User Manual Model: FI9801W Outdoor HD Wireless IP Camera
www.foscam.com Table of Contents 1 Overviews .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Key Features .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Read Before Use ...............................................................................................................................
www.foscam.com 3.9.1 Back up& Restore settings............................................................................................................... 49 3.9.2 System upgrade ............................................................................................................................... 49 3.9.3 Factory Reset ................................................................................................................................... 51 3.9.4 Reboot System ........................
www.foscam.com 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,WPA and WPA2 Encryption Wi-Fi compliant with wireless standards IEEE 802.
www.foscam.com 1.4 Physical Description Front Panel 1 2 3 4 Figure 1.1 1 WIFI Antenna: Wireless Antenna 2 Infrared LED: 36 IR LEDs 3 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 4 Induction IC Interface 1 2 3 4 5 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 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/2A power.
www.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 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 2.1 Please check the login window above, it was divided to 5 sections from no. 1 to 5.
www.foscam.com Note: When the network bandwidth is badly you’d better select Sub Stream and the video will be more fluency. Section4 Select the language You can select the language you need via click on the language dropdown list to switch. Section5 Login the camera Click Login button and you will see the surveillance windows. Figure 2.2 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 2.2 Surveillance Window 1 6 2 3 4 5 Figure 2.3 Section1 7 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.
www.foscam.com Figure 2.4 Section3 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/2M, 1/VGA/25fps/2M, 2/VGA/ 15fps/ 1M and 3/ VGA/10fps/200 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.
www.foscam.com 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 3.4.1). 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.
www.foscam.com Section7 Play/Stop/ Talk/Audio/ Snap/ Record/ Full screen button 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. Click the icon again and stop talking.
www.foscam.com Onscreen Mouse Control Right click the mouse and you can adjust the screen ration, full screen and Zoom up. Figure 2.6 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 2.7), please select Keep ration to get a better visual quality (Figure2.3). Figure 2.7 Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen.
www.foscam.com 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 2.8 NOTE: 1 For this camera, it don’t have 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 3.1 Device Status Device Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera. 3.1.1 Device Information Figure 3.1 Device name: The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you identify it.
www.foscam.com 3.1.2 Device Status On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status, NTP/DDNS status, WIFI status and so on. Figure 3.2 3.1.3 Session status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now. Figure 3.3 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.1.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera and when. Click the page number and go to the corresponding page to see more logs Fill in one page number, click Go button and go to the corresponding page Figure 3.4 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.2 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your Camera Name, Camera Time, Mail, User Accounts and Multi-Device. 3.2.1 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. Figure 3.5 3.2.2 Camera Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera. Figure 3.
www.foscam.com time format. Click Save button to submit your settings. 3.2.3 Mail Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been detected, here Mail will need to be configured. 5 1 2 6 3 4 Figure 3.7 1----- SMTP Server/ Port /Transport Layer Security Enter 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.
www.foscam.com Test result Figure 3.8 If the test success, you can see the Success behind the Test, at the same time the receivers will receive a test mail. Figure 3.9 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 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 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 3.2.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.11 How to add account ? 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 3.12 Figure 3.13 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.2.5 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.
www.foscam.com Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. All MJPEG camera models will be named after FI89xx, and all H.264 camera models will be named after FI98xx. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to. Figure 3.15 Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Figure 3.16 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.17 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 3.3.3) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Use DDNS domain name and port to login Make sure each camera you need add could login with DDNS name and port Figure 3.
www.foscam.com 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) 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 3.19 1----- The camera model: FI89s or FI98s. 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.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.20 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. Figure 3.21 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.3 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, PPOE, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP and Port. 3.3.1 IP Configuration 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 3.22 Changing settings here is the same as using the IP Camera Tool. (Figure 3.23/3.24) It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.23 Figure 3.24 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.3.2 PPPOE If you are using a PPPoE connection, enable it and enter the User Name and Password for your PPPoE account. Figure 3.25 3.3.3 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 3.
