About this manual

This user manual is mainly for XProtect Smart Client operatorsClosedA professional user of an XProtect client application., but also for system administrators and integrators responsible for configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting XProtect Smart Client. Most of the configuration, however, takes place in Management Client. See the Administrator manual.

What will you find in the different sections of the manual?

Overview information about XProtect Smart Client and its features, including what is new in the current release, and add-on products.

Everything you need to know about licensing in XProtect Smart Client.

Things you should be aware of before installing XProtect Smart Client, for example system requirements.

Information about how to install XProtect Smart Client.

Most of the configuration is done by your system administrator in XProtect Management Client, but there are some elements that you can configure yourself in XProtect Smart Client, for example views and application settings.

Things you can do to optimize the user experience, for example enabling hardware acceleration.

This section is all about how to use the features in XProtect Smart Client, for example how to play back recorded video and export video recordings and still images.

Even if you are not a system administrator, there are things you can do to change the behavior of these features. In many cases, the help topics in the Operation section provides helpful links to the Configuration section, and vice versa.

Sometimes you run into problems. Try the Troubleshooting section if you cannot make things work - before contacting support.

Information about when an upgrade is required.

Here you can find answers to some of the most frequently answered questions.