The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.1 and more recent
Summary
Client side LuxRiot DVR Web Client software components are installed on first use and require local administrative permissions on the client computer. LuxRiot DVR Web Client is also available to normal users after installation by administrator. This post describes how to ease pre-installation of LuxRiot DVR Web Client from under user with permissions of local administrator.
Description
To pre-install LuxRiot DVR Web Client, the following steps are required.
- Prepare necessary LuxRiot DVR files
It is required to gather the following files:
- msvcr71.dll - a Microsoft’s redistributable, can be copied from from C:\Windows\system32 directory (or corresponding on particular system) of computer where LuxRiot DVR or LuxRiot DVR Web Client (and/or various other software packages) is installed
- DVRCodecs.dll - LuxRiot DVR’s component, can be copied from C:\Windows\system32 directory of computer where LuxRiot DVR or LuxRiot DVR Web Client is installed
- DVRCommunication.dll and DVRClientTools.dll - LuxRiot DVR’s components, can be copied from C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder directory (or corresponding LuxRiot installation directory on particular system) of computer where LuxRiot DVR or LuxRiot DVR Web Client is installed. This is the preferred method, however alternatively these files may be extracted from LuxRiot DVR Web Client cabinet files distributed through web client web site
- DVRWebClient.dll - LuxRiot DVR Web Client’s component, can be extracted from cabinet file distributed through web client web site, or copied from installed file from C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files directory of computer where LuxRiot DVR Web Client is installed.
- Register.bat - batch file that performs registration of components on client computer; the file consists of the following commands (copy and paste into real file being prepared):
rem rundll32 DVRCodecs.dll,DllRegisterServer
rundll32 DVRCommunication.dll,DllRegisterServer
rundll32 DVRClientTools.dll,DllRegisterServer
rundll32 DVRWebClient.dll,DllRegisterServer
copy /b DVRCodecs.dll,%SystemRoot%\system32\DVRCodecs.dll
rundll32 %SystemRoot%\system32\DVRCodecs.dll,DllRegisterServer
pause
- Copy mentioned files on client system into chosen directory
- Being logged in as a user with local administrator permissions, start Register.bat batch file which registers components with the operating system
Note 1: Steps mentioned above do not include installation of MJPG codec, a third party codec shipped with ComArt Systems capture boards). Thus video from cameras configured to use MJPG code will not be shown through LuxRiot DVR Web Client, an additional installation of the codec is required.
Once installed, it is possible to use direct link to connect to your instance of LuxRiot DVR Server using the hyperlink of the following format:
http://luxriot.com/webclient/client.asp?Host=demo.luxriot.com&Username=guest&Password=,
where “demo.luxriot.com”, “guest” and password may be replaced correspondingly to particular server configuration.