3.6.7 Camera Maintenance

Milesight NVRs support both Online Upgrade and Local Upgrade of Milesight Cameras. Also, Milesight NVRs support batch maintenance of cameras including Import&Export Configuration, Reboot, Reset, etc., making Milesight NVRs become the central management site to manage the cameras more easily.

Local Upgrade

Step 1.Click "Browse" and select the corresponding firmware you downloaded in your USB.



Step 2. Check if you need to reset settings to factory default (except IP Address and User Information) after upgrade.



Step 3. Choose the corresponding channel you want to upgrade and click "Upgrade" to upgrade the camera.



Online Upgrade

Step 1.Click "Check" to confirm whether there is a new version for the camera added to NVR.

If there is a new version for camera, the icon in corresponding Upgrade column will turn blue and the latest version will be displayed in Latest Version column.



Step 2. There are two ways to confirm the upgrade.

  • Click the blue icon in corresponding Upgrade column to upgrade camera.


  • A way to achieve batch upgrade. Just select the cameras you want to upgrade and then click "Upgrade" button.


Import/Export Configuration

Step 1. Choose the corresponding channel you want to import/export configuration files.



  • Import Configuration File:

Step 2. Click "Browse" and select a .cfg file.

Step 3. Click "Import" to import a configuration file.



  • Export Configuration File:

Step 2. Click "Backup" to export configuration file.



Reboot

Step 1. Choose the corresponding channel you want to reboot.



Step 2. Click “Reboot” button to restart the selected channels.



Reset

Step 1. Choose the corresponding channel you want to reset.

Step 2. Enable the “Keep the IP” option to keep the IP configuration when resetting the selected channels. And enable the “Keep the User” option to keep the User configuration when resetting the selected channels.

Step 3. Click “Reset” button to reset the selected cameras to factory default settings.



Diagnosis Information

Step 1. Choose the corresponding channel you want to diagnose the information.

Step 2. Click “Backup” button to export the diagnosis file .



Logs

The user can check, search and export channel logs in Logs interface. By selecting the Main Type, Sub Type, Start Time and End Time, which can narrow down the scale of logs, you can search for logs that you need.

Step 1. Choose the corresponding channel you want to search for logs.

Step 2. Select the Main Type, Sub Type, Start Time and End Time

Step 3. Click "Backup" to export searched logs to media device.