Access the Camera. ACTi E69

Hardware Manual

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

Live Video

Internet Explorer

Yes

Other browsers

Yes *

Live Video Area Resizable

PTZ Control

Capture the snapshot

Video overlay based configuration (Motion

Detection regions, Privacy Mask regions)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

All the other configurations Yes 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

Safari

Required Plug-In

QuickTime

Other non-Internet Explorer browsers

Basic VLC Media Player

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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The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to cover all functions of the camera.

Assuming that the camera ’s IP address is 192.168.0.100

, you can access it by opening the Web browser and typing the following address into Web browser ’s address bar:

Upon successful connection to the camera, the user interface called Web Configurator would appear together with the login page. The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP address since the default HTTP port of the camera is 80, which can be omitted from the address for convenience.

Before logging in, you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera.

Account:

Admin

Password:

123456

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