ThermovisionFLIR FSeries Installation Manual

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If the live video is not displayed, refer to section 2.8 “Troubleshooting Tips” on page 2-18. In the lower 
right of the web page there is a frame rate selector. This selector allows the user to change the rate at 
which the frames are displayed in the browser. This rate controls the user’s own web browser only, 
and does not affect the video streams to other users or to an NVR.
Note
2.3.2 Camera Control and Status
In the lower...

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Toggle Scene Preset
This button causes the camera to cycle through 5 different image settings. The Scene 
Presets cause the image brightness and contrast to adjust. Depending on the time of day, 
weather, and other conditions, one Scene Preset may be preferable to the others.
Toggle Polarity
This button changes the way various objects are displayed in the image, with hot objects 
displayed as white and cold objects as black, or...

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Manager User Manual. Once the software is installed, the manual is available from the Windows 
Start Menu. If the FSM software has not been installed yet, locate the CD that came with the camera 
and install it on the PC. The latest version of the software is also available from http://support.flir.com/ 
in the Downloads page.
2.4.1 Running FSM
Run the FSM software by double clicking the FLIR Sensors Manager icon on the desktop,...

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When the Discovery Panel is displayed, click Refresh. The FLIR camera will appear in the list of 
Discovered Sensors. The camera will be called “FLIR”, and the asterisk in parenthesis “(*)” indicates 
the camera has not been added to the list of Active Sensors on the right.
Click on the center bar “>” to move the camera over to the list of Active Servers. 
The name of the camera should appear in the Sensors Panel, with a green...

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2.5 Basic Camera Configuration
The following procedures describe how to do the most common basic camera configuration steps, 
such as setting the camera IP address and hostname and changing the user passwords. To make 
these changes, it is necessary to login using the admin user account.
Note
2.5.1 Expert and Admin Accounts
When a user logs in as expert, an additional menu called Setup is available. The 
Setup menu can be used to...

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2.6 Maintenance Menu
Initially, when the Maintenance page is selected, the Server Status page is displayed. The page 
provides an indication of the current server status (either running or stopped) and buttons for starting 
or stopping the server or for rebooting the system. 
Note, In order to make some configuration changes through the Maintenance menu, it is necessary 
to save the changes, then stop and restart the server to...

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2.6.1 LAN Settings
The LAN Settings page can be used to set the hostname, default gateway, and IP address for the 
camera. The default IP Address mode is static; the mode can also be set to DHCP. 
Once the IP address of the camera is changed, the PC may no longer be on the same network and 
therefore may not be able to access the camera until the IP address on the PC is changed also. For 
that reason, you may wish to change the...

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2.6.2 Services (Date and Time Settings)
The Services page is used to configure the date and time settings. The date, time, and time zone can 
be obtained from an NTP server, or can be entered manually. If the NTP mode is selected, the NTP 
server information can be entered. The NTP server address can be entered as a static address or can 
be obtained via DHCP. 
If the Custom mode is selected, a pop-up window allows the...

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2.6.3 Security Settings
To maintain security of your systems set passwords for each of the three login accounts.
user —The user account can only use the Live Video screen and controls.
expert —The expert account can use the Live Video screen and the camera Setup screen.
admin —The admin account can use all screens
After each password is set and confirmed, select the Save button at the bottom (it may be necessary 
to scroll down...

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It is also possible to limit access to the camera from a client program (such as FSM) by IP address. To 
do so, in the Maintenance menu select Sensor, then Networking. Set the “Allow anonymous clients” 
parameter to No, and then add in the allowed addresses in the Remote Clients list and click Save.
Note, once one or more addresses has been added to this list, only these computers will be able to 
access the camera as a client....