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  • Page 1 User Manual User Manual Indoor HD IP Camera Model: C1 Lite V1.6...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Security Warning................................ 1 1 Overview.................................. 1 1.1 Key Features..............................1 1.2 Read Before Use............................2 1.3 Package Contents............................2 1.4 Physical Description........................... 2 1.5 Micro-SD Card............................. 4 2 Access the IP Camera............................5 2.1 Wireless Connection...........................5 2.3 Access the Camera in WAN........................11 2.4 Using the VLC player..........................

  • Page 3: Security Warning

    FOSCAM provides Smart Phone APP for Android and iPhone users, please search and install Foscam App named Foscam on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices, then you can view your camera anywhere, anytime on your smart mobile devices.

  • Page 4: Read Before Use

    Support image snapshot  Support dual-stream  Support micro SD Card storage up to 32GB  Embedded free FOSCAM DDNS(dynamic domain name service) Service  Supporting the Third Party Domain Name Service  Support two-way audio  Support ONVIF protocols ...

  • Page 5: Front Panel

    Front panel: LENS: Fixed focus lens.  Microphone: Built-in microphone.  Micro SD Card slot: Supports up to 32GB SD card for storing the video.  Power Light: If the power supply works fine, the light will be on.  The flashing status of the Power light and Network light are shown in the following table.

  • Page 6: Micro-Sd Card

    1.5 Micro-SD Card This camera supports Micro-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. SettingsDevice StatusDevice Status Go to the page, you can see the SD card status.

  • Page 7: Access The Ip Camera

    2 Access the IP Camera 2.1 Wireless Connection There are some ways of wireless connection: EZLink connection, soft AP connection and WPS connection. EZLink connection: Use the mobile phones or other mobile devices to download APP, then  connect the camera and the wireless router by the APP. The procedure of the EZLink connection, please refer to the Quick Setup Guide.
  • Page 8 5. Log in the camera ( Default username is admin with no password ). When log in for the first time, you need to change the username and password. Input the New username, New password and Confirm the password. 6. After logging in for the first time, it will go to "Setup Wizard” automatically. Please set the basic parameters of the camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings (The camera connect to your wireless router: Wireless Network List - enter the password of your wireless router ), IP configuration.
  • Page 10 Notes: We recommend you to choose to manually set the IP when you know some knowledge of the  network. It needs about 1 minute to connect the camera to your router.  7. After completing the setup wizard, you should press the Soft AP button for 3-5 seconds to cancel the Soft AP connection mode, this is located on the back of your camera.
  • Page 11 9. Download the “Equipment Search Tool” from office website http://www.foscam.com . Please access the website, select “Support > Download Center > Software Tools”, then you can find the “Equipment Search Tool”,the icon shows as below: Download the “Equipment Search Tool” to your computer, double click the icon to run, and it should find the camera’s IP address automatically.
  • Page 12 Main stream offers the highest quality video while Sub stream offers less quality, but also less delay when viewing. Now, you could use your camera in LAN. Note: 64-bit browser is not supported. 2.2.2 WPS (WI-FI Protected Set-up) Before using WPS wireless connection, you need to: Make sure that your wireless router has the WPS function.

  • Page 13: Access The Camera In Wan

    seconds. (3) The Equipment Search Tool will search the camera’s LAN IP. Make sure the PC and the camera share the same subnet. NOTE : The security mode of router cannot be WEP, or else the WPS settings may be failed. 2.3 Access the Camera in WAN 2.3.1 Static IP Addresses Users with static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access.
  • Page 14 IP Address: Set this in the same subnet as your computer , or keep it as default. Subnet Mask: Keep it as default. Gateway and DNS Server: Set it to the IP address of your router. 2. Enable UPnP and DDNS in the camera’s settings page. We recommend you to use the DDNS by factory default.
  • Page 15 4. If the UPnP of the router has been enable, you do not need to perform following steps. Otherwise, you need to select one of the following methods to configure port forwarding on your router. For these steps, we will be using the TP-LINK brand wireless router as an example. If there is a UPnP function in your router：...

  • Page 16: Using The Vlc Player

    Input the port and IP address of your camera and click Save. Here you have finished the Port Forwarding setup. 5. Now you can access your IP camera by https://domain name: HTTPS port via the Internet. 2.4 Using the VLC player The camera supports RTSP streaming, here you can view the camera by VLC player.
  • Page 17 Enter either one of the following four URLs in the VLC 1．rtsp://admin:123@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain 2．rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:554/videoMain 3．rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain 4．rtsp://admin@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain Open the VLC, and go to “Media”--”Open Network Stream” option, then enter the URL in VLC.

  • Page 18: Ip Camera Connection To The Server

    Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password for another time. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. NOTE: If you modify the camera’s username or password, you had better reboot the camera to apply the new username and password in authentication in the VLC.

  • Page 19: Surveillance Software Gui

    3 Surveillance Software GUI Please refer to the section 2.1 if you install the camera for the first time. You can start to learn about software operation in the computer. 3.1 login Window Section1 Enter the Username and password The default administrator username is “admin” with no password, please change the password the first time you use and prevent unauthorized users login the camera.

