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Cisco Video Surveillance 4300E and 4500E High-Definition IP Camera User Guide
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Chapter 2 Getting Started
Managing the Local Storage
The USB Download Decryption Utility allows you to manage the USB flash drive and to decrypt the
encrypted video data on the flash drive. The utility can be downloaded from Cisco.com and installed on
your PC. For more information see the
“Downloading and Installing the USB Download Decryption
Utility” section on page 2-12
Note You cannot manage a USB flash drive using the camera firmware or Cisco Video Surveillance Manager
(VSM); you must use the USB Download Decryption utility.
This section includes the following local storage management topics:
• Downloading and Installing the USB Download Decryption Utility, page 2-12
• Formatting the USB Flash Drive, page 2-12
• Downloading Encrypted Video Files from the USB Flash Drive, page 2-13
• Deleting Encrypted Video Files from the USB Flash Drive, page 2-13
• Decrypting Encrypted Video Files, page 2-14
Downloading and Installing the USB Download Decryption Utility
Procedure
Step 1 Perform the following steps to obtain the USB Download Decryption Utility:
a. Go to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/type.html?mdfid=282582478&flowid=7145
b. Click the Video Surveillance IP Camera Utility link.
c. Locate and choose the USB download decryption utility file, which is named
USBDownloadandDecryptionUtility2.4.0.msi, and click Download Now.
d. Log in and follow the on-screen prompts to download the file to your PC.
e. Close Internet Explorer.
Step 2 Double-click the USBDownloadandDecryptionUtility2.4.0.msi file that you downloaded in Step 1 and
follow the on-screen prompts to install the utility on your PC.
During the installation process, the installer adds the USB Download Decryption Utility icon to your
desktop.
Formatting the USB Flash Drive
Before you begin
Obtain and insert a USB flash drive into the USB port on the back of the IP camera. USB flash drives up
to 8 GB in size are supported.
Note You can purchase an 8 GB USB flash drive for the IP camera from Cisco using part number
CIVS-IPC-USB-8GB.