user manual

Table of Contents
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Many Connections to a Unit........................................................................................................................................
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To Specify Dial-up and Network Connections ................................................................................................. 43
RAS Server .................................................................................................................................................................. 44
Planning to Connect to One Unit at a Time...................................................................................................... 44
To Set a Connection to a RAS.......................................................................................................................... 45
Using a RAS Server before Connecting to a Unit ............................................................................................ 47
Connections: Report and Customization.................................................................................................................... 48
The Automatic Naming of Connections ...........................................................................................................48
Changing the Automatic Suffix in a Connection's Name ................................................................................. 48
Firewall: Technical Note .............................................................................................................................................. 49
Cascading Alarm Stations........................................................................................................................................... 49
To Sequence a Site’s Alarm Stations ............................................................................................................... 50
Quickly Assigning a Site to Many Alarm Stations ............................................................................................ 50
Setting a Site to Not Report Alarms to a Specific Station ................................................................................50
Customizing a Dial-Up Connection to an Alarm Station............................................................................................. 51
To Customize the Dial-up Connection to an Alarm Station .............................................................................52
To Cancel the Customization of a Telephone Number.................................................................................... 52
Unit Configuration: Basics...................................................................... 53
Maintenance Session .................................................................................................................................................. 53
To Start a Maintenance Session....................................................................................................................... 54
Support for Older Models of Units.................................................................................................................... 54
Making a Site Operational........................................................................................................................................... 55
Unit’s Time Zone and Clock........................................................................................................................................ 56
To Indicate the Time Zone of a Multi-Media Unit ............................................................................................. 57
Conflicting Time Zones..................................................................................................................................... 57
SNTP: Setting the Clock Automatically.......................................................................................................................58
System Clock: Manual Setting .................................................................................................................................... 59
Adjusting the Clock on a PC Running Rapid Eye Software............................................................................. 59
Using a PC’s Clock to Set a Unit’s Clock Manually ......................................................................................... 59
Adjusting the Time on an Operational Unit ...................................................................................................... 60
Correcting the Clock......................................................................................................................................... 60
Securing a Site.................................................................................................................................................. 61
Rebooting a Unit ............................................................................................................................................... 61
Maintenance Reference .............................................................................................................................................. 62
Ending Maintenance ......................................................................................................................................... 62
Using Apply....................................................................................................................................................... 62
Maintenance Topics.......................................................................................................................................... 62
Maintenance Tasks ........................................................................................................................................... 63
Feedback Box Reference .................................................................................................................................64
Video Feed Setup..................................................................................... 65
Cameras ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Renaming a Camera......................................................................................................................................... 65
Adjusting a Video Feed..................................................................................................................................... 66
To Re-enable One Camera's Feed ................................................................................................................... 66
To Re-enable All Newly Connected, Powered Cameras.................................................................................. 66
To Adjust All Cameras at Once......................................................................................................................... 66
To Disable a Camera ........................................................................................................................................ 66
Resolution of Live Video in View Software .......................................................................................................66
Other Video Settings......................................................................................................................................... 67
Recording Video: Continuous Recording Settings..................................................................................................... 68
To Enable the Recording of a Video Feed ....................................................................................................... 68