INTEGRATION GUIDE
HOW TO
Integration guide for
Milestone XProtect
AXIS Object Analytics
January 2022
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Table of contents
AXIS OBJECT ANALYTICS 3
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1.1 Step 1 – Prepare AXIS Object Analytics 3
1.2 Step 2 – Enable AXIS Object Analytics on the camera 3
1.3 Step 3 –Configure AXIS Object Analytics 4
1.4 Step 4 – Enable metadata overlay 7
2 MILESTONE CONFIGURATION AND DYNAMIC EVENT INTEGRATION 8
2.1 Step 1 – Enable AXIS Object Analytics events 8
2.2 Step 2 – Configure AXIS Object Analytics events 10
2.3 Step 3 – Configure Event to Action sequence 12
2.4 Step 4 – Configure the alarm for AXIS Object Analytics 15
3 MILESTONE XPROTECT® SMART CLIENT 17
3.1 Viewing the Alarms in Alarm Manager 17
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Introduction
This document explains how to integrate AXIS Object Analytics events into Milestone XProtect®.
Axis takes no responsibility for how this configuration may affect your system. If the modification fails or
if you get other unexpected results, you may have to restore the settings to default.
1 AXIS Object Analytics
1.1 Step 1 – Prepare AXIS Object Analytics
1. Make sure that the camera’s firmware version is 10.2 or higher.
2. It is recommended to ensure that AXIS Object Analytics has been configured and running on
the camera, before building out the rules in Milestone.
1.2 Step 2 – Enable AXIS Object Analytics on the camera
1. In a web browser, go to the camera’s user interface.
2. Click Apps.
3. Start and open AXIS Object Analytics on the camera.
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1.3 Step 3 –Configure AXIS Object Analytics
1. Follow the step-by-step guide in the application’s user interface.
2. Select triggering objects.
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3. Select trigger conditions.
4. Configure the trigger condition for your scene within the camera’s field of view.
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5. Verify your settings.
6. You can rename your scenarios to make the trigger conditions easier to find.
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1.4 Step 4 – Enable metadata overlay
1. In AXIS Object Analytics, click settings.
2. In Advanced > Metadata overlay, select the desired resolution to burn in the metadata overlay.
3. The selected resolution will be used for both for the live view and the recordings.
NOTE: When using metadata overlay as a burnt-in option, the correct resolution must be used for both
recordings and live view.
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2 Milestone Configuration and Dynamic event integration
2.1 Step 1 – Enable AXIS Object Analytics events
Before proceeding, we recommend that you finalize all the configuration in the camera. Otherwise, if
you add new profiles or change the profile name after adding the device, you must re-add or replace
the camera in Xprotect. This type of integration is called dynamic event integration. These steps are
valid for all ACAP events.
1. Once the camera has been added into Milestone XProtect Recording Server proceed to the
Devices, Cameras and Events tab to enable AXIS Object Analytics events.
2. Go to Camera events.
a. Go to Devices > Cameras.
b. Select the camera that is running AXIS Object Analytics and has been configured with
scenarios.
c. Go to the Events tab and select Add.
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3. Select AXIS Object Analytics and enable the following:
a. Object Analytics: Scenario 1 Rising and Falling
4. To save the changes, click OK and save the configuration in the top left.
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2.2 Step 2 – Configure AXIS Object Analytics events
1. Within Rules and Events, select Rules and right-click the Rules section to add new rule.
2. Name the rule.
3. Select which action to perform.
a. Click the Event option at the bottom, then select the devices from which the event will
come.
If multiple devices have the same profile name in AXIS Object Analytics, you can configure all
of them under one rule.
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2.3 Step 3 – Configure Event to Action sequence
1. Select which Action would best be needed for the rule.
a. Select triggering devices.
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2. Select what should happen when the event has stopped triggering.
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3. If recording has been specified, configure the time the recording should stop after the event
has taken place.
The final view of the rule that has been configured:
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2.4 Step 4 – Configure the alarm for AXIS Object Analytics
1. Configure the Alarm for the Rule that has been configured.
a. Navigate down to the Alarms section.
b. When Alarm Definitions have been selected, right click to be able to add new alarm.
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2. Configure the Alarm for the Rule that has been configured.
a. Name the Alarm accordingly.
3. Link the alarm to the triggering event that has been configured.
a. Select which source the trigger is coming from as well.
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3 Milestone XProtect
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Smart Client
3.1 Viewing the Alarms in Alarm Manager
1. When the Rules and Alarms have been configured, proceed to the Milestone XProtect Smart
Client.
a. Set up the views as needed.
2. When there is an event/alarm triggering, there will be a notification that will appear in the
Alarm Manager Tab.
3. View the alarm recording that has come in.
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4. Acknowledge the alarm and clear it after further investigation has taken place.
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