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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.
Note:
The password is the one you provided during installation.
The Admin Privilege
In the Monitor program, the admin has the right to access the DCS-2120 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 Network camera. You can change the settings of each selected Network camera from the Monitor
program only if you have the admin password for the Network 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-2120, you must have the administrator’s password for the camera
itself.
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Run the configuration tool
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Change the recording schedule
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Change the local settings
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Camera Configurations
When you log in for the first time, you should configure this application software to connect the DCS-2120 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.
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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.
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-2120 with an Internet Browser”
(page 29).
The Layout of the Configuration
In the local settings, shown below, three main functionalities are provided:
Insert:
Delete:
History:
Load Settings
Alert Settings
Recording Settings
Save
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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 here.
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 the camera is 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
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 have inserted into the camera list. Clicking on
one camera in the history list will insert the camera into the camera list. The
hisrtory list is shown here.
Alert and Recording Settings
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