User`s manual

Introduction

Basler IP Camera 1

1 Introduction

1.1 About this Document

This document is intended for administrative users of the camera. Previous experience with

networking will be a great help when using this document.

This document assumes that you have already followed the instructions in the Basler IP Camera

Installation Guide to install your camera.

Firmware

This document applies to cameras with version 2.0-0 firmware. Cameras with earlier or later

versions of the firmware may have different features than those described here and may look

different when accessed with the Basler Surveillance Web Client.

To ensure that your camera’s functionality is up to date, you should periodically check the

Downloads section of the Basler IP Camera website to see if a firmware update file is available. The

website address is: www.basler-ipcam.com

You can view the current firmware version in a camera, and you can apply a firmware update in two

different ways:

 By using the Basler Web Surveillance Client.

After you access a camera using the client (as described in Section 3.2 on page 10), you can

use the Info tab in the System parameters group to view the current firmware version in the

camera (see Section 3.10.1 on page 53).

If you need to update the firmware, you can use the Start Firmware Update button on the

Management Tab in the System parameters group to apply a new firmware file to the camera

(as described in Section 3.10.3 on page 56).

 By using the Basler IP Camera Finder software (version 1.4 or higher).

An advantage of the BIP Finder software is that it will let you view the firmware versions on

several cameras at once, and it will let you apply a new firmware file to several cameras

simultaneously.

Refer to the BIP Finder help file for information about how to view firmware versions and how

to update the camera firmware (the help file is a separate file that is included along with the BIP

Finder software).

The Basler IP Camera Finder software is available in the Downloads section of our website: