Configure I/O Module Settings

In Edit I/O module, you can configure the I/O module settings as are described in the following sections.

Information

In the Information tab, you can modify the device information of your I/O module.

To modify I/O module information, do any of the following:

Limitations:

  1. I/O module name: Case sensitive. 1 to 32 Unicode characters are allowed, excluding the following symbols: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , / : ; < = > ? @ [ ] \ ^ ` { } |
    The first character cannot be a minus sign or a space, and the last character cannot be a space.
  2. Username: Case sensitive. 1 to 32 Unicode characters are allowed.
  3. Password: Case sensitive. The password should be within 64 displayable characters, including letters, numbers, signs, and space.

I/O Port

In the I/O Port tab, you can setup, trigger, and test the following options:

To test digital output:

Click Activate Output to test if the Trigger State is switched when the device is triggered. If you do not see any changes, please check your output device's connection and settings.

Note:

Camera Pairing

In the Camera Pairing tab, you can set up the paired camera by port:

Paired cameras can be used for the following functions:

Time Synchronization

In the Advanced tab, you can conduct the following steps to configure the time synchronization settings:

  1. Tick the Network time server checkbox.
  2. If Surveillance Station is running as the time server for the I/O module, both Surveillance Station and the I/O module are required to be located in the same local area network. If another Internet time server is selected, please make sure the I/O module has been properly connected to the Internet.