User`s guide

AgileMeshNetworkBridge(AV3000) Page14
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CONNECTINGANIPCAMERATO THE MESH
IfyouconnectanIPcameratotheEthernetportofoneoftheAgileMeshwirelessnodesandthecameraissetup
torequestanetworkaddressviaDHCP,itwillbeassignedanetworkaddressasdescribedabove.Itsembedded
serverwillbeaccessiblefromtheLANsideof
theAV3000throughtheportsthatareautomaticallyconfigured.So,
iftheLANIPaddressoftheAV3000(probablyalsoassignedbyaDHCPserverontheLAN)is,forexample,
192.168.1.114,andthenewIPcameraisassignedaddress192.168.224.210bytheAV3000,youshouldbeableto
access
theembeddedwebserveronthenewIPcamerafromalocationontheLANbyusing
http://192.168.1.114:8210intheURLfieldofawebbrowser(e.g.,InternetExplorer).
Usually,themanufactureroftheIPcameraprovidesautilitysoftwarepackagethatcanscanthenetworkto
determinewhatIPaddresses
havebeenassignedtocamerasfromthatmanufacturer.
JustliketheAgileMeshIPvideoservers(embeddedinAgileMeshnodes)thatprovidetheanalogvideoportsfor
externalcameras,mostIPvideocamerasuseseparateportsforprovidingvideostreams.Itwillprobablybe
necessarytologintothenewIP
cameraandmakesureitsvideoportnumbermatchestheonethatismappedfor
forwardingintheAV3000.Itsinternalhttpportnumber(i.e.theportnumberassociatedwithitsembeddedweb
serverinterface)isassumedtobe80,thestandardhttpport.So,fortheaboveexample,theports
inthenewIP
camerawillneedtobesetto80forthehttpserver(almostcertainlythedefault)and7210forthevideostream.
Youwillneedtoconsultthemanufacturer’smanualforthatIPcameratodeterminetheexactmethodfor
configuringthevideoport.
Insummary,
thegeneralstepstoconnectingwithandviewinganon‐AgileMeshIPcamerawithabrowserareas
follows:
1. PowertheIPcameraandconnectittotheEthernetportonanAgileMeshwirelessnode.
2. DeterminetheIPaddressthathasbeenassignedtotheIPcamerabyrunning
theappropriate
manufacturer‐suppliedutilityfromacomputeralsoattachedtothemeshnetwork.
3. FromacomputerontheLANsideoftheAV3000,logintotheembeddedwebserverontheIPcamera
usingtheLANaddressoftheAV3000(determinedpreviouslybyhavingruntheAVRDiscover
utility,
describedinanearliersection)andtheportnumber8xxxwherexxxarethelast3digitsofthemeshIP
addressassignedtotheIPcamera.
4. OnceyouhaveloggedintotheembeddedwebserverintheIPcamera,configurethevideoportnumber
tobe7xxx,save
theconfigurationandexit.
5. UsingthebrowseronthecomputerontheLAN,logbackintotheIPcamerausingtheLANIPaddressof
theAV3000andtheappropriate8xxxportnumberastheURL(e.g.http://192.168.1.114:8210).
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