Fix upwardly your camera on a calculator

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

You tin can use a Mac or Windows computer to set up the post-obit Nest cameras:

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

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

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

Earlier you begin

  1. If you oasis't already washed then, you should showtime set up upwardly your camera with a phone or tablet.
  2. For setup on a Windows computer, you need to be signed in every bit an Administrator. To learn about Administrator rights, visit Microsoft'due south support site.
  3. Bring your camera and your estimator to the spot in your home where you lot want to set up your photographic camera:
    • Nest Cam Indoor, Dropcam Pro, Dropcam Hd: Place your photographic camera on a table or on another user-friendly surface near where you want to mount it.
    • Nest Cam Outdoor: Start inside your home, most your Wi-Fi router and an indoor power outlet. Later, you lot should become outside to examination your Wi-Fi connection and mount your camera.

Ready your photographic camera

ane. Plug your camera into your computer

Use the included USB cable to plug your camera directly into a USB port on your computer.

Important:

  • Don't utilize third party cables equally they may not deliver enough power.
  • Don't plug your camera into an external USB hub that'southward continued to your estimator.
  • Try a unlike USB port if you encounter an issue during setup.

The low-cal on the front of your camera should glow bluish (yellow on Dropcam), to indicate that the camera is starting upwardly. After a moment, the lite should begin to blink.

2. Double click on the icon

Once your camera finishes its start upwardly, a window should popular up on your computer with Nest Cam or Dropcam setup icons for both Mac Os and Windows. Double click on the icon for the OS your computer uses.

 Nest cam and drop cam icons

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

3. Follow the instructions to finish setup

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

  1. Create a free account, or sign in if yous already have one.

  2. Connect your photographic camera to Wi-Fi. Your photographic camera should scan for nearby networks automatically. Wait a moment for the listing of Wi-Fi networks to appear, and so cull the network you'd like your camera to utilise. Be certain to connect but to a wireless network that you trust. Yous may too be asked to enter the network's password.

    It can accept a little while to notice and connect to your Wi-Fi network. If you can't find your network or your photographic camera fails to connect, refer to the post-obit articles to help troubleshoot:

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

  3. Pick a proper name for your camera that matches its location. You tin cull a location from the listing or selectCustom at the lesser of the listing to type in your ain proper noun. The Nest app uses this location to tell y'all where alerts happen and group whatsoever other Nest products that friction match this location.
  4. Finish setup. The Nest app should guide you lot through some final customization steps, including checking that your photographic camera tin stream video on your Wi-Fi network.

If yous can't detect your photographic camera'south video stream when you sign in to the Nest web app, follow the troubleshooting suggestions in this article:

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

4. Bookmark the Nest web app and sign in to the Nest app on your telephone

Add a bookmark for the Nest web app to your browser so you can quickly go to your Nest camera video stream and manage your camera'due south settings. If you have any other Nest products, you lot tin can also manage them hither.

Note: One time your camera is set up, yous should sign in to the Nest app on your telephone to watch video, get alerts, and manage photographic camera settings.

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