What's new?
In XProtect Smart Client 2021 R1
Searching:
- Sort your search results by Relevance. See also Sorting options
- Administrators can control the number of cameras that are allowed in one search
Smart map:
- Use Milestone Map Service as the geographic background of your smart map. After you enable Milestone Map Service, there is no further setup you need to do.. See Enable Milestone Map Service
- Get an overview of grouped devices. When you are zoomed out, click a cluster
a grouping of devices or plug-in elements – or a combination - on the smart map displayed visually as a circular icon with a number. Clusters appear on certain zoom levels indicating the number of devices or plug-in elements within a particular geographical area. to see the types and number of devices within a specific area. See also Get overview of grouped devices - Add different types of devices to your smart map. In addition to cameras, you can also use input devices, microphones, and elements added through the MIP SDK. See also Adding, deleting, or editing devices on smart map
- Improved zoom capability. Double-click a cluster to zoom in on grouped devices. See also Zoom in and out
Security:
- Basic users can change their password, either on their own initiative or if an administrator enforces the need for change. See also Change password in XProtect Smart Client
In XProtect Smart Client 2020 R3
Multi-category search:
- When you apply multiple search categories, match all or any of the search categories to narrow down or broaden your search results. See also Match any or all search criteria (explained)
- Overlapping search results are combined into one search result, making the list of search results shorter
- Merged search results contain multiple event times, all of which have clear indication of the related search category, for example Motion event time 1 and Motion event time 2
The multi-category search is available if you are using XProtect Corporate
Bounding boxes appear both in the search result thumbnails and in the preview area. See also Show or hide bounding boxes during search.
Stronger encryption during the export process:
- When you export video data using the XProtect format, the encryption standard 256-bit AES is used by default
XProtect Smart Client is now available in Ukrainian. See also Language settings.
In XProtect Smart Client 2020 R2
Searching:
- New search categories: In addition to the existing search categories, now you can also search for alarms, events, people, vehicles, and video recorded at specific locations. See Searching for video data
- Search activities in XProtect Smart Client are logged in the Audit log available in XProtect Management Client
Geographical awareness of search results:
- If you are using smart map, you can view the geographic location of cameras while investigating your search results. See Locate cameras while searching
- If a camera is positioned inside a multi-story building, you will see where in the building and on which floor the camera is located
Remove cameras from your smart map and clear the geographic positioning information stored on the server. See Remove devices from smart map
View management: When you send a view to a secondary display or monitor, the primary monitor is highlighted with a blue border to prevent you from sending the view to the wrong display or monitor.
In XProtect Smart Client 2020 R1
Saving searches:
- When you save a search, the selected cameras and timescope are always included. See Save searches
- System administrators can specify per role who can save, edit, and delete searches
- One window for finding and managing saved searches. See Find and open saved searches and Edit or delete saved searches
Desktop notifications for alarms:
- If enabled server-side, desktop notifications appear whenever alarms with certain priority levels occur in your VMS system
- Clicking a desktop notification takes you directly to the alarm window allowing you to quickly respond to the alarm. See Responding to alarms and FAQ: notifications
Improved camera indicators:
- The video stream indicators have been improved to more clearly indicate the type or status of a video stream
- The changed indicators help people with color blindness distinguish between the different indicators
See Camera indicators (explained)
Help system is linked to the new Milestone documentation portal:
- If your VMS system is online, the help system is linked directly to our new documentation portal. Here you can access all Milestone software manuals and guides, supported in multiple languages
- If your VMS system is disconnected from the Internet, the help system will open in offline mode
- To visit the portal, go to https://doc.milestonesys.com/
Security:
- Only system administrators can enable HTML scripting to prevent or have better control of operators' access to content that is potentially malicious