In Symphony 6.9, you can bypass auto-discovery by specifying a comma separated list of camera manufacturers in the Manual Configuration Editor in Symphony Client.

Solution

1. In Symphony client, from the Server menu, select Manual Configuration Editor. The Server Configuration dialog box appears.
2. At the top, click the Add a new setting... area. The Type, ID, Section, Key, and Value fields appear.
3. As an example, enter the following:

Type: Global
ID: <empty>
Section: Main
Key: SkipDiscovery
Value: ONVIF,Panasonic,Axis

4. Click Apply.
5. Click Close.
6. To verify whether the devices will be bypassed by auto-discovery, click Discover Devices in the Server Configuration dialog box. The devices should NOT appear in the list.