Chapter 2 Getting Started

Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera

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Action

Explanation

 

 

 

Step 9

Check the LEDs on the IP camera.

The Ready LED lights brightly while the IP camera

 

 

starts up. After a few minutes, the Ready LED flashes

 

 

briefly then dims.

 

 

The Network LED should be on.

 

 

 

Step 10

Mount the IP camera in the desired location.

Connect the mounting device to the threaded mounting

 

 

hole on the bottom or top of the IP camera, depending on

 

 

your installation requirement.

 

 

 

After you install the IP camera, follow the instructions in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera” section on page 2-5to access and configure the camera.

Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera

After you install IP camera as described in the “Installing the IP Camera” section on page 2-1, or after you perform a factory reset procedure, you must access the IP camera and make initial configuration settings. These settings include administrator and root passwords, and whether the IP camera can be accessed through an HTTP connection in addition to the default HTTPS (HTTP secure) connection.

To make these configuration settings, you connect to the IP camera from any PC that is on the same network as the IP camera. The PC must meet these requirements:

Operating system—Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher, or Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise x64

Browser—Internet Explorer 8.0 (32-bit only)

In addition, you must know the IP address of the IP camera. By default, when the IP camera powers on, it attempts to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server in your network. If the camera cannot obtain an IP address through DCHP within 90 seconds, it uses a default IP address of 192.168.0.100.

To connect to the IP camera for the first time and make initial configuration settings, perform the following steps. You can change these configuration settings in the future as described in Chapter 3, “Configuring and Managing the IP Camera.”

Before you Begin

The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or later must be installed on the PC that you use to connect to the IP camera. You can download the .NET Framework from the Microsoft website.

Procedure

Step 1 Start Internet Explorer, enter HTTPS://ip_address in the address field, and press Enter.

Replace ip_address with the IP address that the IP camera obtained through DHCP or, if the camera was unable to obtain this IP address, enter 192.168.0.100.

The Account window appears.

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