Fox Video Stream Preferred property

This property, which is on all video components, selects or declines the use of Fox streaming.

If your configuration uses fox streaming to deliver video from a camera, DVR, or NVR, the station renders (processes) the video stream. To make successful connections, the station’s Fox or Foxs port must be different from the port used to connect the video device itself to the network. If your configuration does not use fox streaming, the camera renders the video stream. To make successful connections, the station’s Fox or Foxs port should be the same as the port used to connect the video device.

Figure 10.   Example of Fox Video Stream Preferred on the xProtect network and management server components
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In Workbench, you use the FoxService to configure a station’s video port. To configure a video device port you expand Config > Drivers > [video network], expand the Connection properties for the network, server or camera and configure the http, https or web client http port.

When using the Niagara Enterprise Security’s web UI you configure the station’s Fox port using the Station Manager (click Controller Setup > Remote Devices > Station Manager, and click the settings icon (Image). You configure the network, server or camera port (http, https or web client http port) by expanding Config > Drivers > [video network], working your way down the hierarchy followed by double-clicking the device node. This opens the view tab.

To access this property in any video component, right-click the component and click Views > AX Property Sheet.

Property Value Description
Fox Video Stream Preferred (network, DVR and NVR) or Preferred Video Stream Fox (camera) drop-down list (for a network component defaults to False and for a child component defaults to Inherit)
For a network component, selects (true) or declines (false) the use of Fox streaming.

For a child component (DVR, NVR or camera), selects or declines the use of Fox streaming at the child component level.

Inherit sets this property to the value set for its parent component (the DVR, NVR or network component).

Yes sends the video stream from the video camera to the station (controller) and then forwards it to the Workbench interface through the standard Fox/Foxs connection. This overcomes fire wall issues in the event that the video surveillance system is not exposed to the outside world on its network.

 NOTE: This option assumes that the controller is exposed - otherwise you could not even connect to the station. 

No sends the video stream directly from the video camera to the interface. Using this setting allows you to set the Preferred Resolution and Frame Rate to High without impacting CPU usage. In essence, this removes the station from the equation.

In all cases, the client-side computer expends some of its CPU utilization to render the video on the screen.