Camera Configuration

After you have added the cameras, you should enter the remaining camera data. Even when the system is up an running, you may have to make some changes. Open the Camera Configuration dialog to enter and edit the camera data.

  1. Name: The camera name is displayed automatically. If required, you can enter an individual name for each camera.
  2. Connection Protocol: To enable MxMC to establish a connection to the camera, the appropriate connection protocol must be selected depending on the available interface of the camera manufacturer. If you have integrated the camera with the Welcome Wizard, the corresponding protocol is automatically selected. When manually adding the camera, select the appropriate protocol.
  3. URL: The IP address is either discovered automatically via Bonjour or it has been entered manually.
  4. 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.
  5. User name, password: Access data that had been entered when adding the camera.
  1. Environment: Shows the current network environment. After starting the program for the first time, it shows the standard environment. All existing network environments are shown in the blue bar. Click on the environment you want to use. Next, enter the network settings you want to use for this environment.
  2. Background alarms: 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 up and Changing Alarm Notification). 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.

    Note: This option is not supported by MOBOTIX MOVE cameras and third-party cameras that provide an ONVIF S compatible interface. For an overview of the camera function differences, see Cameras Function Overview.

  3. Remote: When adding the camera in the local network, you do not change this setting. Only activate this option if you want to access the camera from a remote location (via DynDNS).
  4. SSL: By default, the connection between MxMC and the camera is not encrypted. If you rather want to use an encrypted connection, activate this option. Note that HTTPS needs to be activated on the camera (in the browser in Admin Menu > Network Configuration > Web Server > HTTPS Settings).
  5. Bandwidth: Depending on the bandwidth of the current camera connection, you can choose to see the images in HiRes, in LoRes.

Stored recordings can be accessed in different ways depending on the connection protocol.

For MOBOTIX cameras:

  • Via camera (MOBOTIX cameras): The camera is handling access to the recordings.
  • Via recording path: The camera is handling access to the recordings via a previously defined recording path. Recording paths can be defined in the program settings (Mac: MxManagementCenter > Settings > Recording Paths; Windows: File > Settings > Recording Paths).
  • Via a local directory: Local path (recordings are accessed on the local computer).

For MOBOTIX MOVE / ONVIF cameras:

  • Via MOBOTIX NAS: Access to recordings via a previously defined MOBOTIX NAS. You can specify the access data in the application settings (Mac: MxManagementCenter > Settings > Recording Paths; Windows: File > Settings > Recording Paths).

Click on Recording settings to adjust the settings to your needs. This opens another dialog box.

  1. Choose the desired recording path:
    2. Access via the camera:

    No further settings are necessary.

    Access via recording path:
    • Select the corresponding recording path and set the corresponding recording format:

      Use MxFFS if the recordings have been stored in an MxFFS archive.

      Use MxFileServer if the recordings have been stored in the classic MOBOTIX folder/file structure.
    • MxMC searches for the corresponding recordings in the subdirectories of the predefined file server path. Once the search has been completed, you can select the folder for this camera in the Device Directory selection box.
    Access via local directory:
    • Select the Local path option and set the corresponding recording format:
    • Enter the file path in the Local path text box.

      Note: Click on the pen icon in the text field to open a file selection dialog.
    Access via MOBOTIX NAS:
    • Select the appropriate MOBOTIX NAS and then select the appropriate device directory based on the IP addresses displayed.
  2. Close the dialog box. The settings will be automatically saved when you close the dialog box.

This section allows selecting the event types that will lead to an alarm if the corresponding event is triggered. An alarm will be indicated at the following locations:

  • Alarm bar: Turns red or green (door bell), the alarm images are shown in the Alarm bar.
  • Alarm info bar: Turns red or green (door bell) in the live images.
  • Alarm messaging: In addition, you can set up visual and sound notifications for alerting.
Click on Alarms to adjust the settings to your needs. The Alarm Events dialog opens.
  1. Make sure that the Alarm notification option has been activated.
  2. Select the event types that should create an alarm.
  3. In addition, you can select a weekly profile for every event type that should trigger an alarm. As long as no other weekly profile has been selected, the setting is valid from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 24:00.
    • Click on Edit weekly profiles to create new weekly profiles. The Weekly Profiles dialog opens. Several predefined profiles are available, such as the Weekend profile (Saturday 00:00 to Sunday 24:00). 
    • To add a profile, click on . Enter a description. Highlight the desired active times in the table. You can resize an active time block by clicking on the time block and then moving the borders accordingly It is also possible to move a block. Click on the block to select it, then drag the block to the new position. To delete a time block, select one first and then click on .
    • You can change the description of an existing profile. Right-click on the name and overwrite it.
  4. To select a weekly profile, click on the Weekly Profile dropdown list next to the event type and select the desired profile.
  5. Click on the calendar icon to easily invert the settings of the weekly profile. For example, if you have created a profile with opening hours and would like to activate the alarms for the closing times, click on the Invert weekly profile checkbox and the profile is used in inverted fashion.