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. Specification Sheet XProtect Expert 2021 R2 + XProtect Smart Wall 2021 R2 Available on October 27th, 2021 Available Feb. 11th, 2020
Specification Sheet
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Contents
Feature Overview 3
Key features 3
Integration options 4
Detailed Product Features 5
Recording server/failover recording server 5
Management server and Management Client 6
Event Server 9
XProtect Mobile server 10
DLNA server 10
Server Configurator 11
XProtect Smart Client 11
XProtect Smart Client - Player 15
XProtect Web Client 15
XProtect Mobile Client 16
XProtect Smart Wall 16
Miscellaneous 18
Minimum system requirements 18
Supported languages 18
Licensing structure 18Specification Sheet
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Feature Overview
feature that seamlessly integrates with the Man-
agement Client and XProtect Smart Client
• Centralized Search in Smart Client:
Dedicated tab for searching recording sequences,
Key features bookmarks, events, motion, alarms, vehicle1, peo-
• Limitless multi-server and multi-site solution: ple1, location1 and LPR. These Search categories
XProtect Expert supports an unrestricted number can be combined, also with third party search
of users, hardware devices, servers and sites. It al- agent plugins. Save search templates. Visualize lo-
lows the expansion of any installation as it is re- cation of Search result. Integrates with technology
quired partner solutions
• High performance recording server: • Metadata support:
Building on a native 64-bit windows implementa- Supports reception, storage and export of
tion and a highly-optimized database technology metadata, including metadata from camera-re-
with RAM-based pre-buffering, the recording sided video analytics and location data in Video
server supports minimum 3.1 Gbit/s recording Push from XProtect Mobile
rate • Edge Storage with audio support:
• Hardware accelerated Video Motion Detection: Uses camera-based storage as a complement to
Video motion detection decoding takes ad- the central storage in the recording servers, with
vantage of processing power in Graphical Pro- flexible video retrieval based on time schedules,
cessing Units to significantly reduce the CPU load events or manual requests, including the ability to
and improve performance of the recording serv- combine centrally and remotely stored video us-
ers. It requires CPU with support for Intel Quick ing Scalable Video Quality Recording™ (SVQR).
Sync Video or NVIDIA card with compute architec- • Secure multi-stage storage:
ture 3.x (Kepler) or newer Unique data storage solution that combines su-
• Centralized management: perior performance and scalability with video data
A Management Client connected to the manage- grooming for cost-efficient, long-term video stor-
ment server enables full remote system configu- age, with the option to encrypt and digitally sign
ration of all recording servers, failover servers, de- stored video and audio
vices, rules, schedules and user rights • 64-bit recording servers:
• High availability – failover recording servers: Allow more cameras to be run on a single record-
A redundancy option for recording servers to en- ing server
sure maximum system uptime while minimizing • Intuitive map function:
video interruption in the event of system prob- Multi-layered and interactive maps display the lo-
lems. Operates in two failover modes: cold stand- cation of every camera and offer control of the
by and hot stand-by entire surveillance system. It also has seamless
• Milestone Interconnect™: drag-and-drop integration with XProtect Smart
A unique system concept that allows all Milestone Wall
VMS and Milestone Husky™ NVRs to be intercon- • Smart Map:
nected with a central XProtect Corporate system Geo-navigation supporting map services such as
to gain central surveillance operation across geo- Bing, Google and OpenStreetMap as well as geo-
graphically dispersed sites referenced GIS maps and CAD drawings, with
• Milestone Federated Architecture™: drilldown possibilities to the classic maps.
System concept that enables multiple individual • Bookmarking:
XProtect Corporate and XProtect Expert systems Allows users to mark video sections of interest
to be connected with a central XProtect Corpo- and add descriptive notes for later analysis or
rate system in a hierarchical architecture for infi- sharing with other users
nite scalability and central management • Multicast support:
• Alarm Manager: Optimizes network load in systems with many us-
Single-point alarm function that provides a con- ers by sending one video stream per camera to
solidated and clear overview of security and sys- multiple XProtect Smart Clients
tem-related alarms • Multiple language support:
• XProtect Smart Wall: Lets most operators use the system in their na-
Flexible and hardware independent video wall
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Limited to certain camera models that can perform video analytics and
export ONVIF compliant metadataSpecification Sheet
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tive language with support for 31 different lan- • Compatible with XProtect® LPR for automatic
guages, while the Management Client is available reading and tracking of vehicle license plates
in 14 languages • Generic event integration enables easy and fast
• Fast evidence export: integration of third-party applications and sys-
Deliver authentic evidence to public authorities by tems via a simple message-based socket commu-
exporting video to various formats, including nication interface
video from multiple cameras in encrypted XPro- • Supports Milestone Open Network Bridge that
tect format with dedicated player application in- enables full video interoperability in multivendor
cluded installations using a standardized ONVIF compli-
• Audit logs: ant video-out interface
Enables extensive logging of all user system ac- • System configuration API enables external appli-
cesses, configuration changes and operator ac- cations to make changes to the system’s configu-
tions ration
• Flexible user and rights management: • Supports display of MIP SDK plug-in items on the
Strict privileges on management of users’ access Smart Map
to functions and camera actions. Modular user • MIP SDK Mobile enables integrations to third
management with support for basic user ac- party Mobile or Web applications
counts to global user management with single • Milestone’s Driver Framework enables device
sign-on Microsoft® Active Directory accounts. manufacturers to develop their own drivers for
• Versatile rule system: XProtect using MIP SDK, enabling wider device
Facilitates the automation of different aspects of support and deeper integration of cameras, IoT
the system, including camera control, system be- devices, and more
