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Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 4.1

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Chapter 14: Organize Videos and Record TV Programs with Video Station

Live Streaming

Before live stream digital TV programs for playback, please make sure you have installed VLC media player on
your local computer.

To live stream digital TV programs:

1

Click the

TV Recording

tab, and go to

Schedule

>

Program Guide

.

2

Select a channel whose program you want to stream from the channel list on the left panel, click the program
which is currently broadcasting in the main area, and click

Live Stream

.

3

A pop-up window will appear asking you to click the Live Stream icon at the top-right corner to open the
streaming URL. Click

OK

and

Close

to close the

Schedule

window, or you will not be able to continue.

4

Click the Live Stream icon as instructed. In the window that appears, copy and paste the

Streaming URL

to

VLC player for playback. You may be required to enter user credentials for authentication when launching the
streaming service.

Note:

DSM

admin

or users belonging to the

administrators

group can configure port forwarding rules by specifying

the destination port as 9006 for DiskStation users, allowing them to access your DiskStation over the Internet. For
more information about port forwarding, open

DSM Help

and then go to

Control Panel

>

Network Services

>

Router Configuration

.

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Summary of Contents for DiskStation

Page 1: ...Synology DiskStation User s Guide Based on DSM 4 1 Document ID Syno_UsersGuide_DS_20121106 ...

Page 2: ...I LUNs with Storage Manager 36 Manage Hard Disks with Storage Manager 38 SSD Cache 39 Manage External Disks 39 Chapter 5 Access your DiskStation from the Internet Use the EZ Internet Wizard 41 Set Up Port Forwarding Rules for Router 41 Register DDNS for DiskStation 43 Access DSM Services via QuickConnect 44 Set up VPN Connection 46 Chapter 6 Enhance Internet Security Prevent Unauthorized Connectio...

Page 3: ...pter 11 Discover Various Applications with Package Center What Package Center Offers 97 Manage Packages 97 Configure Package Center 98 Chapter 12 Share Photos Videos and Blogs with Photo Station Install Photo Station 100 Enable Personal Photo Station 101 Manage Photo Station User Accounts 102 Create Manage and View Albums Photos and Videos 103 Share with Social Networks 107 Browse Photos and Video...

Page 4: ... Advanced Settings 153 Assign Privileges 155 Install Camera License 155 View Log 156 Chapter 17 Manage Media Server and iTunes Service Install DLNA Media Server 157 Manage DLNA Media Server 157 Install iTunes Server 160 Manage iTunes Server 160 Chapter 18 Perform Advanced Management Tasks Check System Information 162 View System Logs 164 Monitor System Resources 165 Update DSM 166 Receive Event No...

Page 5: ...nc center to sync files between multiple client computers With the Cloud Station application installed on your computers you can simply drop your office file to a folder on your office computer and then open the same file automatically synced to your laptop Share Storage Capacity as iSCSI LUNs You can designate portion of your Synology DiskStation volume space to be an iSCSI LUN which will allow t...

Page 6: ...ou to host up to 30 websites using Web Station with PHP and MySQL supported Record Videos with IP Cameras Surveillance Station allows you to manage view and record videos from multiple IP cameras over the network By accessing the web based management interface of Surveillance Station you can watch the real time image the camera is monitoring and record videos continuously in motion detection mode ...

Page 7: ...ll Synology DiskStation For more information about setting up Synology DiskStation and installing DSM see the Quick Installation Guide that came with your installation disc Log in to Synology DiskStation Manager You can log in to DSM with Synology Assistant or with a web browser Use Synology Assistant Windows User 1 Insert the installation disc into your computer and click Start Follow the onscree...

Page 8: ...r admin is empty If you want to save your login information and log in automatically next time tick Remember me before logging in Mac OS X User 1 Insert the installation disc into your computer and then double click the SynologyInstall icon on the desktop 2 In the window that appears double click the MacOSX folder and then double click Synology Assistant number dmg 3 Double click the Synology Assi...

Page 9: ...double click the Linux folder and then double click Synology Assistant number tar gz 3 Click Extract and then extract the SynologyAssistant directory to the path usr local or any other path 4 Go to the path usr local SynologyAssistant or the path you just specified SynologyAssistant double click SynologyAssistant and then select Run in Terminal in the dialog box that appears 5 Follow step 3 to 4 o...

Page 10: ...s the Synology_Server_Name will be DiskStation CubeStation USBStation or RackStation 2 Enter your user name and password and click Login The default password for admin is empty If you want to save your login information and log in automatically next time tick Remember me before logging in Note To ensure your connection to DSM runs smoothly please use the following browsers Chrome Firefox Safari 5 ...

Page 11: ... the icon and choose from the shortcut menu to manage the application window Maximize Minimize Restore Close or its taskbar icon Pin to Taskbar Unpin from Taskbar 4 The Notifications button with an exclamation mark Click to check the logs of important events Clear All Click to remove all events and hide the Notification button Show All Click to see all notifications in another window Number unread...

Page 12: ...e Station is enabled No logs available Appears when any one of the logs Samba WebDAV FTP File Station is enabled Recent Logs View the log records of DiskStation services Resource Monitor Monitor the CPU usage memory usage and network flow Scheduled Backup View the status of your backup tasks Storage View your DiskStation s volume usage and disk status System Health Obtain an overall status of your...

Page 13: ...through desktop shortcuts See Desktop and Shortcuts on Page 10 for more information Use the Control Panel Choose Control Panel from the Main Menu to see the thumbnails of DSM settings The DSM settings on the Control Panel are grouped into the following categories File Sharing and Privileges Set up Win Mac NFS FTP WebDAV file sharing service Network Services Manage and edit the settings for network...

Page 14: ...ified at Main Menu Control Panel Regional Options 5 Click OK Limitations The user description is case sensitive and can be 0 to 64 displayable Unicode characters The password is case sensitive and should be 0 to 127 displayable characters including letters numbers signs and space Volume Usage Under Volume Usage you can view your quota on all DiskStation volumes set by admin as well as the amount o...

Page 15: ...stomize other personal options To decide whether to expand the Main Menu after login 1 Tick Do not expand the Main Menu after login 2 Click OK To skip the confirmation dialog when closing the browser window 1 Tick Do not show confirmation dialog when leaving DSM 2 Click OK To remember opened windows and restore them after you log in to DSM next time or refresh the browser window 1 Tick Resume DSM ...

Page 16: ...tyle by choosing from a variety of templates and displaying a logo or a background image on your DSM s login screen To change the login template Select a template you want and click Apply The chosen template will be displayed on your login screen next time you log in to your DiskStation To change the background image of the login screen 1 Click the rectangular image or the icon viewable only when ...

Page 17: ...tation select a folder in which your images are saved on the left panel and double click the image or select the image and click Select If you want to select an image that have used as the logo before double click the image in the My Previous Images section or select the image and click Select If you want to use an image stored on your computer click Upload next to Use My Image and then double cli...

Page 18: ...ly Security Click the Security tab to modify the security level for each DSM browsing session To set the logout timer 1 Enter any value between 1 to 65535 in Logout timer minutes to specify the idle time period before the automatic logout 2 Click Apply An automatic logout occurs if you are inactive for the specified time period To skip IP checking 1 Tick Enhance browser compatibility by skipping I...

Page 19: ... available for modification if all of your network interfaces are configured automatically or if your DiskStation is connected to the Internet via PPPoE To enable your DiskStation to connect via a proxy server Tick Connect via a proxy server enter the address and port in the fields and click Apply to save the settings Note Click Advanced Settings to configure HTTP proxy HTTPS proxy and the authent...

