Apogee Alta Network Camera Help
Network Properties
Here you can change the network properties for this Apogee Alta Network Camera. Contact your network administrator for the appropriate settings for your network.
You must reboot in order for any network property changes to take effect.
Ethernet Information
- Ethernet MAC
- The Ethernet MAC address is globally unique. It also happens to be the serial number of this Apogee Alta Network Camera. This value is read-only.
DHCP Options
- DHCP client
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Enable this Apogee Alta Network Camera to dynamically obtain an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. The DHCP server will automatically configure the camera with settings appropriate to your network.
If the DHCP client is enabled, the Static IP Options below are ignored.
Static IP Options
- IP address
- Enter an Internet Protocol
(IP) address obtained from your network administrator or Internet service
provider. An IP address is a 32-bit number that is notated by using four
numbers from 0 through 255, separated by periods.
The DHCP client must be disabled for this setting to take effect.
- Subnet mask
- Enter the subnet mask number obtained from your network administrator
or Internet service provider. This number is combined with the IP address
number to identify which network segment this Apogee Alta Network Camera is on.
A subnet mask is a 32-bit number that is notated by using four numbers from 0 through 255, separated by periods. Typically, default subnet mask numbers use 0 or 255 as values (such as 255.255.255.0), but other number values can appear.
The DHCP client must be disabled for this setting to take effect.
- Default gateway
- Enter the IP address for the default gateway. This is the address of
a local IP router on the same network as this Apogee Alta Network Camera that is used to forward
traffic to destinations beyond the local network. Use four numbers from 0 through
255, separated by periods.
A gateway is a router that connects separate IP network segments. For example, a network segment might need a gateway to connect it to another network segment, a wide area network (WAN), or to the Internet.
The DHCP client must be disabled for this setting to take effect.
Apogee Alta Network Camera Options
- HTTP server port
- Enter the Apogee Alta Network Camera server port number. Default = 80 (TCP/HTTP).
Please note that web browsers use port 80 for HTTP traffic. Changing the port number requires the new port to be explicitly specified when when entering a URL into the web browser. Apogee Instruments does not recommend changing this setting unless you have a specific reason for doing so. If a port change is desired, the port 2571 is suggested as an alternate.
- Camera ID
- Enter the Apogee Alta Network Camera ID string. Default = "Apogee1".
This is a 31 character descriptive identifier. It is only used for the discovery of cameras on the LAN. It does not have to be set to this camera's host name.
Serial Port Properties
Here you can change the properties of both serial port A and B for this Apogee Alta Network Camera. First select the serial port you wish to configure, then change the settings for the selected serial port.
You must reboot in order for any serial port property changes to take effect.
- Serial port
- Select the Apogee Alta Network Camera serial port to configure.
You must press the Select button for the selection to take effect.
Serial Port IP Options
- Serial IP maximum packet size
- Enter the maximum number of bytes to be received from
the serial port before transmitting it across the network. Default = 512 bytes.
- Serial IP connection timeout
- Enter the number of seconds to wait for a character to be received from
the network before the TCP network connection is closed.
This timeout is approximate and will be more inaccurate the larger the timeout value is.
Default = 86400 seconds (24 hours).
Serial Port Options
Change Login Password
Here you can change the login password for this Apogee Alta Network Camera.
You must reboot in order for this change to take effect.
- login password
- Each user ID requires a case-sensitive password in order to configure the Apogee Alta Network Camera. Refer to the Apogee Alta Network Camera manual for the initial user ID and password.
- Session timeout
- Enter the number of seconds to wait for a request before the login session times out. You may need to close and restart your browser to log back in if the session timeout is reached. Default = 420 seconds.
Reboot Apogee Alta Network Camera
Here you can reboot this Apogee Alta Network Camera.
Many configuration changes only take effect when the Apogee Alta Network Camera is rebooted.