RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
running. The setup of rules, which determine most of the actions performed by the RC-E system (including when to
record video), is another example of configuration which to a very large extent depends on your organization's needs.
The following steps should be completed after the installation and licensing of Ocularis Base.
Install the various components of your RC-E system. See Installation Overview (on page 12).
Log in to the Management Client. See Log in to the Management Client (on page 39).
Authorize use of your RC-E system's recording servers. See Manage Recording Servers (on page 60).
Why must I authorize recording servers?
By authorizing recording servers before they can be used, surveillance
system administrators have full control over which recording servers are able to send information to their RC-E
management server.
Detect the hardware devices (i.e. cameras and video encoders) which should be added to each recording
server. See the wizard Add Hardware (see "Add Hardware (Cameras, etc.)" on page 49).
What is the Add Hardware wizard?Add Hardware
helps you detect IP hardware devices, such as cameras and
video encoders, on your network and add them to your RC-E system. The wizard offers you two ways of detecting
and adding hardware devices: With
automatic hardware detection
, RC-E automatically scans for available hardware
within one or more specified IP address ranges. With
assisted hardware detection
, you manually specify the IP
address of each required device. Both options offer the possibility of automatically detecting the correct hardware
drivers.
Verify that each recording server's storage areas will meet your needs. See About Storage and Archiving (on
page 56).
What is a storage area?
A storage area is a directory in which the databases containing recordings from the
cameras connected to the recording server are stored— each individual camera database by default has a maximum
size of 5 GB. A default storage area is automatically created for each recording server when the recording server is
installed on the system. Connected cameras’ databases are stored in the recording server's default storage area
unless you specifically define that another storage area should be used for storing the databases of particular
cameras. If required, a wizard lets you add further storage areas (on the recording server computer itself, or at
another location, for example on a network drive), edit which storage area should be the default area, etc.
Verify that each recording server's archiving settings will meet your needs. See About Storage and Archiving
(on page 56).
What is archiving?
Archiving is the automatic transfer of recordings from a camera's default database to another
location. This way, the amount of recordings you are able to store will not be limited by the size of the camera's
default database. Archiving also makes it possible to back up your recordings on backup media of your choice.
Archiving is configured on a per-recording server basis. Once you have configured the archiving settings for a
recording server (where to store archives, how often to transfer recordings to the archives, etc.), you can enable
archiving for individual cameras. When archiving is enabled for a camera, the contents of the camera's database will
automatically be moved to an archive at regular intervals.
Configure any required failover servers. A failover server is a spare recording server which can take over if a
regular recording server becomes unavailable. See About Failover Servers (see "Manage Failover Servers"
on page 192).
Configure each recording server's individual cameras. See Manage Cameras (on page 75).
Tip:
You are able to group cameras, and configure common properties for all cameras within a group in one step.
Tip:
Motion detection, a vital setting on most IP surveillance systems, is enabled by default. However, you may want
to fine-tune motion detection settings, or disable motion detection for particular cameras.
Enable and configure microphones— if any. See Manage Microphones (on page 85).
Enable and configure speakers— if any. See Manage Speakers (on page 87).
Enable and configure input— if any. See Manage Inputs (see "Manage Input" on page 88).
Enable and configure output— if any. See Manage Outputs (see "Manage Output" on page 91).
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