havior and external devices, based on events or
time schedules
• Customizable management user interface
Adaptable management user interface makes it
possible to toggle the availability of functions on
and off in the Management Client
• System Monitor
Customizable real-time system monitoring dash-
board and report function for proactive mainte-
nance of the VMS installation
• Customer Dashboard
Support for sending system, server, storage and
device status and errors to the Milestone Cus-
tomer Dashboard
• Virtual environment
Support for VMware and Hyper-V virtualization
solutions (to exclude hardware acceleration which
in not supported in a virtual environment)
Integration options
• The Milestone Integration Platform Software De-
velopment Kit (MIP SDK) enables seamless inte-
gration of video analytics algorithms and other
third-party applications in XProtect Smart Client
and Management Client
• Compatible with XProtect® Transact and XPro-
tect® Retail, which integrate video surveillance
with ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) and enterprise re-
source planning (ERP) systems for managing loss
prevention and fraud
• Compatible with XProtect® Access for video ena-
bled physical security, which integrates with ac-
cess control and intrusion systemsSpecification Sheet
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Detailed Product Features
• Possibility to import pre-event images recorded
locally in camera or video encoder
• Pre-recording buffer (used for event/motion
based recording) in RAM minimizes the disk
Recording server/failover recording server read/write operations when no video is recorded
System • Edge Storage with flexible retrieval enables video
• Simultaneous digital multi-channel MJPEG, retrieval from camera storage based on time
MPEG4, MPEG-4 ASP, MxPEG, H.264 and H.265 schedules, events or manual requests. This ena-
video recording of IP cameras and IP video en- bles users to effectively retrieve video recordings
coders without any software limitations on num- across low-bandwidth connections
ber of cameras per server • Scalable Video Quality Recording™ (SVQR) ena-
• Two-way audio allows users to transmit and rec- bles seamless merging of video stored centrally in
ord audio from connected microphones and au- the recording server, and video retrieved from a
dio from the operator’s microphone to attached camera associated edge storage, or intercon-
speakers nected system.
• Generic framework for receiving and storing • Built-in, real-time, camera-independent motion
metadata from compatible devices and clients detection with the ability to generate motion
• Route traffic between multiple connected cam- metadata for Smart Search
eras and multiple clients requesting live view, • The recording server runs as a Windows service
playback and export under local system account or optional local Win-
• Multicast one video stream to all XProtect Smart dows user or Microsoft Active Directory account
Clients. The infrastructure must support IGMP to with run-as-a-service privileges
reach remote networks • Port forwarding enables clients to access the re-
• Multi-live streaming gives the possibility to define cording servers from outside a network address
multiple streams for live viewing with different translation (NAT) firewall
properties. It optimizes XProtect Smart Client • Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
viewing performance according to the available • 64-bit recording servers allow more cameras to
bandwidth and view layouts, which is ideal for de- be run on a single server unit
ployments with remote viewing. Number of • Secure HTTPS camera connection on devices sup-
streams supported is set by the camera driver2 porting HTTPS
• Adaptive streaming enables a lower resolution • Encrypted communication between Recording
stream from the recording server to the Smart Server and services retrieving streaming data
Client, Smart Wall, Mobile Client or Web client • Digital signing of the recording server’s video da-
when a high resolution is not required, i.e. when tabase can be used to verify that recorded video
displaying video where the view items do not re- has not been modified or tampered with while
quire high resolution streams stored or after export
• A dedicated recording stream enables optimiza- • Video decoding takes advantage of processing
tion stream properties (resolutions, encodings power in Graphical Processing Units. This in-
and frame rate) for video storage and forensic us- cludes the GPU part of the Intel CPU (requires
age CPU with support for Intel Quick Sync Video) and
• Secure high-speed recording database holding in the GPU of additional external NVIDIA cards
JPEG images or MPEG4, MPEG-4 ASP, MxPEG, • Functional recording server even if a recording
H.264 or H.265 streams storage area is unavailable. Continued recording
• Flexible control of recording characteristics for of video from devices with available recording
MPEG4/H.264/H.265 streams, making it possible storage and live video on devices without availa-
to toggle between recording key frames only or ble recording storage
the full stream • Support for shutdown of recording server if re-
• Record more than 30 frames per second per cording storage becomes unavailable, to enable
camera, limited only by hardware fail over to take over
• Recording quality depends entirely on camera
and video encoder capabilities with no software
limitations
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High availability Client access
• XProtect Expert offers two levels of redundancy • Facilitate client access
on the recording servers: Cold and hot stand-by • Clients are authenticated and authorized at the
failover management server and use a session-limited ac-
• Both mechanisms offer fully automatic and user cess token to access the recording server
transparent failover in the event of hardware or • System administrators controlling systems with
system failure, with automatic synchronization at multiple users can control access permission per
system recovery client for each of the three XProtect clients, re-
• Cold stand-by failover is a cost-efficient redun- sulting in safer security access
dancy solution where one, or a group of, failover Alerting and notification
recording servers can act as backup to one or • The system acts as a simple network manage-
multiple recording servers ment protocol (SNMP) agent that can generate an
• Hot Stand-by failover is a high-security redun- SNMP trap as a result of a rule activation
dancy solution providing minimal interruption in
recording and live streams, where a dedicated Logs
failover recording server is preconfigured for a re- • Logging of system, audit and rule entries to the
cording server management server with local caching during of-
fline scenarios.
Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ)
• “Pass-through” control of manual PTZ operation
from clients with user priority Management server and Management Client
• 32,000 PTZ priority levels for control of rights be-
System
tween different operators and automatic patrol-
• Management server for user authentication lo-
ling schemes
gon, system configuration and logging
• Execute rule-based go-to preset position on
• Management Client for central administration of
events and patrolling
the system such as recording servers, devices, se-
• Pause PTZ patrolling on event and resume patrol-
curity, rules and logging
ling after manual session timeout
• Management Client compatible with XProtect Es-
• Import PTZ presets defined in the PTZ camera
sential+, XProtect Express+ and XProtect Profes-
• Rename imported PTZ presets
sional+, XProtect Expert and XProtect Corporate
I/O and events 2019 R1 and newer
• Support for devices with one or more input and • All configuration and logs from the entire system
output ports are stored in a centralized Microsoft SQL data-
• Powerful rule processing engine for execution of base and accessible by the management server
start and stop actions triggered by events or time only
profiles • Failover solution for the management server pro-
Setup and management vides a resilient system solution based on Win-
• Download and install the recording server from a dows Server Clustering, ensuring high system
web page on the management server. The re- availability
cording server is completely managed via the • Encrypted communication between Management
Management Client and configuration changes Server and Recording Server
are applied instantly while recording is in opera- • Management server manager is available in the
tion local console notification area (icon tray) for sta-
• Selecting “Single computer” set up during the ini- tus messages and to start/stop the service
tial installation the system automatically performs • The management server runs as a Windows ser-
certain configurations for an easier installation ex- vice under local system account or optional local
perience Windows user or Microsoft active directory ac-
• Local recording server configuration data is avail- count with run-as-a-service privileges
able during periods where the management • To register and validate your licenses, the system
server is inaccessible offers easy-to-use automatic or manual online ac-
• Recording server manager is available in the local tivation via the Internet and alternatively, offline
console notification area (icon tray) for status activation via email and web for closed surveil-
messages, start/stop of the service and change of lance networks
network settings • Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 addressingSpecification Sheet
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Milestone Interconnect • Wizard for swift replacement of malfunctioning
• System concept that interconnects all Milestone devices with preserved configuration settings and
XProtect video management software (VMS) and recordings
Milestone Husky units to gain central operation • Wizard for easy moving of hardware devices (with
and cost-effective management of geographically attached cameras, microphones, speakers, in-
dispersed surveillance sites puts, outputs and metadata devices) between re-
cording servers in runtime without losing settings,
Milestone Federated Architecture
recordings, rules, permissions etc.
• System concept that enables multiple individual
• Enable and disable devices if they are not used or
XProtect Corporate and XProtect Expert systems
are down for maintenance
to be interconnected with a central XProtect Cor-
• Adjust settings such as brightness, color level,
porate system in a hierarchical architecture for in-
compression, maximum bit rate, resolution and
finite scalability and central management
rotation per camera or camera group
• Centralized management access to all federated
• Select and configure video format, frames per
sites
second (FPS), resolution and quality for the video
• Resilient architecture that allows the individual
streams used per camera
systems to function as autonomous sites in the
• Select and configure one, or more, video streams
event of network problems
per camera to be used for live viewing. Each
• Site details (name, address, administrators and
stream can be in different video format, FPS, res-
additional information) defined in the federated
olution and quality
system is available in the site navigation
• Adjustable group of pictures (GOP) length for
Storage MPEG4 H.264 and H.265 encoded video
• Definition of one or more storage containers with • Assign camera shortcut number for easy opera-
individual archiving schemes and retention times. tion by clients
Recording capacity is limited only by disk space • Optional preview window for immediate verifica-
• Each storage container is defined as live database tion of video settings per camera or for a group of
and one or more optional archives, where the cameras
video data is moved from the live database to • Define multiple PTZ preset positions per camera
secondary disk systems or network drives. The ar- • Import PTZ preset positions from cameras
chived data is still online and available for clients • PTZ scanning on supported devices
• Archiving schemes define when video is archived • Define multiple PTZ patrolling schemes with ad-
to the next archiving stage in the storage con- justable wait time between shifts and customiza-
tainer and how long the video data is retained be- ble transitions with disabling of motion detection
fore deletion to avoid false alarms
• Optional video data grooming possibility enables • Run multiple patrolling schedules per camera per
reduction of video recording data size by reduc- day. For example, run different schedules for
ing the frame rate of the video data day/night/weekend
• Ability to allocate individual devices to different • Privacy masking conceals certain parts of the im-
storage containers age, both in live and playback video and in ex-
• Move a device or a group of devices between two ported material. It supports permanent masks
storage containers and liftable masks that can be lifted and managed
• Light and strong video database encryption op- with user credentials. Masking level is adjustable
tion, using AES256 encryption algorithm and ranges between ‘light blur’ to ‘solid grey’
• Digital signing using SHA-2 helps ensure video in- • Configure device events like motion detection
tegrity of video stored in the recording servers with pre- and post-buffers, or input signal behav-
• Storage overview gives instant indication of used ior options
vs. available storage in total and for individual • Fine-tune motion detection sensitivity per camera
cameras manually or automatically
• Manage maximum recording time for manual re- • Apply one or multiple exclusion zones for where
cordings motion detection is to be disabled to avoid un-
Devices wanted detection
• Hardware wizard to add devices; automatically us-
ing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) discovery, via
IP network range scanning, or using manual de-
vice detection. All methods support automatic or
manual model detectionSpecification Sheet
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• Manage device password on one or multiple de- - Recording server: events that relate to failover,
vices from within the Management Client 3 archiving and database functions.
