# Cameras And Camera Groups

Here you will find information on the administration of cameras and camera groups. This includes topics such as changing the network data of a camera or exchanging cameras between camera groups.
Note: Administrator rights are required to perform these administrative functions.

### Managing Cameras

#### Editing Camera Data

To change a camera's access data and network data, open the Camera Configuration dialog.

1. To do this, either right-click on the desired camera in the Camera bar (1) or open the edit mode in the Device bar and right-click on the corresponding camera (2). The Camera Configuration dialog opens.
2. Edit the data as desired.

#### Editing Camera Data Of Multiple Cameras

In the Multi-Camera Configuration dialog, you can change the authentication data used by MxMC as well as the environment settings of multiple cameras in one step.

1. To do this, open the edit mode in the Device bar by clicking on .
2. Select the cameras as needed.
   Mac: CMD + click, Windows: CTRL + click
3. Right-click on one of the selected cameras. The Multi-Camera Configuration dialog opens.

#### Activating/Deactivating Camera Background Alarms

Note: Background alarms are not supported by MOBOTIX MOVE cameras and third-party cameras that provide an ONVIF S-compatible interface. For an overview of how the camera functions differ, see Camera Feature Overview.

An activated option means that the application maintains an active event stream connection to the camera, regardless of whether or not MxMC is showing the live stream. Using the event stream connection, the cameras will send event information to MxMC, which will show them as alarms depending on the settings (see Setting Alarm Filters). You can deactivate this option if a permanent event stream connection is not required or even unwanted (due to high system loads on systems with very many cameras or when using MxMC in low-bandwidth networks, for example).
If this option has been deactivated, the application will only open an event stream connection if necessary, such as when MxMC shows the live stream of the camera or recordings via the camera. In this case, alarms will only show for this camera, while the connection has been established. This option is deactivated by factory default.

1. To open the Camera Configuration dialog, either right-click on the corresponding camera in the Camera bar (1) or open the edit mode in the Device bar and right-click on the corresponding camera (2). The Camera Configuration dialog opens.
2. De-/activate the Background Alarms function.

#### Deleting Cameras

1. Open the Camera Configuration dialog by right-clicking on the corresponding camera in the Camera bar (1) or open the edit mode in the Device bar and right-click on the corresponding camera (2). The Camera Configuration dialog opens.
2. Click on Remove.

### Managing Camera Groups

#### Moving Cameras Between Camera Groups

The Device bar lets you quickly drag and drop cameras from one group to another.

1. In the Device bar, open the edit mode by clicking on and then drag and drop the cameras as desired.
2. Close the Edit mode by clicking .

#### Removing Cameras From a Group

1. Open the edit mode in the Device bar by clicking on .
2. Drag and drop the camera from the appropriate group to .
3. Once you have deleted the cameras from the groups, you can deactivate the edit mode by clicking on .

#### Deleting Camera Groups

Deleting a camera group will not delete the cameras that are assigned to the group.

1. Activate the Edit mode by clicking .
2. Drag a group from the corresponding section to .
3. Next, activate the edit mode by clicking on .

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