Digital Video Security System Start Up Guide
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3.3 Getting
Started
Using the case study scenario described in the introduction to the tutorial, your store will be
set up as the local surveillance connection. The local surveillance is always the location of
the video camera. Later in this tutorial you will set up your home office as the remote
surveillance connection. The remote surveillance is the location from which you will
remotely monitor and control the security at the store.
3.3.1
Setting up a Local Surveillance Connection
You will use this window to set up the local connection to the video camera in your store.
A preset default Connection has already been created for you. Please refer to the next two
sections for instructions on Opening Connections and Viewing Video Locally. However,
before proceeding, it is important to practice setting up your own connection.
A local connection is set up at the computer that has the Video
Grabber, camera and Digital Video Security System software installed.
It is referred to as Local Video because the security camera is
connected directly to this computer. The Digital Video Security
System will stream video from this location to the internet, thus it is
sometimes also referred to as the host computer.
Note that the Connections Window has its own toolbar. All windows
have their own toolbar for added convenience and ease-of-use.
To set up your own connection, select the
New Connection icon. You will be
presented with the following Add Connection dialog box:
