Milestone XProtect™ Central 3.6
End-User Product Presentation
Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
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Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
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Introduction
 Today’s surveillance solutions include a broad array of
cameras, sensors and other devices, that need to be
coordinated and centrally controlled in order to make the
surveillance efficient
 In larger installations, integration of distributed local
branch systems is required to build an efficient solution
 The Video Management Solution often consists of a large
number of servers, which in case of a malfunction may
cause loss of live video or video recordings
 Video surveillance can be a mission critical operation that
requires maximum up-time and optimum overview
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Optimize Your Operation
 XProtect Central helps you:
 Manage your security operation in an efficient way,
even across different locations
 Secure maximum availability of the Video
Management Solution
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Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
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Introducing XProtect Central 3.6
XProtect™ Central is an add-on system monitoring and
alarm management solution for video surveillance
systems based on Milestone XProtect Corporate
XProtect Enterprise and XProtect Professional
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Providing Operational Overview
XProtect Central ensures optimum operation of
your surveillance installation by providing
consolidated overview of the video monitoring
system and related security and control systems.
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System Architecture
 XProtect Central Server
 XProtect Central Client
 Connectivity to:
 Assign servers to monitor, set up
multi-level maps and define alarms
 Monitoring of operational status
 Alarm management
 Visual verification using live and
recorded video
 XProtect Corporate Management
servers and Recording servers
 XProtect Enterprise and Professional
Recording servers
 Centralized event and alarm logging
XProtect
Corporate
Recording
Server
Devices &
Sensors
XProtect
Corporate
Management
Server
XProtect
Enterprise
Recording
Server
Devices &
Sensors
Cameras
Cameras
Live and
recorded images
Status and
Events
XProtect
Central
Client
Status and
Alarms
Live and
recorded images
XProtect
Central
Server
XProtect
Central
Client
Status and
Alarms
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Operational Overview
 At-the-glance overview
 Drillable maps with status propagation
 Preview and pop-ups
 Integrated control
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Empowered Operation
 Advanced alarm management
framework helps operators to manage
alarms and incident indicators in a
structured way
 Customizable severity levels allows
operators to focus on the most critical
issues
 12 different alarm states support the
alarm handling and incidents tracking
processes
 Integral support for alarm/incident
reports with direct access to related
video recordings
 Reassignment and delegation of alarms
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Open for Integration
 System integration plug-ins
for alarm and control units:
Integration of detectors and
sensors
Integrated control of output
devices, such as gates, lights,
etc.
Integral part of Central’s map
topology
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Multi-Site Support
 Consolidated view of
multiple and remote sites
 Enables delegation and
remote management
 Seamless support of
XProtect Corporate,
Enterprise and Professional
 Allows System Integrators
to offer managed
services
Central Site
XProtect
Central
Client
XProtect Corporate
Management Server
Devices
& Sensors
XProtect
Central
Server
Cameras
XProtect Corporate
Recording Server
WAN
Location A
Location B
XProtect
Enterprise
Recording
Server
XProtect
Corporate
Recording
Server
XProtect
Central
Client
XProtect
Central
Client
Devices
& Sensors
Cameras
Cameras
Devices
& Sensors
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Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
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XProtect Central Server 3.6
 Client/Server based architecture uses HTTP and XML for data
communication.
 Support for multiple XProtect Corporate Management and Recording
servers can be distributed across different sites.
 Support for multiple XProtect Enterprise Master and Slave servers in
several remote locations.
 Supports the same video encodings as the XProtect recording
servers, including H.264
 Central logging of incoming alarms and system information in MS
SQL Server Express database.
 The Central Server runs as a Windows Service.
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Interface and Navigation Features
 Graphical overview of operational status and alarms from
XProtect Corporate and Enterprise servers, network
cameras, and external devices like PIR and access control
units.
 Easy navigation using a map-based, hierarchical structure
with hyperlinks to other maps displaying servers, cameras
and devices. Optional tree view available for
accessing the same entities.
