Foscam FI981W, FI9818W, FI9821W, FI9821E, FI9821P User Manual

User

Manual

Indoor HD

Pan/Tilt

IP Camera

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Table of Contents

1 Overview..............................................................................................................................................................................1

1.1 Key Features...........................................................................................................................................................1

1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet)........................................................................................................................................2

1.3 Read Before Use.................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.4 Package Contents..................................................................................................................................................2

1.5 Physical Description...............................................................................................................................................3

1.6 The different features between the models involved........................................................................................4

2 Access the IP Camera...................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Access the Camera in LAN...................................................................................................................................5

2.2 Access the Camera in WAN................................................................................................................................. 8

2.3 Using the VLC player...........................................................................................................................................13

2.4 IP camera connection to the server(FI9821W, FI9818W)...................................................................................... 15

3 Surveillance Software GUI.............................................................................................................................................16

3.1 Login Window......................................................................................................................................................... 16

3.2 Surveillance Window........................................................................................................................................... 17

4 Advanced Camera Settings........................................................................................................................................... 25

4.1 Status..................................................................................................................................................................... 25

4.2 Basic Settings....................................................................................................................................................... 27

4.3 Network................................................................................................................................................................... 35

4.4 Video........................................................................................................................................................................58

4.5 Alarm.......................................................................................................................................................................60

4.6 Record....................................................................................................................................................................64

4.7 PTZ......................................................................................................................................................................... 66

4.8 Firewall...................................................................................................................................................................70

4.9 System................................................................................................................................................................... 70

5 Playback............................................................................................................................................................................73

6 APPENDIX........................................................................................................................................................................ 75

6.1 Frequently Asked Questions...............................................................................................................................75

6.2 Default Parameters.............................................................................................................................................. 80

6.3 Specifications........................................................................................................................................................ 81

6.4 CE & FCC.............................................................................................................................................................. 90

6.5 WARRANTY.......................................................................................................................................................... 90

7 OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT.......................................................................................................................... 93

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1 Overview

FOSCAM Indoor HD IP Camera is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor enabling viewing 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 from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet.

Among these cameras, FI9808P, FI9821P, FI9821E and FI9826P 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 on smart phone, or input the UID on CMS software to realize remote access.

Moreover, FI9821E supports PoE to transmits power and data via single Ethernet cable.

With flexible 300-degree pan and 120-degree tilt(except for FI9808P) , FOSCAM IP Camera gives users more

comprehensive control over a monitored site. The camera supports H.264 video compression technology, dramatically

reducing file size and saving network bandwidth.

The camera is based on the TCP/IP standard. There is a WEB server inside which could support Internet Explorer

Therefore the management and maintenance of your device is simplified by using the network to access the website of

your camera.

The camera is designed for indoor surveillance applications such as home, retail store and office. Controlling the camera

and managing images are simplified by using the provided web interface across the network utilizing wired or wireless

connectivity (except for FI9821E).

FOSCAM provides Smart Phone APP for Android and iPhone users, please search and install Foscam Viewer on Google

Play for Android devices, search and install Foscam IP Cam Viewer on APP Store for iOS devices, then you can view

your camera anywhere, anytime on your smart mobile devices.

1.1 Key Features

 Standard H.264 video compression algorithm to satisfy the transmission of high definition video in narrow

bandwidth network

 P2P feature for easy access (FI9808P, FI9821P, FI9821E, FI9826P)

 Megapixel HD video

 Pan 300 degree, tilt 120 degree

 Supports IE/Firefox/Google/Safari browser

 Supports WEP,WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK Encryption

 Wireless connection is compliant with IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, up to 150Mbps (except for FI9821E)

 IR night vision (Range: 8m)

 Supports image snapshot

 Supports dual-stream

 Supports SD Card storage up to 32GB

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 Supports IR-Cut auto switch

 Embedded free FOSCAM DDNS(dynamic domain name service) Service

 Supporting the Third Party Domain Name Service

 Supports two-way audio

 Supports ONVIF protocols(FI9821W, FI9818W)

 Multi-level users management with password protection

 Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP

 Providing free Android and iPhone APP for viewing live video

 Providing free Central Management Software to manage and monitor multiple cameras

1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet)

FI9821E is PoE-compliant, allowing transmission of power and data via a single Ethernet cable. Shown as the following

picture: connect the Network Camera to a PoE-enabled Router/ switch via Ethernet cable.

1.3 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. This also ensures the product is used properly as intended.

1.4 Package Contents

● IP Camera × 1 ● DC Power Adapter × 1

● Wi-Fi Antenna × 1（Except for FI9821E） ● Mounting bracket × 1

● Ethernet Cable × 1 ● CD×1

● Quick Installation Guide × 1 ● Warranty Card × 1

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1.5 Physical Description

Front Panel

Figure 1.1

1.Speaker: Built-in speaker

2.LENS: Fixed focus lens(except FI9826W/FI9826P support optical zoom).

