XProtect Smart Wall (usage)

Add or change cameras on video walls

You can change the cameras that are being displayed on the monitors of your video wall. Immediately, other operatorsA professional user of an XProtect client application. who are using the same video wall will see the changes.

Requirements:

You have set up a view that contains your Smart Wall control. See also Add Smart Wall controls to views.

Steps:

1. Make sure that your video wall is running as described in .
2. If your video wall is running on a different computer, open XProtect Smart Client on your current computer.
3. Go to the Live or Playback tab.
4. To add a camera from a view:
   1. Open the view that contains the camera that you want to add.

   2. In the camera view item, click More > Send to Smart Wall. Then select the video wall, the monitor, and finally the item inside the monitor.

      

5. To add a camera from the Cameras pane:
   1. In the Views pane, select the view that contains the Smart Wall control.
   2. In the Cameras pane, find the camera that you want to add.

   3. Drag the camera to an item in a monitor on your Smart Wall control. The video from the camera is displayed on the associated display or physical monitor.

      

   4. To verify that you added the correct camera, check the video wall or click the camera icon in the Smart Wall control. A preview appears.

      

Add entire views to video walls

You can share an entire view with other Smart Wall operators by sending the view to a Smart Wall monitor. What is currently being displayed on that monitor is then replaced by the content of the view containing, for example, cameras.

Requirements:

You have set up a view that contains your Smart Wall control. See Add Smart Wall controls to views.

Steps:

1. Make sure that your video wall is running as described in .
2. If your video wall is running on a different computer, open XProtect Smart Client on your current computer.

3. Go to the Live or Playback tab and open the view that contains your Smart Wall control.

   

   Milestone recommends that you open the Smart Wall control in a new floating window.

4. In the Views pane, find the view that you want to send to the video wall.

5. Drag the view into an item in the preferred monitor and then release.

   

6. To reset the monitor to its original display, or to clear the whole monitor or a specific item in the Smart Wall control, see Stop displaying content on the video wall.

Change content on video walls

You can change what is being displayed on your video wall, for example by sharing an image of a suspect. Immediately, operatorsA professional user of an XProtect client application. who are watching the video wall will see the changes.

What can you add?

• Alarms
• Bookmarks
• Cameras or whole views
• Carousels
• Images and snapshotsAn instant capture of a frame of video at a given time.
• Hotspots
• HTML pages
• Maps
• Smart map
• Text

Requirements

Text and cameras you can drag into your Smart Wall control. However, before you can add other types of content to your video wall, make sure that the content has been added to a view. See Add cameras and other items to views.

Steps:

1. Make sure that your video wall is running as described in .
2. If your video wall is running on a different computer, open XProtect Smart Client on your current computer.
3. Go to the Live or Playback tab.

4. Open the view that contains the element that you want to add.

   If you want to add cameras, you can drag the cameras directly from the Cameras pane. To add text, in your text editor, select the text and drag the text into an item in your Smart Wall control.

5. Hover over the view item. The camera toolbar appears.

   

6. Click Send to Smart Wall and select the video wall.

7. Select the monitor and finally the item inside the monitor.

   

   The associated display or physical monitor is updated accordingly.

Display text on video walls

Displaying text on your video wall is useful when you want to provide information to operators who are using the video wall.

Requirements

• To send text from an existing view, first you must add the text to a view. See Add cameras and other items to views
• To add text using drag-and-drop, make sure that your text editor supports drag-and-drop operations

Steps:

1. To add text from a third-party text editor:
   1. Open the view that contains your Smart Wall control.
   2. Write the text in your preferred text editor.
   3. Select the text.
   4. Drag and drop the text into an item in a Smart Wall monitor.
   5. In the window that appears, you can edit the text even further. Click Save.
   6. Immediately after, the text appears on the associated display or physical monitor.
2. To add text that has already been added to a view:
   1. Open the view that contains the text.

   2. Hover over the view item. The camera toolbar appears.

      

   3. Click More > Send to Smart Wall and then select the preferred video wall.

   4. Select the monitor and finally the position inside the monitor.

      

      Immediately after, the text appears on the associated display or physical monitor.

XProtect Smart Wall and alarms (explained)

You can share a prioritized overview of all alarms by adding the Alarm List to a video wall. This allows you to view and work with details about the alarm directly from the video wall. See also Displaying content on video walls.

You can also display individual alarms on your video wall by dragging and dropping the alarm from the Alarm List.

