FOSCAM FI9805W is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor enabling
viewing resolution 1280*720. It combines a high quality digital video camera, with a powerful web
server, to bring clear video to your desktop from anywhere on your local network or over the
Internet.
FI9805W supports the industry-standard H.264 compression technology, drastically reducing file
sizes and conserving valuable network bandwidth.
The IPCAM is based on the TCP/IP standard. There is a WEB server inside which could support
Internet Explore. Therefore the management and maintenance of your device is simplified by
using the network to achieve the remote configuration and start-up.
The camera is designed for outdoor surveillance applications such as courtyards, supermarket,
and school. Controlling the IPCAM and managing images are simplified by using the provided
web interface across the network utilizing wireless connectivity.
FOSCAM provides Phone APPs for Android and iPhone users, please search “Foscam ip cam
viewer” and install it through APP Store, then you can view your camera directly as a computer.
1.1 Key Features
Standard H.264 video compression algorithm to satisfy the transmission of high definition
video in narrow bandwidth network
1.0 Mega-Pixel
Supports IE/Firefox/Google/Safari browser or any other standard browsers
Supports WEP,WPAand WPA2 Encryption
Wi-Fi compliant with wireless standards IEEE 802.11b/g/n
IR night vision (Range:30m)
Supports image snapshot
Supports dual-stream
Supports IR-Cut and the filter change automatically
Embedded FOSCAM DDNS(dynamic domain name service) Service
Supports remote viewing & record from anywhere anytime
Multi-level users management with password protection
Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP
Supporting Third Party Domain name
Providing Phone APPs for Android and iPhone users
Supports multiple network protocols: HTTP /HTTPS/ RTSP/ TCP /IP /UDP /FTP /DHCP
/DDNS / UPNP
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Providing Central Management Software to manage or monitor multi-cameras
1.2 Read Before Use
Please first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents
listed below. Before the Network Camera is installed, please carefully read and follow the
instructions in the Quick Installation Guide to avoid damage due to faulty assembly and
installation. This also ensures the product is used properly as intended.
1.3 Packing Contents
● IPCAM×1● CD×1
● Wi-Fi Antenna×1●Quick Installation Guide ×1
● DC Power Supply×1● Warranty Card×1
● Mounting bracket×1(option)
● Network Cable×1
1.4 Physical Description
Front Panel
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1 WIFI Antenna: Wireless Antenna
2 Infrared LED: 36 IR LEDs
3LENS:CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens
4 Induction IC
Interface
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Figure 1.2
1)Reset button :Press and hold on the reset button for 5 seconds. Releasing the reset
button, the password will back to the factory default administrator password. The default
administrator user is admin with no password.
2)Audio input interface: The jack is used to plug external microphone.
3)Audio output interface: The jack is used to plug external speakers.
4)LAN: 10/100M adaptive Ethernet interface. Through this interface, IPCAM can be connected
with various network devices, such as hub, router, etc.
5)Power Interface:Connect the external power adapter, request for 12V/2Apower.
Bottom View
There are up to three labels located at the bottom of the camera; this is an important feature of
original Foscam cameras. If your camera does not have labels as shown in Figure 1.3, it may be
a clone. Cloned Foscam cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for warranty
or technical services.
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FOSCAM DDNS Service
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MAC address of wireless connection
MAC address of wired connection
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S/N Sticker of FOSCAM
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2 Accessing the Network Camera
This chapter explains how to access the network camera through web browsers and RTSP
players.
2.1 Access the Camera in LAN
This camera support HTTP and HTTPS protocols, so here will allow you to use HTTP and
HTTPS port no.
(1) Http:// LAN IP + Http Port no.
Double click the IP Camera Tool icon and it should find the camera’s IP address automatically
after you plug in the network cable.
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Double click the IP address of the camera; your default browser will open to the camera login
page.
(2) Https:// LAN IP + Https Port no.
The default Https port no. is 443. You can use the url to access the camera: https:// LAN IP +
HTTPS port.
Go to Settings - Network - Port panel , you can see and change the https port no.
Figure 2.2
Sometimes you need to add the url to the Trusted Sites,
Open Internet Explorer if it is not already opened. Click on Tools, then click Internet Options.
Next, click the Security tab, then click the Trusted sites button.
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For Firefox, you can add the trusted as the following way:
Click View Certificates, and go to Servers option.
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Go to Add Exception panel.
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2.2 Access the Camera in WAN
2.2.1 Static IPAddresses
Users who have static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access.
When you have finished connecting the camera using the LAN IP address and port forwarding,
you can access the camera directly from the 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.The webpage at this address will show you the current WAN IP.
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Access your IP Camera from the Internet
You can access the IP Camera from the Internet (remote access). Enter the WAN IP address
andportnumberinyourstandardbrowser.Forexample,youwouldenterhttp://
183.37.28.254:85
Note
Make sure port forwarding is successful. You can do port forwarding two ways.
1)Login to your router to enable the “UPNP” function.You can then login to the camera as
administrator, choose Network, and then choose UPnP to enable UPnP. Make sure that the
status of UPnP reads “UPnP Successful” on the Device Status page.
2)Do port (HTTP port and Media port) forwarding manually. (See Figure 2.11 for further details)
If your router has a Virtual Server, it can do port forwarding. Add the camera’s LAN IP and port
which you had set earlier to your router’s port forwarding settings.
Note: If you plug the camera into a router, it will have a dynamic IP address and you need to set
DDNS service settings to view it remotely.
2.2.2 Dynamic IPAddresses
DDNS is a service that allows your IP Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP
address, to have a fixed host and domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP
address is constantly changing, you will have a fixed hostname you can use to access your
cameras at all times. You can access the camera directly from the Internet using the hostname
and port number.
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What is the HTTP Port no.?
1)Default HTTP Port is 88
All cameras have the default HTTP port of 88. For example, if the LAN IP link of the camera is
http://192.168.8.102:88, this means that the camera’s HTTP port is 88. You can change port 88
to another port if you’d like such as 2000 or 8090, which will not be conflict with other existing
ports like 25, 21,10000.Here you can set the port no. between 1 and 65535.
2)Change the default http no.88 to another one.
How to assign a different HTTP Port No. and fixed the LAN IP of the camera by the IP
Camera Tool
Step 1:
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Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you would like to change the port of, right
click on the IP address, and click on ”Network Configuration”, this brings up the network
configuration box as shown in Figure 2.8 and 2.9.
