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         Readme for Digital Surveillance Recorder, version 1.7.1

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Introduction
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*please refer to the Readme.doc for Service Pack Upgrade in the "Service Pack" folder.

This readme file contain the last minute changes of information about the related DSR Application and related software contained in this CDs. Please read carefully before your installtion of the Digital Surveillance Recorder system

Note:
This version of Digital Surveillence Recorder application are 
     Win98/NT ready.

Installation:
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simply insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM driver, then follow the instructions to finish the installation, if the setup does not run automatically, please run the "setup.exe" on the installation CD by double-clicking the "setup" icon.  


For Win98:
 Make sure your video card driver installed properly.
 
For WinNT:
 Before you install this application:
  *Please login as "Administrator".
   1.Make sure your video card driver installed properly.
   2.Make sure Service pack 4 installed in your system.
   3.Make sure IE5.0 OR later version installed in your system.
   4.Set the screen resolution to 800X600 if you are going to 
     use NTSC mode; Set the screen resolution to 1024X768 if 
     you are going to use PAL mode;

 After you install this application:
   1.Share the folder "c:\pico" with Access Type "full";
   2.If you are going to setup an environment for non-administrator
     user, run the "Upgrade with Service Pack(NT only)" from setup 
     menu once when you login as Non-administrator.
  


You may need to setup the Client and Server System for remote viewing, playback of archive video and recording if you are going to use the remote access function of this application. Please follow the installation and setup instruction belows.

Dial up client TCP/IP setup
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TCP/IP Setup for dial up Client:
1. Double click "my computer" on the desktop, then double click dial-up networking icon;

2. Right click the specified dial-up networking connection, which will be used as your dial-up client connection;

3. Select the  "Properties" option from the popup menu, the click on "Server Type" option;

4. Make sure the "PPP: Internet, Windows NT Server, Windows98 " item is selected from the "Type of Dial-up Server" combo box;

5. Make sure the "Log on to network" and "Enable software compression" are both checked in the "Advanced options" group option box;

6. Make sure "NetBEUI" and "TCP/IP" are both checked in the "Allowed network protocols:" group option box;

7. Click "TCP/IP Settings" command box, the "TCP/IP Settings" dialog box appears;

8. Check the "Specify the IP address" option, enter "192.168.55.2" to the IP address entry;

9. Click "OK" twice, return to dial-up networking window.


** Please refer to Section 4 of The installation guide for the detailed information about the TCP/IP setup for both SERVER and CLIENT.


