MV Template Best Practices
Overview
This document shows how to use Network Templates with MV cameras , either when creating a new network bound to a new template or adding MV cameras to existing Dashboard networks bound to a template
While you can add to MV's to templates, no MV configuration is managed via the templates. If the camera is already installed and you have to move the cameras between networks, MV configurations are not retained for cross-network moves. This includes quality and retention settings as well as wireless settings. As a result, MV cameras using wireless will lose connection to Dashboard.
Appending MV’s to existing templates
This section provides steps to add Cameras to networks that are bound to templates which do not have a Cameras section. In order to add cameras to networks that are already bound to a template, we need to create a new template which includes a Camera section and then merge the cameras section to the old template.
In this example, we have “Home Network” already bound to “Old Template”. These are the steps to be able to add cameras to “Home Network”
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Go to Organization > Monitor > Configuration Templates and view the list of existing templates in your organization.
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Here we will create a new template that supports Cameras section. Click on Create a new template, select Create new, enter a name for your template and click on Add
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This template doesn't need to be bound to any network. In the modal, click Close and then click Save changes on the page.
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Verify that the new created template shows Cameras section in the side tab
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Split the newly created template into individual products. Click on the checkbox next to the newly created template and then click on Split. Since we named our template New Template, we have template name followed by product name. We will use New Template - camera to add Cameras to Old Template.
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Now we will add this Cameras template to the old template. Click on the checkbox next to New Template - camera and Old Template then click on Combine. Choose a name for this combined template, preferably the original name of your template
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The new combined template should now have the Cameras section
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[Optional] Clean up new template for individual products
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Any network bound to this template can now have MV's added to it
Add MV's to a new template
This section provides steps to add Cameras to a newly created network bound to a newly created template
In this example, we have “Home Network New” created and bound to “New Template”.
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Go to Organization > Monitor > Configuration Templates and view the list of existing templates in your organization.
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Here we will create a new template that supports Cameras section. Click on Create a new template, select Create new, enter a name for your template and click on Add
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This template doesn't need to be bound to any network. In the modal, click Close and then click Save changes on the page.
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Verify that the new created template shows cameras in the side tab
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Go to Organization > Configure > Create network to create a new network and bind it to the new template
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This new network now supports adding MV's to it
