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® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Contents INTRODUCTION................................................................................4 HOW XPROTECT SCREEN RECORDER WORKS ..........................5 LICENSING .......................................................................................6 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING ON COMPUTER .......................7 SET PASSWORD ..................................................................................................
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Copyright, trademarks and disclaimer Copyright © 2012 Milestone Systems A/S. Trademarks XProtect is a registered trademark of Milestone Systems A/S. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Introduction This manual describes the Milestone XProtect Screen Recorder® feature. It allows a Windows computer to act as an IP video camera, sending the contents of its desktop to the XProtect® recording server to which it is connected.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual How XProtect Screen Recorder works Once installed, XProtect Screen Recorder is automatically controlled from the startup menu of the computer where it is installed and runs in the context of the user logged into this computer. This means that XProtect Screen Recorder will automatically—and invisibly—start up every time the user logs in to the computer and close down every time the user closes down.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Licensing When you add a screen recorder device from a relevant XProtect Management Application on the recording server side, you will need a Milestone camera license—just like with any other camera. However, downloading and installing the XProtect Screen Recorder software is free of charge and it can be installed as many times as needed. Note that XProtect Screen Recorder can and may only be used with Milestone software. www.milestonesys.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Installing and configuring on computer Before you can start using the XProtect Screen Recorder feature, you must first download and install it on one or more Windows computer(s) from which you wish to receive desktop images. The application part of XProtect Screen Recorder consists of a Windows service and a desktop capture process. When installing the feature, you must have administrator rights to the computer in question.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Set password It is important that only the relevant recording server connect to—and request video from—a computer with XProtect Screen Recorder installed. This is done by entering a password of your choice in the text fields indicated in the illustration below. It is possible—but not recommendable—to leave the password fields blank.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Set port number For the relevant recording server to connect to a computer with XProtect Screen Recorder installed, a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port must be appointed. TCP ports are identified by their number. The default number is 52111. If this port is already in use by another program, change it. Make sure that the selected port is open on your firewall so the recording server can connect to it. www.milestonesys.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Set MAC address For licensing purposes, you must also select a MAC address. It is possible to choose between any MAC addresses available on the computer with XProtect Screen Recorder installed. 1. Make a selection in the MAC address available dropdown. 2. Click Set. 3. The selected MAC address is indicated in the MAC address used field.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Configuring after installing on computer After installing, it possible to change all XProtect Screen Recorder configurations. This is done from the Milestone XProtect Screen Recorder - Administrator’s window which can be reached in the following way: 1. Open Windows’ Start menu. 2. Click Milestone XProtect Screen Recorder Administrator. 3. Confirm that the XProtect Screen Recorder is allowed to make changes to your hard drive.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Installing on recording server In the relevant XProtect Management Application on the recording server, you must add a screen recorder device which connects to the XProtect Screen Recorder service. In principle, it is added and configured like any other IP video camera (see relevant documentation of your XProtect surveillance system for details on how to add and configure a camera).
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Security As mentioned earlier, XProtect Screen Recorder’s recording process is controlled from the computer startup menu and runs in the context of the logged in user. This means that the user can use the Windows Task Manager to shut down the process. To prevent that, Windows must be configured so that the user has no access to Windows Task Manager or other programs with similar capabilities.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Troubleshooting A problem which might occur with XProtect Screen Recorder is that the recording server and the computer with XProtect Screen Recorder installed cannot connect. This is most likely due to: The configured TCP port not being open on the firewall on which the XProtect Screen Recorder is installed. Or if communication runs through a router, the router might also have a firewall causing problems.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 8. Administrator's Manual Restart the MilestoneXProtect Screen Recorder Administrator (see "Configuring after installing on computer" on page 11). www.milestonesys.
® XProtect Screen Recorder 1.5 Administrator's Manual Uninstalling from computer The following procedure describes standard system component removal in recent Windows versions; the procedure may be slightly different in older Windows versions: 1. In Windows' Start menu, select Control Panel, and then... o If using Category view, find the Programs category, and click Uninstall a program. o If using Small icons or Large icons view, select Programs and Features.
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About Milestone Systems Founded in 1998, Milestone Systems is the global industry leader in open platform IP video management software. The XProtect platform delivers powerful surveillance that is easy to manage, reliable and proven in thousands of customer installations around the world.
