Matrix (usage)

This feature is only available in certain XProtect VMS systems. For more information, see the product comparison chart: https://www.milestonesys.com/products/software/xprotect-comparison/

Matrix (explained)

Matrix is a feature that lets you send or receive video from any surveillance system camera to any monitor (known as a Matrix-recipient) on a network. A typical Matrix configuration automatically presents live video on the required Matrix-recipient when a defined event occurs, for example, when motion is detected or when another user wants to share important live video. Provided Matrix has been configured on the surveillance system server, you can include Matrix content in your XProtect Smart Client views. When a particular event occurs, or another user wants to share video with you, live video will automatically appear in your Matrix views.

Viewing Matrix content (explained)

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. or the camera used in the MatrixA product integrated into some surveillance systems, which enables the control of live camera views on remote computers for distributed viewing. Computers on which you can view Matrix-triggered video are known as Matrix-recipients. setup depends entirely on the Matrix configuration on the surveillance system server or on what other users want to share with you. You cannot control this in XProtect Smart Client. However, you can add Matrix content to as many view items in the view as required, so you can watch live video from several Matrix-triggered sources at the same time.

A view item with Matrix content has a Matrix icon on the toolbar: . You can maximize a Matrix view item by double-clicking it.

A view can contain several view items with Matrix contents. This lets you watch live video from several Matrix-triggered sources at the same time. If your view contains several view items with Matrix content, the view items are always ranked—one of the view items will be the primary view item with Matrix content, another the secondary, and so on. When the first Matrix-triggered live video stream is received, it is automatically presented in the primary view item with Matrix content. When the next Matrix-triggered video stream is received, a first-in-first-out principle applies: the previously received video stream is transferred to your view's secondary view item with Matrix content, and the newest video stream is presented in your primary view item with Matrix content, and so on. The ranking of the view item with Matrix content is applied automatically: the first view item you add Matrix content to is the primary Matrix view item, the next one you add is the secondary one, and so on. You can change this ranking in setup mode.

In playback mode, view items with Matrix content display video from the cameras with which the Matrix view items were last used in live mode.

Manually send video to Matrix recipients

You cannot send video to a hotspot (see Hotspots (explained)) or carousel (see Carousels (explained)).

1. Select the view.
2. On the camera toolbar, click More > Matrix, and then select the relevant Matrix recipient.