Q-See H264 Definitions and descriptions of network configuration, Parameter Definition, Email Tab

Definitions and descriptions of network configuration:

Parameter	Definition
HTTP Port	The network port number for accessing the DVR from a remote location.
	The default port is 80
Server Port	The port number for data. The default port is 6036
Static IP
IP Address	The IP address of the DVR on your network
Subnet Mask	The server’s subnet mask
Gateway	The gateway of the router
DNS Server	The address of the Domain Name System (DNS) server
PPPoE
User Name	User name of the broadband account
Password	Password for broadband account

Substream Tab

The substream is the data that is sent to remote monitoring devices. Due to bandwidth concerns, these data streams are generally smaller than those sent directly to the DVR itself. These streams run in parallel with the main stream sent to the hard drive and they do not affect each other.

Substream settings are configured in the same manner as that used for the primary stream settings in the Record Bitrate tab in Section 4.3 Certain settings will be grayed out and cannot be changed due to throughput concerns. The definitions are repeated for your convenience:

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Parameter	Options	What it Means
Resolution	D1, CIF	D1 = Full TV resolution, CIF = 1/2 D1. D1 takes more
		room on the hard drive than CIF
FPS	1-30	Frames per second. More frames makes for smoother
		video but takes up more room on the hard drive.
Encode	VBR, CBR	Variable Bit Rate versus Constant Bit Rate. VBR provides
		better image quality for video with motion in it, but at the
		expense of a larger file size.
	Lowest	Only available when VBR is selected. The higher the
Quality		quality, the more drive space required. CBR’s default
	– Highest
		setting is for higher quality.
Max Bitrate	256-2084kbps	This sets the maximum bitrate that each camera will
		record at with VBR encoding selected.

Email Tab

This tab allows you to set how your DVR will send out e-mail alerts. You will be able to send e-mail alerts to three addresses.

NOTE! Depending upon your settings, the system can generate a lot of e-mail

alerts. For that reason, we recommend setting up a dedicated e-mail address specifically for the system to send alert notices. If you do not have your own e-mail system (such as a corporate mail server) you should consider using a free e-mail provider. However, because many free e-mail services allow only a limited amount of e-mail traffic we specifically recommend using Google’s

Gmail service with its higher limit. Similarly, you will want the alert e-mails to go to a different account than the one sending them. This will ease your management of these alerts and help keep your mail account from overflowing.

If you do not have your own e-mail system, please set up a free account which the DVR can use to send out alerts before proceeding.

For the example below, we will use Gmail. The settings can be found under Options when logged into your Gmail account.

Clicking on any of the fields will bring up the virtual keyboard allowing you to enter the data. The virtual keyboard is capable of handling upper and lower case letters as well as numbers and symbols. Click the ENTER button to enter your input or ESC to exit the field without applying any changes.

SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 465 (standard port for Gmail - others
may vary)
SSL Check: You will need to select this for
Gmail. Other ISPs may vary.
Send Address: Enter your new address. This
will appear on alert e-mails sent from
the DVR
Password: Enter the password you created
for this account. Remember, it will be
case-sensitive.
Receive Addresses: You may set up to three
e-mail addresses to receive alerts. It	PICTURE 4-25
is strongly advised that you do not
use the same address that the DVR is
using to send alerts.
Advanced

Attaching Image Amount: The alert e-mails can include up to three images

Snap Time Interval: The interval of the images can range from every second to every five seconds.

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