www.foscam.com 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: ① Step 1, Go to the website www.no-ip.com to create a free hostname Firstly: Login on www.no-ip.com and click No-IP Free to register. Click here to register Figure 3.27 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.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.28 Figure 3.29 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, a user name and password you’ve got from www.no-ip.com Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.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.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.30 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 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.3.4 WiFi 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 3.31). Click the Scan button to search for wireless networks. Click the Page number to see other wireless networks devices if there are more than 10. Figure 3.
www.foscam.com 2 Enter the password of your router 1 Click the SSID of your router and the relevant information will be filled in the fields automatically. Figure 3.32 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.
www.foscam.com 3.3.5 UPnP Figure 3.33 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 3.30). 3.3.6 Port This camera supports HTTP Port and Media Port. The Media port is used to view the camera’s video stream, HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely.
www.foscam.com Select which camera you’d like to change the port for, and right click Figure 3.35 Modify the Http Port. Enter the Username and password, click OK. Figure 3.36 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.
www.foscam.com 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.4 Video This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot settings. 3.4.1 Settings Figure 3.37 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.
www.foscam.com 3.4.2 On Screen Display This page is used to add timestamp and device name on the video. Figure 3.38 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. The mask area Figure 3.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.40 3.4.3 Snapshot Settings On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’ image quality and the storage path. Figure 3.41 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3.5 Alarm IP Camera supports Motion Detection Alarm, when the motion has been detected, it will send emails or upload images to FTP. 1 7 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 3.42 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.
www.foscam.com There are three alarm indicators: A Ring 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.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.43 6 Alarm Schedule ① Alarm anytime when motion is detected 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 3.44 ② Specify an alarm schedule Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected.
www.foscam.com moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm. Figure 3.45 ③ Press the left mouse and drag it on the time boxes, you can select the serial area, Figure 3.46 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.
www.foscam.com 3.6 Record On this page you can change the manually recording storage path, the default storage path is C:\IPCamRecord. Figure 3.47 3.7 Path Settings If you want to upload record images to your FTP server,you can set FTP Settings. Figure 3.48 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.49 FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure 3.48. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure 3.49. 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.
www.foscam.com 3.8 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 3.50 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.
www.foscam.com 3.9 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. 3.9.1 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. Click Browse and select the parameters file you have stored, then click Submit to restore the restore the parameters. Figure 3.51 3.9.
www.foscam.com 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. Figure 3.53 Enter the User name and password Figure 3.54 CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading. Please don’t upgrade the firmware unnecessarily.
www.foscam.com 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 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.
www.foscam.com 4 APPENDIX 4.1 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. 4.1.1 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 the plugin Figure 4.
www.foscam.com Click Install Now Figure 4.2 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 cross in 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.
www.foscam.com . Figure 4.3 Download the plugin and drag it to the Extensions page of Google Chrome. Click Add button to install the plugin Figure 4.4 Click Add button to install the Plugins. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Click Add button to install the plugin Figure 4.5 Reboot the browser and re-login the camera, you will see the surveillance window. 4.1.3 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 4.1.
www.foscam.com 4.1.5 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.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.6 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. Figure4.7 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. 4.1.
www.foscam.com 4.2 Default Parameters 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 4.3 Specification Specification Image Sensor Audio Video Image Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Lens f : 4mm Mini. Illumination 0.
www.foscam.com POWER Interface Hardware Interface Audio Interface DC 12V/2.0A (EU,US,AU adapter or other types option, Power Consumption ﹤8 Watts Input/Output One audio input jack, One audio output jack. Reset Buttons One Reset Operate Temper 0°~ 55°C (32°F ~ 131°F) Operate Humidity 10% ~ 80% non-condensing Storage Temper -10°C ~ 60°(14°F ~ 140°F) Storage Humidity 0% ~ 90% non-condensing Dimension 177X87x76mm Net Weight 910g Gross Weight 1411g CPU 2.0GHZ or above (suggested 3.