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Camera settings
Before connecting to your cameras, you must configure the settings that will be used by them.
To reduce overhead, you don’t need to create settings for each camera. Instead, configure
items such as schedules and video quality once, then re-use those same settings for all
cameras that should be similarly configured.
Camera configuration workflow
Camera configuration involves the following steps:
1. Video profiles define video quality. Video profiles are used in camera profiles. To configure
video profiles, go to Camera > Configuration > Video Profile. For details, see “Configuring
video profiles”.
2. Camera profiles define video storage options and recording schedules (either continuous or
motion detection). Camera profiles will be used when you configure the discovered cameras.
To configure camera profiles, go to Camera > Configuration > Camera Profile. For details,
see “Configuring camera profiles”.
3. Connect the camera to the NVR. FortiRecorder NVR can discover the connected cameras
automatically and display them under Camera > Configuration > Camera with Status as Not
Configured. See “Connecting FortiRecorder to the cameras”.
4. After you configure the above settings, go to Camera > Configuration > Camera to configure
all other camera settings, such as IP address, motion detection windows, and so on. See
“Configuring cameras”.
5. Go to Camera > Configuration > Camera Group to add individual camera to different groups
to facilitate camera management. For details, see “Camera groups”. Camera groups are
used in user profiles. For details, see “User configuration workflow”.
Configuring video profiles
Video profiles define the video quality that you want the camera to capture and stream to the
NVR. Note that the higher the video quality, the more bandwidth it consumes.
The video profiles will be used in the camera profiles. For details, see “Configuring camera
profiles”.
To configure a video profile
1. Go to Camera > Configuration > Video Profile.
2. Click New.
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