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 an external

See the “Audio Window” section

 

 

 

streams that are received or sent

microphone or speaker.

on page 3-23.

 

 

 

by the IP camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Privacy regions

 

Creates up to four user-defined

Optional.

See the “Privacy Region

 

 

 

masking zones that can be used

 

Window” section on page 3-24.

 

 

 

to provide regions of privacy in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the camera field of view. Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

within privacy regions is not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorded in the camera, nor sent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the video stream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus/Zoom options

Remotely sets the zoom and

Required after first setting the IP

See the “Focus/Zoom Window”

 

 

 

focus for the IP camera field of

camera field of view, or after the

section on page 3-24.

 

 

 

view.

field of view is changed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security options

 

Let you stop IP camera

Optional.

See the “Security Windows”

 

 

 

processes, configure

 

section on page 3-25.

 

 

 

administrator and root password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

requirements, and allow access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the IP camera through HTTP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or Secure Shell (SSH)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail/FTP?HTTP

Determines whether and how the

Required if you want the IP

See the “Mail/FTP/HTTP

 

options

 

IP camera notifies you when an

camera send event notification

Window” section on page 3-27.

 

 

 

event occurs.

messages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motion detection

Determines whether and how the

Optional.

See the “Motion Detection

 

 

 

IP camera detects activity in its

 

Window” section on page 3-30.

 

 

 

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 3-31.

 

 

 

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 3-34.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 3-35.

 

 

 

how the ports respond to events,

output ports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and how the ports respond to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

manual control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Log file options

 

Control which log information

Recommended.

See the “Syslog & Log Window”

 

 

 

the IP camera captures and

 

section on page 3-38.

 

 

 

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 3-44.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems CIVS-IPC-2630V manual See the Audio Window section, See the Privacy Region, See the Focus/Zoom Window