Device Configuration; Device Initialization - Dahua TPC-PT8420M-TC Quick Start Manual

4 Device Configuration

4.1 Device Initialization

It needs to set the user password when logging in for the first time (the username is admin by
default). The figures listed in the following chapter are for reference only. There is difference
about interface between different devices, please refer to the actual device for more details.
Caution

It fails to use device if the device is not initialized.
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In order to make sure the device is safe, please keep admin user password well after
initialization and modify it regularly.
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It can implement device initialization only when the device IP address (192.168.1.108 by
default) and the PC IP address are in the same network segment.
Step 1
Open IE browser, input camera default IP address in the address bar, and then press Enter.
Note
The factory default IP address is: 192.168.1.108.
The system will display the interface of Device Initialization after it is successfully connected,
which is shown in Figure 4-1.
Step 2
Set the login password of admin; please refer to Table 4-1 for more details about the parameters.
Parameter Note
Password The password can be set as 8 to 32 nonblank characters, which can be
made up of number, letter and special character (except "'",""",
";",":"and"&"), and it has to contain at least two types of
Confirm
Password
characters. Please set the password with high security according to the
password intensity prompt.
In order to reset password, please input email address properly or update
Email Address
in time
Figure 4-1
Table 4-1
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