Applications

Adding Cameras

To specify settings on camera connection, you first need to add the required devices, such as network cameras or network encoders (IP video servers), to the system. Devices have their own IP addresses and host names. The system identifies the devices based on their IP address or host name.

Memo :

●Even though each device is managed using a unique IP address or host name, in cases such as when multiple analog cameras are connected to a network encoder (IP video server), a multiple number of cameras may be connected to a single device and thus share the same IP address or host name. Although several cameras are connected to one device in this case, this unit manages the cameras on an individual basis.

●In addition to the network camera and network encoder (IP video server), you can also add a number of dedicated I/O (input/ output) devices to the system. You can configure and use the event settings for the I/O devices in the same way as cameras.

●When a device is added to the system, it is listed on the [Camera Recording Administator] screen. To add a new device, follow the procedure below. Firstly, configure the IP address and password of the device according to instructions in the camera manual.

●You cannot add a camera for which there is user access restriction. For details on access restrictions, refer to the camera’s “Instruction Manual”.

●If the camera is registered with the user access restriction set to ON, the camera is registered with access restriction and unable to display live images unless the settings are changed.

1 Select [Camera Record Setting] from the main menu

2 Click [Add Device...]

●The [Device Setup Wizard] screen appears.

3 Enter the IP address or DNS host name that can be identified by the system

●To enter the DNS host name, select the [Use DNS host name] check box and click [Next].

Note :

●The Ahttp port 80B followed by AFTP port 21B are used by default. To use a different port, click [Port Setup] and specify the required port numbers. You may need to specify a different port if the device is located behind a NAT router or firewall. In this case, configure the router or firewall so that it maps the ports and IP address used by the device.

4 If an administrator password is specified for the device, enter the password

●The password is usually set to [root] or [admin].

●Click [Next] without specifying [Autodetect Device].

5 Enter a unique name for the device that has been detected

●The device is listed in the [Device Manager].

6 Click [Finish]

●To view the list of cameras connected to the device, click the plus (+) sign to the left of the device name.

Memo :

●The camera names are set as [Camera1], [Camera2], [Camera3], [Camera4], …etc. by default. To change the name of a camera, select the device and click the camera name.

●The camera number increases in sequence as new cameras are added.

●Registration of the cameras can also be performed automatically. (A Page 113 [Auto Detect Settings])

Analog Cameras (VR-N900U)

In VR-N900U, analog input circuitry is considered a network encoder (IP video server), and the IP address is set to 192.168.201.12.

This is registered as A[N900](192.168.201.12)B on the Device Manager of the [Camera Record Setting] screen. Cameras connected to the [VIDEO IN1 to 4] input terminal at the rear correspond to Cameras 1 to 4 of AN900B. You can alter the default name AN900B using the [Edit Device...] button. However, the IP address A192.168.201.12B cannot be changed.

Memo :

●Audio signals that are input to [AUDIO IN 1/AUDIO IN 2] on the rear panel are allocated as [Audio1] and [Audio2] in [N900](192.168.201.12) on the [Device Manager].

Adding an Analog Camera (VR-N900U)

To add an analog camera manually when using VR-N900U, specify A192.168.201.12B as the IP address on the [Edit device settings] screen. As no password has been specified, leave the password entry field blank and continue to the next step.

Analog cameras are already added on VR-N900U by default.

[Device Setup Wizard] Screen

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