User Manual Outdoor HD IP Camera Model: FI9804W Model: FI9805W Model: FI9805E
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www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Table of Contents Table of Contents.................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1 Overviews............................................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 Key Features...............................................................................
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www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 1 Overviews FOSCAM Outdoor 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 from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet. FI9803P, FI9803EP, FI9903P, FI9804W, FI9805W and FI9805E support the industry-standard H.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet-FI9805E,FI9803EP) 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 1.5 Physical Description 1.5.1 Front Panel Front Panel for FI9804W/FI9805W/FI9805E 1 2 3 4 Figure 1.1 1 WIFI Antenna: Wireless Antenna (FI9804W, FI9805W) 2 Infrared LED: 12 IR LEDs (FI9804W), 36 IR LEDs (FI9805W, FI9805E) 3 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 4 Induction IC Front Panel for FI9803EP/FI9803P 1 2 3 4 Figure 1.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Front Panel for FI9903P 1 2 3 Figure 1.3 1 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 2 Infrared Lamp Array 3 Induction IC 1.5.2 Interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 1.4 1 I/O alarm terminal block This network camera provides a I/O alarm terminal block which is used to connect to external input / output device. The pin(there are four number in the terminal block from no. 1 to no. 4) definitions are as follows: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 1– input 2- input 3- output 4- output Figure 1.5 This camera supports I/O alarm, you can go to Settings-Alarm - I/O page to configure it. NOTE: Only FI9805E has this section . 2 LAN 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 1.5.3 Bottom View There are up to 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, it may be a clone. Cloned Foscam cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for warranty or technical services. 1.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 2 Accessing the Network Camera This chapter explains how to access the network camera through web browsers and RTSP players. 2.1 Access the Camera in LAN This camera support HTTP and HTTPS protocols, so here will allow you to use HTTP and HTTPS port No. (1) Http:// LAN IP + Http Port No. Double click the IP Camera Tool icon and it should find the camera’s IP address automatically after you plug in the network cable. Figure 2.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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. 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Modify the Http Port. Enter the Username and password, click OK . Figure 2.5 Step 2: Modify the Http Port and enter the username and password of the Administrator , and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. Also, the LAN IP address is now fixed at a static IP address of http://192.168.1.110:88.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com & Gaming menu. We would then click on the “Single Port Forwarding” sub-menu. Step 2: Create a new column using the LAN IP address & HTTP Port of the camera within the router as shown below, then push OK or Submit to save your settings: Fill the HTTP Port of the camera in the columns of External Port and Internal Port. Example: 2000 Fill in this section with the LAN IP of the camera; we would enter “100” for our example. Assign a name for the port forward setting here .
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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. Figure 2.9 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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. Figure 2.11 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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. 2.4 IP camera connection to the server Device supports ONVIF 2.2.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 change the password at first using and prevent unauthorized users login the camera.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com modification. You will now use the new username and password to login the camera in the future. Figure 3.2 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. Figure 3.4 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com System Time: Select the time zone you need to set the date, time,format, etc. Figure 3.5 Wireless networks: Click “Scan”, find the SSID of your wireless router, select and enter the password. 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 3.7 NOTE: It needs about 1 minute to connect the camera to your router. 3.2 Surveillance Window 1 2 8 3 4 5 6 7 9 Figure 3.8 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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. Figure 3.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com The lowest resolution is QVGA. 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 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 3------Left control button, 4------Right control button, Click this button and go to center Section5 Cruise settings ( only F9805E have this section) If via RS485 interface to connect an external PT device, you can use this feature. 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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. Schedule: Select it and the IR led light will be off at the schedule period. If you want to define or change the IR led lights schedule time, please go to Settings→Video→IR LED Schedule page. Section7 Image quality settings In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 3.11 Keep ration: Select it and the camera will adjust the size of live window based on the computer monitor automatically.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 3.13 NOTES: 1 This camera don’t support Pan/Tilt function, so here cann’t 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.co m www.foscam.com 4 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Setup Wizard The way to set it,you could refer to section 3.1. Figure 4.1 4.2 Device Status Device Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera. 4.2.1 Device Information Figure 4.2 Camera Model: The model of the device.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 4.2.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 4.5 Reboot the camera and clear the log records. 4.3 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your Camera Name, Camera Time, Mail, User Accounts and Multi-Device. 4.3.1 Camera Name Default alias is anonymous. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Save to save your changes.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.7 Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the drop-down menu. Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera. Sync with PC: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with your computer. Manually: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Please select the date and time format.