Milestone Husky M50 Advanced User manual

M30 & M50 QUICK START GUIDE
Configuration Steps
Follow the steps outlined below to set up your network and ensure your cameras are added to the system.
1. To configure cameras, please follow the configuration instructions provided by the manufacturer of your
specific camera.
2. For optimal performance connect the camera network to one of the LAN ports and the viewing network
to the other LAN port. See diagrams below:
3. Configure your LAN ports to use the same addressing scheme (DHCP or static addressing) as your camera network
and viewing network.
4. Launch the Milestone Husky Management Application from the desktop to begin adding and configuring your cameras.
5. For additional information, please see the documentation under the Management Application Help menu.
LAN Ports
DVI/VGA *
HDMI
*To use the VGA port, you must attach the provided adapter.
Camera
network
Viewing client station
Management/viewing
network
IP cameras
switch switch
a. Click on Add Hardware
TM

b. Click on Scan for hardware
c. Click Next
d. Select All Manufacturers or select the camera manufacturers you have
to speed the discovery process.

f. When complete, click OK.
e. After scanning, select the devices you want to add, making sure that the correct
username and password is entered where appropriate, then click Next.
g. Save your configuration.

For the best performance of your system, you must distribute recordings from your cameras evenly among the available hard
drives. You must place the live and archive databases for a camera on the same hard disk drive. To set each camera’s recording
and archiving path, start the Management Application then:
1. Click the ‘+’ sign next to Advanced Configuration then Camera and Storage Information to see all the cameras.
2. Right-click the camera you want to configure and select Properties
3. Click on Recording and Archiving Paths
4. Set the Recording and Archiving Path under Recording Settings
5. Set each camera’s recording and archiving path to the same drive letter.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for all cameras and distribute them evenly across all available drives labeled data
- For example, if you have 40 cameras and 8 drives, put 5 cameras on each drive.
- Set cameras 1-5 to drive D:\data, then the next 5 to E:\data and so on
NOTE: Do not assign any camera to record/archive to drive C which is reserved for the Operating System and the VMS.
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industry leader in open platform IP video manage
ment software (VMS) and produces XProtect
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Milestone Husky™ series of network video record
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is easy to manage, reliable and proven in surveil
lance installations around the world. With support
for the widest choice in network hardware and
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