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Set up a camera

CamSave works with the small cube cameras that make a Wi-Fi hotspot named BK followed by numbers (the ones normally set up with the iWFCam app).

1. Power it. Plug the camera into USB power. Keep it plugged in: on battery it sleeps to save power and drops off the network.
2. Reset it if it was used before. Hold the MODE button for about 6 seconds until it restarts. This sets the password back to the default 8888 and opens its BK hotspot. Do this too if you or iWFCam changed the password.
3. Pair it. In CamSave, add a camera and point the phone at the QR code on the camera's sticker. CamSave reads the camera ID and asks your phone to join its BK… hotspot: tap Connect on the phone's prompt. No sticker? Join the BK Wi-Fi network in your phone's Wi-Fi settings, then come back to CamSave.
4. Watch. The camera appears live. You can watch it straight on its hotspot, take photos and record.

Put the camera on your home Wi-Fi

On its own hotspot, only one phone can reach the camera, and that phone loses its internet. On your home Wi-Fi, your phone and PC both reach it.

• While connected to the camera, use the camera's Wi-Fi setup to pick your network and type its password. (You can also do this once with the app that came with the camera; CamSave works with the camera either way.)
• Use a 2.4 GHz network. These cameras can't see 5 GHz. If your router uses one name for both bands, it usually still works; if not, turn on a separate 2.4 GHz network or guest network without "client isolation".
• The camera restarts and joins your Wi-Fi. Its BK hotspot disappears. Reconnect your phone to your home Wi-Fi and the camera shows up in CamSave.
• To start over (new router, wrong password), hold MODE for 6 seconds and pair again.

The PC hub (Windows, Mac coming)

A phone can only be on one camera's hotspot at a time. CamSave for Windows stays on your home network and keeps every camera connected.

• Install and open CamSave on the PC. It finds cameras on your Wi-Fi by itself and keeps looking every few seconds.
• The first time, Windows may ask to allow it on your network. Allow it for Private networks, so your phone can reach it.
• Closing the window keeps it running in the tray, still recording. Quit it from the tray icon. Settings → Start with Windows opens it when you sign in.
• Recordings go to Videos\CamSave, in a folder per camera and day. Change the folder in Settings.
• With Pro, open the hub's cameras on your phone: CamSave on the phone finds the hub on the same Wi-Fi, or open http://<your-pc-ip>:8780/ in any browser at home.

Recording modes

• Manual (free): press record, press stop.
• Motion (Pro): records when something moves. A MOTION badge shows on the camera while it is triggered.
• 24/7 (Pro): records all the time in rolling files of a few minutes.
• Auto-delete (Pro): choose how many days to keep, and older recordings are removed for you.
• Clear picture and auto-brightness (Pro): cleaner, steadier video from these soft 640×480 cameras.

Troubleshooting

• Wrong password or "access denied": the password was changed earlier. Hold MODE for 6 seconds to reset to 8888, then pair again.
• No BK hotspot appears: the camera may already be on a Wi-Fi network, or asleep. Plug it into USB power, wait 30 seconds, and reset it with MODE if needed.
• Phone keeps leaving the BK hotspot: the hotspot has no internet, so Android may switch back to your Wi-Fi. Tap Connect when CamSave asks to join the camera, and choose to stay connected if Android asks.
• Camera won't join home Wi-Fi: use 2.4 GHz, check the Wi-Fi password, keep the camera close to the router, and avoid networks with a sign-in page (hotels, some guest networks).
• PC hub doesn't find the camera: PC and camera must be on the same network (not a guest network that isolates devices). Allow CamSave in Windows Firewall for Private networks.
• Camera goes offline: it is probably on battery. Keep it on USB power. CamSave reconnects as soon as it is back.
• Picture is soft: these cameras send 640×480 video. Clean the lens, add light, and try Clear picture (Pro).
• Still stuck? Write to us with your phone or PC model and what you tried.

Activate CamSave Pro

• Google Play app: buy Pro inside the app (Settings → CamSave Pro). It unlocks right away.
• Website purchase ($14.99 once, 3 devices): you get a license key like CSP-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, on screen and by email.
• On each device, open Settings → CamSave Pro, paste the key and press Activate. The device needs internet once; after that Pro works offline.
• Device can't reach the internet? Note the device ID shown in Settings → CamSave Pro (it looks like XXXX-XXXX). On another device, open panaweb.top/camsave/activate.php, enter the key and the device ID, and paste the activation code you get into that device.
• "All 3 devices are in use": free one on Your devices, then activate again.

Your devices and lost keys

Enter the license key from your receipt email (it starts with CSP-) and the email you paid with, to see your devices or move the license to a new one.