Page 20: ...ggregation implementations A switch with 802 3ad support is required to use in this mode Network Fault Tolerance only If the LAN 1 port becomes unavailable the system will use LAN 2 to provide service You can select this option if your switch does not support IEEE 802 3ad 3 Select two or more LAN interfaces that will be used for Link Aggregation and click Next 4 Configure the network settings and ...

Page 21: ... 1 On the IPv6 Setup page choose between the different setup types Auto DiskStation will automatically generate a local IPv6 address This is generated based on DiskStation s MAC address DHCP DiskStation will automatically get an IPv6 address from the DHCP server which supports IPv6 Manual Set up IPv6 manually by entering IPv6 address Prefix length and Default gateway Off Disable IPv6 support Note ...

Page 22: ...nnel tab to allow your DiskStation to gain Internet access via IPv6 under the IPv4 environment To setup IPv6 Tunnel 1 Tick Enable tunnel 2 In Server address enter the hostname or the IP of the tunnel service provider 3 Select if you want to Connect anonymously or Connect with an existing account If you choose the latter please also enter User name and Password 4 Click Apply to save the settings No...

Page 23: ...ed NTP servers time apple com time asia apple com time euro apple com time nist gov For more information about NTP Server please visit http www eecis udel edu mills ntp servers html Language Click the Language tab to set the language for Synology DiskStation Manager notifications and specify the codepage for Unicode filename conversion Display Language Choose your preferred display language or hav...

Page 24: ...lly after power has been restored 2 Click Apply To enable Wake on LAN 1 Tick Enable Wake on LAN or Enable WOL on LAN number for DiskStations with multiple LAN ports 2 Click Apply More Information About Wake on LAN After Wake on LAN is enabled for your DiskStation you can turn on Synology DiskStation over the local area network or the Internet by using a WOL Wake on LAN application Activate the fun...

Page 25: ...ediately 4 You can decide whether to send a shutdown signal to the UPS when the system enters Safe Mode Most UPS can restore power supply automatically when the power recovers 5 Click Apply Term Explanation When entering Safe Mode the system will first stop all services and unmount all data volumes to prevent data loss so that when the UPS shuts down the system will be turned off safely If the Pow...

Page 26: ... schedule 2 Click OK 3 Click Save To enable or disable a schedule 1 Tick or uncheck the checkbox for the schedule 2 Click Save To enable or disable all schedules 1 Tick or uncheck the Enabled checkbox 2 Click Save To delete a schedule 1 Select a schedule and click Delete 2 Click Save To view schedule summary Click Summary to browse the weekly schedule for startup shutdown Note You can specify up t...

Page 27: ...ge 29 and Create a Disk Group on Page 30 for more information Synology DiskStation Supported RAID Types For Synology DiskStation with 1 bay you can create a Basic volume For Synology DiskStation with 2 or more bays you can choose between several RAID types during volume or Disk Group creation Some of the RAID types can provide data protection which means data integrity is protected when one or two...

Page 28: ...ires at least four drives one of which will act as a hot spare drive to rebuild the failed drive of the volume automatically HDD 2 x Smallest HDD size RAID 6 4 2 RAID 6 provides extra data protection It uses parity mode to store redundant data on space equal to the size of two disks for later data recovery HDD 2 x Smallest HDD size RAID 10 4 even number 1 HDD within each RAID 1 group RAID 10 has t...

Page 29: ...k Next 5 Choose the hard disks you want to add to the volume and then click Next 6 Click Yes to confirm and then choose available RAID type for the new Disk Group Click Next to continue 7 Choose whether to perform disk check and then click Next 8 Click Apply to start volume creation Create a Volume by Allocating Partial Space on a Disk Group This action allows you to create a volume by allocating ...

Page 30: ...al Space on a Disk Group shown above 2 Create a single shared folder on the newly created volume See Set Up Shared Folders on Page 60 for more information 3 After the setup is complete the maximum size of the shared folder will be limited to be the same as the volume capacity Remove a Volume or Disk Group 1 Click the Volume or Disk Group tab 2 Select the volume or Disk Group you want to remove 3 C...

Page 31: ...uld add a new drive to the Synology DiskStation and then use Storage Manager to change the RAID type Available RAID type change includes Basic to RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 5 Spare RAID 1 to RAID 5 or RAID 5 Spare Add mirror disk to RAID 1 RAID 5 to RAID 5 Spare or RAID 6 RAID 5 Spare to RAID 6 To change the RAID type 1 Click the Volume or Disk Group tab 2 Select the volume or Disk Group you want to ch...

Page 32: ...Turn on the Synology DiskStation 5 Reinstall the system See Reinstall Synology DiskStation on Page 172 for more information 6 Copy the backup data to the new volume or Disk Group For RAID 1 and RAID 5 RAID 5 Spare and RAID 6 1 Turn off the Synology DiskStation skip this step for models that support disk hot swapping 2 Replace the first internal hard drive with a larger hard drive 3 Turn on the Syn...

Page 33: ...e the next disk 6 The system will expand the volume or Disk Group automatically Expand a Volume or Disk Group by Adding Disks If you have empty hard drive bays in your Synology DiskStation you can expand JBOD RAID 5 RAID 5 Spare RAID 6 and SHR volumes or Disk Groups by adding disks To expand a volume or Disk Group by adding disks 1 Install a new hard drive for your Synology DiskStation 2 Select th...

Page 34: ... logical unit number represents an individually addressable logical SCSI device that is part of a physical SCSI device called Target An iSCSI environment emulates the connection to a SCSI hard disk An iSCSI Target is like a connection interface and LUNs are essentially numbered disk drives When an iSCSI Target is connected by an iSCSI initiator a client all the LUNs mapped to the iSCSI Target are ...

Page 35: ...remove 4 Click OK To edit an iSCSI Target 1 Select the iSCSI Target you d like to edit 2 Click Edit 3 Edit the settings to your preference Click OK to save the changes Term Explanation CRC Checksum Enable CRC Checksum to check if any error occurred during data transmission Multiple Sessions Allow multiple sessions from one or more initiators to connect to the same iSCSI Target at the same time To ...

Page 36: ...CSI LUN Regular Files The iSCSI LUN is created by designating a portion of the volume space for its usage Set up iSCSI LUN configuration including Name Location Thin Provisioning Capacity GB iSCSI Target mapping iSCSI LUN Block Level Single LUN on RAID The iSCSI LUN is created by combining several hard disks Enter the name for the LUN choose iSCSI Target mapping and click Next You can create and m...

Page 37: ...ovisioning is a method for optimizing storage utilization by allocating storage space in a dynamic and on demand manner This setting is only available for iSCSI LUN regular files iSCSI Target Mapping Map the iSCSI LUN to one or more iSCSI Targets To remove an iSCSI LUN By removing an iSCSI LUN all data on the iSCSI LUN will be deleted The connection between the iSCSI LUN and any mapped iSCSI Targe...

Page 38: ...bnormal power there is also the possibility of reduction in performance To enable write cache support for your disk 1 Select a disk on the disk list and click Cache Management 2 Tick Enable write cache By default this function is enabled 3 Click OK Run S M A R T Test Disk S M A R T will help you to examine and report the hard disk status to alert possible disk failures It is recommended that you r...

Page 39: ...elated information by going to Main Menu Storage Manager SSD Cache Please refer to your Synology server Quick Installation Guide for information regarding SSD installation Additionally refer to Help for information regarding SSD management Manage External Disks You can attach external USB or eSATA disks to the USB or eSATA port of your Synology DiskStation for backup or file sharing purposes 2 Go ...

