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Nx Witness provides a powerful and easy-to-use mechanism for automatic camera discovery. It is required that a camera should be accessible via Broadcast.

As soon as Server is started and connected to Server, it automatically performs camera discovery in its network. Once a camera is discovered, its parameters will be displayed in Resource Tree automatically.

If a camera does not transmit media data, it is marked as Offline.

If Server is offline, all Cameras the server is hosting are switched to the offline status automatically.

Once Camera is discovered, <%PRODUCT NAME%> tries to configure the following settings on Camera: the best possible image settings for the main video stream (best possible resolution and FPS) and optimal ones for the secondary stream  (240p to 320p, 2 to 7 FPS). To disable this feature, see "Preventing Nx Witness from Changing Camera Streaming Settings".

If Camera was deleted (see "Deleting Cameras (Admin Only)") and connected again, it will be re-discovered. Disable this feature to avoid auto camera discovery. See "Disabling Automatic Discovery (Admin Only)".