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There are several parts in the monitor tool:

These include application exit, minimization, full screen monitoring, lock, stop alert, and configuration menu for

camera configurations, global settings, scheduler settings and the user information of this application software.

Tips for these operations are provided

when you move the mouse cursor over each icon.

This area displays the status of each video channel. The information indicates the status of connection, recording,

selection, and alert-event trigger.

In this area, you can see the video of the selected channel in the display frame. The number of the display

frames in the video area depends on the layout chosen by the user. You can also use convenient controls to

alter the video display.

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.

Misc. Functions:

Channel area:

Video area:

Layout area:

Hard disk status:

Common control area:

DI/DO control:

Alert Message:

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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-3420 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-3420, 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-3420 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-3420 with an Internet Browser”

(page 30).

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.