Page 40: ...USB disk will have to be formatted first before being used on the system To get the information of the disk You can access disk information by clicking Get Info To eject or format an external disk Click Eject or Format Note For more information about external disks see its help by clicking the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner You can also manage USB printer here See Set Syn...

Page 41: ... DiskStation access via the Internet with an easy to use wizard without going through the complicated firewall settings PPPoE setup DDNS registration and router port forwarding configuration To use the EZ Internet wizard Go to Main Menu EZ Internet and follow the wizard to complete the setup Set Up Port Forwarding Rules for Router If your Synology DiskStation is within the Intranet you can set up ...

Page 42: ...ervices for example FTP Web Station etc choose Built in application and tick the system services If you want to create port forwarding rules for custom services choose Custom port You can use the following syntax to specify port numbers and range Use to describe port range For example 6881 6890 Use to separate ports For example 21 22 or 21 55536 55663 Note Some routers don t allow using custom por...

Page 43: ...he Synology DiskStation Service Requirement The DDNS server of the service provider is working normally The gateway connection is normal Synology DiskStation is able to connect to the DNS server The following addresses are unblocked in the Firewall http members dyndns org 80 http checkip dyndns org 80 DDNS will only run in a network environment where there is no proxy server required Register a DD...

Page 44: ...xisting Synology account and enter the account information in the Email and Password field to log in If you don t have a Synology account select Create a Synology account and register a new hostname fill out all the required fields and then click OK to register a new account 4 Click Apply to finish The newly registered hostname for your Synology DiskStation will be activated in just a few seconds ...

Page 45: ...aracters and _ and cannot start with a digit For better QuickConnect performance it is recommended that you go to Main Menu Control Panel Router Configuration to configure port forwarding for each service Cloud Station 6690 DS file 5005 DS file HTTPS 5006 To access DSM services via QuickConnect 1 Launch your client application to connect to your DiskStation 2 When you are prompted to enter the add...

Page 46: ...then click its Help button with a question mark at the top right corner To learn more about how to access DiskStation s VPN Server with a VPN client refer to the VPN Server User s Guide available at Synology s Download Center Connect your DiskStation to a VPN Server Go to Main Menu Control Panel VPN to set your DiskStation as a VPN client to connect to a VPN server and then gain access to the virt...

Page 47: ...all Allow Deny to create firewall rules Note You can create up to 100 rules for a network interface To create a firewall rule 1 Click the LAN Bond multiple LAN models only PPPoE or Wireless tab depending on the type of your network connection 2 Click Create to open the settings window 3 Choose an option in the Ports section You can apply the rule to all ports or selected ports using one of the fol...

Page 48: ...iple network ports connecting to the same subnet the firewall rules might not work properly To change the priorities of rules Reorder the rules by dragging any of them up or down or use the Up Down button Rules at the top will have higher priorities To disable rules Uncheck the checkboxes next to the rules To delete rules Select the rules you want to delete and click Delete Control the Outgoing Tr...

Page 49: ...o change the priorities of rules Reorder the rules by dragging any of them up or down or use the Up Down button Rules at the top will have higher priorities To disable rules Uncheck the checkboxes next to the rules To delete rules Select the rules you want to delete and click Delete Automatically Block Suspicious Login Attempts Auto block allows you to prevent unauthorized login After enabling the...

Page 50: ...ck after days field if you want to unblock the IP address after the specified days Note The IP address will remain blocked if Unblock after days is set to 0 4 Click Apply To manage the blocked IP addresses 1 Click Block List to check the blocked IP addresses 2 If you want to remove an IP address from the block list select the IP and click Remove 3 Click Finish ...

Page 51: ...olders applications or subfolders from specific users or groups Enable File Sharing Protocols for All Platforms This section tells you how to enable Synology DiskStation to support file sharing protocols for all platforms Synology DiskStation supports the following file sharing protocols For Windows SMB CIFS My Network Places FTP WebDAV For Mac SMB FTP AFP WebDAV For Linux SMB FTP NFS WebDAV Manag...

Page 52: ...n performance when accessing shared folders via network Optimize CIFS database operations Checking this option will disable Opportunistic Locking of CIFS resulting in increased performance when database applications access database files on the shared folder of the Synology DiskStation via network Enable Local Master Browser Enable Synology DiskStation to be the Local Master Browser Note Enabling ...

Page 53: ...ate the printer connected to Synology DiskStation Enable NFS Service for Linux Clients Go to Main Menu Control Panel Win Mac NFS to allows Linux client to access DiskStation data To enable the NFS service 1 Tick Enable NFS 2 Click Apply If you want to configure Linux client s NFS access privileges to the shared folders see Allow Users or Groups to Access Shared Folders on Page 62 for more informat...

Page 54: ...About advanced domain options In most cases you do not need to fill in any of the advanced domain option Advanced domain options are needed only for specific domain environment DC IP Specify a DC Domain Controller IP and Synology DiskStation will try to communicate with it If there is more than one IP insert a comma in between each of them Add an asterisk after the last DC IP if you wish and Synol...

Page 55: ...rvice for them To install Directory Server on your DiskStation go to Main Menu Package Center For more information about Directory Server run and launch the package and then click its Help button with a question mark at the top right corner To learn more about how to access DiskStation s Directory Server with a LDAP client refer to the Directory Server User s Guide available at Synology s Download...

Page 56: ...ew to see the user s privilege that is decided based on the privileges setting of the user and the groups joined by the user c See Group privileges for the shared folder privileges of the group the user belongs to Note When you encounter privilege conflicts the privilege priority is as follows No access Read Write Read only For more information about editing a group s access privileges to shared f...

Page 57: ... included in the speed limit of the group that the user belongs to To search for a user Type the name of the user in the Search field and press Enter PC or Return Mac on your keyboard The search result will be displayed in the users list below This function is especially useful when there are numerous users for your Synology DiskStation To delete a user Select the user you want to delete and click...

Page 58: ...only Users can access their home folders again if the user home service is enabled again Note To delete the homes folder the user home service must be disabled first The domain user home service would be disabled if the local user home service is disabled Create Domain LDAP User s Home Folder If you have joined your DiskStation to a directory service as a Windows domain or LDAP client you can go t...

Page 59: ... Edit Members 2 Click Add or Remove select users from the users list and click OK Press and hold Shift or Ctrl while making multiple selections 3 Click Finish Note For more information about editing a group s access privileges to shared folders or applications see Allow Users or Groups to Access Shared Folders on Page 62 and Allow Users to Access Applications on Page 59 for more information Allow ...

Page 60: ...g Name Description public The public folder will be created automatically after the first time you set up Synology DiskStation web The web folder contains contents of your website It will be created automatically when Web Station is enabled For more information about Web Station see Use Web Station to Host Websites on Page 89 photo The photo folder contains photos and videos you want to share on P...

Page 61: ...llation Guide for information regarding SSD installation Additionally refer to Help for information regarding SSD management Manage External Disks on Page 39 esatashare The esatashare folder is created automatically when you connect an eSATA disk to Synology DiskStation s eSATA port For more information about external eSATA disks see SSD Cache SSD cache drives can be installed and mounted in a RAI...

Page 62: ... any shared folder also removes all data within it If you still need the data back them up first Allow Users or Groups to Access Shared Folders Go to Main Menu Control Panel Shared Folder to allow or deny users or groups access to the shared folders To allow users or groups to access a shared folder 1 Select the shared folder you want to edit from the shared folders list click Privileges and choos...

