Making Initial Camera Settings; Launch The Camera Management Tool; Searching For Cameras And Setting Up Networks - Canon VB-H43 Operation Manual

Making Initial Camera Settings

To use the camera, you must first set the network settings
for the camera and then establish a network connection
between the camera and a computer. Use Camera
Management Tool for these settings.
This section will explain, in addition to network settings,
how to set the camera name, the date and time and other
settings. It will also explain how to use the Camera
Management Tool to make initial camera settings.
Note
• For details on using Camera Management Tool, please refer to
"Camera Management Tool User Manual".
• The settings made here will be reflected in the settings on the
Setting Page (p. 45).

Launch the Camera Management Tool

Launch the Camera Management Tool that was installed
onto the computer from the setup CD-ROM.
1 Connect the camera and computer to the network and
turn on the power.
Please refer to "Installation Guide" > "Connecting the
Camera".
2 Double-click the [Camera Management Tool] icon on
the desktop.
Camera Management Tool launches and the [Camera
Search Settings] dialog box appears.
Enter the factory default password ("camera") into
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[Administrator Password] and click [OK].
The Camera Management Tool main screen will
appear.
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Searching for Cameras and Setting up
Networks
This will explain network settings so you can search for
network connected cameras and connect to them from a
computer.
The examples will be for setting one camera. The Camera
Management Tool, however, can set multiple cameras at
the same time.
Click the [Search Camera] icon.
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Detected cameras will appear in the camera list.
Select a camera in the camera list and click the [Basic
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Camera Settings] icon.
The [Basic Camera Settings] dialog box appears.
Set each of the [Network] items.
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(1) [IPv4 Address Setting Method]
Select the method for setting the IPv4 address.
If [Manual] is selected, directly enter values that suit
the environment in which the camera is used.
If [Auto (DHCP)] is selected, the value automatically
acquired from the DHCP server will be entered in [IPv4
Address], [Subnet Mask] and [IPv4 Default Gateway
Address].
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