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Network Menu // P2P
The P2P access allows you to access your camera´s live video stream via our iOS or Android app. Simply scan the P2P QR code with our app and confirm the settings - done! Please be aware, while the QR…
2017-12-08
4 Min
Network Menu // ONVIF
The surveillance industry has created an open standard protocol called ONVIF that allows cameras to communicate with each other and with network recording devices. You can activate or deactivate this…
2017-12-11
2 Min
iOS Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
P2P Cam Live To access your IP camera with the iOS App P2P Cam Live we recommend that you first download the newest version from the app store. Use the search words "P2PCam Live" to find our app insi…
2017-12-05
2 Min
Android Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
IP Cam Viewer To access your IP camera with the Android App IP Cam Viewer we recommend that you first download the newest version from the app market. Use the search word IP Cam Viewer to find our ap…
2017-12-05
3 Min
Windows Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
iSpy Connect iSpy uses your cameras, web cams, IP cams and microphones to detect and record movement or sound. Captured media is compressed to flash video or mp4 and streamed securely over the web an…
2017-12-05
6 Min
Windows Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
Yet Another Webcam Viewer Yet Another Webcam Software? Maybe. But Yawcam delivers a punch in a small package. Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to…
2017-12-05
2 Min
Windows Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
P2P Client The Point-2-Point protocol integrated in our HD camera line (not available for VGA models) allows you to connect to your camera from the internet without the need for a port forwarding rul…
2017-12-05
3 Min
Windows Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
CCTV Browser Plugin This Google Chrome / Opera extension allows you to define up to 16 IP cameras or webcam urls. Every time the toolbar button is clicked it will show an updated version of the image…
2017-12-05
1 Min
Windows Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
Blue Iris Use up to 64 cameras, capture JPEG snapshots or movies in standard MP4, AVI, advanced DVR, or Windows Media file formats. Keep an eye on your home, place of business, cars, and valuables; w…
2017-12-05
3 Min
Loxone
Homeautomation Miniserver Installation of the Miniserver Smart Home App and WebUI Control INSTAR IP camera via the Loxone Miniserver Example 1: Triggering an alarm Example 2: Go to a saved position D…
2019-02-26
13 Min
Homematic CCU3 Hub
Time-scheduled Camera Operations Installing the CUx Daemon Creating a Virtual Button Creating the Program Using the Homematic CCU3 as Alarmserver for our Camera Setting up a System Variable Configuri…
2019-02-15
13 Min
Homey Smarthome Gateway
Adding your Cameras Snapshot Control your Camera manually Notifying Homey when the Camera Alarm is triggered (Alarm Server) Using Zigbee/Z-Wave Sensors to control your Camera Time scheduled Camera co…
2019-08-20
10 Min
RTSP Video Stream and HTTPS
INSTAR Full HD Camera Series Prerequisites for FTP remote access: Configuration InstarVision Handy App For Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Windows Metro If you have included the video stream of…
2017-11-27
3 Min
Shinobi Open Source CCTV
Shinobi Installation Shinobi Configuration Adding an INSTAR Full HD Camera Setting up Motion Detection for your INSTAR IP Camera Default Motion Detection Settings Global Detector Settings Primary Eng…
2018-09-20
8 Min
openHAB 2 on Debian
OpenHAB 2 Installation How to install Java with Apt on Debian 9 Installing the Default JRE/JDK OpenHAB Configuration though Paper UI MQTT Binding OpenHAB Cloud Connector OpenHAB 2 Installation We are…
2018-09-20
9 Min
Node-RED on Debian
Debian Installation Creating a Node Administrator User Installing Node-RED Run Node-RED as a Service Create the SSL Certificate Configuring Node-RED The Node-RED Admin Panel Installing Mosquitto Conf…
2018-09-20
18 Min
Motion on Debian
Debian Installation SSH Access Set a static IP Address motionEye Installation Adding your IP Camera Enabling Actions HTTP Request Example Alarm - Full HD Models Alarm - VGA Models PTZ - Full HD Model…