 Visible/audible alarm and status indications
for maps, servers, cameras and devices give
instant notification of active incidents.
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XProtect Central Client 3.6
 Show, hide and
scale interface
elements to
match operator
requirements for
assigned tasks.
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Alarm Management 1(2)
 Detailed alarm overview with navigation tree offering
filtering by entity, state or priority including incident
counters for each state and priority.
 Show and filter incoming alarms on time period, alarm
source, ownership, priority and alarm state.
 12 alarm states available: New, Open, Assigned, In
progress, Processed, Resolved, Reject, Wait, On hold,
Ignore, Closed and Auto Closed.
 6 user-defined alarm priorities with customizable
priority names and colors allow the organization to
work with its own terminology and color scheme.
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Alarm Management 2(2)
 Incident management includes reassignment to other operators,
change of state for one/multiple/all alarms, change of alarm priority,
entering incident-specific log information and suppression of alarms
(snooze).
 Preview, view live or play back recorded video from one or
several cameras at alarms.
 Auto close alarms on corresponding event, e.g. motion stopped.
 Set bookmarks in video for use in Alarm details and corresponding
printed incident reports.
 Generate audit trail reports including bookmarked images by
incident.
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Operations Management
 Enable and disable monitoring of specific servers to
avoid false alarms from equipment that is down for
longtime maintenance.
 Acknowledge or suppress operational status
messages for either a pre-defined period of time or for a
fixed time, e.g. on scheduled maintenance or by operator
shift.
 Multiple operators are able to share the alarm workload
from the system.
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System Configuration 1(3)
 Enter DNS names or IP addresses for server connectivity.
 Authenticate as Microsoft Active Directory accounts to access XProtect
Corporate , Enterprise and Professional servers.
 Log in to XProtect Enterprise and Professional servers using built-in
accounts.
 Create multi-level maps with servers, cameras and external objects.
 Trigger alarms by events from servers, cameras or external devices and
pre-assign them with priority, operator, optional display of live video on
remote monitor and link to related cameras.
 Supported events*: Archive Disk Available, Archive Failure, Archive Move
Failure, Database being repaired, Camera or Server Disabled/Enabled,
External Event, Motion Detected/Ended, Camera or Server Not
Responding/Responding and Running Out of Disk Space, Output
Activated/Deactivated, Setting Changed, Setting Changed Error
*) Actual list of events depends on version of XProtect platform.
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System Configuration 2(3)
 Import Microsoft Active Directory users and groups for operator
authentication and authorization.
 Define role-based groups and assign operators to these to achieve
different access rights by type or camera.
 Enhanced event diagnostics offer tracing and verification of the
alarm configuration by optionally saving all incoming events from
XProtect servers in a log file on the XProtect Central Server.
 Create navigation section folders to group Alarm definitions, Alarm
time profiles and Servers in a hierarchical structure.
 Use Time profiles for engaging Alarm definitions within predefined
time schedules as an alternative to those creating alarms around the
clock.
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System Configuration 3(3)
 Alarm cleanup changes state for all alarms under a specific Alarm
definition, or permanently delete them from the database – reduces
the number of false alarms in connection with badly adjusted motion
detection.
 Plug-in support for third-party systems enables gates, access
control units and other external entities to appear in XProtect Central
for alarm management and operation.
 Auto-detection of video destination provides seamless support for
XProtect Matrix Monitor and XProtect Smart Client with Matrix plug-in.
 Trigger Custom events from XProtect Central to feedback rule
engagement in the XProtect Corporate Server.
 Start video previewing a number of seconds before the triggering
event occurred. This allows the operator to see what happened right
up to the event.
