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Model: FN3108XE-B4-1T / FN3108XE-B8-2T
Version:V1.1

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual Model: FN3108XE-B4-1T / FN3108XE-B8-2T Version:V1.1...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.3 Shortcut Menu...........................11 2.4 Menu..............................14 2.4.1 Adding Devices........................15 2.4.2 Playback..........................18 2.4.3 Schedule..........................20 2.4.4 Device Information........................21 2.4.5 Settings...........................24 2.4.6 System............................ 38 3 Web................................43 3.1 Instructions before Login.........................43 3.2 Login..............................43 3.3 Live Video............................46 3.4 Parameter Configuration......................... 49 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 3 3.4.4 System Management......................68 3.5 Playback............................72 4 Appendix............................... 75 4.1 HDD Capacity Calculation......................75 4.2 Common operations........................76 4.3 Specifications............................ 81 4.4 FAQ..............................84 4.5 Glossary............................. 86 4.6 CE & FCC............................87 4.7 WARRANTY............................88 4.8 Statement............................91 4.9 Obtaining Technical Support......................93 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 4: Security Warning

    NVR User Manual Security Warning Foscam cameras and NVRs require good security practices to safeguard your privacy. You should regularly change your camera or NVR password which is 8-10 numbers, letters, symbols combination. You should update your camera or NVR regularly.Make sure your camera or NVR has the latest firmware installed for your specific model and better experience.
  • Page 5: Preface

    Because the actual environment may be discrepant, the actual values of some data may be different from the values provided in the manual. If there are any question or dispute, the final interpretation of FOSCAM prevails. If you do not follow the manual during operation, you will bear any loss caused thereof.
  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    Please press power button to shut down the NVR instead cutting off the power directly to avoid to damaged the storage device. Do not take the device apart when it is operating(or connecting to power). Ensure power cable corresponds to the model of the NVR which produced by Foscam. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 7: Overview

    You can manual enable recording in the corresponding channel. Motion Detection Recording After the motion detection function is enabled and recording is selected, motion detection recording is enabled when motion detection is triggered in the detection time segment and detection area. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 8: Hdd Management

    Backup You can query video files stored by the NVR in the HDD and can back up the files through a USB interface and save the files to a mobile storage device. Other Functions Support the logging function. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 9: Relevant Version

    :The alarm of the IPC is triggered. The icon at the right top of the windows: Exit current menu to upper level menu. Common Operations Starting Up the NVR Turn on the power switch on the rear panel. The Power indicator LED should turn green www.foscam.com...
  • Page 10: Usb Mouse Operation

    Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the rear panel of the NVR. The operation of the mouse on the local GUI is shown as below. Name Action Description Left-Click Single-Click Menu or window: select and enter. Double-Click Preview mode or Playback mode: Switch between www.foscam.com...
  • Page 11 Time or Area box: Select the time or zone range. Drag Time bar: Drag time bar. Right-Click Single-Click Live view: Show menu. Menu: Exit current menu to upper level menu. Note The Single-Click mentioned in this article is refer to the left mouse click. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 12: Gui

    NVR. If you don’t want to use the Setup Wizard at that moment, right click the mouse to quit. For the operation, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide. Shortcut Menu After login, right-click the mouse, you will enter the shortcut menu. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 13 Click Menu to enter the Menu interface, it includes IPC Manager, playback, Backup, About, Settings and System. For details, see “3.4 Menu”. Color Settings Click Color Settings to choose a channel to alter the color, then adjust the parameters of hue, brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 14: Manual Record

    IP camera. For details, see "3.4.1 Adding Devices". If a channel is connected to IPC which have the PTZ function, you can control the PTZ(Pan, Tilt, Zoom) of the IP Camera. In PTZ control settings, select the channel from the drop-down list. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 15: Menu

    : Start cruise. : Stop cruise. Shutdown Click Shutdown to enter the Shutdown page. You can log out, reboot or shut down the NVR system. Menu Right-click in live view mode and select Menu from the Shortcut Menu, the Menu www.foscam.com...
  • Page 16: Adding Devices