Page 63: ...in users or Domain Group to set up and modify the shared folder privileges of a domain LDAP user or group To manage domain LDAP users or groups shared folder privileges 1 Select the user or group you want to edit and then click Edit 2 Tick the checkboxes to manage the shared folder privileges If you are editing the shared folder privileges of a user you can see the user s actual privilege under th...

Page 64: ...r or import the encryption key to mount the folder for access Note It is very important to remember the encryption key It is strongly recommended that you export and save the encryption key If you forget or lose the key there is no way to rescue the encrypted data If an encrypted folder is unmounted you cannot rename it or change its volume location Define Windows ACL Privileges for Shared Folder ...

Page 65: ...l be only be Read Note You can only add up to 200 ACL explicit permission entries for a file or folder Windows ACL is only supported on EXT4 file system For previous DSM 2 3 users you need to create at least one EXT4 volume to use ACL feature This means you have to format at least one hard disk and re create a volume Formatting DiskStation will result in erasing all stored data and settings Please...

Page 66: ...Synology DiskStation User s Guide Based on DSM 4 1 66 Chapter 7 Set Up File Sharing Note See Search for Files or Folders on Page 75 for more information about searching files with File Station ...

Page 67: ...essing make sure the relative file sharing protocols have been enabled for your Synology DiskStation See Enable File Sharing Protocols for All Platforms on Page 51 for more information Access Shared Folders from Windows To access shared folders from Windows you can use any of the following methods Method 1 Use Synology Assistant to map the shared folders as network drives 1 Run Synology Assistant ...

Page 68: ...ndow 2 Choose a drive number from the Drive drop down menu 3 Locate the shared folder by doing one of the following Enter Synology_Server_Name Shared_Folder_Name in the Folder field Click Browse to locate the shared folder and then click OK 4 Click Finish 5 Enter your user name and password for Synology DiskStation Manager and click OK Upon completion you can access the mapped shared folder direct...

Page 69: ...commended that you connect to the shared folders via SMB 3 Select the shared folder you want to access Upon completion you can access the shared folder in the Finder window Access Shared Folders from Linux 1 In Synology DiskStation Manager Go to Main Menu Control Panel Shared Folder 2 Select the shared folder you want to access click NFS Privileges and find the mount path at the bottom of the wind...

Page 70: ...download Synology DiskStation data via FTP To enable FTP service 1 Tick Enable FTP service No encryption Enable FTP SSL TLS encryption service FTPS or Enable SFTP service based on your needs 2 Set the port number and the port range of Passive PASV FTP 3 Click Apply For more information about managing the FTP service click the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner Connect to Syno...

Page 71: ...s Files from Anywhere Access Files via WebDAV By enabling WebDAV or CalDAV at Main Menu Control Panel WebDAV you can remotely manage and edit files or calendars stored on DiskStation For more information click the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner ...

Page 72: ...on Cloud Station for computer clients available at Synology s Download Center is required to be installed on client computers before syncing files with DiskStation To install and run Cloud Station on your DiskStation Go to Main Menu Package Center to install and run the Cloud Station package To launch Cloud Station Go to Main Menu Cloud Station For more information about Cloud Station run and laun...

Page 73: ...lays Synology DiskStation s shared folders and their subfolders in the upper part and the folders on your local computer in the lower part Main section Displays contents of the currently selected folder Help button top right corner Click the Help button with a question mark to reveal the DSM Help where you can get useful help about how to use File Station Search field next to the Help button Enter...

Page 74: ...unt Remote Folders or Virtual Drives on Page 80 Shared Links By default all users can share file links Here you can limit the access to shared links management to administrators only To determine who can share file links 1 Choose All users or Administrators 2 Click OK Note For more information about shared links see Share File Links on Page 80 Speed Limit You can enable speed limit to control the ...

Page 75: ...nt action a function function added or nation You can add double quote at the beginning and the end of the keyword to search for exact matches For example a typ can represent a type but cannot represent typical Location The default location is the current folder If you want to search other locations select any of the listed shared folders to search its contents or select Other locations to select ...

Page 76: ...llowing methods to upload files or folders from your computer to Synology DiskStation Method 1 1 From the upper part of the left panel choose a destination folder on Synology DiskStation 2 Choose Upload and select files or folders from your local computer 3 Click OK to start uploading Method 2 1 From the lower part of the left panel select a folder on your local computer The main section now displ...

Page 77: ... or Paste Skip from the Action drop down menu depending on whether you want to overwrite files or folders with the same name in the destination folder Method 2 1 Select the files or folders you want Press and hold Shift or Ctrl while making multiple selections 2 Drag any folders or files from the main section to another DiskStation folder on the left panel 3 In the pop up menu that appears choose ...

Page 78: ...ip from the Action menu Right click one of the selections and choose Compress to file name zip To use advanced options such as renaming or encrypting the archive using different compression levels or modes choose Add to archive instead Note You cannot compress files or folders on your local computer using File Station Supported archive formats zip 7z Open a File in a New Window Open a file on Syno...

Page 79: ...files gray checkboxes if any mean the privileges they represent such as owner s Read privilege are inconsistent among the files and the original privileges for each file will be preserved You can tick those gray checkboxes until they turn white to make the access privileges consistent among all files 5 If you want the settings to be applied to all of the subfolders tick the Apply to this folder su...

Page 80: ...c Information With File Station s Music Information Editor you can view or edit the information of music files To view or edit music information 1 Right click the music file and choose Edit music information 2 Here you can view or modify the music file s information or choose a language from the Codepage drop down menu to convert non Unicode text to Unicode and display the text in the correct lang...

Page 81: ...es for server backup Back Up Computer Data Synology designed Data Replicator 3 allows you to back up data from a Windows computer to Synology DiskStation If you are using a Mac or Linux Synology DiskStation can also serve as their backup destination Use Data Replicator for Windows The Synology Data Replicator installation package can be found on the Installation disc and Synology s Download Center...

Page 82: ...al drive of your computer 2 Click Data Replicator 3 and follow the onscreen instructions to finish installation To use Data Replicator For detailed instructions on how to use Data Replicator see its Help by clicking the Help button Use Time Machine for Mac Synology DiskStation provides compatibility for backup with Apple Time Machine Mac users can back up their data to Synology DiskStation s share...

Page 83: ...er After you perform an Amazon S3 Backup task a single backup file will be stored in a Bucket on Amazon S3 Server which is identified by a unique Set KEY Value that begins with SourceServerName_MAC address and ends with the complete file path of this file With Amazon S3 Backup backing up to Amazon S3 RRS Reduced Redundancy Storage is also supported Note There are also encrypted and non encrypted m...

Page 84: ...o restore system configuration 1 Click Restore configuration click Choose File to select the configuration file and then click OK 2 Tick the checkboxes to choose the configurations you want to restore and then click OK More Information The configurations that will be backed up include the following Users Groups and Shared Folders Workgroup Domain and LDAP File Sharing Services such as Windows File...

Page 85: ...e instructions below to pair or unpair the server and the client Shared Folder Sync provides Multiple Source Shared Folder Sync feature which allows multiple clients to sync their shared folders to one DiskStation To link the server with a client On a client source DiskStation perform Shared Folder Sync and choose the server as sync destination After the linking process is complete you can see the...

Page 86: ...arts counting from midnight And the interval cannot exceed 24 hours Run sync automatically every day at hh mm Run sync task daily at specific time Run sync manually Only run sync when manually performed Run sync on modification Run sync task immediately once any change occurs at the source shared folder 8 Click Apply Now you can see the sync task on the task list which will be performed according ...