Selectwhichcamera
you’d like to change the
port for, and right click
Figure 2.8
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Enter the Username and
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Step 2:
Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with
a blank password), and click “OK” to apply changes.
Step 3:
Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. In
our example it was changed to 2000, so we see http://192.168.8.102:2000 in IP Camera Tool.
Also, the LAN IP address is now fixed at a static IP address of http://192.168.8.102:2000. This IP
address will not change even if the camera is powered off and back on, the camera will remain
on this LAN IP address. This is very important that a static LAN IP address is set, or you may
have problems later with remote access and seeing the camera remotely if the camera loses
power and reconnects on a different LAN IP address. Make sure you set a static LAN IP address!
Figure 2.10
What is Port forwarding?
If you have never done port forwarding before, you can open and view the following link to
understand the basic concept. Port forwarding allows for outside connections to access a
specific device on your network from anywhere in the world. Every router automatically blocks
any incoming connections for safety purposes. Using port forwarding, you are telling your router
to allow a connection through a certain port (you can think of it as a gateway) into your router.
You set this port to a specific device, in our case an IP Camera, so it can be accessed from
anywhere in the world.
Click this link to learn more about port forwarding: http://portforward.com/help/portforwarding.htm
How do we configure Port Forwarding?
For this section, we will be using an example:
Let’s say the camera’s LAN IP address is http://192.168.8.100:2000
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Step 1: Login to the router, and go to your router’s port forwarding or port triggering menu.
Sometimes this is also under the name of Virtual Server or NAT.
Using the Linksys brand router as an example, we would log into the router, and go to the
Applications & Gaming menu. We would then click on the “Single Port Forwarding”
sub-menu.
Step 2: Create a new column using the LAN IP address & HTTP Port of the camera within the
router as shown below, then push OK or Submit to save your settings:
Fill the HTTP Port of the
camera in the columns of
External Port and Internal
Port. Example: 2000
Fill in this section with the
LAN IP of the camera; we
would enter “100” for our
Assign a name for the
port forward setting here
example.
Figure 2.11
First method :
Use the embedded DDNS to access the camera via the Internet
Each Foscam camera has an embedded unique DDNS domain name, the format of this domain
name is xxxxxx.myfoscam.org. On the bottom of the camera, you can see the domain name
sticker with this information on it.
For example, we can use test09.myfoscam.org. In the camera, click Settings at the top, click
“Network” on the left, then click “DDNS” to get to the DDNS settings page. Here you can see the
unique domain name of your camera.
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Now you can use “http://Domain name + HTTP Port” to access the camera via the Internet.
Take hostname test09.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port of 2000 for example, the URL link to
access the camera via the Internet would be http:// test09.myfoscam.org:2000.
Second method :
Use the Third party DDNS to access the camera via the Internet
Step 1, Please go to the third party DDNS website(such as www.no-ip.com) to create a free
hostname.
Step 2, DO DDNS Service Settings within the Camera
Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname,auser name and password you’ve
got from www.no-ip.com
Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name foscam, password foscam2012 for example.
Firstly
Secondly
Thirdly
ycxgwp.no-ip.info as DDNS domain and server URL, Then click save to make effect. The
camera will restart and to take the DDNS settings effective.
, goes to option of DDNS Settings on the administrator panel.
, select No-Ip as a server.
, fill foscam as DDNS user, fill password foscam2012 as DDNS password, fill
Fourthly, after the restart, login the camera, and go to option of Device Status on the
administrator panel, and check if the DDNS status is successful.
If failed, please double check if you have input the correct hostname, user name, and
password, and try to redo the settings.
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If you have set Third Party DDNS successfully ,the Foscam Domain Name will be invalid. The
Third Party DDNS and the Foscam Domain Name cannot work at the same time, the last time
you configured will take effect.
2.3 Using the VLC player
This
camera
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RTSP URLrtsp:// [user name][:password]@IP:HTTP port number/videosream
The part in the square brackets may 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.
Videostream:
Here support three mode: videoMain, videoSub and audio. When the network speed is bad, here
you had better select videoSub. If you select audio, you can only hear the sound but cannot see
the video.
supports
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player.
For example:
IP:192.168.1.11
HTTP Port number:88
User name:admin
Password:123
Here I can enter one of the following URLs in the VLC.
Open the VLC, and go to MediaÆOpen Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC.
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Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can
see the real-time preview.
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Figure 2.16
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, or else the
new username and password cannot take effect when you enter the authentication in the VLC.
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3 Surveillance Software GUI
Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide if you install the camera at first time. After finishing
quick installation, you can take time to learn the operation of the software.
3.1 Login Window
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Figure 3.1
Please check the login window above, it was divided to 4 sections from no. 1 to 4.
Section1Enter the User name and password
The default administrator username is admin with no password, please reset the password at
first using and prevent unauthorized users login the camera (read chapter 3.2.4 about how to
change).
Section2Stream
The camera supports two stream modes: Main stream and sub stream. If you want to access the
camera form LAN, here you can select Main stream. If you want to access the camera from
Internet, here we recommend sub stream.
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Note: When the network bandwidth is badly you’d better select Sub Stream and the video will be
more fluency.
Section3Select the language
You can select the language you need via click on the language dropdown list to switch.
Section4Login the camera
Click Login button and you will see the surveillance windows.
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Section1FOSCAM Logo/ LiveVideo / Settings buttons
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:FOSCAM LOGO
:Path to surveillance window. Click this button and back to the surveillance window
:Path toAdministrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to Administrator
Control Panel and do advanced settings.
Section2
Multi-Device Window
The firmware inside the camera supports up to maximum of 9 cameras being monitoring at the
same time. You can add other cameras in multi-camera panel (read chapter 4.2.5).
2) 60HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: USA, Canada)
Stream
The default Stream supports four modes: 0/720P/30fps/2M, 1/VGA/25fps/4M, 2/VGA/ 15fps/ 1M
and 3/ VGA/10fps/200The format of the stream type is Stream type no. / Resolution /
Maximum frame rate/ Bit rate
1) Stream type no. : The number is used to identify the stream type.
2) 720P/ VGA
There are two resolutions, the bigger one is 720P, and the smaller one (VGA) is 640x480 pixels.
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.
3) Maximum frame rate
When the video format is 50Hz, the maximum frame rate is 25 fps. When the video format is
60Hz, the maximum frame rate is 30 fps. You should lower frame rate when the bandwidth is
limited. Normally, when the frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video.
