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Recording settings
You can record video onto your hard disk. The recording
schedule is configured in the Scheduler.
Hard disk status
In this area, you can get the hard disk status. This informs you
of the available disk space remaining.
P/T control
Controls used to pan and tilt the camera.
DI/DO control
Receive the digital input signal and send digital output signal.
Alert Message
Display the last alert messages.
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Logging In
You need to login to use the
IP surveillance
software system. There are two
privileges in the account-password system: the admin (administrator) and the
general user.
General users can only monitor the surveillance videos and change the layout
of the
Monitor
program, but they do not have the right to change any
configuration settings including recording schedules and local settings.
If you have administrator privileges, you have the right to do the following:
Run the configuration tool
Change the recording schedule
Change the local settings
Click
OK
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Configuring a DCS-5300W in IP surveillance
When you first login, you should configure the
DCS-5300W
from the
Camera
Configuration
screen found in the
Function menu
. Once you set up the
administrator privilege, you can access the
Camera Configuration
screen.
Home > Camera Configuration Screen
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Camera
Selections
A warning message
will appear to warn you that any recording that is occurring
will stop when you access
Camera Configuration.
Function
setting buttons
Local Settings
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Home > Camera Configuration Screen (continued)
In the
Local Settings
there are four main functions:
Insert –
To add cameras to the camera list, specify the IP address and port,
click the
Insert
button. The program will try to connect to the
DCS-5300W
. If
the connection succeeds, the admin password of the remote
DCS-5300W
camera is required. If you provide the correct password, the camera will be
inserted in the list.
Delete –
This will delete the selected camera from the camera list.
Password –
Changes the local “admin” password.
Stop –
Provides a way to stop the network connection if the connection freezes
for a long time.
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Motion Window and Alert Settings
Show Window Options –
If
Motion Detection
is enabled for the selected
DCS-5300W
camera, each motion window can be turned on in
Show Window
Options
. Once the motion window is turned on, it will be shown as a green
rectangle in monitoring screen. If you just want to see the motion window when
alerted, you can also turn on the alert window separately. The alert window will
be shown in red rectangle when an alert occurs.
Alert Settings –
Some special actions can be performed, such as generating
an alert sound or starting recording when motion is detected or a digital input is
triggered. The digital input can be high-triggered or low-triggered. It depends on
your setting. You can also specify the period to record after the alert-trigger.
Changing the Camera Order in the List
You can drag and drop the gray area (fixed area) of the camera list grid to
change the arrangement of cameras. This makes it easy to rearrange the cameras.
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Move the mouse to the
location you want and
release the
mouse button. Here video
1 will be moved to the
10th row.
Left-click in the
gray area.
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Saving the Changes
Once you click the
Save
button, the changes in the configuration will be saved
and will validate immediately.
Global Settings
Snapshot Directory
–
The directory for storing the snapshot data.
Recording Directory
–
The directory for storing the recorded video data.
Scheduler Directory
–
The directory for storing the schedules used for
recording.
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This area
indicates backup
status and last
backup time
Click on the
Global Settings
item from
the
Function Menu
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