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Specification Sheet XProtect® Professional+ 2020 R1 Available Feb. 11th, 2020
Specification Sheet
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XProtect Professional+ 2020 R1
Contents
Feature Overview 3
Key features 3
Integration options 3
Detailed Product Features 4
Recording server 4
Management server and Management Client 4
Event Server 7
XProtect Mobile server 7
DLNA server 7
XProtect Smart Client 7
XProtect Smart Client - Player 10
XProtect Web Client 10
XProtect Mobile 11
Miscellaneous 12
Minimum system requirements 12
Supported languages 12
Licensing structure 12Specification Sheet
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•
Feature Overview Fast evidence export:
Deliver authentic evidence to public authorities by export-
ing video to various formats, including video from multiple
cameras in encrypted XProtect format with dedicated
Key features
player application included
• Scalable multi-server and multi-site solution:
XProtect Professional+ supports an unrestricted number of • Audit logs:
users, hardware devices, servers and sites. It allows the ex- Enables extensive logging of all user system accesses, con-
pansion of any installation as it is required figuration changes and operator actions
• High performance recording server: • Flexible user and rights management:
Building on a native 64-bit windows implementation and a Strict privileges on management of users’ access to func-
highly-optimized database technology with RAM-based tions and camera actions. Modular user management with
pre-buffering, the recording server supports minimum 3.1 support for basic user accounts to global user manage-
Gbit/s recording rate ment with single sign-on Microsoft® Active Directory ac-
counts.
• Hardware accelerated Video Motion Detection:
Video motion detection decoding takes advantage of pro- • Versatile rule system:
cessing power in Graphical Processing Units to significantly Facilitates the automation of different aspects of the sys-
reduce the CPU load and improve performance of the re- tem, including camera control, system behavior and exter-
cording servers. It requires CPU with support for Intel nal devices, based on events or time schedules
Quick Sync Video • Customer Dashboard
• Centralized management: Support for sending system, server, storage and device
A Management Client connected to the management status and errors to the Milestone Customer Dashboard
server enables full remote system configuration of all re-
cording servers, devices, rules, schedules and user rights Integration options
• Milestone Interconnect™: • The Milestone Integration Platform Software Development
A unique system concept that allows all Milestone VMS, Kit (MIP SDK) enables seamless integration of video analyt-
Milestone Arcus™ appliances and Milestone Husky™ NVRs ics algorithms and other third-party applications in XPro-
to be interconnected with a central XProtect Corporate tect Smart Client and Management Client
system to gain central surveillance operation across geo- • Compatible with XProtect® Transact and XProtect® Retail,
graphically dispersed sites which integrate video surveillance with ATMs, point-of-
• Alarm Manager: sale (POS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
Single-point alarm function that provides a consolidated for managing loss prevention and fraud
and clear overview of security and system-related alarms • Compatible with XProtect® Access for video enabled physi-
• Centralized Search in Smart Client: cal security, which integrates with access control and in-
Dedicated tab for searching recording sequences, book- trusion systems
marks, and motion • Compatible with XProtect® LPR for automatic reading and
• Metadata support: tracking of vehicle license plates
Supports reception, storage and export of metadata, includ- • Generic event integration enables easy and fast integra-
ing metadata from camera-resided video analytics and lo- tion of third-party applications and systems via a simple
cation data in Video Push from XProtect Mobile message-based socket communication interface
• Edge Storage with audio support: • Supports Milestone ONVIF Bridge that enables full video
Uses camera-based storage as a complement to the cen- interoperability in multivendor installations using a stand-
tral storage in the recording servers, with flexible video re- ardized ONVIF compliant video-out interface
trieval based on time schedules, events or manual re- • System configuration API enables external applications to
quests, including the ability to combine centrally and re- make changes to the system’s configuration
motely stored video using Scalable Video Quality Record- • MIP SDK Mobile enables integrations to third party Mobile
ing™ (SVQR). or Web applications
• 64-bit recording servers: • Milestone’s Driver Framework enables device manufactur-
Allow more cameras to be run on a single recording server ers to develop their own drivers for XProtect using MIP
• Intuitive map function: SDK, enabling wider device support and deeper integration
Multi-layered and interactive maps display the location of of cameras, IoT devices, and more.
