
Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera
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| Table  | Guidelines for Configuring the IP Camera (continued) | 
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 | Audio options | 
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 | Privacy regions | 
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 | masking zones that can be used | 
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 | to provide regions of privacy in | 
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 | the camera field of view. Video | 
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 | in the video stream. | 
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 | Focus/Zoom options | Remotely sets the zoom and | Required after first setting the IP | See the “Focus/Zoom Window” | |||||
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 | focus for the IP camera field of | camera field of view, or after the | section on page  | ||||
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 | view. | field of view is changed. | 
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 | Security options | 
 | Let you stop IP camera | Optional. | See the “Security Windows” | ||||
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 | administrator and root password | 
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 | requirements, and allow access | 
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 | to the IP camera through HTTP | 
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 | or Secure Shell (SSH) | 
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 | Mail/FTP?HTTP | Determines whether and how the | Required if you want the IP | See the “Mail/FTP/HTTP | |||||
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 | IP camera notifies you when an | camera send event notification | Window” section on page  | ||||
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 | Motion detection | Determines whether and how the | Optional. | See the “Motion Detection | |||||
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 | IP camera detects activity in its | 
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 | field of view, which in turn can | 
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 | Event handling | 
 | Determines actions that the IP | Optional. | See the “Event Window” section | ||||
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 | camera takes when it detects an | 
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 | event. An event can be motion | 
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 | view or a state change that is | 
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 | detected on and input port. | 
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 | SNMP options | 
 | Configure SNMP settings. | Optional. | See the “SNMP Window” | ||||
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 | I/O ports options | Set the default states for the IP | Required if you connect devices | See the “Alarm I/O Ports | |||||
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 | camera input and output ports, | through the IP camera input or | Window” section on page  | ||||
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 | how the ports respond to events, | output ports. | 
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 | Log file options | 
 | Control which log information | Recommended. | See the “Syslog & Log Window” | ||||
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 | the IP camera captures and | 
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 | Video log options | Let you manage the IP camera | Recommended. | See the “Video Log Window” | |||||
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 | video log. | 
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