2018-09-20
20 Min
Home Assistant on Debian
Installation of Home Assistant on a Debian Stretch Server Installation of dependencies: Create a user and group Install Home Assistant Run Home Assistant as a Service Configuring Home Assistant Addin…
2018-09-20
12 Min
Loxone Home Automation
Introduction How does it work 1. Use external Sensors 2. Activate Nightvision only when Motion is detected 3. Schedule different Positions 4. Use different Detection Areas for each Position 5. Use di…
2019-06-03
12 Min
Logitech Harmony in Node-RED via INSTAR MQTT
Install Fakeroku on Node-RED INSTAR MQTT Setup Node-RED Flow Download Cycling through Preset Positions Pan & Tilt your Camera Arm your Alarm before your leave your Home Start a Manual Video Recording…
2020-03-11
12 Min
Android Software for your INSTAR IP Camera
TinyCam Monitor To access your IP camera with the Android App TinyCam Monitor we recommend that you first download the Newest Version from the app market. Use the search word "TinyCam" to find our ap…
2017-12-05
4 Min
ONVIF Software Integration
Add a camera to InstarVision or iSpy via ONVIF Read here to learn what hat exactly ONVIF is. In the following, we will explain how you can add your HD or FullHD camera to InstarVision or iSpy via ONV…
2017-09-26
3 Min
AVIRA Antivirus Pro
Set an Exception rule inside your AVIRA Antivirus Software Avira Antivirus Pro might cause prevent you from displaying the video stream when you access our IP cameras for the first time with Internet…
2017-11-24
1 Min
QuickTime Video Plugin
Quicktime Plugin Setup The Quicktime Plugin is needed to display the h.264 stream of your INSTAR HD camera in alternative Browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Opera. Please refer to ActiveX Plugi…
2017-11-23
3 Min
The MJPEG Videostream
How to get a Live Video Stream without Installing a Video Plugin? With Windows 10 Microsoft offers a new web browser to substitute the old Internet Explorer. Due to the omission of plugin support, us…
2017-11-23
3 Min
ActiveX Video Plugin
ActiveX Plugin Installation on Windows The ActiveX Plugin is needed to display the h.264 stream of your INSTAR HD camera in Microsoft´s Internet Explorer. Please refer to QuickTime Plugin Setup if yo…
2017-11-23
6 Min
Display your Cameras Video inside your Browser
HTML5 Video Starting with version 2.6 of the web interface, all Full HD camera models support HTML5 Video for plugin-free playback of the video stream. This feature is enabled by default and can be s…
2017-11-22
3 Min
Direct LAN Connection
How to connect your camera directly with your computer via an Ethernet cable? The following instructions will explain to you step by step how you can create a direct LAN connection between your compu…
2017-09-26
4 Min
User Management on your Camera
Secure the Access to your IP Camera In order to access the user menu please click System in the web interface of your IP camera and then choose the sub menu Users as shown below. We always recommend …
2017-11-24
2 Min
Fing CLI
Alternative IP Scanner How to find your IP Camera in the network with an alternative IP Scanner? The IP Camera Tool (Windows), IP Camera Tool (macOS) or IP Camera Tool (LINUX) is for sure the most co…
2017-09-26
2 Min
IP Camera Search Tools
INSTAR Camera Tool The easiest way to search our camera inside your local network is our INSTAR Camera Tool for Windows, macOS and LINUX. Accessing your Camera´s SD Card Alternative IP Scanner Assig…
2017-09-26
2 Min
IN-W1 Full-HD 1080P Webcam
Overview Installation Technical Specifications Overview The IN-W1 is a 1080p Full-HD Webcam that connects to a USB-2.0 Port on your PC or Laptop. Thanks to simple Plug & Play you don't need to instal…
2020-04-29
2 Min
SD Card Access
Table of Content Smartphone Apps INSTAR Camera Tool Web User Interface FTP Software (Windows) FTP Software (macOS) The HD camera models use an internal (removable) SD card to record videos, alarm sna…
2017-11-27
4 Min
Western Digital MyCloud as FTP Server
Setting up FTP Access on a Western Digital (WD) MyCloud Step 1: Open the WD MyCloud in your web browser by typing http://wdmycloud.local in the address bar of your web browser. The login to your WD …
2017-11-27
4 Min
Telekom Speeport as FTP Server
