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8. Setting up mobile phone for local and remote connection
Local Connection
48. If the mobile phone is an IPhone you will need to load the Mobile App from the
App Store. The file will be called ALIEN DVR. If the phone is an Android phone
then download the Mobile App from
www.aliendvr.com
website. Note that phones
using the Windows platform are not currently supported.
49. Add a device calling it something to distinguish it from being a remote connection
e.g
DVRinternal
. In IP address field set the local IP address
e.g 198.168.1.240
(see
step 4) of the DVR. Ensure username and password is the same as that used to access
the DVR menu. User is
admin
and Password by default is
555555
.
Port number is
8240
.
Remote Connection
50. Add a device calling it something to distinguish it from being a local connection
e.g
DVRexternal
. In IP address/domain name field set the remote IP address
e.g
80.56.168.221
(see step34) of the DVR. If you are using the AlienDDNS service
the dynamic name
<dvr serial no>.ippostcode.com
must be entered. The admin
username, password and port must be entered as per example shown in step 49.
51. For mobile phone access use the local IP address of the DVR on WIFI in the
building. Conversely, switch WIFI off to use the remote IP address or dynamic name
of the router when your mobile phone is remote using the 3/4G network.
