Setting Camera Environment; Items Needed For Camera Monitoring System - Toshiba IK-WB15A User Manual

Setting Camera Environment

Items needed for network camera monitoring system
● Administrator's personal computer
The personal computer that is given all authorities for setting, operating,
monitoring and other functions with the network camera is called the
"administrator's personal computer" in this manual.
* The personal computer for viewing monitored images is called the "user's
personal computer" in this manual. The network camera can be viewed by
more than one personal computer at the same time.
Recommended personal computer operating conditions
･ Windows 2000 or XP as OS
･ Internet Explorer Ver 6.0 or later
･ CPU: Intel Pentium III 800MHz or higher
･ Memory: 256MB or more
● Connection equipment such as LAN cables and if you are connecting to a
network you could need a hub or router.
･ The LAN cable type differs depending on the connection method. For
further information, see "Connection Configuration" on page 24.
● Camera search application "Camera Finder"
･ Install this application from the CD-ROM supplied as an accessory.
(Double-click "Setup.exe" in the CD-ROM and install the application by
following the onscreen instructions)
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Connecting the Camera and Personal Computer by Network
IP Address
To connect to the network, the administrator needs to set the network
camera IP address.
There are two options to set the IP address.
・ Obtaining an IP address automatically from the DHCP server
・ Entering an IP address manually(→page 84)
● Obtaining an IP address automatically from the DHCP server
Your camera is set to get data automatically obtain an IP address from
the DHCP server (DHCP ON/OFF is set to ON in "Network-Basic
Settings") by default. If your network is using DHCP server, you will not
need to change the IP address of the camera.
● Entering the IP address manually
･ Manually enter the IP address when the DHCP server is turned off or
if there are no DHCP servers.
･ In certain circumstances the Camera's IP address can be changed by
the DHCP server. If this happens your camera will stop working over
the Internet. To avoid this possibly happening it is best to manually
assign an IP address in the camera. Once you have an assigned IP
address it must be installed in the camera and reserved for the cam-
era in the router.
･ When entering the IP address manually, set DHCP ON/OFF to OFF in
"Network-Basic Settings" on page 84 and enter the IP address, subnet
mask, default gateway, primary DNS and secondary DNS.
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