Add Remote Site by IP Address or Domain Name

If you know the IP address or domain name of the Remote Site to be added, you can add the site to the Central System by specifying the IP address (or domain name), user name, password, and other related parameters.

Note:

  • When adding Remote Site, the site's cameras and area information are imported to the Central System by default.

  • When you perform the following steps, the progress of the whole task will be displayed on the upper right side.

  1. On the top navigation bar, select > Security Monitoring > Video.
  2. On the left pane, click Remote Site Management.
  3. Enter the Add Remote Site page.

    • If no Remote Site is added, click Add Site to enter the Add Remote Site page.

    • If you have already added Remote Site, click on the left to enter the Add Remote Site page.

    Figure 1 Add Remote Site
    Note:

    If you did not set the NTP server which is used for synchronizing the time between the SYS and the NTP server, a message will be displayed on the top of this page. If you need, click the button to go to the System Configuration page.

  4. Select IP Address/Domain as the adding mode.
  5. Enter the required information.
    Site Address

    The IP address or domain name of the Remote Site.

    Site Port

    Enter the port No. of the Remote Site.

    Name

    Edit a name for the Remote Site as desired. You can check Get Name to synchronize the Remote Site's name automatically.

    User Name

    The user name for the Remote Site, such as admin user and normal user.

    Password

    The password required to access the Remote Site.

    CAUTION:

    The password strength of the device can be automatically checked. We highly recommend you change the password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three kinds of following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product. And we recommend you change your password regularly, especially in the high security system, changing the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product.

    Proper configuration of all passwords and other security settings is the responsibility of the installer and/or end-user.

    Description

    Optionally, you can enter the descriptive information for the Remote Site, such as location and deployment.

  6. Optional: Enable receiving the alarms configured on the Remote Site.
    1. Switch on Select Configured Alarms to Be Received by Central System to display all the configured alarms on a Remote Site.
    2. Optional: Click to filter the configured alarms by the alarm source, area, triggering event, etc.
    3. Select the configured alarm(s).
      Note:

      • After receiving the alarm from Remote Site, the alarm will be configured as alarm in Central System automatically. You can click Default Configuration Rule to view the imported alarms' default settings including alarm name, alarm priority, actions, etc.

      • You can view and edit alarms in Event and Alarm module. For details about setting the event and alarm, refer to Event and Alarm.

  7. Back up the Remote Sites' database in the Central System and you can set the maximum number of backups and view the database saving path in the Central System.
    Max. Number of Backups

    Define the maximum number of backup files available on the platform.

  8. Optional: Enable backing up the Remote Site's database in schedule.
    1. Switch on Scheduled Database Backup.
    2. Select how often to back up the database.
      Note:

      If you select Weekly or Monthly for running the backup task, select which day to run.

    3. Select what time of a day to start backup.
  9. Click Add to add the remote site.