Access The Camera - LevelOne FCS-5056 User Manual

Access the Camera

Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the
same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera.
You can use any of the browsers to access the camera, however, the full functionality is
provided only for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The browser functionality comparison:
Functionality
Live Video
Live Video Area Resizable
PTZ Control
Capture the snapshot
Video overlay based configuration (Motion
Detection regions, Privacy Mask regions)
All the other configurations
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When using non-Internet Explorer browsers, free third-party software plug-ins must be
installed to the PC first to be able to get the live video feed from the camera:
Browser
Safari
Other non-Internet Explorer
browsers
Disclaimer Notice: The camera manufacturer does not guarantee the compatibility of its
cameras with QuickTime or VLC Player – since these are third party softwares. The third
parties have the right to modify their utility any time which might affect the compatibility. In such
cases, please use Internet Explorer browser instead.
When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will
be downloaded from the camera directly – the user just has to accept the use of such control
when prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case.
Hardware Manual
Internet Explorer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Required Plug-In
QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)
Basic VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org)
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Other browsers
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Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes