User Manual Model: FI8909W Indoor Wireless IP Camera Color: Black Color: White
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Table of Contents 1 Overviews................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Key Features.......................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Read Before Use.....................................................................................................
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 4.2 Default Parameters..........................................................................................................................................................53 4.3 Specifications....................................................................................................................................................................54 5 Obtaining Technical Support........................................................................................
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 1 Overviews FOSCAM FI8909W is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor. 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. The basic function of IPCAM is to provide remote video on the IP network. High quality video images are transmitted at up to 30fps on the LAN/WAN by using MJPEG hardware compression technology.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com ● 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.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 5 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 6 Microphone: Built-in microphone Back View Figure 1.2 LAN: RJ-45/10-100 Base T Power: DC 5V/2A Power supply Bottom View There are up to three labels located on the body 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 one. Cloned Foscam cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for warranty or technical services.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 2 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. 2.1 Login Window Figure 2.1 Section 1 Select Language Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com FOSCAM camera supports up to multi-languages, such as English, Spanish, Deutsch and so on. You can select the language you need via pull down the dropdown toolbar and click on the language to switch. Section 2 Enter the Username and password The default administrator username is admin with no password. Section 3 FOSCAM Website Link There is an access link to Foscam website homepage, if you need tech support you can contact Foscam directly.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 1 5 2 3 4 Figure 2.2 6 Section1 Device Name Default device name is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera as you like (Please go to chapter 3.1 and read how to set it) 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-device setting (read chapter 3.5). Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 2.3 Section3 Image Parameters Settings OSD OSD is used to add timestamp on the video. There are five text colors to choose from: Black, red, yellow, white, blue. Add OSD on record Select this option if you want to add a timestamp to recordings. Resolution Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 1) 320x240-------QVGA 2) 640x480-------VGA There are two resolutions, the bigger one (VGA) is 640x480 pixels, and the smaller one (QVGA) is 320x240 pixels. The bigger the resolution, the better of the image quality is, but the lower the frame rate is. If you are accessing the camera via internet and want to get more fluent video streaming, please select resolution QVGA 320x240.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 1------Record Button Click it and it pop-up a path-setting window, you can select the storage path and the record file name. At the same time the record icon changes to , Click it again and stop recording. 2------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.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 2.4 For the first time using audio, you need to download and install VLC plug-in, Click Audio, and you can see the download website. Figure 2.5 During the installation, you must select Mozilla plugin as in Figure 2.6. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 2.6 3 Advanced Camera Settings Click the bar “Device Management”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 3.1 Device Status Figure 3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.2 Figure 3.3 3.2 Alias Settings Default alias is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Submit to save your changes. The alias name supports special characters. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Click the option here to modify the device name. Enter the device name as you like. Use different names to identify multi-cameras. Figure 3.4 3.3 Date & Time Settings Choose the time zone of your country. You can choose Sync with NTP Server or Sync with PC Time. If your country implements the Daylight Saving Time, that option can also be selected. Go to Data &Time Settings. Select the time zone belong to your region. Figure 3.5 3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com You can set different permission levels, but at least one administrator. Figure 3.6 Here you can also set one important file locations for the camera, the Alarm Record Path. Simply click Browse and choose the path to the required folder. The Alarm Record Path location is used to store automatically recorded files when the camera is activated by motion or sound. (See set motion/ sound alarm. Figure 3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 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. After all cameras have been added, choose Submit.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Click Submit after add all cameras. Figure 3.7b Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Figure 3.8 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.9 3.5.2 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 3.10) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Use DDNS domain name and port to login. Make sure each camera you need add could login with DDNS name and port. Figure 3.10 If you have several cameras, you can use the same DDNS domain name; you only need to set a different port number for each camera. 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.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 1 2 3 4 Figure 3.11 1----- The 2nd camera’s name 2----- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 3 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 4---- Click Add button and to take effect Add the other cameras in the same way. Click Submit to save. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Click submit after finishing all settings. Figure 3.12 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. Figure 3.13 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 3.6 Basic Network Settings If you want to set a static IP for the camera, select Basic Network Settings. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer. Figure 3.14 Changing settings here is the same as using the IP Camera Tool. (Figure 3.17/3.18) It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.15 Figure 3.16 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. Network lamp: There is a network lamp on the back of the camera, select it and when the network connection are working, the lamp will turn on and blink. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Another way to change the camera’s LAN IP and HTTP Port no. Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you want to change the port no, right click on the IP address link, and goes to Option ”Network Configuration”, it pops up another dialogue showed as the following screen. Select the camera you want to change the LAN IP or port no, right click. Figure 3.17 Figure 3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Http Port: The default Lan port is 80.You can set another port number, such as port 8005, 8100.etc. User&Password: Default administrator user name is admin with no password. NOTE: If the prompt “Subnet doesn’t match, dbclick to change!” appears, please enable DHCP set camera’s IP address and gateway once again. 3.7 Wireless Settings Wireless Lan Settings support three modes: Infra(Do wireless lan settings manually) and WPS (Wi-FI Protected Set-up) and Adhoc..
