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www.foscam.us Table of Contents Security Warning.......................................................................................................................................3 1 Overviews................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Key Features........................................................................................................................................................
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www.foscam.us Security Warning Safeguarding Your Privacy Foscam cameras require good security practices to safeguard your privacy. You can help protect your camera by changing the default username and/or password. Input a username and/or password that is at least 8 – 10 characters or longer. Try to use a combination of lower-case and upper-case letters as well as numbers and special characters. The more complex the username and password, the harder it will be to guess by an unauthorized user.
www.foscam.us The IPCAM is based on the TCP/IP standard. There is a WEB server inside which could support Internet Explore. Therefore the management and maintenance of your device is simplified by using the network to achieve the remote configuration, start-up and to upgrade the firmware. Controlling the IPCAM and managing images is simplified by using the provided web interface across the network utilising either wired or wireless connectivity.
www.foscam.us ● Providing Phone APPs for Android and iPhone users ● 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.us 1 Speaker: Built-in speaker 2 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 3 Infrared LED: 11 IR LEDs 4 Microphone: Built-in microphone 5 WIFI Antenna: Wireless Antenna Back View Figure 1.
www.foscam.us Mounting Port Port for mounting bracket. Reset button 1) Press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 10 seconds. when released the IP camera will be reset back to factory default settings. You must power on the camera before reset. 2) Press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 4 seconds, then press the WPS button on the router, then you can use the WPS function. (For more details: please read Wireless Settings in the User Manual). 1.
www.foscam.us quick installation, you can take time to learn the operation of the software. 2.1 Login Window Figure 2.1 Section1 Select Language 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.
www.foscam.us Figure 2.2 Section 1 FOSCAM Website Link There is an access link to Foscam website homepage, if you need tech support you can contact Foscam directly. Section 2 ActiveX Mode If your PC is windows based OS, such as Windows XP, Windows7, Windows Vista and you are using IE-based browsers like IE6, IE7, IE8, please choose IE ActiveX Mode login mode.
www.foscam.us Server Push Mode. Section 4 Mobile Phone If you are using the Mobile to access the camera, here you need to select Mobile Phone login mode. Section 5 Note Note that when you login the camera, please select the corresponding login mode. 2.2 Surveillance Window Select the ActiveX mode and you will enter the surveillance window. 1 6 2 3 4 5 Figure 2.3 7 Section1 Device Name Default device name is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera as you like (Please go to chapter 3.
www.foscam.us 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). Figure 2.
www.foscam.us 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 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.
www.foscam.us 1) Preset----------Support 8 preset position, which is considered enough for DIY home & small business surveillance market 2) Set----------- Click Set to save the position you need the camera to remember 3) Go----------- Click Go to make the camera move the preset position 4) Number button from 1 to 8--------You can click the number button with preset position, and the camera will go to the preset position. How to do preset position? We can start preset settings from position 1.
www.foscam.us 7----Down -Left control button 8----Down-Right control button 9----Go to center : Click this icon; camera will rotate up and down. Click to stop. : Click this icon; camera will rotate left and right. Click : Click this icon, all the IR lights will turn on. Click to stop. to turn off them.
www.foscam.us captured by the camera’s built-in microphone. You may need to plug in earphones or enable the computer speakers to hear from the camera’s microphone. Onscreen Mouse Control Double click right mouse on the surveillance window, then left click on the screen to indicate the camera move direction you prefer, press the left mouse and the camera’ Len will move to the corresponding direction.. Double click right mouse again, cancel onscreen mouse control.
www.foscam.us Figure 2.5 NOTE： Record and multi-device function are controlled by ActiveX controller, therefore Firefox or Google Chrome, Safari browsers will not allow these functions.
www.foscam.us Figure 2.6 For the first time using audio, you need to download and install VLC plugin, Click Audio, and you can see the download website. Figure 2.7 During the installation, you must select Mozilla plugin as in Figure 2.8.
www.foscam.us Figure 2.8 3 Advanced Camera Settings Click the bar “Device Management”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings.