every camera and offer control of the entire surveillance
system
• Bookmarking:
Allows users to mark video sections of particular interest
and add descriptive notes for later analysis or sharing with
other users
• Multiple language support:
Lets most operators use the system in their native lan-
guage with support for 30 different languages, while the
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Detailed Product Features
reduce the CPU load and improve performance of the re-
cording servers. It requires CPU with support for Intel
Quick Sync Video
• Functional recording server even if a recording storage
Recording server
area is unavailable. Continued recording of video from de-
System vices with available recording storage and live video on de-
• Simultaneous digital multi-channel MJPEG, MPEG4, MPEG- vices without available recording storage
4 ASP, MxPEG, H.264 and H.265 video recording of IP cam- • Support for shutdown of recording server if recording stor-
eras and IP video encoders without any software limita- age becomes unavailable, to enable fail over to take over
tions on number of cameras per server
Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ)
• Two-way AAC audio allows users to transmit and record
audio in advanced quality from connected microphones • “Pass-through” control of manual PTZ operation from cli-
and audio from the operator’s microphone to attached ents with user priority
speakers • Three PTZ priority levels for control of rights between dif-
• Generic framework for receiving and storing metadata ferent operators and automatic patrolling schemes
from compatible devices and clients • Execute rule-based go-to preset position on events and pa-
• Route traffic between multiple connected cameras and trolling
multiple clients requesting live view, playback and export • Pause PTZ patrolling on event and resume patrolling after
• A dedicated recording stream enables optimization stream manual session timeout
properties (resolutions, encodings and frame rate) for • Import PTZ presets defined in the PTZ camera
video storage and forensic usage • Rename imported PTZ presets
• Secure high speed recording database holding JPEG images I/O and events
or MPEG4, MPEG-4 ASP, MxPEG, H.264 or H.265 streams • Support for devices with one or more input and output
• Flexible control of recording characteristics for ports
MPEG4/H.264/H.265 streams, making it possible to toggle • Powerful rule processing engine for execution of start and
between recording key frames only or the full stream stop actions triggered by events or time profiles
• Record more than 30 frames per second per camera, lim- Setup and management
ited only by hardware
• Download and install the recording server from a web
• Recording quality depends entirely on camera and video
page on the management server. The recording server is
encoder capabilities with no software limitations
completely managed via the Management Client and con-
• Possibility to import pre-event images recorded locally in figuration changes are applied instantly while recording is
camera or video encoder in operation
• Pre-recording buffer (used for event/motion based record- • Selecting “Single computer” set up during the initial instal-
ing) in RAM minimizes the disk read/write operations lation the system automatically performs certain configu-
when no video is recorded rations for an easier installation experience
• Edge Storage with flexible retrieval enables video retrieval • Local recording server configuration data is available dur-
from camera storage based on time schedules, events or ing periods where the management server is inaccessible
manual requests. This enables users to effectively retrieve
• Recording server manager is available in the local console
video recordings across low-bandwidth connections
notification area (icon tray) for status messages, start/stop
• Scalable Video Quality Recording™ (SVQR) enables seam- of the service and change of network settings
less merging of video stored centrally in the recording
server, and video retrieved from a camera associated edge Client access
storage • Facilitate client access
• Built-in, real-time, camera-independent motion detection • Clients are authenticated and authorized at the manage-
with the ability to generate motion metadata for Smart ment server and use a session-limited access token to ac-
Search cess the recording server
• The recording server runs as a Windows service under lo- • System administrators controlling systems with multiple
cal system account or optional local Windows user or Mi- users can control access permission per client for each of
crosoft Active Directory account with run-as-a-service priv- the three XProtect clients, resulting in safer security access
ileges Logs
• Port forwarding enables clients to access the recording • Logging of system, audit and rule entries to the manage-
servers from outside a network address translation (NAT) ment server with local caching during offline scenarios
firewall
• Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
• 64-bit recording servers allow more cameras to be run on Management server and Management Client
a single server unit System
• Secure HTTPS camera connection on devices supporting • Management server for user authentication logon, system
HTTPS configuration and logging
• Encrypted communication between Recording Server and • Management Client for central administration of the sys-
services retrieving streaming data tem such as recording servers, devices, security, rules and
• Video motion detection decoding takes advantage of pro- logging
cessing power in Graphical Processing Units to significantlySpecification Sheet
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• Management Client compatible with XProtect Profes- • Adjust settings such as brightness, color level, compres-
sional+ 2016 R1 and newer sion, maximum bit rate, resolution and rotation per cam-
• All configuration and logs from the entire system are era or camera group
stored in a centralized Microsoft SQL database • Enable up to two streams per camera; one stream for live
• Failover solution for the management server provides a re- viewing and one stream for recording
silient system solution based on Windows Server Cluster- • Select and configure video format, frames per second
ing, ensuring high system availability (FPS), resolution and quality for the video streams.
