Using an iOS/Android device to control the camcorder from another location after setting it up in your home. (Remote Control+Streaming) (VIXIA mini X)
Article ID: ART117133 | | | Date published: 05/12/2015 | | | Date last updated: 04/07/2016 |
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Using an iOS/Android device to control the camcorder from another location after setting it up in your home. (Remote Control+Streaming) (VIXIA mini X)
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Using an iOS/Android device to control the camcorder from another location after setting it up in your home. (Remote Control+Streaming) (VIXIA mini X)
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Getting Started With Monitor while Out function of CameraAccess plus, you can leave the camcorder home and monitor the streamed image while you are away. You can even use your iOS/Android device to start recording on the camcorder.
The procedures for using Remote Control+Steaming are explained in the following five steps. Proceed in order from step 1.
Step 1: Installing CameraAccess plus
Step 2: Performing camcorder password and port configuration settings
Step 3: Connecting the camcorder to an access point
Step 4: Registering the camcorders ID in the iOS/Android device
Step 5: Controlling the camcorder with the iOS/Android device
Step 1: Installing CameraAccess plus
1. Access the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android smartphones) via your device to download and install the CameraAccess app.
Step 2: Performing camcorder password and port configuration settings
2. Turn on the camcorder and make sure it is set to a recording mode.
3. Touch the [ ] icon displayed on the camcorder's screen.
4. Drag your finger left/right to bring the [Remote Control+Streaming] menu to the center, and then touch the icon to open it.
5. Bring [ ] (Monitor while Out) to the center, and then touch [ ].
6. Touch [ ].
7. Touch the password field.
8. Enter a unique 4 and 8 character password for the Monitor while Out function, and then touch [ ].
For more information on entering a password, please refer to the 'Using the virtual keyboard' below.
9. Touch the port number entry field.
10. Enter the port number, and touch [ ].
11. Touch [ ].
Step 3: Connecting the camcorder to an access point
12. Set up a connection to an access point. If no connections to access points have been saved in the camcorder, the message [Save the access point] will appear on the screen.
The procedure for registering an access point is explained below.
Touch [ ].
13. Touch the desired connection method.
You can select from the following four connection methods.
For more information on your access point, please refer to its Instruction Manual.
* WPS, which stands for Wi-Fi Protected Setup, is a standard that makes connecting to a wireless router easier.
If your access point is WPS-compatible , connecting the camcorder to it can be very easy. If you cannot successfully connect the camcorder using WPS, try using the [Search for Access Points] method.
[WPS: Button] method: Please proceed to step 14-a-1.[WPS: PIN Code] method: Please proceed to step 14-b-1. Search for Access Points: Please proceed to step 14-c-1. Manual Setup: Please proceed to step 14-d-1.
14-a-1. [WPS: Button] method
Press and hold the WPS button on the wireless router.
14-a-2. Within 2 minutes, touch [OK] on the camcorders screen.
The camcorder will connect to the access point.
You can touch [Stop] and then [OK] to interrupt the Wi-Fi Protected Setup while it is in progress.
14-a-3. Touch [OK] to save the configuration.
14-a-4. Touch [OK].
When the Wi-Fi Protected Setup is finished, [Configuration completed] will appear on the screen.
Please proceed to step 15.
14-b-1. [WPS: PIN Code] method
From a computer or similar device connected to the access point, use the Web browser to open the routers WPS settings screen. After the 8-digit PIN code appears on the camcorders screen, enter it into your routers WPS settings screen.
14-b-2. Within 2 minutes, touch [OK] on the camcorders screen.
The camcorder will connect to the access point.
You can touch [Stop] and then [OK] to interrupt the Wi-Fi Protected Setup while it is in progress.
14-b-3. Touch [OK] to save the configuration.
14-b-4. Touch [OK].
When the Wi-Fi Protected Setup is finished, [Configuration completed] will appear on the screen.
Please proceed to step 15.
14-c-1.Search for Access Points
After you touch [Search for Access Points], the camcorder will take a few seconds to detect access points available in the vicinity and will display the first one.
14-c-2. Confirm the access points setting information.
Make a note in advance of the network name (SSID) and password (encryption key) of the access point you want to use.
14-c-3. Select the desired access point.
The network name (SSID) of the desired access point appears.
Touch [ ] or [ ] to select the desired access point from the list.
Touch [ OK ].
14-c-4. Enter the access points password (encryption key).
If the access point selected in step 2-c-3 did not have a [ ] icon, this step is not necessary.
To enter the [Encryption Key] field, touch [Not configured] , and then enter the access points password (encryption key).
Touch [OK].
14-c-5. Touch [OK] to save the configuration.
14-c-6. Touch [OK].
The screen will change once the connection is complete.
14-d-1. Manual Setup
Perform this procedure to manually configure the wireless connection settings. This may be necessary, for example, if your access points network name (SSID) cannot be detected due to the stealth function being enabled. Manual setup is for advanced users of Wi-Fi networks.
14-d-2. Enter the SSID.
Touch the [SSID] field.
Enter the SSID, touch [OK], and then touch [Next].
14-d-3. Touch the [Authentication/Encryption Method] field.
Touch [OPEN NONE].
14-d-4. Touch the desired method.
If you selected [OPEN WEP], the WEP index is 1.
14-d-5. Enter the encryption key.
If you selected [OPEN NONE] in step 14-d-4., this step is not necessary.
Touch the [Encryption Key] field, and then enter the encryption key (password).
Touch [Next].
14-d-6. Select how to obtain the IP address.
14-d-7. To enter the [IP Address] field, touch [0.0.0.0].
Touch the first field.
14-d-8. Touch [ ] or [ ] to change the value. Change the rest of the fields in the same way and touch [OK].
14-d-9. Enter the [Subnet Mask] field in the same way and touch [Next].
14-d-10. Enter the [Default Gateway] field in the same way and touch [Next].
14-d-11. Enter the [Primary DNS Server] and [Secondary DNS Server] fields in the same way and touch [Next].
14-d-12. Touch [OK] to save the configuration.
14-d-13. Touch [OK].
The screen will change once the connection is complete.
Step 4: Registering the camcorders ID in the iOS/Android device
15. Register the camcorders ID and password in the iOS/Android device.
If the iOS/Android device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the camcorder, CameraAccess plus will recognize the camcorder's ID and register it automatically.
The iOS/Android device setting procedures for automatic (15-a), and manual (15-b) registration are explained below.
15-a-1. Connect the iOS/Android device to the access point you registered in step 14.
15-a-2. Start the CameraAccess plus app.
15-a-3. Start the CameraAccess plus app and touch [Setting] and then [Start].
15-a-4. The camcorders ID will be registered.
15-a-5. Touch [End].
15-a-6. End the wireless connection to the access point.
15-b-1. Start the CameraAccess plus app.
15-b-2. Touch [Start].
15-b-3. Follow the onscreen instructions to register the ID displayed on the camcorders screen.
Step 5: Controlling the camcorder with the iOS/Android device
16. Start CameraAccess plus while in a secondary location.
17. Connect to the Wi-Fi network and touch [Start] under [Monitor while Out].
18. Enter the password for the [Monitor while Out] function that you set in the camcorder in step 7, and then touch Connect.
19. Use the apps onscreen controls to operate the camcorder while viewing the live image on the device.
20. To end the Monitor while Out mode, touch [End] to end the wireless connection and then turn off the camcorder.
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