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Section 3: Advanced Configuration
• User name: Enter the login name of the FTP account.
• Password: Enter the password of the FTP account.
• FTP folder name: Enter the folder where the media file will be placed. If the folder name
does not exist, the camera will create one on the FTP server.
• Passive mode: Most firewalls do not accept new connections initiated from external
requests. If the FTP server supports passive mode, select this option to enable passive
mode FTP and allow data transmission to pass through the firewall.
To verify if the FTP settings are correctly configured, click Test. The result will be shown in a
pop-up window as shown below. If successful, you will also receive a test.txt file on the FTP
server.
Click Save to enable the settings, then click Close to exit the page.
Media Settings
Click Add Media to open the Media Settings page. On this page, you can specify the type
of media that will be sent when a trigger is activated. A total of 5 media settings can be
configured.
Media name: Enter a name for the media setting.
Media Type: There are three choices of media types available: Snapshot, Video Clip, and
System log. Select the item to display the detailed configuration options. You can configure
either one or all of them.
Snapshot: Select to send snapshots when a trigger is activated.
Send pre-event images: The camera has a buffer area. It temporarily holds data up to a
certain limit. Enter a number to decide how many images to capture before a trigger is
activated. Up to 7 snapshots can be generated.
File name prefix: Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name.
Add Sequence number suffix: Enter the text that will be appended to the end of the file
name.
Click Save to enable the settings, then click Close to exit the page.
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