Cisco Systems 4300E manual Getting Started, Installing the IP Camera, C H A P T E R

C H A P T E R 2

Getting Started

This chapter provides instructions for installing and performing the initial setup of the Cisco Video Surveillance IP Camera. It also describes how to access the IP camera through a web browser so that you can configure it or view video from it, and how to perform other important tasks.

This chapter includes these topics:

•Installing the IP Camera, page 2-1

•Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera, page 2-5

•Accessing the IP Camera, page 2-6

•Understanding the IP Camera User Interface, page 2-8

•Adjusting Back Focus on the IP Camera, page 2-10

•Powering the IP Camera On or Off, page 2-11

•Resetting the IP Camera, page 2-11

•Managing the Local Storage, page 2-11

Installing the IP Camera

This section describes how to install the IP camera. Before installing, review these guidelines:

•The IP camera requires a network cable and a connection to a standard 10/100BaseT router or switch. To power the IP camera with Power over Ethernet (PoE), a switch must be 802.3af compliant.

•If you are using the IP camera on a network connection that does not provide PoE, you must use a Cisco 12 VDC power adapter (Cisco part number CIVS-PWRPAC-12V) or a third-party 24 VAC power adapter.

•If you are using an external speaker, microphone, input device, output device, or pan/tilt control device, you must configure additional settings after installing and performing the initial set up of the IP camera before the external device can fully operate. For detailed information about these settings, see Chapter 3, “Configuring and Managing the IP Camera.”

•If you do not connect an external device (speaker, microphone, input, output, or pan/tilt control) when you perform the following installation procedure, you can install any of these devices later.

•The 4300E and 4500E IP cameras can be placed in a housing that makes the back focus hex screw inaccessible. If you are placing the camera in a housing and adjusting the back focus is required, you must complete the procedure in the “Adjusting Back Focus on the IP Camera” section on page 2-10before you install the camera using the procedure in this section.

Cisco Video Surveillance 4300E and 4500E High-Definition IP Camera User Guide

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