Milestone XProtect NVR User Manual

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XProtect® NVR

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Contents

ABOUT XPROTECT NVR ................................................................. 5

GET THE XPROTECT NVR UP AND RUNNING ............................... 6

ACTIVATE THE LICENSE ....................................................................................... 6

Online activation error messages ...................................................................................... 6

HOW THE XPROTECT NVR IS CONFIGURED ........................................................... 6

Microsoft Windows .............................................................................................................. 6

BIOS ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Virus scanning ...................................................................................................................... 7

Milestone software ............................................................................................................... 7

MAKE SURE THE XPROTECT NVR IS UP-TO-DATE.................................................. 8

Service Releases .................................................................................................................. 8

Upgrade video device drivers ............................................................................................. 8

CONFIGURE YOUR SYSTEM THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT

APPLICATION ................................................................................... 9

SELECT LANGUAGE ............................................................................................. 9

ADD CAMERAS AND OTHER HARDWARE DEVICES ................................................... 9

CONFIGURE CAMERAS ....................................................................................... 10

PTZ cameras ....................................................................................................................... 10

360° lens cameras .............................................................................................................. 10

CONFIGURE SCHEDULING & ARCHIVING .............................................................. 11

CONFIGURE EVENTS & OUTPUT .......................................................................... 11

CONFIGURE CLIENTS & USERS ........................................................................... 12

USE THE BUILT-IN HELP SYSTEM ............................................... 13

INDEX .............................................................................................. 14

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Copyright, trademarks and disclaimer

2012 Milestone Systems A/S. Trademarks XProtect is a registered trademark of Milestone Systems A/S. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. App Store is a service

mark of Apple Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners. Disclaimer This text is intended for general information purposes only, and due care has been taken in its

preparation. Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient, and nothing herein should be

construed as constituting any kind of warranty. Milestone Systems A/S reserve the right to make adjustments without prior notification. All names of people and organizations used in the examples in this text are fictitious. Any resemblance

to any actual organization or person, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintended. This product may make use of third party software for which specific terms and conditions may apply.

When that is the case, you can find more information in the file 3rd_party_software_terms_and_conditions.txt located in your Milestone surveillance system installation folder.

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This guide is relevant for people responsible for delivering and installing Milestone XProtect NVR surveillance systems.

If you are a Milestone XProtect NVR surveillance system administrator, meaning someone who will have administrator rights and responsibilities on the Milestone XProtect NVR surveillance system once the system has been delivered and installed, see the Milestone XProtect NVR Administrator’s Getting Started Guide instead.

This guide does not contain relevant information for surveillance system end users. More detailed information about using XProtect NVR is available in the XProtect Administrator’s

Manual as well as in XProtect’s built-in help system (see "Use the built-in help system" on page 13). Note, however, that when the XProtect software is used on an XProtect NVR, the manual and help system will differ slightly from what you will experience on your XProtect NVR. This will primarily be evident in the descriptions of installation and the licensing model as well as in the descriptions of the number of cameras and other hardware devices you are able to add to the system. You will find, however, that the majority of the manual and help system content applies for XProtect NVR too.

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About XProtect NVR

XProtect NVR is a unique out-of-the-box IP video management software solution delivered complete with computer hardware containing pre-installed operating system and optimized surveillance software. It all comes in one package with no need for additional software installation

The XProtect NVR is powered by Milestone’s market leading XProtect video management software. It

includes a wide set of easy-to-use features that allow users to view live and recorded video, and rapidly investigate incidents and export related video material from the XProtect NVR. The pre-loaded

software and system configuration wizards ensure minimal deployment effort, and XProtect NVR’s

high performance hardware and disk system ensures trouble-free operation and secure storage of video recordings.

Milestone XProtect NVR includes:

 Computer hardware, which is a ready-to-use PC, pre-installed with optimized XProtect

software and Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional operating system.

 XProtect NVR Management Application, which you use for configuring your surveillance

system. The Management Application is pre-installed on the PC when you receive it.

 XProtect Smart Client, which you use for viewing live and recorded video. The XProtect Smart

Client is also pre-installed on the PC when you receive it, ready to show video from your network cameras. If you would rather view video on another PC, you can easily install an XProtect Smart Client on another PC, or you can access your video system using the XProtect NVR.

 XProtect Web Client, which you use for viewing, playing back and sharing video from most

common web browsers. The XProtect Web Client is a website hosted by the XProtect Mobile server component. There is no installation required.

 XProtect Transact, which links your live video with your transaction data. XProtect Transact is

available for installation on the desktop of your XProtect NVR. For information on how to get started with XProtect Transact, see

http://software.milestonesys.com/XProtect%20Transact%2025e/Manuals/XPT_Users_Manual. pdf. You must buy a Transact license in order to activate and use the functionality.

 XProtect Mobile, which allows you to view live and recorded video from XProtect NVR on a

mobile device. The XProtect Mobile server component is pre-installed on the PC when you

receive it. For information on how to get started with XProtect Mobile, see the User’s Manual,

available at

http://software.milestonesys.com/XProtect%20Mobile%2010a/Manuals/MilestoneXProtectMobi le_Users_Manual_en-US.pdf.

 XProtect NVR supports the market’s widest range of cameras. A complete list over supported

cameras and other hardware devices is available at www.milestonesys.com/support.

The XProtect NVR lets you choose between eleven different languages in the Management Application. The XProtect Smart Client and XProtect Mobile are available in more than 20 languages.

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