Operating instructions

SD Advanced

Conguring the Unit

The unit can be congured either on the local monitor or over the network using a PC with Internet

Explorer or similar browser. Both have near identical menu interfaces.

Accessing the menus on a local monitor

The Conguration pages can be displayed on a local monitor.

When connected, press the MENU button on the IR Remote Control.

Note: If the IR Remote Control does not open the conguration menus, press the DVR button to

make sure it is in DVR mode, then press the MENU button again.

Accessing the menus on a PC web browser

Locating the Unit IP address

The IP address of the unit is required to access the webpages. It can be identied from the

conguration menu pages using the local monitor, press the MENU button on the IR Remote Control

and navigate to the System Settings->System menu to nd the DHCP assigned IP address.

Note: The unit can be installed in a DHCP network environment where an IP address, subnet

mask and default gateway will automatically be allocated from the network DHCP Server

(DHCP is enabled by default).

Note: If a DNS (Domain Name Server) address is not to be used, it is strongly advised that a xed

IP address be assigned (a DHCP assigned address can change without notication i.e.

following power failure).

A xed IP address can be assigned via the Network Settings->Network menu.

For information on locating the unit’s IP address via a PC and serial port connection, refer to

Appendix D.

Default DNS Address

It is recommended that a DNS (Domain Name Server) address be congured. Assigning a

recognisable name can help a remote user to locate the unit.

If no System name is allocated to the unit, the default DNS address will be:

machine serial number.yourdomain.com

• <machine serial number> is displayed in the System menu

page and also on the underside of

the unit.

• <yourdomain> is the name assigned to your

DNS network.

The default DNS address can be renamed via the Network Settings->Network menu. Following

renaming, the DNS address will be:

yourname.yourdomain.com

• ’ yourname‘ is the name assigned via the Network menu.

Note: To activate an assigned DNS address, it will be necessary to reboot the unit. The unit can

be rebooted via System Settings:Maintain-> Reset.

IMPORTANT: To set the time and date on the unit, navigate to System Settings->Time and Date.

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