4) 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
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narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video cannot play well.
You can reset the stream type on Settings-> Video-> Settings panel( chapter 4.4.1).
After changing, please re-login the camera and you can see the modification.
Section4IR LED Lights
Click IR LED Lights and there are two modes to adjust the infrared led: Auto and Off . The default
mode is Auto.
Auto: Select it and the camera will adjust the infra led (on or off) automatically.
Off: Select it and turn off the infra led manually.
Section5Image quality settings
In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher
quality.
Section6OSD
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.
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1------PlayClick it to play the video of the camera
2------StopClick 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 hear your voice if the camera has connected
with audio output device. Click the icon again and stop talking.
4------ Audio Click the button and the icon will become to, you can hear the sound around
the camera if the camera has connected with other audio input device through the Audio Input
port of the camera, Click the icon again and stop audio.
5----- Snap: 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 iconand 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 the storage path: Go to Settings- >Record-> Storage Location panel.
7------Full ScreenClick 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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Onscreen Mouse Control
Right click the mouse and you can adjust the screen ration, full screen and Zoom up.
Figure 3.6
Keep ration: Select it and the camera will adjust the size of live window based on the computer
monitor automatically.
Sometimes there is a black border around the video (Figure 3.7), please select Keep ration to
get a better visual quality (Figure3.3).
Figure 3.7
Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen.
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Zoom up/down: Click it and the live view will be digital zoomed up, then click Zoom Down and
the live view back to original size.
Figure 3.8
NOTE:
1 This camera don’t support Pan/Tilt function, so here cannot allow to use Screen PTZ.
2 For Mac OS, the plugin cannot support Onscreen Mouse function, so you cannot allow to use
it.
4 Advanced Camera Settings
Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera
settings.
4.1 Device Status
Device Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and
Log, it will show you various information about your camera.
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Camera Name: The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you
identify it. Click Basic Settings and go to Device Name panel where you can change your camera
name. The default device name is anonymous.
Camera ID: Display the MAC address of your camera. For example Device ID is 008414350787,
the same MAC ID sticker is found at the bottom of the camera.
Camera Time: The system time of the device. Click Basic Settings and go to Camera Time
panel and adjust the time.
System Firmware version: Display the System Firmware version of your camera.
App Firmware version: Display the application firmware version of your camera.
Web version: Display the web UI version of your camera
Plug-in version: Display the plug-in version of your camera
4.1.2 Device Status
On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status, NTP/DDNS status, WIFI status
and so on.
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Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now.
Figure 4.3
4.1.4 Log
The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera and when.
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4.2 Basic Settings
This section allows you to configure your Camera Name, Camera Time, Mail, User Accounts and
Multi-Device.
4.2.1 Camera Name
Default alias is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click
Save to save your changes. The alias name cannot contain special characters.
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4.2.2 Camera Time
This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera.
Figure 4.6
Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the dropdown menu.
Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet
time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera.
Sync with PC: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with
your computer.
Manually: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Please select the date and
time format.
Click Save button to submit your settings.
4.2.3 Mail Settings
If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been detected, here Mail will need to be
configured.
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1----- SMTP Server/ Port /Transport Layer SecurityEnter SMTP server for sender. SMTP
port is usually set as 25. Some SMTP servers have their own port, such as 587 or 465, and
Transport Layer Security usually is None. If you use Gmail, Transport Layer Security must be set
to TLS or STARTTLS and SMTP Port must be set to 465 or 25 or 587, which port you choose
should be decided by which Transport Layer Security you select.
2-----SMTP Username/ password: ID account and password of the sender email address
3----- Sender E-mailMailbox for sender must support SMTP
4----- Receiver
Mailbox for receiver need not support SMTP, you can set 4 receivers
5----SaveClick Save to take effect
6----Te st
Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured.
Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured.
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Test result
Figure 4.8
If the test success, you can see the Success behind the Test, at the same time the receivers will
receive a test mail.
Figure 4.9
If the test fails with one of the following errors after clicking Test, verify that the information you
entered is correct and again select Test .
1) Cannot connect to the server
2) Network Error. Please try later
3) Server Error
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4) Incorrect user or password
5) The sender is denied by the server. Maybe the server need to authenticate the user, please
check it and try again
6) The receiver is denied by the server. Maybe because of the anti-spam privacy of the server
7) The message is denied by the server. Maybe because of the anti-spam privacy of the server
8) The server does not support the authentication mode used by the device
4.2.4 UserAccounts
Here you can create users and set privilege, visitor, operator or administrator. The default
administrator user accounts are admin with a blank password.
Figure 4.10
How to change the password?
Firstly, select the account which you want to change the password, then select “Change
password”, enter the old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect.
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Select one blank column, then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add
to take effect. You can see the new added account on the Account list.
Figure 4.12
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Delete Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect.
Note: The default administrator account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator
users.
4.2.5 Multi-Camera
If you want to view multi-surveillance screens on one window, you need to login one camera, and
set it as the main device, and do Multi-Device Settings, add other cameras to the first one
camera. Before you do multi-cams settings, you need to assign different port such as 81, 82, 83,
84, 85, 86, 87, 88 to the cameras if there is 8 cams installed.
The firmware within the camera can support a maximum of 9 devices monitoring all at the same
time. This page you can both add FOSCAM MJPEG and H.264 series cameras to the first
camera and view multi-surveillance screen on one window.
Add cameras in LAN
In Multi-Device Settings page, you can see all devices searched in LAN. The 1st Device is the
default one. You can add more cameras in the list in LAN for monitoring. The camera’s software
supports up to 9 IP Cameras online simultaneously. Click The 2nd Device and click the item in
the Device List in LAN, the Alias, Host and Http Port will be filled in the boxes below
automatically. Enter the correct username and password then click Add. Add more cameras in
the same way.
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host and HTTP Port will be
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3 Click Add to take effect
password of the 2ndcamera
Figure 4.14
Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show
you which series the camera belongs to.
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Figure 4.15
Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you
added.
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Add cameras in WAN
If you want to view all cameras via the internet(remote computer), you will need to add them
using DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed
through the internet. (Read How to configure DDNS settings in chapter 4.3.3)
Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port.
Use DDNS domain name andport to login
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Click Multi-Device Settings. Choose The 2nd Device. Fill in the 2nd camera’s name, DDNS
domain name, port number. Enter user name and password and then choose Add. (Figure 3.19)
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1----- The camera model: MJ or H264.