• Encrypted communication between Management Server • Adjustable group of pictures (GOP) length for MPEG4
and Recording Server H.264 and H.265 encoded video
• Management server manager is available in the local con- • Assign camera shortcut number for easy operation by cli-
sole notification area (icon tray) for status messages and ents
to start/stop the service • Optional preview window for immediate verification of
• The management server runs as a Windows service under video settings per camera or for a group of cameras
local system account or optional local Windows user or • Define multiple PTZ preset positions per camera
Microsoft active directory account with run-as-a-service • Import PTZ preset positions from cameras
privileges • PTZ scanning on supported devices
• To register and validate your licenses, the system offers • Define multiple PTZ patrolling schemes with adjustable
easy-to-use automatic or manual online activation via the wait time between shifts and customizable transitions with
Internet and alternatively, offline activation via email and disabling of motion detection to avoid false alarms
web for closed surveillance networks • Run multiple patrolling schedules per camera per day. For
• Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing example, run different schedules for day/night/weekend
Milestone Interconnect • Privacy masking conceals certain parts of the image, both
• XProtect Professional+ is compatible with Milestone Inter- in live and playback video and in exported material. It sup-
connect enabling multiple XProtect Professional+ systems ports permanent masks and liftable masks that can be
to be connected with a central XProtect Corporate system lifted and managed with user credentials. Masking level is
to gain central surveillance operation across geograph- adjustable and ranges between ‘light blur’ to ‘solid grey’
ically dispersed sites • Privacy mask consistently hides certain areas in the cam-
era view in live and playback video and in exported mate-
Storage rial
• Definition of one or more storage containers with individ- • Configure device events like motion detection with pre-
ual archiving schemes and retention times. Recording ca- and post-buffers, or input signal behavior options
pacity is limited only by disk space
• Fine-tune motion detection sensitivity per camera manu-
• Each storage container is defined as live database and one ally or automatically
optional archive, where the video data is moved from the
• Apply one or multiple exclusion zones for where motion
live database to secondary disk systems or network drives.
detection is to be disabled to avoid unwanted detection
The archived data is still online and available for clients
• Manage device password on one or multiple devices from
• Archiving scheme define when video is archived and how
within the Management Client
long the video data is retained before deletion
• User handling: Add/change VMS user account that com-
• Ability to allocate individual devices to different storage
municates with the device. List and delete existing device’s
containers
users.1
• Move a device or a group of devices between two storage
• Network configuration: enabling change of IP address, sub-
containers
net mask, and default gateway for a device1
• Storage overview gives instant indication of used vs. avail-
• Full list of devices, firmware versions and features sup-
able storage in total and for individual cameras
ported by Milestone can be found here https://www.mile-
Devices stonesys.com/community/business-partner-tools/sup-
• Hardware wizard to add devices; automatically using Uni- ported-devices/ and drivers are available in Device Packs
versal Plug and Play (UPnP) discovery, via IP network range here: Download Drivers
scanning, or using manual device detection. All methods Rules, time profiles and notifications
support automatic or manual model detection
• Powerful Microsoft Outlook®-style rule system supports an
• Wizard for swift replacement of malfunctioning devices unlimited number of rules
with preserved configuration settings and recordings
• Rule actions can be triggered by event, time interval, time
• Wizard for easy moving of hardware devices (with at- schedule (recurring, or a combination of event and time).
tached cameras, microphones, speakers, inputs, outputs Rules can be optionally stopped by an event or after a cer-
and metadata devices) between recording servers in
tain time
runtime without losing settings, recordings, rules, permis-
• Time profiles with reoccurring time selection and expire
sions etc.
condition support an unlimited number of time profiles
• Enable and disable devices if they are not used or are
down for maintenance
1 Applicable only for devices integrated through the Milestone ONVIF
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• Dynamic day-length time profile follows daylight changes • Servers: XProtect® Enterprise, XProtect® Professional and
over the year for a given location defined by a GPS posi- XProtect® Express slave server access and authentication
tion, including daylight savings time details,
• Play audio files on rule making it possible to automate an- • Alarms: visibility of alarms and ability to manage alarms
nouncements over speakers. • MIP: Plug-in permissions
• Trigger events: • General application permissions: Management Client,
The XProtect Professional+ VMS system and connected de- XProtect Smart Client, XProtect Web Client and XProtect
vices support a wide set of events that can be used to trig- Mobile
ger actions using the rule system. Events are grouped in • Scripting disable/enable option
the following categories:
Logging
- Hardware: events that relate to physical hardware de-
