On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc.
NetDVMS 6.5e
Administration
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Devices & DLKs
How to Import Device License Keys
You must have a Device License Key (DLK) for every device (IP network camera or IP video server) installed on your NetDVMS
surveillance system.
Remember that you are allowed to install and use only the number of cameras listed on your organization's license sheet; regardless
of you number of available DLKs. For example, a fully used four-port video encoder counts as four cameras even though the
cameras are connected through a single device—therefore a fully used four-port video encoder will use four licenses.
System administrators obtain DLKs as part of the software registration process.
You are able to specify each DLK manually when
adding a device
through the
Device Setup Wizard
, available by clicking the
Add
Device..
. button in the
Administrator
window
. However, you can avoid having to specify each DLK manually by using the following
procedure to import all received DLKs into NetDVMS in one go:
Prerequisites:
The DLKs, received in a .dlk file, must have been saved at a location accessible by the surveillance server, for
example on a network drive or on a USB stick.
1. Open
the
Administrator
window
.
2. In
the
Administrator
window, click the
Import DLKs...
button.
3. Browse to the location at which you have saved the received .dlk file.
Select the file, and click
Open
.
All DLKs are now automatically imported, and the relevant DLK will automatically appear when you
add a
device
through the
Device Setup Wizard
.
How to Add a Device
In NetDVMS you add devices (IP video camera devices, IP video encoder devices or digital video recorder (DVR) devices) rather
than actual cameras. This is because devices have their own IP addresses or host names. Being IP-based, NetDVMS primarily
identifies units on the surveillance system based on their IP addresses or host names.
Even though each device has its own IP address or host name, several cameras can be attached to a single device
and thus share the same IP address or host name. This is typically the case with cameras attached to video encoder
devices.
You can of course configure and use each camera individually, even when several cameras are attached to a single
device.
When such I/O devices are added, they can be used in events-based system setup in the same way as a camera. For
more information about using I/O devices, see
Using Dedicated I/O Devices
. For information about which I/O devices
are supported, refer to the release note.
Once a device is added in NetDVMS, any cameras attached to the device are automatically recognized by the software, and listed in
the
Administrator
window's
Device Manager
section:
