Setting Up The Camera To View On The Lan - Panasonic BB-HCM381 Getting Started

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Setting up the Camera to View on the LAN.

Important
• To avoid any possible problems, temporarily disable any firewall
or antivirus software.
• This procedure explains installation of the camera on the same
network as your PC.
• Before proceeding, close your web browser.
• See page 186 of the Operating Instructions on the CD-ROM for
details about CD-ROM.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the PC.
(If the Network Camera Setup window is not displayed automatically,
double-click the "Setup.exe" file on the CD-ROM.)
Click [Camera Setup].
• If a Windows Security Alert is displayed, click [Unblock].
Select the camera to set up and click [Execute].
• This program searches for the cameras that are connected to the router and
displays their MAC Addresses, IP addresses and Port Numbers.
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MAC
Port
Address
Camera
No.
Status
IP
Address
• The MAC Address (see page 15 [BB-HCM381] or page 17 [BB-HCE481] of the
Operating Instructions on the CD-ROM) on the bottom of the camera shows
which camera you select on the camera list window.
Note
• If the indicator does not light green, check the connection (see page 1 [BB-
HCM381] or page 2 [BB-HCE481]).
• If more than 20 minutes have passed since the camera was turned on, the
camera cannot be set up from the Setup Program. In this situation, turn the
camera off, and turn the camera on again.
• The Setup Program may not list any cameras due to your firewall or antivirus
software settings on your PC. If you cannot disable your firewall or antivirus
software, you can set up the camera by entering the camera MAC address on
the following window. The camera's MAC address can be found on the label
affixed to the bottom of each camera. See page 15 [BB-HCM381] or page 17
[BB-HCE481] of the Operating Instructions on the CD-ROM for details.
Displays version information
about this program.
Sets up the camera.
Displays the camera manuals.
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Installs Network Camera
Recorder Single Camera Version.
Closes the Setup Program.
Camera List window
Displays IPv4 or
IPv6 information.
Click [Automatic Setup (Local Access Only)].
• See page 186 of the Operating Instructions on the CD-ROM for manual setup.
Enter the user name and password, and click [Save].
• The password must be different from the user name.
• Make a note of the user name and password for the reminder.
The Enter Network Password window is displayed. Enter
the user name and password that were set, and click [OK].
When the Single Camera page is displayed, setup is
complete.
• If the Security Warning window is displayed when installing ActiveX
Controls, click [Yes].
• To install ActiveX Controls on Microsoft
2, see "Security Warning window on Microsoft Windows XP Service
Pack 2" on page 4.
To enable Internet access to the camera
Click [Next] to set up the Internet access to the camera and
go to page 4.
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• If you do not allow Internet access, click [Cancel], and see page 23 of the
Operating Instructions on the CD-ROM.
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Note
• If the camera cannot be accessed,
see page 9 of Troubleshooting on
the CD-ROM.
• To ensure that the most current
image is displayed, Internet Explorer
should be configured as follows.
This will not have a negative effect
on normal use.
1. While viewing any website, click
[Tools] → [Internet Options].
2. In the section "Temporary Internet
Files", click [Settings] and check
[Every visit to the page].
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