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→How to Test My Camera if It is Working Using a PC?
=== How to Test My Camera if It is Working Using a PC? ===
=== How to Test My Camera if It is Working Using a PC? ===
How to test the camera with your PC
[https://blog.microseven.com/tech-support/2020/11/19/how-to-test-the-camera-with-your-pc/ How to test the camera with your PC]
1. Turn off your laptop wifi if you have wifi on.
1. Turn off your laptop wifi if you have wifi on.
[[File:Networksharingcenter.jpg|alt=Go to Network and Sharing Center|none|thumb|400x400px|Go to Network and Sharing Center]]
[[File:Networksharingcenter.jpg|alt=Go to Network and Sharing Center|none|thumb|400x400px|Go to Network and Sharing Center]]
b) It opens the Ethernet Properties window. Highlight the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”. And click on the Properties button.
b) It opens the Ethernet Properties window. Highlight the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”. And click on the Properties button.
[[File:Ethernet.jpg|alt=Go to Properties|none|thumb|Go to Properties]]
c) You will select “Use the following IP address:”, then enter the following IP address and Subnet mask value in the fields and click OK to save the settings.
IP address: 192.168.1.177
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
[[File:Pc-ip-set.jpg|alt=Assign an IP address to your PC|none|thumb|Assign an IP address to your PC]]
4. Open the Cam Locator software. Do a search for the camera. You will find two IP addresses in the Cam Locator software list. If the camera you set a static IP address in it, you may switch it to the DHCP, or you will simply reset the camera. The camera factory’s default IP address is 192.168.1.201 and DHCP mode.
[[File:Cam locator ind.jpg|alt=Search a camera|none|thumb|400x400px|Search a camera]]
5. Highlight the camera, double click on it to open the camera system in a browser.
The camera log in default is: admin/password
6. Now you can go ahead to go to SYSTEM -> Log
[[File:Log.jpg|alt=Read the log file.|none|thumb|400x400px|Read the log file.]]
7. Test a ping in your PC dos prompt:
ping 192.168.1.201 -t
[[File:Dos ping.jpg|alt=Ping the camera IP address.|none|thumb|400x400px|Ping the camera IP address.]]
8. If the ping result without any timeout, the camera is running healthy. You can find the SYSTEM log if the camera is up and running.