Milestone Dvr tab

This tab configures the nmilestone driver that supports Milestone xProtect Enterprise and Professional products.
Figure 227.   Milestone DVR Cameras tab
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You access this tab from the main menu by clicking Controller (System) Setup > Remote Devices > Remote Drivers, double-clicking the Milestone Network, clicking the DVRs tab, followed by double-clicking a row in the DVR Manager table.

In addition to the common Status, Enabled, Fault Cause, Health, and Alarm Source Info properties, these properties support the DVR.

Property Value Description
Video Device Id, Description text Defines the name of the DVR that appears in the manager view.
Monitor additional properties Refer to
Address read-only Displays the device’s IP address.
Fox Video Stream Preferred    
Multistream Preferences   Refer to Multistream Preferences.
Milestone Engine IP Address IP address Displays an IP address.
Milestone Image Server Port number (defaults to 80) Configures the DVR port.
Milestone Central Port number (defaults to 1237)  
Upload Events Port number (defaults to 1234)  
Credentials, Username and Password text Identify the username and password required to access the DVR.
Milestone Central Credentials, Username and Password text Identify the username and password required to access the server.

Monitor properties

Property Value Description
     

Multistream Preferences

Property Value Description
Preferred Background Color 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: Lo Frame Rate, Med Frame Rate, and Hi Frame Rate. 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 Selects or declines the use of Fox streaming.

inherit sets this property to the value set for its parent component (the DVR 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.
 

false sends the video stream directly from the video camera to the Workbench 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 either case, 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.

Related Links

  • DVR views (Parent Topic)