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Adding Devices Using Auto-Discovery
The Auto-Discovery feature allows you to automatically discover devices on the network to add to
the NVR. When the devices are discovered you can add as many devices until you reach your limit
of camera licences. The default recording status for cameras added via auto-discovery is Record
Always.
When using Auto-Discovery, it is recommended that the camera network you are using to discover
cameras on, has a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0.
Not all cameras can be added to the NVR in this way as some manufacturers require cameras to
be pre-configured prior to being added to a network.
To avoid problems with auto-discovery:
1 Mak
e sure the NVR is on the network and is online.
2 Con
nect the network devices to the NVR.
3 Powe
r on the network devices and cameras. After the cameras have finished their
initialization you can use the auto-discovery feature.
4 Came
ras and Encoders need to be set with a valid IP address. (uPnP discovery is not
supported).
5 Ensu
re the IP cameras are using the manufacturer’s default username and password.
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