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Manually Adding a Video Camera
Follow the instructions below to add your video camera, set a retention policy for your saved recordings,
and schedule your video surveillance recordings.
1. On the Video Surveillance page, click Add Video Camera.
2. In the Video Camera Information section, enter the following about your video camera:
If your video camera is automatically discovered, information like Name and Manufacturer are
already filled in for that video camera. These settings can be modified. If you modify these
settings, you must make the same changes to the associated settings on your camera's
configuration page.
● Name
● Camera Login Password
● IP Address
● HTTP Port: A camera that is automatically discovered will periodically receive configuration
values, including the HTTP port number, from the actual camera. If you change the HTTP port
number on a camera's configuration page, but do not change it on the Video Surveillance page,
that camera will be offline on the Video Surveillance page until the camera receives the
updated value. If you manually add a camera and change its HTTP port number on the
camera's configuration page, the camera displays as offline on the Video Surveillance page.
Delete the camera and add it again, using the updated HTTP port value.
● RTSP Port
3. Select a Destination Folder for the video camera recordings.
Recorded video files are saved to this folder, and the ix2 automatically organizes your saved
video recordings into folders by video camera name. Within each video camera folder are sub-
folders that organize the recordings by date. For example, if you set the destination Share to
Media/Videos and the name of your camera is HomeDoor, a recording made on July 17, 2012, can
be found at Media/Videos/HomeDoor/20120717.
4. Click Camera Configuration to link your video camera's software.
If you want to change the camera resolution and frame rate, you must change them on your
camera's configuration page.
5. Click Apply to save your changes. Click Cancel to discard your unchanged settings.
The video camera displays in the table. For additional setup, refer to the sections on Retention Policy and
Scheduling.
Managing Video Cameras
You can set a retention policy on your recordings and also schedule when to record.
Setting a Retention Policy
Setting the retention policy determines how much recorded video you keep on your ix2 Network Storage.
Retention is set one of two ways:
● Maximum days to save recordings
● Maximum space for recordings
Media Management
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