-MilestoneNetwork

This component is the top-level network component for the nmilestone driver. It is available to drag from the nmilestone palette to the Drivers node in the Nav tree, or by adding this network-level component from the Driver Manager view using the New button.
Figure 61.   NMilestoneNetwork properties
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Once installed, you access this view in Workbench by right-clicking the NMilestoneNetwork node in the Nav tree and clicking Views > AX Property Sheet.

You access these properties in the Web UI by expanding Controller (System) Setup > Remote Devices, and clicking Remote Drivers, followed by double-clicking the name of the network in the Remote Drivers table.

In addition to the common properties (Status, Enabled, Fault Cause, Health, Alarm Source Info, Monitor, Tuning Policies, Fox Video Stream Preferred, and Poll), these properties support the Milestone network:

Property Value Description
Http Dvr Config Fault Cause and Address Reports the cause of any communications fault and configures the Ip Address and Port for Http communication.
Tcp Dvr Config multiple properties Refer to Tcp Dvr Config.

Tcp Dvr Config

Figure 62.   Tcp Dvr Config properties
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Property Value Description
Fault Cause read-only Reports the cause of any communications fault.
Address, Ip Address IP address
Defines the IP address of the source or destination device.
This Ip address identifies the DVR for Http communication.
Address, Port number
Defines the port number on the controller or computer used to connect to the network.

If using fox streaming, which uses the station to render the video stream, this port should be different from the station’s fox port. If you are not using fox streaming, this port should be the same as the station’s fox port.

Configures the DVR port for Http communication.
Send Socket T O (Time Out) seconds, default = 0 (zero) Accesses the communication stack used to send messages. Defines an amount of time used to listen on the sockets that serve outgoing messages.
Server Socket T O (Time Out) seconds, default = 0 (zero) Accesses the communication stack used to receive messages. Defines an amount of time used to listen on the sockets that serve incoming messages.