Page 87: ...u choose to enter its hostname the name must be in FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name format like abc bcd com for example To set up port forwarding rules for Shared Folder Sync over the Internet please choose port 22 for encrypted transfer and port 873 for unencrypted transfer An encrypted shared folder will remain encrypted after syncing You need the encryption key to mount the shared folders on th...

Page 88: ...hen use the Copy button on the front panel of your DiskStation to copy data from a USB device or SD card to the shared folder 1 To configure USBCopy or SDCopy 1 Go to Main Menu Control Panel External Devices USBCopy or SDCopy and specify a shared folder from the drop down menu 2 Click Apply All data on your USB device or SD card will be copied to the specified shared folder when you perform USBCop...

Page 89: ...MySQL Enable Web Station When Web Station is enabled the web shared folder will be created automatically Save your web page content in the folder to publish it on your website To enable Web Station 1 Tick Enable Web Station 2 Click Apply Web Station support and limitations include The homepage for your website must be named index htm index html or index php PHP 5 3 15 is supported The following fu...

Page 90: ...website b The hostname for the website c The protocol HTTP or HTTPS for the website d The port number for the website Note To use HTTPS protocol HTTPS connection needs to be enabled in advance See HTTP Service on Page 17 for more information 3 Click OK 4 Click Virtual Host and go through the above steps again if you want to set up more websites Enable Personal Website The personal website function...

Page 91: ...als option to be turned on 2 Click Apply Important it is recommended that you turn off the register_globals option for security reasons To enable PHP cache 1 Tick Enable PHP cache if you wish to enhance the PHP performance However it may not take effect under some circumstances 2 Click Apply To customize PHP open_basedir 1 Tick Customize PHP open_basedir if you wish to customize your own open_base...

Page 92: ...0 7001 8081 9997 9998 9999 50001 50002 eMule default ports 4662 TCP 4672 UDP and FTP default port range the actual range may vary depending on different models To enable HTTPS connection for Web Station and Photo Station 1 Tick Enable web HTTPS connection for web services 2 Click the optional Import Certificate 3 Click Apply By enabling this function HTTP connections to Web Station and Photo Stati...

Page 93: ...ail queue and mail activity statistics To set up SMTP 1 Tick Enable SMTP to deliver and receive mails 2 Tick SMTP Authorization is required if you want to prevent your mail accounts from being used as a spammer Note If you use this option your users must provide their Synology DiskStation user accounts and passwords for authentication while setting SMTP server in their mail clients Take Outlook Ex...

Page 94: ...ions with Package Center on Page 97 To connect to Mail Station Type the following web address in the address bar of your web browser and then press Enter on your keyboard http Synology_Server_IP_Address mail Note For more information about using the webmail service see Mail Station 2 User s Guide from Synology s Download Center at http www synology com support download php Set Synology DiskStation...

Page 95: ...ed choose USB Printer Manager Print Test Page Note Enabling AirPrint will also enable DSM s Bonjour Printer Broadcast function AirPrint is available for iOS 4 2 or onward only To enable Google Cloud Print support 1 Select the printer from the device list 2 Choose USB Printer Manager Set Up Printer 3 Tick Enable Google Cloud Print 4 Enter your Google email address and password in the fields 5 Choos...

Page 96: ...Help button with a question mark at the top right corner and then refer to the Access Printer from Windows section To set up print server access with Mac OS X 1 Make sure DSM s Bonjour Printer Broadcast function is enabled See Manage Mac File Service on Page 52 for more information 2 For ways of setting up printer server access with Mac OS X go to Main Menu Control Panel External Devices click the...

Page 97: ... build your own cloud This chapter introduces packages available at Package Center and explains how to manage packages configure Package Center and launch enabled applications What Package Center Offers Go to Main Menu Package Center to find out what Package Center has to offer Manage Packages Here you can install uninstall run update and check the packages To install packages 1 Do either of the f...

Page 98: ...ou want to remove 2 In the window that appears click Uninstall and then Yes to uninstall the package Configure Package Center You can manage the settings of Package Center by clicking the Settings button To select an update channel for packages 1 Click the Channel Update tab and choose either of the following options for installed packages Release channel This version is more stable than Beta chan...

Page 99: ...ch the installed and enabled application do any of the following Go to Main Menu Application name Open Main Menu and drag the application s thumbnail to DSM desktop and then click Application name on the desktop Go to Main Menu Application name Right click the application icon on the taskbar and then choose Pin to Taskbar When the application is closed its icon will stay pinned to the taskbar and ...

Page 100: ...ideos with Timeline manage tags for photos perform face recognition and view and edit photos and videos Install Photo Station Go to Main Menu Package Center to install Photo Station owned by DSM admin To install Photo Station Under the Available tab click Install to install the package and follow the installation steps of Manage Packages on Page 97 When the installation is complete the package wil...

Page 101: ...n settings 1 Tick Set new folders as public albums if you want the uploaded photo albums available to visitors 2 Click Re index to reconstruct the index structure of the image files if you found missing images in Photo Station 3 Click OK To launch Personal Photo Station do any of the following Click Launch Photo Station Go to Main Menu and click Photo Station username Type the following web addres...

Page 102: ...in the address bar of your web browser http Synology_Server_IP_Address username photo Manage Photo Station User Accounts When Photo Station or Personal Photo Station is enabled by DSM admin or DSM users they become their Photo Station s administrator who can create modify or delete their Photo Station s user accounts Choose Account System Photo Station administrators can choose to integrate DSM us...

Page 103: ... view uploaded files with quality thumbnail for better browsing experience and edit photos and videos on the Photos page Create Albums If you have Photo Station s administrative privilege you can use any of the following methods to upload the new album to the photo shared folder for the default Photo Station managed by DiskStation admin or home photo folder for Personal Photo Stations managed Disk...

Page 104: ...tos and videos to an album 1 Choose Add Upload from my computer or Copy from my DiskStation 2 In the window that appears do any of the following If you want to upload photos or videos to the current folder choose Upload to the current album Note This option is available only when you are already browsing photos within an album If you want to upload photos or videos to a subfolder choose Upload to ...

Page 105: ...ding order Choose Sort by preference click Rearrange click OK and then drag any album to change its order 3 Click Save Set Album s Privacy Settings 1 Go to Settings and click the Photos tab 2 Click Access Permissions and tick the checkboxes under any of the following headers Public The album can be seen by all viewers Private The album can be accessed by user accounts with proper access permission...

Page 106: ...rience You can set the thumbnail quality and monitor the thumbnail creation progress Meanwhile if you would like to view videos in the photo shared folder of Photo Station on your mobile devices you can enable video conversion and view the conversion progress as well For more information about setting thumbnail quality and monitoring thumbnail creation progress click the Help button with a questio...

Page 107: ...al networks 1 Browse to the photos you want to upload and then choose Share Upload to Facebook Upload to Twitter or Upload to Picasa 2 Click the thumbnails to select your photos and then click Upload to Facebook Upload to Twitter or Upload to Picasa 3 In the window that appears click Connect with Facebook Connect with Twitter or Connect with Picasa and then authorize with your social network accou...

Page 108: ...ck the drop down menus to choose in what order items are to be displayed on your preferred time scale Tick the checkbox to restrict displaying tags on Timeline to people tag only 3 Click Save to apply the changes Manage Tags for Photos You can tag your photos with people locations and descriptions and manage people tags geotags and descriptive tags with the add edit delete and confirm functions To...

Page 109: ...os tab 2 In the Face Recognition section tick Perform auto face recognition for new photos Note The name you input in the name field will be collected into the database of Photo Station and will be retrieved and displayed on the drop down list as a suggestion later whenever a people tag is created 3 If you want to find people appearing in all photos click the Find people for all photos button to s...

