Once the included CD is inserted, you are greeted by a simple menu. As was the case with the WMU-6500FS, some of these menu items are not very discriptive. The three applications of interest for use are the Setup Wizard, IP View SE and Active X.

Active X

Installing this item does not result in any visible changes. There is no additional icon on the desktop or start menu and the installation itself is fast and does not require a reboot. At this point there seems to be no reason to install this software.
Setup Process:

Setup Wizard

Installing the Setup Wizard is quite straight forward. There is no restart needed and the installer is a fairly recent one.
Setup Process:



The Setup Wizard looks quite interesting and the choice of words for the buttons may not be the best, but does get the point across. "Research" actually searches for the camera in the network. If you are setting up the camera using your WiFi connection, make sure that your router is not secured with WEP or WPK, so that the device can actually connect right away. If you may not turn the protection off, connect the camera through the Ethernet port.


Once you hit "Wizard" a big window opens up, asking you to enter a new password and user name. This is for your own protection, so others may not access the camera without authorization. Initially, there is no password/user name stored on the device. You may give the camera a different IP address and also enter a subnet and gateway in the next step. Once this is done, the third page asks you to enter the wireless network settings. You may enter any type of WEP or WPK protection here and turn it back on in your router afterwards.


Once everything is entered, the last page list all your settings. Once you have checked that everything is correct, just hit restart. This reboots the camera, after which it should be available within your network.


Once you hit "Link" in the Setup Wizard, your browser opens up with a still image of what the cam is seeing. Opening the video feed through the website triggers an ActiveX control. This is the one from the CD. Once you have installed it, the video is clearly visible. This means that the above Active X installer simply gives the browser the ability to show you a moving picture through your browser, thus it is needed after all.

IPView SE

The last piece of software and most likely the one you will end up using the most, is the "IP View SE" application. This gives you easy access to up to four different cameras, letting you record videos or make images at any time of your choosing. The installer is quite recent as well and no reboot is needed.

Setup Process:



The IP View SE software comes in a very unusual shape and you will end up moving the mouse pointer over most symbols, waiting for the tooltips to appear, just so you know what each button does. Once camera 1 was chosen, in the case of the software "added" the WL-5400CAM, the image came across perfect. You will still need to set the manual focus yourself to best suit your needs. This means you may need to get a collegue to help you during setup, to avoid running back and forth, checking if the camera is in focus. Another option would be sitting right under it with your notebook.