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→How to Test My Camera if It is Working Using a PC?
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== How to Find a Camera in Cam Locator? ==
== How to Find a Camera in Cam Locator? ==
=== How to Find a POE Camera in Cam Locator ===
=== How to Find a POE Camera in Cam Locator? ===
How do I find a POE camera in the Cam Locator? I can't find my POE camera in the Cam Locator.
How do I find a POE camera in the Cam Locator? I can't find my POE camera in the Cam Locator.
Now you are doing troubleshooting. Connect a Cat5E cable between the switch and the camera. Check POE led at both ends, one is at the POE connector on the POE/POE+ switch, and another end is at the camera POE connector. The led lights must be on at two ends.
Now you are doing troubleshooting. Connect a Cat5E cable between the switch and the camera. Check POE led at both ends, one is at the POE connector on the POE/POE+ switch, and another end is at the camera POE connector. The led lights must be on at two ends.
=== How to Find a Wifi Camera in Cam Locator ===
=== How to Find a WiFi Camera in Cam Locator? ===
I have changed a new router. How do I find my wiFi camera in the new router?
I have changed a new router. How do I find my WiFi camera in the new router?
=== How to Upgrade the Firmware on My Camera? ===
=== How to Test My Camera if It is Working Using a 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.
2. Power on the camera using a power 12V DC adapter. Connect the camera to your PC ethernet port via a Cat5E cable. Make sure the power on the camera and ethernet cable connected to the PC ethernet port.
3. Go to PC network setting to make your PC a static IP address:
a) Go to Network and Sharing Center, click on Ethernet.
[[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.
[[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.