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User Manual of Digital Video Recorder
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network, NTP software can be used to establish a NTP server used for time synchronization.
9.2.4 Configuring FTP Server Settings
FTP configuration is supported by DVR series only.
Purpose:
The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) can be configured on your device to realize dual-directional transmission of
control files over Internet. And the captured pictures of device can be uploaded to FTP server as well.
Steps:
1. Enter the Network Settings interface.
Menu > Configuration > Network
2. Select the FTP tab to enter the FTP Settings interface.
Figure 9. 19 FTP Settings Interface
3. Select a FTP server. Preferred FTP Server and Alternate FTP Server are selectable.
4. Check checkbox to enable the FTP server.
When both two FTP servers are enabled and configured properly, once the preferred FTP server fails, the
alternate FTP server will be used until the preferred FTP server resumes work.
5. Configure the FTP settings for preferred and alternate FTP server, including FTP protocol, server address,
port, user name, password and the directory.
Figure 9. 20 Configure FTP Settings
FTP Protocol: Select the protocol for the FTP server. FTP and SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) are
available. For SFTP, the remote FTP server should support the SFTP protocol. It is a more secure way for
file transmission by adopting the secure encryption method. However, due to the secure encryption
method, the speed of the file transmission with SFTP protocol is much lower than that with FTP protocol.