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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.
a) Go to Network and Sharing Center, click on Ethernet.
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.