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

1. Click Remote Site Management on home page to open the Remote Site management page.
2. Enter the Add Remote Site page.

   • If no Remote Site 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 Page
3. Select IP/Domain as the adding mode.
4. 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. By default, it's 80.

   Alias

   Edit a name for the Remote Site as desired. You can check Synchronize 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.

   Description

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

   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.

5. Optional: Enable receiving the alarms configured on the Remote Site.
   1. Set the Select Alarm switch to ON to display all the configured alarms on a Remote Site.
      Figure 2. Receive Alarm from Site Page
   2. Optional: Filter the configured alarms by the alarm source, triggering event, and alarm priority.
   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 Alarm module. For details about setting the alarm, refer to Configure Alarm.

6. 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 system.

7. Optional: Enable backing up the Remote Site's database in schedule.
   1. Set the Scheduled Database Backup switch to ON.
   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.
8. Finish adding the Remote Site.

   • Click Add to add the Remote Site and back to the Remote Site list page.

   • Click Add and Continue to save the settings and continue to add other Remote Sites.