FTP Upload

With FTP (file transfer protocol) you can push images directly to our servers. Almost all IP cameras support FTP upload of the current image.

Using FTP adds security to your network, because the camera does not have to be accessible from the outside. It also gives you more control and works better with unreliable and slow connections like GSM etc.

These are some example steps to set up an IP camera to use FTP upload:

1) first you need to get your FTP credentials

ftp setting

2) Change your IP camera settings

Login to your IP camera and change the upload settings with the credentials from previous step. FTP upload settings are often in ‘Other’, ‘Schedule’ or ‘Alarm’ menu in IP camera settings.

This is an example IP camera menu. Please use YOUR FTP credentials.

ip cam menu

‘Passive Mode’ is important for most setups. ‘File overwrite’ setting does not matter.

3) Test

Wait a few minutes for image upload or use the ‘test ftp connection’ feature of your camera if available.

You should see the current image on your webcam page (Dashboard -> Webcams -> Show).

Your camera is online now!


If there is no image uploaded and you have no status information from your camera:


Hints:

There are some technical FTP server restrictions (only for reference here):