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DW Spectrum - Locating the DW Cloud System ID

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Locating the DW Cloud™ Site ID

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Affected Roles:  Administrator, Power User

Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps:  DW Spectrum® Professional

Software Version:  DW Spectrum v3.2 or newer

Last Edit:  August 20, 2024

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Using Cloud Proxy

There may be circumstances when you are unable to use the desktop client to view footage using the DW Spectrum desktop client.  If necessary, there is an alternate method to connect with a system through a proxy cloud connection using a web browser.

This article will outline how to connect with a system and where to find the system’s DW Cloud ID through the DW Spectrum Web Portal.

 

**NOTE:  The Server must be connected to DW Cloud to use this method.  To learn how to assign your Server to your DW Cloud Account, please read DW Cloud Setup.

 

Supported/Affected Devices

  • DW Blackjack® Series

 

Locating DW Cloud Site ID

The Cloud Site ID is a unique identifier (alphanumeric) that is generated for a Site at the time that it is initially connected to DW Cloud.  It is used for identifying resources and follows a standard format described in RFC 4122.

To locate the Cloud Site ID:

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to the DW Spectrum Web Portal.

 

  1. Click the “Log In” button and enter the Email and Password that are assigned to the DW Cloud account, then click the Log In button.

[optional] Enable the “Remember me” setting to have the browser retain the login information whenever it reconnects with the web portal.

 

  1. After logging in, the Site Tiles of connected DW Spectrum systems will display, each representing a Site that the DW Cloud account is attached to.

Click on the Site tile that you want to obtain the Cloud Site ID from.

 

**NOTE:  Do not click on the “Open in DW Spectrum” button. This will prompt the DW Spectrum Client to launch on the computer instead of using the web portal.

 

 

  1. After connecting to the system through the web portal, the Cloud Site ID can now be found appended at the end of the URL in the web browser.

 

Example Cloud Site ID:  1750d3ef-f2c5-4cf1-acef-255dc3b2197

 

 

 

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