Setup Flow - Canon VB-M40 Administrator's Manual

Setup Flow

The flow from preparation before introducing the system, to operation management and maintenance is shown below.
Step 1
Prepare for introducing the system
Step 2
Set up your cameras
Step 3
Install
Step 4
Set up the Storage Servers
Step 5
Add cameras
Step 6
Configure the Viewer
Step 7
Set a recording schedule
Step 8
Day-to-day operation
Step 9
Operation management and
maintenance
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Consider the video storage period and recording conditions, determine
the hard disk capacity required for recording and prepare the
equipment.
See "System Design" in "Chapter 1 Introduction".
Set up your cameras for live image display or recording.
See your camera manuals.
Install this software product on your computer.
See "Chapter 2 Setup".
Set up the Storage Server Group and Storage Servers.
See "Chapter 3 Storage Server Settings".
Add cameras to the Storage Server Groups.
See "Chapter 3 Storage Server Settings".
Configure the Viewer to match your environment and use.
See "Chapter 4 Viewer Settings".
Set the recording conditions for using the cameras.
See "Chapter 5 Setting a Recording Schedule".
View live images and check events by playing back recorded images.
You can set up your own layouts for the video windows.
See "Chapter 6 Day-to-Day Operations".
We recommended that you set up a management and maintenance
process, such as taking regular backups of recording files, to reduce
the impact of network failures on system operation.
See "Chapter 7 Operation and Management" and
"Chapter 8 Backup".