• Device firmware upgrade of single devices4 - Analytics: events from integrated applications
• Device firmware upgrade of multiple devices in and systems
bulk4 • For further details on available trigger events,
• Adding devices on HTTPS please refer to the XProtect VMS Administrator's
• Initial setup of credentials on devices without fac- Manual.
tory default credentials increases the level of se- • Start actions: The triggering events may initiate a
curity in the customer’s system. wide set of actions in the VMS system, connected
• User handling: Add/change VMS user account devices or integrated systems.
that communicates with the device. List and de- For a complete list of available actions, please re-
lete existing device’s users.5 fer to the XProtect VMS Administrator's Manual
• Network configuration: enabling change of IP ad- • Stop actions: The rule engine may also trigger
dress, subnet mask, and default gateway for a de- stop actions in the VMS system, connected de-
vice3 vices or integrated systems upon the completion
• Full list of devices, firmware versions and features of a rule.
supported by Milestone can be found here For a complete list of available stop actions,
https://www.milestonesys.com/community/busi- please refer to the XProtect VMS Administrator's
ness-partner-tools/supported-devices/ and driv- Manual
ers are available in Device Packs here: Download • XProtect Smart Wall start and stop actions; Set
Drivers XProtect Smart Wall to preset layout, set XProtect
Rules time profiles and notifications Smart Wall monitor layout and camera content
• Powerful Microsoft Outlook®-style rule system • Multi-recipient customizable email notification
supports an unlimited number of rules with image and/or AVI attachment of incidents
• Rule actions can be triggered by event, time inter- User rights management
val, time schedule (recurring, or a combination of • Common and central management of all user
event and time). Rules can be optionally stopped rights across all user and programmatic (MIP SDK)
by an event or after a certain time interfaces
• Time profiles with reoccurring time selection and • Overall system security definition makes it possi-
expire condition support an unlimited number of ble to globally allow or deny permission to devices
time profiles and functions (such as manage, read, edit and de-
• Dynamic day-length time profile follows daylight lete).
changes over the year for a given location defined • Device-specific security definition makes it possi-
by a GPS position, including daylight savings time ble to allow or deny permission to individual de-
• Rule-based bookmark creation vices and functions (such as manage, read, edit
• Play audio files on rule making it possible to auto- and delete).
mate announcements over speakers. • Roles control user and administrator access to:
• Trigger events: • General: Management Client and XProtect Smart
The XProtect Corporate VMS system and con- Client profiles, dual authorization rights, system
nected devices support a wide set of events that log-in time profile
can be used to trigger actions using the rule sys- • Cameras: visibility, administrate, live view (within
tem. Events are grouped in the following catego- time profile), playback (within time profile), search
ries: sequences, export, smart search, AUX commands,
- Hardware: events that relate to physical hard- manual recording, bookmark functions
ware devices connected to the system • Microphones and speakers: visibility, adminis-
- Devices: events that relates to certain functions trate, listen to live audio (within time profile), play-
and states of devices available to the XProtect back audio (within time profile), search se-
VMS system via the connected hardware devices quences, export, manual recording, bookmark
- External Events: events that relate to VMS inte- functions, speak to speakers
grations • Inputs and outputs: visibility, administrate, status,
activation
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Not supported for all devices. For details read latest Milestone Applicable only for devices integrated through the Milestone ONVIF
XProtect device pack release notes drivers and that are ONVIF Profile T & Q compliant
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Applicable only for devices integrated through Axis, Bosch, Hanwha
and ONVIF drivers (drivers in Legacy Device Pack excluded)Specification Sheet
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• PTZ: manual control, activate PTZ presets, PTZ pri- (listing not exhaustive): system configuration data,
ority, manage PTZ presets and patrolling, lock/un- maps/Smart Maps, alarm settings and definitions
lock PTZ presets, reserve and release PTZ session and client views
• Remote recordings: retrieve remote recordings • Configuration data and backup can be password
• XProtect Smart Wall: visibility, administrate, con- protected, to enhance security around restore
trol, playback procedure.
