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Chapter 4 System Configuration, Before You Begin
After the Viewer has launched... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Accessing the Configuration and Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
System Configuration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Configuration and Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
About the Configuration and Preferences screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Selecting a Configuration and Preferences window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Chapter 5 Register Storage Servers and Camera Servers
Camera Summary Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
About the Storage and Camera Server Summary Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Storage Server and Location / Zone options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Other functions in both sub-windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Locations and Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
About Locations and Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configure Camera Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Camera Summary - Add, Edit and Delete a Storage Server . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Camera Summary - Add, Edit or Delete a Location/Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Camera Summary - Find Camera Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Using the Add Camera Server Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
About the Add Camera Server Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Set up camera position and saved video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Add a Camera Server - Set connection details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Camera Summary - Edit Camera Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Edit and Remove Camera Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Camera Summary - Edit Camera Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Camera Summary - Remove Camera Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Camera Summary - When you have finished configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Chapter 6 Configuring Recording Schedules
Configure Normal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
About the Recording Schedules window - Normal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Create, Edit and Delete Recording Schedule Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Add/Edit Schedule Item dialog - Schedule field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Add/Edit Schedule Item dialog - Recording Settings field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Configure Motion and Sensor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Recording Schedule dialog - Motion and Sensor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Recording Schedule - Edit Motion Detection Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
About motion detection on different camera servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Recording Schedule - Edit Sensor Events Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Saving Normal Recording Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
When you have finished Normal Recording configuration... . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Configure Special Day Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
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