• Logs of system, audit and rule entries are consolidated
vices connected to the system
from all recording servers and clients
- Devices: events that relates to certain functions and
• Each log file has adjustable size and time limitations
states of devices available to the XProtect VMS system via
the connected hardware devices XProtect Smart Client profiles
- External Events: events that relate to VMS integrations • Centralized management of XProtect Smart Client applica-
• - Recording server: events that relate to archiving and da- tion options enables optimization of XProtect Smart Client
tabase functions. for different user categories and skill levels
- Analytics: events from integrated applications and sys- • Ability to enforce or recommend optional XProtect Smart
tems Client application options for a user or group of users, us-
• For further details on available trigger events, please refer ing up to three different XProtect Smart Client profiles
to the XProtect VMS Administrator's Manual • Define general XProtect Smart Client application options,
• Start actions: The triggering events may initiate a wide set including (listing not exhaustive): visibility of time, visibility
of actions in the VMS system, connected devices or inte- of camera live indicators, default image quality, default
grated systems. frame rate, keyboard and joystick setup, startup mode and
For a complete list of available actions, please refer to the de-interlacing filters
XProtect VMS Administrator's Manual • Access to live mode and the availability of individual con-
• Stop actions: The rule engine may also trigger stop actions trol panes and overlay buttons
in the VMS system, connected devices or integrated sys- • Access to playback mode and the availability of individual
tems upon the completion of a rule. control panes, overlay buttons and settings for specific
For a complete list of available stop actions, please refer to functions, such as default export path
the XProtect VMS Administrator's Manual • Access to setup mode and the availability of individual
• Multi-recipient customizable email notification with image control panes and setup functions
and/or AVI attachment of incidents • Access to centralized Search, Alarm Manager
User rights management • Definition of available view layouts
• Common and central management of all user rights across System administration
all user and programmatic (MIP SDK) interfaces • Built-in backup and restore support for manual system
• Overall system security definition makes it possible to backup of all configuration data, including (listing not ex-
globally allow or deny permission to devices and functions haustive): system configuration data, maps, alarm settings
(such as manage, read, edit and delete) and definitions and client views
• Device-specific security definition makes it possible to al- • Configuration Reporting enables complete or partial docu-
low or deny permission to individual devices and functions mentation of system configuration. Custom and site-spe-
(such as manage, read, edit and delete). cific free-text information, integrator’s notes and logo can
• Roles control user and administrator access to: be added to the printer-friendly reports
• General: XProtect Smart Client profiles, dual authorization • License overview including add-on products, Milestone
rights Care coverage and renewal date
• Cameras: visibility, administrate, live view (playback search • License owner information, that is synchronized with the
sequences, export, smart search, AUX commands, manual software registration page on the Milestone website
recording, bookmark functions • Expanded license information for multi-site installations
• Microphones and speakers: visibility, administrate, listen where both the total used licenses for the common SLC is
to live audio, playback audio search sequences, export, presented and the license use in the specific system
manual recording, bookmark functions, speak to speakers • License overview that presents the license use of all the in-
• Inputs and outputs: visibility, administrate, status, activa- dividual sites running on the same SLC
tion • “Changes without activation” function that allow additions
• PTZ: manual control, activate PTZ presets, PTZ priority, and replacements of limited number of hardware devices
manage PTZ presets and patrolling, lock/unlock PTZ pre- without requiring license activation
sets and release PTZ session Authentication
• Remote recordings: retrieve remote recordings • System log-in uses Microsoft Active Directory, local Win-
• External events: visibility, administrate, trigger dows or basic user account
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• Dual authorization offers an optional additional level of management in order to change settings, read out miscel-
system security, where Management Client users are laneous status information, configure codecs used for ex-
granted access to the system only when a second user or ports as well as manage ongoing and completed exports
supervisor has confirmed the log-in with a successful au- • XProtect Mobile servers can be installed in parallel, offer-
thorization of the second user ing redundancy and/or allowing more simultaneous users
• Kerberos support enables deployment in high security Ker- • XProtect Mobile servers can be configured through the
beros IT environments tray controller to easily adjust or update settings
• Connect securely to the XProtect Mobile server using
trusted CA certificates for HTTPS encryption. XProtect Mo-
Event Server
bile clients does not support self-signed certificates. Unen-
Alarm Manager crypted HTTP connection is supported in XProtect Mobile
• Single-point alarm management of all internal system Client.