• External events: visibility, administrate, trigger • System monitor with customizable dashboard for
• View groups privileges: Milestone Federated Ar- task or component specific live monitoring
chitecture site permissions • Historic performance and usage investigation and
• View groups privileges Servers: XProtect® Enter- reports of; storage usage, network use, server
prise, XProtect® Professional and XProtect® Ex- and camera performance
press server access and authentication details, • Customizable Normal, Warning and Critical sys-
Milestone Federated Architecture site permis- tem monitor and event triggers for; CPU and
sions Memory usage on servers, used space, recording
• Alarms: visibility of alarms and ability to manage and live FPS on cameras, free space on disks and
alarms predicated retention time for storage definitions
• MIP: Plug-in permissions • Configuration Reporting enables complete or par-
• General application permissions: Management tial documentation of system configuration. Cus-
Client, XProtect Smart Client, XProtect Web Client tom and site-specific free-text information, inte-
and XProtect Mobile grator’s notes and logo can be added to the
• Scripting disable/enable option printer-friendly reports
Logging • License administration
• Logs of system, audit and rule entries are consoli- • License overview including add-on products, Mile-
dated from all recording servers and clients stone Care coverage and renewal date
• Each log file has adjustable size and time limita- • License owner information, that is synchronized
tions with the software registration page on the Mile-
stone website
XProtect Smart Client profiles • Expanded license information for multi-site instal-
• Centralized management of XProtect Smart Client lations where both the total used licenses for the
application options enables optimization of XPro- common SLC is presented and the license use in
tect Smart Client for different user categories and the specific system
skill levels • License overview that presents the license use of
• Ability to enforce or recommend optional XPro- all the individual sites running on the same SLC
tect Smart Client application options for a user or • “Changes without activation” function that allow
group of users, using maximum twelve different additions and replacements of limited number of
XProtect Smart Client profiles hardware devices without requiring license activa-
• Define general XProtect Smart Client application tion
options, including (listing not exhaustive): visibility
of time, visibility of camera live indicators, default
Authentication
image quality, default frame rate, keyboard and • System log-in uses Microsoft Active Directory, lo-
joystick setup, startup mode and de-interlacing fil- cal Windows or basic user account
ters • Use current Windows logon for authentication
• Access to live mode and the availability of individ- • Dual authorization offers an optional additional
ual control panes and overlay buttons level of system security, where Management Cli-
• Access to playback mode and the availability of in- ent users are granted access to the system only
dividual control panes, overlay buttons and set- when a second user or supervisor has confirmed
tings for specific functions, such as default export the log-in with a successful authorization of the
path second user
• Access to setup mode and the availability of indi- • Kerberos support enables deployment in high se-
vidual control panes and setup functions curity Kerberos IT environments
• Access to Centralized Search, Alarm Manager,
System Monitor
Event Server
• Definition of available view layouts
Alarm Manager
System administration
• Single-point alarm management of all internal sys-
• Built-in backup and restore support for manual
tem alarms and external security alarms
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• Alarm descriptions and work instructions make • The XProtect Mobile Server encodes audio in a
alarms actionable for operators format suitable for Web Client and Mobile Client,
• An alarm location map can be linked to each so users can play live or recorded audio.
alarm providing instant situational awareness to • Installing the XProtect Mobile Server plugin in the
the operator dealing with the alarm Management Client will give access to XProtect
• Customizable alarm priorities allow operators to Mobile Server management in order to change
focus on the most critical alarms settings, read out miscellaneous status infor-
• Customizable alarm categories enable logical mation, configure codecs used for exports as well
grouping of alarms dependent on their type and as manage ongoing and completed exports
nature • XProtect Mobile servers can be installed in paral-
• Customizable alarm statuses enable alignment of lel, offering redundancy and/or allowing more
the alarm handling workflow with existing work- simultaneous users
flows and security systems • XProtect Mobile servers can be configured
• Alarm handling result code enables tracking of through the tray controller to easily adjust or up-
the outcome of the alarms date settings
• Automatic allocation to alarm owner with escala- • Connect securely to the XProtect Mobile server
tion and alarm forwarding possibilities using trusted CA certificates for HTTPS encryp-
• Time profiles for definition of active alarms tion. XProtect Mobile clients do not support self-
• Possibility to associate one or more cameras to signed certificates. Unencrypted HTTP connection
an alarm (maximum 15 cameras can be displayed is supported in the XProtect Mobile client
simultaneously in the alarm preview window) • Video Push configuration is done from the server,
• A set of alarm handling reports gives valuable in- so users can push video via XProtect Mobile with-
formation about alarm inflow and alarm handling out having to apply any additional setting
performance • XProtect Mobile Server supports creating server-
• Extensive logging of alarms side export through XProtect Web Client and
• Microsoft Clustering support for the event server XProtect Mobile
enables secure and redundant alarm handling • Video decoding in XProtect Mobile Server takes
advantage of processing power in Graphical Pro-
cessing Units. This includes the GPU part of the
XProtect Mobile server Intel CPU (requires CPU with support for Intel
• The XProtect Mobile server runs as a dedicated Quick Sync Video) and in the GPU of additional
service, allowing it to be installed either on the external NVIDIA cards
same server as other system components or on • Smart Connect enables easy configuration of in-
dedicated hardware in more demanding installa- ternet access to the Mobile Server by automatic
tions configuration of firewalls and internet routers via
• The XProtect Mobile server can serve video di- UPnP. Smart Connect also verifies the configura-
rectly to the Web client/Mobile clients via the di- tion and operation of the internet connection,
rect streaming feature. No transcoding to MJPEG and can be used to email connection details to
required which significantly reduces the load on Mobile client users6
the Mobile server
• The XProtect Mobile server can transcode video
and can adapt to changing connection bandwidth DLNA server
as well as optimize the use of available bandwidth • DLNA allows users to display video directly onto
to get the best possible stream quality in the any DLNA supported tv without needing to have a
XProtect Web Clients and XProtect Mobile clients PC nor a Smart client. The function supports live
• Adjustable transcoding logic enables capping of video and camera selection can be manual, car-
video resolution and frame rate for video streams ousel or rule based
provided to XProtect Web Clients and XProtect • The Milestone DLNA server runs as a dedicated
Mobile clients service, allowing it to be installed either on the
• Adaptive streaming enables a lower resolution same server as other system components or on
stream from the recording server/mobile server dedicated hardware in more demanding installa-
to the Web client when a high resolution is not re- tions and can be downloaded here:
quired, i.e. when displaying video where the view https://www.milestonesys.com/support/re-
items do not require high resolution streams sources/download-software/
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• The DLNA servers can be configured through the • The customization can either be made as individ-
tray controller to easily adjust or update settings ual personalization managed by each operator, or
• Installing the DLNA server plugin in the Manage- centrally enforced through Smart Client Profiles
ment Client will allow the DLNA server manage- • Control of general look & feel and navigation
ment to change settings properties, such as color mode, camera title bar,
• Supports more than one DLNA server grid sizes etc.
