User`s manual

Fig. 9b: Accessing the DVR with a web browser (video can be enlarged).
Step 3: Setup remote surveillance for the DVR
3a. Switching to a static IP
When we are talking about a “remote location”, what we are saying is somewhere outside of your local network.
For example, you have setup a video surveillance system at home and now you want to monitor what the
security camera(s) are capturing on a different network from work. This of course is possible; however, you do
need to have broadband connections at both locations.
To begin the setup, I strongly recommend that you now switch from DHCP to STATIC IP address on your security
DVR. This is not necessary, but it does help make things more organized. To switch to static IP, you do so by one
of two ways, 1) Configure by using the Video Server E software 2) Configure through the DVR’s OSD. I would
recommend that you use method 1, since it is much simpler; instead of small buttons on the DVR, you have a
keyboard to input all the information. Here is how to do it with this method:
Login to your DVR using Video Server E (as described in the previous section). Once you have login, click on the
“system config” button, the icon looks like a pencil on a stick-it note . A window should now pop up,
which looks like this (Fig. 10):