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Chapter 2
Using the Camera Utility
After the Camera Utility has been installed, its icon will be
displayed in two locations, one on your desktop and one
in the system tray of your desktop's taskbar.
NOTE:
This Camera Utility is backward-
compatible with the Wireless-B Internet Video
Camera, so you can use this Utility to control
Wireless-G and Wireless-B Internet Video
Cameras on your network.
There are two ways to open the Camera Utility:
•
Double-click the icon on your desktop (the icon acts
as a shortcut)
•
Right-click the icon in the system tray, and then click
Main Program.
Camera Utility Icon on Desktop
Main Screen
After you open the Utility, the Main screen is displayed. The
Main screen is divided into three sections, Camera Status,
Camera functions, and viewing windows for Channels 1-8
of the Utility. (To view different windows, use the scroll bar
on the right.
Camera functions include finding or deleting Cameras,
changing Camera settings, scheduling recordings,
accessing saved files, and configuring the motion
detection settings.
To configure the Utility settings, click Utility Settings. To
get help information, click the ? button in the upper right-
hand corner. To minimize the Utility, click the – button in
the upper right-hand corner. To exit the Utility, click the X
button in the upper right-hand corner.
Main Screen
Wireless-G Internet Home Monitoring Camera
Installing and Using the Camera Utility
Camera Status
This section of the Main screen lists all of the Cameras
the Utility has detected. To view the video of a specific
Camera, select a Camera, then drag-and-drop the Camera
to a viewing window.
CH
This is the Channel used by the Camera within the
Utility. (The Utility offers up to eight channels.)
Camera Name
This is the name you gave to the Camera.
AUDIO ON/OFF
The Compact Wireless-G Internet Video
Camera does not feature audio; however, other Cameras
do. This displays he status of their audio transmissions.
VIDEO ON/OFF
This indicates the status of the Camera's
video transmissions.
Main > Add Camera
To add a Camera on your local network or the Internet,
click Add Camera on the Main screen.
The Add Camera screen will appear. There will be two tabs
available, LAN and Internet.
LAN
The LAN screen shows the Cameras found on your local area
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network, along with each Camera's status information.
Main > Add Camera > LAN
Cameras on LAN
The Utility will search for Cameras on the local area
network and display a list in the Cameras on LAN box. To
run a new search, click the Search button.
Camera Data
For the Camera whose name is currently selected in the
Cameras on LAN box, the following information will be
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displayed in the Camera Data box:
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