Connecting surveillance camera with cell phone - how to do it

If the function is supported by your surveillance camera, you can also access the recording of the camera with your cell phone. However, for this to work, you need to connect the camera and the cell phone beforehand. We show you here how to do this correctly.

Connecting surveillance camera to cell phone: These are the requirements

If you use an IP camera to monitor your home and property, you can usually access the live image or images via the browser. However, if you are on the road and do not have access to a PC, it is also possible to use a cell phone. For this to work, however, your IP camera must provide a suitable cell phone app, which you first please download to your iPhone or Android smartphone.

With this procedure, you connect the surveillance camera and mobile phone

If your IP camera offers an app for use on the smartphone and you have installed it on your mobile device, the next step is to connect the surveillance camera to the cell phone.

1. Start the app for this first by tapping on the corresponding icon in the app overview of your device.
2. In the app, then tap on "Add camera" or the "Plus icon" and scan the QR code located on the camera.
3. Now enter the access data of your WLAN connection in the app and scan the QR code that appears on the smartphone with the surveillance camera.
4. Confirm your entries now still to complete the establishment of the connection and protect the app with a password.