3.Infrared LED: Infrared LEDs for night vision

4.Microphone: Built-in microphone

5.Wi-Fi Antenna: Wireless Antenna

Rear Panel

Figure 1.2

1.Speaker

2.LENS

3.Infrared LED

4.Microphone

9.Antenna

8.Audio Input

7.Audio Output

2.Power

1.LAN

6. SD Card Slot

5.WPS

4.Power

3.Network light

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1.LAN: 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 port for wired connection

2.Power: DC 5V/2A Power supply ( FI9818W/FI9821W/FI9821E/FI9821P/FI9826W/FI9826P ), DC 5V/1.5A Power

supply ( FI9808P)

3.Network Light: The LED will blink slowly in wired connection, blink two times faster in wireless connection

4.Power Light: If the power supply works fine, the light will turn on

5.WPS: Push the WPS button on the camera and wireless router in 1 minutes, the camera will connect the wireless router

automatically, in WPS process, the Network Light will blink very fast

6. SD card Slot: Supports up to 32GB SD card for storing the video

7.Audio Output: This jack is used to plug an external speaker

8.Audio Input: This jack is used to plug an external microphone

9.Antenna: Used to connect external wireless antenna

Bottom View

Figure 1.3

1.Mounting Port: Port for mounting bracket

2.Reset Button: Push and hold for more than 5 seconds to set the camera to factory default

3.Product Label: There are P2P QR code, MAC address, UID, DDNS URL, default username and password on the label

4.Wi-Fi Module Label: There is Wi-Fi MAC address and serial number of the Wi-Fi module on the label

5.SN Label: There is serial number of the camera on the label

1.6 The different features between the models involved

Differences

Model

Maxmium

Resolution

3x Optical

Zoom

SD Card Slot Micro SD

Card Slot

Antenna P2P

FI9818W

1280*720 ×

× × Fixed ×

FI9821W

1280*720 ×

√ × Detachable ×

FI9821E

1280*720 ×

√ × × √

FI9821P

1280*720 ×

√ × Detachable √

FI9826W

1280*960 √

× √ Detachable ×

FI9826P

1280*960 √

× √ Detachable √

FI9831W

1280*960 ×

√ × Detachable ×

FI9808P

1280*720 × × ×

Internal Antenna

√

1.Mounting Port

2.Reset Button

3.Product Label

4.Wi-Fi Module Label

5.SN Label

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2 Access the IP Camera

This chapter explains how to access the camera through browser and RTSP player.

2.1 Access the Camera in LAN

This camera supports HTTP and HTTPS protocols, you can access the camera by two ways.

(1) http:// LAN IP + HTTP Port NO.

The default HTTP port no is 88. Double click the IP Camera Tool icon to run, and it should find the camera’s IP address

automatically after you plug in the network cable.

Figure 2.1

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 http and https port no.

Figure 2.2

Note: FI9818W and FI9821W support ONVIF Port.

HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer) is a safe way to access your camera, the data transferred

on the Internet will be encrypted. Since we can not apply license for every LAN or DDNS URL, the webpage may pop

up a warning like the following picture, you just need to click “Continue to this website (not recommended).”

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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.Finally ,click the Confirm button。

Figure 2.3

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For Firefox, you can add the trusted as the following way:

Tools --Options -- Advanced -- View Certificates -- Servers

Figure 2.4

Click View Certificates, and go to Servers option.

Figure 2.5

Go to Add Exception panel.

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Figure 2.6

2.2 Access the Camera in WAN

2.2.1 Static IP Addresses

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.

Enter the camera’s url , here

take https://192.168.8.129:443

for example

Click this button to add it

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Figure 2.7

Access your IP Camera from the Internet

You can access the IP Camera from the Internet (remote access). Enter the WAN IP address and port number in your

standard browser. For example, you would enter http:// 183.37.28.254:85

NOTE :

Make sure port forwarding is successful. You can do port forwarding two ways.

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.

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 IP Addresses

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.

What is the HTTP Port no.?

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,

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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.

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: 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.

Figure 2.8

Figure 2.9

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

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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

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:

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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.

Figure 2.12

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

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 example.

Assign a name for the port forward setting here .

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Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname, a user 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, 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.

2.3 Using the VLC player

This camera supports RTSP streaming, here you can view the camera using VLC player.

RTSP URL rtsp:// [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.

1．rtsp://admin:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain

2．rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:88/videoMain

3．rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain

4．rtsp://admin@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain

Open the VLC, and go to Media(Open Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC.

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Figure 2.13

Figure 2.14

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 2.15

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.

2.4 IP camera connection to the server(FI9821W, FI9818W)

Device supports ONVIF 2.2.1 protocol,You can easily access the NVR with ONVIF or server with ONVIF.

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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

Figure 3.1

Please check the login window above, it was divided to 4 sections from no. 1 to 4.