Local FTP Server Configure your Speedport as a FTP Server Connect your USB drive with Telekom router. Then open the web user interface and go to Home Network / Network Storage to verify that your dr…
2017-11-27
1 Min
Synology NAS as FTP Server
Local FTP Server
2017-11-27
1 Min
QNAP as FTP Server
Local FTP Server Log into your QNAP´s webUI, open the settings tab Network Services / FTP. Activate the FTP service and leave all parameters at their defaults. Open the FTP settings of camera and t…
2017-11-27
1 Min
AVM Fritzbox as FTP Server
Local FTP Server In the following we want to explore the possibility to use an AVM Fritzbox 7490 as our FTP server. The user interface screenshots will only show the AVM UI. But most of the steps we …
2017-11-27
5 Min
Router or NAS as FTP Server
Local FTP Server Most modern routers now support USB mass storage devices (USB sticks, hard drives, etc. ...) to be plugged in - some even come with a large amount of on-board storage for you to use …
2017-11-27
2 Min
Alarm Server Function
You can use the Alarm Server function to send a http request to a connected server. The server needs a compatible software to recognize this request as an alarm event and trigger further actions. Thi…
2017-11-27
4 Min
The INSTAR DDNS Service
Three Easy Steps to access your Camera through the Internet In general, we have to differentiate between two types of connections. You can access your camera's WebUI over its internal IP address - wh…
2017-11-27
6 Min
Port Forwarding - Vodafone EasyBox
This is the 2nd step of the Port Forwarding, click here to get to Step I. Step 1 To access the user interface of your router, open the following address with your internet browser 192.168.2.1. The de…
2017-11-27
2 Min
Port Forwarding - Telekom Speedport
This is the 2nd step of the Port Forwarding, click here to get to the beginning of the manual. There are currently three different Speedport WebUIs in use, please find yours below: Telekom Speedport …
2017-11-27
5 Min
Port Forwarding - AVM Fritzbox
This is the 2nd step of the Port Forwarding, click here to get to Step I. Fritzbox 7490 & 7390 Open the WebUI of your FritzBox Router by typing fritz.box in your browser, or by alternatively typing i…
2017-11-27
3 Min
The P2P Remote Access
Setup a Point2Point connection with your camera InstarVision 2 for Windows Check out our User Manual for how to add your INSTAR P2P camera to our Windows Software InstarVision 2. InstarVision Mobile …
2017-11-27
2 Min
Homebridge in Node-RED for Apple Homekit
Q: The Homebridge Tutorial showed how to add buttons and switches to Homebridge so that I am now able to to control my camera through Homebridge in my Homekit App on my iPhone. Is it possible to comb…
2020-05-04
6 Min
Camera API
Q: Does the camera have an API with which I can tapped the current picture by curl etc.? A: Yes, the complete documentation can be found here. FAQs IN-9008 Full HD IN-8015 Full HD IN-7011 HD IN-6014 …
2018-03-15
1 Min
INSTAR Camera Tool Downloads
Look for your network cameras The INSTAR Camera Tool allows you to search your camera in the local network. The INSTAR Camera Tool scans all IP addresses to find all INSTAR IP cameras connected to yo…
2020-03-12
4 Min
InstarVision for Windows Desktop Downloads
InstarVision 2 - Desktop software for your network cameras - Version history with features - Version 2.7 - Version 2.6 - Version 2.5r355 - Version 2.4 …
2017-12-12
18 Min
Pure-FTPd on a Raspberry Pi
Installation Basic Configurations FTP Home Directory, Virtual User and User Group We want to use the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer snapshots between our INSTAR IP camera an our Raspberry P…
2018-10-18
3 Min
OpenHAB Setup under openHABian
OpenHAB CLI Securing your Installation OpenHAB Setup OpenHAB CLI As to be expected from a LINUX distro maintained by OpenHAB, there isn't much to do anymore to set up OpenHAB once you installed openH…
2018-09-28
3 Min
Node-RED Setup under openHABian
OpenHAB CLI Tool Setting up Node-RED Troubleshooting Manual Installation (optional) OpenHAB CLI Tool We want to set up the Node-RED flow that we were already working with in our Windows Installation,…
2018-09-28
4 Min
Mosquitto Setup under openHABian
OpenHAB CLI Tool Troubleshooting Manual Installation (optional) OpenHAB CLI Tool Just as Node-RED, Mosquitto (our Broker for the MQTT Protocol) can be installed through the OpenHAB-CLI. First, login …
