Set up your camera on a calculator

You lot should use the Nest app on your phone to set up your camera and connect it to Wi-Fi. If you accept difficulty or become an error in the mobile app, you tin can fix some older Google Nest camera models on a reckoner, instead.

You can utilize a Mac or Windows computer to fix upwards the following Nest cameras:

  • Nest Cam Indoor
  • Nest Cam Outdoor
  • Dropcam Pro, Dropcam HD

For these cameras, follow the steps below to connect your photographic camera to the app.

Important: Newer models (such as Nest Cam battery, Nest Doorbell battery, Nest Cam IQ, etc.) non listed to a higher placecannot exist gear up on a computer and must exist set up with the Google Home app or Nest app.

Before you begin

  1. If y'all oasis't already done and so, you should offset set up your photographic camera with a phone or tablet.
  2. For setup on a Windows computer, you need to be signed in as an Ambassador. To learn about Administrator rights, visit Microsoft's support site.
  3. Bring your camera and your estimator to the spot in your domicile where you desire to fix your camera:
    • Nest Cam Indoor, Dropcam Pro, Dropcam HD: Place your camera on a table or on another user-friendly surface nigh where you want to mount it.
    • Nest Cam Outdoor: Get-go inside your habitation, near your Wi-Fi router and an indoor power outlet. Later, you should get outside to exam your Wi-Fi connection and mount your camera.

Prepare your camera

1. Plug your camera into your calculator

Utilise the included USB cable to plug your photographic camera straight into a USB port on your reckoner.

Important:

  • Don't apply 3rd party cables every bit they may not deliver enough ability.
  • Don't plug your camera into an external USB hub that'south connected to your estimator.
  • Try a different USB port if you come across an result during setup.

The light on the front end of your camera should glow blue (yellow on Dropcam), to indicate that the camera is starting up. Subsequently a moment, the light should begin to blink.

2. Double click on the icon

In one case your camera finishes its beginning up, a window should pop upwards on your calculator with Nest Cam or Dropcam setup icons for both Mac OS and Windows. Double click on the icon for the Bone your computer uses.

 Nest cam and drop cam icons

Important: Keep your camera plugged into your computer until prompted.

iii. Follow the instructions to cease setup

Afterwards you double click the Nest or Dropcam icon, an app should launch and guide you through the following steps:

  1. Create a gratis account, or sign in if you already have one.

  2. Connect your camera to Wi-Fi. Your photographic camera should scan for nearby networks automatically. Wait a moment for the list of Wi-Fi networks to appear, and so cull the network you'd similar your camera to use. Be sure to connect only to a wireless network that yous trust. You may also be asked to enter the network'south countersign.

    It can have a fiddling while to find and connect to your Wi-Fi network. If yous tin't find your network or your camera fails to connect, refer to the following articles to help troubleshoot:

    Wi-Fi network doesn't show up during Nest Cam setup
    Troubleshoot Nest photographic camera and doorbell error codes and messages

  3. Option a proper noun for your camera that matches its location. You can choose a location from the list or selectCustom at the bottom of the list to blazon in your own name. The Nest app uses this location to tell yous where alerts happen and group any other Nest products that match this location.
  4. Stop setup. The Nest app should guide y'all through some last customization steps, including checking that your camera tin can stream video on your Wi-Fi network.

If y'all tin't find your camera's video stream when you lot sign in to the Nest web app, follow the troubleshooting suggestions in this article:

What to do if y'all tin't watch Nest Cam video on a Mac or Windows computer

four. Bookmark the Nest web app and sign in to the Nest app on your phone

Add a bookmark for the Nest web app to your browser so yous tin quickly go to your Nest camera video stream and manage your camera's settings. If you have whatever other Nest products, y'all tin also manage them here.

Note: In one case your photographic camera is set upwardly, you should sign in to the Nest app on your phone to watch video, get alerts, and manage camera settings.

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