    IP Camera List, and you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras. Note Before adding the IP Camera, make sure that the IP Camera supports FOSCMA or ONIVF protocol. And you have the username, password and port number of the IP camera. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 17 IP Camera name and password to connect. Automatic adding IP Camera If your camera is the FI9800XE in the FOSCAM package.You can automatically add the camera to your NVR. Check the Automatic adding IP camera checkbox. The NVR system will automatically synchronize its password with the Manually adding IP Camera.
  • Page 18 NVR's. 3. And the camera and its information will be added in the IP Camera list. Finally, click the Save button to take effect 4. Right-Click to return the previous interface. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 19: Playback

    Click the Backup button to view the video record. Please make sure that the USB Flash Disk has been plugged in the NVR. Select some records in the list, then click the Backup button to save the files to the USB Flash Disk. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 20 For example, “<< X4” indicates the current fast backward speed is four times of the normal speed. Fast forward. The fast forward speed can be twice, 4 times, 8 times, 16 times or 32 times of the normal playing speed. Click this button. The www.foscam.com...
  • Page 21: Schedule

    Make the playing video maximized. After the video is maximized, right-click to exit the currently maximized video. 2.4.3 Schedule Choose ”Menu > Settings > Schedule” in the Menu interface. The Schedule interface is displayed. You can enable or disable schedule record for the every channel. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 22: Device Information

    3. Click Save button to take effect for one certain channel. 2.4.4 Device Information Choose ”Menu > Device Information” in the Menu interface. The Device Information interface is displayed. You can view the firmware version, manage HDD Info and system log. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 23 You can view the Device Type, Device Name, Firmware Version and Application Version. HDD Info Choose ”Menu > About > HDD Info” in the Menu interface. The HDD Info interface is displayed. You can see, refresh, format backup disk and format record disk. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 24 Choose ”Menu > About > System Log” in the Menu interface. The System Log interface is displayed. The operation, alarm, exception and information of the NVR can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 25: Settings

    20140320-134022_01.log indicates that a log is generated at 2014-3-20 13:40:22. When searching for the log information, you can also select "backup page" or "backup all" to achieve bulk backup. 2.4.5 Settings Choose ”Menu > Settings” in the Menu interface. The Settings interface is displayed. You www.foscam.com...
  • Page 26 Alarm Settings and OSD. General Choose ”Menu > Settings > General” in the Menu interface. The General interface is displayed. You can configure the basic information of the NVR. NOTE Please do not modify the NVR system time when recording. Parameter Description www.foscam.com...
  • Page 27 Click Save button to take effect. Stream Choose ”Menu > Settings > Stream” in the Menu interface. The Stream interface is displayed. You can configure the encoding scheme parameters of the IP Camera, the NVR system will synchronize your IP camera with encoding scheme. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 28 Normally, when the frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video. The time between last key frame and next key frame. The shorter Key Frame the duration, the more likely you will get a better video quality, but Interval at the cost of higher network bandwidth consumption. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 29 If select the DHCP, NVR system will automatically obtain an IP address and Type other network settings from that server. If select the Static IP, you can configure an IP address and other network settings. HTTP Port The default value is 88. HTTPS Port The default value is 443. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 30 Select the DDNS page, you can configure the DDNS information of the NVR. The FOSCAM NVR 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.
  • Page 31 The system can be configured to send an email to the designated users if an alarm or motion event is detected etc.. Before configuring the Email settings, the NVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 32 The user account of sender ’s Email for SMTP server authentication. SMTP Password The password of sender ’s Email for SMTP server authentication. Sender The Email address of sender. Recipient Address The Email address of user to be notified. you can set 4 receivers www.foscam.com...
  • Page 33 【FTP】 Select the FTP page, you can configure the FTP information of the NVR. The system can be configured to send an picture to the FTP server if an alarm or motion event is detected etc.. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 34 If the test success, you can see the success information. Display Choose ”Menu > Settings > Display” in the Menu interface. The Display interface is displayed.You can configure the display mode, Resolution, Transparency, Mouse Sensitivity and Interval for the NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 35: Alarm Settings

