Applications

Auto Detect Setting

You can assign an IP address to each camera and configure various settings concerning auto detect settings.

[Auto Detect Setting] window

●IP LeaseUse this function to assign IP addresses to each network camera.

CAUTION

•In order to allocate the IP address of the network camera with the IP lease function, it is necessary to enable the DHCP of the network camera. To enable the DHCP of the network camera, refer to the instruction manual of the network camera.

1 Select [Auto Detect Setting] from the Main Menu.The [Auto Detect Setting] window appears.2 Select [Enable] for [IP Lease].

In an environment using multiple VR-N900U video recorders, enable [IP Lease] only for one recorder. Select [Disable] if a DHCP server is operating on the same network. When more than 2 devices are enabled to the [IP lease function] simultaneously, the cameras may malfunction or the IP address may change to a static IP address.

3 Make the required entries in the IP Lease parameter fields.[Start Address]Specify the first of the IP addresses to be assigned to the cameras.[Unit]

Select the number of IP addresses to be assigned to the cameras. The selected number of IP addresses will be assigned starting from the first IP address.

[Subnet Mask]Specify the subnet mask for the camera(s).
[Gateway]Specify the gateway for the camera(s).[DNS Server]Specify the DNS server address for the camera(s).[Domain Name]Specify the domain name for the camera(s).[Lease Time Limit]

Specify the validity period of the IP address assigned to the camera(s). If [Yes] is selected, you can set the lease time on an hourly basis.

[Client]

You can select whether to apply restrictions when assigning the IP address. If [Only Camera] is selected, an IP address will be assigned only to the camera. If [Any Client] is selected, the IP address will be assigned to all the cameras.

[Reserve MAC Settings]

Use [Reserve MAC Address] when you want to specify an IP address for the cameras. An IP address is always mapped to a MAC address. Enter a value in the MAC and IP fields and click [Add] to set the addresses. Selecting a displayed MAC and IP address and clicking [Del] will delete this setting.

4 Click the [OK] button.This closes the setup window and starts the assignment of IP addresses.Select [Disable] in step 2 to stop IP address assignment.●Using the Auto Detect functionAutomatically detects the corresponding network camera.

For details on the auto detect setting, refer to [Automatically Registering the Cameras] in the startup guide.

•When multicast packets are not set to pass through the network equipment(s) such as a switching HUB, the Auto Detect of the camera, etc. may not operate properly.

•The [IP Information] list shows the automatically detected camera IP address, MAC address, number of video channels, maker name and model name. Click [Auto Detect] to start auto detect and display the result. The camera at the top of the list has priority. Click [Up] and [Down] to change the order of priority. Deselect any camera you are not going to use. [Analog-Input] is the built-in analog input for the VR-N900U whose channels

have priority.

Click the [OK] button to open the [Camera Record Setting] window. Clicking [Close] automatically creates a Default View. To save this view, change its name.

Note

•The Default View created by the Auto Detect Setting may change camera placement in the view. To maintain a specific placement, assign a name to the view and save it.

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