  • Page 20: Setup Wizard

    3.2 Setup Wizard You will go to “Setup Wizard”automatically after your first-login, where you can set the basic parameters of camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings, IP configuration. 3.3 Surveillance Window...
  • Page 21 Section 1 FOSCAM Logo/ Live Video / Settings/Playback : FOSCAM LOGO : Path to surveillance window. Click this button to go back to the surveillance window : Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, to go to Administrator Control Panel and do advanced settings.
  • Page 22 Section 5 Color Adjustment In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality. Section 6 If you have added time and camera name in the video, you can see it in the live window. Go to Settings ---Basic settings---Camera name panel, and you can change another device name.
  • Page 23 the storage path: Go to Settings- >Record->Storage Location panel. 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.

  • Page 24: Advanced Camera Settings

    4 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Setup Wizard Please go to section 3.2 to find the way to set it. 4.2 Status Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera.

  • Page 25: Session Status

    and so on. 4.2.3 Session Status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now. 4.2.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera.

  • Page 26: Basic Settings

    Reboot the camera and clear the log records. 4.3 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your camera’s Name, Time, Mail, User account and Multi-Device. 4.3.1 Camera Name You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Save to save your changes. The alias name cannot contain special characters.

  • Page 27: User Accounts

    Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the dropdown 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.

  • Page 28: How To Change The Password

    How to change the password? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the password, then select “Change password”, enter the old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. How to add account ? Select one blank column, then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add to take effect.
  • Page 29 Delete ：Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. NOTE: The default admin account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. How to change the username ? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the username, then select “Change username”, enter the new password, lastly click modify to take effect.
  • Page 30 The firmware within the camera can support a maximum of 9 devices monitoring all at the same time. This page you can both add FOSCAM MJPEG and H.264 series cameras to the first camera and view multi-surveillance screen on one window.
  • Page 31 1 Click it, camera model, alias, host and HTTP Port will be filled in the following boxes automatically. 2 Enter the User name and password of the 2nd camera. 3 Click Add to take effect. Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to.
  • Page 32 Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. 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. Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port.
  • Page 33 Use DDNS domain name and port to login Make sure each camera you need add could login with DDNS name and port. 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 ---- The camera model: MJ or H264.
  • Page 34 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. 4.3.5 Status Light You can enable or disable status light.

  • Page 35: Network

    4.3.6 Voice Prompt On this page, you can enable or disable voice prompt. Select “Yes” to enable or select “No” to disable. 4.4 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP and Port. 4.4.1 IP Configuration If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP Configuration page.

  • Page 36: Wireless Settings

    Set the same Subnet Mask and gateway of the camera with your There are two DNS servers. You can set any of them. Same with gateway is also OK. If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.4.2 Wireless Settings Step 1: Choose “Settings”...
  • Page 37 Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all wireless networks around the area. It should also display your router in the list. 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.
  • Page 38 For the safety of your camera, we recommend you change the Soft AP password. 4.4.4 DDNS If you need Foscam DDNS, you can apply it on DDNS page. First Enable DDNS, then select “myfoscam.org” from DDNS Server list, click “Get My DDNS Now”.
  • Page 39 Then login your Foscam Cloud account for myfoscam.org, and click “Get DDNS”. If you don’t have a Foscam Cloud account, click “Tap HERE” to register one, then click “Get DDNS”.
  • Page 40 After get DDNS, click “Finish” to go back to DDNS settings.
  • Page 41 If the network error, you fail to get the DDNS, please try again. Once you success get Foscam DDNS, you can follow below step to use. Here take test09.myfoscam.org for example. Go to option of DDNS on the Settings->Network panel,...
  • Page 42 Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname test09.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 800 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// test09.myfoscam.org:800 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.
  • Page 43 The camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding. There may be issues with your routers security settings, and sometimes may error. We recommend you configure port forwarding manually on your router. 4.4.6 Port This camera supports HTTP Port. HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely. If you want to access the camera and view the video, the HTTP Port must both be configured correctly.
  • Page 44 Select which camera you’d like to change the port for, and right click . Modify the Http Port . Enter the Username and password, click OK. Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank password), and click “OK”...

  • Page 45: Mail Settings

    4.4.7 Mail Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been detected, here Mail will need to be configured. 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.

  • Page 46: Ftp Settings

    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 .
  • Page 47 Figure a Figure b FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure a. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure b. Port: Default is port 21.

  • Page 48: Video

    Foscam App named Foscam on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices. NOTE： If the QR code scanning is not successful, please input the UID on the bottom of the camera manually. 4.4.10 Onvif On this page, you can enable the Onvif port and RTSP port. ONVIF( Open Network Video Interface is a standard for talking to Network Camera Devices and other similar security hardware.
  • Page 49 Stream Type: There are four types to identify different streams you have set. If select the HD Mode, the clearer video will become, and it will take up more bandwidth; If select the Smooth Mode, the bandwidth is very narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video can not play well. The Equilibrium Model is a value between HD Mode and Smooth Mode.

  • Page 50: On Screen Display

    the bit rate. By reducing the bit rate, so that the camera can obtain a better image at low bandwidth. 4.5.2 On Screen Display This page is used to add timestamp and device name on the video. 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.

