Edge storage and Milestone Interconnect

There are two types of cameras with edge storage:

  • Cameras with memory cards on which the recordings are saved.

  • Interconnected cameras that are part of another XProtect VMS installation and that you have access to through Milestone Interconnect™.

When you have the necessary user permissions, you can manually retrieve recordings from cameras with edge storage. Retrieval of recordings can also happen automatically through rules defined by your XProtect VMS administrator. See also Milestone Interconnect setups (explained).

The timeline and edge retrieval

If you select a camera with edge storage, the checkerboard pattern in the timeline indicates whether the recordings have been retrieved to your local recording server:

  • A dark checkerboard pattern indicates that the recordings have not yet been retrieved. Before a retrieval attempt, you can’t see whether recordings actually exist.

  • A light checkerboard pattern indicates that retrieval is in process.

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

When the recordings are retrieved, the timeline uses the same colors as for all your recordings: Red for recordings and dark gray for no recordings.

Retrieve recordings manually

You can manually retrieve recordings to store them on your recording servers. Usually, you do this when an incident has occurred that you want to investigate and/or when you need to store the recordings for a longer time.

  1. Select a camera with edge storage.

  2. In the timeline, select Time selection mode to select the start and end time of the relevant recordings.

  3. In the workspace toolbar in the top-right corner, select Retrieve data.

  4. Optionally, select more cameras that you want to retrieve recordings from.

  5. Select Start retrieval.

    In the notification area at the top, you can view the progress or stop the retrieval job.

View all edge retrieval jobs

If you want to see all ongoing and recent retrieval jobs started by rules, yourself, or other operators, in the top-right corner, in the Settings and more menu, select Server jobs. You can see the status of the retrieval jobs and stop ongoing jobs if needed.