    IPC is recording. In this chapter, you can follow the steps to schedule a record which triggered by the detected motion. Choose ”Menu > Settings > Alarm Settings > Motion Detection” in the Menu interface. The Motion Detection interface is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 36 When the Motion detection is triggered, you can choose whether to send e-mail. Send E-Mail Note: Make sure you have set Email. When the Motion detection is triggered, you can choose whether to upload detection picture to FTP server. Note: Make sure you have set FTP. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 37 When the motion has been detected during the detection time in the detection area, the NVR will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm linkage. Note: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm www.foscam.com...
  • Page 38 Check the Buzzer checkbox if you want to enable buzzing Buzzer sound of the NVR device. Click Save button to take effect. Choose ”Menu > Settings > OSD” in the Menu interface. The OSD interface is displayed. You can configure the OSD(On Screen Display) information. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 39: System

    Whether to display the IPC device time on the selected Display Time channel. 2.4.6 System Choose ”Menu > System” in the Menu interface. The System interface is displayed. You can manage the NVR device about User Account, Upgrade, Factory Reset, Para export, Auto Restore, Log Out, Reboot, Shutdown. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 40: User Account

    The administrator has the permission to add and delete all users and configure user parameters. You can add, modify, delete username/password or distribute authority for users. The valid value range of Username and Password is 1 ~ 20 characters, it contains the English letter, numeric and symbol. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 41 Click the “Remote Upgrade” button, the system will check the software version. If your software is not latest, you can upgrade it by remote upgrading. NOTE: Don’t shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 42 NVR may not work. Auto Restore Choose ”Menu > System > Auto Restore” in the Menu interface. The Auto Restore interface is displayed. You can configure the Date and Time. The NVR will maintain system at the setting time. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 43: Log Out

    Choose ”Menu > System” in the Menu interface, then click Shutdown in the System interface. Click OK button in the pop-up message box, the NVR system will shut down. It is recommended that cut off the power after shut down. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 44: Web

    Log in to the Web client of the NVR. You can directly enter the IP address and port in the browser or search out the NVR by using the FOSCAM search tool. Here we take FOSCAM search tool as an example.
  • Page 45 It will pop up the message below the page, as shown in the following figure. Click Install button to install the add-on. Please follow the installation instructions. (Please close the browser during installation.) Step5 After installing the add-on, refresh the browser and enter the login interface. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 46 Select the language type of the NVR client. Step6 Click Login button. When you log in for the first time, it will come to the operating of modify the username and password automatically.Enter the New Username, New password and Confirm the password. -------End www.foscam.com...
  • Page 47: Live Video

    Configuration, User Management, System Management in the Parameter Configuration interface. Playback Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Logout Disconnect the link between the client page of the current browser and the NVR server. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 48 You can configure the preset and cruise of the IP Camera. IR LED You can configure the LED of the IP Camera. There are two modes: Manual and Auto. Color You can configure the color of the IP Camera. Play all Play monitoring videos in all channels. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 49: Preset Settings

    If you want to define or change the cruise trace, please go to “Parameter Configuration > Service configuration > Preset Settings”. 【 How to do cruise?】 Step1 Select one track in the track drop-down list. Step2 Click , the IP camera will cruise following the predefined path. Step3 Click and finish cruising. Preset settings www.foscam.com...
  • Page 50: Parameter Configuration

    LAN with NVR, you may add it in one button with IP Camera’s user name, password and port number. Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Adding Device”. The IP Camera Setup page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 51 Choose the IP Camera in the list of ‘The Current LAN IPC List’ . Choose the Protocol from the drop list. Input the Username and Password of the IPC. Select the FOSCAM protocol for Foscam brand IPC, and select the ONVIF protocol for other brands IPC.
  • Page 52: Schedule Record

    Set Recording schedule time of the channel. You can choose a week, one day of a week, the certain time period for the recording. For detailed procedure, please refer to Motion Detection. Step5 Click Save button to take effect. -------End www.foscam.com...
  • Page 53: Alarm