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Key Benefits
 Increased operation efficiency and quality,
especially of integrated and larger surveillance
installations
 Empowerment of surveillance operators
 Improves the performance and availability of the
Video Management System
 Reduced system management cost of large and
multisite systems
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Key Features
 Consolidated graphical overview of operational status and alarms
 Hierarchical multi-level maps for easy overview and navigate to
specific incident’s locations
 Instant access and control of camera devices for visual verification of
alarms
 Advanced alarm framework enables structured and prioritized
management of alarms and incidents
 Open solution which enables integration of a broad set of external
systems, devices and sensors
 Supports XProtect Corporate, Enterprise and Professional, and any
combination of theses, including multisite configurations
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Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
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System Requirements Central Server
 HW Platform:
 Minimum 2 GHz CPU, RAM 512 MB
(1 GB or higher recommended on Microsoft® Windows Vista™)
 OS:
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit or 64 bit*) and
Windows Server 2003 (32 bit or 64 bit*), Windows Vista
Business (32 bit or 64 bit*), Windows Vista Enterprise (32 bit or
64 bit*) and Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit or 64 bit*)
 Software:
 Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework and Internet Information Server
(IIS) 5.1 or newer
* Running as a 32 bit service/application.
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System Requirements Central Client
 HW Platform:
 Minimum 2 GHz CPU, RAM 1 GB
(2 GB or higher recommended on Microsoft® Windows Vista™)
 Graphics Card:
 AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768 (1280 x 1024
recommended), 16 bit colors
 OS:
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit or 64 bit*) and Windows
Server 2003 (32 bit or 64 bit*), Windows Vista Business (32 bit or 64
bit*), Windows Vista Enterprise (32 bit or 64 bit*) and Windows Vista
Ultimate (32 bit or 64 bit*)
 Software:
 Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework and DirectX 9.0 or newer
* Running as a 32 bit service/application.
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Installation
 XProtect Central Server
 Follow the online instructions and use the Software
License Code. This will install:
 MS SQL server Express
 XProtect Central Server Service
 XProtect Central Client
 Follow the online instructions which will install:
 XProtect Central Client
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System Setup
1. Start the XProtect Central Client and logon to the XProtect Central Server.
2. Specify the Central License Key (ELK) that includes the number of
connections the XProtect Central Server can establish to different XProtect
Enterprise servers.
3. Define the XProtect Corporate and Enterprise servers you want to monitor.
4. Define XProtect Central users and their roles.
5. Define alarms which are based on events registered on XProtect Corporate
and Enterprise installations.
6. Create maps which are visual representation of XProtect Corporate and
Enterprise installations.
7. Define other settings, such as logging settings and video destinations
(Matrix) as required.
8. Distribute XProtect Central Clients to operators.
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Installation and Setup …
Your XProtect Central is now ready for operation!
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Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
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Licensing
 Central Server
 A base server license is mandatory to install the product
 Each Central Server installation requires its own Software License
Code (SLC).
 Connection
 To monitor an XProtect Corporate, Enterprise or Professional server a
connection license is required
 One connection license per monitored XProtect
Corporate/Enterprise/Professional server is needed Per Server
Connection
 The connection licenses are called
Engine License Key (ELK)
XProtect
Server
 Central Client
 The client is free of charge and can be installed
and used on any number of computers
Per
Computer
Not
Licensed
XProtect
Central
Client
XProtect
Central
Server
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License Packages
 Base Server
 1 Central Server
 1 Central Connection
 n Central Clients
 Connections
 Additional Central Connections can be purchased in any
numbers
 The price is per connection
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Product Presentation
 Introduction
 Solution overview
 Product features
 Installation and setup
 Licensing and packages
 Summary
35
Key Benefits
 Increased operation efficiency and quality,
especially for larger surveillance installations
 Empowerment of surveillance operators
 Improves the performance and availability of the
Video Management System
 Reduced system management cost of large and
multisite systems
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Key Features
 Consolidated graphical overview of operational status and alarms
 Hierarchical multi-level maps for easy overview and navigate to
specific incident’s locations
 Instant access and control of camera devices for visual verification of
alarms
 Advanced alarm framework enables structured and prioritized
management of alarms and incidents
 Open solution which enables integration of a broad set of external
systems, devices and sensors
 Supports XProtect Corporate, Enterprise and Professional, and any
combination of theses, including multisite configurations
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