NetCamPro User Manual NAS Setup
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1. 2 ANAS can be hidden on your premises such that thieves would not be able to find and destroy the evidence in a timely manner 3 Many NAS devices can share the video files with other devices such as PCs Macs tablets smart phones etc making access to the media by multiple users much simpler This guide provides a step by step procedure with screen shots for connecting any NetCamPro camera to a D Link DNS 320L NAS Connecting to other NAS devices should be a similar process NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 NAS Considerations Connection Protocol Options There are two computer protocols that can be used to connect a NetCamPro camera to a NAS each with pros and cons as listed below The best method should be chosen to suit the situation at hand In the first method the NAS replaces the built in micro SD drive and uses the Samba protocol In the second method store and forward is used to send files to a local or remote server using FTP Samba pro Video clips can be retrieved using the view record function on the NetCamProLive iPhone and Android Apps pro Cyclic storage If the NAS is full the camera will delete the oldest files to make room for the new ones con Camera s and the NAS must be on the same LAN local area network con If the camera cannot connect to the NAS when it needs to store a file then videos are lost FTP pro The NAS can be remotely located with files being sent directly over2. replaced every 3 years Factory Reset D Link DNS 320L To factory reset the DNS 320L locate the small hole on the bottom of the machine marked reset After the DNS 320L has been powered on for at least one minute insert an unfolded paper clip or tiny screw driver in the hole Push gently until you feel a click and then hold for 10 seconds Then release the button The blue power light should be flashing Give the DNS 320L two minutes to reset itself and reboot NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Networking Considerations Physical Connection and Location While NetCamPro cameras can connect using WiFi or Ethernet NAS devices generally only connect using an Ethernet cable For most people this would imply that the NAS physically has to go near the router which is often where a thief would look for recording devices The DNS 320L is such a small and compact device that it can go anywhere there is a power outlet Furthermore it can be setup to automatically recover itself after a power interruption making it a device that you rarely if ever have to attend to So our recommendation is to locate your NAS in a closet back bedroom corner of the basement or other obscure location Ethernet can be run through your exiting 120VAC wiring back to the router using AV500 Ethernet over Power devices such as the D Link DHP 501AV making the NAS a tough thing to find in a hurry Fixed IP Address If the NAS and cameras are on
3. the same LAN the NAS will need a fixed IP address This can generally be done in two ways One is to configure the NAS with a static IP address The other is to configure your router to assign the NAS the same reserved IP address using DHCP The reserved IP address approach is the most desirable but involves logging into your router and associating the MAC number of the NAS with a reserved LAN IP address Whenever your NAS connects the router will give it the same LAN IP address every time Furthermore it will not assign that LAN IP address to any other device It is outside of the scope of this manual to describe how to assign areserved LAN IP address as pretty much every router is different You will have to refer to the specific instructions for your router The static IP address does not involve configuring your router However it does put network access restrictions on the NAS Specifically a device that is not assigned a LAN IP address by a router through DHCP is often seen as a rogue device and blocked from accessing the Internet Usually this is not a problem as the devices on your LAN cameras PCs Macs etc will be able to access the NAS locally without restrictions but remote access of the NAS may not be possible when a static IP address is used Address Discovery To discover the address of your NAS you generally can use software that comes with the NAS or alternatively the method described here Before configuring your
4. 5 The 1 address is typically for the router itself Larger LANs will use 10 and 172 network addresses The first part of picking a static IP address is to observe the first 3 numbers used for the IP address of all the other devices on your LAN Your new static IP address must have these same first 3 numbers or your NAS will become inaccessible The second part of picking a new static IP address is to decide what the last number will be It cannot be the same as that used for any other device on your network It also cannot be a value that the router might assign to a new future added device such as a smart TV or visiting smart phone Most routers have a range that they use when assigning the last number of an IP address for a new device Often it starts at 10 You can easily determine where the addresses start by looking at the Fing display The router itself is typically 1 If the next device is at 10 then you know that the router will not assign any new devices a 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or 9 value as the last number of their IP address If the new device is at 100 another common configuration then the router will never assign the values 2 thru 99 to a device making them safe to use So to be perfectly clear suppose that Fing shows that all the IP address on your LAN start with 192 168 0 and the next IP address after 192 168 0 1 is 192 168 0 10 then you are free to choose 1