2018-09-28
3 Min
Raspberry Pi & openHABian
See also -> Updated OpenHAB 3 Tutorial. Install openHABian on a Raspberry Pi OpenHAB & Node-RED Tutorials Use a Raspberry Pi to control your INSTAR Network Camera. The OpenHAB Linux distribution ope…
2018-09-28
2 Min
Run ZoneMinder inside a Docker Container
Installation of Docker on CentOS Zoneminder and MySQL Accessing the Zoneminder applications Configuring ZoneMinder FirewallD Adding a INSTAR 1080p Camera Adding your cameras MJPEG Stream Adding your …
2018-09-20
4 Min
Using your XiaoMi Home Hardware without the Cloud
ZigBee Communication without a proprietary Hub Setting up the bridge Running the bridge Determine location of CC2531 USB sniffer and checking user permissions Installation Configuration Running ZigBe…
2018-09-20
20 Min
Windows IoT & Raspberry Pi
Install openHABian on a Raspberry Pi OpenHAB & Node-RED Tutorials Windows 10 IoT Core is a version of Windows 10 that is optimized for smaller devices with or without a display that run on both ARM a…
2018-09-28
4 Min
OpenHAB 2 IP Camera Binding
See also -> Updated OpenHAB 3 Tutorial. Installation Configuration Installation Download the binding already built in JAR format from here (currently this is the version ): Place the JAR file after…
2018-09-28
3 Min
OpenHAB 2 Installation on Windows
openHAB 2 on Windows Prerequisites Installation openHAB 2 on Windows The following instructions will guide you through the process of setting up openHAB 2. Prerequisites First we need to Download and…
2018-09-28
2 Min
Node-RED Installation on Windows
nodeRED on Windows Installing Node.js Installing nodeRED Run nodeRED Configuring nodeRed Create a Static directory nodeRED on Windows Setting up nodeRED in a Microsoft Windows environment. The instru…
2018-09-28
3 Min
Mosquitto Broker Installation on Windows
Mosquitto on Windows Installing Mosquitto Testing the MQTT Server with MQTT.fx Troubleshooting MQTT Binding for OpenHAB Mosquitto on Windows Eclipse Mosquitto is an open source (EPL/EDL licensed) mes…
2018-09-28
3 Min
OpenHAB 2 IP Camera Control
Camera API to Node-RED to OpenHAB OpenHAB Troubleshooting Items Switch String Transformation Services Sitemap Setting up Node-RED Source Code home.items home.sitemap Node-RED Flow Camera API to Node-…
2018-09-28
66 Min
OpenHAB 2 Home Automation
See also -> Updated OpenHAB 3 Tutorial. Camera API to Node-RED to OpenHAB OpenHAB Installation on Windows OpenHAB2 Configuration Connect the MQTT Server to openHab2 Add Items Access your SmartHome Re…
2018-09-28
6 Min
Node-RED and SQL Logging
Working with AlaSQL in Node-RED Connect our Camera to Node-RED Writing the Data to our SQL Database Backup the Database Table to a File Backup your camera's System Log Flow Export Light Sensor Readou…
2019-06-17
13 Min
Control your Camera over MQTT with your Android Phone
The MQTT Protocol is supported by a wide range of third-party software. In the following we want to take a look at two Android apps that will allow us to use the MQTT Endpoints we added to our Node-R…
2018-09-20
3 Min
Node-RED and MQTT Advanced
Building a functional User Interface JSON Code export Global Login UI Buttons SET Audio Detection State Building a functional User Interface In the last course we created a Login Form in our dashboar…
2018-09-20
12 Min
Node-RED and IFTTT
Basic Setup Node-RED Introduction IFTTT Setting up a Webhook Node-RED Contacting the external Webhook IFTTT Contacting a Node-RED Endpoint Basic Setup If This Then That, also known as IFTTT is a free…
2018-09-20
12 Min
Add the Live Video to the Node-RED Dashboard
Using your Cameras Snapshot Flow Export Using your Cameras MJPEG Stream Flow Export This tutorial explores several ways to add your INSTAR cameras live image to the Node-RED Dashboard. You might have…
2019-10-01
4 Min
motionEye on Raspberry Pi
ioBroker Preparation Installation of motionEye Adding your IP Camera JPG Camera MJPG Camera RTSP Camera Adding motionEye to ioBroker Vis ioBroker Preparation MotionEye uses the port 8081 to stream yo…
2018-09-20
28 Min
IOBroker Visualization
VIS installation The VIS Admin Panel Communication via MQTT Display Camera Settings Display the Camera Live Stream Use VIS to Change Camera Settings GET Flow SET Flow VIS Widgets VIS installation The…
2018-09-20
65 Min
IOBroker on a Raspberry Pi
