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Administrators can combine options on the application page to perform many useful security applications. To upload

the snapshots, users can choose either email or FTP according to the user’s needs. Both e-mail and FTP use the

network settings on the network page. This section describes how to enable motion detecting and record snapshots

to an FTP server.

Administrators can utilize the built-in motion detection to monitor any abnormal movement and then record the snapshots

to an FTP server.

Record Snapshots to your FTP server with Motion Detection

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In this window, follow the steps below to ensure that motion detection is correctly enabled:

1 Check “Enable motion detection.”

2 Click on “New” to have a new window to

monitor video.

3 Enter in a window name.

4 Tune the “Sensitivity” and “Percentage”

according to the local environment.

Combined higher sensitivity with lower

percentage gives you high sensitivity for the

motion detection.

5 Click on save to enable the activity

Next, click the Mail & FTP button under the Advanced tab to set the FTP server settings for the DCS-5220.

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The Default port is 21. To connect to an

FTP server, it is recommended that you

do not change the port number unless

your camera is behind a router. If your

camera is behind a router, you can assign

any port number to this field, but you must

enable port forwarding on the router.

Please refer to your router manual for

more information on port forwarding.

If you are going to upload snapshots

to an FTP server, you will need to fill in

the Domain name or IP address of your

internal/external FTP server such as

dlink.com or 192.168.0.123. (The server

name and IP address will vary

depending

on the user.) The following user settings

must be correctly configured for remote

access.

Specify the user name to access the

external FTP server (ex. John Smith).

Specify the password to access the

external FTP server (ex. 12345).

Specify the destination folder in the

external FTP server (ex. snapshot).

In this window, enter the settings for the FTP server you wish to upload the image to. Optionally, you can enter settings

for a secondary backup FTP server.

Local FTP server port:

1st FTP server:

1st FTP user name:

1st FTP password:

1st FTP remote folder:

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Specify the Domain name or IP address of your second external FTP server. This field is optional if

you have already filled in the information for the first FTP server.

Specify the user name to access your backup FTP server.

Specify the user password to your backup FTP server.

Specify the destination folder on your external backup FTP server.

2nd FTP server:

2nd FTP user name:

2nd FTP password:

2nd FTP remote folder:

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For detailed information about each setting, please refer to

Configuration > Advanced > Mail & FTP

in the section

titled “Using the DCS-5220 With an Internet Browser” (page

29). Click the apply button when finished.

Click the Applications button under the Tools tab and select

snapshot to set the application settings for the DCS-5220.

In this window, follow the steps below to set the application

settings for snapshots to be recorded to an FTP site:

1 Check the

Enable snapshot

box.

2 Select

Weekly schedule

and setup

Time

.

3 Select

Motion Detection

and check the motion

window name (in this case: Moto).

4

Set the delay to “take snapshots after event” to capture

the direction of the moving object.

5. Click

Send snapshots by FTP

and check “FTP put

snapshots with date and time suffix”.

6. Click the “Apply” button to save the settings.

Click the apply button when finished. You are now able to record snapshots to your FTP server when motion detection

is triggered.