System / Email Settings

1. DVR Name – This is the name to be used by the DVR server.
2. Location – The location of where the DVR server is.
3. Description – The description of the specific DVR server.
4. Initial Overlay Screen – Displays the default screen layout when the DVR server starts.
5. Cycle Dwell Time – The time the system waits before moving to the next camera(s) when in cyclic screen mode.
6. Auto-lock Duration – The time the system waits before locking the application due to user inactivity.
7. Auto-enhance Display – Enables/Disables the auto-enhance of the live view display.
8. Live View Streaming – Displays the settings for the live view streaming functionality in the remote client. Different combinations of these settings allows the user to set the quality of the video and the amount of bandwidth to be used. The DVR server does not need to be restarted to have the settings take effect, although all remote clients must first disconnect from the live view stream before the new settings take effect. This feature is only available for servers with at least dual core processors.
9. Enable Watermark – Enables/Disables incorporation of a watermark into the video recording. The user can verify in Search and Playback the video recordings that could have been modified or altered. When the application determines that a video has been modified, a window will pop-up indicating that the specific image has been altered.
10. Video Signal – Displays the current video signal.
11. SMTP Server – Displays the SMTP server address.
12. Username – Displays the username to be used when validating for the SMTP server.
13. Password – Displays the password to be used when validating for the SMTP server.
14. Restore Defaults – Restores the default settings.
15. Apply – Saves the settings.

NOTE: This area has been depreciated. Please follow this link for network configuration

- To set the locations for cameras, sensors and relays, select the map first from the Map List.
- Drag the device icons onto the map to set the location.
- Click on the Apply button to apply and save your settings.
- To remove the device icons, simply drag the device icons out of the map and they will return to the device icon list.

1. Map List – Displays the list of available maps.
2. E-map Display – Displays the current selected E-map with the device icons placed in user-specified locations.
3. Device Icons – Displays the list of device icons. Yellow icons are for cameras, blue icons are for sensors and green icons are for relays.
4. Add – Displays a section to allow the user to add more maps.
5. Edit – Displays a section to edit the map’s name and description.
6. Delete – Deletes the selected map from the map list.
7. Apply – Saves the settings.

1. User selector – Selects the specific user either for editing or deletion.
2. Add – Opens a new page to add a new user.
3. Edit – Opens a new page to edit the selected user.
4. Delete – Deletes the selected user(s).
5. Edit Access – Opens a new page to edit the access rights of the specific user.

NOTE: The Admin’s e-mail address indicated on the Users Settings table is also used when sending an alarm notification. The Admin account also cannot be deleted.

To add a user, just click on the Add button in the users setup page and a new page will open up where the user information can be added/edited. Saving the data will then display the list of users once again. When editing an existing user, the Login Name of the user can no longer be modified.

Clicking on the Edit User Access button will display the page where the access rights of the user can be modified. Here, access to specific functionalities can be set per user. When the Remote View or Web View functionality is selected then the Remote Surveillance permissions are enabled, allowing the setup for specific cameras only.

Users can also be limited based on specific hours of a day. Simply click and drag to change the status of access rights. Red blocks mean that remote client access for this user is restricted. Green means there is no restriction to that hour.

NOTE: For the Admin account, the setup functionality cannot be removed.

1. Drive Information – Displays the name of the partition, total space, used space, available space, used space in percentage, and mount directory of the available partitions in the DVR server.
2. Delete old files – This option allows the deletion of old files when all Video DBs are full. If this is unchecked and all the space in Video DBs are full, then the DVR server will stop recording.
3. Path – Displays the directory where recorded videos are stored. This cannot be modified.
4. Auto-allocate – New hard-disks formatted and mounted on the DVR server will not automatically be used as storage space by the DVR server. The auto-allocate function will make use of these hard-disks by allocating a Video DB for each new device detected.
5. Apply – Saves the settings.

1. Log Option – Indicates what logs are currently displayed; System Events or System Logs.
2. Search category – Displays a drop down list menu of the different search categories. For System Events the search categories are Camera No, Event Type and Event Time. For System Logs the search categories are Audit Time, Status, Action and Remarks.
3. Search description – Keywords for searching within the Search Category. "%" can be used as a wild card but keep in mind that the search is case-sensitive.
4. Page size limit – Indicates the limit of the page size of the search results.
5. Go – Starts the search based on the search criteria.
6. Search results – Displays the results of the executed search. Columns in the search results vary depending on the type of log selected.
7. Search page navigation – Navigates the results pages.