Buffalo Surveillance Server, Administrator'S Manual

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Import a Configuration From a File
From the menu at the top of the Camera Policies application, select Tools > Camera
Configurations . The Camera Configurations window appears.
From the menu at the top of the Camera Configurations window, select File > Import
from . The Import from window appears.
Navigate to the file location where you have saved your camera configurations file, select it,
and then click Open . The camera configurations from the file are added to the Camera
Configurations window.
Click to save the modified camera configurations to your Information Repository.
Before you can import a camera configuration file, you must create one. The following
sections contain reference information for doing so.
Camera Configuration File Structure
Camera configuration files are block structured but free from any column or order formatting.
The tokens listed below specify camera parameters. Each "policy_name" block is a single
camera.
policy_name="<camera name>"
[
<token>=<value>
<token>=<value>
. . .
]
policy_name="<camera name>"
[
<token>=<value>
<token>=<value>
. . .
]
. . .
Token/Value Pairs
Tokens define camera attributes and functionality. Following are the tokens and their
definitions.