User Manual

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2. SOFTWARE OPERATION
2.1 IP Camera Tool
When the camera has been mounted properly, you can double click the Icon “IP Camera Tool”
And a dialog box as Figure 1.9 will pop up.
Figure1.9
Note: The software finds out cameras’ IP addresses automatically over LAN.
There are 3 scenarios:
1. No IP Cameras found within LAN. After searching for 1 minute, the Result Field will show “not found IP
Server” and the program will shut down automatically.
2. IP Cameras have been installed within your LAN. All the IP Cameras will be listed and the total number is
displayed in the result field as shown in Figure 1.9
3. The IP Cameras installed within LAN do not share the same subnet with the monitoring PC. A prompt as
shown in result field (prompt: Subnet doesn’t match, double click to change!). Click the left mouse button to
choose the prompt and click the right mouse, choose Network Configuration to set the static IP address of
the Camera to the same subnet as LAN. (Figure 2.3)
NOTE: If it shows” Subnet doesn’t match, double click to change!”, you can also choose ”Obtain IP from
DHCP Server” to get a dynamic IP. (Figure 2.2)
2.1.1 Six Options
Choose the IP Camera list and right click, there are six options: (Figure 2.0)
Basic Properties, Network Configuration, Upgrade Firmware,