Neu-Fusion network ip camera, wireless internet cameras, cctv security cam, pan/tilt

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If you don't want to spend time wading through manuals, follow this simple 5-step guide. For more detailed information, click the links in the text.

Step 1 - Connect the camera

Connect an ethernet cable between the camera and a spare port on your broadband router. If your camera is wireless, it's best to leave wireless configuration until later. Install (and run) the Setup Wizard on the CD - this program is able to locate the camera even if its default settings don't match your network. Map your network to determine a suitable static IP address, subnet mask and default gateway that fit in with your network's address scheme.

Step 2 - Browse the camera from your PC

Open a browser window on your PC and type the camera's IP address into the address bar (e.g. http://192.168.0.20). The camera's home page should appear with a still image and links to the live image and system administration pages. The live image can be viewed using either ActiveX or Java. ActiveX will only work in Internet Explorer, Java will work with most browsers. If the camera is wireless, now's a good time to configure the wireless settings.

Step 3 - Set up FTP/Email uploads

On the upload page enter FTP details of your free web space. If you want images uploaded while you are at work, click 'scheduled images', enter start and stop times (e.g. 9am to 6pm) and select weekdays. Enter the number of seconds between each image transfer. Select 'sequence number suffix up to' and enter the number of files stored before being overwritten, to avoid filling up your server space. No changes need to be made to your router for FTP uploads as routers generally allow all outgoing traffic.

Step 4 - Expose the camera to the internet

Log onto your router - you'll need the router's admin user name and password to do this. Find the demilitarised zone (DMZ) and allocate your camera's LAN IP address to it. This exposes your camera to the internet, removing it's firewall protection. Access to your camera from the internet will be via your router's WAN (or Internet) IP address. To find this address, locate the WAN section of your router configuration pages. If your WAN IP address is allocated dynamically by your ISP, it may change periodically. Ask a friend to connect to your camera using your WAN IP address (it may not work if you try it).

Step 5 - Do more advanced things

Move on to more advanced stuff like configuring multiple cameras, putting a live image on your website, opening a dynamic DNS account and setting up the IPView Pro software that's supplied with each camera.