DVR Network Setup
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Network Setup We need to get the basic information needed to access the camera. After you have decided which router to connect the camera to, use a computer connected to the same router as the camera. (Windows) Go to the Start Menu and Search or Run “cmd”. If using Windows 8, press Windows + X and select “Command Prompt” Type in "ipconfig" and press enter. Write down the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Our router subnet is “1” which is found as the third set of digits in the IP Address. Make a note of the subnet number. (Mac OS X) If using Mac OS X, go to System Preferences > Network > Advanced and note the IPv4 address, subnet mask, and router (gateway) address. Our router subnet is “1” which is found as the third set of digits in the IP Address. Windows (or its emulation) is required for some setup steps. If you purchased multiple cameras from us, it is best to add only one IP camera to the network at a time. Other IP cameras that are not yet configured should be added one at a time. To set up your camera for use on the network, connect the camera's wired network port to a router. Connect power to the camera, usually a 12VDC power source (if the camera is POE, you may use power over ethernet instead.) Check the network light on the camera's network jack to verify connection. At least one light should be on. If both lights are off, reseat the network cable on both ends. The network cable should be well- seated. The camera takes about 1 minute to start up. Use a computer on the same router as the camera. We need to find the local IP address of the camera, and change the subnet to a compatible subnet. Install the “IP Search” program from the software folder on the CD. Using the “Upgrade” program, click “IP Search”. The IP address (not used by other network devices) should be listed (if not listed then restart the Upgrade application and search again.) Highlight the device. The subnet is the third set of digits in the IP address. This camera here was found on subnet 219. Based on the previous step, the router is using subnet “1”. We need to set the same subnet for communication. If the camera subnet is already matching your current router's subnet, then you don't need to change anything here. We are just showing an example where the subnet does not match. In this particular example, we need to change the camera's subnet “219” to the router's subnet (“1” here) in the third set of digits in the IP Address and Gateway. (Optional) To find the camera's IP address using the router: Log into your router, and check for connected devices to find out the local IP address of the camera. If you do not know where to find the router's list of connected devices, please read the router's manual. You may not be able to find the camera if the camera is on a different subnet; you may use the Upgrade utility instead. If you can't find the camera, try another router port. Try reseating the network cable on both ends or testing with another cable. Restart the “Upgrade” application. Check the network jack lights on both sides. Power cycle the camera, wait a minute, restart the Upgrade application, and try again. Here we have corrected the camera's ip and gateway addresses to use the “1” subnet. The third set of digits were changed. If your router subnet is different than “1” then use that subnet number instead. Avoiding possible IP address conflict Notice the last set of digits in the IP address. In this example it was 101. Every device on the router should have a unique numbers in last set of digits. If another device on this router has an IP address that ends with the same number as the camera (101 in this example), there would be a conflict, and you would have to choose another number. For the last set of digits in the IP Address, you can choose a number between 2 and 253 not being used. Your router may have additional restrictions. To see if an IP address is already being used, you can log into your router and check for connected devices. Here, we determined that address 11 is available, and we changed the last set of digits in the IP to “11”. (Using “10” for the last 3 digits is not recommended because this is frequently used as a factory default for cameras.) If not using a DVR, the TCP port (media port) can be set to a number such as 7000 (if not being used by other local devices.) If using a DVR, leave on default. Click “Modify” to save settings. The new IP address should be reflected in the left panel. Write down the IP Address. If saving settings fails, you will need to log directly into the camera (use the WebBrowse link with Internet Explorer) to change settings. In Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Security Highlight "Local Intranet" and click "Custom level" Set "Download unsigned ActiveX controls" to "Prompt" Click "OK" and "Yes" and "Apply" [Note: This setting can be changed back after you are able to successfully log into the camera one time.] 1) Go to Tools > Internet Options > Security 2) Highlight "Local Intranet" 3) Click "Sites" and “Advanced” Type in the IP camera's ip address into the top box. 3) Click “Add” The camera's address should now be in the “Websites” box. Check for typos. 4) Click “Close”, “OK”, and “OK” This setting is necessary for local access to the camera. If you change the camera's local ip address assignment later on, you should update this setting to reflect the new ip and remove the old one from the list. In the address bar, type in “http://” followed by the ip address of the camera. Here, we put “http://192.168.1.11” into the address bar. You may be prompted to allow an ActiveX control to install. Also, you may be prompted by a User Access Control popup box to allow “web.cab” (under “Show details”) from the camera to install. If so, you may allow installation. [If IE gives you a message about blocking unsigned controls, make sure "Download unsigned ActiveX controls" is set to “Prompt” under Security > Local Intranet] After the ActiveX installation, you should see a login button. If not, type in the local ip in the address bar again, and make sure nothing comes after the last ip digit. Log in with “admin” and blank password (or “admin” and “admin”). Connect with either the “Main Stream” or “Extra Stream”. If there are any problems with “Main Stream”, then use the “Extra Stream”. You should see video, as well as menu selectors along the top. If you get no video, or cannot install the ActiveX control, try installing the IE Active X software from the CD and log in again. Log in to the local IP address and not any st subpages (see the 1 paragraph.) If there is a conflict with other ActiveX controls, you can go to “Manage add-ons > Show all add-ons” in IE. Time Setting There should be a menu along the top. One of these should read “DeviceCfg” (some models may read “RemoteCfg”.) Go into DeviceCfg. The main menu icons are along the bottom. Go to System > General You can set the time here, as well as daylight savings time. The “Setting” button is used to set the start and end of daylight savings time. United States DST has recently started on the second Sunday in March at 2am, and has ended on the first Sunday in November at 2am. Click “OK” when done. Go to Alarm > Video Motion Check “Enable” “Channel” may be left on default value. To change the motion area (the entire video is selected by default), click Region > “Setting”. All areas are detected by default; click to deselect. Adjust the sensitivity (now or later) so that it is sensitive enough to trigger when needed. After choosing a sensitivity, you can save settings in this menu, and the camera will show a motion log whenever motion is registered. “Interval” is the length of the time block during which only one motion event is registered. “Delay” is the length of recording time after a motion event is registered. Here, we checked to record the current channel (1) when motion occurs. We checked to send an email and to record to ftp on motion. Account setup (System > NetService) is required for email and ftp. You can adjust other settings as needed. Click “OK” to save. Scheduled recording Go to Record > Record On this screen, you can set up to 4 scheduled periods per day. “Regular” will record during the entire period, “Detect” will activate on motion detection, and “Alarm” will activate based on alarm events (such as a storage device issue; these are set under Alarm > Abnormal). You can have multiple types active at the same time. Here, we set recording on motion detection only, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We set prerecording time for motion events to 5 seconds. Record Mode Setting Record Mode “Timing” activates all schedules. Setting Record Mode “Stop” disables all schedules. Click “OK” to save. Recording in Internet Explorer To manually record in Internet Explorer, go to LocalCfg > System setting and specify a local directory.