Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

Configuration Overview

Table 3-1

Guidelines for Configuring the IP Camera (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration Item

Explanation

Guidelines for Use

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

Audio options

 

Includes options for audio

Required if you use the internal

See the “Audio Window” section

 

 

streams that are received or sent

or an external microphone, or an

on page 3-17.

 

 

by the IP camera.

external speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security options

 

Let you stop IP camera

Optional.

See the “Security Windows”

 

 

processes, configure

 

section on page 3-18,

 

 

administrator and root password

 

 

 

 

requirements, and allow access

 

 

 

 

to the IP camera through HTTP

 

 

 

 

or Secure Shell (SSH)

 

 

 

 

connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail and FTP

 

Determines whether and how the

Required if you want the IP

See the “Mail & FTP Window”

options

 

IP camera notifies you when an

camera send e-mail notification

section on page 3-21.

 

 

event occurs.

of an event.

 

 

 

 

 

Motion detection

Determines whether and how the

Optional.

See the “Motion Detection

 

 

IP camera detects activity in its

 

Window” section on page 3-23.

 

 

field of view, which in turn can

 

 

 

 

generate an alert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Event handling

 

Determines actions that the IP

Optional.

See the “Event Window” section

 

 

camera takes when it detects an

 

on page 3-24.

 

 

event. An event can be motion

 

 

 

 

that is detected in the field of

 

 

 

 

view or a state change that is

 

 

 

 

detected on and input port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNMP options

 

Configure SNMP settings.

Optional.

See the “SNMP Window”

 

 

 

 

section on page 3-26.

 

 

 

 

I/O ports options

Set the default states for the IP

Required if you connect devices

See the “Alarm I/O Ports

 

 

camera input and output ports,

through the IP camera input or

Window” section on page 3-27.

 

 

how the ports respond to events,

output ports.

 

 

 

and how the ports respond to

 

 

 

 

manual control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pan, tilt, zoom

 

Enable PTZ functions for the IP

Required to control PTZ

See the “PTZ (RS-485)

options

 

camera.

functions.

Window” section on page 3-28

 

 

 

 

 

Patrol sequence

 

Define a preset position and

Optional.

See the “PTZ (RS-485)

options

 

patrol sequence for the IP

 

Window” section on page 3-28

 

 

camera.

 

and the “Preset Positions

 

 

 

 

Window” section on page 3-30.

 

 

 

 

 

Log file options

 

Control which log information

Recommended.

See the “Syslog & Log Window”

 

 

the IP camera captures and

 

section on page 3-34

 

 

whether it sends the log file to a

 

 

 

 

Syslog server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video log options

Let you manage the IP camera

Recommended.

See the “Video Log Window”

 

 

video log.

 

section on page 3-37

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems CIVS-IPC-2500 manual See the Audio Window section, See the Security Windows, See the Mail & FTP Window