Pelco C624M-C (5/06) manual Changing Client Emergency Agent Properties

CHANGING CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENT PROPERTIES

To change an existing client’s information in the emergency notification list:

1.On the DX8000 toolbar, click . The Setup dialog box opens to the Camera page.

2.Click . The Notification page is displayed.

3.Do the following:

a.In the Emergency Agent Setup section, select a client from the list.

b.Click Edit. The Agent Setup dialog box opens.

c.Enter a new name for the client. (Client names can be up to 63 characters long and can include spaces, but not special characters.)

d.Enter a new IP address for the client.

e.If necessary, enter a port number in the Agent Port text box. (The default port number is 9004.)

Unless there is a conflict on your network, you should not change the Emergency Agent port number from its default of 9004. Make sure any changes to port numbers are made consistently across all DX8000 servers and clients on a network. Client and server ports must be identical.

4.Click OK.

5.Click the Apply button at the bottom of the screen.

DELETING CLIENTS FROM THE NOTIFICATION LIST

To delete a client from the emergency notification list:

1.On the DX8000 toolbar, click . The Setup dialog box opens to the Camera page.

2.Click . The Notification page is displayed.

3.Do the following:

a.In the Emergency Agent Setup section, select a client from the list.

b.Click Delete. The selected client is deleted.

4.Click Apply.

LINKING CAMERAS TO CLIENT EMERGENCY AGENTS

After clients have been added, cameras must be configured to notify individual clients of an event. A single camera can be linked to one or more client emergency agents.

Up to 32 IP addresses can be assigned to each camera. The DX8000 can transmit images up to 10 IP addresses simultaneously. To link a camera to one or more clients:

1.On the DX8000 toolbar, click . The Setup dialog box opens to the Camera page.

2.Click . The Notification page is displayed.

3.In the Camera Setup section, click a camera button (Camera 1 to Camera 16). The Emergency Agent Selection dialog box opens.

4.Click the check box to select the name of the client site you want to notify when a motion, alarm, or video loss event is detected by this camera.

5.Repeat steps 1 and 2 for up to sixteen cameras on the current site.

6.Click the Apply button at the bottom of the screen.

7.Configure the server event transmission time. For information on setting the duration and transmission interval, refer to Setting Server Event Transmission Time on page 200.

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