alarms and external security alarms • Support for two-step verification for log-in
• Alarm descriptions and work instructions make alarms ac- • Video Push configuration is done from the server, so users
tionable for operators can push video via XProtect Mobile without having to ap-
• An alarm location map can be linked to each alarm provid- ply additional settings
ing instant situational awareness to the operator dealing • XProtect Mobile Server supports creating server-side ex-
with the alarm port through XProtect Web Client and XProtect Mobile
• Customizable alarm priorities allow operators to focus on • Video decoding in XProtect Mobile Server takes advantage
the most critical alarms of processing power in Graphical Processing Units. This in-
• Customizable alarm categories enable logical grouping of cludes the GPU part of the Intel CPU (requires CPU with
alarms dependent on their type and nature support for Intel Quick Sync Video) and in the GPU of addi-
• Customizable alarm statuses enable alignment of the tional external NVIDIA cards
alarm handling workflow with existing workflows and se- • Smart Connect enables easy configuration of internet ac-
curity systems cess to the Mobile Server by automatic configuration of
• Alarm handling result code enables tracking of the out- firewalls and internet routers via UPnP. Smart Connect
come of the alarms also verifies the configuration and operation of the inter-
• Automatic allocation to alarm owner with escalation and net connection, and can be used to email connection de-
alarm forwarding possibilities tails to Mobile Client users2
• Time profiles for definition of active alarms
• Possibility to associate one or more cameras to an alarm
DLNA server
(maximum 15 cameras can be displayed simultaneously in
• DLNA allows users to display video directly onto any DLNA
the alarm preview window)
supported tv without needing to have a PC nor a Smart cli-
• A set of alarm handling reports gives valuable information
ent. The function supports live video and camera selection
about alarm inflow and alarm handling performance
can be manual, carousel or rule based
• Extensive logging of alarms
• The DLNA server runs as a dedicated service, allowing it to
• Microsoft Clustering support for the event server enables be installed either on the same server as other system
secure and redundant alarm handling components or on dedicated hardware in more demand-
ing installations and can be downloaded here:
XProtect Mobile server https://www.milestonesys.com/support/resources/down-
• The XProtect Mobile server runs as a dedicated service, al- load-software/
lowing it to be installed either on the same server as other • The DLNA servers can be configured through the tray con-
system components or on dedicated hardware in more de- troller to easily adjust or update settings
manding installations • Installing the DLNA server plugin in the Management Cli-
• The XProtect Mobile server can transcode video and can to ent will allow the DLNA server management to change set-
changing connection bandwidth as well as optimize the tings
use of available bandwidth to get the best possible stream • Supports more than one DLNA server
quality in the XProtect Web Clients and XProtect Mobile • The populated cameras on the DLNA interface can be set
clients by an admin
• Adjustable transcoding logic enables capping of video res- • The DLNA functionality requires the selected cameras to
olution and frame rate for video streams provided to XPro- be configured to use H.264
tect Web Clients and XProtect Mobile clients
• The XProtect Mobile Server encodes audio in a format
XProtect Smart Client
suitable for Web Client and Mobile Client, so users can
play live or recorded audio. General
• Installing the XProtect Mobile Server plugin in the Man- • Dedicated task-oriented tabs for centralized Search and
agement Client will give access to XProtect Mobile Server the Alarm Manager, in addition to the traditional Live and
Playback tabs
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• Application theme support with choice of dark or light • Global hotspot function allows users to work in detail with
themes any camera selected from any view
• Multi-window support where secondary windows have full • Local hotspot function allows users to work in detail with a
functionality and can be operated in independent or syn- camera selected from the same view
chronized mode where they follow the control of the main • Carousel function allows a specific view item to rotate be-
window tween pre-defined cameras that are not necessarily pre-
• Shortcuts to select a specific window or specific camera in sent in the view at the same time. Operators can select de-
a window fault or custom display times for each camera, and they
• Camera search function promptly finds cameras, types of are able to manually switch to the next or previous camera
cameras and views in the system with the ability to create in the carousel list
temporary views to display all or a subset of cameras • Matrix function shows live video from multiple cameras in
matching the search criteria any view layout with customizable rotation paths, re-
• Display metadata bounding boxes from supported devices motely controlled by computers sending matrix remote
in live views and playback commands
Customization • Import static or active HTML maps for fast navigation to
cameras and to provide a good overview of premises
• Application options enables customization of the general
behavior and look of the XProtect Smart Client • Hide HTML page toolbar in HTML page views
• The customization can either be made as individual per- • Activate matrix via graphical maps of premises using JavaS-
sonalization managed by each operator, or centrally en- cript or integrate with centralized access control systems
forced through Smart Client Profiles • The operator can assign outputs, PTZ presets and views as
• Simplified user interface with the possibility option to tog- actions to joystick buttons and as keyboard shortcuts.
gle between “Simple” and “Advanced” modes, where Ad- • Two-way audio support enables XProtect Smart Client to
vanced mode is default record and play live audio from camera-connected micro-
• Control of general look & feel and navigation properties, phones and outgoing audio from the operator’s micro-
such as color mode, camera title bar, grid sizes etc. phone to one or multiple camera speakers
• Availability of control panes and functions in live and play- • Adaptive de-interlacing option secures high video quality,
back tabs, and in setup mode based on the actual video content received. XProtect
Smart Client can optionally apply a filter to areas of the im-
• Information included in time line in playback tab
age where jagged edges would otherwise show up
• Behavior and availability of expert function
• Operators may start/stop manual recording on individual
• Setup of keyboard short cuts and joystick controls
cameras, where the recording status is propagated to all
• Specific behavior of alarms and access control notifications
XProtect Smart Client users active in the system
• Advanced application settings such as use of hardware ac-
celeration, videos diagnostics overlay and time zone set- PTZ
tings • Control PTZ cameras by using;
• Application language • PTZ preset positions
• PTZ point-and-click control
Live view
• Overlay buttons
• View live video from 1-100 cameras per computer moni-
• PTZ zoom to a defined rectangle
tor/view
• Video overlaid PTZ control
• Multiple computer monitor support provides a main win-
dow and any number of either floating windows or full • Virtual joystick function
screen views • Joystick
• Live view digital zoom allows a full view of recordings • Manage PTZ presets and patrolling profiles
while the operator can digitally zoom in to see details • Start, stop and pause patrolling
• Supports multiple view layouts optimized for 4:3 and 16:9 • View who have PTZ control and time to automatic release
display settings in both landscape and portrait • Lock PTZ control
• Independent playback capability allows for instant play- • Take manual control of a PTZ camera that is running a pa-
back of recorded video for one or more cameras, while in trolling scheme. After a timeout with no activity, the cam-
live mode era reverts to its scheduled patrolling scheme.
