Inetcam Mobile Gateway manual

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  • Page 1

    Draft version 1.7 1 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Mobile Gateway™ User’s Guide[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 2 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Table of Contents Mobile Gateway™ User’s Guide ................................................................................................... .. 1 Table of Contents ...............................................................................................[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 3 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Introduction The Inetcam ® Mobile Gateway™ video server is desi gned to take video feeds and make them available to cell phones running the iMViewe r™ application. The unit can receive analo g camera feeds directly into the unit, or can receiv e loop through from [...]

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    Draft version 1.7 4 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. All of these items may be changed by opening a browser on a P C and going to the IP address of the Mobile Gateway™ video server by enterin g that address in th e browser address bar (e.g. http://192.168.0.2.) Hardware installation For best results, hard ware connecti[...]

  • Page 5

    Draft version 1.7 5 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Mobile Gateway™ Servers: The white space on the left side of the Mobile Gat eway™ Finder utility will represent all of the Mobile Gateway™ video servers on the network by their MAC addresses. The fields on the right on the Mob ile Gateway™ Fin der utility shoul[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 6 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Source Status The top page of the Mobile Gateway™ video se rver is a camera stat us screen, called Source Status. This screen displays still images from the ca m eras to the administrator* so that the administrator can easily monitor of the camera is co nnected prope[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 7 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. may be added by day, by specific date, or alwa ys (every day) and then also by time. For example, if cameras should be available ever y day from 4 pm. to 6 pm., all days would be selected and then a range specifi ed from 16:00 to 18:00 hours. Settings: Camera settings [...]

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    Draft version 1.7 8 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. • Click Apply to save the changes or Cancel to go back to the Source Status administration screen. Active Viewers The Active Viewers administration screen is used to displa y the list of viewers wh o are receiving video from the Mobile Gateway™ video serve r at the[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 9 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Access Control The Access Contr ol administration screen is used to edit access control settin gs for both viewing and system administration. While administrati on access is always required in o rder to change system settings, user authentication can be disable d for a[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 10 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. The Settings for… section is used to set the settings for the selected (or n ew) user. • Name: Enter/edit the login name that will be used to access video or the administration screens. The login name cannot be more than 16 cha racters. • Password: Enter the use[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 11 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. • Admin: Check the box if this user should be given administrator p rivileges. Un-checking this box will remove administrat or privileges from th is user. As the system must have at least one administrator, the box cannot be un checked for the last administrato r. ?[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 12 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. • DDNS Hostname: Enter th e hostname for the Mobile Gateway™ video server; the default is a random value. The full name for accessing the Mobile Gateway™ video server will be the entered value follow ed by ".inetcam.com" (for example: john.inetcam.com)[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 13 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. System Settings The System Settings administration screen is used to change system-level settings. The Network se ction is used to set the IP address settings of the M obile Gateway™ video server. • IP Settings: Select DHCP if the local network assign s IP address[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 14 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. After changing Network or Time settings, click Apply . If the Network settings hav e been changed, the web browser must be restarte d in order to access the Mobile Gateway™ video se rver once again. The System Reset section is use d to restart or shutdown the Mobile[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 15 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. • MAC Address: The MAC Addres s is the hardware addres s of the network card in the Mobile Gateway™ video server. Since the M obile Gateway™ Find er displays the MAC Address of Mobile Gateway™ video server s on the network, this can be u sed to discriminate be[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 16 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Updating the Mobile G ateway™ Video Server As previously mentioned, the Mobile Gateway™ Finder utility may be used to update the software on your video server. Follow all of the steps be low to apply an update usin g the Finder utility. 1. Download the update for [...]

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    Draft version 1.7 17 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. Troubleshooting The Finder utility can’t find my Mobile Gateway™ video serv er? Check the physical con nections between the netwo rk card of the Mobile Gateway™ video server and the network/router. If the conne ctions are secure, make sure t he PC with the Finde[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 18 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. How do I change the cameras that Mobile Gateway™ makes av ailable? The easiest way to change camera s is to physi cally change the connectors from the came ra or DVR. Unplug the camera or con nection you no longer wish to use and replace it with the cam era or conne[...]

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    Draft version 1.7 19 Inetcam® and iMViewer™ are t he property of Inetcam, Inc. What handsets do you recommend? Inetcam ® recommends the Samsun g A700 or the Nokia 6600 handsets for use with the Mobile Gateway™. These handsets, and iMViewer™ require a data plan with the cell ular carrier. We recommend an unlimited data plan for best result s[...]