Operation Manual

WWW.FOSCAM.COM FI9820W User Manual
if configured wrong during the upgrade. If your camera works well with the current firmware, we
recommend not upgrading.
NOTE: 1 If you download the firmware, please check if bytes of the two .bin file are exactly the
same with the size in readme. If it fits, you can upgrade it. If not, please download the firmware
again until the bytes are exactly the same with the official size. Otherwise, your camera will crash
by the firmware which you selected.
Figure 2.6
2 You can not upgrade the software by IP Camera Tool for H.264 series, you can only upgrade
the firmware form the browser.
z Refresh Camera List
Refresh camera list manually.
z Flush Arp Buffer
When both wired and wireless network interfaces of the camera have a fixed IP address, you
may encounter an issue with not being able to open the camera webpage. Flushing the Arp
buffer may help.
z About IP Camera Tool
Display the version of the IP Camera Tool.
2.2 Camera Login
You can access the camera through the IP Camera Tool or IE, Firefox, Google Chrome,
Safari or other stand browser directly.
1) Double click the IP address of the IP Camera listed (Figure 2.1).The browser you use will be
opened automatically and display the following page. (Figure 2.8)
2) You can also access the camera by IE browser directly by typing in the camera’s IP address
(Figure 2.7). For example:
Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
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