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XProtect Smart Client

Locate cameras while searching
Last Updated: 1 minute read
Version2026r1
LanguageEnglish

If your VMS system is configured to use smart map, you can view the geographical location of the cameras in a smart map preview while searching for video and related data.

sidebar. Requirements

  • You are using one of these XProtect products:

  • Cameras must be geographically positioned. If in doubt, ask your system administrator

Steps:

  1. Select the search result that you are interested in.

    Locate cameras geographically while searching in XProtect Smart Client.

  2. In the preview area, click Location. The camera is displayed in its geographic context.

  3. To get an overview of the surroundings, you can zoom out with the scroll wheel on your mouse, or if the camera is a PTZ camera, you can pan.

  4. To return to the camera, click SC_SearchLocateCameraRecenterIcon.jpg Re-center.

Note

Source cameras and related cameras are defined in XProtect Management Client as part of the alarm definition.