Firmware Window - Cisco CIVS-IPC-2500W - Video Surveillance IP Camera Network User Manual

Administration Windows

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Option

Restart

Configuration

Upload

The Firmware window lets you view information about the firmware that is installed on the IP camera

and upgrade the firmware.

Before you upgrade firmware, download the firmware file to a PC that is accessible on your network and

unzip the file if it is zipped. The firmware for the wired IP camera is contained in a .bin file. The

firmware for the wireless IP camera is contained in a .gz file. To download firmware, go to this web page:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6918/Products_Sub_Category_Home.html

After you upgrade firmware, the IP camera restarts automatically. It retains all configuration

information.

To display the Firmware window, access the configuration windows as described in the

Initial Setup of the IP Camera" section on page

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Maintenance Window Options (continued)

Description

Click the Restart button to reboot the software on IP camera.

To confirm the restart procedure, click OK in the confirmation pop-up

window. Otherwise, click Cancel.

This action has the same effect as pressing and immediately releasing the

Reset button on the IP camera, or powering the IP camera down and then

powering it up.

Click the Save button to save the current IP camera configuration

information to a binary file.

When you click this button, the File Download window appears. Use this

window to save the configuration file. This file must include the

extension .cfg.

You can then upload this configuration information to any IP camera in the

network. This feature is useful for creating a backup of this configuration

and for configuring other IP cameras based on this configuration.

Path and folder where a configuration file is stored. You can click Browse to

find this location. After you enter this information, click Upload and follow

the on-screen prompts to load the configuration file to the IP camera.

After you upload a configuration file to the IP camera, the IP camera restarts

automatically.

If you upload configuration from another IP camera that is active in your

network, make sure to configure this IP camera with a name, description, and

unique IP address (if not obtained from DHCP). To change these options, see

the

"Basic Setup Window" section on page

Note

A configuration file that you upload includes the passwords that are

configured for the administrator and for users. If you change any

passwords after saving the configuration file, be aware that

uploading the file overwrites the new passwords with the saved ones.

describes the options in the Firmware window.

Chapter 3

Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

3-5.

2-5, click Administration, then click Firmware.

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