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Installation Guide

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Access the Camera

Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the

same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera.

You can use

any of the browsers

to access the camera, however, the full functionality is

provided only for

Microsoft Internet Explorer

.

The browser functionality comparison:

Functionality

Internet Explorer

Other browsers

Live Video

Yes

Yes

*

Live Video Area Resizable

Yes

No

PTZ Control

Yes

Yes

Capture the snapshot

Yes

Yes

Video overlay based configuration (Motion

Detection regions, Privacy Mask regions)

Yes

No

All the other configurations

Yes

Yes

*

The basic

VLC media player

(

http://www.videolan.org

) has to be installed in PC first before

using any non-Internet Explorer browsers to be able to get live video feed from the camera with

those browsers. It is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player.

Disclaimer Notice: The camera manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its cameras

with VLC player

– since it is a third party software, the third party has the right to modify their

utility any time which might affect the compatibility. In such cases, please use Internet Explorer

browser instead.

When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be

downloaded from the camera directly

– the user just has to accept the use of such control when

prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case.

The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to

cover all functions of the camera.