Sending Images to FTP Server

— FTP client setting Page

When you click FTP client on the Administrator menu, the FTP client setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for capturing and sending still images to an FTP server. You can capture a still image at the moment when a trigger occurs by an external sensor input, the built-in activity detection function or a manual trigger button, or capture sequenced still images before and after the trigger. The captured still image(s) is sent to the FTP server (FTP client function). You can also send still images periodically.

Activating/Deactivating the FTP Client Function

— FTP client usage setting Page

To activate the FTP client function, select Use FTP client function and click OK. The FTP client setting page appears.

When you do not use the FTP client function, select Do not use FTP client function and click OK.

Note

The frame rate and operability on the main viewer page may decrease while a file is being transmitted by the FTP client function.

Setting the FTP Client Function

— FTP client setting Page

FTP server name

Type the FTP server name to upload still images up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the FTP server.

User name

Type the user name for the FTP server.

Password

Type the password for the FTP server.

Re-type password

To confirm the password, type the same characters as you typed in the Password box.

Remote path

Type the path to the destination up to 64 characters.

Image file name

Type the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. You can use up to 6 alphanumeric, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.

Suffix

Select the suffix to add to the file name.

None: No suffix is added. The basic file name is assigned to the image to be sent to the FTP server.

Date/Time: The date/time suffix is added to the file name.

The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits), second (2 digits) and consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit number is added to the file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000000 and 4294967295 is added to the basic file name.

Tip

When the Mode menu is set to Alarm, the type of alarm and the capture timing to the alarm are added to the suffix.

Type of alarm: S1 (Sensor), AD (Activity Detection)

Capture timing: PR (Pre-alarm), JT (Just alarm), PT (Post-alarm)

Sequence No. clear

Click Apply to reset the Sequence number suffix to 0.

Administrating the Camera

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