Maintenance and more camera settings
General settings
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From the Organization dropdown, select the name of the organization that claimed the camera.
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Go to Cameras.
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At the top of the screen, select the name of the camera whose settings you want to change.
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Go to Maintenance > General.
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Configure the following settings:
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Click Save.
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Description |
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| Status LED |
Enable or disable the camera status LED. Click Blink to have the camera's LED blink for one minute. |
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| Bluetooth |
Click Enable for Bluetooth connectivity on the camera. This can be used for setup via the FortiRecorder Mobile app. Use the slider available to control the amount of time that the camera's Bluetooth will search for connections. |
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| System |
Click Reboot to restart the currently selected camera.
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Network settings
To view the MAC address, see Dashboard.
To view the camera's IP address, gateway, and DNS configuration
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From the Organization dropdown, select the name of the organization that claimed the camera.
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Go to Cameras.
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At the top of the screen, select the name of the camera whose settings you want to change.
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Go to Maintenance > Network.
Storage settings and disk space usage
For the disk space usage, you can view statuses such as the following:
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Item |
Description |
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Storage Size |
Total disk space in gigabytes (GB). |
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Used Space |
Used disk space in gigabytes (GB). |
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Free Space |
Unused disk space in gigabytes (GB). |
| Capacity |
Total number of days of recording that can be stored. Varies by the currently configured bitrate (resolution and image quality). |
| Retention |
Total number of days of recording that are currently stored. See also Delete Recording. |
If required, you can also format the disk. This deletes all recordings.
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If you format the camera storage disk, the stored recordings are deleted. You cannot undo it. If required, download a backup of the recordings before you format the disk. |
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From the Organization dropdown, select the name of the organization that claimed the camera.
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Go to Cameras.
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At the top of the screen, select the name of the camera whose settings you want to change.
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Go to Maintenance > Storage.
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Click Format.
Firmware updates
If you did not enable automatic camera software updates (see Site settings), then when new software is available, you must update the camera manually.
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From the Organization dropdown, select the name of the organization that claimed the camera.
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Go to Cameras.
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At the top of the screen, select the name of the camera whose settings you want to change.
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Go to Maintenance > Firmware.
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To determine if the camera's firmware is up-to-date, verify the Current Version field. If it is not up-to-date, click Update.
Recordings are interrupted until the camera reboots.