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Info tab properties
Name Description
Name
The name is used whenever the device is listed in the system and clients.
When you rename a device, the name is changed globally in the Management Client.
Description
Enter a description of the device (optional).
The description appears in a number of listings within the system. For example, when
you pause the mouse pointer over the name in the Overview pane.
Hardware
name
Displays the name of the hardware, with which the device is connected. The field is
non-editable from here, but you can change it by clicking Go To next to it. This takes
you to hardware information where you can change the name.
Port number
Displays the port on which the device is attached on the hardware.
For single-device hardware, the port number is typically 1. For multi-device hardware,
such as video servers with several channels, the port number typically indicates the
channel on which the device is attached, for example 3.
Short name
To apply a short name for the camera, enter it here. The maximum length of characters
is 128.
If you are using smart map, automatically the short name is displayed with the camera
on the smart map. Otherwise the full name is displayed.
Geo
coordinates
Enter the geographic location of the camera in the format latitude, longitude. The
value you enter determines the position of the camera icon on the smart map in
XProtect Smart Client.
The field is mainly for smart map and third party integrations.
Direction
Enter the viewing direction of the camera measured against a due north point on a
vertical axis. The value you enter determines the direction of the camera icon on the
smart map in XProtect Smart Client.
The default value is 0.0.
Administrator manual | XProtect® VMS 2023 R1
420 | User interface details
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