    Detection page is displayed. Step1 Select channel from drop-down box list. Step2 Check the Enable checkbox to enable motion detection function. Step3 Select the Sensitivity and Detection Interval. The higher the sensitivity, the NVR will be more easily alarmed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 54 If you select this checkbox, when the Motion detection is triggered, IPC Audio the people around the camera will hear beep alarm sound of the Warning IPC. Step5 Set Detection Area 1. Click Set Detection Area button and it pop up a window. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 55 You can choose a week, one day of a week, the certain time period for the motion detection alarm. Choose all Time Period 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 NVR will alarm. Click here www.foscam.com...
  • Page 56 NVR will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm linkage. Note: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. -------End Other Alarm Step1 Choose “ (Parameter Configuration) > Alarm > Other Alarm”,The Other Alarm page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 57 You can change your NVR name. System Firmware Version Display the system version of your NVR. Application Firmware Version Display the application firmware version of your NVR. Plug-in version Display the plug-in version of your NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 58 For example, when an alarm triggered the recording at 11:00, if you set the pre-record time as 5 seconds, the camera records it at 10:59:55. Step3 Click Save button to take effect. -------End System Log Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Device Information > System Log”. The System www.foscam.com...
  • Page 59: Basic Settings

    3.4.5 Basic Settings System Time You can configure the date and time of the NVR. Step1 Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > System Time”. The System Time page is displayed. Step2 Configure the system time of the NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 60 NVR system with your computer. Date Format Select the date format from the drop-down list. Time Format Select the time format from the drop-down list. Step6 Click Save button to take effect. -------End Network You can configure the network information of the NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 61 LAN. Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the NVR system. Gateway The gateway of the NVR system. Primary DNS The primary DNS server of the NVR system. Server Alternative The secondary DNS server of the NVR system. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 62 (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server. The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e-mail accounts to which you want to send notification. Step1 Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Email”. The Email page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 63 NVR User Manual Step2 Configure the Email parameter. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 64: Ftp Settings

    The system can be configured to send an picture to the FTP server if an alarm or motion event is detected etc.. Step1 Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > FTP Settings”. The FTP Settings page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 65 If the test success, you can see the success information. -------End DDNS The FOSCAM NVR 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. Choose ”...
  • Page 66 3322.com. If you set the third party DDNS, refer to the “Appendix II Common operations > 1.Third Party Domain Name Settings”. You can configure the OSD (On screen Display) information of the NVR. Step1 Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > OSD”,The OSD page is displayed. Step2 You can configure the follow parameters. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 67: Video Encode

    Video Encode Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Video Encode”. The Video Encode page is displayed. You can configure the encoding scheme parameters of the IP Camera, the NVR system will synchronize your IP camera with encoding scheme. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 68: Storage Location

    Normally, when the frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video. Click save button to take effect. Storage Location You can configure the storage location for snap picture and backup record file. Choose “ (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Storage Location”. The Storage Location page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 69: System Management

    You can add, modify, delete username/password or distribute authority for users. The valid value range of Username and Password is 1 ~ 20 characters, it contains the English letter, numeric and symbol. Choose " (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > User Account”. The User Accounts page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 70 NVR will be exported for backup. The name of the configuration file name is config.bin. Import: Click ”Browse...”, select the config.bin file from the USB-flash disk and click the Import button. The loading process takes about 50 seconds, After having finished the www.foscam.com...
  • Page 71 Patch Installation Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Patch Installation”. The Patch Installation page is displayed. You can install or install patch of the NVR. Click Browse to select the patch file in the local directory. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 72 (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Reboot”. The Reboot page is displayed. Click Reboot button, then click OK button in the pop-up message box.The NVR system will reboot. Auto Restore Choose ” (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Auto Restore”. The Auto Restore page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 73: Playback

    2: Select the Record Type, and check the checkbox from the Channels. 3: Click Search button to search the matched recorded files. If there are search results, then they will be shown in the time bar area. 4: Manage the recording. Icon Description www.foscam.com...
  • Page 74 "Web > Parameter configuration > Settings > Storage Location". Full screen. Make the playing video maximized. After the video is maximized, press ESC to exit full screen. 4: Playback time You can move the mouse to a specific time axis and click to watch the playback. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 75 NVR User Manual Icon Description Zoom-in time axis. Zoom-out time axis. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 76: Appendix

