D-Link DCS-2100 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Motion Window and Alert Settings

Show Window Options °

If

Motion Detection

is enabled for the selected

DCS-2100+

camera, each motion window can be turned on in

Show Window

Options

. Once the motion window is turned on, it will be shown as a green

rectangle in monitoring screen. If you just want to see the motion window when

alerted, you can also turn on the alert window separately. The alert window will

be shown in red rectangle when an alert occurs.

Alert Settings °

Some special actions can be performed, such as generating

an alert sound or starting recording when motion is detected or a digital input is

triggered. The digital input can be high-triggered or low-triggered. It depends on

your setting. You can also specify the period to record after the alert-trigger.

Changing the Camera Order in the List

You can drag and drop the gray area (fixed area) of the camera list grid to

change the arrangement of cameras. This makes it easy to rearrange the cameras.

Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)

Move the mouse to the

location you want and

release the

mouse button. Here video

1 will be moved to the

10th row.

Left-click in the

gray area.

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Saving the Changes

Once you click the

Save

button, the changes in the configuration will be saved

and will validate immediately.

Global Settings

Snapshot Directory

°

The directory for storing the snapshot data.

Recording Directory

°

The directory for storing the recorded video data.

Scheduler Directory

°

The directory for storing the schedules used for

recording.

Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)

This area

indicates backup

status and last

backup time

Click on the

Global Settings

item from

the

Function Menu

.

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Backup Settings °

Select the backup directory, the backup size of your

media,

and the backup locations. You can also delete backup locations here. The

maximum locations cannot exceed 32.

Last Backup Time °

Indicates the last time a backup occurred.

All Backup

means all the data in this location has been backed up, and

No Data

means

there is no data stored in this location.

Internet Settings °

Set the proxy and IP filters.

Reserved space °

Indicates how many bytes should be reserved on the hard

disk. If the recording data exceeds disk capacity, the new video data will replace

the oldest data (if

Cycle Recording

box is checked). This space can be

adjusted with the sliding bar below it.

Modulation Mode °

F

or selecting the input signal format (NTSC for US use,

or PAL that is used mostly in Europe).

Alert Sound °

Select the sound file of your choice in Windows to play when

there is an alert.

Display options °

In each video frame, there are two status bars which contain

Camera location

,

Connect time

,

Remote time

and

Record time

. All of them

can be

individually enabled here.

Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)

Location (Channel number + Text on Video)

Connect Time (day hour:min)

Recording Time (day hour:min)

Remote Time

0 day

00:15

1day

04:17

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If you enable proxy server and enable IP restriction, the listed IP

addresses will not use the proxy.

Once you connect to the

DCS-2100+

, you can drag and drop a camera into the

video area

to begin viewing video from the camera.

In the

channel area

, if you do not set up the camera, the color of the

camera

number

will be gray. Once you set up the camera, the color of the

camera

number

will turn to blue. You can drag and drop the camera into the

video

area

, and apply other features if you have the privileges by logging on as an

administrator (admin).

There is a unique light signal above each camera°s number. This indicates the

status of the camera:

Off °

Camera is not connected.

Green °

The green light means the camera is connected.

Red °

The red light indicates the camera is both connected and in

recording mode.

Blink °

If motion detection is enabled, an alert occurs and the light will

blink.

Connecting to the DCS-2100+

Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)

Click

OK

Check here to enable proxy.

Set the proxy & port

Check here to enable filter

Enter IP address to add

Add an

IP address

Delete an IP address

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Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)

Adding a Channel:

Adding a new camera as a channel can be accomplished with a simple drag

and drop procedure.

After you have inserted the camera from the

Camera

Configuration

screen in the

Function Menu,

the channel number (shown

below) will change from grayed out to blue (see page 55 to

Insert

a camera):

1.

Click on the number of the camera that was inserted previously:

2.

Hold the mouse button down and drag the channel number onto a

droppable video area.

The video from the new camera will be displayed

in this video display and the light above the camera number changes

from off to green.

Trash Can

Recording button

Selected channel

to be viewed in the

video area

Connected & Monitoring

Recording

Configured channel

(but not connected)

Not configured channel

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