5. 92 168 0 2 192 168 0 3 192 168 0 4 192 168 0 5 192 168 0 6 192 168 0 7 192 168 0 8 or 192 168 0 9 as the static IP address for your NAS Note that you must manage the static IP addresses in your network yourself If you have more than one NAS for example you cannot put them on the same static IP address If your first NAS is assigned 192 168 0 3 as it s static IP address then best to assign 192 168 0 4 to the second NAS and so on D Link DNS 320L NAS Configuration Enter the NAS s IP address as the website URL using a browser on any machine connected to the same LAN as the NAS The internal NAS admin website is best viewed on a larger screen device In the screen shots below the DNS 320L has been assigned an IP address of 192 168 0 95 by the router s DHCP server When asked to login enter the NAS admin credentials After a factory reset the user is admin and the password is blank You should see the home page Click on the Management button NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Static IP Address If you are assigning your NAS a static IP address then follow these steps If your router is assigning a reserved IP address you may skip this step Click the Management button then the Network Management button Then click the LAN Setup menu the LAN word which will turn red when clicked and then the Setup button In his example the static IP address for the NAS t
6. NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Step by Step Guide to Connect a D Link DNS 320L NAS to NetCamPro Camera s Table of Contents Introduction NAS Consideration Connection Protocol Options Compatible NAS Devices NAS Preparation Factory Reset D Link DNS 320L Networking Considerations Physical Connection and Location Fixed IP Addres Address Discovery Static IP Addresses D Link DNS 320L NAS Configuration Static IP Address Camera Network Share Camera and Viewer User IDs Camera User ID Viewer User ID NAS Final Touche Automatic Power Fail Recovery FTP Server Blocked ftp Client Admin Passwort Camera Setu Local Mode Camera Admin Website Samba Ftp Continuous Recording Video Quality Copyright C 2015 NetCamPro https go netcampro com NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Introduction NetCamPro cameras are NAS Network Attached Storage compatible and will store motion activated video clips or continuous video clips to a NAS This can only be done if the camera is in Local mode and does not work if Cloud mode is being used Using a NAS has advantages that may be desirable depending on the situation 1 NAS devices have enormous storage capacity measured in TB terabytes as opposed to the camera s built in micro SD drive which has it s capacity measured in GB gigabytes A TB is a thousand times bigger than a GB
7. age Then click Next again on the Step 3 page Click the Next button on the Step 3 1 page Click the Next button on the Step 3 1 1 page NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 And lastly click the Finish button on the Step 4 page 12 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Camera and Viewer User IDs Next we will create a user ID for the camera that has read write permissions for the Front_Door share This user ID will have a quota of 500GB As well we will create a viewer user ID that has read only permission for the Front_Door share The viewer user ID may look at the videos but may not edit or delete them If the camera connects to the DNS 320L using Samba then this 500GB will be used in a cyclic fashion When the 500GB fills up the oldest videos will be removed automatically by the camera to make room for the new videos If the camera connects to the DNS 320L using FTP then when this 500GB fills up all new videos will be lost as there will be no place to write the files You will need to periodically maintain the NAS perhaps every month by removing old videos and ensuring there is sufficient room for all the new videos that will accumulate until the next time you get chance to check in on the disk usage Camera User ID Click on the Management button then the Account Management button Then click on Users Groups followed by the Create button Click the Next button on the Welcome to the U
8. camera s it is a good idea to validate that the NAS is at the IP address that you think it should be after it has been rebooted NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 To discover the addresses of the devices on your LAN you can use a smart phone that is connected via WiFi Install the application Fing available for free for Android and iPhone Run Fing and it will report all the devices on your network To find your DNS 320L look for an entry that reads DLINK XXXXXX Where XXXXXX is the last 6 characters of the MAC number printed on the bottom of the NAS XXXXXX is comprised of numbers and the letters A thru F Make a note of the IP address of the DNS 320L displayed on the left side of the Fing listing as you will need it in the next steps Static IP Addresses If you decide you do not want to configure your router and would rather use a static IP address for your NAS then be aware that choosing the wrong static IP address for your NAS could well make it inoperable If this happens you will need to perform a factory reset on the NAS which is described for the DNS 320L in another section of this manual To pick a suitable static IP address use the Fing application described above on a smart phone to scan your network Inspect the IP addresses displayed and observe the pattern LAN IP addresses are often of the form 192 168 0 or 192 168 1 for home and small business routers is an integer from 1 to 25
