DW Spectrum User Manual

When DW Spectrum is installed, some initial configuration is required. A newly installed server will be displayed as New Site on the Welcome Screen.

To Setup a New Site or Add a Server to an Existing Site:

1.Click on the tile for the new Site to launch the setup wizard.

2.Choose one of the two options:

•Setup New Site – specify a Site name and Administrator password. Sometimes, the New Server tile may not be displayed if the Desktop Client did not detect the Server. When this happens, use the "Connect to Server" Main Menu item (see "Connecting to a Specific Server"), and provide the Server IP, Port and use admin/admin as the login/password combination for the new Site.

•Use the Advanced Site Settings to configure these additional parameters:

•Enabling and Disabling auto-discovery (see "Automatic Device Discovery").

•Enabling and Disabling device setting optimization (see "Preventing DW Spectrum from Changing Device Settings").

•Enabling and Disabling anonymous usage statistics (see "Sending Anonymous Usage and Crash Statistics").

•Configuring Secure Connections.

•Add to Existing Site – if a Site contains multiple Servers (see "Configuring Multi-Server Environment"), specify:

•Site URL – this value can be auto-discovered. If it is not, the URL format is http://<host>:<port>, where <host> is the name or IP address of the Server and <port> is the Server port (usually 7001).

•Login and Password for the existing Site.

Configuring Storage, Devices, and Recording

Whether the server is connecting to a new Site or an existing Site, the following settings will be required:

•Configuring Server and NAS Storage”

•Device Management (Cameras, Encoders and I/O Modules).

•Enable Recording" – A sufficient number of Licenses or Services must be available (see "Services and Licenses").

Creating User Groups and Layouts

Once storage, device, and recording configuration is complete it is possible to configure the following:

•Users and Groups.

•Layout Management.

•Permissions Management.

Site ID

•All Servers in a given Site have the same ID value. This parameter cannot be viewed or edited, it is required for internal processing when servers are merged.

•If you select "Setup New Site," the Site ID is assigned during initial configuration.

•If you select "Add to Existing Site," the Site ID is taken from the existing Site.

To enable Cloud connectivity feature it is necessary to Connect the Site to DW Cloud.

If your reseller provides Service Subscription (SaaS) Model, you may need to Connecting the Site to an Organization.

Finally, to use full functionality of, you need to obtain Services or activate Licenses. See "Services and Licenses" for details.