1. In the New Task menu
, click
Site Setup
.
2. Select a device, then click
Network
.
3. Select how the device obtains an IP address:
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Obtain an IP address automatically:
— The device will connect to the network through an
automatically assigned IP address.
The device will attempt to obtain an address from a DHCP server. If this fails, the device will
obtain an address through Zero Configuration Networking (Zeroconf) and select an address in
the 169.254.0.0/16 subnet.
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Use the following IP address:
— Manually assign a static IP address to the device.
Enter the
IP Address:
,
Subnet Mask:
, and
Gateway:
you want the device to use.
4. Select the
Control Port:
for connecting to the device. This port is also used for manually discovering
the device on the network.
5. For cameras, select the
Enable Multicast
checkbox to enable multicast streaming from the device.
This is required to set up redundant recording to multiple servers.
Use the default generated
IP Address:
,
TTL:
, and
Base Port:
, or enter your own values.
6. Click
OK
.
7. For Rialto Video analytics appliances, allow the system to restart the device.
Configure Video Analytics
If the connected device supports video analytics, enable and configure the video analytic capabilities to
trigger video recording, rules, and alarms.
If the system will use the Avigilon Appearance Search™ feature or Face Recognition, enable each required
camera to support this feature.
Enabling Analytics
You can enable and disable server-based analytics on cameras throughout your site to manage the server's
analytics load.
1. In the New Task menu
, click
Site Setup
.
2. Select a server, then click
Server Analytics
.
3. Select an analytics feature tab and then select the cameras to enable the feature on.
Only cameras that you have access to that have the prerequisite analytics enabled are displayed in
each tab.
The bars at the bottom display the server's capacity based on the number of cameras with analytics
features enabled. The percent usage of each analytics feature is displayed using the color of the
analytics feature tab.
4. Click
Close
.
Configure Video Analytics
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