9. d will have a name rather than an IP address FTP Host 192 168 0 95 Share Name Front_Door Port 21 User ID CAMO1 Password emerald78sparkle 21 is the preferred port number for FTP If the FTP server is being accessed over the Internet then it may only be accessible on port 21 This is because many routers have special handling for the FTP protocol over port 21 only On other ports FTP does not work as expected If the camera and FTP server are on the same LAN then this restriction does not apply and any unassigned port number can be used Click on the Task menu and then the Task Management sub menu Click checkbox 11 and then click the Apply button The message Task setup successfully Should appear in the upper left corner of the page he p ecetssseeass gees enman z EENT 26 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Click on the text Send files in storage to FTP server and fill in the required information Click the Apply button and the message should appear in the upper left of the page 907 1685 0 me ea fesse an SEE e etd Une et Communn starns 00 tese Ress The camera will write motion activated video clips to the built in 8GB micro SD and then send them to the specified FTP server Once a file has been moved it is deleted from the micro SD This store and forward mechanism is used to overcome Internet outages T
10. hat we have chosen is 192 168 0 7 For home and small business networks 255 255 255 0 is the typical subnet mask Normally the router s IP address in our case 192 168 0 1 can be used as the gateway IP address and DNS1 Enter this information in the Step 1 page Click the Next button Ensure the information is correct on the Step 2 page and click the Finish button Reboot the NAS and login to its admin website at the new static IP address NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Camera Network Share In the following section we are going to setup a share for one camera If you wish to add more cameras then each one must have it s own share as well Click on the Management button then the Account Management button then the Network Shares link and then the New button On the Welcome to Network page Click the Next button Click on the volume_1 text not the checkbox or the folder icon then click on New NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 NETCAMPRO Enter a unique name for the folder where the media files from the camera will be kept This should be something descriptive if you have more than one camera In this example we will use Front_Door Click the checkbox beside Front_Door and then click the Next button on the Step 1 page Click the Next button on the Step 2 page tammaa toras 10 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Click the Next button on the Step 2 1 p
11. he camera will repeatedly try to connect to the FTP server during an Internet outage while accumulating video files locally for later transmission 27 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Continuous Recording To make the camera record continuous video to the NAS then follow these steps The camera will write 1 minute video clips back to back Click on Tasks then Task Management Click checkbox 10 then click Apply The message Task Setup Successfully will appear in the upper left of the page ewan camera Home Page Morina Por eee carere et ame Tetra Heme Pape ila Flor Soon emer caso aasre eM lt Une Cnmunty ons caa EN 28 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Video Quality NetCamPro cameras have the video stream tuned down when in Local mode to save space on the micro SD But if a camera is writing to a NAS where there is lots of storage space you may wish to increase the video quality by following these steps Click Camera to expose the fold out menu and then click Stream Setup On the Primary Stream increase the Frame Rate to 18 and MJPEG Quality to 90 Click the Apply button at the bottom of the page Network Camera Home Page Moai Firefox T Network Camera Home Page Mazilia Firefox EEF wo have Omera 192168 A E no Vaso Uiu Mit Comrunty forums seem etna Sensin tnana Pesse ese art status 1nd re ese cheese banda
12. le below The actual values will vary for your particular setup The NAS Remote Path is made from the NAS Host and NAS Share Name by re formatting as shown NAS Host 192 168 0 95 NAS Share Name Front_Door NAS Remote Path 192 168 0 95 Front_Door User ID CAM01 Password ginger78stones Click on the Storage menu then the Storage Setup menu Click on the NAS radio button and enter the parameters as shown Eron vemos Lune commie te 24 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Click the Apply button The message Storage setup accepted successfully Should appear at the top left of the page after a couple of seconds Make a motion in front of the camera that is sufficient to trigger it to record Wait one minute and click on Browse Storage The file counts should not be zero eee eit rant commer fe the Setup of Samba is now complete 25 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 FTP To connect a NetCamPro camera to a NAS using FTP follow these steps The key parameters from the DNS 320L NAS setup described above are summarized in the table below The actual values will vary for your particular setup In our example case the NAS Host is on the same LAN as the camera which can access the NAS by specifying the IP address In other situations the FTP server may be in another physical location accessible through the Internet an
13. page click the Next button On the Step 4 page click Deny Access for the volume_1 share entore hard drive and Read Only for the Front_Door share Then click the Next button NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Click the Next button on the Step 4 1 page Leave the quota at 0 on the Step 5 page and click the Next button NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 NAS Final Touches Automatic Power Fail Recovery To ensure that the DNS 320L automatically recovers itself after a power interruption follow this procedure Click on the Management button then the System Management button and then the Power Management menu item Then click on the Power Recovery Settings menu Next to Power Recovery click Enable and then click the Save Settings button omens eae 19 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 FTP Server Out of the box the DNS 320L NAS has the FTP server turned off To turn it on click on the Management button then the Application Management button and then the FTP Server menu Scroll down if need be and click on the FTP Server Status text to open the fold out If the Status is Stopped then click on the Start FTP Server button at the bottom of the fold out Blocked FTP Clients When setting up your NAS you may accidentally have the credentials wrong If this is done repeatedly then the NAS will add the device to the Block IP List and will not allow it to connec