Raspbian Required Hardware Required Software Raspbian Installation Raspbian We are going to use a clean installation of Raspian (a Debian based LINUX Dist for your Raspberry Pi) to set up ioBroker. P…
2018-09-20
11 Min
ioBroker Node-RED Adapter
ioBroker offers you Node-RED as an easy to install adapter. Please be aware that we ran into a few problems here - that might not affect you. But we decided to use our earlier Node-RED Installation i…
2018-09-20
7 Min
ioBroker MQTT Adapter
First we need to be able to communicate with our camera using the MQTT Protocol. We choose to install the MQTT Broker/Client Adapter from the lists of available adapters in ioBroker. You can use this…
2018-09-20
15 Min
ioBroker Blockly Script Engine
ioBroker comes with a Blockly Adapter that - very similar to Node-RED - allows you to create small scripts with a graphical user interface. You can install it from the Adapters tab: Click on the Sc…
2018-09-20
27 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with ioBroker
Install ioBroker on CentOS 8 Setting up Node.js ioBroker Install Script Connecting to the MQTT Broker Node-RED Adapter Example Flow MQTT Adapter Visualization JSON Flow for Node-RED Live Video Alarms…
2019-03-26
13 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with OpenHAB2
OpenHAB Configuration though Paper UI MQTT Binding OpenHAB Configuration though Paper UI The Paper UI is a new interface that helps setting up and configuring your openHAB instance. It does not (yet)…
2019-03-26
4 Min
Adding a Theme to Home Assistant
Adding your Theme Automatically switch Day / Night Theme Start by creating a themes directory in the Home Assistant configuration folder inside your home directory: Now open the Home Assistant config…
2019-03-26
2 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with Home Assistant
Home Assistant Installation on a Raspberry Pi MQTT Binding Testing our MQTT Service Adding a UI Switch Switch Component Configuring the User Interface Adding your Cameras Live Video Adding a UI Push …
2019-03-26
12 Min
FHEM with the INSTAR MQTT Server
FHEM Installation Perl Installation Setup FHEM MQTT Broker Add Devices Adding a Test Device Go to Position Node-RED Node-RED flow (FHEM->Camera) Just to get a quick overview over the FHEM user interf…
2018-09-28
13 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server @Homey
Adding the Homey MQTT Client Sending a MQTT Command to your Camera In this tutorial we want to connect an INSTAR Full HD camera through it's MQTT Interface with the Athom Homey Smarthome. Adding the …
2019-08-20
5 Min
Homematic CCU3 Hub and RedMatic
Add sensors to the control panel Creating system variables and programs Installing Node-RED Installation of an MQTT server Enabling SSH Access (Optional) Testing the MQTT server Homematic -> INSTAR I…
2019-05-13
16 Min
Homebridge INSTAR MQTT to Homekit
Preparing the Homebridge Docker Image Download How to Run Configuration Run Setting Up Homebridge Commit your Changes to the Docker Image Hombridge Configuration Template Homebridge is a lightweight …
2020-03-26
11 Min
FHEM IPCAM Module for INSTAR Cameras
FHEM Installation Make FHEM look Pretty(ier) The IPCAM Module Adding your INSTAR HD or Full HD Camera Camera Control Timed snapshots Adding your Cameras Live Video Tablet UI Automate Camera Functions…
2018-09-28
31 Min
CGI Commands for INSTAR VGA Cameras
Complete CGI Instruction Set for the VGA Series For all developers that want to integrate our cameras in their software or for everyone that wants to experiment a little, we now offer a full list of …
2017-11-27
6 Min
CGI Commands
Control your INSTAR IP camera from your default web browser CGI: Common Gateway Interface Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard method used to generate dynamic content on web pages. CGI provid…
2017-11-27
2 Min
Node-RED and Alexa
A Node-RED node to control things via Amazon Alexa. Use voice commands to control your INSTAR IP camera without the need for an Amazon Alexa Skill - no Cloud required. We are going to use the node-re…
2018-09-20
20 Min
Alexa and Monocle Gateway for the Echo 5
Part 1: Installation of the Monocle Gateway (Windows) Part 1: Installation of the Monocle Gateway (Debian) Part 2: Add exception in AVM Fritzbox and possibly other routers Part 3: Create camera in Mo…
2019-08-08
14 Min