## Adding Cameras, Devices, Clips and Recordings, Creating Groups

Please select the desired action: Adding cameras in the local network, adding cameras manually, creating camera groups, importing clips and recordings, creating recording paths or adding a MxThinClient.

Adding Cameras in the Local Network

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

1. Click on . The Installation 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 box 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.
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: You can enter the corresponding external address of the camera (such as a DynDNS name) when adding it to access the camera from outside the local network.
   Please note: You need to activate the Remote option for the corresponding environment in order to use the remote URL to connect the camera. The camera connection may be switched when the environment is changed.
   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

You can combine individual cameras into camera groups. For example, you can combine all cameras situated on the same floor in one group. This allows checking on entire surveillance areas at one glance and – in case of an alarm, you are quicker to access the relevant cameras.

1. To create a camera group, click on . The Group Configuration dialog opens.
2. Fill in the data as described in Creating 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 .

Adding Clips and Recordings

#### Adding 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 & Recordings section.

The icon indicates that a clip file cannot be located anymore.

#### Adding recordings

You can directly access recordings that are saved on a file server, even if the respective camera is not integrated in MxMC. Click on to import a recordings folder. Select the desired folder and click on Open. The sequences will appear in the Device bar in the Clips & Recordings section.

Creating Groups for Clips and Recordings

Clips and recordings can be compiled into groups and subgroups to better organize the clips and recordings. Click on to create a group. A new group will be added. By default, this group will be called “New Group.” Click on the selected new entry and enter the desired name. Drag and drop the desired clips and recordings onto the group.

The icon indicates that there are no clips or recordings in the group.

Adding a MxThinClient and Activating Live Images

You can now also integrate one or more MxThinClients in MxMC. For example, you can an additional display unit (monitor or TV) by double-clicking on the camera live images of P3 and Mx6 cameras from MxMC.

#### Adding a MxThinClient

1. The MxMessageSystem needs to be activated in the settings and you need to make sure that the Broadcast port and Password fields contain the same settings as you configured in the MxThinClient because the camera live images are switched on with MxMessageSystem (Mac: MxManagementCenter > Settings > MxMessageSystem; Windows: File > Settings > MxMessageSystem).
   You also need to make sure that the MxThinClient and the computer running MxMC are synchronized via the same time server.
2. Click on to add a MxThinClient. The MxThinClient Configuration dialog box opens. Complete the entries as described under Entering MxThinClient Settings.
3. Close the dialog box once you have completely filled in the data in the MxThinClient Configuration dialog box. Then deactivate the edit mode of the device bar by clicking on .

#### Activating Camera Live Images

There are two options for activating a camera live image on an additional display unit:

- Double-click: Double-click on the desired camera live image.
  The images are displayed directly on the display unit connected to the MxThinClient if there are not any other monitors connected to the MxMC computer and the MxMC is only connected to one MxThinClient.
  If there are more than one monitors connected to the MxMC computer or several MxThinClients connected with MxMC, you are prompted to select the desired display unit for displaying the images.
- By drag and drop: Drag and drop the desired camera live image from the Camera bar or from the Device bar onto the desired MxThinClient in the Device bar.

Note
The MxThinClient section is only visible in the Device bar if a MxThinClient has been integrated.
You need to possess administrator rights to add, manage or delete a MxThinClient.