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Home Page Screen

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The image from the

DCS-6620G

should be visible from the Home page on your computer

monitor.

Click on the

Client Settings

button to change settings related to the connection.

There are two buttons on the

left side of the

Home

page:

Client Settings

and

Configuration

.

Click

Client Settings

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Home > Client Settings

Click the

Home

tab to return to the

DCS-6620G

Home page.

Protocol Options

The UDP Protocol should be chosen for most users.

Generally the client computer will automatically try

these protocols in the following order, UDP -> HTTP.

After the client connects to the

DCS-6620G

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.

UDP Protocol:

HTTP Protocol:

Media Options

Allows the User to determine whether to recieve

Video & Audio

,

Video Only

, or

Audio Only

.

The following options are available from the

Connections settings screen:

Offers the highest image and video quality.However, packet

losses will diminish image quality when bandwidth becomes

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. UDP connections will

not be available to remote users if all four ports have not been

forwarded (as shown on page 32). Only the HTTP port must be

forwarded for remote users to make an HTTP connection (video

only).

Streaming Options

Selecting

Streaming Video

will keep the video connection alive and enable you to see

streaming smooth video.

Selecting

Single JPEG

will allow you to see the video in JPEG format. This is done on the

client side, where JPEG images get periodically updated from the server according to the

“

Frame rate

” settings.

Talk Button Control Style

Allows the User to determine whether to “click once and talk” or “push to talk”.

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Home > Configuration

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-6620G

can be configured. The

Advanced

tab

is the default screen in

Configuration

and

Network

is the default screen under

Advanced

.

Click

Configuration

Any changes made to these settings

will require the system to restart . Make

sure every field is correct before clicking

on

Apply

.

Click

Network

Configuration > Advanced > Network

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Configuration > Advanced > Network

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Reset IP Address at next boot

Once the

DCS-6620G

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.

General Settings

HTTP Settings

Streaming Settings

Can be set to other than the default port

5002

to correspond

with the port opened by the firewall

Can be set to other than the default port

5003

to correspond

with the port opened by the firewall.

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.

Can be set to other than the default port 80. When the

administrator changes the HTTP port of the

DCS-6620G

(which

has an IP address of

192.168.0.120

) from 80 to 8080, users

must type

in the Web browser bar.

IP address:

Subnet mask:

Default router:

Primary DNS:

Secondary DNS:

HTTP Port:

UDP Video channel port:

UDP Audio channel port:

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WLAN Configuration Settings

(continued)

(Service Set Identifier) is a name that identifies your wireless

network. Access Points and wireless clients attempting to

connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)

must use the same SSID. The default setting is

default

.

Click on the pull-down menu; select from thefollowing options:

Infrastructure

– connecting the WLAN using an Access Point

such as the DWL-1000AP+.

(The

default

setting.)

Ad-Hoc

– wireless mode used when connecting directly to a

computer equipped with a wireless adapter in a peer-to-peer

environment (use this setting if you do not have an Access

Point).

The

default

wireless channel setting is channel 6. Select the

channel that is the same as the other wireless devices on your

network.

Select the transmission rate on the network. Auto is the

default

setting.

Select

Long

or

Short Preamble

. The Preamble defines the

length of the CRC block (Cyclic Redundancy Check is a

common technique for detecting data transmission errors) for

communication between the Access Point and the roaming

wireless Network adapters.

Long Preamble

is the

default

setting.

Note: High network traffic areas should use the shorter

preamble type

.

Choose one of the following modes:

None

– No encryption is selected.

WEP

– The user can select 64-bit or 128-bit encrytpion in HEX

or ASCII mode.

WPA-PSK

– Selecting this mode will require an input of the

preshared key between the camera and the wireless device it

is connected to.

Choose one of the following authorization modes:

Auto

– Will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of

the wireless client.

Shared Authentication

– Allows communication only with other

devices with identical WEP settings.

Open Authentication

– Communicates the key across the

network.

Select the key length of 64-bits (10 characters in HEX or 5 in

ASCII), 128-bits (26 characters in HEX or 13 in ASCII).

Select either HEX or ASCII.

SSID:

Wireless mode:

Channel:

TX rate:

Preamble:

Security:

Auth Mode:

Key length:

Key format:

Configuration > Advanced > Network

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