2----- The 2nd camera’s name
3----- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP
NOTE: The FI89s series have the same HTTP Port no. and Media Port no.
4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password
5---- Click Add button and to take effect
NOTE: Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN
IP.
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Figure 4.20
Return to video window. You will see all of the cameras accessible through the internet.
When you are away from home, you can use the first camera’s DDNS domain name and port to
view all the cameras via internet.
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4.3 Network
This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, PPOE, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP
and Port.
4.3.1 IPConfiguration
If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP Configuration page. Keep the
camera in the same subnet of your router or computer.
Figure 4.22
Changing settings here is the same as using the IP Camera Tool. (Figure 4.23/4.24)
It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally
attached PC. If you don’t know the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server, you can check your
computer’s local area connection as follows:
ControlPanel
Æ
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SupportÆDetails.
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If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway.
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4.3.2 PPPoE
If you are using a PPPoE connection, enable it and enter the User Name and Password for your
PPPoE account.
Figure 4.25
4.3.3 DDNS
FOSCAM camera has embedded a unique DDNS domain name when producing, and you can
directly use the domain name, you can also use the third party domain name.
FOSCAM domain name
Here take test09.myfoscam.org for example. Go to option of DDNS on the Settings->Network
panel, you can see the domain name.
Figure 4.26
Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet.
Take hostname test09.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 8000 for example, the accessing link
of the camera via internet would be http:// test09.myfoscam.org:8000
Restore DDNS to factory: If you have configured Third Party DDNS successfully, but you want
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to use Manufacturer’s DDNS again , here click this button and start Manufacturer’s DDNS
Service.
Third Party Domain Name Settings
User can also use third part DDNS, such as www.no-ip.com. ,www. 3322.com
Here take www.no-ip.com for example:
Step 1, Go to the website www.no-ip.com to create a free hostname
①
Firstly: Login on www.no-ip.com and click No-IP Free to register.
Click here to register
Figure 4.27
Please register an account step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com
After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from
website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email.
Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your
domain name.
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Figure 4.29
Please create the domain name step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com
Step 2, DO DDNS Service Settings within the Camera
Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname,auser name and password you’ve
got from www.no-ip.com
Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name foscam, password foscam2012 for example.
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Firstly, goes to option of DDNS Settings on the administrator panel.
Secondly, select No-Ip as a server.
Thirdly, fill foscam as DDNS user, fill password foscam2012 as DDNS password, fill
ycxgwp.no-ip.info as DDNS domain and server URL, Then click save to make effect. The
camera will restart and to take the DDNS settings effective.
Fourthly
, after the restart, login the camera, and go to option of Device Status on the
administrator panel, and check if the DDNS status is successful.
If failed, please double check if you have input the correct hostname, user name, and
password, and try to redo the settings.
Note
If you have set Third Party DDNS successfully ,the Foscam Domain Name will be invalid. The
Third Party DDNS and the Foscam Domain Name cannot work at the same time, the last time
you configured will take effect.
② Do port forwarding within the router
Example: The camera’s LAN IP address is http://192.168.8.100:2000
Firstly, login the router, goes to the menu of Port Forwarding or Port Trigger (or named Virtue
Server on some brands of router). Take Linksys brand router as an example, Login the
router, and goes to Applications & Gaming->Single Port Forwarding.
Secondly,
Create a new column by LAN IP address & HTTP Port No. of the camera within the
router showed as below.
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Figure 4.30
③ Use domain name to access the camera via internet
After the port forwarding is finished, you can use the domain name+ http no. to access the
camera via internet. Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info and http no. 2000for example, the
accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// ycxgwp.no-ip.info:2000
4.3.4WiFi
Step 1: Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera interface, and go to the “Network” panel on
the left side of the screen, then click “Wireless Settings.”
Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all wireless networks around the area. It should
also display your router in the list (Figure 4.31).
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Click the Page number to see other wireless
networks devices if there are more than 10.
Figure 4.31
Step 2: Click the SSID (name of your router) in the list, the corresponding information related to
your network, such as the name and the encryption, will be filled into the relevant fields
automatically.
You will only need to fill in the password of your network. Make sure that the SSID, Encryption
and the password you filled in are exactly the same for your router.
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Figure 4.32
Step 3: Please click on the Save button after all settings have been entered and disconnect the
network cable. Never shut down the power of the camera until the IP camera is able to connect
to the wireless network.
The LAN IP address will disappear on the window of IP Camera Tool when the camera is
configuring a wireless connection. Wait about 1 minute, the camera should obtain a wireless
connection, and the LAN IP of the camera will show again on the window of the IP Camera Tool.
The IP address may have changed after the camera receives a wireless connection; we
recommend setting a static local IP address if this IP address changes by right clicking the
camera in IP Camera Tools, setting a static IP, and pushing OK (see Figure3.35/3.36).
Congratulations! You have set up the wireless connection of the camera successfully.
Note
If you fail to make a wireless connection, please refer to your seller or
contact us directly for assistance.
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4.3.5 UPnP
The default UPnP status is closed. You can enable UPnP, then the camera’s software will be
configured for port forwarding. Back to the “Device Status” panel, you can see the UPnP status:
Figure 4.33
The camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding. There may be issues with your
routers security settings, and sometimes may error. We recommend you configure port
forwarding manually on your router (Figure 4.30).
4.3.6 Port
This camera supports HTTP Port / Media Port / HTTPS Port. The Media port is used to view the
camera’s video stream, HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely.Here HTTP and
Media port share the same port.
HTTP port / Media port: By default, the HTTP and Media port is set to 88. Also, they can be
assigned with another port number between 1 and 65535. But make sure they canl not be
conflict with other existing ports like 25, 21.
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Step 1:
Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you would like to change the port of, right
click on the IP address, and click on ”Network Configuration”, this brings up the network
configuration box as shown in Figure 4.35 and 4.36.
Selectwhichcamera
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port for, and right click
Figure 4.35
Modify the Http Port.
Enter the Username and
assword,click OK.
Figure 4.36
Step 2:
Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with
a blank password), and click “OK” to apply changes.
Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. In
our example it was changed to 2000, so we see http://192.168.8.102:2000 in IP Camera Tool.
