This guide demonstrates how to set up a SMB Network Share on a Windows computer in order for a Chronos 1.4 or 2.1 camera to save footage directly to a PC over a network. Please note that this is only applicable to cameras connected via ethernet, and that cameras connected directly to a PC via ethernet over USB are currently not supported by this guide.

Date: 2024-01-11

Basic SMB Share Configuration

Appendix A - Creating a new user account for SMB access

Troubleshooting

● Windows 10

● Chronos 1.4 or 2.1

● Software version 0.4.0 or greater

● Connection over ethernet

● SMB Port 445 open on any applicable firewalls

Click on the Start button, then search for “windows features”.

Scroll down the list of extra Windows features until you reach “SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support”, then expand the options and enable “SMB 1.0/CIFS Server” -> OK.

Navigate to the root directory of your main drive (in this case, it is C:\). Create a new folder and rename as needed (in this case, the folder is called Chronos_Footage).

Right-click the destination folder created in Step 3, and select Properties. Navigate to the “Sharing” tab, then click “Share...”

Select the name of the user whose Windows login details will be used to connect from the camera.

Click “Share” to enable SMB sharing of the destination folder, then click “Done” to complete the configuration for this folder.

Click the Start button and search for “network connections”. Select the “View network connections” result.

Find the network connection that is active. This should also be the network that the Chronos is connected to.

Right-click on the active network connection and click “Status”.

In the Status window, click “Details…”.

In the Network Connection Details window, note down the value beside “IPv4 Address”. This will be typed into the camera in the next step to allow it to discover your PC.

On the Chronos, enter the Networking screen by tapping Util -> Network. In the top left corner of the screen, enter the following credentials:

SMB Share: //<Your PC’s IP as found in Step 8>/<The folder as named in Step 3>

Username: <The username used to log into your Windows account>

Note: Windows usernames with spaces are not compatible with the camera settings. If this is the case, please see Appendix A to create a new set of Windows credentials for the camera.

Password: <The password used to log into your Windows account>

Tap the Apply button to proceed. The Chronos will attempt to connect to the SMB share as specified. If the connection is successful, your Chronos is now ready to save to your PC over the network!

If your camera has successfully connected to the SMB share, /media/smb (SMB share) will automatically be present in the list of save locations.

Ensure /media/smb (SMB share) is listed as the active save location, and then tap Save to begin saving footage to your PC over the network.

Navigate to the SMB share folder as set in Step 3. If the SMB share was correctly configured and the saved footage was correctly transferred, it will be available in this folder.

In the case that it is undesirable to use the login credentials of a current Windows user to allow the Chronos to access the SMB share, a new Windows account can be created for specific use in this case. This implies additional steps, which are outlined below.

Create a new user account in Windows

1. Go to Start -> Settings -> Family & other users

2. Click “Add someone else to this PC”

3. When prompted with the question “How will this person sign in?”, click on “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information”

4. Click “Add a user without a Microsoft account”

5. Add a username and a password. Do not use spaces or special characters in the username.

6. Restart the PC to ensure that the new user’s changes take effect.