Setup Dreamhost storage.

Do NOT keep your confidential information on www.someneighborhood.org, instead make a subdomain for your confidential information.

Set up a subdomain for your video captures, then you can use the main site for your neighborhoods web-site. e.g. www.someneighborhood.com for your neighborhood web-site and securitycam.someneighborhood.com for the video files.

Setup the Camera.

1. Enter Camera Setup.
2. Make sure you are running the latest firmware
   1. Camera version on Setup – About
   2. download from http://www.axis.com/techsup/firmware.php
   3. Install on Axis Setup – System Options – Maintenance
3. Set time to use NTP server.
   

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   Internet time servers rule. here is a few to choose from: tick.usno.navy.mil, time-c.nist.gov, time-nw.nist.gov

4. Set your Evidence Stamp
   

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   Write the location of your camera in the evidence stamp so that a jury can understand it.

5. Make sure audio is disabled, it’s the law. (California Penal Code 632, different but similar law for each state.)
   

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   Video recording only, No audio, Supreme court Ruling.

6. Camera Settings
   1. P1347 Set Exposure priority to “Motion” Max Shutter speed to 1/250 to avoid blurry images at night.
      

      P1347
      Setup like this, Notice Exposure priority=Motion and Max Shutter speed of 1/250, If you have fast cars passing and images are still blurry reduce the shutter-speed to 1/500

   2. P1357 Set Low light priority to “Low motion blur” and max shutter to 1/30 sec.
      

      P1357
      set low light to prioritize low motion blur and max shutter speed of 1/30 s

7. Add an Event – Recipient – type:FTP
   1. Select from Menu
      

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   2. In Network Address: use the name of your FTP server (See dreamhost
      

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      Remember to use your own names.

      instructions: i don’t know what the FTP address is! and How do i upload to a sub-domain)

8. Add Detectors –  Motion Detection
   1. Make 2 windows: one for day and one for night as they will have different sensitivity settings.
      

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      Setup Motion Detector Area and sensitivity, one area for day and one for night (overlapping)

9. Make 2 Event – Action rules, one for day and one for night.
   1. Select from menu
      

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   2. Setup the “Day” action rule like this, for the “Night” rule set “Motion Detection trigger to “Night” then set the additional Detectors – Day/ Night Mode to ‘No’ – Pay attention to the create folder : “%Y-%m-%d/[Cameralocation]”
      

      P1347 & P1357
      Setup the “Day” action rule like this, for the “Night” rule set “Motion Detection trigger to “Night” then set the additional Detectors – Day/ Night Mode to ‘No’ – Pay attention to the create folder : “%Y-%m-%d/[Short Camera location]”

10.  Move in front of the camera to trigger the motion center and check that files appear on your cloud-server.