# Adding devices and sources

Fig. 53: Adding devices and sources

Select the desired action:

Adding Cameras in the Local Network

All cameras and door stations in the local network are detected automatically.

1. Click on . The Welcome wizard opens and lists all cameras that were found on the local network.
2. Select the camera you want to add (use CMD-click on a Mac or CTRL-click on Windows to select several cameras).
3. Specify a user name and a password. Click on to do so. When multiple cameras have been selected, all of these cameras will get this user name and password.
4. Click on and then on Finish. All new cameras are shown in the device bar in the Cameras section and you can already see the live images of the cameras.
5. You should now complete the data for the individual cameras. Open the Camera Configuration dialog for this purpose. To open the dialog box, you can either right-click onto individual cameras or you click on the icon, which is shown if you position the mouse pointer over the camera name. The Camera Configuration dialog opens (see Camera Configuration).
6. Close the dialog once you have completely filled in the camera data in the Camera Configuration dialog. Then deactivate the edit mode of the device bar by clicking on .

Adding Cameras Manually

Cameras outside of the local network (for example, on the Internet) need to be added manually.

1. Click on . The Camera Configuration dialog opens.
2. Enter the camera access data:
   Name: Enter a descriptive camera name.
   URL: IP address of the camera.
   Remote URL: To access the camera from outside of the local network, you can enter the corresponding external address of the camera (such as a DynDNS name). Make sure that you also activate the Remote option.
   User name, password: Enter the user name and password of the camera.
3. Complete the network data and set up alarm notification as described in Camera Configuration.
4. Close the dialog once you have completely filled in the data in the Camera Configuration dialog. Then deactivate the edit mode of the device bar by clicking on .

Creating Camera Groups

1. To create a camera group, click on . The Group Configuration dialog opens.
2. Fill in the data as described in Setting Up Camera Groups.
3. Close the dialog once you have completely filled in the data in the Group Configuration dialog. Then deactivate the edit mode of the device bar by clicking on .

Importing Clips

You can use MxMC to play back exported MxPEG clips. Click on to do so. The Load Clips dialog opens: Select the desired MXG file and click on Open. The clip appears in the device bar in the Clips section.

Importing recordings

This function allows you to add storage paths generated by MOBOTIX cameras.

1. Click Recordings.
2. Select the desired directory with the camera's recording structure and click Open.

The recordings are displayed in the Device Bar in the Clips & Recordings section.

MxFFS Medium

This function allows you to access a MOBOTIX storage device connected to the USB port with recordings in MxFFS format.

Note: o be able to read MxFFS media, you must start MxManagementCenter with administrator rights (see Integrating MOBOTIX storage device). Without administrator rights, the storage medium will not be recognized.

1. Click MxFFS Medium.
2. Select the desired directory and click Open.

The recordings in MxFFS-Format are displayed in the Device Bar in the Clips & Recordings section.

Creating Clips-/ Recording groups

Clips and recordings can be organized into groups.

1. Click Create Clips / Recording Group.
2. Specify a name for the group.
3. Move the desired clips and recordings into the group.

Connecting MxThinClients

Edit the MxThinClient setting here. The MxThinClient is a compact solution for displaying the live image of a MOBOTIX camera on a monitor or TV set with HDMI connection.

Name
Enter the name for the MxThinClient here.

URL
Enter the URL or IP address of the ThinClient.

User Name
Enter the user name of the MxThinClient user here.

Password
Enter the password of the ThinClient user here.

Display resolution
Select the resolution of the camera image to be displayed on the monitor of the MxThinClient.

Camera display
Select here how long the assigned camera image should be displayed on the monitor of the ThinClient. After the selected time period the ThinClient will display the configured setting (e. g. sequences, still images etc.).

MxThinClients can also be added via the Component view (see The Components View).