General
When you select Setup, the first page you see is the General page. The General page allows you to set the
camera's identity.
Tip: Features and options are disabled if they are not supported by the camera.
Note: If a camera with video analytics or unusual motion detection is physically moved or adjusted,
or if the focus or zoom level is changed, reset the learning progress to provide accurate results. If the
camera's image rate and compression or display settings are updated, the learning progress may
reset automatically.
1. In the Name field, give the camera a meaningful name.
2. In the Location field, describe the camera's location.
3. Select the Disable device status LEDs check box to disable the LED indicators located on the camera.
4. Select any of the Overlay Setting check boxes to display and stamp that information on the camera's
video stream. The options are:
lDisplay Date
Selecting the Display Date check box also enables the Date Format drop-down list. From the
list, choose the date format which will be used to display the date.
lDisplay Time
lDisplay GMT Offset
lDisplay Name
lDisplay Location
5. In the Time Settings area, select how the camera keeps time.
lIf you prefer to manually set the camera’s date and time, enter the time zone on this page.
lSelect the Automatically adjust clock for Daylight Savings Time check box, if required.
lIf you prefer to auto-synchronize the camera’s date and time with an NTP server, configure the
NTP server on the Network page.
At the bottom of the page, you can click on the (Configure NTP Server) link to go to the Network
page. For more information on configuring the NTP server, see Network on the next page.
CAUTION — The time setting must always be current or the ACCsoftware will reject the video stream
from the camera. To ensure that the time is always current you should do one of the following:
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