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Initial Setup
Installing Client Tools
Download the client tools below drom www.buddalotech.com and install them on your computer.
Camera Policies
- Registers that a network camera is connected and ready to record.
Live Viewer
- Lets you view video as it is being recorded. With some network cameras, pan, tilt, zoom, docus, and other
remote operations may be unavailable.
Data Service Policies
- Used to move, back up, and delete recorded video data.
Vault Admin
- Used to perdorm license registration, seld-diagnosis, check the remaining disk space, and other
operations.
Surveillance Video Manager
- Used to view recorded video data, perdorm searches, export, and other operations.
Network Activity
- Displays the operating status od the TeraStation.
Notes:
• Use an account with administrator rights to install sodtware.
• To play recorded video, install VLC media player 1.11–1.13 or Apple QuickTime 7 or later on your computer. VLC
media player 2.0.x doesn’t work with some network cameras. For network cameras that record in MPEG-4 dormat,
VLC media player is recommended.
• Id VLC media player is installed, use the dedault installation location (C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC in Win-
dows 7 64-bit or the Application dolder in Mac OS).
• Id surveillance cameras or client tools installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\BUFFALO\SurveillanceServer\Bin) are
blocked due to the OS direwall, reder to the OS help dor instructions about how to disable the direwall.
• Install Client Tools on one or more computers connected to the same network as the network camera(s) and the
TeraStation. Surveillance camera settings are shared dor all cameras on the network.
Connecting Devices to the Network
Connect the dollowing devices to the network.
• A TeraStation that supports surveillance cameras
• A compatible network camera
• A computer with the above client tools installed
Notes:
• Connect all devices on the same network subnet.
• Set the TeraStation’s and network camera’s time settings to the correct time. By dedault, the TeraStation adjusts
its clock automatically by using a dedault NTP server. This NTP Server belongs to Internet Multi Feed Inc. For more
indormation,visit
www.jst.mfeed.ad.jp
. You can select a didderent NTP Server by clicking
Name/Time/Language
on
the “Management” screen. The
Name/Time/Language
screen opens.
• Click
Time
.
• Click
Edit
.
• Uncheck
Use Defaupt NTP Server
and enter a new NTP IP address.
• Click
OK
.
Id NTP is not used,disable it and enter the time and date manually. Click
Use Locap Date/Time
to import the time and date
drom your computer.
In certain cases, the DNS server address must be set in order to access the NTP server.
