Camera connection Page 51 FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
10.On the Miscellaneous tab, configure the following settings:
11.Click OK.
If you kept the Enabled check box marked, at this time, FortiRecorder connects to the
camera’s discovered IP address. FortiRecorder configures the camera with:
• the camera’s new Address and other network settings (if Address mode is set to Static)
• NTP settings (if you configured them for FortiRecorder during “Setting the system time”)
Afterwards, in order to control the camera according to your selected schedules,
FortiRecorder will periodically connect to the camera’s configured IP address. It will also
keep video recordings sent by that camera from its new IP address.
12.To confirm that FortiRecorder can receive video from the camera at its new IP address, go to
Monitor > Video Monitor.
If no video is available from that camera, verify that:
• Other video software such as Windows Media Player or VLC has not stolen the RTSP file
type association from QuickTime (Installing other video software after QuickTime is a
common cause of changes to media file type associations.)
• A route exists to the camera’s new IP address and, if applicable, its virtual IP/port forward
To confirm, go to Monitor > System Status > Console and enter the command:
execute ping <camera_ipv4>
where <camera_ipv4> is the camera’s IP address or virtual IP/port forward. If you
receive messages such as Timeout..., to locate the point of failure on the network,
enter the command:
execute traceroute <camera_ipv4>
• Firewalls and routers, if any, allow both RTSP and RTCP components of the RTP
streaming video protocol between FortiRecorder and the camera and between your
computer and FortiRecorder (see “Appendix A: Port numbers”)
• Web proxies or firewalls, if any, support streaming video
If you did not discover the camera but instead manually configured FortiRecorder with the
camera’s IP address, confirm that the camera is actually located at that address.
Setting name Description
Privacy button FortiCam MB13 has a privacy button on it. If enabled, you can press
the privacy button on the camera to stop and resume video and audio
monitoring.
To enable the functionality of the privacy button on the camera, select
the Privacy button checkbox.
To disable the functionality of the privacy button on the camera, clear
the Privacy button checkbox.
Status LEDs Most cameras come with LED indicators (for details, see the LED
description section in the camera’s QuickStart Guides). You can enable
or disable the LEDs by selecting or deselecting the Status LEDS
checkbox.
To receive notifications if the camera’s connection with the FortiRecorder NVR is interrupted,
see “Alert email”.
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