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www.foscam.us 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.
www.foscam.us 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.
www.foscam.us 3.4 User Settings Here you can create users and set permission levels, visitor, operator or administrator. Click Submit to save these settings. The camera will reboot. 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.
www.foscam.us 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. 3.5.1 Add cameras in LAN In Multi-Device Settings page, you can see all devices searched in LAN. The 1st Device is the default one. You can add more cameras in the list in LAN for monitoring.
www.foscam.us 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.
www.foscam.us 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.
www.foscam.us 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.us 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.
www.foscam.us 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.
www.foscam.us 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.us Figure 3.15 Figure 3.16 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway.
www.foscam.us network connection are working, the lamp will turn on and blink. 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.us router or check the locally-attached address of your computer. Your PC contains your PC’s IP address, gateway and DNS server. Normally, there are two DNS servers. Here you can also set the DNS server the same with gateway. 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.
www.foscam.us Click Scan Button to search WIFI device. Figure 3.19 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.
www.foscam.us restarted. Just wait for around 1 minute, the camera will get wireless connection, and the LAN IP of the camera will be showed again on the window of the IP Cam Tool. You have done wireless connection of the camera successfully. If the camera has a dynamic IP, after the wireless settings, the IP will be changed. Note: If fail to make WiFi connection, please refer to seller or us for help. 3.7.
www.foscam.us 3.7.3 Adhoc Mode Under this mode, the IPCAM will directly connect to a host in a peer_to_peer environment. Make sure the PC has plugged in the wireless network card. Step 01) Enable wireless and choose Adhoc mode. Fill in a SSID to identify the IPCAM and then set the security mode, you can choose none or others. Click Apply. 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.
www.foscam.us same subnet. Open the IP Camera Tool, you can search the camera LAN IP again. 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.
www.foscam.us The default UPnP status is closed. You can select the check box and open UPnP, then the 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.
www.foscam.us 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.org:88 Note: If you want to use the manufacturer’s domain name, please select None as the Third Party DDNS and enable the Manufacturer’s domain name, then click submit.
www.foscam.us 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 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.
www.foscam.us Party DDNS. 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.
www.foscam.us 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. 2 5 Figure 3.
www.foscam.us 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.us 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.us 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.
www.foscam.us 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.us 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. 7) Error in PORT mode.
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www.foscam.us 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.us 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 When you enable motion alarm, the camera will record automatically and store the recording file to the folder you configured. This icon is used to control whether the folder opens or not.
www.foscam.us 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. Figure 3.
www.foscam.us 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.us Figure 3.48 3.15 PT Settings You can set pan/tilt speed. Normally, PT speed is 3. The larger the setting number, the lower speed. Don’t enable the checkbox “disable preset” if you want to use the function of preset, it will be effective after you reboot device. Figure 3.
www.foscam.us Patrol rounds horizontal: Set the round between 1 and 10, then click Submit. Back to surveillance window. Click the Horizon patrol button, the camera will patrol the rounds horizontally you set and then stop if you don’t click Stop horizon patrol button. For example, you set 4 for the patrol rounds. Click submit and back to surveillance window. Click the Horizon patrol button and do not click the Stop horizon patrol button, the camera will patrol 4 rounds and then stop automatically.
www.foscam.us 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 3.51 Enter the User name and password. Figure 3.52 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.
www.foscam.us camera will not function correctly if a corrupt .bin file is used. 3) Normally, only Device WEB UI need to be upgrade, please do not try to upgrade the Device Firmware. 4) Never shut down the power of the camera during upgrade until the IP camera restart and get connected. 3.17 Backup & Restore Settings Click Submit to save all the parameters you have set. These parameters will be stored in a bin file for future use. The bin file can be reloaded to restore the parameters that were set.
www.foscam.us Figure 3.54 3.19 Reboot Device Click Reboot Device to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. 3.20 Log The log record shows who accessed the camera and when. (Figure 3.55).
www.foscam.us Figure 3.55 3.21 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 on the network server, hub and network card.
www.foscam.us 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.us ProperSecurityCustom LevelActiveX control and Plug-ins. The first 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: Initialise and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe 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 center of the video.
www.foscam.us 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. 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.
www.foscam.us forwarding automatically because of the firewall or anti-virus software. It may also be due to the router’s security settings. We recommend manually configuring port forwarding the camera can be viewed on the internet. 4.1.7 Couldn’t find the shortcut on the desktop after install IP camera tool If you use Windows7 or Vista and the shortcut is missing after installing the IP camera tool, check the path of IP Camera program. For example, if it was pointing to C:\Windows\System32\IPCamera.exe.
www.foscam.us 4.1.11 Can’t see other cameras listed in multi-device when using remote access If you want to view all the cameras via the WAN, verify that each camera added in the multi-device settings can be accessed by using the DDNS name and port number. Use the DDNS domain name not the camera’s LAN IP. (For more details see: How to add cameras in WAN) 4.1.
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www.foscam.us 5 Phone Apps FOSCAM provides iOS APP for iOS users, which helps to view and listen to your world anywhere...... anytime. Search and install Foscam Viewer on App Store or Google Play for Android or iOS devices. 6 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. Please contact support via e-mail at support@foscam.us.
