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forwarding automatically because of the firewall or anti-virus software. It may also be due to the
router’s security settings. We recommend manually configuring port forwarding the camera can
be viewed on the internet.
4.1.7 Couldn’t find the shortcut on the desktop after install IP camera tool
If you use Windows7 or Vista and the shortcut is missing after installing the IP camera tool,
check the path of IP Camera program.
For example, if it was pointing to C:\Windows\System32\IPCamera.exe.
Please fix this by pointing the shortcut to the correct path
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IPCamera.exe. After this you should be able to use the shortcut
without any problems.
4.1.8 I can’t change the record path
When you use Windows7 or Vista, you may be not able to change the record path because of
the security settings of computer. Please add the camera as a trusted site to resolve this issue.
The steps are
IE browserToolInternet PropertiesSecurityTrusted sitesSitesAdd
4.1.9 I can’t find multi-device settings and record icon
Record and multi-device functionality are controlled by the ActiveX controller.
These functions are not available in Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.
4.1.10 Camera cannot connect using wireless
If your camera cannot connect wirelessly after you set the wireless settings, unplug / plug the
power cable. (for more details: Wireless LAN settings in Chapter3.7)
Usually, camera can’t connect wireless mainly because of incorrect settings.