Alarm details

• The time of day when the eventA predefined incident occurring on the surveillance system; used by the surveillance system for triggering actions. Depending on surveillance system configuration, events may be caused by input from external sensors, by detected motion, by data received from other applications, or manually through user input. The occurrence of an event could, for example, be used for making a camera record with a particular frame rate, for activating outputs, for sending e-mails, or for a combination thereof. triggered the alarm
• The name and video feed from the device that triggered the alarm, and all devices that are related to it
• You can view additional details and change some settings for the alarm by clicking the arrow in the upper right part of the position in the view. The details are as follows:
  • The person the alarm is assigned to, its priority, and the state of the alarm. You can change these if you want to
  • The source, or what triggered the alarm, such as when a camera detects motion or an analytics event occurs
  • Instructions on how to respond to the alarm
  • Activities. These are comments that users entered. Typically, they indicate decisions or actions related to the alarm. Additionally, when someone changes the details of the alarm, the system adds the changes to the list of activities
  • If you were recording video when the event occurred, you can view the video of the moment the alarm was triggered by clicking the Playback tab, and then Go To Alarm Time

Send bookmarks to video walls

Sending a bookmarkAn important point in a video recording, marked and optionally annotated so that you and your colleagues will easily be able to find it later. to a video wall can help you quickly share a still image or a video sequence of an incident, for example a suspicious person, with operators who are watching the video wall.

Steps:

1. Create a bookmark as described in Add or edit bookmarks or Bookmark search results.

2. In the window that appears, click Display on Smart Wall and select the preferred video wall.

   

3. Select a monitor and then an item within the monitor.
4. To send a still image instead of the video sequence, select the Send still image only check box.
5. Click OK to save your changes. The bookmarked video sequence appears on the associated physical monitor.

XProtect Smart Wall and smart map (explained)

If you are using XProtect Smart Wall, you can view the smart mapA map functionality that uses a geographic information system to visualize devices (for example, cameras and microphones), structures, and topographical elements of a surveillance system in geographically accurate, real-world imagery. Maps that use elements of this functionality are called smart maps. on your video wall and share it with other operators who are using the same video wall. The current zoom level, the location that you have navigated to, and the layers that are visible are maintained when sent to a video wall.

Drag cameras from maps or smart maps to video walls

If a particular camera on your map or smart mapA map functionality that uses a geographic information system to visualize devices (for example, cameras and microphones), structures, and topographical elements of a surveillance system in geographically accurate, real-world imagery. Maps that use elements of this functionality are called smart maps. recorded an incident, and you want to share the video from that camera, you can drag the camera from the map to the monitors of your video wall.

You can also drag cameras from maps in floating windows and secondary displays.

Stop displaying content on the video wall

You can stop displaying content on a video wall, for example when an incident is under control or the content is no longer relevant.

Stop displaying all content on a Smart Wall monitor

1. In your Smart Wall control, go to the monitor that you want to clear.
2. Click the icon.
3. Select Clear view. On the Smart Wall control, the items turn gray, and all content is removed from the Smart Wall display.

Remove specific content from a Smart Wall monitor

1. In your Smart Wall control, go to the monitor that you want to remove specific content from.

2. Right-click the item that you want to clear and select Remove from view.

   

   The item turns gray, and the content is removed from the associated item in the Smart Wall display.

Reset your Smart Wall

If you have removed content from a monitor, you can make it reappear by re-applying the presetA predefined layout for an individual monitor in XProtect Smart Client. Presets contain predefined settings that determine which cameras are displayed, and how content is structured on each monitor on the video wall. that is associated with the monitor.

1. Click Select preset.
2. Hover over the preset that corresponds to the monitor that you cleared.

3. Click Activate. The gray items in the Smart Wall control turn blue again.

   

Other operatorsA professional user of an XProtect client application. can manually change the content on a Smart Wall, and the content can change according to a schedule or rules. This means that the content that you remove can reappear later. To permanently prevent content from displaying, contact your system administrator.

Reset Smart Wall monitor after removing content

If you have removed content from a monitor, you can make it reappear by re-applying the presetA predefined layout for an individual monitor in XProtect Smart Client. Presets contain predefined settings that determine which cameras are displayed, and how content is structured on each monitor on the video wall. that is associated with the monitor.

Steps: 

1. Click Select preset.
2. Hover over the preset that corresponds to the monitor that you cleared.

3. Click Activate. The gray items in the Smart Wall control turn blue again.