CH A P T E R 3

Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera

After you install the IP camera as described in the Chapter 2, “Camera Installation,” or after you perform
a factory reset procedure, you must access the IP camera and make initial configuration settings. These
settings include administrator and root passwords, and whether the IP camera can be accessed through
an HTTP connection in addition to the default HTTPS (HTTP secure) connection.
To make these configuration settings, you connect to the IP camera from any PC that is on the same
network as the IP camera. The PC must meet these requirements:
• Operating system—Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) and 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Browsers:
– Internet Explorer—Internet Explorer 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0 (32-bit only) are the fully supported
web browsers. After upgrading the camera firmware, clear the browser cache and reload the web
page to ensure that the new features display.
If ActiveX is not installed on your client PC, the View Video window and the Setup >
Local Storage window prompts you to install the Cisco Camera UI Control. This message can
take some time to display.
If ActiveX is not working properly after installation, close the browser and restart the machine.
– Other browsers—The following additional browsers can also be used to view video from IP
camera by using either the VLC Media Player or the QuickTime plug-in:
- Windows—Chrome and Firefox browsers
- MacOS X—Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browsers
These web browser support all Cisco IP camera features except motion detection, custom
exposure region, and privacy zone, which are available only using Internet Explorer.
In addition, you must know the IP address and default login credentials of the IP camera. By default,
when the IP camera powers on, it attempts to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server in your network.
If the camera cannot obtain an IP address through DCHP within 90 seconds, it uses a default IP address
of 192.168.0.100. The default login credentials (Username/Password) are admin/admin.
To connect to the IP camera for the first time and make initial configuration settings, perform the
following steps. You can change these configuration settings in the future as described in the Cisco Video
Surveillance 7000 Series IP Camera Configuration Guide.

Before you Begin

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Procedure

Step 1 Start Internet Explorer, enter HTTPS://ip_address in the address field, and press Enter.
Replace ip_address with the IP address that the IP camera obtained through DHCP or, if the camera was
unable to obtain this IP address, enter 192.168.0.100.
The Login window appears.
Step 2 Enter the default login credentials:
• Username: admin
• Password: admin
The Initialization window appears.
Step 3 In the Password and Confirm Password fields of the admin row, enter a password for the IP camera
administrator.
You must enter the same password in both fields. The password is case sensitive and must contain at least
eight characters, which can be letters, numbers, and special characters, but no spaces. Special characters
are: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~.
Step 4 In the Password and Confirm Password fields of the Root row, enter a password that is used when
accessing the IP camera through a Secure Shell (SSH) connection.
You must enter the same password in both fields. The password is case sensitive and must contain at least
eight characters, which can be letters, numbers, and special characters, but no spaces. Special characters
are: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~.
You use the root password if you need to troubleshoot the IP camera through a SSH connection with the
assistance of the Cisco Technical Assistance Center.
Step 5 In the Access Protocols area, check the Enable HTTP check box if you want to allow both HTTP and
HTTPS connections to the IP camera.
By default, only the Enable HTTPS check box is checked, which allows only HTTPS (secure)
connections to the IP camera.
Step 6 Click Apply.
The IP camera reboots and the Login window appears.
Step 7 After the IP camera reboots, start Internet Explorer and, in the Address field, enter the following:
protocol://ip_address
where:
• protocol is HTTPS or HTTP. (You can use HTTP only if you enabled it in Step 5.)
• ip_address is the IP address that you used in Step 1.
Step 8 If you are prompted to install ActiveX controls, which are required to view video from the IP camera,
follow the on-screen prompts to do so.
The Home window appears.

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