• Centralized storage of shared and private camera views, • 360° ImmerVision Enables® Panomorph lens technology
enables coherent access to views across the system I/O and events
• Possibility to instantly re-arrange cameras in views for op- • Overlay buttons provide intuitive control of cameras, cam-
timized monitoring of incidents, with single click restore of era-integrated devices and other integrated systems di-
original view rectly from the camera view
• Instant camera placement in live view allows for instant • Manually trigger output port relay operation, for example
replacement of cameras in a view, where new cameras can when controlling gates
be placed in a particular view and positioned through a • Manually trigger events by activating a server-defined
simple drag-and drop operation event from a list
• Update on “motion only” optimizes CPU use by allowing
Bookmarking
motion detection to control whether the image should be
• Manually define quick or detailed bookmarks with the
decoded and displayed
bookmark function
• Bookmarks are shown in timeline with instant previewSpecification Sheet
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• Listing and previewing of bookmarks in recording search • Search agents are: video sequences, bookmarks, and mo-
• Bookmark reports enable effortless incident documenta- tion
tion • Easy application of filtering with dynamic update of search
• Direct video export of a bookmark reduces the time window
needed to prepare forensic video material • Preview of selected search results with direct options for
Playback export of video, making bookmarks, exporting to pdf, and
more
• Playback video from 1-100 cameras per computer moni-
tor/view • Hide/show search results that are not matched on all
search agents
• Advanced video navigation includes fast/slow playback,
jump to date/time, single step and video motion search Map function
• Integrated video timeline with time navigation and play- • Built-in map function in XProtect Smart Client provides in-
back controls, including an integrated function to select a tuitive overview of the system and offers integrated access
time interval for export, or video retrieval from Edge Stor- to all system components
age devices • Map images can be in standard graphic file formats includ-
• Toggle between simple and advanced timeline mode ing JPG, GIF, PNG and TIF
• Overview of recorded sequences and bookmarks • Any number of layered maps such as city, street, building
• Independent playback capability allows the independent and room
playback of recorded video from one or more cameras • Instant camera preview on “mouse over” and one-click
• Instant camera placement in playback view allows users to shows all cameras on map
instantly replace cameras in a view, where a new camera • One-click function to open floating window with all cam-
can be placed in a particular view and position with a sim- eras (maximum 25 cameras) on the map
ple drag-and drop operation • Depiction of camera view zones on map with clickable PTZ
• Digital zoom allows the operator to see magnified details zones for instant PTZ control
in the recorded video • Easy drag-and-drop and point-and-click definition of: cam-
Export and print eras, servers, microphones, speakers, I/O devices, hot-
zones for map hierarchies, camera view zones and PTZ
• The snapshot function enables operators to produce in-
camera presets position view zones
stant visual documentation of a camera by saving the cam-
era image to a file, or sending it directly to a printer • Integrated control of speakers, microphones, and events
and output I/O control, including: doors, gates, light and
• The storyboarding function makes it possible to include
access control systems
video sequences from different or overlapping time inter-
vals form different cameras in the one and the same ex- • Real-time status monitoring indication from all system
port components including cameras, I/O devices and system
servers
• Export in XProtect format; including the standalone XPro-
tect Smart Client - Player application for instant and easy • Graphical visualization of the system status through color
viewing by authorities coding
• Export preview with looped playback • Hierarchical propagation of status indications to higher or-
dered maps
• Encryption and password protection of exported video
material with a choice of following strong encryption algo- • Different levels of status indications available (alarm,
rithms: 56-bit DES 128, 192 and 256-bit AES warning and errors)
• Secure video evidence handling with a digital signature of • System performance data for cameras and servers includ-
exported video material that enables users to verify the ing camera resolution, FPS, network use and disk space
video has not been modified or tampered with when view- • Ability to suppress status indications (such as error and
ing the export in the XProtect Smart Client – Player warning) for a given device
• Create evidence material in media player format (AVI • Possibility to edit device names in a map and assign map-
files), MKV format, or still image format (JPEG images) specific names and references to devices in a map
• Disable re-export option to prevent undesirable distribu- • Map editing subject to user rights
tion of sensitive evidence material Camera navigator
• Bulk camera export in multiple formats to multiple desti- • Provides consistent and comprehensive visual verification,
nations, including direct export to optical media, results in ensuring easier tracking of moving objects in geograph-
more efficient video exports and more secure handling of ically complex environments
evidence material • Automatically displays thumbnail views of nearby cameras
• Export comment function enables users to add general • Add-on to the map application with no special configura-
and/or camera-specific comments to a video export when tion needed
exporting to XProtect format.
