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The image from the DCS-5300 should be visible from the Home Page on your computer monitor.

Click on the

Connection Type

button to change settings related to the connection.

There are two buttons on the left side of the

Home

Page:

Connection Type

and

Configuration

.

There are two buttons on the left side of the

Home

Page:

Connection Type

and

Configuration

.

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Click the

Home

tab to return to the DCS-5300 Home Page.

The following options are available from

the Connections settings screen:

Home > Connections Screen

Option for users to disable or enable audio when viewing video.

The UDP Protocol should be chosen for most users. Generally the client computer

will automatically try these protocols in the following order, UDP -> TCP ->

HTTP.

After the client connects to the DCS-5300 successfully, the working protocol

will be displayed in “

Protocol Option

”. The chosen protocol will be recorded in

the user’s PC and used for the next connection. If the network environment is

changed or users want to let the web browser automatically detect the protocol,

select UDP manually and click

Save

to change the setting and return

Home

to

reconnect with the new setting.

Media Option:

P

rotocol Option:

Offers the highest image and video quality. However, packet losses will diminish image quality when bandwidth

becomes restricted.

Packet loss is less likely to occur compared to UDP when bandwidth is restricted.

If the network is protected by a firewall and it opens HTTP port (80) only, HTTP protocol must be selected. In this

mode, audio is disabled and only video can be viewed. TCP and UDP connections will not be available to remote

users if all four ports have not been forwarded (as shown on page 31). Only the HTTP port must be forwarded for

remote users to make an HTTP connection (video only).

UDP Protocol:

TCP Protocol:

HTTP Protocol:

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Click on the Configuration button on the Home Page:

There are 5 tabs across the top of the

Configuration

screen. From each tab,

different elements of the DCS-5300 can be configured. The

Advanced

tab is

the default screen in

Configuration

and

Network

is the default screen under

Advanced

.

Home > Configuration

Click

Configuration

Any changes made to these settings will require the system

to restart. Make sure every field is correct before clicking on

Apply

.

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Configuration > Advanced > Network

Once the DCS-5300 is configured, this box should be unchecked at all times. If the box has been checked and the

connection is lost, run

Installation Wizard to find the camera’s IP address.

Reset IP Address

at next boot:

Necessary for network identification.

Used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet. The default value is “255.255.255.0.”

The router used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet. Invalid router settings may cause the failure of

transmissions to a different subnet.

Primary domain name server that translates names to IP addresses.

Secondary domain name server to backup the primary one.

IP address:

Subnet mask:

Default router:

Primary DNS:

Secondary DNS:

General Settings

SMTP

The domain name or IP address of external mail server.

The user name used to log into your e-mail account (e.g. jdoe or [email protected] depending on your ISP).

The password used to log into your e-mail account. (The password will appear as dots instead of entered characters.)

The e-mail address of recipients for snapshots or a system log file. Multiple recipients must be separated by a semicolon “;”

SMTP (mail

server 1:

SMTP account

name 1:

SMTP password

1:

Recipient email

address 1:

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The domain name or IP address of a secondary mail server used only if the primary mail server is unreachable.

The user name for the second SMTP server.

The password used to log into the second e-mail account. (The password will appear as dots instead of entered

characters.)

The e-mail address of recipients for the secondary server.

The return e-mail address to use if the snapshot or system log e-mail fails to send. (This address should be within the

SMTP server’s domain for authentication purposes.)

SMTP (mail)

server 2:

SMTP account

name 2:

SMTP password

2:

Recipient email

address 2:

Return email

address:

FTP Settings

Can be other than default port 21. If you find that you want to change the port to a port number

other than 21, you will need to specify

the port when connecting to the FTP server. For example FTP://68.5.1.81:60 (if you are to use port 60 for your FTP server port).

The domain name or IP address of the external FTP server. The following user settings must be correctly configured for remote

access.

Granted user name on the external FTP server.

Granted password on the external FTP server.

Granted folder on the external FTP server. The string must conform to the external FTP server. Some FTP servers cannot accept

a preceding slash symbol before the path if there is no virtual path mapping. Refer to the instructions of the external FTP server for

details. The folder privilege must be open for upload.

Local FTP server

port:

1st FTP server:

1st FTP user

name:

1st FTP

password:

1st FTP remote

folder: