How to Filter By Camera Manufacturer in the Smart Client's ViewItemToolbar?

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Trying to filter cameras by manufacturer. Code from “AdminTabCameraPlugin” MIP example that filters Axis cameras in the Admin Client.

associatedItem.Properties.ContainsKey(ItemProperties.ProductID) &&

associatedItem.Properties[ItemProperties.ProductID].ToUpper().Contains(“AXIS”);

The above works in the Admin Client, but the Smart Client does not have the same properties. Admin Client Properties count = 19 and Smart Client Count = 9. I’m trying to filter on a button like the SCToolbarPlugin MIP Example. There is no “ProductID” Property on the Item in the “ViewIItem”. Is there a way to get this information in the Smart Client?

Thanks

Matt

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The available Item properties are not the same in the Management Client (admin environment) as in the Smart Client. ProductID is one example of a property present in the Management Client but not in the Smart Client.

Thinking about a workaround you might be able to use Configuration API. This will work in a Smart Client plugin but only on c-code XProtect systems.

I did an experiment, please try this:

using VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems;
..
 
Camera camera = new Camera(cameraFQID);
Hardware hardware = new Hardware(cameraFQID.ServerId, camera.ParentItemPath);
MessageBox.Show(hardware.Model);

(c-code supports the Configuration API)

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I threw the code into the MIP example SCToolbarPlugin and it produced an exception on new Camera().

class ShowCameraNameViewItemToolbarPluginInstance : ViewItemToolbarPluginInstance

{

private Item \_viewItemInstance;

private Item \_window;

public override void Init(Item viewItemInstance, Item window)

{

  \_viewItemInstance = viewItemInstance;

  \_window = window;

  Title = "Show camera name";

  Tooltip = "Click to show current camera name.";

  Camera camera = new Camera(viewItemInstance.FQID);

  Hardware hardware = new Hardware(viewItemInstance.FQID.ServerId, camera.ParentItemPath);

  MessageBox.Show(hardware.Model);

}

4

You will have to use the FQID of the camera, not the FQID of the View Instance.

5

the viewItemInstance isn’t a camera? See the image of the image of the Locals when I hit that line.

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No it is not, in this case it is confusing that the ViewItemInstance inherits the name of the camera.

I was inspired to try it myself:

public override void Init(Item viewItemInstance, Item window)
{
    _viewItemInstance = viewItemInstance;
    _window = window;
 
    Title = "Show camera name";
    Tooltip = "Click to show current camera name.";
    string cameraObjectIdString;
    if (_viewItemInstance.Properties.TryGetValue("CurrentCameraId", out cameraObjectIdString))
    {
        Item cameraItem = Configuration.Instance.GetItem(new Guid(cameraObjectIdString), Kind.Camera);
        if (cameraItem != null)
        {
            Camera camera = new Camera(cameraItem.FQID);
            Hardware hardware = new Hardware(viewItemInstance.FQID.ServerId, camera.ParentItemPath);
            MessageBox.Show(hardware.Model);
        }
    }
}
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I tried the code above, but there was an exception on new Hardware(). I was able to get it to working by changing the ServerID param to:

Hardware hardware = new Hardware(camera.ServerId, camera.ParentItemPath);

The “hardware” variable produced still does not have manufacturer info. I might put a tab on the cameras in the admin client filtered by manufacturer. Then the tab could have a checkbox to add a property that will display the button on the client. This might be a workaround for filtering by manufacturer?

Thanks,

Matt

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I had hoped Hardware.Model was the answer as it worked for my test camera. The way I understand your workaround suggestion it will work.