Configure Your Device - Axis S2108 User Manual

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AXIS Camera Station S2108 Appliance

Configure your device

Initial Axis recorder setup

After you have configured Windows®, AXIS Recorder Toolbox is opened automatically and you are guided through the first-time

configuration setup assistant. In this setup assistant, you can configure several basic and necessary settings before you manage

your device in AXIS Recorder Toolbox.

1. Select Light or Dark theme and click Next (if it's available for your product).

2. Change the computer name if you want and click Next.

3. Under Date and time, configure the following settings and click Next.

Select a time zone.

To set up an NTP server, select NTP server and enter the NTP server address.

To set manually, select Manual and select a date and time.

4. Under Network settings, configure the following settings and click Next.

Use automatic IP settings (DHCP) and Use automatic DNS settings are turned on by default.

If your device is connected to a network with a DHCP server, the assigned IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and

preferred DNS are automatically displayed.

If your device is not connected to a network or there is no DHCP server available, enter the IP address, subnet

mask, gateway, and preferred DNS manually depending on the network requirements.

5. Click Finish. If you have changed the computer name, AXIS Recorder Toolbox will prompt you to restart the device.

Using the AXIS Camera Station client, you can connect to multiple servers or a single server installed on the local computer or

somewhere else on the network. You can connect to AXIS Camera Station servers in different ways:

Last used servers - Connect to the servers used in the previous session.

This computer - Connect to the server installed on the same computer as the client.

Remote server - See Log in on a remote server on page 16.

AXIS Secure Remote Access - See Sign in to AXIS Secure Remote Access on page 16.

Note

When trying to connect to a server for the first time, the client checks the server certificate ID. To ensure that you're

connecting to the correct server, manually verify the certificate ID with the one displayed in AXIS Camera Station Service

Control.

To connect to servers from a server list, select a one from the Server list drop-down menu. Click

To import a server list file exported from AXIS Camera Station, click Import server list and browse to an .msl file.

To delete saved usernames and passwords all connected servers, click Delete saved passwords.

You might need to change the client proxy settings to connect to a server, click Change client proxy settings.

to create or edit the server lists.

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