Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras Apps Reference Guide

Adding a Camera to Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Adding a camera to Cisco Unified Communications Manager enables that application to support the camera. When you add a camera, you add the device as a phone. You must add each camera that will run the SIP Client app.

To add a camera to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, perform the following steps from the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Console.

For more detailed information, see your Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation.

Procedure

Step 1 Log in to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Console.

Step 2 Choose Device > Phone.

The Add a New Phone page appears

Step 3 Click Add New near the top left side of the page.

The Add a New Phone page appears.

Step 4 From the Phone Type drop-down list, choose Third-party SIP device (Advanced).

Step 5 Click Next.

The Phone Configuration page appears.

Step 6 In the Device Information area, take these actions:

a. In the MAC Address field, enter the MAC address of the IP camera.

b. From the Device Pool drop-down list, choose Default.

c. From the Phone Button Template drop-down list, choose Third-party SIP Device (Advanced).

d. From the Owner User ID drop-down list, choose your Cisco Unified Communications Manager user ID.

Step 7 In the Protocol Specific Information area, take these actions:

a. From the Device Security Profile drop-down list, choose Third-party SIP Device Advanced - Standard non secure profile.

b. From the SIP Profile drop-down list, choose Standard SIP Profile.

c. Check the Media Termination Point Required check box.

d. From the Digest User drop-down list, choose the ID of the digest user.

Step 8 Click Save near the bottom of the Phone Configuration page to save and load the new phone configuration, and then click OK in the dialog box that appears.

Step 9 Click Line[1]-Add a new DN in the Association Information area on left side of the window.

The Directory Number Configuration page appears.

Step 10 In the Directory Number field near the top of the page, enter a valid four-digit directory number that is within your dial plan.

Step 11 (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description of the camera.

For example, Hallway Camera.

Step 12 (Optional) In the Alerting Name field, enter the name of the camera that appears on telephones when the camera is called.

Step 13 Click Save near the bottom of the Directory Number Configuration page to associate the directory number with the device that you added.

Step 14 Click Apply Config near the top of the screen.

Adding and Associating an End User

Adding end user to Cisco Unified Communications Manager and associating and end user with a camera allows cameras that run the SIP Client app to register with Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Cisco recommends that you create one end user and associate that end user with the camera.

To add an end user in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, perform the following steps from the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Console.

For more detailed information, see your Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation.

Procedure

Step 1 Choose User Managemen t > End User.

The Find and List Users page appears

Step 2 Click Add New near the top left side of the page.

The End User Configuration page appears.

Step 3 In the User ID field, enter same the four-digit directory number that you entered in Step 10 in the “Adding a Camera to Cisco Unified Communications Manager” section.

Step 4 In the Password field, enter a password that the IP camera uses to register with Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Step 5 In the Confirm Password field, reenter the password that you entered in the Password field.

Step 6 In the Digest Credentials field, enter same password that you entered in the Password field.

Step 7 In the Confirm Digest Credentials field, reenter the password that you entered in the Digest Credentials field.

Step 8 In the Last name field, enter a name to identify the user.

For example, enter IP camera.

Step 9 Click Save near the bottom of the End User Configuration page.

Step 10 Associate the device added with the end user by selecting a device from the Device association tab in the Device Information block.

Step 11 In the Device Information area in the End User Configuration page, click Device Association.

Step 12 Locate one or more devices that you added as described in the “Adding a Camera to Cisco Unified Communications Manager” section, click the check box that corresponds to that device, and then click Save Selected Changes at the bottom of the page.

You can repeat this step as needed.