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Chapter Deploy IP Cameras 2 In Surveillance Station, you can easily configure and organize your IP cameras to enhance management. This chapter explains how to add/delete IP cameras, navigates you through IP camera features including device settings, recording schedules, event detection, and introduces major camera-grouping functions. Install IP Cameras Add a Synology Supported IP Camera to Surveillance Station Surveillance Station provides strong device compatibility and supports over 6000 IP cameras. Before installing a camera, please refer to the IP camera Support List to check if your device is supported. If not, you can try to Add an IP Camera Which Is Not on the Support List or Add a User-Defined IP Camera. 1 Power on an IP camera which has been connected to the same local area network as your Synology device. 2 Go to Surveillance Station Main Menu > IP Camera. 3 Click Add > Add Camera to launch Add Camera Wizard. 4 For quicker and simpler configuration, select Quick Setup and click Next. 5 Click the Search icon to search for all the IP cameras correctly connected to your local area network. Note: You can also manually enter the camera's information, including Name, IP address, Port, Brand, Camera model, Username, and Password. 6

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In Surveillance Station, you can easily configure and organize your IP cameras to enhance management. This chapter explains
how to add/delete IP cameras, navigates you through IP camera features including device settings, recording schedules, event
detection, and introduces major camera-grouping functions.
Install IP Cameras
Add a Synology Supported IP Camera to Surveillance Station
Surveillance Station provides strong device compatibility and supports over 6000 IP cameras. Before installing a camera,
please refer to the
IP camera Support List
to check if your device is supported. If not, you can try to
Add an IP Camera Which
Is Not on the Support List
or
Add a User-Defined IP Camera
.
1
Power on an IP camera which has been connected to the same local area network as your Synology device.
2
Go to Surveillance Station
Main Menu
>
IP Camera
.
3
Click
Add
>
Add Camera
to launch
Add Camera Wizard
.
4
For quicker and simpler configuration, select
Quick Setup
and click
Next
.
5
Click the
Search
icon to search for all the IP cameras correctly connected to your local area network.
Note:
You can also manually enter the camera's information, including
Name
,
IP address
,
Port
,
Brand
,
Camera model
,
Username
, and
Password
.
Deploy IP Cameras
2
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