14. rd on the other hand will leave the WiFi settings intact 22 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Camera Admin Website Each NetCamPro camera has its own website with functions for configuring the camera You can connect to this website with a browser on a device Android iPhone Windows Mac or Linux that is connected to the same LAN as the camera If your phone is on its data plan it will not be able to connect But if your phone is on the same WiFi network as the camera then it will be able to connect Use the camera s LAN IP address as the URL How to discover the camera s IP address is described in the Cloud Mode Setup Manual found in the Support Downloads section of our website https go netcampro com support downloads In this case the IP address of the camera is 192 168 0 80 As shipped from the factory the credentials are admin admin Click the Settings button and enter the login info when prompted Coon c betas i Mot st rue Mat Canny Farms 805 lease m grea eres CAMERA SETTINGS 23 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 If you accidentally click Enter button instead of the Settings button the camera video feed is shown instead of the settings page Just click on the Setting menu item found along the top of the page Samba To connect the camera to the NAS using Samba follow these steps The key parameters from the DNS 320L NAS setup described above are summarized in the tab
15. ser page 13 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Click the Next button on the Step 1 page On the Step 2 page enter CAMO1 for the User Name Enter the password that the camera will be required to use when storing video files on the NAS Then click the Next button To generate a strong password you can use this free online tool https www ravenshoeinfotech com extras memorablepasswordgenerator php Make sure to write down the CAMO1 password that you select as you will need that same password to configure the camera NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 On the Step 3 page click the Next button On the Step 4 page click Deny Access for the volume_1 entire hard drive share and Read Write for the Front_Door share Then click the Next button On the Step 4 1 page click the Next button On the Step 5 page set the Quota Amount to 500000 and click the Next button 15 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 On the Step 6 page click the Finish button NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Viewer User ID To add a NAS user that has read only permission to the video files click the Management button then the Account Management button and then the Create button On the Step 1 page click the Next button On the Step 2 page enter viewer as the User Name and enter a strong password in the provided boxes Then click the Next button On the Step 3
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17. t 20 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Admin Password If your DNS 320L is brand new good idea to set an admin password Click the Management button then the Account Management button and the Admin Password menu item Leave the Password field blank and enter a new password twice in the provided boxes To generate a strong password you can use this free online tool https www ravenshoeinfotech com extras memorablepasswordgenerator php dllink 6982A5 Mozilla Firefox ink 698205 ae 4an n wean Users Groupe uote yang Account 21 NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 Camera Setup Local Mode Your NetCamPro camera must be in Local mode to work with a NAS All NetCamPro cameras are shipped from the factory in Local mode If you are not sure if your camera is in Local mode then you can either perform a factory reset or use the wizard to put it in Local mode The factory reset procedure is described in the Cloud Mode Setup Manual found in the Support Downloads section of our website https go netcampro com support downloads If the camera is mounted to a telephone pole or in an otherwise difficult to access location using the wizard to modify the camera s configuration file would be the easiest way https cloud netcampro com wizard php Note that a factory reset will remove any WiFi configuration that the camera may have Changing a camera to Local mode using the wiza
18. the Internet pro Store and forward is used to overcome any connectivity outages Should the camera be unable to connect to the NAS the video files will be kept on the camera s internal micro SD and then forwarded when the connection is re established con If the NAS is full the latest video footage will be lost con Video clips are not accessible through the NetCamProLive App Compatible NAS Devices Any NAS that supports FTP or Samba should work with NetCamPro cameras Our favourite device is the D Link DNS 320L which will be used as the example NAS machine in this manual NAS Preparation A brand new D Link DNS 320L is first prepared by updating the firmware with the latest version posted on the dlink com website Then install new hard drive s in the bay s and format You can configure the DNS 320L to use one or two hard drives If you use two hard drives and they are the same size then you may choose a RAID 1 configuration NETCAMPRO NetCamPro NAS Setup Manual 2015 03 14 With RAID 1 all the files are mirrored That is the video data is written to both drives at the same time Should one of the hard drives fail the other will automatically step in and provide the data Use RAID 1 if you want the highest degree of reliability that can be attained with the DNS 320L There are various quality levels with hard drives which is generally reflected in their price Generally speaking mechanical NAS hard drives should be
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