Foscam C1 Lite Service Manual

User
User
Indoor HD IP Camera
Manual
Manual
Model: C1 Lite
V1.2
Table of Contents
Security Warning........................................................................................................................................................1
1 Overview.................................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Key Features................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Read Before Use.........................................................................................................................................2
1.3 Package Contents.......................................................................................................................................2
1.4 Physical Description................................................................................................................................... 2
1.5 Micro-SD Card.............................................................................................................................................4
2 Access the IP Camera........................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Wireless Connection...................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Using the VLC player............................................................................................................................... 14
2.5 IP camera connection to the server....................................................................................................... 16
3 Surveillance Software GUI..................................................................................................................................17
3.1 login Window..............................................................................................................................................17
3.2 Setup Wizard............................................................................................................................................. 18
3.3 Surveillance Window................................................................................................................................ 18
4 Advanced Camera Settings................................................................................................................................22
4.1 Setup Wizard............................................................................................................................................. 22
4.2 Status.......................................................................................................................................................... 22
4.3 Basic Settings............................................................................................................................................24
4.4 Network.......................................................................................................................................................33
4.5 Video........................................................................................................................................................... 43
4.6 Detector...................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.7 Record.........................................................................................................................................................49
4.8 Firewall........................................................................................................................................................53
4.9 System........................................................................................................................................................ 54
5 Playback.................................................................................................................................................................58
6 Appendix................................................................................................................................................................ 60
6.1 Frequently Asked Questions...................................................................................................................60
6.2 Default Parameters...................................................................................................................................67
6.3 Specifications.............................................................................................................................................68
6.4 CE & FCC...................................................................................................................................................69
6.5 Warranty..................................................................................................................................................... 70
6.6 Statement................................................................................................................................................... 72
7 Obtaining Technical Support...............................................................................................................................74
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Security Warning
Standard H.264 video compression algorithm to satisfy the transmission of high definition video in
P2P feature for easy access
1.0 Mega-Pixel
Supports IE/Firefox/Google/Safari browser or any other standard browsers
Support WEP,WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK Encryption
Wireless connection is compliant with IEEE 802.11b/g/n WI-FI, up to 150Mbps
Support image snapshot
Foscam cameras and NVRs require good security practices to safeguard your privacy. You should regularly change your camera or NVR password which is 8-10 numbers, letters, symbols combination. You should update your camera or NVR regularly.Make sure your camera or NVR has the latest firmware installed for your specific model and better experience.
1 Overview
FOSCAM Indoor HD IP Camera is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor which enable to view in High Definition resolution. It combines a high quality digital video camera, with a powerful web server, to bring clear video to your desktop and mobile devices no matter where by your local network or over the Internet.
These cameras support P2P function. Thanks to the P2P easy access technology, you don’t need to do complicated Port Forwarding and DDNS settings, you just need to scan the QR code on the bottom of the camera to connect it to smart phone, or input the UID on CMS software to realize remote access.
FOSCAM IP Camera provides users with more comprehensive controls over a monitored site. The camera supports H.264 video compression technology, dramatically reduces file size and saves network bandwidth.
The camera is based on the TCP/IP standard. A built-in WEB server inside which could support Internet Explorer simplifies the management and maintenance of your device is simplified by accessing the website of your camera through network.
The camera is designed for indoor surveillance with wide applications such as at home, in retail store and in office. Controlling the camera and managing images are simplified by using the provided web interface across the network in either wired or wireless way.
FOSCAM provides Smart Phone APP for Android and iPhone users, please search and install Foscam App named Foscam on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices, then you can view your camera anywhere, anytime on your smart mobile devices.
1.1 Key Features
narrow bandwidth network
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Support dual-stream
Support micro SD Card storage up to 32GB
Embedded free FOSCAM DDNS(dynamic domain name service) Service
Supporting the Third Party Domain Name Service
Support two-way audio
Support ONVIF protocols
Multi-level users management with password protection
Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP
Provide free Android and iPhone APP for viewing live video provide free Central Management
Software to manage and monitor multiple cameras
Support record schedule
● IP Camera × 1
● AC Adapter × 1
● Quick Installation Guide × 1
● Power Line × 1
● Warranty Card × 1
1.2 Read Before Use
Please first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents listed below. Before the IP Camera is installed, please carefully read and follow the instructions in the Quick Installation Guide to avoid damage due to faulty assembly and installation. It also ensures the product is used properly as intended.
