Edit Camera for Current Site

You can edit the basic information, recording settings, and picture storage settings of a camera for the current site.

  1. In the top left corner of Home page, select > Basic Management > Device.
  2. Click Area on the left.
  3. In the left panel, select the added current site from the drop-down site list to show its areas.
    Note:

    The icon indicates that the site is current site.

  4. Optional: Select an area.
  5. Select the Camera tab to show the added cameras.
  6. Click a camera's name in the Name column to enter the camera editing page.
  7. Edit the camera's basic information, including camera name and protocol type.
    Note:

    If you change the camera's name, you can click in the added cameras list page to apply the new name to the device.

  8. Optional: Click Live View to view the live view of the camera and click again to switch to playback.
    Note:

    • If the device supports PTRZ, you can long press / to rotate by clockwise/anticlockwise during live view.

    • You can click to set rotating speed, and click to refresh the live view.

  9. Edit the recording settings of the camera. See Configure Storage and Recording for details.
    Note:

    • If no recording settings have been configured for the camera, you can click Configure to set the parameters.

    • You can also select multiple cameras and click Get Device's Recording Settings in the added cameras list page to get recording schedules of the devices in a batch.

  10. Optional: Set the Picture Storage switch to ON and select the storage location from the drop-down list for storing the pictures uploaded from the camera to the specified location.
    Note:

    • Refer to Configure Storage for Uploaded Pictures for details.

    • For cameras added by ISUP protocol, this function is not available. You should click Configure to edit the picture storage configurations.

  11. Optional: Click Configuration on Device in the top right corner of the camera editing panel or click in the Operation column of the added camera list page to set the remote configurations of the corresponding device if needed.
    Note:

    For details about the remote configuration, refer to the user manual of the device.

  12. Optional: In the top right corner of the camera editing panel, click Copy To to select configuration item(s) and copy the settings of this camera to other cameras.
  13. Click Save.