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XProtect Management Client

Add hardware

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Version2026r1
LanguageEnglish

  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 instructions on the screen.

  3. After installation, you can see the hardware and its devices in the Overview pane.

Important

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 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 XProtect 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 XProtect Interconnect setups.

Tip

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 XProtect 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 XProtect 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 XProtect Interconnect setups.