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# Dummy camera keeps toggling online/offline

Resolve Milestone dummy-camera status changes caused by matching server and site names.

On some sites the "dummy camera" toggles online and offline, sometimes so fast the status looks static or offline. Enable **FMF trace logging** and you will see it cycle roughly every 10 seconds. This is **known to affect all Milestone versions up to 8.20** (expected fixed in later versions, and possibly patched for older ones).

**Cause:** the Milestone **recording server name and site name are exactly the same.**

**Fix:** rename the Milestone **site name** so it differs from the recording server name. Even a single case change is enough (for example site `MILESTONE2019r3` versus recording server `MILESTONE2019R3`). Renaming the site is not known to cause problems, but note the old name in case you need to revert.

![Milestone XProtect Management Client → Recording Servers, showing the recording-server name (MILESTONE2019R3) to compare against the site name](https://328339335-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F6bM8WhlBE9BYizPWJaPN%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-fac60dd675d6e5d2bac874b1b2d808be7d6bd3da%2FSECHUB-INT-MILESTONE-DUMMY-CAM-01.png?alt=media)


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