How To Manually Add A Camera Via Surveillance SoftwareUpdated 9 months ago

Purpose of The Guide

This guide will show you how to manually add your Gamut camera or recorder, using a Windows or Mac computer.

Before You Begin

Your Gamut device will need to be turned on and connected to your internet router. You will need to use a TV to set up the recorder for the first time, follow the quick start guide to do so. After the initial setup, a TV or monitor is not necessary when accessing the recorder via a network connection.

If you are using a Wi-Fi bridge system with your camera, make sure that the bridges are turned on, wired correctly and communicating before you begin.

Let’s Get Started

Now that you have connected your recorder/camera to your internet router and turned it on, you will be able to view it using a program called Surveillance Client.

You will need to get the device added first to the Surveillance Client, if you have done this, then follow the guide below, if not then you will need to follow this guide Here

Once it has been added, to access the settings of the recorder/camera itself, go to the Control Panel, click on Group Device, then click on the spanner icon next to your recorder.

Then your page will look like this, we need to be in the channel option on the left, it is the default first page once you have clicked on the spanner.

Click on Quick Add 

Then depending on how many cameras you have on your network, if you only have 4 cameras, 4 devices should pop up in the list, however within our network, we have quick a lot of cameras on site, you just need to locate the right camera and add manually add the camera.

In our case, we are adding this camera, make sure you tick the camera and then click add.

You need to concentrate on making the status green, this will indicate the camera is added, if it doesn't turn green

Click on

You need to change the subnet mask manually to 255.255.255.0 and input the password for the camera if there is a password for the camera, depending on what camera and model you are adding, once the information is input, click OK.

If you are not using one of our cameras you may need to change the port which will be dependent on the manufacturer. 

As you can see both status lights are showing green which will indicate you have added the camera correctly, now go into the live view to see the camera.

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