COMPRO IP540 User Manual page 75

Symptom
The Compro ActiveX component is not installed.
If you are viewing the camera video on Internet Explorer, make sure you have installed
and enabled Compro ActiveX component. Open your Internet Explorer browser and go
to [Tools] > [Manage Add-ons] and check that you've got both the "ComproClientActivex"
Successful login to the
and "USActiveX" control components registered and enabled. Refer to the "Trouble with
camera but no image
the ActiveX Client" section of this manual for further help.
is displayed
The VLC plugin is not installed for non-IE browser.
If you are viewing camera video on Firefox, Safari, or Chrome, make sure your VLC plugin
is properly installed. (Visit www.videolan.org/vlc/ to download the codec.)
The entered hostname/WAN IP address is incorrect.
Make sure you entered the correct hostname (if you use iDDNS) or the WAN IP address of
your camera in the location field of the web browser.
The LAN network is not connected to Internet.
You need to have access to the Internet when trying to view your network camera
remotely. Equally, your camera installed on a LAN network also needs to have access
to the Internet for your camera to be accessed remotely. Check if you can browse the
Internet on your LAN network. If not, contact your network administrator for assistance.
The camera's WAN IP address has changed but yet to be updated into DNS cache.
If you use DDNS service, the information of your camera's IP address and the domain
name the IP address is linked to is stored in the DNS cache. The cache is used to retrieve
Successful access the IP information by the DNS server which translates entered hostname into the
on local network camera's IP address. Though the information is updated every few minutes (determined
but having problem by the value of TTL, Time to Live), occasionally the DNS information changes (e.g. your
accessing from camera acquires new IP) but the old information is still stored in the cache, resulting in
Internet. connection failure.
When this happens, try waiting a few minutes for the new IP information to be updated
onto DNS server and then retry connection, or try to decrease the TTL value. If it still
doesn't work, refer to other possible causes and solutions, or contact Compro for
technical support.
The router's configuration does not allow incoming traffic to the camera.
If you want to make your camera located on a LAN network accessible from the Internet,
you need to enable port forwarding on your router and allow incoming traffic on the
HTTP and RTSP ports your camera is using (your router may require a reboot after port
forwarding is set). Refer to the "Remote Viewing via Internet Explorer" section in the user
manual for detailed information. If you don't know how to enable port forwarding on
the router, consult the manufacturer of your router for instruction.
Possible Cause/Solution
Symptoms, Causes and Solutions
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting
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