Also, the LAN IP address is now fixed at a static IP address of http://192.168.8.102:2000. This IP
address will not change even if the camera is powered off and back on, the camera will remain
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on this LAN IP address. This is very important that a static LAN IP address is set, or you may
have problems later with remote access and seeing the camera remotely if the camera loses
power and reconnects on a different LAN IP address. Make sure you set a static LAN IP address!
Note:1 Http port and Media port must be different.
2 If the camera cannot be accessed, please make sure the port forwarding is succeed.
HTTPS port: The default port is 443. You can use the url to access the camera: https:// IP +
HTTPS port.
Sometimes you need to add the url to the Trusted Sites,
Open Internet Explorer if it is not already opened. Click on Tools, then click Internet Options.
Next, click the Security tab, then click the Trusted sites button.
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RTSP function
RTSP URLrtsp:// [user name][:password]@IP:HTTP port number/videosream
The part in the square brackets may 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.
Videostream:
Here support three mode: videoMain, videoSub and audio. When the network speed is bad, here
you had better select videoSub. If you select audio, you can only hear the sound but cannot see
the video.
For example:
IP:192.168.1.11
HTTP Port number:88
User name:admin
Password:123
Here I can enter one of the following URLs in the VLC.
Open the VLC, and go to MediaÆOpen Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC.
Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can
see the real-time preview.
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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, or else the
new username and password cannot take effect when you enter the authentication in the VLC.
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4.4 Video
This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot
settings.
4.4.1 Settings
Figure 4.37
Stream type: There are four types to identify different streams you have set.
Resolution: The camera supports two types: 720P, VGA. The higher the resolution is, the
clearer video will become. But the code flux will become larger too, and it will take up more
bandwidth.
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.
Frame rate: Note that a larger frame size takes up more bandwidth. When the video format is
50Hz, the maximum frame rate is 25 fps. When the video format is 60Hz, the maximum frame
rate is 30 fps. You should lower frame rate when the bandwidth is limited. Normally, when the
frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video.
Key Frame Interval: The time between last key frame and next key frame. The shorter the
duration, the more likely you will get a better video quality, but at the cost of higher network
bandwidth consumption.
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4.4.2 On Screen Display
This page is used to add timestamp and device name on the video.
Figure 4.38
Display timestamp: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the system
date on the video,
Display device name: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the
device name on the video,
Allow osd mask: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select yes and draw a mask area on the
video, the mask area will be black on the video.
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Click Back button and return to the OSD page, click Save to take effect.
Back to the surveillance window, you can see the mask area as the following picture:
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4.4.3 Snapshot Settings
On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’ image quality and the storage path.
Figure 4.41
Image Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer.
Save Path: FTP. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap
pictures to the FTP automatically.
4.5 Alarm
IP Camera supports Motion Detection Alarm, when the motion has been detected, it will send
emails or upload images to FTP.
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To enable motion detection, follow the steps below:
1 Enable Motion detection
2 Sensitivity---- It supports three modes: Low, Middle and High. The higher the sensitivity, the
camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity.
3 Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detections. Here supports
5s/6s/7s/8s/9s/10s/11s/12s/13s/14s/15s. Select one interval time.
4Select the alarm indicators
When the motion has been detected, the alarm status will turn to Detect alarm.
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There are three alarm indicators:
ARing
If the camera has connected with a speaker or other audio output device, if you select Ring,
when the motion has been detected, the people around the camera will hear beep alarm sound.
B Send Mail
If you want to receive alarm emails when motion is detected, you must select Send Mail and set
Mail Settings first. The alarm email cannot contain the alarm picture if you have not selected
Snap picture.
CSnappicture
If you select this checkbox, when the motion has been detected, the camera will snap the live
view window as a still picture and load it to the FTP. If you select Send Email, at the same time
the picture will be send to you as an attachment. Make sure you have set FTP and set FTP as
the storage path in Video->Snapshot Settings panel.
Capture interval: The interval time between two pictures.
5 Set detect area
Click set detect area and it pop up a window, then you can draw the detection area. Click Back
button after settings. When something moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm.
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6AlarmSchedule
Alarm anytime when motion is detected
①
Click the black button up the MON, you will see all time range turn red. When something moving
in the detection area at anytime, the camera will alarm.
Click this button and select all time range
Figure 4.44
Specify an alarm schedule
②
Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected. For example, click TUE,
the all column of TUE turns to red, that means during Tuesday whole day, when something
moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm
.
Figure 4.45
Press the left mouse and drag it on the time boxes, you can select the serial area,
③
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Figure 4.46
7 Click Save button to take effect. When the motion is detected during the detection time in the
detection area, the camera will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm indicators.
NOTE:You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm
anywhere and anytime.
4.6 Record
On this page you can change the manually recording storage path, the default storage path is
C:\IPCamRecord.
Figure 4.47
4.7 Path Settings
If you want to upload record images to your FTP server,you can set FTP Settings.
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FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure 4.48.
If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure 4.49.
Port: Default is port 21. If changed, external FTP client program must change the server
connection port accordingly.
FTP Mode: Here supports two modes: PORT and PASV.
Username/password: The FTP account and password.
Click Save to take effect.
Click Test to see if FTP has been successfully configured.
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4.8 Firewall
This section explains how to control the access permission by checking the client PC’s IP
addresses. It is composed of the following columns: Block access from these IP addresses
and Only allow access from these IP addresses.
Figure 4.50
Enable firewall, If you select Only allow access from these IP addresses and fill in 8 IP addresses
at most, only those clients whose IP addresses listed in the Only allow access from these IP
addresses can access the Network Camera. If you select Block access from these IP
addresses, only those clients whose IP addresses are in the IP list cannot access the Network
Camera.
Click Save to take effect.
4.9 System
In this panel, you can back up/restore your camera settings, upgrade the firmware to the latest
version, restore the camera to default settings and reboot the device.
4.9.1 Back up& Restore settings
Click Backup to save all the parameters you have set. These parameters will be stored in a bin
file for future use.
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Click Browse and select the parameters file you have stored, then click Submit to restore the
restore the parameters.
Figure 4.51
4.9.2 System upgrade
Click Browse, choose the correct bin file( System firmware or Web UI) and then click System
upgrade.
Don’t shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result.
Figure 4.52
If you want to verify the firmware version of you camera, please go to Device Status-ÆDevice
Information Page to check
Upgrade Firmware by IP Camera Tool
Double click the IP Camera Tool shot icon, select the Camera IP that you want to
upgrade the firmware. Then select Upgrade Firmware and enter the username and password,
choose the firmware file, and upgrade.
