
Chapter 10: Camera setup
Note
: Only one camera can be manually added at a time.
Using RTSP custom protocols
Many IP cameras can stream video using RTSP. The recorder allows you to define
RTSP custom protocols per camera type and to add cameras to the recorder via RTSP.
To configure RTSP custom protocols:
1. From the menu toolbar, click
Camera Setup
>
IP
Camera Status
.
2. Click
Manual
Add
. In the pop-up window, enter the camera details such as the IP
camera address/domain, protocol, management port, user name, and password.
Click
OK
.
3. Create a Custom Protocol by clicking on
Protocol
. Select your parameters.
4. Click
Apply
to save the settings.
Note:
When adding cameras via RTSP, only video streaming is available, no other
functionality will be supported by the recorder.
PoE power budget
It is important when installing IP cameras to calculate the total power consumption
required so that it is less than the power budget of the NVR switches. The NVR lets you
easily track on-screen the current and remaining power consumption for all cameras
directly connected to its switches. See Figure 24 on page 58.
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