Basler Vision Technologies BIP-1000c, User Manual

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Introduction
Basler IP Camera 1
1 Introduction
1.1 About this Document
This document is intended for administrative users of the camera. Previous experience with
networking will be a great help when using this document.
This document assumes that you have already followed the instructions in the Basler IP Camera
Installation Guide to install your camera.
Firmware
This document applies to cameras with version 2.0-0 firmware. Cameras with earlier or later
versions of the firmware may have different features than those described here and may look
different when accessed with the Basler Surveillance Web Client.
To ensure that your camera’s functionality is up to date, you should periodically check the
Downloads section of the Basler IP Camera website to see if a firmware update file is available. The
website address is:
www.basler-ipcam.com
You can view the current firmware version in a camera, and you can apply a firmware update in two
different ways:
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By using the Basler Web Surveillance Client.
After you access a camera using the client (as described in Section 3.2 on page 10 ), you can
use the Info tab in the System parameters group to view the current firmware version in the
camera (see Section 3.10.1 on
page 53 ).
If you need to update the firmware, you can use the Start Firmware Update button on the
Management Tab in the System parameters group to apply a new firmware file to the camera
(as described in Section 3.10.3 on
page 56 ).
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By using the Basler IP Camera Finder software (version 1.4 or higher).
An advantage of the BIP Finder software is that it will let you view the firmware versions on
several cameras at once, and it will let you apply a new firmware file to several cameras
simultaneously.
Refer to the BIP Finder help file for information about how to view firmware versions and how
to update the camera firmware (the help file is a separate file that is included along with the BIP
Finder software).
The Basler IP Camera Finder software is available in the Downloads section of our website:
www.basler-ipcam.com