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Step 02) Click the SSID of your router in the list, the corresponding information (SSID & Encryption) will be filled in the following boxes automatically. You will only need to fill in the share key. Make sure that SSID, Encryption and share key you filled in for the camera are exactly the same for your router. Click the SSID of router and SSID, Encryption will be filled in the following box automatically. Enter the same share key with your router. Figure 3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Reset Button Step 02) Press the WPS button on your router within 60 seconds. The WPS button is usually on the back or side of your router. On some routers, you may need to log in to the web interface and click on an on-screen button to activate the WPS feature. If you are not sure where the WPS buttons is on your router, please refer to your router’s User Manual. The camera will automatically create a secure wireless connection to your router.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.21 Step 02) Plug out the network cable and the camera will restart. Open the wireless network card of PC and search the wireless network around the area. You can find the SSID you filled for the camera (Figure 3.21). Figure 3.22 Step 03) Disabled the wired connection of the PC. Select the SSID you filled at Figure3.21 for your camera and enter the same key with your camera. Make sure PC and Camera share the same subnet.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 3.8 ADSL Figure 3.23 If you are connecting the camera directly to a ADSL modem, you can do ADSL settings with your ADSL account &password provided by the ISP, then make the camera connected to the network. Enter the ADSL user and password. Figure 3.24 3.9 UPnP Settings Figure 3.25 The default UPnP status is closed. You can select the checkbox and open UPnP, then the Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding. Back to the “Device Status” panel, you can see the UPnP status: There may be issues with your routers security settings, and sometimes may error. We recommend you configure port forwarding manually on your router (Figure 3.30). 3.10 DDNS Service Settings 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.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Enable: Open or close the FOSCAM domain name. The default status of FOSCAM domain name is open. Validity Queries: Check the validity of embedded domain name. Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname camera.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 88 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// camera.myfoscam.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 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. Figure 3.28 Figure 3.29 Please create the domain name step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Step 2, DO DDNS Service Settings within the Camera Please set DDNS Service 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 Service Settings on the administrator panel. Secondly, Disable the Manufacturer’s domain name and select No-Ip as a server in the Third Party DDNS.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 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. 88for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// ycxgwp.no-ip.info:88 3.11 Mail Service Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion/sound has been detected, Mail Service Settings will need to be configured.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com NOTE: Click Submit first before choosing Test. Click Test to see if SMTP has been successfully configured. . Figure 3.32 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 4) Incorrect user or password 5) The sender is denied by the server.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Fill in the user and password of the MSN ID you applied for your camera. MSN ID in this list can chat with the camera. Figure 3.33 Click Submit and go to the “Device Status” screen and verify the MSN settings are succeed. Figure 3.34 When the MSN ID in the Friends list login the MAN, he can chat with camera.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.35 Note: Create a new MSN account for the camera, do not use the same MSN account as you would like to chat with your friends. When the camera login uses the MSN account, this account cannot be used for anything else when the camera works. 3.13 FTP Service Settings If you want to upload images to your FTP server，you can set FTP Service Settings. Figure 3.36 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.37 FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure 3.36. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure 3.37. FTP Port: Usually the port is 21. FTP Upload Folder: Make sure that the folder you plan to store images exists as the camera can’t create the folder itself. Also, the folder must be read/writable.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Click Submit to save these settings. Click Test, the following screen displays if successful. Figure 3.38 The following errors may occur: 1) Can not connect to the server. Check if the FTP Server is correct. 2) Network Error. Please try later. 3) Server Error. 4) Incorrect user or password. Check the username and password. 5) Cannot access the folder. Verify the folder exists and your account is authorized 6) Error in PASV mode. Verify the server supports PASV mode.