    【 Example】 If you select 4M for the bit rate and select four channels for recording and one week of recording is needed, you can calculate the HDD capacity by using the following formula: Recording time( hour) =7days*24 hours=168 hour www.foscam.com...
  • Page 77: Common Operations

    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. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 78 NVR User Manual Click here to register . Figure 4.27 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. You will receive an email from website, www.foscam.com...
  • Page 79 Please set DDNS Settings within the NVR 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..
  • Page 80 NOTE : If you have set Third Party DDNS successfully ,the Foscam Domain Name will be invalid. The Third Party DDNS and the Foscam Domain Name cannot work at the same time, the last time you configured will take effect.
  • Page 81 The subnet mask of the NVR must be the same as the subnet mask in LAN port status. The default gateway of the NVR is the same as the IP address in LAN port status. The primary DNS and secondary DNS can be the same as the DNS in WAN port status. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 82: Specifications

    1×HDMI VGA Output 1×VGA Display Resolution 1920 × 1080 /60Hz, 1280 × 720 /60Hz, 1440 × 900 /60Hz,1024 × 768 /60Hz Recording Recording Resolution 720P per channel ( 8ch@720P ) Record Mode Manual / Time Scheduled / Motion Detect www.foscam.com...
  • Page 83 Spanish、Portuguese、Italian、German Physical and Power Supply DC 19V/4.75A Environmental Operating Temperature -10°C ~ 55°C (-4°F ~ 131°F) Operating Humidity 20% ~ 85% non-condensing Storage Temperature -20°C ~ 60°C (-4°F ~ 140°F) Storage Humidity 0% ~ 90% non-condensing Camera Model FI9800XE www.foscam.com...
  • Page 84 70° Connectivity 802.3af PoE √ Ethernet RJ45 Software Video Format H.264 Features Multi-Stream Dual streams Motion Detection √ UPnP √ Day/Night √ Physical and Waterproof IP66 Environmental Net Weight 255g Power DC12V Power Consumption <5W Dimension(LxWxH) 97(L)x67 (W)x64 (H) www.foscam.com...
  • Page 85: Faq

    Check whether a trigger time segment is set. Check whether a detection area is set. Check whether recording is selected. 4. Why can the NVR search the IPC but cannot connect the IPC? On the “IPC management” page, check whether the following are correctly set: www.foscam.com...
  • Page 86 Please add the NVR as a trusted site to resolve this issue. Open IE browser, Choose “Tools > Internet Options > Security”, Select “Trusted sites”, then click “Sites”, it will pop up the page, as shown in the following figure. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 87: Glossary

    Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in real time (ad-hoc) the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS. DHCP Dynamic Host DHCP is a network application protocol used by devices Configuration (DHCP clients) to obtain configuration information for www.foscam.com...
  • Page 88: Ce & Fcc

    This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, www.foscam.com...
  • Page 89: Warranty

    No warranty service is provided unless the product is returned to an authorized return center in the region where the product was first shipped by FOSCAM or to the point-of-purchase, which may have regional specific warranty implications.
  • Page 90 Abuse firmware upgrade without the authorized technician’s guidance. Normal wear and tear. Return Procedures Please read FOSCAM warranty policy & policy of your reseller first before sending items back to point-of-purchase. Customer must first contact point-of-purchase to obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number before returning the product.
  • Page 91 Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM. Damage caused by improper installation of third-party products.
  • Page 92: Statement

    FOSCAM, shall be the repair or replacement of defective parts. If FOSCAM lists a product on its website specification in error or that is no longer available for any reason, FOSCAM reserves the right to explain it without incurring any liability.
  • Page 93 Internet network, computer viruses, malicious attacks of hackers, information damage or loss, and faults of computer system. Foscam company does not need to take any responsibility of the special, incidental or corresponding loss by the products of our company or any software provide by our company, including but not limited to operating loss, profit or purpose.
  • Page 94: Obtaining Technical Support

    While we hope your experience with the NVR is enjoyable and easy to use, you may experience some issues or have questions that this User’s Guide has not answered. If you have problem with FOSCAM device, please first contact FOSCAM reseller for solving the problems. If our reseller cannot provide service, please contact our service department: tech@foscam.com...

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