Cameras are supplied by the manufacturer with the unique Ethernet (MAC) addresses already assigned, started with 58-BD-F9, and with one and the same IP address - 192.168.2.200 - unless it is specified otherwise.
Cameras have stickers on them specifying model, serial number, Ethernet (MAC) address and bar code with Ethernet (MAC) address.
In special cases, cameras may have stickers on them specifying either the complete IP address assigned or just the last two octets.
Before putting your camera into operation in your local network, it is necessary to assign a unique IP address to each camera.
To do so, you are to connect the camera either directly to your PC through an Ethernet patch cord in case you have a separate power-supply source for your camera or to an Ethernet switch with a PoE option;
Assign temporarely the IP address 192.168.2.0/24 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0) for the corresponding PC interface, and through your Web browser to go to the camera address 192.168.2.200.
The cameras Web interface will automatically redirect Web browser from the port of unprotected HTTP (80) to the port of protected HTTPS (443), and the browser will show information on the untrusted connection. You must agree to the risk of the untrusted connection nevertheless.
After that, a request for the users name and password will appear. The default username and password are “admin” and “system”, respectively.
In the default page, a video in the H.264 format will be shown through RTSP, if the VLC plug-in has been installed.
In the left part of the camera page, an inserted cameras configuration menu is shown.
Choose the Device –> Network tab, change the IP address and Subnet mask fields and click the “Save” button.
The IP address must be unique for your local network in which the camera will be used.
Immediately after you clicked the “Save” button, the connection with the camera may be lost until you connect the camera into the network again, for which it is now adjusted.
In case you have successfully changed the camera address and it is connected, you can go on with camera settings.
It is also desirable, for more safety, to change the passwords of the Web user “admin” and the OS superuser “root” by clicking the Device –> Users tab.
In case the connection with camera is lost and would not restore by any means, you can reset it and start from the beginning.
In case the connection with camera is lost and would not restore, you can reset it to the factory defaults, with the exception for the Ethernet (MAC) address, through the following routine: