Configuring the camera list

The list of cameras specified in the configuration panel for the Partition Of Control object defines the cameras whose archives can be accessed through the Search in Archive interface object (see the document Monitoring Software Package: Operator's Guide). In addition, this list defines the cameras whose state and archives are monitored by Agent of Control.

Depending on whether the list of cameras has been specified or not, the following situations are possible:

1. If cameras are specified in the list, Agent of Control works in normal mode: it monitors the state of cameras and their archives. Control Server receives information about the number of cameras, disks, disk volume, etc.
2. If no cameras are specified in the list, Agent of Control checks for the presence of a Long-term Archive object in the system and gets information about disks from this object. In this case, Control Server will receive information only for the disks marked in the Long-term Archive object. Access to the archive is not performed from the Search in Archive interface object during this process.
3. If no cameras are indicated in Agent of Control settings and there is no Long-term Archive object in the configuration, information about disks is taken from the Computer object; the disks indicated for storage of the main archive are taken into account. Access to the archive is not performed from the Search in Archive interface object during this process.

In the second and third cases, monitoring is performed of the state of the system (network functioning, restarts, etc.) and disks (their number and free space). The state of cameras and their archives is not available for monitoring.

To configure the list of cameras in use:

1. Go to the configuration panel for the Partition Of Control object.
   
2. Click the Cameras... button. The Add/edit cameras window opens.
   
3. Configure the necessary cameras by clicking the  and  buttons to move cameras from the left list to the one on the right (1).
4. Select cameras in the list on the right.
5. Specify the time for video archive storage, in days (2).
6. Click the Set for cameras selected in the right list button.
7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 for all necessary cameras.
8. Click the Apply changes and close button (3). The selected cameras will be added to the list on the configuration panel of the Security Site object.
9. Click the Apply button.

 Configuration of the camera list is now complete.