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CAMERA SETUP
Depending on your system’s current configuration, up to 32 video cameras can be connected to a single DX8100. The following section illustrates
basic camera configuration. You must be logged in as an Administrator or Power User to configure cameras.
This section describes how to setup the camera and includes the following topics:
•Basic Camera Setup
•Motion Detection Setup
•Audio Setup
•Applying Settings to all Cameras
BASIC CAMERA SETUP
To set up camera picture and PTZ options:
1. Do one of the following:
• On the DX8100 toolbar, click . The Setup dialog opens to the Camera page.
• If the Setup dialog box is already open, click . The Camera page is displayed.
2. In the Camera Properties section, do the following:
a. Select a camera from the drop-down box. (You can also select a camera from the Site tree by clicking on it.)
b. Select the Disable check box if you want to disable the camera.
c. Enter an optional new name for the camera. Camera names can be up to 32 characters long and can include spaces and special
characters.
d. Set camera security level. The default security levels are as follows:
•None: The camera can be viewed by all users.
•Low: The camera can be viewed by all users except the Guest account.
•Medium: The camera can be viewed by users with Standard User access and higher.
•High: The camera can be viewed by users with Power User access and higher.
e. In the Protocol drop-down box, select the appropriate PTZ protocol for the camera, or select No PTZ if the selected camera does not
support PTZ functions. Some of the supported protocol options are as follows:
• NO PTZ: Disables all PTZ functions for the current camera
• PELCO-C: Coaxitron
• PELCO-D: Pelco engineered
• PELCO-P: Pelco engineered
•SAMSUNG
™ (V2.0)
• PANASONIC®
•KALATEL
™
• Honeywell™ (HSD251)
•American Dynamics
™
• Philips® (TC8560, TC700 Series)
•LG
® (v1.0)
You must configure one of the RS-422/RS-485 PTZ ports for Spectra for Coaxitron to function. For more information, refer to the
DX8100 server Operations and Programming manual.
f. Do the following:
(1) In the PTZ Locking Auto-timeout drop-down box, select an appropriate timeout value. Timeout values can be set between five
and 60 seconds. The default value is 10 seconds.
Because the DX8100 Series DVR is designed to operate in a networked environment, it is possible that multiple users may
attempt to simultaneously control the PTZ features of a single camera. To minimize potential conflicts, only one user at a time is
allowed to control the PTZ features of a camera. PTZ control is made available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a user