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

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You can change the monitoring layout in this area. There are

six kinds of layouts: 1, 4, 6, 9, 13, or 16 video display windows

in the video area.

In this area, you can get the status of the hard disk in which the

video database resides. The status reminds you to arrange the

available storage size of the recorded video database.

This area includes volume control, manual recording, video

printing, snapshot, and trash can to remove video from display

windows.

This tool receives the digital input signal and sends digital output

signal to the remote Video Server/ Network Camera series

product associated with the dedicated video channel.

This tool will display the latest alert messages received by the

remote Video Server / Network Camera series product

associated with the selected video channel.

Common control

area:

DI/DO control:

Alert Message:

Logging In

You need to login the first time when you start the Launcher. The authentication window

is shown below. If you do not have an account, the monitor tool will not execute. You

must log in as admin (administrator) to use this application. Enter the password for the

administrator.

Hard disk status:

Layout area:

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The Admin Privilege

In the Monitor program, the admin has the right to access the

DCS-2100

Network Camera

through this application software and change the local settings as well. But the admin

password for the software is not the same as the admin password for the Internet camera.

You can change the settings of each selected Internet camera from the Monitor program

only if you have the admin password

for the Internet camera.

If you have the admin privilege, you have the right to do the following tasks:

Again, if you need to change the settings of the

DCS-2100

, you must have the

administrator’s password for the camera itself.

Camera Configurations

When you log in for the first time, you should configure this application software to

connect the

DCS-2100

in “Configuration Menu > Camera Configurations”, shown in

the figure below. You will need the admin (administrator) password of the camera in

order to run the configuration.

Once you click

“Configuration Menu > Camera Configurations”

for setting each

camera, all recording processes will be stopped indicated by a warning window popped

up in advance to keep you informed.

±

Run the configuration tool

±

Change the recording schedule

±

Change the local settings

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Network Configuration

This section discusses the local settings for the connection and the functional

configuration of each camera. If you are interested in the remote settings for each camera,

you can refer to “Using the DCS-2100 with an Internet Browser” (page 43).

The Layout of the Configuration

In the local settings, shown below, three main functionalities are provided:

Click to insert a new camera to the list.

Click to delete a camera from the list.

Click to view the history of all cameras in the list.

Insert:

Delete:

History:

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Insert

To insert a remote network camera

to the camera list. Click the

Insert

button, an “Insert

New Channel” dialog will popup, as shown below. Specify the IP address, port, and

admin password of the network camera, click the

Ok

button to close the dialog. Then

the system will try to connect to the selected camera. If the connection succeeds, the

camera will be inserted to the camera selection list.

Once added, you will see the IP address of the camera and also the port that is opened

on the camera (port 80 in this example). The selected camera has been added to the

selection list.

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Delete

The deletion of a device is a much easier operation than “insertion”. It removes the

selected network camera from the camera list. Highlight the camera that you want to

delete from the list and click

on the

Delete

button. The selected camera will be deleted.

History

Clicking the

History

button will popup a historical camera list, which lists the latest 16

cameras you inserted into the camera list. 16 is the default number; you can change the

number of the latest installed cameras you want to keep in the registry. Clicking on one

camera in the history list will insert the camera into the camera list. The historical camera

list is shown below.

Alert and Recording Settings

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