User manual

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Configure Your Recorder
1. Right-click the Live screen and click Menu.
2. Click Network.
3. Click Web Port.
4. Verify that the port designated on your recorder is the same as the
port you have chosen on your router. The default port is 80.
5. To change the web port, click Num and use the on-screen
keyboard or a USB keyboard to type your desired port number.
This must be the same as the port configured on your router for
remote access to function.
6. Click OK.
7. Right-click to return to the Main menu.
8. Right-click again to return to the Live screen.
Establishing a Connection with a
Remote Workstation
You can connect to your HDIP recorder on your own local network
(LAN), or from a remote location over the Internet. As a rule of thumb, if
you are connecting to a recorder within your building, you must use the
local IP address of the recorder, found on the recorder under LAN
setup. If you are connecting to your recorder from another building, you
will connect over the Internet using the public IP address or DDNS
address.
To connect from a remote location, you must use your DDNS address
or the public IP address of your recorder. To find the public IP address,
you can use a website such as ipchicken.com or whatsmyip.org from
a computer on the same local area network as your recorder.
Connecting to the Recorder on a Local
Area Network
1. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer.
2. Type the local IP address of your recorder into the Address bar.
3. If you are using the Web Viewer for the first time, you will be asked
to accept the installation of ActiveX. Click Yes.
Note When launching the Web Viewer for the first time, you may be
asked to install the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.
This is necessary for the remote connection to work. Click OK
to accept the application.
4. Type the User ID and Password of an authorized user for your
recorder.
5. Click Connect to display your cameras.