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Figure 7 - Camera Views in Camera Setting Section

Add Cameras by IP Address

In the event cameras connected to the network do not show in the scan list or fail when the Add button is clicked, choose ADD CAMERAS BY IP ADDRESS. To use this function, the camera IP addresses must be known. Use a UPnP application (i.e. Bonjour) or IP identification program (i.e.

Angry IP or Advanced IP Scanner) to identify the camera IP addresses.

Click ADD CAMERAS BY IP ADDRESS and the camera data input screen will appear.

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Figure 8 - Add Cameras by IP Address

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From this input screen, name the camera and input the IP address. If the camera manufacturers default username and password have been changes, click “Set Default Credentials”. The data input screen will expand providing boxes to type the new camera username and password.

Figure 9 - Camera Username and Password Input Screen

Finally, select the manufacturer of the camera from the drop down menu. The selection menu appears after clicking into the Manufacturer box. Once the manufacturer is selected, the Camera

Model selection box will appear. Click in the Camera Model box and the specific integrated model numbers will appear. Select the appropriate model number.

Figure 10 - Camera Manufacturer and Model Number Selection Screen

The list of manufacturers and model numbers shown in these drop down menus are the cameras available for the particular software version on the Bridge. Smartvue continues to add cameras to the list of integrated camera models and updates that list when the Bridge updates its software. The process of updating software on the Bridge is automatic and needs no outside effort unless the

Bridge is not connected to the Internet.

If the camera fails to add, the pop-up shown in Figure 11 will appear.

Figure 11 - Camera Save Failed Screen

This error message will appear if any of the input data is incorrect (except the camera name). If the

IP address, camera manufacturer and model number are correct, then the username and password

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