View source for Adding TCIV ONVIF camera to Milestone

This guide describes the configuration of [https://www.milestonesys.com/ Milestone] XProtect 2018 R1 (12.1a Build 7115). It is assumed that Milestone XProtect has already been setup and is operational.

=== Add and configure TCIV camera ===
* Open Milestone XProtect Management Client
* To add new camera devices, select '''Recording Servers''', choose current PC, right-click and '''Add Hardware..'''.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF2.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Add Hardware...]]
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In the '''Add Hardware''' wizard, there are different options on how add devices. 
* Use '''Express''' method for ONVIF WS-discovery of TCIV stations.
* Alternatively, you can choose '''Manual''' to add the TCIV station if you already know its IP address.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF3.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Add Hardware wizard]]
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If you choose '''Express''', the discovery will start and it will quickly find ONVIF conformant devices.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF20.PNG|thumb|left|500px|List of detected devices]]
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If you choose '''Manual''', then '''Add''' a new line and edit the credentials to match the TCIV credentials. Then press '''Next'''.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF4.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Enter TCIV credentials]]
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Ensure that '''ONVIF''' option is checked, and that all other options are unchecked. Then press '''Next'''.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF5.PNG|thumb|left|500px|In the list of cameras, select '''ONVIF''' only]]
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In the '''Address''' field, enter the IP address of the TCIV station. In the '''Port''' field enter 8095.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF21.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Enter IP address and port number]]
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Press '''Next''', and discovery will start and it will find the camera.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF22.PNG|thumb|left|500px|List of detected devices]]
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Regardless of '''Express''' or '''Manual''' discovery method, when the camera is detected, click on '''Next''' until the final page. Here you can enable additional "devices", such as microphone or relay.

* If you want to receive '''audio''' from the TCIV station, ensure that '''Microphone port 1''' optionis Enabled.
* If you want the ability to '''operate relay''' of the TCIV station, ensure that '''Output port 1''' option is enabled.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF23.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Enable audio and/or output if required]]
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The camera must be added to a group for it to be selectable. Select a camera group which was previously defined; if no group has been defined yet, click on the small down arrow behind 'Default group' and click on 'Select Group ...'. In the new dialog click on the '+' and define a group. The same must be done for Microphone and/or Output (if Enabled).

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF24.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Add the camera to a group]]
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Select the camera under '''Recording Server''' to see some basic information of the camera (right pane) and RTSP live video stream (bottom pane):

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF11.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Basic camera information]]
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More camera settings can be set under '''Devices''' > '''Camera''' menu:

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF12.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Additional camera information]]
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You can change resolution, codec, quality and other ONVIF stream settings from here. Additionally, you can select between HTTP/TCP tunneling (default behavior) or UDP for getting stream. '''It is recommended that you switch to UDP''' mode for getting stream since by default Turbine is not supporting tunneling as it significantly increase Turbine resource usage. If HTTP/TCP tunneling is needed, it is required to enable it on Turbine station web on ''RTSP Settings'' page. 

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF13.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Changing camera properties]]
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Similar configuration options exist for Microphone (if Enabled). It is also recommended to use UDP mode for the same reasons as video stream.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF14.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Microphone configuration.]]
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The output (relay) can also be configured in a similar way:

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF15.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Output (relay) configuration]]
{{note|When output is configured and triggered, Milestone XProtect forces relay idle state to be On/Open. Consider that when setting up relay behaviour as TCIV default configuration is Off/Closed. }}

Additionally, to select which of the two Profiles which contains stream configuration will be used, select the camera device and Streams tab. From the drop down menu select the Profile which you want to use:

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF16.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Profile selection]]
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Note that both video and audio need to use the same profile, if you select another video profile, audio configuration must be updated too to use this profile. To do so, select the Microphone device, and under Settings, select proper Media profile.

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF17.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Link Microphone to a profile]]
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=== View and Listen to video and audio streams ===
Open the XProtect Smart Client application which offers viewing/listening of configured streams and relay activation:

[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF25.PNG|thumb|left|500px|XProtect Smart Client]]
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[[Image:Milestone_ONVIF19.PNG|thumb|left|500px|Video in XProtect Smart Client]]
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[[Category:Video]]
[[Category:ONVIF]]
[[Category:IC-EDGE Integrations]]