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Installing and Using the Camera Utility
10
Wireless-N Internet Home Monitoring Camera
My Camera List
The
My camera list
section of the
Setup > Cameras
screen
contains a list of all Cameras that have been added (up to
9).
Camera Name
Displays the name of the Camera.
Selecting a Camera on this list will display its details in the
Camera Details
section of the screen.
Add Camera to my list
Automatically add cameras
Displays a list of currently
detected Cameras on your LAN. To add a camera to
My
camera list
, select the Camera from the
Automatically add
cameras
list and click
Add to my list
. If your Camera is not
listed, click
Refresh
to update the list, or add the Camera
manually.
Manually add cameras
To manually add a Camera to
My camera list
, go to the
Address
field and enter either its
web address or its IP address with port number. Then click
Add to my list
. To erase your entry, click
Clear
.
Camera Details
The
Camera Details
section allows you to enter camera
information and then displays video and information from
the currently selected Camera.
Camera Status
Displays the status of the selected
Camera.
Camera Name
Displays the name of the selected Camera.
IP Address
Displays the IP address of the selected
Camera.
User Name
Displays the selected Camera’s user name.
Password
Displays the selected Camera’s password. For
security reasons, the password is displayed as “
•••••
“.
Port
Number
Displays
the
selected
Camera’s
port
number.
Stream Type
Displays the selected Camera’s stream type.
To change the stream type, select either
MJPEG
or
MPEG4
from the drop down list and click
Save
.
Two buttons are located under the video display. These
buttons act upon the selected Camera’s video as explained
below.
Button
Function
Flip
Click this button to flip the current
video display top-to-bottom.
Mirror
Click this button to reverse the
current video display left-to-right.
Click
Advanced Camera Settings
to open the Web-based
Utility.
Setup > Recording Options
Click on the
Recording Options
tab to set the recording
schedule for a network Camera.
Setup > Recording Options
Video Recording Options
To set the selected Camera to continuously record, select
Always Record
.
To set up a recording schedule for the selected Camera:
1. Select
Record on a Scheduled Time Range
if you
want the Camera to record during the specified dates
and times, or select
Record on Motion Event in
Scheduled Time Range Only
if you want the Camera
to record only at those (specified) dates and times
when movement is detected.
2.
Fill in the following fields:
•
Select Days
From the drop down menu, select the
days on which you want the Camera to record. The
choices are
One Time
,
Every Day
,
Mon-Fri
,
Sat-
Sun
,
Sun
,
Mon
,
Tue
,
Wed
,
Thu
,
Fri
, and
Sat
. (All
settings except One Time cause recording to occur
on a recurring basis.)
•
Start Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
Enter the date to start
the recording, in mm/dd/yyyy format, or select the
start date using the drop down calendar.
•
Start Time (hh:mm)
Select the time to start the
recording using the drop down menus.
•
End Time (hh:mm)
Select the time to end the
recording using the drop down menus.
3. Click
Add to list
to save the new recording schedule.
4. The scheduled recording appears in the table of
scheduled recordings at the bottom of the screen.