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SD Advanced

Appendix F

Locating and Changing Username/Password Details for Third

Party IP Cameras via an FTP Connection

For guidance on locating and changing a third party IP camera’s username and password via an

FTP connection; please see below:

Firstly use your chosen File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client to connect to the unit.

Refer to your FTP client’s supporting documentation for guidance on how to connect to the

SD Advanced.

Note that the URL of the unit will be required before a connection can be made.

By default, no username/password is required for an FTP connection.If they have been assigned

however, these must be entered before access will be allowed.

FTP access username/passwords can be congured via the ‘Admin FTP’ option displayed in the

‘User Accounts’ menu (Display menu->User Accounts).

When access to the unit has been granted, navigate to the ‘etc’ folder.

Within this folder, located the ip_cams.ini le.

This le contains all username/password data for all connected IP cameras.

This le can be viewed or edited.

Refer to your FTP clients supporting documentation for guidance on viewing and editing les. If you

have updated the le, ensure it is reloaded to the unit before exiting the FTP client.