Video restrictions and different sites

Video restrictions can be created on any cameras you can access, including cameras located on different sites.

If you have selected multiple cameras located on different sites and then create a video restriction on the selection, multiple restrictions will be created for the selected cameras, usually one per site for playback restrictions and multiple restrictions per site for live restrictions. The actual number of live restrictions will depend on the number of associated devices.

This means applying a restriction on multiple cameras on multiple sites will result in more than one restriction being created and displayed in the Video restrictions list. Each restriction displayed in the Video Restrictions list can be edited, maintained, and removed as a separate restriction.

An XProtect installation spans three sites:

  • Site A: Contains three cameras, each with a microphone, a speaker, and metadata resulting in 12 available devices.

  • Site B: Contains two cameras, each with a microphone, a speaker, and metadata resulting in 8 available devices.

  • Site C: Contains only one camera with a microphone, a speaker, and metadata resulting in 4 available devices.

Playback restrictions created

If a user with access to all devices across all the three sites creates a playback restriction on all cameras for all sites, three playback restrictions will be created. Each playback restriction contains the respective devices (camera, microphone, speaker, and metadata) for each site.

Live restrictions created

If a user with access to all devices across all the three sites creates a live restriction on all cameras, 24 live restrictions will be created - one for each device on the site:

  • 12 live restrictions for site A (12 devices)

  • 8 live restrictions for site B (8 devices)

  • 4 live restrictions for site C (4 devices)

The created restrictions are not linked to each other and each restriction can be edited, maintained and removed separately.

You cannot create live and playback restrictions at the same time. Instead you must create one restriction type first and then the other.

The created restrictions are not linked and each restriction can be edited, maintained and removed separately.