Welcome to WiLife User Guide
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User Guide Chapters
We designed this manual to be the ultimate resource for learning, understanding, and using the multi-faceted
features within the Command Center application to meet your personal or small business expectations.
The content of the User Guide is laid out into five chapters, the first of which you have nearly completed. Here
is a brief description of the remaining chapters:
Chapters Descriptions
Gett ing Sta rted This cha pte r pr ovi des com pre hens ive ins tal lati on ins truc tio ns f or the Com man d
Cent er s oft ware an d th e W iLi fe C ame ras.
Usin g th e
Comma nd
Cent er
Appl icat ion
Comp lete de scri pti on o f t he grea t f eatu res beh ind the Li ve and Pla ybac k m ode
scre ens. A ddit ion ally , t his cha pte r in clu des “how to ” ins tru ctio ns to a ssi st you
in l earn ing the sy stem mo re easi ly.
WiLi fe P lat inum This ch apt er i ntr oduc es you to all of the pla tin um f eat ures th at expa nd your
alrea dy pow erfu l s yste m w ith inn ova tive PC and On lin e fe atu res. Pl atin um give s
you more co ntro l a nd f lex ibi lity to pro tec t yo ur prop ert y, fami ly, and em ploy ees ,
prov idin g y ou t he ulti mat e i n vi deo sec uri ty. Av aila ble fea tur es incl ude :
Digital Pan-Tilt-Zoom
Scheduled Alerts
No-Motion Detected Alerts
Desktop Notifications
Online Search & Playback
Online Connection Monitoring
Online Video Sharing
Password System Lock
This cha pte r in tro duce s y ou to t he Setu p a nd i ts comp reh ens ive set of
conf igur ati on o pti ons. He re you wil l le arn how to set up:
Sett ing
Appl icat ion
Opti ons
cameras
motion detection
video capture
alerts
remote viewing
and other options
Sche duli ng
Aler ts &
Reco rdin g
Even ts
This cha pte r de scr ibes th e s cree ns and opt ions th at h elp yo u cr eat e va rio us
aler ts a nd reco rdi ng e ven ts – no mot ion ale rts, al ert s fo r s peci fic tim es,
camer as, or dat es; and co ntin uou s r ecor din g or no -re cord ing eve nts .
Usin g On lin e
View ing
Lear n ho w t o co nfi gure an d u se y our WiL ife Onl ine Acc oun t.
Trou bles hoo ting We d o no t e xpec t y ou w ill ha ve a ny trou ble . Ho wev er, if you do hav e a pro blem ,
you c an fin d ma ny usef ul solu tio ns in t his cha pte r.
Conf igur ing You r
Fire wall
Most PC fir ewal ls auto mat ica lly pro mpt you to all ow Comm and Cen ter to acc ess
the n etw ork . Ne ver thel ess , i f yo u f ind any pro ble ms t his ch apte r w alks yo u
thor ough bo th a uto mati c a nd m anu al conf igu rat ion opt ions .
Appen dic es Fina lly, we inc lud e a few ap pend ix chap ter s th at cov er o ther to pic s li ke: Sys tem
Spec ific ati ons; So ftwa re Lic ense an d Ha rdw are War rant y; and Saf ety and
Regu lato ry
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The Help System allows you to view topics by clicking through a table of contents, by searching for them using
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