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How to Add IP Cameras – Manual Method

Exacq Add IP Cameras – Manual

This video provides instruction on how to add an IP camera to your ExacqVision system, as well as details on the settings used to add your devices.

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How to Add IP Cameras – Bulk Method

Exacq Add IP Cameras – Auto

This video will introduce you to more advanced methods of adding IP cameras to your ExacqVision system.

The Find IP Cameras and Address IP Cameras tools, as well as performing bulk camera imports are covered in this video.

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Adding or Replacing Hard Drives with exacqVision EL Servers Running Ubuntu 10.04 or earlier (Legacy)

Steps:

  1. Unplug the system to power it down. Install the new disks and start the system.
  2. After the system starts, log out of the Linux user account by selecting Start, Quit, and Logout. Log in as an Administrator.
  3. Close the exacqVision Client. Run the disk partition utility from Start, System, Administration, and Partition Editor. If prompted for a password, use the Administrator account password.
  4. At the top-right corner of the partition utility, open the Device drop-down menu.
    • Note the name of the device about 2GB or 4GB; this is the Linux flash drive that must NOT be altered for any reason.
    • Note the name of the other devices that are about the same size as the disk drives installed; if the system has a functional primary disk, skip to step 7 only on the new disk.
  5. Start Terminal Serivces from Start, Accessories, and Terminal.
    Note: The commands included in the following steps are applicable to Ubuntu 10.04. Changes for Ubuntu 8.04 are noted.
  6. For the first system disk only, perform the following steps:
    • Create a disk label by typing the following, where “X” is the device letter identified in step 4b:

      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mklabel gpt

    • Create a 20GB swap partition by typing the following:

      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart primary linux-swap 0 20000 sudo mkswap -L swap /dev/sdX1

    • Create a 10GB export partition by typing the following:
      Note: Change ext4 to ext3 if on Ubuntu 8.04.

      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart primary 20000 30000 sudo mkfs.ext4 -L /mnt/export /dev/sdX2

    • Find the remaining free space by typing the following:

      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX unit MB print free

    • Create a data partition on the rest of the disk by typing the following, where “XXXX” is the free disk space identified in step 6d.
      Note: Change ext4 to ext3 if on Ubuntu 8.04.

      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart primary 30000 XXXX sudo mkfs.ext4 -L /mnt/edvr/1 /dev/sdX3

  7. For the second system disk only, complete the following steps:
    • Create a disk label by typing the following, where “X” is the device letter identified in step 4b:
      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mklabel gpt
    • Find the remaining free space by typing the following:
      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX unit MB print free

    • Create a data partition on the rest of the disk by typing the following, where “XXXX” is the free disk space identified in step 7b:
      Note: Change ext4 to ext3 if on Ubuntu 8.04.

      sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart primary 00000 XXXX
      sudo mkfs.ext4 -L /mnt/edvr/2 /dev/sdX1
      sudo mkdir /mnt/edvr/2

  8. If a new disk is being installed (instead of simply replacing a disk), label the directory in the file system:
    • Open the file system label file with a simple text editor:
      sudo nano /etc/fstab
    • Arrow down to the first blank line and add an entry for the new disk:
      Note: Change ext4 to ext3 if on Ubuntu 8.04. For the first disk only: LABEL=/mnt/edvr/1 /mnt/edvr/1 ext4 defaults 0 0 For the second disk only: LABEL=/mnt/edvr/2 /mnt/edvr/2 ext4 defaults 0 0
    • Press CTRL-X and then press Y to save the changes.
  9. Refresh the partiaion labels by typing the following: sudo udevadm trigger
  10. Remount all partitions by typing the following: sudo mount -a
  11. Create directories on the export paritition by typing the following:
    • sudo mkdir /mnt/export/admin
      sudo chown admin /mnt/export/admin
      sudo mkdir /mnt/export/user
      sudo chown user /mnt/export/user
  12. Restart the exacqVision service by typing the following:
    sudo/etc/init.d/edvrserver restart
  13. Restart the system and confirm the drive operation in the exacqVision Client as shown in the figure. All systems should have /mnt/edvr/0 (the flash operating system drive). Then /mnt/edvr/1 is the first disk drive, followed by any additional drive, all of which should be shown in green.

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