1.3 Package Contents
1.4 Physical Description
Front panel
Rear panel (some models support SoftAP)
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Front panel:
LENS: Fixed focus lens.
Microphone: Built-in microphone.
Micro SD Card slot: Supports up to 32GB SD card for storing the video.
Power Light: If the power supply works fine, the light will be on.
Light
Flashing Status
Description
Power light
off
The power don't work properly.
on
The power supply works fine.
Flashing every 0.4 seconds
Reset to take effect
Network light
off
No Wireless connection
Slow Flash every 1.0 second
Wi-Fi connected
Flashing every 0.4 seconds
WPS is connecting
Flashing every 0.2 seconds
EZLink takes effect
Flashing every 0.1 seconds
SoftAP is started
SoftAP: Press the SoftAP button for more than 2 seconds. The Network light indicator begins to
WPS/Reset
WPS: Push both WPS/Reset button on the camera and wireless router within 1 minute, the
Reset: Push and hold the WPS/Reset button for more than 10 seconds to set the camera to
Power: DC 5V/1A Power supply.
The flashing status of the Power light and Network light are shown in the following table.
Rear panel:
twinkle every 0.1 seconds. (some models support SoftAP)
camera will connect to the wireless router automatically, in WPS process, the Network light will blink every 0.4 seconds;
factory default, the Power light will blink every 0.4 seconds;
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1.5 Micro-SD Card
This camera supports Micro-SD card. When you plug in the SD card during the camera work process, please reboot the camera again, or else the SD Card may be cannot work well. Go to the Settings
Device StatusDevice Status page, you can see the SD card status.
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2 Access the IP Camera
EZLink connection: Use the mobile phones or other mobile devices to download APP, then
Soft AP connection: Use the mobile device which can search for the wireless network, Then use
WPS connection: WI-FI Protected Set-up, Press and hold the WPS button on your wireless router
4. After finishing Soft AP connection, use the web browser of the terminal to visit http://192.168.1.1:88.
Soft AP Button
2.1 Wireless Connection
There are some ways of wireless connection: EZLink connection, soft AP connection and WPS connection.
connect the camera and the wireless router by the APP. The procedure of the EZLink connection, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide.
the web browser to visit http://192.168.1.1:88 by the mobile device. Follow the Setup Wizard to finish the settings.
and your camera within 60 seconds. So that your camera and wireless router connect successfully.
2.2.1 Soft AP Connection
To ensure that the ethernet cable and the camera is disconnected before you begin.
1. Start camera: power on, the indicator light of camera will light on.
2. Press the Soft AP button for 3-5 seconds. The Network light begins to twinkle at very high frequency(every 0.1 seconds).
3. Use a terminal which could search the WLAN (desktop or laptop. This part takes laptop as an example.) to search for the AP named "C1_******" for connection.(****** indicate the last six letters of camera’s MAC ID. )
IP Camera The WLAN page in the terminal device
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5. Log in the camera ( Default username is admin with no password ). When log in for the first time, you
6. After logging in for the first time, it will go to "Setup Wizard” automatically. Please set the basic
Input the New username,
New password and Confirm the password.
need to change the username and password.
parameters of the camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings (The camera connect to your wireless router: Wireless Network List - enter the password of your wireless router ), IP configuration.
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Notes:
We recommend you to choose to manually set the IP when you know some knowledge of the
It needs about 1 minute to connect the camera to your router.
7. After completing the setup wizard, you should press the Soft AP button for 3-5 seconds to cancel the
8. Please make sure that the wireless device connect your laptop to the router which your camera has
network.
Soft AP connection mode, this is located on the back of your camera. The Network light begins to slowly flash(once per second), it indicates that the wireless connection is successful.
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connected to.
9. Download the “Equipment Search Tool” from office website http://www.foscam.com . Please access
the website, select “Support > Download Center > Software Tools”, then you can find the “Equipment Search Tool”,the icon shows as below:
Download the “Equipment Search Tool” to your computer, double click the icon to run, and it should find the camera’s IP address automatically.
Notes:
If you have multiple cameras and you cannot determine which camera you are going to log in. Please match the "Device MAC address" on the search tool with the MAC address on the label pasted of each camera.
10. Double-click the camera list here, and your default browser will open up to the login page. Input the username and password you has changed. Then, you will see the live video on the interface.
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Now, you could use your camera in LAN.
Make sure that your wireless router has the WPS function.
WPS button on the wireless router is typically located on the front panel or rear panel.TP-LINK
Make sure that the ethernet cable and the camera is disconnected.
(1) Press and hold the WPS button for three seconds. The Network light of the camera begins to twinkle
(2) Press and hold the WPS button for three seconds on your wireless router within 60 seconds. Then
Main stream offers the highest quality video while Sub stream offers less quality, but also less delay when viewing.
WPS Button
Note:
64-bit browser is not supported.
2.2.2 WPS (WI-FI Protected Set-up)
Before using WPS wireless connection, you need to:
router's WPS button is called QSS (Quick Security Setup).
at high frequency. (every 0.4 seconds)
the camera will automatically create a secure wireless connection to your router in about 60
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seconds.
(3) The Equipment Search Tool will search the camera’s LAN IP. Make sure the PC and the camera
share the same subnet.
NOTE :
The security mode of router cannot be WEP, or else the WPS settings may be failed.
2.3 Access the Camera in WAN
2.3.1 Static IP Addresses
Users with static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. After you have finished connecting the camera using the LAN IP address and port forwarding, you can access the camera directly from Internet using the WAN IP address and port number.
How to Obtain the WAN IP address from a public website
To obtain your WAN IP address, enter the following URL in your browser: http://www.whatismyip.com. Your current WAN IP will be shown on the webpage.
2.3.2 Remote Access
If you want to access your camera by web browser outside of your LAN, you need to configure following configurations.
1. Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera web page, then go to the “Network > IP Configuration” section on the left side of the screen, then uncheck the Obtain IP DHCP.
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2. Enable UPnP and DDNS in the camera’s settings page. We recommend you to use the DDNS by
IP Address: Set this in the same subnet as your computer , or keep it as default. Subnet Mask: Keep it as default. Gateway and DNS Server: Set it to the IP address of your router.
Select Yes and click Save.
Click Enable DDNS and click Save. The content in the Manufactures DDNS column is the domain name of your camera.
factory default.
3. You can see the port of your camera here. If you want to set Remote Access for several cameras on the same network, you will need to change the HTTPS port for each camera.
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4. If the UPnP of the router has been enable, you do not need to perform following steps. Otherwise,
you need to select one of the following methods to configure port forwarding on your router. For these
If there is a UPnP function in your router
If there is no UPnP function in your router
Click Add New.
steps, we will be using the TP-LINK brand wireless router as an example.
Choose “Forwarding > UPnP”, make sure that the Current UPnP Status is Enabled.
You need to manually add port forwarding, refer to the following steps. You need go to the “Forwarding > Virtual Servers” panel for setup.
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5. Now you can access your IP camera by https://domain name: HTTPS port via the Internet.
2.4 Using the VLC player
Input the port and IP address of your camera and click Save.
Here you have finished the Port Forwarding setup.
The camera supports RTSP streaming, here you can view the camera by VLC player.
RTSP URL rtsp:// [user name][:password]@IP:Port number/videostream
The part in the square brackets can be omitted.
user name & password: The user name and password to access the camera. This part can be
omitted.
IP: WAN or LAN IP address. Port NO. : If there is the RTSP port number on the Port page, you must only use RTSP port number.
otherwise, you must only use http port number. Video stream: Three modes are supported: video Main, video Sub and audio. Video Sub is a better choice in bad network condition. If you select audio, you can only hear sound without seeing picture.
For example:
IP: 192.168.1.11 RTSP Port number: 554 User name: admin Password: 123
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Enter either one of the following four URLs in the VLC
1rtsp://admin:123@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain
2rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:554/videoMain
3rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain
4rtsp://admin@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain
Open the VLC, and go to “Media”--”Open Network Stream” option, then enter the URL in VLC.
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Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password for another time. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview.
