> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.security.gallagher.com/knowledge-hub/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.security.gallagher.com/knowledge-hub/products/integrations/video-management-systems/milestone/milestone-vms-integration.md).

# VMS integration

Understand how Milestone video, events, alarms, and cameras integrate with Command Centre.

Milestone is Gallagher's deepest VMS partner, with **three distinct integrations**. This page covers the first: viewing Milestone video inside Command Centre. See also the [MIP Plugin](/knowledge-hub/products/integrations/video-management-systems/milestone/milestone-mip-plugin.md) and [MIPs (Milestone Integration Platform)](/knowledge-hub/products/integrations/video-management-systems/milestone/milestone-integration-platform-mips-overview.md).

This is a modern camera-tile style integration.

**Live video viewing:** drag-and-drop a camera icon from a site plan onto a tile; find a camera in a tile; pre-configure a tile for one camera or for **event-triggered** display (for example a Door or Intercom event); **up to 16 tiles on a single Viewer**; PTZ where supported; move to a preset; capture the current frame as .jpg to the clipboard; **4K via H.265**; and fit-to-tile or native aspect ratio.

**Stored video viewing:** stored by the Milestone system and retrieved into the Command Centre VMS UI. View alarm-associated video (marked with a filmstrip icon), plus **pre-alarm and post-alarm** video; search alarm-associated video; adjust playback speed and direction; toggle live and stored per camera; capture a frame; and view on a Spot Monitor Viewer.

**Command Centre to Milestone:** a user-configured event or alarm sends a message to move a specified camera to a preset, or to retrieve stored video.

**Milestone to Command Centre:** all Milestone server events, **including motion detection, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), and diagnostics**, can be mapped to Command Centre. Common events are mapped by default; add more per the release note.

**Compatibility:** the Milestone SDK supports a wide range of cameras (see Milestone's own documentation). Gallagher tests a small selection and cannot guarantee all.


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