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Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

Administration Windows

Maintenance Window

The Maintenance window provides options for resetting or restarting the IP camera, saving configuration information from the IP camera, and uploading the configuration information to the IP camera.

Saving and uploading configuration is useful for these activities:

•Configuring multiple IP cameras—If your network includes several IP cameras that should have similar configurations, you can configure one IP camera, save that configuration, and upload it to other IP cameras. Then, instead of manually configuring all options on each IP camera, you manually configure only the options that are unique, such as the IP address, if not obtained from DHCP.

•Backing up configuration—If you save the configuration from the IP camera, you can upload it to the IP camera to restore the configuration if it is lost, or if you can upload it to a replacement IP camera, if needed.

To display the Maintenance window, access the configuration windows as described in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera” section on page 2-4, click Administration, then click Maintenance.

Table 3-6describes the options in the Maintenance window.

Table 3-6 Maintenance Window Options

Option	Description
Restore Factory	Click the Restore button to restore all IP camera settings to their factory
Defaults	default values.
	To confirm the restore procedure, click OK in the confirmation pop-up
	window. Otherwise, click Cancel.
	This action has the same effect as pressing and holding the Reset button on
	the IP camera for at least 10 seconds. After you perform this procedure,
	follow the steps in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera”
	section on page 2-4.
Restart	Click the Restart button to reboot the software on IP camera.
	To confirm the restart procedure, click OK in the confirmation pop-up
	window. Otherwise, click Cancel.
	This action has the same effect as pressing and immediately releasing the
	Reset button on the IP camera, or powering the IP camera down and then
	powering it up.
Configuration	Click the Save button to save the current IP camera configuration
	information to a binary file.
	When you click this button, the File Download window appears. Use this
	window to save the configuration file. This file must include the
	extension .cfg.
	You can then load this configuration information to any IP camera in the
	network. This feature is useful for creating a backup of this configuration
	and for configuring other IP cameras based on this configuration.

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