MilestonePSTools Module

Docs Updates

Josh Hendricks — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Docs Updates

We've received some great feedback on the latest module release with the updates to the Import-VmsHardware and Export-VmsHardware commands. In our current development cycle (sprint), one of our goals was to improve the MilestonePSTools landing page and initial "onboarding" experience.

Updates to Import-VmsHardware

Josh Hendricks — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Updates to Import-VmsHardware

In the v24.1.9 relase of MilestonePSTools, the Import-VmsHardware and Export-VmsHardware cmdlets have been rewritten to use a much simpler CSV format, add support for updating existing hardware instead of only adding new hardware, and we now support extremely detailed exports and imports using Excel. Thanks to the ImportExcel module by Doug Finke, you don't even need Excel installed on the system running MilestonePSTools.

Do you see errors when exporting H.265 video?

Josh Hendricks — Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Do you see errors when exporting H.265 video?

If so, you're not alone. In the process of researching the circumstances behind Issue #126, I discovered that MilestonePSTools has possibly never been able to successfully export video, or retrieve snapshots when the video codec is H.265. How did we miss this?

All About Stream Settings

Josh Hendricks — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

All About Stream Settings

If you've never struggled with the difference between "H.264" and "h264" or "true" and "True", then you've never used #!powershell Set-VmsCameraStream. Read on to learn about stream settings and how to configure them from PowerShell so that you can spend less time interpreting validation errors and more time on the important things.

Introducing connection profiles and custom attributes

Josh Hendricks — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Introducing connection profiles and custom attributes

MilestonePSTools 23.2.2 now available

The latest version of MilestonePSTools was published yesterday and you can get your [code]signed copy on the PowerShell Gallery. Rather than echo the changelog, this post will elaborate on a couple of the changes I'm most excited about!

Common Errors

Josh Hendricks — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Common Errors

The installation scripts provided here are designed to protect you from common errors when you install modules from PowerShell Gallery or run commands or scripts for the first time. Following are a collection of these errors so when you run into them, you'll know what to do!

PowerShell or ISE?

Josh Hendricks — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

PowerShell or ISE?

On an standard Windows operating system you typically have two choices for how to use PowerShell. More than that if you consider the x86 (32-bit) variants! When you're getting started, it's difficult to know which to use, and why. When you click the Start menu button or press your Windows key (++win++), and type "powershell", here's what you get...