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Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Contents ABOUT THE TRIAL VERSION ....................................... 3 What is XProtect Professional? ............................................................. 3 System Requirements........................................................................... 3 Limitations in Trial Version ................................................................... 4 INSTALLATION ........................................................
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide About the Trial Version This guide is aimed at users of the Milestone XProtect Basis+ 30-day trial version only. It briefly explains how to install the XProtect Basis+ trial version as well as how to configure some of its basic features. For more detailed feature descriptions, refer to the manuals available on the Milestone Systems website, www.milestonesys.com.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Network Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended). Graphics Adapter AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024×768, 16 bit colors. Hard Disk Type E-IDE, PATA, SATA, SCSI, SAS (7200 rpm or faster). Hard Disk Space 80 GB free (depends on number of cameras and recording settings). Software DirectX 9.0 or newer required to run the playback Viewer application. Microsoft .NET 1.1 Framework required to run Recording Server Manager.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Installation Before installation, shut down any existing Milestone software. If you have a software DVD: Insert the XProtect Basis+ software DVD, wait for a short while, select required language, then click the XProtect Basis+ installation link. If you downloaded the software: Run the downloaded installation file from the location you have saved it to.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Adding Cameras to Your System In XProtect Basis+ you technically do not add cameras; rather you add IP devices. This is because IP devices have their own IP addresses or hostnames on your network. XProtect Basis+ uses the IP addresses or host names to identify units on the surveillance system. In most cases, the camera and the IP device is the same physical unit. There are, however, devices to which you can connect several cameras.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Tip: Have you previously used a web page to connect to a camera on your network? While you did this, were you also able to configure the cameras’ settings (such as resolution, etc.)? If you can answer yes to both questions, you were in all likelihood using the device’s administrator account, in which case you will also know the password.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Basic Configuration Cameras Camera settings are configured individually for each camera. In the Administrator application’s Device Manager section (the white area in the middle), click the plus sign next to the required device. Select the required camera, and click the Settings… button to open the Camera Settings window.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Fisheye Fisheye-enabled cameras for 360° panoramic images are configured by clicking the Fisheye Settings button in the Administrator application’s Camera Settings window. Fisheye virtual PTZ presets and automated features are configured by clicking the PTZ Preset Positions button in the Camera Settings window. In the access clients, fisheye camera views can be navigated with the PTZ controls.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Click the Archive Setup… button in the Administrator application to open the Archive Setup window. The Archive Setup window lets you enable archiving, specify which cameras you want to include in the archiving procedure, specify daily archiving times as well as where archives should be stored.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Users’ Access Users are able to connect to your XProtect Basis+ surveillance system with a number of different access clients. Here, we will focus on the Smart Client, Milestone’s most feature-rich access client (for details, see the Smart Client User’s Manual available on www.milestonesys.com).
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Getting a Smart Client A Smart Client for viewing live and recorded video is automatically installed on the XProtect Basis+ server. If you require more Smart Clients, for yourself or for your organization’s users, you can easily download and install them from the XProtect Basis+ server: Open an Internet Explorer browser (version 6.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide Upgrading to a Full Version If you want to upgrade your trial version to a full version, you can easily do so at any time during or after the 30-day trial period. When upgrading, you do not need to install the full version from scratch; you can simply upgrade your existing trial version to a full version the following way: Purchase a license for a full version of XProtect Basis+ from your Milestone vendor.
Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; 30-DAY TRIAL VERSION; Getting Started Guide When ready, click the link representing the SLC. For each device required on your system, click the Add new MAC link and specify the device’s MAC address and a description. The MAC address is a 12 digit hexadecimal (example: 0123456789AF), referred to as a serial number by some manufacturers. For information about how to find the MAC address for a specific device, refer to the manual for the device in question.