How to Install Remote Desktop and Run Service – DCS-250

System Setup:

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Disable Remote Desktop:

Step 1 – On PC1 you will need to disable Remote Desktop Service

Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Services

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Double-Click “Services”

Step 2 – Open “Remote Access Connection Manager” 

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Step 3 – Click on “Stop” and select “Disabled” in “Startup type”

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Click “Apply”

Step 4 – Make sure the “Service status:” is “Stopped”

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Click “OK”

Installation of Remote Desktop Viewer:

Step 5 – Open the D-View_DCS-250 Folder to locate “RemoteDesktopViewer”

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Step 6 – Double-click on “setup”

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Step 7 – Click on “Run”

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Step 8
– Click “Next”

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Step 9 – Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” to continue

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Click “Next”

Step 10 – Installation completed

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Click “Finish”

Start Network Service:

Step 11
– On PC1 - Open “Main Console”

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Step 12 – Login and click on the “Spanner Icon” then “Network Service”

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Step 13 – Select “Remote Desktop” and you should notice by default the “Server Status: Stopped” - Click on “Start”

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You will notice the service is running now

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Click on “OK”

Step 14 – You should also notice that the Remote Desktop Icon seen (as below)

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Establish Remote Desktop from PC2:

Step 15
– Go to PC2 and open “D-Link Remote Desktop Viewer”

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Step 16 – Configure the settings for “Remote Desktop Viewer”

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Server: 192.168.1.124 (IP of where DCS-250 resides) in our example PC1
Port: 5140 (Default)
Password: This is the password for DCS-250

Click “OK”

Step 17 – Connection established on PC2

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Step 18 – To ensure “Remote Desktop Server” service always runs on start up, you will need to enable this service in “Setting”

Click on the Spanner Icon > System Setting > Setting > General

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Select “Remote Desktop Server” then click “OK”

 

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