Chapter 3 Viewing Live Video; Overview; Requirements; Connecting To A Camera On Your Lan - LevelOne WCS-0010 User Manual

Chapter 3
Viewing Live Video
This Chapter provides basic information about viewing live video.

Overview

After finishing setup via the Camera Wizard, all LAN users can view live video using a
variety of browsers on Windows/MAC/Linux.
For MPEG4 video: Internet Explorer in Windows.
For MJPEG video: Internet Explorer in MAC, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape.
This Chapter has details of viewing live video using Internet Explorer.
But many other powerful features and options are available:
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To view multiple cameras simultaneously, or record video (either interactively or
by schedule), you should install the IP CamSecure. Refer to the user's manual in
the software CD for details on installing and using this program.
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The camera administrator can also adjust the Video Stream, and restrict access to
the video stream to known users by requiring viewers to supply a username and
password.
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To make Live Video from the camera available via the Internet, your Internet
Gateway or Router must be configured correctly.

Requirements

To view the live video stream generated by the FCS-0010/WCS-0010, you need to
meet the following requirements:
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Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows VISTA.
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Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.

Connecting to a Camera on your LAN

To establish a connection from your PC to the FCS-0010/WCS-0010:
1. Use the Camera Wizard to get the IP address of the FCS-0010/WCS-
0010Network Camera.
2. Start Internet Explorer.
3. In the Address box, enter "HTTP://" and the IP Address of the FCS-0010/WCS-
0010 Network Camera.
4. When you connect, the following screen will be displayed.
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