Foscam FI9853EP, FI9853, FI9851P User Manual
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HD IP Camera
Model: FI9853EP / FI9853 Model: FI9851P
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Table of Contents
1 Overviews........................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Key Features...........................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet-FI9853EP)............................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Read Before Use....................................................................................................................................................2
1.4 Packing Contents................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.5 Physical Description.............................................................................................................................................. 3
2 Accessing the Network Camera......................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Access the Camera in LAN.................................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 Access the Camera in WAN.................................................................................................................................5
2.3 Using the VLC player.......................................................................................................................................... 10
3 Surveillance Software GUI.............................................................................................................................................13
3.1 Login Window.......................................................................................................................................................13
3.2 Setup Wizard........................................................................................................................................................ 14
3.3 Surveillance Window........................................................................................................................................... 17
4 Advanced Camera Settings...........................................................................................................................................22
4.1 Device Status........................................................................................................................................................22
4.2 Basic Settings.......................................................................................................................................................24
4.3 Network..................................................................................................................................................................32
4.4 Video......................................................................................................................................................................50
4.5 Alarm...................................................................................................................................................................... 54
4.6 Record................................................................................................................................................................... 58
4.7 Firewall...................................................................................................................................................................59
4.8 System...................................................................................................................................................................60
5 Appendix........................................................................................................................................................................... 64
5.1 Frequently Asked Questions..............................................................................................................................64
5.2 Default Parameters..............................................................................................................................................72
5.3 Specification..........................................................................................................................................................72
5.4 CE & FCC..............................................................................................................................................................75
5.5 Warranty................................................................................................................................................................76
6 Obtaining Technical Support......................................................................................................................................... 79
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1 Overviews
FI9853EP, FI9853 and FI9851P are integrated 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.
They support 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
Explorer. 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 and indoor 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 (FI9853EP and FI9853 do not support Wi-Fi).
FOSCAM provides Phone Apps for Android and iPhone users, please search Foscam 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, PA and WPA2 Encryption
IR night vision , Range:10m
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/
ONVIF
Providing Central Management Software to manage or monitor multi-camera
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1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet-FI9853EP)
The Network Camera is PoE-compliant, allowing transmission of power and data via a single Ethernet cable.
Such 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 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.
1.4 Packing Contents
● IPCAM×1 ● CD×1
● DC Power Supply×1 ● Quick Installation Guide ×1
● Network Cable×1 ● Warranty Card×1
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1.5 Physical Description
1.5.1 Front Panel
Figure 1.1
1 Infrared Lamp Array
2 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens
3 Induction IC
1.5.2 Interface
Figure 1.3
1 Power Interface
Connect the external power adapter, request for 12V/1A power.
2 LAN
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10/100M adaptive Ethernet interface. Through this interface, IPCAM can be connected with various network
devices, such as hub, router, etc.
3 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.
1.5.3 Bottom View
There are two 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 1.4, it may be a clone. Cloned Foscam
cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for warranty or technical services.
Figure 1.4
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.
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Double click the IP Camera Tool icon 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 https port NO.
Figure 2.2
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.
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Figure 2.3
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.
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) 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.
Step 1: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank
password), and click “OK” to apply changes.
Step 2: 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!
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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.?
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: 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
2.4 and 2.5.
Figure 2.4
Figure 2.5
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Figure 2.6
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:
Figure 2.7
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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 cp4911.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 2.8
Now you can use “http://Domain name + HTTP Port” to access the camera via the Internet.
Take hostname cp4911.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, 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
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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 modes: 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 2.9
Figure 2.10
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 2.11
Figure 2.12
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
Figure 3.1
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.
NOTE：
When setting up your camera for the first time, it will request that you modify the default username and/or
password if both are still set to default. Input the new username and password, click "Modify" to complete the
modification. You will now use the new username and password to login to the camera in the future.
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Figure 3.2
3.2 Setup Wizard
After logging in for the first time, you will go to “Setup Wizard”automatically. Here you can set the basic
parameters of camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings, IP configuration.
Figure 3.3
Device Name: You could give name for your camera.
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Figure 3.4
System Time: Select the time zone you need to set the date, time,format and so on.
Figure 3.5
Wireless networks: Click “Scan”, find the SSID of your wireless router, select and enter the password.
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Figure 3.6
IP: Set IP address of the camera. You could choose to obtain an IP automatically or set the IP address
according to your needs.
Figure 3.7
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3.3 Surveillance Window
Figure 3.8
Section1 FOSCAM Logo/ LiveVideo / Settings 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.
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).
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Figure 3.9
Section3 Mode/ Stream / Mirror/ Flip buttons
Mode
1) 50Hz ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: Europe, China)
2) 60Hz ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: USA, Canada)
3) Outdoor Mode------Outdoor surveillance
Stream
The default Stream supports four modes:
0/720P/30fps/2M, 1/VGA/25fps/4M, 2/VGA/15fps/1M and 3/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, 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 cannot play well.
You can reset the stream type on Settings-> Video-> Settings panel( chapter 4.4.1).
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After changing, please re-login the camera and you can see the modification.
Section4 IR 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.
Manual: Select it and turn off the infra led manually.
Section5 Image quality settings
In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality.
Section6 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.
Section7 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 hear your voice if the camera has connected with audio output device.
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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 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 3.10
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 3.12), please select Keep ration to get a better
visual quality (Figure3.3).
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Figure 3.11
Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen.
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 3.12
NOTE:
For Mac OS, the plugin cannot support Onscreen Mouse function, so you cannot allow to use it.
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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.
4.1.1 Device Information
Figure 4.1
Camera Model: The model of the device.
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.
Plug-in version: Display the plug-in version of your camera
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4.1.2 Device Status
On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status, NTP/DDNS 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.
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