Add hardware

You have several options for adding hardware to each recording server in your system.

If your hardware is located behind a NAT-enabled router or a firewall, you may need to specify a different port number and configure the router/firewall so it maps the port and IP addresses that the hardware uses.

The Add Hardware wizard helps you detect hardware like cameras and video encoders on your network and add them to the recording servers on your system. The wizard also helps you add remote recording servers for Milestone Interconnect setups. Only add hardware to one recording server at a time.

  1. To access Add Hardware, right-click the required recording server and select Add Hardware.
  2. Select one of the wizard options (see below) and follow the instruction on the screen.
  3. After installation, you can see the hardware and its devices in the Overview pane.

Certain hardware must be pre-configured when adding the hardware for the first time. An additional Pre-configure hardware devices wizard will appear when adding such hardware. See Hardware pre-configuration (explained) for more information.

Add Hardware (dialog)

Hardware represents either:

  • The physical unit that connects directly to the recording server of the surveillance system via IP, for example a camera, a video encoder, an I/O module
  • A recording server on a remote site in a Milestone Interconnect setup

For more information about how to add hardware to your system, see Add hardware.

Name

Description

Express (Recommended)

The system scans automatically for new hardware on the recording server's local network.

Select the Show hardware running on other recording servers check box to see if detected hardware is running on other recording servers.

You can select this option every time you add new hardware to your network and want to use it in your system.

You cannot use this option to add remote systems in Milestone Interconnect setups.

To add both HTTP and HTTPS hardware, run Express detection with the HTTPS (Secure) radio button selected, and then with the HTTP (Unsecure) radio button selected.
Address range scanning

The system scans your network for relevant hardware and Milestone Interconnect remote systems based on your specifications of:

  • hardware user names and passwords. Not needed if your hardware uses the factory default user names and passwords
  • drivers
  • IP ranges (IPv4 only)
  • port number (default = 80)

You can select this option when you only want to scan a part of your network, for example, when you expand your system.
Manual

Specify details about each hardware and Milestone Interconnect remote systems separately. This can be a good choice if you want to add only a few pieces of hardware, and you know their IP addresses, relevant user names and passwords or if a camera does not support the automatic discovery function.
Remote connect hardware

The system scans for hardware connected via a remotely connected server.

You can use this option if you have installed servers for, for example, the Axis One-click Camera Connection.

You cannot use this option to add remote systems in Milestone Interconnect setups.