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User’s Manual 

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6.1 Sites 

Edit 

VSS supports up to 10 groups, with at most 16 IP devices can be added to 

each group. If more than 16 IP devises are added, error message will be displayed. 

This section will guide users to setup and manage connection groups and 

sites.  

 

NOTE: 

The supported IP devices are NH and NV series IP cameras.   

 

6.1.1 Groups 

Settings 

Add Groups 

Right click on <Groups List>, and select <Add a group> to add a group. The 

bottom two menu items allow users to expand or hide all groups.   

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Video Storage Server

Page 1: ...Video Storage Server User s Manual Version 3 4...

Page 2: ...VSS Icon in the System Tray 11 6 Configure VSS 12 6 1 Sites Edit 13 6 1 1 Groups Settings 13 6 1 2 Site Settings 16 6 2 Login Setting 22 6 3 Users Edit 24 6 4 Client Setting 26 6 5 Event 27 6 6 File...

Page 3: ...workloads as well as to help deploy large scale surveillance scenarios Combining VSS with OpticaCMS remote monitoring controlling storage and management for multiple surveillance locations is easily...

Page 4: ...essional Ethernet Gigabit LAN Mainboard Chip Intel H6X NOTE If the operating system is Windows Vista or Windows 7 some functions such as Record Auto Reboot etc will not work properly due to User Accou...

Page 5: ...open the user s manual Choose EXIT to exit the VSS Setup Menu NOTE 1 If an older version of the VSS had been installed in the local computer a message box will be shown during the installation Click...

Page 6: ...in the Start Menu and on the Desktop d Default Setting Old setting will be deleted Check the box to load default setting or uncheck it to load the old setting of previous installed VSS Step 3 The VSS...

Page 7: ...upgrade available Click OK to download the upgrade software and continue to the next step Otherwise click Cancel to abort and continue to normal VSS process Step 2 Choose a destination folder to save...

Page 8: ...3 2 Manual Software Upgrade To manually upgrade software click on the Setting button and click on Software Upgrade at the bottom Then follow the steps in the previous section to complete the download...

Page 9: ...croll box Click OK to confirm the selection NOTE If the system memory or CPU frequency is less than the requirement the error message will be displayed 4 2 Login The default username password are admi...

Page 10: ...User s Manual 9 5 VSS Main Window The main window of VSS is as the below 1 Schedule Record 2 Connect All Sites 3 Setting 4 Lock 5 OpticaCMS Client Login Info 6 Site Tree 7 System Log Data 8 HDD Info...

Page 11: ...of login OpticaCMS Clients will be shown in this area The information includes the login users account names and IP addresses The listed OpticaCMS Clients will not exceed maximum number of connection...

Page 12: ...formation System Log Data The operational and system logs of VSS and OpticaCMS Clients will be listed in this area HDD Info Move the cursor to the display bar of a HDD then a hint message with a brief...

Page 13: ...on groups and sites Login Setting Setup login options of VSS Users Edit Setup and management of login accounts Client Setting Setup and management of OpticaCMS Clients Event Setup event recording dura...

Page 14: ...e added error message will be displayed This section will guide users to setup and manage connection groups and sites NOTE The supported IP devices are NH and NV series IP cameras 6 1 1 Groups Setting...

Page 15: ...of the group Also right click and select Remove can remove the selected group Set Start Group Start Group is the group that will be connected after starting up VSS Right click on a preferred group and...

Page 16: ...User s Manual 15 Expand Hide Groups To expand or hide a group right click on the group and select Expand or Hide...

Page 17: ...tion of the management of sites including addition removal and configuration of sites Add Sites Right click on a group and select Add a site to add a new site to the group Add Multiple Sites Right cli...

Page 18: ...ne site After sites are selected click Add to add the selected sites Please refer to next page for later steps to complete site setup NOTE The sites that are already added in this group will be shown...

Page 19: ...666 and 6667 Please make sure that these two ports are not in use nor blocked by firewall or virus scan software Follow steps below to search for IP camera s Step 1 Click the Device Search button to o...

Page 20: ...era connected to another LAN network such as 192 168 3 6 VSS whose IP is 192 168 1 5 will not be able to find the IP camera in another LAN network DDNS Address The IP address of an IP camera can also...

Page 21: ...rent types of video streams The main stream is H 264 with largest resolution and 4096 bit rate which will be the recording format at VSS site On the other hand the sub stream is H 264 with smallest re...

