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Cisco Video Surveillance 8020/8030 IP Camera Reference Guide
Chapter 5 Configuration
System > General settings
Each function on the configuration list will be explained in the following sections.
The Navigation Area provides access to all different views from the Home page (for live viewing),
Configuration page, and multi-language selection.
System > General settings
This section explains how to configure the basic settings for the camera, such as the host name and
system time. It is composed of the following two columns: System, and System Time. When finished
with the settings on this page, click
Save
at the bottom of the page to enable the settings.
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Host name—Enter a desired name for the camera. The text will be displayed at the top of the main
page.
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Turn off the LED indicators—If you do not want others to notice the camera is in operation, you can
select this option to turn off the LED indicators.
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Keep current date and time—Select this option to preserve the current date and time of the camera.
The camera internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system
is turned off.
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Synchronize with computer time—Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the camera
with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.
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Manual—The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Note that the date and time format
are [yyyy/mm/dd] and [hh:mm:ss].
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Automatic—The Network Time Protocol is a protocol which synchronizes computer clocks by
periodically querying an NTP Server.
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NTP server—Assign the IP address or domain name of the time-server. Leaving the text box
blank connects the camera to the default time servers. The precondition is that the camera must
have the access to the Internet.
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Update interval—Select to update the time using the NTP server on an hourly, daily, weekly, or
monthly basis.
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Time zone—Select the appropriate time zone from the list. If you want to upload Daylight Savings
Time rules, see the
“Import/Export files” section on page 5-7
for details.
System > Homepage layout
This section explains how to set up your own customized homepage layout.
General settings
This column shows the settings of your home page layout. You can manually select the background and
font colors in Theme Options (the second tab on this page). The settings will be displayed automatically
in this Preview field.
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Logo graph—Here you can change the logo that is placed at the top of your homepage. To to upload
a new logo, follow these steps:
1.
Click
Custom
and the Browse field will appear.
2.
Select a logo from your files.
