Configure FTP Upload

FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. As the name implies, FTP is used to transfer files between computers on a network, such as the Internet. In an FTP transfer, your computer acts as a "client" sending a files to a remote host, or "server". Even computers from different manufacturers and running incompatible software can use this FTP process to exchange files over the Internet. To establish a connection to an FTP server, you generally need to provide a user name and a password in addition to the Internet address of the server (for example, hostname.berkeley.edu); someone would need to set up a user account and assign a password for you before you would be able to access the server.

To configure FTP upload:

• Click Camera Recording Settings from the Options menu.
• Select Upload to FTP Server to cause the program to upload every recorded file to your web site using FTP protocol.
• Click the FTP Settings button to enter information about your FTP account.

In the FTP Settings dialog box fill in the following fields:

• Address of FTP server
  Type name of FTP host of your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• User Name
  Type user (login) name for this FTP server.
• Password
  Type your password for this FTP server. The password field replaces all typed characters with asterisks to hide it.
• Folder to Upload
  Type path to a folder where captured image and web page files will be placed.
• FTP Port
  Specify port number, which is used for FTP service on your web site (if it's not 21 on your server). It may be different if you are going through a firewall, or if the site administrator has assigned the FTP service to a non-standard port.
• Passive FTP
  This option causes the program to use passive mode on FTP uploads. Some proxy servers require to use this option.
• Use Proxy
  Specify if the program needs to use a proxy server to connect to FTP server. To list a proxy for a specific protocol, the string must follow the format:
  <protocol>=<protocol>://<proxy_name>
  The valid protocols are http, https, ftp, and gopher. For example, to list an ftp proxy, a valid string would be:
  ftp=ftp://ftp_proxy_name:21
  where ftp_proxy_name is the name of the ftp proxy and 21 is the port number that must be used to access the proxy. If the proxy uses the default port number for that protocol, the port number can be omitted.