Alarm Manager
• In media player format comments can be added as
• Dedicated dockable tab for the Alarm Manager
pre/post slides
• Alarm list with extensive filtering capabilities and an alarm
• Print incident reports including image, surveillance details
preview in both live and playback mode
and free-text user comments
• Extensive alarm sort and filtering functions allow opera-
Centralized Search tors to focus on most critical alarms
• Dedicated tab for Centralized Search (replacing Sequence • Instant preview of primary and related cameras helps re-
Explorer) duce the number of false alarmsSpecification Sheet
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• Tight integration with the map function allows operators • Metadata bounding boxes included in exports are dis-
to indicate and acknowledge active alarms in the map played time synchronized in XProtect Smart Client – Player
• Alarm descriptions and work instructions make alarms ac- • The project tool allows users to merge video exports or ar-
tionable for operators chives from two different locations or XProtect systems to-
• Alarm escalation and alarm forwarding possibilities allow gether into one new export
operators with appropriate skills to handle different • View up to 100 cameras time-synched during playback
alarms • Camera search function promptly finds cameras, types of
• Alarm reports enable incident documentation cameras and camera views in the system
• Alarm location map presents the alarm operator with a • Scrollable activity timeline with magnifying feature
map showing the alarm area when an alarm is selected • Instant search on recordings based on date/time and activ-
• Alarm notification to a single or a groups of XProtect Mo- ity/alarm (video motion detection)
bile client users using Push Notifications • Evidence can be generated as a printed report, a JPEG im-
• Optional sound notifications for different alarm priorities age, an AVI or MKV film or in XProtect format
for notification of new incoming alarm • Export audio recordings in WAV, MKV or AVI format
• Alarm disabling option enables users to suppress alarms • Exported video can be digitally zoomed to view an area of
from a given device in a certain time period interest and minimize export footprint size
• Instant access to both live and recorded video from the • Re-export evidence containing XProtect format and XPro-
cameras that are related to the alarm tect Smart Client - Player for instant, easy viewing by au-
• Alarm handling reports give valuable information about thorities
alarm inflow and alarm handling performance • Encryption and password protection of exported video
Setup and management material with a choice of the following strong encryption
• Download and install XProtect Smart Client from a web algorithms: 56-bit DES 128, 192 and 256-bit AES
page on the management server • Secure video evidence handling with a digital signature of
• Notification about new updates at log-in re-exported video material enables users to verify that the
video has not been modified or tampered with when view-
• Application options allow users to adapt the layout and
ing the export in XProtect Smart Client – Player
personalize the application to their particular preferences
• View, modify or add general and/or camera-specific com-
Authentication ments for a given video export
• System log-in uses Microsoft Active Directory, local Win- • De-interlacing of video from analog cameras
dows or a basic user account • 360° ImmerVision Enables® panomorph lens technology
• Use current Windows logon for authentication
• Auto-log-in and auto-restore views
• Dual authorization offers an optional additional level of XProtect Web Client
system security, where XProtect Smart Client users are • Access XProtect views through the browser and avoid ad-
granted access to the system only when a second user or vanced setup
supervisor has confirmed the log-in with a successful au- • Shared views can be managed centrally via the server with
thorization of the second user administrator/user rights and user groups
• Camera search function promptly finds cameras, types of
System cameras and camera views in the system
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6 addressing • Easy single/multi camera video playback including
• 64-bit Windows® operating system support enables better fast/slow playback, single frame step and jump to
performance when viewing and operating many cameras date/time with frame preview while adjusting time
• Hardware video decoding is done to significantly reduce • Investigation function with ability to save exports for later
the CPU load and improve performance of the recording usage or download
servers. Supports video decoding done in the GPU part of • Users can quickly get an overview and act if needed via the
the Intel CPU (requires CPU with support for Intel Quick list of alarms
Sync Video) and in the GPU of additional external NVIDIA • Control PTZ cameras remotely with PTZ mouse gestures,
cards including preset positions
• Two-way audio support for playing and exporting live or
XProtect Smart Client - Player recorded audio from device or camera-connected micro-
• Play back recorded or archived video and audio evidence, phones. Use the camera’s speaker to talk with a person in
including edited storyboard exports front of the camera, and at a later stage play back rec-
• Same user-friendly interface and most functions as XPro- orded audio
tect Smart Client • Encrypted communication between Management Server
• Offers a simplified user interface with the possibility op- and Recording Server'
tion to toggle between “Simple” and “Advanced” modes, • Dynamic bandwidth optimization when streaming from
where Advanced mode is default server to client gives better use of bandwidth
• Instant one-click playback for easy viewing of exported • Create AVI, MKV or database export files
video evidence • Export on the server to avoid moving large video files back
• Advanced second-level investigation tools make it easy to and forth. Only download needed files or save them for
refine exported video and re-export the most essential evi- downloading when on a faster connection
dence • Preview exports on the server without downloading themSpecification Sheet
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• Trigger outputs and events with live view of related cam- • Connect securely to the XProtect Mobile server using
era trusted CA certificates for HTTPS encryption. The XProtect
• System log-in using XProtect user name and password Mobile client does not support self-signed certificates. Un-
• System log-in using Microsoft Active Directory user encrypted HTTP connection is supported in XProtect Mo-
• Support for two-step verification for log-in bile Client.