• The populated cameras on the DLNA interface • Availability of control panes and functions in live
can be set by an admin and playback tabs, and in setup mode
• The DLNA functionality requires the selected cam- • Information included in time line in playback tab
eras to be configured to use H.264 • Behavior and availability of expert function
• Setup of keyboard short cuts and joystick controls
• Specific behavior of alarms and access control no-
Server Configurator tifications
• Makes it easier to select and assign security certif- • Advanced application settings such as use of mul-
icates on the server/computer where it is running ticast, hardware acceleration, videos diagnostics
• The security certificates for the Management overlay and time zone settings
Server, Recording Server, Mobile Server, Data Col- • Application language
lector and Failover Recording Servers can be con-
Live view
figured from the same place.
• View live video from 1-100 cameras per computer
• Server configurator is backwards compatible with
monitor/view
components from XProtect 2020 R1 and later
• Multiple computer monitor support provides a
• Registration functionality available through server
main window and any number of either floating
configurator. This can be used to update configu-
windows or full screen views
ration after changing hostnames such as when
• Live view digital zoom allows a full view of record-
setting up a Windows Server Failover Cluster
ings while the operator can digitally zoom in to
see details
XProtect Smart Client • Adaptive streaming enables a lower resolution
stream from the recording server to the Smart
General Client/Wall when a high resolution is not required,
• Dedicated task-oriented tabs for the Centralized i.e. when displaying video in the Smart Client or
Search, Alarm Manager and System Monitor, in Smart Wall where the view items do not require
addition to the traditional Live and Playback tabs high resolution streams
• Application theme support with choice of dark or • Supports multiple view layouts optimized for 4:3
light themes and 16:9 display settings in both landscape and
• Multi-window support where secondary windows portrait
have full functionality and can be operated in in- • Independent playback capability allows for instant
dependent mode or synchronized mode where playback of recorded video for one or more cam-
they follow the control of the main window eras, while in live mode
• Shortcuts to select a specific window or specific • Centralized storage of shared and private camera
camera in a window views, enables coherent access to views across
• Camera search function promptly finds cameras, the system
types of cameras and views in the system with the • Possibility to instantly re-arrange cameras in
ability to create temporary views to display all or a views for optimized monitoring of incidents, with
subset of cameras matching the search criteria single click restore of original view
• Display metadata bounding boxes from sup- • Instant camera placement in live view allows for
ported devices in live views and playback instant replacement of cameras in a view, where
• Generic 360 dewarping allows users to cover a new cameras can be placed in a particular view
wide area with a single device with 360 cameras, and positioned through a simple drag-and drop
but at the same time get a ‘normal’ view of a fish operation
eye image. • Update on “motion only” optimizes CPU use by al-
Customization lowing motion detection to control whether the
• Application options enables customization of the image should be decoded and displayed
general behavior and look of the XProtect Smart • Global hotspot function allows users to work in
Client detail with any camera selected from any view
• Local hotspot function allows users to work in de-
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• Carousel function makes a specific view item ro- the ImmerVision Enables panomorph lens tech-
tate between pre-defined cameras that are not nology. Other lenses than ImmerVision can be
necessarily present in the view at the same time. supported by using the integrated generic de-
Operators can select default or custom display warping lens profile or a third-party plug-in
times for each camera, and they are able to man- I/O and events
ually switch to the next or previous camera in the • Overlay buttons provide intuitive control of cam-
carousel list eras, camera-integrated devices and other inte-
• Matrix function shows live video from multiple grated systems directly from the camera view
cameras in any view layout with customizable ro- • Manually trigger output port relay operation, for
tation paths, remotely controlled by computers example when controlling gates
sending matrix remote commands • Manually trigger events by activating a server-de-
• Import static or active HTML maps for fast naviga- fined event from a list
tion to cameras and to provide a good overview
of premises Bookmarking
• Hide HTML page toolbar in HTML page views • Manually define quick or detailed bookmarks with
• Activate matrix via graphical maps of premises us- the bookmark function
ing JavaScript or integrate with centralized access • Create bookmarks based on rules
control systems • Bookmarks are shown in timeline with instant
• The operator can assign outputs, PTZ presets and preview
views as actions to joystick buttons and as key- • Listing and previewing of bookmarks in recording
board shortcuts. search
• Two-way audio support enables XProtect Smart • Bookmark reports enable effortless incident doc-
Client to record and play live audio from camera- umentation
connected microphones and outgoing audio from • Direct video export of a bookmark reduces the
the operator’s microphone to one or multiple time needed to prepare forensic video material
camera speakers Playback
• Adaptive de-interlacing option secures high video • Playback video from 1-100 cameras per computer
quality, based on the actual video content re- monitor/view
ceived. XProtect Smart Client can optionally apply • Advanced video navigation includes fast/slow
a filter to areas of the image where jagged edges playback, jump to date/time, single step and video
would otherwise show up motion search
• Operators may start/stop manual recording on in- • Integrated video timeline with time navigation and
dividual cameras, where the recording status is playback controls, including an integrated func-
propagated to all XProtect Smart Client users ac- tion to select a time interval for export or video
tive in the system retrieval from Edge Storage devices and intercon-
PTZ nected systems
• Control PTZ cameras by using; • Overview of recorded sequences and bookmarks
▪ PTZ preset positions • Independent playback capability allows the inde-
▪ PTZ point-and-click control pendent playback of recorded video from one or
▪ Overlay buttons more cameras
▪ PTZ zoom to a defined rectangle • Instant camera placement in playback view allows
▪ Video overlaid PTZ control users to instantly replace cameras in a view,
