DSAdmin
This section describes DSAdmin, the application that configures Digital Sentry software and the DS hardware. The following topics are discussed in this section:
•Overview of DSAdmin and its directory tree
•Adding and configuring servers, VAUs, and cameras
•User administration
•Creating camera groups and zones
•Enabling
DSADMIN OVERVIEW
DSAdmin is the administration program that configures DS NVR or DS NVs for daily use. DSAdmin is used to select DS servers, VAUs, and cameras, along with recording frame rates, video settings, motion masks, and recording schedules. DSAdmin also allows you to set up zones, serial input devices, and other important elements of the DS system.
To run the DSAdmin program, select it from the Start menu and enter your logon information. When DSAdmin first runs, the name of the client computer appears in the gray title bar and the Folder Items area. The Server List field contains a path to a local .INI file containing a list of servers to which it can be connected by the client.
NOTE: If the logon information entered during DSAdmin startup does not match the logon information for the available systems, you are also asked to enter logon information for those systems.
DSADMIN DIRECTORY TREE
A DS system is a collection of servers, VAUs, and cameras, which the DSAdmin program organizes into a directory tree. This tree illustrates the relationship between all the DS parts and allows you to add, subtract, or modify any of them.
Refer to the sample tree in Figure 1. At the top of the tree is a directory named after the client system (in this case, DSCOMBO). Under DSCOMBO is the Available Systems directory, which contains a list of all available servers to which the client can connect. In Figure 4, the available system is DSCLIENT.
Under each server are several directories containing all of the cameras, VAUs, zones, and other hardware and configurations that are available through the selected server.
Figure 1. DSAdmin Directory Tree
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