Page 110: ... Use the Blog If you are a Photo Station administrator you can sign in to enable manage and back up your personal blog Moreover you can also personalize your blog space by adjusting its layout Modify Blog Settings You can go to Settings Blog to enable the blog function and mange its settings To enable the blog function 1 Tick Enable the blog function 2 Click Save To modify blog layout do any of th...

Page 111: ...sh Limitation For the post title you can enter up to 512 characters whereas 40 960 characters are allowed for the post content The following html tags in article content will be filtered out automatically form input script table td tr tbody th html body To edit or delete a post Click the post title to see the full article click Edit or Delete and then follow onscreen instructions to edit or delete...

Page 112: ...DiskStation your computer DLNA certified Digital Media Renderers AirPlay compatible devices 1 This chapter explains how to install Audio Station choose audio source browse music from the source add music to the playlist and add music and playlists to the queue panel for playback or external speakers or home stereo equipment connected to the audio dock of Synology Remote sold separately Note Audio ...

Page 113: ...ore information about DS audio see Chapter 19 Communicate with Mobile Devices on Page 175 Choose Audio Source On the left section of Audio Station are several audio sources you can choose from for playback on Audio Station Library The library contains music in the music shared folders or any other indexed folders of your Synology DiskStation which will be organized into the following categories To...

Page 114: ...list do any of the following Add or edit in DSM a Go to Main Menu iTunes Server in Synology DiskStation Manager b Click Smart Playlist to add or edit your playlist Add or edit in Audio Station See Work with Playlist on Page 118 for more information iPod If there is an iPod classic connected to the USB port of your DiskStation you can click the disclosure triangle next to iPod to see the iPod conne...

Page 115: ...u to select the device 2 Do either of the following If there is only one device click the device to play media contents If there are multiple devices click Multiple AirPlay Devices on the drop down menu In the window that appears tick the checkbox es of the device s you want for music playback 3 Click OK Organize Your Music After selecting one of the audio sources on the left side you can browse i...

Page 116: ...rsonal music files will be indexed You may click Re index to re construct the index structure of the files if you found files missing Change Views By clicking the three buttons above the main section you can browse your songs in different views There are three views to browse your songs List the first button Organize your items in a list Artwork the second button The icons or artwork if any of you...

Page 117: ... or more music files and right click to choose Edit music tag 2 Here you can view or modify the music file s information or choose a language from the Codepage drop down menu to convert non Unicode text to Unicode and display the text in the correct language System default is the codepage you specified at Main Menu Control Panel Regional Options 3 Click Save to finish the setup Note You can only e...

Page 118: ...d 3 a Go to Playlist New Playlist at the top left corner to create an empty personal playlist if you want to create a shared playlist tick Add as shared playlist b While browsing through the library select any songs in the main area and then drag them to the playlist you just created To create a smart playlist 1 Go to Playlist New Smart Playlist at the top left corner to create a personal smart pl...

Page 119: ...onnected to the USB port of your Synology DiskStation or via external speakers or home stereo equipment connected to the audio dock of Synology Remote sold separately Media Renderer Play music via a Digital Media Renderer DMR or an AirPlay 1 Note compatible device within your local area network USB Mode and Media Renderer mode are available only when corresponding output devices are found by Audio...

Page 120: ... queue and replace the existing songs in the queue Right click the playlist and choose Play Audio Station will play the songs in the playlist immediately To append a playlist to the queue without replacing the existing songs in the queue Right click the playlist and choose Add to queue Manage Songs in the Queue Panel To play a song in the queue Right click the song and choose Play to play it right...

Page 121: ...utton at the top right corner of the music player To play a song Click Play Pause Next or Previous To skip to any point in the currently playing song Drag the playhead along the timeline below the song s duration to any point you want To adjust the volume Drag the volume slider below the timeline To switch back to the full mode Click the Switch to full mode button at the bottom right corner of the...

Page 122: ...cal computer To enable music download 1 Click Settings and then click the Options tab 2 Tick Enable music download 3 Click OK To download music do any of the following Select multiple songs by holding Ctrl key and right click to choose Download selected song s Right click any of the songs in the queue panel and choose Download playing queue Right click any playlist and choose Download playlist ...

Page 123: ...ternet With Video Station you can also stream videos to your iPhone or iPad for playback This chapter explains how to install Video Station categorize videos by video type edit video metadata record and live stream digital TV programs for playback Install Video Station Go to Main Menu Package Center to install Video Station To install Video Station Under the Available tab click Install to install ...

Page 124: ...be categorized into movie TV show home video and TV recording as shown on the left panel of Video Station You can also manage your video collections by adding them to favorites or watchlist for quick access Create Video Folders You as DSM admin or users belonging to the administrators group need to create video folders for movie TV show home video and TV recording first to store your videos before...

Page 125: ...dex all video files and search video metadata over the Internet all over again Manage Video Collections You can add videos to the favorites list or watchlist for quick access Do either of the following to add videos to the list s Method 1 Add to favorites Add to watchlist Movie Home Video TV Recording Select any of the video clips in the main area and click the Action drop down menu Click Add to f...

Page 126: ... criteria will appear below c Browse through the search result select one correct item from the list and click Apply The metadata of the selected video will be applied to the fields at the Video Info tab d Click OK to save the changes or click Reset to restore the original data if you have found the applied metadata is not the one you are looking for and make another search with the Search from In...

Page 127: ...ompletion of the scan It may take a while for the scan to finish TV Programs Once the channel scan is complete you can choose to stream or record channels available on the channel list on the left panel at Schedule Program Guide according to your preference Programs of different modes are indicated by the following icons colors Blue Programs highlighted in blue have been scheduled to be recorded b...

Page 128: ...g schedules both ongoing and to come will be canceled Please proceed with caution If one of the users with administrative privileges is scanning channels you are not allowed to stream or record any programs Please wait until the scan process is finished Live Stream TV Programs Once the channel scan is completed you can watch digital TV programs broadcast live with the streaming service provided by...

Page 129: ...will appear asking you to click the Live Stream icon at the top right corner to open the streaming URL Click OK and Close to close the Schedule window or you will not be able to continue 4 Click the Live Stream icon as instructed In the window that appears copy and paste the Streaming URL to VLC player for playback You may be required to enter user credentials for authentication when launching the...

Page 130: ...apter explains how to install Download Station manage Auto Extract service and download tasks Install Download Station Go to Main Menu Package Center to install Download Station To install Download Station Under the Available tab click Install to install the package and follow the installation steps of Manage Packages on Page 97 When the installation is complete the package will be moved to the In...

Page 131: ...re To enable Auto Extract for downloaded files 1 Tick Enable Auto Extract for downloaded files to enable the service first if you want automatic extraction for downloaded files Otherwise the other settings will not be available 2 Select a location for uncompressed files from either of the following Extract to current location Where the zipped archive is currently downloaded Extract to Any other fo...

Page 132: ... can free up more network bandwidth when needed To set the download schedule 1 Choose any of the following Immediately Allow download tasks to continue without stop Advanced schedule Click Schedule Plan and do the following a If you want to limit download tasks to alternative speeds during certain periods of a week enter the maximum download or upload rates in the BT Alternative Speed Settings sec...

Page 133: ...email notification 1 Tick Send email notification upon task completion 2 Click OK To enable desktop notification 1 Tick Display desktop notification upon task completion 2 Click OK Location In this section you can specify download destination folder and torrent NZB watched folder Default Destination Folder Specify a folder that will be used to store files downloaded via BT HTTP FTP NZB To specify ...