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Figure 4.9 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 4.10 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.11 Delete: Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. NOTE: The default administrator account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. 4.3.4 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 1 Click it, camera model, alias, host and HTTP Port will be filled in the following boxes automatically . 3 Click Add to take effect . 2 Enter the User name and password of the 2nd camera . Figure 4.12 Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to. Figure 4.13 Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.14 Figure 4.15 Add cameras in WAN If you want to view all cameras via the internet(remote computer), you will need to add them using DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed through the internet. (Read How to configure DDNS settings in chapter 4.4.4) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.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 4.16 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4.17 1----- The camera model: MJ or H264. 2----- The 2nd camera’s name Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 3----- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5---- Click Add button and to take effect NOTE: Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP. Figure 4.18 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. 4.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.19 Changing settings here is the same as using the IP Camera Tool. It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC. If you don’t know the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server, you can check your computer’s local area connection as follows: Control Panel--Network Connections--Local Area Connections --Choose Support--Details. Figure 4.20 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Set the same Subnet Mask and gateway of the camera with your PC . There are two DNS servers . You can set any of them . Same with gateway is also OK . Figure 4.21 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.4.2 Wireless Settings( FI9803P,FI9804W,FI9805W) 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 4.22 Step 2: Click the SSID (name of your router) in the list, the corresponding information related to your network, such as the name and the encryption, will be filled into the relevant fields automatically. You will only need to fill in the password of your network.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.25 Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname cp4911.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 8000 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http://cp4911.myfoscam.org:8000 Restore DDNS to factory: If you have configured Third Party DDNS successfully, but you want to use Manufacturer’s DDNS again , here click this button and start Manufacturer’s DDNS Service.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Please register an account step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email. Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name. Figure 4.27 Figure 4.28 Please create the domain name step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.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 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.
www.foscam.co m www.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. 2000for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// ycxgwp.no-ip.info:2000 4.4.5 UPnP Figure 4.30 The default UPnP status is closed. You can enable UPnP, then the camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.32 Another way to change the HTTP port no. Step 1: Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you would like to change the port of, right click on the IP address, and click on ”Network Configuration”, this brings up the network configuration box as shown in Figure 4.34 and 4.35. Select which camera you’d like to change the port for, and right click . Figure 4.33 Modify the Http Port . Enter the Username and password, click OK. Figure 4.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com password), and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. In our example it was changed to 2000, so we see http://192.168.8.102:2000 in IP Camera Tool. Also, the LAN IP address is now fixed at a static IP address of http://192.168.8.102:2000. This IP address will not change even if the camera is powered off and back on, the camera will remain on this LAN IP address.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 5 1 2 6 3 4 Figure 4.36 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. If you use Gmail, Transport Layer Security must be set to TLS or STARTTLS and SMTP Port must be set to 465 or 25 or 587, which port you choose should be decided by which Transport Layer Security you select.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Test result . Figure 4.37 If the test success, you can see the Success behind the Test, at the same time the receivers will receive a test mail. 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.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.38 Figure 4.39 FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure 4.40. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure 4.41. 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 4.4.9 P2P (FI9803P/FI9803EP/FI9903P) Access the camera by smart phone (Android or iOS operating system) First of all, you need to open the P2P function of the camera at “Settings-->Network-->P2P.” Figure 4.40 Search and install Foscam Viewer on Google Play and App Store for for Android and iOS devices. If you want to know more details of the iOS APP or Android APP, see the iOS App User Manual or Android App User Manual. 4.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.41 Stream type: There are four types to identify different streams you have set. Resolution: The camera supports multiple types, For example: 960P, 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. (Different models support different specific types. ) Bit rate: Generally speaking, the larger the bit rate is, the clearer video will become.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.42 Display Timestamp: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the system date on the video. Display Camera Name: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the device name on the video. 4.5.3 Privacy Zone This page is used to add privacy zone on the video.(FI9803P does not support PPPoE connection.) Figure 4.43 There are two options: Yes or NO.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com The privacy zone Figure 4.44 Click OK button and return to the Privacy Zone page, click Save to take effect. Back to the surveillance window, you can see the privacy area as the following picture: Figure 4.45 4.5.4 Snapshot Settings On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’ image quality and the storage path. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.46 Image Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer. Alarm Pictures Save Path: FTP. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap pictures to the FTP automatically. Enable timing to capture To enable capture interval, follow the steps below: 1 Select Enable timing to capture 2 Capture interval:The interval time between two captures.