Mobotix IP camera recording with motion detection

How to record a Mobotix IP camera with motion detection

This web page describes how to record a Mobotix IP camera with motion detection and time-lapse permanent recordings. C-MOR is very easy and quick to understand. It takes a view seconds only and C-MOR records an IP camera. Optimization in motion detection or the length of recordings can be done later. C-MOR supports a wide range of IP cameras which are all available in the configuration menu. Simply select the camera you want to hook up to C-MOR and all is done.

C-MOR video surveillance is configured by web interface only. All settings are made through the web management surface.

Log in to your C-MOR video surveillance system. Simple enter the IP address of the C-MOR in your web browser window. You can get a Free version of C-MOR, software version or a C-MOR video surveillance appliance from this web page.

A C-MOR3, a video surveillance system for 3 cams, will show following start web page with all IP cameras disabled:

All the configuration parameters of C-MOR are in the System Administrator menu. This includes also the settings for IP cameras.

Please select the System Administration menu on top of the C-MOR web page to setup your Mobotix IP camera.

Scroll down to the section where you can configure IP cameras and select for example the first IP camera, cam1:

Once you are in the IP camera configuration menu of camera one, you simply enter the IP address of the Mobotix camera. Also the access data, username and password, as well as the TCP/IP Port. This port is mostly number 80:

Now select your Mobotix IP camera model from the Cam Type selection menu and then press Save Configuration. At this point all required parameters for a basic motion and time-lapse recordings are made already:

Once the settings have been saved the Mobotix IP camera has to be enabled by clicking simply on "Start recording" in the Saved Configuration page.

The status shows now, that recording for the Mobotix IP camera has been activated:

If all parameters are right, it will show in the next page (the start page) the live view of the camera:

Now it's time to do some testing. Click on the cam1 menu on top and verify when motion recordings are generated. From this menu you simply click on "Cam Configuration" to optimize the parameters for motion-detection, alarm emails, with or without attached videos, the length of single recordings and so on.

Please visit the video surveillance screenshots page to review more C-MOR functions