Milestone Interconnect (usage)

Timeline and Milestone Interconnect (explained)

If the selected camera is part of a Milestone Interconnect setup, and it is an interconnected device, the timeline for the selected camera displays the retrieval data. Retrievals that have taken place are displayed as recordings. On the timeline, shading lets you quickly identify which periods contain recordings and for which periods you need to request a retrieval (see Retrieve data from Milestone Interconnect).

  • Dark gray indicates that there are no recordings for the time
  • A dark checkerboard pattern indicates that no recordings have been requested and therefore it is unknown whether there are recordings
  • Red shading indicates that there is a recording
  • A light checkerboard pattern indicates that data has been requested for retrieval

Timeline. Below the timeline are a slider and buttons to play, pause, and to select time.

The timeline with dark checkerboard pattern where no recordings have been requested and therefore it is not known whether there are recordings and the lighter checkerboard pattern where video has been requested for retrieval.

Retrieve data from Milestone Interconnect

Milestone Interconnect™ allows you to retrieve data from one or more devices belonging to independent VMS systems integrated with your current VMS system. An example is mobile installations on ships or busses that are connected with a central site.

Your XProtect Smart Client is part of a Milestone Interconnect setup and at least one of your cameras supports edge storage, and you have the necessary user rights.

Steps:

  1. On the Playback tab, in the timeline, click the Time selection modeButton for selecting time. The icon has a grey square surrounded by a left and a right bracket. button to select the start and end time of the sequence you want to retrieve data for.
  2. To the right of the toolbar, click Retrieve to open the Retrieval window.

  3. Select the relevant camera(s) and then click Start retrieval.

    You can view the progress of your retrieval jobs in the Server jobs window (see Server jobs) by clicking the Server jobs button on the Application toolbar.

  4. To stop a retrieval job that is in progress, either click Stop in the notification area at the top of the workspace area, or in the Server jobs window, next to the job that is in progress.

Server jobs

If your XProtect Smart Client is part of a Milestone Interconnect™ system and you have sufficient rights to retrieve data from interconnected hardware devices or cameras that support edge storage, you can view the server jobs created for each data retrieval request for these devices.

Each camera where retrieval has been requested is displayed as a separate server job. You can view the progress of the running jobs and you can stop the jobs from here. Related audio will automatically be retrieved, but these jobs will not show up anywhere. Once a job has completed, the timeline for the device is automatically updated.

If you would like to only see the jobs you have requested, select the Only show my jobs filter.