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.47 4.5.6 Lens Distortion Correction On this page you can set the distortion correction. There are three options: Low, Medium, High. Figure 4.48 If you replace the lens, the image has found distortion, uneven and so on, you can modify the Select The Distortion Correction Parameter to calibration images. 4.6 Alarm 4.6.1 Motion Detection IP Camera supports Motion Detection Alarm, when the motion has been detected, it will send emails or upload images to FTP.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.49 To enable motion detection, follow the steps below: 1 Enable Motion detection 2 Sensitivity---- It supports three modes: Low, Middle and High. The higher the sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity. 3 Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detections. Here supports 5s/6s/7s/8s/9s/10s/11s/12s/13s/14s/15s. Select one interval time.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com B Send E-mail If you want to receive alarm emails when motion is detected, you must select Send E-mail and set Mail Settings first. C Take Snapshot If you select this checkbox, when the motion has been detected, the camera will snap the live view window as a still picture and load it to the FTP. Make sure you have set FTP and set FTP as the storage path in Video->Snapshot settings panel. Time interval: The interval time between two pictures.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Click this button and select all time range . Figure 4.52 ② Specify an alarm schedule Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected. For example, click TUE, the all column of TUE turns to red, that means during Tuesday whole day, when something moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm. Figure 4.53 ③ Press the left mouse and drag it on the time boxes, you can select the serial area, Figure 4.54 7 Click Save button to take effect.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com the camera will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm indicators. NOTE: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. 4.6.2 IO Alarm(only FI9805E) This IP camera provides a IO alarm terminal block which is used to connect to external input / output device.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.56 Setting IO alarm On the IO page, Enable the I/O alarm, select the “Send E-mail”and ”Snapshot” before you have configured the mail and FTP. Click this button and select all time range. Figure 4.57 If an IO alarm is triggered and IO alarm output device will always alarm (sound alarm is issued a warning sound, alarm lights in flash etc.). Click "Clear IO alarm output" , the alarm output device will stop alarming.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.58 Note: motion detection alarm can also be triggered IO alarm output. Figure 4.59 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 4.7 Record 4.7.1 Storage Location Figure 4.60 Recording Location : SD card or FTP. Make sure the camera has been inserted the SD card. On this page, you can see the available space of the SD card. (only FI9803EP support SD card.) Local Recording Location: For Windows OS, the manual recording path is C:/ IPCamRecord, you can change another one. For MAC OS, the manual recording path is: / IPCamRecord. 4.7.2 Alarm Record Figure 4.61 4.7.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.62 4.7.4 Schedule Recording When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. Figure 4.63 Figure 4.64 When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording.(only FI9803EP support SD card). Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.65 Figure 4.66 Record frame: There are six frame selections, such as 1/30, 4/30, 8/30, 15/30, 24/30, 30/30. Recommended default is 4/30. The greater the Frame rate is, the sharper picture quality is, and the greater of storage space is, the shorter the storage time is. Record full strategy: When the SD card is full, you can choose to cover the previous recording, or stop recording. Audio Record: You can choose "yes" or "no".
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 4.7.5 SD Card Management FI9803EP supports SD Card. When you plug in the SD card during the camera work process, please reboot the camera again, or else the SD Card may be cannot work well. Go to the SettingsStatusDevice Status page, you can see the SD card status. Figure 4.67 The default storage path of alarm record files is SD card, when the available size of SD card is less than 256M, the old record files will be deleted automatically. 4.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 4.8.2 RS485 Configuration This camera supports the standard 485 cradle head protocol (PELCO-D and PELCO-P). Please configure the RS485 protocol corresponding information first, or else the cradle head may cannot work. Figure 4.69 4.9 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.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 4.10 System In this panel, you can back up/restore your camera settings, upgrade the firmware to the latest version, restore the camera to default settings and reboot the device. 4.10.1 Back-up& Restore 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 4.71 4.10.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 4.72 Your current firmware version will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the Status Device Information page to check for the latest firmware versions available. Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click System upgrade. Don’t shut down the power during upgrading. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result. Figure 4.73 Upgrade Firmware by IP Camera Tool Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 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 4.74 Figure 4.75 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 mis-configured during an upgrade.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 5) Never shut down the power of the camera during upgrade until the IP camera restart and get connected. 6) After upgrade successfully, please clear the cache of browser, uninstall the old plugin and re-install it, then reset the camera to the default factory settings before using the camera. 4.10.3 Patch Installation Click "Browse" to select the correct patch file, and then click "Install Patch" to install the patch. Do not turn off the power during it installing.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 5 Playback(Only FI9803EP) On this page you can view the record files stored in the SD card. Section 1 Define the Record files time and Type : The storage path of record files : Here supports three types: current day, current month and All records. Another way, select the time on the time&date manually. : The type of records files, Here supports two typs: Normal record, Alarm record and All records.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com On this panel you can see all record files satisfy the conditions you set. Section 3 Play/Stop/Audio/Full screen buttons Please select one record file before use these buttons. Click this button to play the record files Click this button to stop the record files Open or stop audio Click this button to make full screen, and double click left mouse to exit full screen. NOTE：FI9818W does not support this function. 6 Appendix 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions 6.1.
