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Access the Camera

Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the

same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera.

You can use any of the browsers to access the camera, however, the full functionality is

provided only for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The browser functionality comparison:

Functionality

Internet Explorer

Other browsers

Live Video

Yes

Yes*

Live Video Area Resizable

Yes

PTZ Control

Yes

Capture the snapshot

Yes

Video overlay based configuration (Motion

Detection regions, Privacy Mask regions)

Yes

All the other configurations

Yes

* When using non-Internet Explorer browsers, free third-party software plug-ins must be installed

to the PC first to be able to get the live video feed from the camera:

Browser

Required Plug-In

Safari

QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)

Other non-Internet Explorer

browsers

Basic VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org)

Disclaimer Notice: The camera manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its cameras

with VLC player or QuickTime – since these are third party softwares. The third party has the right

to modify their utility any time which might affect the compatibility. In such cases, please use

Internet Explorer browser instead.

When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be

downloaded from the camera directly – the user just has to accept the use of such control when

prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case.

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