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Enter the User name and
password
Figure 4.54
CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading.
Pleasedon’t upgradethefirmware unnecessarily.Yourcamera maybedamagedif
misconfigured during an upgrade.
NOTE:
1) Don’t upgrade the firmware through the web UI in WAN, or else the upgrade may be falied.
2) Please ensure you have download the correct firmware package for your camera before
upgrading. Read the upgrade documentation (readme.txt file) in the upgrade package before
you upgrade.
3) Upon downloading the firmware check the sizes of the .bin files. They must match the size in
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the readme.txt file. If not, please download the firmware again until the sizes are the same.
Your camera will not function correctly if a corrupt .bin file is used.
4) Normally, only Device WEB UI need to be upgrade, please do not try to upgrade the Device
Firmware.
5) Never shut down the power of the camera during upgrade until the IP camera restart and get
connected.
6) After upgrade successfully, please clear the cache of browser, uninstall the old plugin and
re-install it, then reset the camera to the default factory settings before using the camera.
4.9.3Factory Reset
Click Factory Reset button and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected.
Figure 4.55
4.9.4 Reboot System
Click Reboot System to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the
camera.
Figure 4.56
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On this page you can view the record files stored in the SD card.
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: The storage path of record files
: Here supports three types: current day, current month and All records. Another way,
select the time on the time&date manually.
All records.
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: Click this button to search all record files satisfy the conditions you selected.
Section 2Search record files
On this panel you can see all record files satisfy the conditions you set.
Section 3Play/Stop/Audio/Full screen buttons
Please select one record file before use these buttons.
Click this button to play the record files
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Open or stop audio
Click this button to make full screen, and double click left mouse to exit full screen.
6 Phone APPs
With Phone APPs , you can view your camera directly as a computer anywhere, anytime.
This section shows the user how to set up the iPhone, and Android mobile phones to view
Foscam cameras with Phone APPs.
6.1 APP for Android cell phones
There are two ways to install the phone App :
1) Search the APP “Foscam ip cam viewer” in the Google Play directly if your cell phone has
installed Google Play.
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Download and install the phone view app, then you can see the shortcut icon in your cell
phone screen.
2) Enter http://play.google.com in the URL field of the browser, then search the APP “Foscam ip
cam viewer”. Download and install the APP.
Click the shortcut icon
and login Phone APP.
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Enter the user name and password then click Login button, you can see the following
surveillance windows:
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The default surveillance window is black, you need to add devices to it and then connect the
device.
Please check the login window above, it was divided to 3 sections from no. 1 to 3.
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Section1 Exit / Go to Device List Buttons
Click this icon and exit Phone App
Click this icon and back to Device List page to add cameras to the software
Section2 Live view window
If the camera supports PT function, here slide on the screen with your finger, the camera will
rotate follow your finger direction.
Section3 Playback/ Snapshot/Audio/Talk buttons
PlaybackClick this icon to play the pictures you have captured.
SnapshotClick it to make snapshot.
Audio buttonClick it and you will hear sound captured by the camera’s built-in
microphone. Make sure the camera supports Audio. Click the icon again and stop Audio.
Talk buttonClick it then talk through your cell phone’s microphone which will transmit
through the camera’s speaker. People will hear your talking through the camera’s built-in
speaker. Make sure the camera supports Talk.
Click the icon again and stop talking.
How to add cameras to the Phone APP
The following steps are required before adding cameras to the APP:
1)Install the IP Camera(s) which wants to be monitored.
2)Login the IP Camera(s) by web browser and set the IP address, port, username & password
and make sure the camera can be accessed by browsers.
3)DDNS setting is a plus whenever you want to add the devices by WAN.
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Click the buttonand go to Device List page, this section will show you how to add
cameras in LAN or in WAN.
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Section1 Back button
: Click this icon and back to the surveillance window
Section2 Device List
Here will list all cameras that added to the software.
Section3 Add device buttons
Add device in LAN
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: Click this icon and the APP will search all cameras in LAN automatically. Such as the
following screen:
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Figure 5.5
Select the camera IP and click OK to add cameras in LAN, then you can see the camera in the
Device List.
Add device through scanning UID (User Identification) number
: UID Scan. Click this icon and scan the UID no. in the camera body, then the camera can
be added to the App.
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Figure 5.6
Normally each camera has one unique UID and UID is used for PnP function. Now our camera
does not support UID number, so here you cannot allow to use UID to add device.
Add device in WAN
: Click this icon and you can add cameras in WAN manually.
Click this icon and it pops up the following screen, here you can add cameras manually.
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Figure 5.7
Camera Type: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJ and H.264. Here select the
camera type that you want to add.
Camera name: The Camera name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you
identify it.
IP address: Fill in the camera’s DDNS host or WAN IP not LAN IP.
Stream type: It has two types: Main stream and Sub stream. For cell phones, we recommend
you to select Sub stream to get more fluent video.
Http / Media port: For MJ cameras, here share the same port.
User name &Password: The camera’s user name and password.
UID: If your camera supports UID, here you may fill in the UID no..Now FOSCAM camera does
not support UID.
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Click the iconto add camera then you can see the camera in the Device List.
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Select one IP address and click it, then you can enter the surveillance window.
Select one IP address in the Device List and press it for a moment, it pop up the following
screen:
Figure 5.8
Edit: Re- edit the camera’s information, such as the Http / Media port, user name and password,
and so on. Click Edit and you can go to Add camera page (Figure 5.7).
Delete device: Delete the camera from the Device List.
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6.2 APP for iPhones
If you use iPhone, please search the APP “Foscam ip cam viewer” and install it through APP
Store, then you can see the shortcut icon in your cell phone screen.
Click the icon and you can go to “ipcam table” page directly:
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The default device list is null, you need to add cameras to it.
Section1 Camera list
Here will list all cameras that added to the software.
Section2 ipcam table/ add ipcam buttons
Click this icon and back to ipcam table page, here you can see all cameras that have
added to the software.
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: Click this icon and back to add ipcam page, here you can add cameras in LAN or in
WAN to the software.
How to add cameras to the APP
The following steps are required before adding cameras to the App:
1) Install the IP Camera(s) which wants to be monitored.
2) Login the IP Camera(s) by web browser and set the IP address, port, username & password
and make sure the camera can be accessed by browsers.