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www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com There are four alarm indicators: 1) Camera will send emails when motion/sound is activated. If you want to receive images when motion is detected, you must set Mail Service Settings first. (Figure 3.31) Then set motion alarm as follows: Figure 3.41 2) Upload images via FTP server when motion/sound trigger. To upload images to an FTP server when motion/sound is detected, you must set FTP Service Settings(Figure 3.36/3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 3) You can hear the beep sound when the alarm has been detected. Select this option. Figure 3.43 4) The camera will record automatically for one minute after motion/sound is detected. You can find the recording file in the folder which you set previously. (Figure 3.6) Select the checkbox. Figure 3.44 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Alarm Scheduler: Here are two ways to set the alarm. 1) Alarm at any time when motion/sound is detected. Don’t select Scheduler. Click Submit and the camera will alarm at any time when motion is detected. Figure 3.45 Another Way: select Scheduler, and click “set All”, you will see all time boxes turn blue as in the following picture. Click Submit and the camera will alarm at any time when motion is detected. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.46 2) Specify an alarm schedule. If you want the camera to alarm during set times select Scheduler and set time range. If you want to select one serial area, you can click any number between 00 and 23 on the first row, the corresponding column will be selected and it will turn blue. For example, click the number “06” on the first row, you can see the column turn blue. That means the camera will alarm when motion/sound is detected between 6 and 7 o’clock every day.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Figure 3.47 If you want to select discrete area, you click the left button on the box of time range. It will turn blue. If you want to delete it, just click the left button and it will turn grey. Figure 3.48 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 3.15 Upgrade Device Firmware When you upgrade the camera, please upgrade system firmware first and then upgrade the Web UI. Upgrade system firmware. Upgrade Web UI. Figure 3.49 Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click Submit to upgrade. Don’t shut down the power during upgrade until the IP camera tool finds the camera again.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Enter the User name and password. Figure 3.51 CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading. Please don’t upgrade the firmware unnecessarily. Your camera may be damaged if misconfigured during an upgrade. NOTE: 1) 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.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Click Submit to store parameters. Load the parameters bin file. Figure 3.52 3.17 Restore Factory Settings All parameters will return to factory settings if selected. 1 2 Figure 3.53 3.18 Reboot Device Click Reboot Device to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 3.19 Log The log record shows who accessed the camera and when. (Figure 3.54). Figure 3.54 3.20 Back This will take you back to the surveillance window. 4 Appendix 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions NOTE: Always verify network connections are working by checking the status of the indicators Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com on the network server, hub and network card. 4.1.1 I have forgotten the administrator username and/or password To reset the administrator username and password, press and hold down the RESET BUTTON for 10 seconds. Upon releasing the reset button, the username and password will return to the factory default administrator username and password. Please power on the camera before reset Default administrator username: admin Default administrator password: No password 4.1.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins Figure 4.1 If you allow the ActiveX to run, but still can not see living video and a red cross in the centre of the video. Please select another port number. Don’t use port 80, use port 85, 8005.etc. Change another port number. Figure 4.2 NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or ActiveX. If you cannot see live video, try shutting down the firewall or anti-virus software and try again.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 4.1.4 Can’t access IP camera on internet Possible reasons why camera is not accessible on the internet: 1) ActiveX controller is not installed correctly 2) The port which the camera uses is blocked by a Firewall or Anti-virus software. Try changing to another port number. (Figure 4.2) 3) Port forwarding is not successful (Figure 3.30) Double check these settings and make sure they are correct. 4.1.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 4.1.9 I can’t find multi-device settings and record icon Record and multi-device functionality are controlled by the ActiveX controller. These functions are not available in Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. 4.1.10 Camera cannot connect using wireless If your camera cannot connect wireless after you set the wireless settings, unplug / plug the power cable. (for more details: Wireless LAN settings in Chapter 3.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com 4.3 Specifications ITEMS Image Sensor Image Sensor Display Resolution Lens Mini. Illumination Lens Lens Type Viewing Angle Video Image Compression Image Frame Rate Resolution Light Frequency Video Parameters Audio Input Output Audio Compression Communicatio Ethernet n Supported Protocol Wireless Standard Data Rate Power Environment PC Requirements Wireless Security Infrared Light Dimension Gross Weight Net Weight Power Supply Power Consumption Operate Temper.
www.foscam.com ww.foscam.com Certification Supported OS Microsoft Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ Windows7- 32bit/ Windows7- 64bit/ Windows8-32bit/Windows8- 64bit/ mac Browser IE 6.0, IE7.0, IE8.0,IE9.0, Firefox2.0,Firefox3.0, Google Chrome, Safari or other standard browsers CE,FCC 5 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.
