Quick Start Guide of Blazer Express Station
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Before you can live view, play back via the Control Client or set recording schedule,
event configuration via Web Client, you need to add network cameras or encoders to
the system and manage them by areas.
Log in to the Blazer Express via Web Client, and click
Physical View
to open the
resource management page and the following two function pages are available.
Encoding Device:
Add, edit and delete the devices (network cameras and
encoders).
Local Storage:
Manage the connected HDDs of Blazer Express and allocate the
storage space to the added cameras.
Here we introduce the configuration of adding the active online devices in the same
local subnet with the Web Client, adding devices by specifying the IP address, and
adding devices via PoE interface. For other methods to add the devices, refer to the
User Manual of Blazer Express
Web Client
.
Adding Online Device
Before you start:
You must properly configure the network settings for the Blazer Express.
Steps:
1.
Click
Physical View
and enter
Encoding Device.
2.
Check the checkbox of the camera(s) to add from the Online Device panel.
Note:
For inactive camera, you need to create a password for it before you can
add it properly. For detailed steps, refer to
User Manual of Blazer Express
Web
Client (Resource Management>Adding Encoding Devices>Creating Password)
.
3.
Click
Add to Device List
.
4.
Input the required information.
For adding one device:
Alias:
Create a name for the device.
Device Address:
Input the IP address of the device. The IP address of the
device is obtained automatically in this adding mode.
Device Port:
Input the device port No. The default value is
8000
.
User Name:
Input the user name of the device.
Password:
Input the password of the device.
Note:
The password strength of the device can be checked by the system. For
your privacy, we strongly recommend changing the password to something
of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper
case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to
increase the security of your product.
(Optional) Set the
Add Camera to Area
switch as
ON
to export the cameras
of the added devices to an area. You can create a new area by the device
name, select an existing area, or customize a new area.
Note:
If you do not export cameras to area, you cannot perform the live view,
playback, event settings, etc., for the camera.
(Optional) After adding cameras to area, you can check
Synchronize
Camera Name
checkbox to get the camera name from the device.
Select recording schedule template to set the recording schedule for the