Page 134: ...loads and uploads in the Max upload rate or Max download rate fields 0 means unlimited BT Network Setting See below for more advanced BT settings To encrypt BT traffic 1 Choose any of the following from the BT protocol encryption drop down menu Disable Disable outgoing encrypted connections but will accept incoming encrypted connections Auto Attempt to accept incoming encrypted connections but wil...

Page 135: ...own menu to shorten the update interval from 24 hours to your preferred time period Create BT HTTP FTP NZB Download Tasks This section explains how to create BT HTTP FTP NZB tasks Create by Uploading Files You can create download tasks by uploading the following files from your local computer to Download Station Torrent files torrent contain information for downloading files being shared over the ...

Page 136: ...TPS folder downloading is not supported 3 If authentication is required tick Authentication required and enter your username and password 4 If you want to change your download destination click Select to select another folder 5 Click Create Create via BT Search You can search for torrent files with BT search engines to help you find your favorite downloads more easily Note Before you use the Searc...

Page 137: ...g the Rename or Remove button above the file list 5 Select the RSS file and view the list of its RSS feeds under the RSS Feeds tab 6 Click Update above the file list to update the list of RSS feeds for the selected RSS file or click Update All to update the lists of RSS feeds for all RSS files in the file list Note By default Download Station automatically updates the lists of RSS feeds on a daily...

Page 138: ...s All Downloads lists all download tasks Downloading lists download tasks that are currently downloading Completed lists download tasks that are completely downloaded Active Downloads lists download tasks that are currently downloading or seeding Inactive Downloads lists download tasks that are erroneous waiting or paused by you Stopped lists download tasks that are paused by you Manage BT HTTP FT...

Page 139: ...upward triangle at the bottom right corner of Download Station General displays general information of the download task Tracker BT tasks only lists servers that track other BT clients sharing the same files over the network You can add or remove trackers by clicking Add or Remove Peers BT tasks only lists other BT clients sharing the same files over the network File BT NZB tasks only lists files ...

Page 140: ...e options to update server list or and connect to server automatically To manage server settings 1 Tick any of the following Automatically update server list when connected to a server or client allows you to retrieve server lists from other servers or eMule clients Connect to server automatically allows Download Station to connect to ED2K server automatically 2 Click OK Note See Connect to ED2K S...

Page 141: ...server will limit the maximum TCP IP and UDP connections A connection will be established only when there are tasks in progress such as data transferring file searching or source exchanging Note The max connections should be between 100 and 500 A large number of max connections will consume more system resources and a small number of min connections will lower the overall downloading performance L...

Page 142: ... any of the following Server IP Enter the IP address and port of the server ED2K Link Enter the ED2K link e g ed2k server IP port Update server met from URL Enter the URL of the server met file e g http www synology com server met 3 Click Add To delete ED2K servers Select the servers from the list and click the Delete button To connect to a random ED2K server 1 Select a server from the server list...

Page 143: ... 3 Click Create To resume an eMule download task 1 Select one or more tasks in the list 2 Click the Resume button Only tasks which are not completed or paused will be resume downloading Create by Entering URLs You can create download tasks by entering URLs To create download tasks by entering URLs 1 Click Create 2 In the window that appears choose Enter URL and enter the URLs of the file you want ...

Page 144: ...eue will not be added to the queue again 3 Make your selections and click Download selected file s to create download tasks To create download tasks via advanced search 1 Click on the down arrow to the right of the Start Stop search button 2 In the window that appears do the following Enter a keyword Select the file type Select the search method Enter the minimum and maximum file size for the desi...

Page 145: ...to view 2 Click the tabs below the download queue to view detailed information of the task To edit download tasks 1 Click Edit to edit the priority and change destination folder for the task Note To change the default destination folders for all download tasks see Location on Page 133 2 Click OK To clear finished download tasks Click Clear Downloaded files will remain in the destination shared fol...

Page 146: ...s provided by Surveillance Station Install Surveillance Station Go to Main Menu Package Center to install Surveillance Station To install Surveillance Station Under the Available tab click Install to install the package and follow the installation steps of Manage Packages on Page 97 When the installation is complete the package will be moved to the Installed tab and the Main Menu will automaticall...

Page 147: ... date 3 Go to Applications Utilities and then open Java Preferences to do the following On the list of Java applications make sure the version of Java SE is 1 6 0_26 or onward Move the 32 bit version of Java SE to the top of the application list above 64 bit If you are using Mac OS X 10 7 or onward tick Enable applet plug in and Web Start applications Manage IP Cameras Go to Camera Camera List und...

Page 148: ...s events intelligently to trigger smart recording on the fly Each recorded session is archived in an organized fashion for analysis A simulation mode ensures accurate tuning so you can adjust sensitivity detection zone and object size to deliver the best result for individual cameras For detailed instructions click the figure icon at the top right corner and then click Help Configure Layout DSM ad...

Page 149: ...e or resume the playback click this button 4 To save the current image click Snapshot 5 To start manual recording click Manual Recording 6 To configure layout setting click Configure 7 Click Show information and the status for each camera will be displayed on the corner of each live view window 8 To see the corresponding E Map click E Map 9 To see the live view in full screen mode click Full scree...

Page 150: ... to see the timeline page which offers the Multiple Event Playback function which allows you to simultaneously watch events recorded on one day or at the same time by different cameras All event videos are lined up in the timeline You can easily find the event you are looking by clicking a specific time on this day or during the hour and play it with the event player on this page For more informat...

Page 151: ...ange icon represents Motion Detection and Alarm Recording The icon represents the recorded event is being saved right now Note Your IP camera must support alarm recording to be able to use Alarm Recording Alarm recording often relates to the IP camera s digital input and output pin or DIDO Refer to its datasheet for pin configuration detail Alarm recording will begin when the IP camera detects an ...

Page 152: ...tion messages to via email SMS mobile devices or instant messaging programs whenever important events occur You can decide which types of events to be notified at System Notification Filter and configure notification settings at System Notification Settings For more information about how to enable and set up email SMS mobile devices or Windows Live Messenger Skype notifications click the figure ic...

Page 153: ...igure icon at the top right corner and then click Help After the e map is created you can go to Live View and click Configure to assign the e map to a live view layout When the setup is complete you can click the E Map button on the Live View page to open the map and quickly pinpoint the location of a camera Manage Advanced Settings Go to System Advanced under Management to manage the advanced set...

Page 154: ...lick Save To manage client DiskStations if your DiskStation is set as a host server Go to Device Centralized Management under Management For more information click the figure icon at the top right corner and then click Help VisualStation VisualStation is a live view and event playback device designed to expand the flexibility of Surveillance Station When a VisualStation within LAN is managed by yo...

Page 155: ...ns click the figure icon at the top right corner and then click Help Install Camera License Go to System License under Management to manage camera license With Default License your DiskStation can manage one camera within LAN If your DiskStation supports multiple cameras you can purchase Synology Camera License Packs and then add the license key here to manage additional cameras For more informati...

Page 156: ... Environment with Surveillance Station View Log Go to System Log under Management to view and manage log records of critical events such as camera disconnection or changes on the camera settings For more information click the figure icon at the top right corner and then click Help ...

Page 157: ...nstall the package and follow the installation steps of Manage Packages on Page 97 When the installation is complete the package will be moved to the Installed tab and the Main Menu will automatically expand with the package s thumbnail on it Manage DLNA Media Server Go to Main Menu Media Server to browse and play the multimedia contents on Synology DiskStation via DLNA UPnP home devices also know...