3)DDNS setting is a plus whenever you want to add the devices by WAN.
If you want to add cameras to the App, please click this icongo to “add ipcam”
page(Figure 4.10).
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Add device in LAN
Click this buttonand the APP will search all cameras in LAN, then add it to APP
automatically .
The cameras in LAN can
be searched and added to
APP automatically
Figure 5.11
There is a iconafter the camera name, click it and you can enter the user name, password
and web port to login the camera.
Figure 5.12
Add device in WAN
Step 1: Click the Add Camera icon
to add cameras manually.
Step 2: Select the camera type: mjpeg or h.284 (Figure 4.13), then enter the camera’s basic
information like camera name , ip , http/media port, user name, password and so on(Figure
4.14).
Figure 5.13
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Figure 5.14bAdd MJPEG Device Page
UID:
If your camera supports UID, here you scan UID number. Now FOSCAM camera does not
support UID.
Device name: The Device name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you
identify it.
IP address: Fill in the camera’s DDNS host or WAN IP not LAN IP.
User &Password: The camera’s user name and password.
Media / Web port: For MJPEG cameras, here only support web port.
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Stream type: It has two types: Main stream and Sub stream. For cell phones, we recommend
you to select Sub stream to get more fluent video.
Step 3: Click Add buttonto add cameras, then you can see the camera name in the “ip
cam table” page.
Figure 5.15
Surveillance windows
Back to “ipcam table” page and you can see all cameras that have added. There is a icon
after one camera name, click this icon and you can alter the camera’s user name, password,
media port and http port.
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Please check the login window above, it was divided to 4 sections from no. 1 to 4.
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: Click this icon and back to “ipcam table” page.
Section2 Photo Button
Click this icon and look the photos you have captured.
Section3 Live view window
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If the camera supports PT function, here slide on the screen with your finger, the camera will
rotate follow your finger direction.
Section4 Snapshot/Audio/Talk buttons
Audio
Snapshot
Talk
Snapshot
Click it to make snapshot.
Audio button
Click it and you will hear sound captured by the camera’s built-in microphone. Make sure the
camera supports Audio. Click the icon again and stop Audio.
Talk button
Click it then talk through your cell phone’s microphone which will transmit through the camera’s
speaker. People will hear your talking through the camera’s built-in speaker. Make sure the
camera supports Talk.
Click the icon again and stop talking.
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7 APPENDIX
7.1 Frequently Asked Questions
NOTE: Any questions you would meet, please check Network connections firstly. Check the
working status revealed by the indicators on the network server, hub, exchange and network
card. If abnormal, check the network connections.
7.1.1 How to download and installl the ActiveX for Firefox users
For the first time login the camera, it may prompt you to download plugin.
Click here to download
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Drag the download file to Firefox web page and it will prompt you to Install it.
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Figure 6.2
Reboot the Firefox after the plugin installation is successfully completely, then relogin the camera
again, you can see the surveillance window
NOTE: If you could not view living video after running the ActiveX, only a red crossin the
center of the video or just a black screen. Please change another port number to try.
Make sure all firewall or antivirus software on your computer does not block the active download
and installation. If you are unable to run the ActiveX control, try shutting down the firewall or
antivirus program.
7.1.2 How to download and installl the ActiveX for Google Chrome users
For the first time login the camera, it will prompt you to download theActiveX..
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Download the plugin and drag it to the Extensions page of Google Chrome.
Click Add button to install the plugin
Click Add button to install the Plugins.
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Reboot the browser and re-login the camera, you will see the surveillance window.
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7.1.3 I have forgotten the administrator password
To reset the administrator password, you had better unplug the network cable firstly. After that,
press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 5 seconds. Releasing the reset button, the
password will turn to the factory default.
Default administrator username/password: admin with blank password
7.1.4 Subnet doesn’t match
Check whether your ipcamera in the same subnet of your computer. The step is Control
PanelÆNetwork ConnectionsÆDbclick Local Area ConnectionsÆChoose
GeneralÆProperties.(Figure 4.23/4.24) Check subnet mask, IP address and gateways. When
you set IP address please make sure they are in the same subnet. Otherwise you can't access
camera.
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7.1.5 Camera can not record when I click Record button or I can’t change
the manually record path
When you use Windows7 or Vista, you may be not able to do manually record or change the
record path because of the security settings of computer.
There are two ways to resolve this problem:
(1) Please add the camera as a trusted site to resolve this issue. The steps are
(2) Open IE browser, then right click, select “Run as administrator”
7.1.6 No Pictures Problems
The video streaming is transmitted by the ActiveX controller. If ActiveX controller isn’t installed
correctly you will see no video image. You can resolve this problem by this way:
Download ActiveX controller and set the safety property of IE in the PC when you view it first
time: IE browserÆToolÆInternet ProperÆSecurityÆCustom LevelÆActiveX control and
Plug-ins. Three options of front should be set to be “Enable”, The ActiveX programs read by the
computer will be stored. As follows:
Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls
Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe
Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins
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Figure 6.6
If you allow the ActiveX running, but still could not see living video. Please change another port
number to try. Don’t use port 8000.
Figure6.7
NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or ActiveX.
If you could not see video, please shut down firewall or anti-virus software to try again.
7.1.7 Can’t access IP camera in internet
There are some reasons:
1 ActiveX controller is not installed correctly
2 The port which camera used is blocked by Firewall or Anti-virus software. Please change
another port number and try again. (Figure6.7)
3 Port forwarding is not successful(Figure4.30)
Check these settings and make sure they are correct.
7.1.8 UPnPalways failed
UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it may be failed to do port
forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software. It also has much relation with
router’s security settings. So we recommend you do port forwarding manually. You can view
your camera in internet successfully after you do port forwarding manually in your router.
7.1.9 Camera can not connect wireless
If your camera could not connect wireless after you set wireless settings and plug out the cable.
Please check whether your settings are correct or not.
Normally, camera can’t connect wireless mainly because of wrong settings.
Make sure broadcast your SSID; use the same encryption for router and camera.
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Default network Parameters
IP address: obtain dynamically
Subnet mask: obtain dynamically
Gateway: obtain dynamically
DDNS: Embedded FOSCAM DDNS Service
Username and password
Default admin username:admin with a blank password
Net Weight
Gross Weight
CPU2.0GHZ or above (suggested 3.0GHz)
Memory Size256MB or above (suggested 1.0GHz)
Display Card64M or above
Supported OS
Browser
UpgradeUpgrade from network
CE,FCC
1300g
1546g
MicrosoftWindows2000/XP/Vista/
Windows7-32bit/Windows7- 64bit/Windows8- 32 bit/
Windows8-64bit/ mac
IE6 and above version or compatible browser,
Firefox, Chrome, Safari or other standard browsers
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
FCC Statement
This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions.
This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the installation manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is like to
cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at
his own expense.
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FCC Caution
Any changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
CE Mark Warning
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference,
in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
7.5 WARRANTY
ShenZhen FOSCAM Intelligent Technology Limited.("FOSCAM") values your business and
always attempts to provide you the very best of service.
No limited hardware warranty is provided by FOSCAM unless your FOSCAM product ("product")
was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller. Distributors may sell
products to resellers who then sell products to end users. No warranty service is provided unless
the product is returned to an authorized return center in the region where the product was first
shipped by FOSCAM or to the point-of-purchase, which may have regional specific warranty
implications.
If you purchase your FOSCAM product from online store, please contact the
point-of-purchase and ask for return/replacement/repair service.
Hardware Warranty Information
•FOSCAM provide 2-year limited warranty for naked product and 6-month limited warranty
for accessories.
Limited Hardware Warranty
•FOSCAM products are warranted to be free from manufacturing defects in materials and
workmanship starting from the shipping date of FOSCAM.
This limited hardware warranty does not cover:
•Software, including the software added to the products through our factory-integration
system, software that included in the CD,etc.
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•Usage that is not in accordance with product instructions.
•Failure to follow the product instructions.
•Abuse firmware upgrade without the authorized technician’s guidance.
•Normal wear and tear.
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Return Procedures
•Please read FOSCAM warranty policy & policy of your reseller first before sending items
back to point-of-purchase.
•Customer must first contact point-of-purchase to obtain a Return Merchandise
Authorization (RMA) number before returning the product. If the product you received is
suspected to be defective and the product warranty has not expired, The RMA number
will allow your reseller to track your return much easier and help them expedite
processing your request.
•After receiving your RMA case number, pack the item(s) very well with the original box
and all the original accessories included such as power adapters, brackets, cables,
manuals, and driver CD disks.
•Write your RMA number and the return reason (the problem of the product) on the
warranty card along with the complete package to send them back.
Replacement Services
•If customers ask for replacement service, please contact point-of-purchase and
follow their policy.
•Our technicians will inspect all items returned for replacement requests. If the retuned
product is found in working order, we will return the same item received. However
customers shall be responsible for all shipping & handling charges incurred for getting the
units back to customers.
•If returned products are found defective, we will replace the product and assume the
shipping cost for sending back the replacement unit to customers.
•If for any reason, we are unable to provide a replacement of the original returned item(s).
You will have a choice for a “Substitute” item at the same equal value.
•We do not provide exchange and replacement due to normal hardware upgrade
according the market after 14 days after the product is delivered.
•Our technicians will test the product before send out the replacement, any other demand
for more than two times replacement for the same product during replacement limit will
be rejected.
•Replaced products are warranted from the balance of the former warranty period.
Warranty Forfeiture
•Warranty is void if purchase from unauthorized distributor or reseller.
•Warranty is void if trade-mark, serial tags, product stickers have been removed,
altered or tampered with.
•Warranty is void for mishandling, improper use, or defacing the product.
•Abuse firmware upgrade without the authorized technician’s guidance.
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inadequate packaging when returned for RMA purposes.
•Warranty is void if damage has resulted from accident, dismantle, abuse, or service or
modification by someone other than the appointed vendor, souse, fission or the spare part
has been over the period of warranty.
•Warranty is void if product is damaged due to improper working environment or operation.
(For example, improper temperature, humidity, unusual physical or electrical stress or
interference, failure or fluctuation of electrical power, static electricity, using wrongpower adapter, etc.)
•Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM.
•Damage caused by improper installation of third-party products.
•Warranty is void if damaged for irresistible cause, such as earthquake, fire, lightning, flood,
etc.
•Product beyond limited warranty.
Shipping Fee
•If products are defective or damaged under normal use or operation in the replacement
limit, distributors or resellers are responsible for the shipping cost the product back to
customers, customers should assume the shipping cost send the product to the
point-of-purchase.
•During replacement limit, if customers ask for replacement due to the product does not fit
for customer’s personal expectation, customers should responsible for both shipping fee.
•Customers shall be responsible for both shipping fee if their product beyond the
replacement limit but still in warranty limit.
Repair Service Out Of Warranty
•FOSCAM provide extra repair service for product that out of warranty, it is chargeable.
The total fee contains device cost and service fee. Device cost (including accessories) is
the standard uniform price provide by FOSCAM.
•Different region may have different service fee, please contact the point-of-purchase to
confirm that before you ask for this service.
•Our technicians will quote the total price after detect the product, If customers refused to
repair after the quotation, customers need pay for the test fee, $3.5/hour. If agree with the
quotation, test will be free.
•Repaired product out of warranty will obtains 3-month warranty from the date of the
product back to customers.
Limitation of Liability
•FOSCAM is not responsible for other extra warranty or commitment promised by resellers,
if your reseller promised some extra commitment or warranty; please ask for written
documents to protect your rights and interests.
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point-of-purchase and follow their refund/return policy.
•FOSCAM shall not be liable under any circumstances for any consequential, incidental,
special or exemplary damages arising out of or in any connection with this agreement or
the products, including but not limited to lost profits, or any claim based on indemnity or
contribution, or the failure of any limited or exclusive remedy to achieve its essential
purpose or otherwise. Purchaser's exclusive remedy, as against FOSCAM, shall be the
repair or replacement of defective parts. If FOSCAM lists a product on its website
specification in error or that is no longer available for any reason, FOSCAM reserves the
right to explain it without incurring any liability.
All rights reserved. FOSCAM and the FOSCAM logo are trademarks of ShenZhen
FOSCAM Intelligent Technology Limited., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
8 OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
While we hope your experience with the IPCAM network camera is enjoyable and easy to use,
you may experience some issues or have questions that this User’s Guide has not answered.
If you have problem with FOSCAM IP camera, please first contact FOSCAM reseller for
solving the problems. If our reseller cannot provide service, please contact our service
department: [email protected].
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Shenzhen
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2674
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