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Using the Configuration Menu
After you have downloaded the new firmware, click
Browse
to
locate the firmware update on your hard drive. Click
Apply
to
complete the firmware upgrade.
Firmware
Tools > Firmware
You can upgrade the firmware by using this tool. First, check the D-Link support site
to use is saved on the local hard drive of your computer. Click on
Browse
to search
the local hard drive for the firmware that you downloaded from the D-Link Website to
be used for the update. Upgrading the firmware will not change any of your system
settings but it is recommended that you save your system settings before doing a
firmware upgrade.
Browse:
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Using the Configuration Menu
Schedule:
Recording
Tools > Recording
Upload Image to
Network Share
Folder:
Login Method:
User Name:
Password:
Path:
Always:
Smart Recording:
Clicking on the box will enable uploading of images to your
network storage device.
Select either Anonymous or Account. By selecting Anonymous,
no user name or password is required. If you select Account
from the drop down menu, you will need to know the Username
and Password to access the shared folder.
Enter the user name required to access the storage device.
Enter the password required to access the storage device.
Enter the path that points to the shared folder i.e. \\DNS-G121\
share.
Select to record all the time.
Select to record according to a schedule.
Allows you to only save files in which movement is detected.
After the set
Save Time
, only one frame will be recorded
when no movement is detected. Click
Skip Empty File
if you
do not want to save the single frame files when no motion is
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Using the Configuration Menu
Trigger
Tools > Trigger
SMTP Login Name:
SMTP Password:
SMTP (Mail)
Server:
Return E-mail
address:
Recipient E-mail
address:
SMTP Port:
The user name used to log into your e-mail account (e.g. jdoe
The password used to log into your e-mail account. (The
password will appear as dots instead of entered characters.)
The domain name or IP address of external mail 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.)
The e-mail address of recipients for snapshots or a system
log file.
This is the port number for your SMTP server, the default is 25.
If you use ports other than 25 you can change it here.
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Using the Configuration Menu
Click on the
Motion
button to enable motion detection.
Sets the measurable difference between two sequential images
that would indicate motion.
Sets the amount of motion in the window being monitored that
is required to initiate a motion detected alert. If this is set to
100%, motion is detected within the whole window to trigger
a snapshot. Note: Setting a higher sensitivity and a lower
percentage makes any motion more easily detected.
Click to open the corresponding motion window. To assign a
name to the window, enter the desired name in the entry field
next to the zone button.
Motion Detection
Tools > Motion Detection
Sensitivity:
Percentage:
Zone 1-3:
Motion Detection
Skip Time:
Increasing the time set here will avoid false alarms. This option
allows you to set the amount of time between motion detection
events before the next recording will start.
Motion:
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Using the Configuration Menu
Port
Tools > Port
Saves the related settings of that window.
Click to open the Motion Screen Display. The MSD window
allows you to monitor the amount of motion detected in each
motion window. The graphic bars will increase or decrease
depending on the image variation. A blue bar means the image
variation is under the monitoring level, and no motion detection
alert is triggered. A red bar means the image variation is over
the monitoring level and a motion detected alert is triggered.
Web Port:
Open MSD:
Save:
This is the port that allows the user to connect to the camera’s
user interface. By default the port is set to 80. You may change
the port number if using multiple cameras.
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