User manual

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How to Use
A PC with Windows operating system can use the Internet Explorer to connect to the
Network Camera. A plug-in will be installed into the IE when it is connected for the first
time. A PC with Linux operating system can connect to the camera using a browser like
Firefox. It needs to install QuickTime first to view streaming.
Authentication
After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a
dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful
authentication, the following figure is displayed.
The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if
authentication fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future
convenience. This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason.
Installing plug-in
For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt