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CONTENTS 1 WELCOME ........................................................................................................................................................... - 1 1.1 Features ......................................................................................................................................................... - 1 1.2 Packing List..................................................................................................................................................
IPCAM User Manual 4 APPENDIX.......................................................................................................................................................... - 34 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................................................................ - 34 4.2 Default Parameters ...................................................................................................................................... - 37 4.
IPCAM User Manual 1.2 Packing List Untie the pack and check the items contained against the following list: ● IPCAM×1 ● Wi-Fi Antenna×1 (only available for wireless model) ● DC Power Supply×1 ● Quick Installation Guide×1 ● CD×1（Include IPCAM user manual、IP camera tool） ● Network Cable×1 ● Mounting bracket×1(option) NOTE: Please Contact us immediately in the case of any damaged or short of contents. 1.3 Product views 1.3.1 Front View Figure 1.
IPCAM User Manual 1.3.2 Back View Figure 1.2 LAN: RJ-45/10-100 Base T Power: DC 5V/2A Power supply Network Light: The LED will blink when plug the power Power Light: If the power adapter works well, the light will turn on Audio Input: The jack is used to plug external microphone Audio Output: The jack is used to plug external speaker 1.4 Preparations before use 1.4.1 Software installation (1) Put the small CD in the CD driver of your computer.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 1.4 Figure 1.5 The computer restarts upon installation completion and an icon appears on the desktop automatically. NOTE: If you use Windows7 and could not find the icon on desktop after install the IP camera tool, please check if the path of the camera port to is correct. For example, as it was pointing to C:\Windows\System32\IPCamera.exe. Please fix this by pointing the shortcut to the correct path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IPCamera.exe.
IPCAM User Manual CAUTION: Before installing and using the product, please read the following precautions carefully and make sure they are fully understood. Use only the power adapter attached with the product. Use unauthorized power adapter may cause damage to your IP Camera. IP Camera terminal shall be installed in an indoor environment where the rain or snow could not pour it. 1.4.2 Hardware preparation Follow the steps below to set up your camera hardware connections.
IPCAM User Manual total number is displayed in the result field as shown in Figure 2.1. (3) The IP Cameras installed within LAN do not share the same subnet with the monitoring PC. A prompt as shown in result field (prompt: Subnet doesn’t match, dbclick to change!). Click the left mouse button to choose the prompt and click the right mouse, choose Network Configuration to set the IP address of the Camera to the same subnet as LAN. (Figure 2.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.3 z Network Configuration In this page, you can configure the Network parameters. Figure 2.4 Obtain IP from DHCP server: If checked, the device will obtain IP from DHCP server. In other words, the camera will have a dynamic IP. (Make sure the Router which the camera connects has DHCP function and DHCP is enabled). Figure 2.5 www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual IP Address: Fill in the IP address assigned and make sure it is in the same subnet as your computer or router. (I.e. the first three sections are the same) Subnet Mask: The default subnet mask of the equipment in our LAN is: 255.255.255.0.You can find the subnet mask in the basic information of your router or the locally-attached of your PC. Gateway: Make sure it is in the same subnet with PC’s IP address. Here gateway is your router’s LAN IP.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.6 z Refresh Camera List Refresh camera list manually. z Flush Arp Buffer When wired and wireless of the camera both are fixed IP address. There is a problem you may encounter is can search the camera IP but can’t open the camera webpage. You may try to use flush Arp buffer. z About IP Camera Tool Choose here and you can see the version of the IP Camera Tool. 2.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.8 The default user is admin, no password. There are two modes to login. If you use IE browser, please choose activeX mode to login. If you use Firefox or Google chrome, please choose server push mode to login. (Figure 2.9) Figure 2.9 For IE browser Fill in user name and choose the first login. www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.10 The first time you login the UI. You will meet activeX prompt like the picture above. (Figure 2.10) Please click right button on the information and choose Run Add-on. Figure 2.11 You will see the picture below (Figure 2.12). Click Run and it will return to the login interface. Fill in the user name and choose login again. You will see living video. (Figure 2.13) www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.12 Figure 2.13 NOTE: If you could not view living video after run the activeX. Only a red cross in the center of the video or just a black screen. Please change another port number to try. Don’t use port 80.Use port 85, 8005 or 8100 to try. Make sure that firewall or antivirus software on your computer does not block the activeX. If you could not run the activeX as the way above, please shut down the firewall or antivirus to try again.
IPCAM User Manual After you enter user name, you will see Device Status of the camera. Figure 2.14 Click Live Video, you will see living video. Figure 2.15 2.3 Device Status For IE browser If the camera is well connected. The light of the device status will show green. Or it will show yellow. If it shows yellow, please check if the activeX is enabled or change another port number to try again. www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.16 If you want to view device information. Choose For Administrator and then click Device info. Figure 2.17 For Firefox, Google chrome and safari When you login the UI. You will see Device Status which is same like Device Info in IE browser. (Figure 2.14) 2.4 For Visitor For IE browser www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.18 Multi-device window: The firmware inside the camera supports max 9 cameras monitoring at the same time. You can add the other cameras in multi-device settings. OSD: OSD is used to add timestamp on the video. There are five colors for the characters. Add timestamp on record: If you want to add timestamp on record, choose the checkbox. Audio buffer: The time of audio buffer. Unit is second.
IPCAM User Manual If you click here , the camera will horizontally&vertically then stop at the center rotate and Ture off IR light Turn on IR light Prepoint set Figure 2.19 : Click this icon; camera will rotate up and down. Click : Click this icon; camera will rotate left and right. Click : Click this icon, all the IR lights will turn on. Click to stop. to stop. to turn off them. Flip & Mirror: You can choose flip or mirror if you set up the camera in a special position. Mode: There are three modes.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.20 2.6 For Administrator For IE browser Click For Administrator. You will see the Device Status. It contains device ID, firmware version of the camera and other status of the camera. Figure 2.21 For Firefox, Google chrome and safari Click Device Management and you will enter the settings page for administrator. www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 2.22 We can see the difference from Figure 2.21 and Figure 2.22. Figure 2.21 has the three following options that Figure 2.22 does not have. Device Info: In fact. Click Device Status when you use Firefox or Google browser. You will see the same information with Figure 2.21. Multi-Device Settings: The function is controlled by the activeX, so if you use Firefox or Google browser. It is impossible to use this function. Back: In Firefox or Google browser.
IPCAM User Manual 3.2 Date & Time Settings Choose clock timezone of your country. You can choose Sync with NTP Server (Figure 3.1) or Sync with PC Time. (Figure 3.2) Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2 3.3 User Settings You can set permission for visitor, operator and administrator. Click Submit after finish these settings. The camera will reboot. Figure 3.3 Here you can set record path and alarm record path for the camera. Click Browse and choose www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual path for them. Record path will store the recording file when record manually. (Click record icon to record. Figure 2.18) Alarm record path will store the recording file when motion trigger. (Set motion alarm first. (Figure 3.23) The both default path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents. NOTE: In Windows7 or Vista, if you could not change the record path. Please set as below: Windows7 or Vista's security level is higher than Windows XP/2000.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 3.5 Choose For Visitor and then click four windows. You will see all the four cameras you add. Figure 3.6 www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 3.7 3.4.2 Add cameras in WAN If you want to view all cameras in internet. (remote computer) You need add them use DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you will add can be accessed in internet. (View How to set DDNS settings in Quick Installation Guide) Login the first camera use DDNS domain name and port. Figure 3.8 If you have several cameras, you can use the same DDNS domain name; only need set different port number for each camera.
IPCAM User Manual domain name, port number. Enter user name and password and then choose Add. (Figure 3.8) NOTE: Here Host must be filled in the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP. Figure 3.9 Add the other cameras in the same way. Click Submit after add all of them. Figure 3.10 Go back to video window. You will see all of the cameras in internet. When you out of town, you can use the first camera’s DDNS domain name and port to view all the cameras via internet. www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 3.11 3.5 Basic Network Settings If you want to set a static IP for the camera, you need set Basic Network Settings. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer. Figure 3.12 It is the same result if set these settings in IP Camera Tool. (Figure 2.5) If you don’t know subnet mask, gateway and DNS server. You can check your computer’s local area connection. It contains all the information.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 3.13 Figure 3.14 If you don’t know DNS server, you can set it the same with gateway. 3.6 Wireless LAN Settings Please view How to set Wireless LAN Settings in Quick Installation Guide. www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual 3.7 ADSL Settings Figure 3.15 When connected to the Internet through ADSL directly, you can enter the ADSL username and password obtained from ISP. Figure 3.16 3.8 UPnP Settings Choose Using UPnP to MAP Port and then click Submit. Figure 3.17 Here the software inside the camera for UPnP only contains port forwarding now. It also has much relation with security settings of your router, sometimes, it may show error information.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 3.18 Make sure your mailbox for sender support SMTP. The mailbox should not enable SSL or TSL encryption too. Here you can fill in four receivers to receive images. SMTP port usually is 25, some SMTP server have its own port, such as 587 or 80. NOTE: Please click Submit first before choose Test. You will see the test result after click Test. Figure 3.19 If it prompts these following errors when you click Test. Please check whether the information you filled in are incorrect.
