Camera Configuration

Name: The camera name is displayed automatically. If required, you can enter an individual name for each camera.

Connection Protocol: In order for MxMC to be able to establish a connection to the camera, a suitable 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 used automatically. When manually adding the camera, select the appropriate protocol. The following protocols are available:

• MOBOTIX: Select this protocol to establish a connection to a MOBOTIX IoT camera.
• MOBOTIX with Pelco-D: The requirements to use Pelco-D protocol are:
  • MOBOTIX IoT Camera with MxBus orMxBus Module RS232
  • A PT Head with Pelco-D support
  • The serial interface must be activated and configured in the camera software (for the parameter settings see the cameras reference manual the documentation of the pan and tilt head)
• MOBOTIX MOVE: Select this protocol to establish a connection to a MOBOTIX MOVE camera.
• ONVIF: Select this protocol to connect to an ONVIF compatible camera.
• Axis PTZ: Select this protocol to connect to a camera with Axis PTZ control.

URL: The IP address is either discovered automatically via Bonjour or it has been entered manually.

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: Before you can access the camera from outside of the local network, you need to activate the Remote option.

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 alarm calls: 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 Adding Cameras). 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 how the camera functions differ, see Camera Feature 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).

   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 how the camera functions differ, see Camera Feature Overview.

5. Bandwidth and Bandwidth Settings:
   • Bandwidth and Bandwidth Settings (MOBOTIX Cameras):
     Use the Bandwidth to specify whether you want to get the images from the camera in HiRes or LoRes by default. The values ​​(frame rate, image size and image quality) used for HiRes and LoRes connections ase set in Bandwidth Settings.

   

   • Bandwidth and Connection Data (MOBOTIX MOVE / ONVIF Cameras):
     Use the Bandwidth to specify whether you want to get the images from the MOBOTIX MOVE / ONVIF camera in HiRes or LoRes by default. The Connection Data option allows you to set the frame rate, image size and image quality for receiving images from the camera using a HiRes or LoRes connection.

     

     Click on Connection Data to open the dialog for assigning and changing the HiRes and LoRes profile of the camera.
     By default, adding a MOBOTIX MOVE / ONVIF camera creates two profiles (MxHiQuality for HiRes and MxLoQuality for LoRes). To create profiles manually, click on Create MxProfiles.
     To change the settings of a selected profile, select the desired profile parameters in the respective selection boxes and transfer the changes by clicking on Transfer Changes.

     Note
     In contrast to bandwidth settings of MOBOTIX cameras, changes to the media profiles of MOBOTIX MOVE / ONVIF cameras are made directly on the cameras. Therefore, these changes affect all applications that use these profiles.
     
     

Saved recordings can be accessed in a variety of ways, depending on the connection protocol.

With 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).

With MOBOTIX MOVE / ONVIF cameras:

• Via MOBOTIX NAS: Access to recordings via a previously defined MOBOTIX NAS. Access data can be defined in the program 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:
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 displayed IP addresses.
2. Close the dialog box. The settings will be saved automatically 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 Settings In addition, you can set up visual and sound notifications for alerting (Mac: MxManagementCenter > Settings, Windows: File > Settings).

1. Click on Alarms to adjust the settings to your needs. The Alarm Events dialog opens.

Fig. 95: Setting up and changing Alarm Notification

2. Make sure that the Alarms option has been activated.
3. Select the event types that should create an alarm.
4. 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.
• To create new weekly profiles, click on . 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, click on .
• You can change the description of an existing profile. Right-click on the name and overwrite it.
5. To select a weekly profile, click on the Weekly Profile dropdown list next to the event type and highlight the desired profile. The calendar icon turns white.
6. To easily invert the settings of the weekly profile, simply click on the calendar icon. 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 calendar icon to invert the profile. The icon turns red.