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www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 6.6 6.1.2 Uninstall the ActiveX of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
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www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 6.9 6.1.3 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 6.1.4 Subnet doesn’t match Check whether your ip camera in the same subnet of your computer.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com browser--Tool--Internet Proper--Security--Custom Level--ActiveX control and Plug-ins. Three options of front should be set to be “Enable”, The ActiveX programs read by the computer will be stored. As follows: Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins Figure 6.10 If you allow the ActiveX running, but still could not see living video.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 3 Port forwarding is not successful. Check these settings and make sure they are correct. 6.1.8 UPnP always failed UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it may be failed to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software. It also has much relation with router’s security settings. So we recommend you do port forwarding manually.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Remove the plug-in on Safari If you need to remove the plug-in from Safari, please open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go ---> Go to Folder Copy then paste the following: Library/Internet Plug-Ins Click Go then move to the Internet Plug-Ins. Find the fsIPCam.bundle file, and delete it. Camera will prompt you to install the latest one when next logging. Figure 6.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Figure 6.14 Remove the plug-in from Firefox If you need to remove the plug-in from Firefox, please open a new tab. Click the Firefox icon on the top right, then go to Add-ons. Find the npIpcam 2.0.1.x, and click the Remove button to delete it. Please follow a restart to take the change effect. Camera will prompt you to install the latest one when next logging. Figure 6.15 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 6.2 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 6.3 Specification ITEMS Image Sensor Lens FI9803P Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Display Resolution 1.0 Megapixels Min. Illumination 0 Lux (With IR Illuminator) Lens Type Glass Lens focal length f:2.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com System Requirements Other Features Power Physical Browser Microsoft IE6 and above version or compatible browser; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; Apple Safari. Motion Detection Alarm via E-Mail, upload alarm snapshot to FTP User Accounts Three levels user role Firewall Supports IP Filtering Reset Reset button is available Power Supply DC 12V/1.0A Power Consumption 4.2 Watts (Max.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com System Requirements Other Features Power Physical Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Vista, 7; Mac OS Browser Microsoft IE6 and above version or compatible browser; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; Apple Safari.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com 30m Ethernet One 10/100Mbps RJ45 port Remote Access P2P DDNS Network Protocol IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, DHCP, DDNS, UPnP, RTSP, ONVIF Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Vista, 7,8; Mac OS Browser Microsoft IE6 and above version or compatible browser; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; Apple Safari.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Audio Flip image flip and mirror Infrared mode Automatic or manual Night visibility 12pcs IR-LEDs, night vision range up to 20 metres Input/Output External standard 3.5mm interface for two-way audio Audio Compression PCM/G.726 Ethernet One 10/100Mbps RJ45 port Wireless Standard IEEE802.11b/g/n Data Rate IEEE802.11b: 11Mbps(Max.); IEEE802.11g: 54Mbps(Max.); IEEE802.11n: 150Mbps(Max.).
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Audio Video Video Network Alarm Hardware Interface Input/Output Linear Input/Output, which can realize two-way voice the intercom Image Compression H.264 Image Frame Rate 25fps(50Hz), 30fps(60Hz),Down adjustable Resolution 960p(1280 x 960), 720p(1280 x 720), VGA(640 x 480) View H.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Specification Image Sensor Lens Audio Video Network Alarm Image Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Lens f : 4mm Mini. Illumination 0 Lux (With IR Illuminator) Lens Type Glass Lens IR_CUT Filter can switch automatically Input/Output Linear Input/Output, which can realize two-way voice the intercom Image Compression H.264 Image Frame Rate 25fps(50Hz), 30fps(60Hz),Down adjustable Resolution 960p(1280 x 960),720p(1280 x 720),VGA(640 x 480), View H.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Gross Weight 1150g CPU 2.0GHZ or above (suggested 3.0GHz) Memory Size 256MB or above (suggested 1.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. 6.5 WARRANTY ShenZhen FOSCAM Intelligent Technology Limited.("FOSCAM") values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com accessories included such as power adapters, brackets, cables, manuals, and driver CD disks. Write your RMA number and the return reason (the problem of the product) on the warranty card along with the complete package to send them back. Replacement Services If customers ask for replacement service, please contact point-of-purchase and follow their policy. Our technicians will inspect all items returned for replacement requests.
www.foscam.co m www.foscam.com Repair Service Out Of Warranty FOSCAM provide extra repair service for product that out of warranty, it is chargeable. The total fee contains device cost and service fee. Device cost (including accessories) is the standard uniform price provide by FOSCAM. Different region may have different service fee, please contact the point-of-purchase to confirm that before you ask for this service.
