User manual

Appendix

Siemens Building Technologies

Fire Safety & Security Products 01.2009

12.3 Web Client

Web Client allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and

search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually

anywhere.

Computer system requirements for using Web Client are:

z Operating System: Microsoft

Windows

2000, Microsoft

Windows

XP or

Microsoft

Windows

Vista

z CPU: Intel Pentium III (Celeron) 600 MHz or faster

z RAM: 128 MB or higher

z VGA: 8 MB or higher (1024x768, 24 bpp or higher)

z Internet Explorer: Version 6.0 or later

Start Internet Explorer on your local PC and enter “http://IP address:port number”

(The DVR IP address and the Web Client port number (default: 12088) set in the

Network setup screen (Web Client tab)) in the address field.

NOTE

You will need to get the appropriate IP address for the DVR you want to connect to and the Web

Client port number from your network administrator.

NOTE

Web Client only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and will NOT work with Netscape or other

browsers.

Select between the WEBVIEW (Web monitoring) and WEBPLAY (Web search)

modes and enter the appropriate port number of the program. Entering your ID and

PASSWORD and clicking the [LOGIN] button logs in using the selected mode.

Selecting Save ID saves the ID you entered.

NOTE

The port numbers for WEBVIEW and WEBPLAY should be the same with port numbers for Remote

Watch and Remote Search that were set during Network setup.

NOTE

When running the updated Web Client for the first time, Internet Explorer might occasionally load the

information of the previous version. In this case, delete the temporary Internet files by selecting Tools

Æ Internet Options Æ General tab, and then run Web Client again.

NOTE

There might be a problem with the bottom of the Web Client page being cropped caused by the

address or status bars in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0. In this situation, it is recommended that

websites open windows without address or status bars by changing Internet setting. (Go to the Tools

Æ Internet Options Æ Security tab Æ Click the Custom level… button Æ Select Enable for the Allow

websites to open windows without address or status bars option.)