IPCAM User Manual 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 Report Internet IP by Mail—If choose it, you will receive emails which contain internet IP. When camera power on or Internet IP changed, it will send the internet IP by mail.
IPCAM User Manual Click Submit after these settings. Then click Test. You will see the following picture. Figure 3.22 If it prompts error information as follows. 1) Can not connect to the server. Please check FTP Server is correct or not. 2) Network Error. Please try later. 3) Server Error. 4) Incorrect user or password. Please check the username and password is correct or not. 5) Can not access the folder. Please be sure the folder exists and your account is authorized 6) Error in PASV mode.
IPCAM User Manual Motion trigger Figure 3.24 If motion trigger after you enable Motion Detect Armed. Alarm Status will turn to Motion Detect Alarm. There are five representation of alarm. 1) The light turns red when motion trigger. Figure 3.25 2) Plug an earphone or a speaker in the computer; you can hear beep sound when the light turns red. 3) The camera will record automatically It will recording for one minute after motion trigger.
IPCAM User Manual If you want upload images to FTP server when motion trigger. You need set FTP Service Settings first. (Figure 3.20/3.21) Then set motion alarm as below picture. Choose it You can set a interval for uploading images Figure 3.27 There are two ways to alarm. 1) Alarm at any time when motion trigger. Don’t choose Scheduler. The camera will alarm at any time when motion trigger. 2) Plan to alarm. If you want the camera alarm during the time you set.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 3.29 3.14 Upgrade Device Firmware When you upgrade the camera, please upgrade system firmware first and then upgrade Web UI. Figure 3.30 NOTE: After you upgrade the system firmware, you will not view the camera in browser before you upgrade Web UI. Make sure IP camera tool on your computer could find your camera’s IP before you choose upgrade in browser. For Web UI only can be upgraded by IP camera tool after upgrade system firmware.
IPCAM User Manual 3.16 Restore Factory Settings If you choose restore factory setting. All parameters will return to factory settings. Figure 3.32 3.17 Reboot Device Here click reboot device is the same as plug the power and re-plug it. 3.18 Log Here log record that who access the camera. Figure 3.33 3.19 Back Here if you choose back, you will go back to video window. www.foscam.
IPCAM User Manual 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 I have forgotten the administrator username and/or password To reset the administrator username and password, Press and hold down the RESET BUTTON for 30 seconds.
IPCAM User Manual Figure 4.1 If you allow the activeX running, but still could not see living video, only a red cross in the center of the video. There is a yellow light in the device status. Not green. Please change another port number to try. Don’t use port 80, use port 85, 8005.etc. Figure 4.2 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.
IPCAM User Manual 2 The port which camera used is blocked by Firewall or Anti-virus software. Please change another port number and try again. (Figure 4.2) 3 Port forwarding is not successful (see more details in Quick Installation Guide—How to set DDN Service settings) Double check these settings and make sure they are correct. 4.1.5 IP Camera Tool could not find camera’s IP Please check if the camera works well. Check if network cable is loose or not.
IPCAM User Manual 4.1.10 Camera can not connect wireless If your camera could not connect wireless after you set wireless settings and plug out the cable. Please check whether your settings are correct or not. (details: Wireless LAN settings in Quick Installation Guide) Normally, camera can’t connect wireless mainly because of wrong settings. Make sure broadcast your SSID; use the same encryption for router and camera. Share key should not contain special characters, only word and number will be better.
IPCAM User Manual Video Communication Power Environment PC Requirements Certification Warranty Image Compression MJPEG Image Frame Rate 15fps(VGA),30fps(QVGA) Resolution 640 x 480(VGA), 320 x 240(QVGA) Flip Mirror Images Vertical / Horizontal Light Frequency 50Hz, 60Hz or Outdoor Video Parameters Brightness, Contrast Ethernet One 10/100Mbps RJ-45 Supported Protocol HTTP,FTP,TCP/IP,UDP,SMTP,DHCP,PPPoE,DDNS,UPnP,GPRS Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g Data Rate 802.11b: 11Mbps(Max.
IPCAM User Manual 6 changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment 7 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
IPCAM User Manual DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Declaration of Conformity Application of Council Directive(s): Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (1999/5/EC)， Federal Communications Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Standard(s) to which Conformity is Declared: Manufacturer’s Name : .... ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd..........................
