Methods and systems for enrolling a camera into a video surveillance system are described herein. A display of a mobile device may be used to display visual information indicative of enrollment information for enrolling the camera into the video surveillance system. The camera reads the visual information to obtain the enrollment information. The camera transmits an enrollment request to a server of the video surveillance system based on the enrollment information. The server enrolls the camera into the video surveillance system based on the enrollment request. The methods and systems described herein may be used for enrolling any suitable networked device into a system.