Milestone Block

This page describes the Milestone block of the Event Manager Constructor. The Milestone block is designed to connect the IncoreSoft VEZHA analytics system with Milestone XProtect VMS, enabling the receipt of event notifications from the system in Milestone XProtect Smart Client.

Overview

To open the Milestone block, in the Event Manager Constructor workspace:

  1. Select the Milestone block icon
  2. See the Milestone block

Use and Functionality

The Milestone block functional menu allows to:

  1. Enter the hostname after http://
  2. Enter port
  3. Enter server ID
  4. Enter the event notification name
  5. Enter custom tag

Necessary Values Determination

The required values for filling in the fields in the Milestone block are located in the Milestone XProtect Management Client.

To find the hostname, open the Milestone XProtect Management Client and copy the server address from the Computer field:

The default port value is 9090. However, to ensure that access to XProtect Event Server on port 9090 is allowed, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Tools tab in the menu bar and select Options from the drop-down menu (or press Ctrl + O)
  2. Navigate to the Analytics Events tab
  3. Check the Enabled checkbox

To find the server ID, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Servers section and select the Recording Servers item
  2. Click the name of the required recording server
  3. Switch to any other tab at the bottom of the Properties window (for example, Failover)
  4. Hold down the Ctrl key and left-click the Info tab
  5. Copy the server ID from the field that appears

If no event notifications have been created yet, follow these steps to create a new one:

  1. Open the Rules and Events section and select the Analytics Events item
  2. Right-click the Analytics Events and select Add New from the drop-down menu (or press Ctrl + N)
  3. Enter the event name and description
  4. Press Ctrl + S to save the changes
To obtain the event notification name, select the created analytics event and copy its name from the Name field.

To fill in the Custom Tag field, enter any meaningful value that can be used for further purposes.

Use the image below as a visual reference to ensure the correct input of values in the fields:

Milestone Compatible Video Sources

Sending event notifications from the analytics system to Milestone is exclusively supported for analytics that operate through Milestone ONVIF or Milestone RTSP video stream types, provided the Camera GUID is correctly specified. Analytics that function through video files or other video stream types are incompatible with Milestone.

To receive event notifications in Milestone from analytics using a video file, follow these additional steps:

  1. Convert the video file into an RTSP video stream
  2. Add this RTSP video stream to Milestone
  3. Perform one of the following actions:
    • Add this RTSP video stream to the analytics system as Milestone RTSP type, and ensure that the Camera GUID is correctly specified
    • Add this RTSP video stream to the analytics system via Milestone Open Network Bridge* as Milestone ONVIF type