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title: "How to Add a Dahua Device to DSS Express"
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updated: 2022-02-14T15:27:55Z
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# How to Add a Dahua Device to DSS Express

#### Description

This article is to provide instruction of how to add Dahua device to DSS Express

#### Prerequisites

DSS Express software installed on a Windows computer.

#### Video Instructions

#### Step by Step Instructions

Login to DSS Express Client, and enter device module.

#### Manual Add

1. On DSS Express Client homepage, click Device to enter device management menu.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28890%29.png)

1. Click **+Add**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28889%29.png)

1. Under Register mode, you will select IP Address, and Encoder as the Device Category.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28888%29.png)

1. Fill in the device information you are trying to add. All field with * is mandatory field.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28887%29.png)

1. After all info filled in, you can click on Play button to preview the video.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28886%29.png)

1. Once you confirmed the video is working, Click **Add**.
2. Once device successfully added, it will give online green status.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28885%29.png)

Note: if the system is not added successfully, you can modify the device information by clicking on Edit button.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28884%29.png)

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28883%29.png)

#### Auto Add

1. On DSS Express Client homepage, click Device to enter device management menu.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28882%29.png)

1. Click on Auto Search

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28881%29.png)

1. Search page will launched and all online device in the network will be populated.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28880%29.png)

1. From search result page, you can select one or multiple devices to add. Once you select the device you like to add, Click OK.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28879%29.png)

1. Enter username and password of the device.

[![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28874%29.png)](http://dahuawiki.com/File:AddDevice12.jpg)

1. Once device successfully added, it will give online green status.

[![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28873%29.png)](http://dahuawiki.com/File:AddDevice6.jpg)

Note: if the system is not added successfully, you can modify the device information by clicking on **Edit** button.

[![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28872%29.png)](http://dahuawiki.com/File:AddDevice7.jpg)

[![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%28871%29.png)](http://dahuawiki.com/File:AddDevice8.jpg)

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