User Manual

VIVOTEK
54 - User's Manual
System > General settings
This section explains how to congure the basic settings for the Network Camera, such as the
host name and system time. It is composed of the following two columns: System and System
Time.
System
Host name: Enter a desired name for the Network Camera. The name will be displayed at the top center
of the main page.
Turn o󰀨 the LED indicator: Click to disable the onboard LEDs.
System time
Time zone : Select the appropriate time zone from the list. If you want to upload Daylight Savings Time
rules, please refer to
System > Maintenance > Import/ Export les
on page 63 for details.
Keep current date and time: Select this option to preserve the current date and time of the Network
Camera. The Network Camera’s internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the
power of the system is turned o󰀨.
Synchronize with computer time: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network
Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.
Manual: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Note that the date and time format are
[yyyy/mm/dd] and [hh:mm:ss].
Automatic: The Network Time Protocol is a protocol which synchronizes computer clocks by periodically
querying an NTP Server.
NTP server: Assign the IP address or domain name of the time-server. Leaving the text box blank
connects the Network Camera to the default time servers.
Update interval: Select to update the time using the NTP server on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly
basis.
When nished with the settings on this page, click
Save
at the bottom of the page to enable the settings.