Page 22: ...ection to enable dual stream Otherwise uncheck to disable dual stream function Step 2 Select preferred stream type and resolution for both the main stream and the sub stream Step 3 Check the box in fr...

Page 23: ...in this section Verify Account As shown in the above picture the box marked 1 is where users can enter a set of username and password to be used for auto login The Verify button can help users to chec...

Page 24: ...to enter and verify username and password in box 1 Check the third option Auto connect device when login to automatically connect to the sites in the start group after VSS logged in Detection of inte...

Page 25: ...nagement of login accounts in VSS The default username and password are admin and 1234 NOTE Only accounts under the Admin group have the privilege to change all the settings Add Accounts Right click o...

Page 26: ...for this account before users can go to the next step When Password is set User Name can be changed if users wish to Note that User Name is case sensitive Add Accounts Right Click on an account and se...

Page 27: ...o black list to add the specific IP addresses to the white or black list The added item can be found in the list below the buttons If users wish to delete any item click on the item first and click on...

Page 28: ...under Email Notice If the email server requires SSL select ON next to SSL Then enter all required SMTP information If the format of the email address is entered incorrectly an alert message will be sh...

Page 29: ...n Browse to select more destination folders Each folder should be from different HDD or an error message will be displayed Note that if a HDD with less than 2GB capacity is selected an error message w...

Page 30: ...HDD no more than 18GB When the free disk size is smaller than threshold 1 If the circulation of files is performed at first time VSS will start to overwrite the earliest recoded data Next time when VS...

Page 31: ...e accounts at the website http www dyndns com Users will receive a pre determined hostname from the website after successfully registered Input the username password and hostname in DynDNS setup page...

Page 32: ...se how many times VSS will try to connect an IP camera After the specified number of tries and VSS is still unable to connect an IP camera IP address of the IP camera will be automatically added to th...

Page 33: ...nation folder to save the zip file To import a configuration click on Import button and find the zip file that was previously saved NOTE An error message will pop up if the imported configuration has...

Page 34: ...ecord live videos of IP cameras to the local computer instantly Right click on a Site and select Record Start Instant Recording to start recording When users want to stop recording right click and sel...

Page 35: ...ration Menu window Please note that the Configuration Menu window will only be available when the IP camera is currently connected Stream In the Configuration Menu window the Stream tab allows users t...

Page 36: ...e quality related settings Users can also use Preview and Apply at the bottom to see effects and apply changes The new setting will be applied to the webpage of the IP camera as well NOTE Only A5S IP...

Page 37: ...Network tab as shown below allows users to change network setting of the IP camera If network setting is changed click Apply at the bottom to apply changes The new setting will be applied to the webp...

Page 38: ...he Video Setting tab as shown below allows users to change video setting of the IP camera If video setting is changed click Apply at the bottom to apply changes The new setting will be applied to the...

Page 39: ...the IP camera If system setting is changed click Apply at the bottom to apply changes The new setting will be applied to the webpage of the IP camera as well If users wish to connect to the IP camera...

Page 40: ...n on the top of the Schedule Record window as circled in the picture below Alternatively users can click on the Select All or Clear All buttons to setup all sites to always record or always not record...

Page 41: ...led below shows the selecting options SELECT CELL Choose this to select any cell from the table CLEAR CELL Choose this to clear any cell from the table SELECT ALL CELL Choose this to select all cells...

Page 42: ...box 1 and set the recording option to NORMAL AND EVENT in box 2 Step 2 Assuming that the site will be scheduled to start recording video from 2 00 to 4 30 on Tuesday and Wednesday Since the duration o...

Page 43: ...blank which indicates that VSS is not going to record anything Click on OK to save and exit the Schedule Record window Select Clear All Cell If users want to set the schedule to record at all times c...

Page 44: ...5 00 5 30 tab color of all 5 00 5 30 from Monday to Sunday will be changed Click on OK to save and exit Schedule Record window Special Schedule of a Specific Date If users wish to setup a special sche...

Page 45: ...buttons will be grayed out When users click on the Unlock button the unlock window will be displayed for users to enter username and password to unlock To unlock there are two scenarios as listed bel...

Page 46: ...install Default Setting during installation Remember not to import old setting files This will tell whether if the old setting data are corrupted C If VSS cannot successfully connect to sites check t...

Page 47: ...cally create a temporary file under windows system temporary folder when VSS connects to sites This temporary file will automatically increase the size which causes the HDD became lack of space Please...

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