Cisco Systems CIVS-IPC-2500 Security Camera User Manual


 
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Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 Series IP Camera User Guide
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Chapter 2 Getting Started
Accessing the IP Camera Windows
Step 6 After the IP camera reboots, start Internet Explorer and, in the Address field, enter the following:
protocol ://ip_address
where:
protocol is HTTPS or HTTP. (You can use HTTP only if you enabled it in Step 4.)
ip_address is the IP address that you used in Step 1.
Step 7 If you are prompted to install ActiveX controls, which are required to view video from the IP camera,
follow the on-screen prompts to do so.
The Main window appears and video from the IP camera starts playing automatically.
You can take these actions in the Main window:
Click the Setup link to access configuration menus for the camera. For detailed information about
these menus, see
Chapter 3, “Configuring and Managing the IP Camera.”
Click the Home link to view and control live video from the camera. For detailed information about
these actions, see
Chapter 4, “Viewing Live Video.”
Click the Logout button to exit the window.
Accessing the IP Camera Windows
After you perform the initial configuration as described in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP
Camera” section on page 2-5, follow the steps in this section each time that you want to access the IP
camera windows to make configuration settings or view live video.
You access these windows by connecting to the IP camera from any PC that is on the same network as
the IP camera and that meets these requirements:
Operating system—Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Vista
Browser—Internet Explorer 6.x with Service Pack 2, or later
You need this information to access the IP camera windows:
IP address of the IP camera. By default, the IP camera attempts to obtain an IP address from a DHCP
server in your network. If the IP camera cannot obtain an IP address through DHCP within 90
seconds of powering up or resetting, it uses the default IP address of 192.168.0.100.
Port number, if other than the default value. Default port numbers for the IP camera are 443 for
HTTPS and 80 for HTTP. The IP camera administrator can enable an alternative HTTPS port and an
alternative HTTP port as described in the
“Advanced Setup Window” section on page 3-11.
Your user name and password for the IP camera. The IP camera administrator configures user names
and passwords as described in the
“Users Window” section on page 3-16.