Section1 Enter the Username 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).

Section2 Stream

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.

Note: When the network bandwidth is badly you’d better select Sub Stream and the video will be more fluency.

Section3 Select the language

You can select the language you need via click on the language dropdown list to switch.

Section4 Login the camera

Click Login button and you will see the surveillance windows.

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Figure 3.2

3.2 Surveillance Window

Figure 3.3

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Section 1 FOSCAM Logo/ LiveVideo / Settings/Playback buttons

: FOSCAM LOGO

: Path to surveillance window. Click this button and back to the surveillance window

: Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to Administrator Control Panel and do

advanced settings.

: Click this button and 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 maximum of 9 cameras being monitoring at the same time. You can add

other cameras in multi-device setting (read chapter 4.2.5).

Figure 3.4

Section 3 Mode/ Stream / Mirror/ Flip buttons

Mode

1) 50HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: Europe, China)

2) 60HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: USA, Canada)

Stream

The default Stream supports four modes: 0/720P/30fps/4M, 1/VGA/25fps/2M, 2/VGA/ 15fps/ 1M and 3/

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VGA/10fps/200K. The 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 is , 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 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.

Figure 3.5

After changing, please re-login the camera and you can see the modification.

Section 4 Zoom Control

Zoom the camera’s lens.

Zoom tha camera’ lens.

You can adjust the speed of the lens’ zoom at Settings--PTZ--Pan & Tilt Speed--Zoom speed .

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NOTE :

Except for FI9826W and FI9826P ,other Cameras don’t suport this function.

Section 5 Pan/Tilt Control

NOTE :

FI9808P doesn’t support Pan/Tilt Control function.

1------Up control button,

2------Down control button,

3------Left control button,

4------Right control button,

5----- Up-Left control button

6----- Up-Right control button

7----- Down-Left control button

8----- Down-Right control button

Click this button and go to center

Section 6 Cruise / Preset settings

Cruise Settings

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The default cruise tracks have two types: Vertical and Horizontal.

Vertical: The camera will rotate from up to down.

Horizontal: The camera will rotate from left to right.

: Start cruise. : Stop cruise.

If you want to define or change the cruise trace, please go to Settings PTZ Preset Settings panel.

How to do cruise?

Firstly: Select one track in the track dropdown list

Secondly: Click Start cruise button, the camera will cruise following the predefined path.

Thirdly: Click stop button and finish cruising.

Preset settings

IPCAM supports 16 preset positions, which is considered enough for DIY home & small business surveillance market

The default preset position is Topmost, Bottom most, Left most, right most, you can add other preset positions.

Add Click this icon to save the position you need the camera to remember

Delete Select one preset position and click this button to delete it.

GO Select one preset position in the preset dropdown list and click Go to make the camera move the preset

position

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How to do preset position?

Firstly, move the camera and stop at a desired place where you want make preset position.

Secondly, click button and enter a descriptive name for the preset position. The preset position cannot contain

special characters. Then click OK to save it. If you want to reset the preset position, click Cancel.

After that, you can move the camera and stop at another place, and set another preset position. You can do all the 16

preset positions with this method.

If you want to see one preset position you have set, only select the preset position name from the preset dropdown list,

and click go button, the camera will go to the preset position.

Section 7 IR LED Lights

Click Infra led and there are two modes to adjust the infrared led: Auto and Manual.

Auto: Select it and the camera will adjust the infra led (on or off) automatically.

Manual: Select it and you can turn on or turn off the infra led manually.

Section 8 Image quality settings

In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality.

Section 9 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.

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Section 10 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 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.

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 the computer monitor

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automatically. Sometimes there is a black border around the video, please select Keep ration to get a better visual

quality .

Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen.

Zoom up: Select it and you can see a bigger screen than before.

First Method: Here is a convenient and fast solution to Zoom up/down screen by Clicking Video Screen and adjusting

Mouse pulley, or by press the CTRL key and click the mouse left button.

Second Method: Click it and the live view will be digital zoomed up, then click Zoom Down and the live view back to

original size.

Figure 3.7

When you select the Full Screen, then click right mouse, there is a Screen PTZ button.

Figure 3.8

Click the Screen PTZ button and put the mouse on the screen to indicate the camera move direction you prefer, press the

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left mouse, the camera will move to the corresponding direction. Loosen the mouse and stop moving. Press Esc button or

double click right mouse and cancel the function.

NOTE: For Mac OS, the plugin cannot support Onscreen Mouse Control, 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 Status

Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various

information about your camera.

4.1.1 Device Information

Figure 4.1

Camera Model: The camera model no.

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 Camera name panel where you can change your camera name. The default device name is

anonymous.

Camera ID: Display the wired MAC address of your camera. For example Device ID is 000C5D00008, 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.

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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/ Record Status ,DDNS status ,WIFI status and so on.

Figure 4.2

4.1.3 Session Status

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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