▪ Virtual joystick function where a new camera can be placed in a particular
▪ Joystick view and position with a simple drag-and drop
▪ Manage PTZ presets operation
▪ View who have PTZ control and time to auto- • Digital zoom allows the operator to see magnified
matic release details in the recorded video
• Take manual control of a PTZ camera that is run- Export and print
ning a patrolling scheme. After a timeout with no • The snapshot function enables operators to pro-
activity, the camera reverts to its scheduled pa- duce instant visual documentation of a camera by
trolling scheme saving the camera image to a file, or sending it di-
• PTZ camera specific icons to easier identify PTZ rectly to a printer
cameras • The storyboarding function makes it possible to
• 360° Fisheye Lens Viewing: Capability for fisheye include video sequences from different or over-
lens camera views provided through utilization of lapping time intervals form different cameras in
the one and the same exportSpecification Sheet
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• Export in XProtect format; including the • Built-in map function in XProtect Smart Client pro-
standalone XProtect Smart Client - Player applica- vides intuitive overview of the system and offers
tion for instant and easy viewing by authorities integrated access to all system components
• Export preview with looped playback • Map images can be in standard graphic file for-
• Encryption and password protection of exported mats including JPG, GIF, PNG and TIF
video material based on 256-bit AES encryption • Any number of layered maps such as city, street,
algorithm building and room
• Secure video evidence handling with a digital sig- • Instant camera preview on “mouse over” and one-
nature of exported video material that enables click shows all cameras on map
users to verify the video has not been modified or • One-click function to open floating window with
tampered with when viewing the export in the all cameras (maximum 25 cameras) on the map
XProtect Smart Client – Player • Depiction of camera view zones on map with
• Create evidence material in media player format clickable PTZ zones for instant PTZ control
(AVI files), MKV format, or still image format (JPEG • Easy drag-and-drop and point-and-click definition
images) of: cameras, servers, microphones, speakers, I/O
• Disable re-export option to prevent undesirable devices, hot-zones for map hierarchies, camera
distribution of sensitive evidence material view zones and PTZ camera presets position view
• Bulk camera export in multiple formats to multi- zones
ple destinations, including direct export to optical • Integrated control of speakers, microphones, and
media, results in more efficient video exports and events and output I/O control, including: doors,
more secure handling of evidence material gates, light and access control systems
• Export comment function enables users to add • Real-time status monitoring indication from all
general and/or camera-specific comments to a system components including cameras, I/O de-
video export when exporting to XProtect format. vices and system servers
• In media player format comments can be added • Graphical visualization of the system status
as pre/post slides through color coding
• Print incident reports including image, surveil- • Hierarchical propagation of status indications to
lance details and free-text user comments higher ordered maps
Centralized Search • Different levels of status indications available
• Dedicated tab for Centralized Search (replacing (alarm, warning and errors)
Sequence Explorer) • System performance data for cameras and serv-
• Search categories are: video sequences, book- ers including camera resolution, FPS, network use
marks, motion, alarms, events, people7, vehicle7, and disk space
location7 and LPR • Ability to suppress status indications (such as er-
• Multi-category Search combines several search ror and warning) for a given device
categories and third party search agents in the • Possibility to edit device names in a map and as-
same search query. When using multiple search sign map-specific names and references to de-
categories, results can be sorted by relevance so vices in a map
that search results matching the highest number • Map editing subject to user rights
of search criteria are displayed on top Smart Map function
• Visualize location of Search result • Map function that provides seamless geo-naviga-
• Save search templates including camera list and tion, with seamless drilldown across different lay-
time scope ers
• Search data from Technology partner solutions • Supports Milestone map service. Bing, Google,
integrated with Search OpenStreetMap and Milestone map services.
• Easy application of filtering with dynamic update • Supports locally installed tile servers for Open-
of search window StreetMap for systems with no internet access
• Preview of selected search results with direct op- • Supports geo-referenced GIS maps (shapefiles)
tions for export of video, making bookmarks, ex- • Supports geo-referenced CAD drawings (dwg and
porting to pdf, and more dxf files)
• Hide/show search results that are not matched • Ability for users to toggle different layers on and
on all search agents off in the map. Examples of such layers are cam-
Map function eras (names, view of field, name), quick links and
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different layers provided by the maps and draw- • Optional sound notifications for different alarm
ings used (street names, buildings, etc.) priorities for notification of new incoming alarm
• Supports geo-referenced buildings with floor-level • Alarm disabling option enables users to suppress
navigation for easy identification and operation of alarms from a given device in a certain time pe-
relevant cameras riod
• Supports geo-referenced floorplans inside build- • Instant access to both live and recorded video
ings from the cameras that are related to the alarm
• Configure cameras inside buildings, ensuring they • Alarm handling reports give valuable information
are only shown on relevant floor-levels about alarm inflow and alarm handling perfor-
• Location links enables quick navigation across dif- mance
ferent sites and locations System Monitor
• Map links enables drilldown to existing classic • Dedicated dockable tab with system performance
XProtect Smart Client maps and use information
• Instant one-click camera preview • Dashboard for task or component specific live
• Easy multi-camera selection with camera preview monitoring
• Easy drag-and-drop and point-and-click definition • Historic performance and usage investigation and
of: cameras, camera field of view, location links reports of; storage usage, network use, server
and quick links and camera performance
• Selection of 10 different camera icons
• Depiction of camera field of view on map Setup and management
• Possibility to edit device names in a map and as- • Download and install XProtect Smart Client from a
sign map-specific names and references to de- web page on the management server
