Milestone Basis+ 6.5 - Manual (Page 138)

Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; Administrator’s Manual
• Download Manager: In order to get hold of a Remote Client or Smart Client, users
connect to the surveillance system server which will present them with a welcome page.
The welcome page will list the available clients and language versions. The system
administrator uses the Download Manager (see page 118) to control which clients and
language versions should be available to users on the welcome page.
Deciding Which Access Client to Use
When deciding which access client solution is the best choice for your organization, you may find it
helpful to review the following.
Note: Systems and requirements differ from organization to organization. The following questions
and answers are thus for guidance only.
Is it acceptable to install client software on remote users’ computers?
• Yes: Use the Smart Client (see page 140).
• No: Use the Remote Client (see page 142); remote users run the Remote Client straight
from the XProtect Basis+ server.
Will you require a large amount of future flexibility from your remote access solution?
• Yes: Use the Smart Client. Due to the way the software has been developed, the Smart
Client offers a high degree of flexibility for integration of new features, plugins, etc.
• No: Use the Remote Client.
Do you require a very feature-rich client application?
• Yes: Use the Smart Client. The Smart Client offers considerably more features for remote
users than the other solutions.
• No: Use the Remote Client.
Do you require a large amount of flexibility re. remote users’ ability to export data?
• Yes: Use the Smart Client. The Smart Client offers the ability to—individual user rights
permitting—export evidence in the AVI (movie clip), JPEG (still image) as well as XProtect
Basis+ database formats.
• No: Use the Remote Client. The Remote Client offers the ability to—individual user rights
permitting—export evidence in the AVI and JPEG formats.
Will you use a .NET-based client application?
• Yes: Use the Smart Client. The .NET-based Smart Client offers more features for remote
users than the other solutions. .NET Framework 2.0, downloadable from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/, is required on computers running the Smart Client.
• No: Use the Remote Client. The Remote Client is not a .NET-based solution .
What is .NET? The. Net software development platform allows the interconnection of
computers and services for the exchange and combination of data and objects. The platform
makes extensive use of so-called web services, which provide the ability to use the web rather
than single applications for various services. This in turn provides the ability for centralized
data storage as well as automated updating and synchronization of information. The .NET
platform enhances software developers’ ability to create re-usable and customizable modules,
which makes it possible to develop highly flexible software solutions. You can therefore, as a
rule of thumb, expect .NET-based software to be highly flexible, ready for integration of new
features, plugins, etc. However, organizations and their requirements are different, and some
organizations find that the high degree of interconnection of services and computers inherent in
a .NET-based solution is not desirable. Instead, such organizations rely on more classic
Windows solutions.
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