If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. You can read Quick Installation Guide about how to configure port forwarding.
NOTE:
If you modify the camera’s username or password, you had better reboot the camera to apply the new username and password in authentication in the VLC.
2.5 IP camera connection to the server
Device supports ONVIF 2.2.1 protocol, You can easily access NVR with ONVIF or server with ONVIF.
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3 Surveillance Software GUI
Please refer to the section 2.1 if you install the camera for the first time. You can start to learn about software operation in the computer.
3.1 login Window
Section1 Enter the Username and password
The default administrator username is “admin” with no password, please change the password the first time you use and prevent unauthorized users login the camera.
Section2 Stream
The camera supports two stream modes: Main stream and sub stream. Select Main stream if you want to access the camera from LAN and sub stream will be better if you want to access the camera from Internet.
Note:
Select sub stream to ensure a more fluent video under narrow network bandwidth.
Section3 Select the language
You click on the language dropdown list to select language.
Section4 login the camera
Click “Login” button.
NOTE
When setting up your camera for the first time, it will request that you modify the default username and/or password if both are still set to default. Input the new username and password, click "Modify" to complete the modification. You will now use the new username and password to login to the camera in the future.
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3.2 Setup Wizard
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You will go to Setup Wizardautomatically after your first-login, where you can set the basic
parameters of camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings, IP configuration.
3.3 Surveillance Window
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Section 1 FOSCAM Logo/ Live Video / Settings/Playback
Mode
Stream
: FOSCAM LOGO
: Path to surveillance window. Click this button to go back to the surveillance window
: Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, to go to Administrator Control Panel and do
advanced settings.
: Click this button to go back to the Playback panel to view the stored audio files
stored in the SD Card.
Section 2 Multi-Device Window
The firmware inside the camera supports up to 9 cameras being monitored at the same time. You can add other cameras in multi-device setting.
Section 3 Mode/ Stream / HDR / Mirror/ Flip buttons / Zoom
1) 50HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: Europe, China)
2) 60HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: USA, Canada)
3) Outdoor------Outdoor surveillance
The default stream supports multiple modes, For example: HD Mode/720P/23fps/2M meanings: Stream type / Resolution / Maximum frame rate/ Bit rate. (Different models support different specific mode. )
Stream type : It is used to identify the stream type.
Resolution
The bigger the resolution, the better of the image quality is. If you are accessing the camera via internet and want to get more fluent video streaming, please select resolution VGA.
Maximum frame rate
You should lower frame rate when the bandwidth is limited. Normally, when the frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video. The maximum frame rate for each model is different, please see the “Specifications”.
Bit rate
Generally speaking, the larger the bit rate is, the clearer video will become. But the bit rate configuration should combine well with the network bandwidth. When the bandwidth is very narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video can not play well.
You can reset the stream type on Settings-> Video-> Video Settings panel. After changing, please reboot the camera and you can see the modification.
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Section 5 Color Adjustment
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In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality.
Section 6 OSD
If you have added time and camera name in the video, you can see it in the live window. Go to Settings ---Basic settings---Camera name panel, and you can change another device name. The default device name is anonymous. Go to Settings ---Basic settings---Camera time panel and adjust the device time. Go to Settings ---Video---On Screen Display panel, you can add or no add OSD.
Section 7 Play/ Stop/ Talk/ Audio/ Snap/ Record/ Full screen button
1----- Play Click it to play the video of the camera 2----- Stop Click it to stop the video of the camera
3----- Talk Click the button and the icon will become to , then talk to the microphone that
connected with PC, people around the camera can here your voice. Click the icon again and stop talking.
4----- Audio Click this icon, the icon will become to you can hear the sound around the camera
by the earphone or speakers that connected with PC.
5----- Snapshot Click it to make snapshot and it pop-up a window which picture you snapshot, right click in the window and save the picture to anywhere you want.
6----- Record Click the icon and the camera start recording, you can see a green dot in the live window. Click again and stop recording. The default storage path is C:\IPCamRecord. You can change
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the storage path: Go to Settings- >Record->Storage Location panel.
7----- Full Screen Click it to make full-screen, or you can double click the surveillance screen to make full-screen. Double click again and exit full-screen.
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