vices in a map • Notification about new updates at log-in
• Camera object aggregation preserves the over- • Application options allow users to adapt the lay-
view when several cameras are closely located out and personalize the application to their par-
• Visualize location of Search result ticular preferences
• Alarms on Smart Map, see where on the map an Authentication
alarm has been triggered. • System log-in uses Microsoft Active Directory, lo-
• Input devices on Smart map, see where on the cal Windows or a basic user account
map an input device has been activated. • Use current Windows logon for authentication
• Microphones on Smart map, activate to listen by • Change password for basic users in Smart client
clicking on the map. login dialogue
Alarm Manager • Auto-log-in and auto-restore views
• Dedicated dockable tab for the Alarm Manager • Dual authorization offers an optional additional
• Alarm list with extensive filtering capabilities and level of system security, where XProtect Smart Cli-
an alarm preview in both live and playback mode ent users are granted access to the system only
• Extensive alarm sort and filtering functions allow when a second user or supervisor has confirmed
operators to focus on most critical alarms the log-in with a successful authorization of the
• Instant preview of primary and related cameras second user
helps reduce the number of false alarms System
• Tight integration with the map function allows op- • Support for IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
erators to indicate and acknowledge active alarms • 64-bit Windows® operating system support ena-
in the map bles better performance when viewing and oper-
• Alarm descriptions and work instructions make ating many cameras
alarms actionable for operators • Support for multicast streams
• Alarm escalation and alarm forwarding possibili- • Hardware video decoding is done to significantly
ties allow operators with appropriate skills to han- reduce the CPU load and improve performance
dle different alarms of the recording servers. XProtect supports video
• Alarm reports enable incident documentation decoding done in the GPU part of the Intel CPU
• Alarm location map presents the alarm operator (requires CPU with support for Intel Quick Sync
with a map showing the alarm area when an Video) and in the GPU of additional external
alarm is selected NVIDIA cards
• Desktop alarm notification linked to alarm man-
ager
• Alarm notification to a single or a groups of XPro-
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XProtect Smart Client - Player XProtect Web Client
• Play back recorded or archived video and audio • Access XProtect views through the browser and
evidence, including edited storyboard exports avoid advanced setup. No installation needed on
• Same user-friendly interface and most functions client computer
as XProtect Smart Client • Shared views can be managed centrally via the
• Instant one-click playback for easy viewing of ex- server with administrator/user rights and user
ported video evidence groups
• Advanced second-level investigation tools make it • In live mode Adaptive streaming enables a lower
easy to refine exported video and re-export the resolution stream from the recording server to
most essential evidence the Web Client when a high resolution is not re-
• Metadata bounding boxes included in exports are quired, i.e. when displaying video in the Smart Cli-
displayed time synchronized in XProtect Smart ent or Smart Wall where the view items do not re-
Client – Player quire high resolution streams.
• The project tool allows users to merge video ex- • Direct streaming supported, meaning that the
ports or archives from two different locations or Web client can receive H.264 directly from the re-
XProtect systems together into one new export cording server without transcoding, which is more
• Generic 360 dewarping. Dewarping allows the efficient and provides a smoother experience
user to cover a wide area with a single device, but • Camera search function promptly finds cameras,
also to have a ‘normal’ view of an otherwise dis- types of cameras and camera views in the system
torted or reversed image • Easy single/multi camera video playback including
• View up to 100 cameras time-synched during fast/slow playback, single frame step and jump to
playback date/time with frame preview while adjusting time
• Camera search function promptly finds cameras, • Investigation function with ability to save exports
types of cameras and camera views in the system for later usage or download
• Scrollable activity timeline with magnifying feature • Users can quickly get an overview and act if
• Instant search on recordings based on date/time needed via the list of alarms
and activity/alarm (video motion detection) • Control PTZ cameras remotely with PTZ mouse
• Evidence can be generated as a printed report, a gestures, including preset positions
JPEG image, an AVI or MKV film or in XProtect for- • Two-way audio support for playing and exporting
mat live or recorded audio from device or camera-
• Export audio recordings in WAV, MKV or AVI for- connected microphones. Use the camera’s
mat speaker to talk with a person in front of the cam-
• Exported video can be digitally zoomed to view an era, and at a later stage play back recorded audio
area of interest and minimize export footprint • Broadcast audio support for mass communica-
size tion to multiple camera-connected speakers at
• Re-export evidence containing XProtect format once.
and XProtect Smart Client - Player for instant, • Dynamic bandwidth optimization when streaming
easy viewing by authorities from server to client gives better use of band-
• Verification of digital signatures added in the re- width
cording server, or as a part of the export, enables • Create AVI, MKV media exports
users to verify that the video has not been modi- • Export in XProtect format; excluding the
fied or tampered with standalone XProtect Smart Client Player
• Encryption and password protection of exported • Re-export of exports in XProtect format is always
video material based on 256-bit AES encryption prevented
algorithm • Encryption and password protection of exported
• Secure video evidence handling with a digital sig- video material
nature of re-exported video material enables us- • Secure video evidence handling with a digital sig-
ers to verify that the video has not been modified nature of exported video material that enables
or tampered with when viewing the export in users to verify the video has not been modified or
XProtect Smart Client – Player tampered with when viewing the export in the
• View, modify or add general and/or camera-spe- XProtect Smart Client – Player. Always enabled.
cific comments for a given video export • Export on the server to avoid moving large video
• De-interlacing of video from analog cameras files back and forth. Only download needed files
• 360° ImmerVision Enables® panomorph lens or save them for downloading when on a faster
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