User Guide

Administrating the Camera
Configuring the Network — Network Menu
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Note
The model on sale in China does not support
CRAM-MD5 authentication.
User name, Password
Type the user name and password of the owner of the
mail account, using up to 64 characters. This setting is
necessary when the SMTP server that sends e-mails
performs authentication.
Recipient e-mail address
Type the recipient e-mail address, using up to 64
characters. You can specify only one recipient e-mail
address.
Administrator e-mail address
Type the e-mail address of the camera administrator,
using up to 64 characters. This is used as the reply
address or the address for a system mail from the mail
server.
Subject
Type the subject/title of the e-mail, using up to 64
characters.
Message
Type the text of the e-mail using up to 384 characters. (A
line break is equivalent to 2 characters.) You can
describe the information of the acquired IP address, etc.,
using the special tags mentioned below.
HTTP notification
Select On to output a command to the HTTP server
when the DHCP setting is completed. Using this
function, you can configure a useful system, for
example, to view the access log stored in the HTTP
server, or start an external CGI program.
URL
Specify the URL to send an HTTP request, using up to
256 characters. The URL is normally written as follows:
ip_address: Type the IP address or host name of the host
to which you want to connect.
To enter an IPv6 address:
http:// [IPv6 address]
http:// [IPv6 address]: port
[:port]: Specify the port number to which you want to
connect. If you want to use the established port
number 80, you do not need to input a value.
path: Type the command.
parameter: Type the command parameter if necessary.
You can use the special tags mentioned below for the
parameters.
Proxy server name
When you send an HTTP request via a proxy server,
type the name or IP address of the proxy server, using up
to 64 characters.
Proxy port number
Specify the port number when you send an HTTP
request via the proxy server. Set a port number between
1024 and 65535.
Method
Select the HTTP method GET or POST.
OK/Cancel
See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 32.
About the special tags
You can use the following five special tags to allow
notification of the settings acquired by DHCP, such as an
IP address. Type the tags in the parameter section of the
URL that you described in the Message field of the
HTTP.
<IP>
Use this tag to embed the IP address acquired by DHCP
in the text or parameter.
<HTTPPORT>
Use this tag to embed the specified HTTP server port
number in the text or parameters.
<MACADDRESS>
Use this tag to embed the MAC address of the interface,
whose IP address was acquired by DHCP, in the text or
parameter.
<MODELNAME>
Use this tag to embed the camera’s model name in the
text or parameter.
<SERIAL>
Use this tag to embed the camera’s serial number in the
text or parameter.