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Chapter Four Auxiliary Utilities

In addition to LiveClient and Playback, the NVR system comes with a variety of auxiliary utilities including:

 

Utility

Description

 

Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard has been described in Chapter One

 

 

 

 

Service

Services enables you to restart or stop the embedded NVR server (VAST

 

 

server).

 

 

 

 

Import/ Export

The Import/ Export utility helps preserve current system configuration or reload

 

 

a previously-saved configuration.

 

 

 

 

Installation

The IW2 utility offers a glimpse of VIVOTEK cameras and the access to them

 

Wizard 2

in a local area network.

 

 

 

 

Shepherd

You can use shepherd to quickly duplicate individual camera configuration

 

 

(system, video streams, network, security, etc.) to multiple cameras. Please

 

 

refer to page xxx for more about this utility.

 

 

 

 

Upgrade

The Upgrade provides access to NVR system updates.

 

 

 

 

File Manager

The File Manager helps locate particular system or video data when the need

 

 

arises, say, for retrieving forensic evidences.

 

 

 

 

Keyboard

If a keyboard is not available, use this virtual keyboard for entering data.

 

 

 

Below are the functions available through the menu bar:

Menu

Description

Disk Status

Disk Status provides a glimpse of Logical Volumes, Physical disk statuses, HDD status

 

reported through S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology), and

 

a test tool to check the integrity of individual disk drives.

Network Status

Displays the network statuses of the NVR's two GbE Ethernet ports, including network

 

type, IP address, subnet, and gateway information.

System Status

Reports system overall working status.

 

 

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