Page 158: ...customized styles and then click Customize 2 Click one of the following tabs Music Photo or Video 3 Do any of the following If you want to create a new menu style click Create If you have selected Music there will be a list of templates If you want to edit an existing style click Edit Record Diagnostic Log The log can help determine the cause of the problem when you contact Synology Support for as...

Page 159: ...the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner Manage Indexed Folder By default media files within the photo video and music shared folders are indexed by Media Indexing Service If you want DMA devices and DSM s photo video or music applications to access more files on your DiskStation you can add more indexed folders at Main Menu Control Panel Media Indexing Service Indexed Folder T...

Page 160: ...our device Install iTunes Server Go to Main Menu Package Center to install iTunes Server Manage iTunes Server Go to Main Menu iTunes Server to use iTunes service After it is enabled all iTunes clients on the same local area network can browse and play songs or videos in the music and video shared folders on the server The server will be listed below Shared in the iTunes window after the service is...

Page 161: ...aylist 1 Double click on the item you want to edit from the smart playlist table or select the item and click Edit 2 Change rules according to your requirement To add or delete rules click the Add Rule or Delete Rule button 3 Click OK To delete a smart playlist 1 Select the smart playlist you want to delete 2 Click Delete and then click Yes Note You can also create and edit smart playlists with Au...

Page 162: ... is providing the best performance Check System Information Go to Main Menu System Information to check the following system information General Under the General tab you can see the basic information about your DiskStation including serial number model name the amount of physical memory DSM version time information thermal status or external devices The DiskStation s thermal status is represented...

Page 163: ...ypes of an internal hard disk Normal System partition and volume are available for use on the hard drive Initialized System partition is established but no volume has been created Not Initialized System partition and volume are not established on the hard drive No Disk Installed No disk is installed in the corresponding hard drive slot System Partition Failed System partition on the hard drive is ...

Page 164: ...essfully View System Logs Go to Main Menu System Logs to view the log records of DiskStation services Furthermore after viewing the log records you can delete or save them To see the log records of a specific service Click the tabs to view system logs connection logs file transfer logs and backup logs Note When the log size reaches its limit the oldest record will be removed for space saving consi...

Page 165: ...tem Resources Go to Main Menu Resource Monitor to monitor system resources You can choose to monitor in real time or view the previous data Note Previous data will be shown once Enable usage history is ticked in the Advanced Settings tab Performance Click on Performance tab to view the resource utilization data Detailed date time and information of the chart will be shown upon mouse over The syste...

Page 166: ...e in KB per second If PPPoE is enabled its transfer rate will also show up on the chart Process Click on Process tab to view the CPU and memory usage of each process in the order of decreasing CPU load Advanced Settings Click on Advanced Settings tab to set up additional options To change the time duration of real time display Choose the Real time duration in minutes from the drop down menu To ena...

Page 167: ... download it automatically and then display desktop notification when DSM download completes Troubleshooting If you see error messages in red text during checking or downloading the latest DSM the following suggestions might help solve your problem Check if the upgrading process was interrupted by users or other unexpected events such as a power failure Check the DSM version You can only update th...

Page 168: ...lowing settings 1 Enter the SMTP server name or IP address 2 By default the SMTP port number is 25 Modify the number if you have specified a different SMTP port while setting up port forwarding rules 3 If your SMTP server requires SSL TLS connection tick Secure connection SSL TLS is required 4 If your SMTP server requires SMTP authentication click SMTP authentication and tick Authentication requir...

Page 169: ...ll be sent to both numbers 6 If you do not wish to receive too many messages tick Enable SMS interval limit and limit the number of notification messages to one message per the time interval you specified 7 Click Send a test SMS message to send a test SMS message to the phone number you specified If no message is received it means the configuration is incorrect 8 Click Apply to save the configurat...

Page 170: ...d a test notification Now you can launch DS finder on your mobile device to check whether the test message is received To manage paired mobile devices 1 Click Manage paired devices to see the list of all paired mobile devices 2 If you want to unpair any of the devices select them and click Unpair Press and hold Shift or Ctrl while making multiple selections No notification will be sent to them unl...

Page 171: ... _ but these two characters can only be used for the other characters except the first and last ones Customized HTTP S Ports Applications can be opened in an independent browser window at http s DSM server address customized port number once the HTTP S port is set up To enable a customized port HTTP S 1 Select an application and click Edit or double click the selected application 2 In the window t...

Page 172: ...Restore Synology DiskStation to Factory Defaults Go to Main Menu Control Panel Restore Defaults if you want to restore your Synology DiskStation to factory defaults There are three restore options Format the hard disk but keep the current settings All user data in the hard drive will be deleted whereas the system configurations will remain Format the hard disk and restore to factory default settin...

Page 173: ... not be erased during the reinstallation However for security reason we strongly recommend that you back up the data first Enable SNMP Service Go to Main Menu Control Panel SNMP to enable SNMP service which allows users to monitor Synology DiskStation network flow with the network management software Currently SNMPv1 SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 protocols are supported To enable SNMPv1 SNMPv2c service 1 Tic...

Page 174: ... to log in to Synology DiskStation and modify its settings To enable connection to Synology DiskStation via Telnet or SSH 1 Do any of the following If you want to enable the Telnet service tick Enable Telnet service If you want to enable the SSH service tick Enable SSH service Note When you disable the SSH service all SSH tasks will be terminated immediately If you disable the SSH service while pe...

Page 175: ...nload allows you to access Download Station and download files directly with an iOS device You can create download tasks by adding a url via a built in mini browser of the application or the integrated Safari browser for user convenience Managing basic settings such as transfer speed limits or activating the advanced schedule is also possible DS video DS video allows you to access Video Station an...

Page 176: ...nage DiskStation files with an iOS Android device or Windows Phone DS finder DS finder allows you to monitor or email the status of your DiskStation and request it to perform wake on LAN WOL restart shut down or play beep sounds to help you quickly find the its location with an iOS Android device or Windows Phone Note For more information about those mobile Apps refer to the Help files that come w...

Page 177: ...bout managing your DSM go to Main Menu DSM Help or click the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner of every window For any questions other than that please visit Synology Inc website www synology com for further assistance ...

Page 178: ...to control access to the components features or functions of the Product or Software Section 6 Open Source The Software may contain components licensed to Synology under the GNU General Public License GPL Components currently available at http www gnu org licenses gpl html The terms of the GPL will control solely with respect to the GPL Components to the extent that this EULA conflicts with the re...

Page 179: ... the United States except as otherwise provided below In such cases the arbitration will be conducted before a single arbitrator and will be limited solely to the dispute between you and Synology The arbitration or any portion of it will not be consolidated with any other arbitration and will not be conducted on a class wide or class action basis The arbitration shall be held in King County Washin...

Page 180: ...rcially reasonable efforts to repair the Product or b replace the noncomplying Product or part thereof upon return of the complete Product in accordance with Section 2 4 The foregoing sets forth Synology s entire liability and Customer s sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of warranty under Section 2 1 or any other defect or deficiency in the Product Customer will reasonably assist Synology t...

Page 181: ...OUNT OF DAMAGES CUSTOMER MAY INCUR AND WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY The foregoing disclaimer of certain damages and limitation of liability will apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law The laws of some states jurisdictions do not allow exclusion or limitation of certain damages To the extent that those laws apply to the Produc...

Page 182: ...e enforced in any court having jurisdiction Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict Synology from seeking injunctive relief or seeking such other rights and remedies as it may have at law or equity for any actual or threatened breach of any provision of this Warranty relating to Synology s intellectual property rights 4 6 Attorneys Fees In any arbitration mediation or other...

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