• Secure connection through HTTPS • Export on the server to avoid moving large video files back
• No installation needed on client computer and forth. Only download needed files or save them for
downloading when on a faster connection
• Receive alarm notifications using Push Notifications, notifi-
XProtect Mobile cations include access to video, alarm information and in-
• Supports any mobile device running Android® 5.0 and structions 3
iOS10, or newer versions • Smart Connect with automatic Mobile Server discovery on
• Add log-in credentials for multiple servers in XProtect Mo- LAN using UPnP, and easy connection via WAN to known
bile to easily switch between sites or different connection Mobile servers without having to keep track of actual
addresses server addresses
• Views are inherited from the connected XProtect VMS sys- • Investigation function to access investigations done in the
tem. The client automatically obtains the user’s private XProtect Web Client
and shared views from the system to be used as camera
• Support for two-step log-in verification
lists in XProtect Mobile
• A view with all cameras is automatically generated, allow-
ing XProtect Mobile to be used when no views are set up.
It also provides a quick way of searching through cameras
• Camera search function promptly finds cameras, types of
cameras and camera views in the system
• Cameras can be viewed in full screen to take better ad-
vantage of the device’s screen. It is also possible to search
through cameras in a view while in full screen by swiping
left or right
• Digital pinch-to-zoom enables users to zoom in on a part
of the image for closer review and conduct detailed inves-
tigation of video when using megapixel or high-definition
cameras
• Play back recordings from the database and select a spe-
cific time or recorded sequence to start playback, step
through recordings and select a playback speed.
• View recordings from the database while keeping an eye
on what is currently happening. The client displays a live
picture-in-picture frame of the same camera when in play-
back mode. The picture-in-picture can be moved by drag-
ging and double-tapping will return to live view
• Control PTZ cameras with XProtect Mobile either manually
or by selecting predefined presets for quick navigation
• Video Push allows users to use their mobile devices’ cam-
eras as cameras in the XProtect VMS. Easy to use and re-
quires no setup in the mobile device
• Option to include location metadata in Video Push
• Option to record audio during Video Push
• Two-way audio to play live or recorded audio from device
or camera-connected microphones. Use the camera’s
speaker to talk with a person in front of the camera simply
using the Push-To-Talk button. Push-to-talk communica-
tion is recorded and can be played back.
• View access control events and grant/deny access to the
premises if an access control system is integrated via the
XProtect Access add-on product.
• Trigger outputs and events:
Mobile devices can trigger outputs connected to the XPro-
tect VMS, or user-defined events to have greater control
while on the go
3 Use of Push Notifications require Milestone Care PlusSpecification Sheet
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Miscellaneous
Minimum system requirements
The following are minimum requirements for the computers used, please refer to:
https://www.milestonesys.com/support/product-system-requirements/
Supported languages
For details on supported languages, please refer to:
http://www.milestonesys.com/support/supported-languages/
Licensing structure
Server base license
• An XProtect Professional+ server base license is mandatory for installing the product
• The base server license permits the following deployments within the legal entity purchasing the base server license:
• Unrestricted number of Management Servers
• Unrestricted number of Recording Servers
• Unrestricted number of XProtect Smart Clients, XProtect Web Clients and XProtect Mobile applications
• The XProtect Professional+ server base license includes AAC licenses for two concurrent XProtect Smart Clients. If you
need additional AAC audio licenses they are available in packs of 50 licenses.
Hardware device license
• To connect cameras, audio devices, video encoders and other devices to XProtect Professional+, one device license is
needed per camera or other IP based devices connected to the system. Each IP device connected to the system through
an already licensed IP device also requires purchase of a device license, even if such device license will not be activated
in the application. This does not apply to Milestone supported multi-lens cameras and supported encoders with up to 16
connected analog cameras, due to a specific exception. Please check the list of supported IP devices at
https://www.milestonesys.com/community/business-partner-tools/supported-devices
• In total, for all copies of the product installed under this license, the product may only be used with hardware devices as
you have purchased hardware device licenses for. An unlimited number of hardware device licenses can be purchased.
To extend an installation with additional hardware device licenses, the base server license number (SLC) is required
when ordering.1
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