Adding in XProtect Management Client

Any device can be added to the XProtect system using the Universal driver as no checks for compatibility are done.

In Management Client select Add Hardware. Select “Manual” option.

If the device requires authorization of the streams add a new username and password and de-select the “Factory Default” option.

On the next step make sure that the Universal driver is selected in the list. You can use “Select All” to avoid finding it in the list.

Enter the IP address or the hostname of the device and for Hardware model manually select the Universal driver. The port on this step matters only if HTTP streaming or HTTP JPEG snapshot modes will be used. If RTSP streaming is used the port specified here is not used in the driver.

You should see success on the next two steps. At this point no communication is done with the device.

At the final two steps select whether you want to have video and/or audio and add them to groups.

After finishing the wizard you will see the device in the Recording Server’s list. You will probably see a blank screen for video and an error specifying lost connection. This is normal as the driver is not yet fully configured. You need to configure the parameters of the stream in the properties section of the video/audio channel.