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Install guide · 5 pictures · about 5 min

Install the hub on Windows

Your PC becomes the recorder. Three pictures, about five minutes.

You need

  • A Windows 10 or 11 PC (64-bit)
  • The PC on the same network as your cameras
  • Your phone with the Glimpo app
Download for Windows · 237 MB
How Glimpo fits together: your cameras send video over your home Wi-Fi to the hub you install, and your phone watches the hub from home or away.

Your cameras → the hub you’re installing → your phone. Footage stays at home, or in your own cloud.

  1. Two blue “Windows protected your PC” screens: first with More info ringed in yellow, then with Run anyway ringed.

    Step 1: Run the installer: More info, then Run anyway

    Double-click the .exe you downloaded. Windows warns about apps it hasn’t seen much yet. Click More info, then Run anyway, then follow the installer (Next, Install, Finish).

  2. The Windows Security Alert with “Private networks” ticked and the Allow access button, both ringed in yellow.

    Step 2: Let your phone in: Private networks, Allow

    If Windows Security asks, tick Private networks and click Allow access. That lets your phone reach this PC on your Wi-Fi. Nothing is opened on your router.

  3. The Windows taskbar with the Glimpo U icon by the clock ringed in yellow, and its menu showing “Pair a phone… 482 913”.

    Step 3: Find your code by the clock

    Click the U next to the clock. Can’t see it? Click the little ∧ arrow first. “Pair a phone…” shows your 6-digit code. Glimpo starts with Windows and records in the background.

  4. Then pair your phone · same for every hub

    A phone browser open at the hub address followed by /pairing, showing a large 6-digit pairing code and a countdown.

    Step A: Open the pairing page

    On any phone or computer on your Wi-Fi, open the hub’s address with /pairing on the end. The big number is your code. It changes every 10 minutes and works once.

  5. The Glimpo app’s “Pair your hub” screen with six code boxes filled in and a green “Paired” message.

    Step B: Type the 6 digits in the app

    Open Glimpo on your phone: Get started → Already set up? Enter your code. Your hub finds the cameras on your Wi-Fi and they show up on your phone.

If something’s off

Quick fixes

Still stuck? Open a ticket and a person answers, usually the same day.

There’s no Run anyway button

Click More info first; the button appears after it. On a work PC, your company may block new apps.

I clicked Cancel on the firewall

Windows Security → Firewall & network protection → Allow an app through firewall → tick Glimpo for Private.

Recording stops at night

Recording pauses while the PC sleeps. Settings → System → Power: set sleep to Never when plugged in, or use a Raspberry Pi.

Other hubs

Glimpo Hub 0.2.1. Pictures show what you’ll see; your screen may look slightly different.

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