  • Page 51: Detector

    Enable timing to capture To enable capture interval, follow the steps below: 1 Select Enable Motion detection 2 Capture interval: The interval time between two captures. 3 Select the capture time  Capture anytime 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 camera will capture.
  • Page 52 sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity. Step 3: Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detection. Step 4: There are some alarm indicators: A Camera Sound and PC Sound If the camera has connected with a speaker or other audio output device, if you select Camera Sound or PC Sound, when the motion has been detected, the people around the camera will hear beep alarm sound.
  • Page 53 Click this button and select all time range 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.

  • Page 54: Record

    4.6.2 Sound Detection When the ambient sound over a certain decibel ,the sound alarm will be triggered. If the Sensitivity is set to “High”, the camera will detect the sound whose more than 55db. If the Sensitivity is set to “Medium”, the camera will detect the sound whose more than 65db. If the Sensitivity is set to “Low”, the camera will detect the sound whose more than 75db.

  • Page 55: Alarm Recording

    Recording Location : SD card or FTP. Make sure the SD card has been inserted into the camera. On this page, you can see the available space of the SD card. Local Recording Location: For Windows OS, the manual recording path is C:/ IPCamRecord, you can change another one.

  • Page 56: Schedule Recording

    4.7.4 Schedule Recording When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. When the parameter Recording Location is set SD Card on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure. When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording. When the parameter Recording Location is set SD Card on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure.
  • Page 57 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". NOTES: Scheduled recording only supports video saved to the SD card or FTP server. ...

  • Page 58: Firewall

    4.7.5 SD Card Management This camera 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. 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.

  • Page 59: System

    Enable firewall, If you select Only allow access from these IP addresses and fill in 8 IP addresses at most, only those clients whose IP addresses listed in the Only allow access from these IP addresses can access the Network Camera. If you select Block access from these IP addresses, only those clients whose IP addresses are in the IP list cannot access the Network Camera.

  • Page 60: System Upgrade

    4.9.2 System Upgrade Click “Download the latest firmware”, you will see the following screen. And click “save” to save the firmware on your computer locally. 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.
  • Page 61 Figure 4.1 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. NOTES: Please ensure you have download the correct firmware package for your camera before upgrading. ...

  • Page 62: Patch Installation

    4.9.3 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. After installing is complete, you will receive a system prompt. 4.9.4 Factory Reset Click All reset and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected.

  • Page 63: Playback

    5 Playback 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.
  • Page 64 Section 2 Search record files 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.

  • Page 65: Appendix

    6 Appendix 6.1 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, and exchange. If abnormal, check the network connections. 6.1.1 Equipment search tool cannot find the camera After power on camera and connect it to router by Ethernet cable, open Equipment Search Tool it cannot find any camera IP address.
  • Page 66 6.1.2 Install plugin for Internet Explore Suggest use IE browser to log in the camera and install the plugin for the first time, then you can use it on other browser as well. Just remember to allow the plugin to run. See below for steps to install plugin via IE browser.
  • Page 67 Please click it to download plugin and follow wizard to install. See this link for help if after installed plugin but still cannot login camera: http://www.foscam.com/faqs/view.html?id=14 6.1.3 Unable to connect to router wirelessly After setup wireless configuration, and input the wireless password correctly, save the settings. Normally, after you disconnect the Ethernet cable, wait for few minutes camera will show up again in Equipment Search Tool (or show up in router’s DHCP client list/LAN list) with a new IP address.
  • Page 68 Step1: Please make sure wireless signal is strong enough to connect with. (1) Make sure the camera antenna is fixed well; (2) Best to keep the distance between the camera and router in 2~3 meters while setup; (3) There’s no interference or obstacles from house appliance or walls; Step2: Please check if the frequency band of the wireless signal is 2.4GHz.
  • Page 69 Go to camera Status > Device Status menu, and you can check if camera’s DDNS is successful. For the case DDNS shows failed, please follow below tips to help it synchronize: (1) Change DNS server to 8.8.8.8. Please login camera’s web-page, and go to the IP configuration (For HD cameras) or basic network settings (For SD cameras) menu to make the change.
  • Page 70 2) Please make sure your camera time is correct. 3) Please DO NOT forget to set the alarm area, the detected area is covered by the red grids. Or for some models you can setup 3 detection zones in total. Step 2: Setup the Storage Location Go to Settings >...
  • Page 71 Note: (1) Please make sure that your sender email supports SMTP; (2) Please click on Save before you click on Test; (3) Make sure the test result is success. (4) After succeed, you will receive a test email in the mailbox of Sender. Step 2: Setup the Motion Alarm Settings Please go to Settings >...
  • Page 72 6.1.9 Unable to connect camera remotely using Foscam app Foscam P2P cameras allow users to connect camera remotely using Foscam app without extract setup like port forwarding. When it unable to connect remotely, below tips can help app establish the connection: (1) Update app and camera’s firmware to latest version,...

  • Page 73: Default Parameters

    6.1.10 Camera is added by others When use myfoscam.com cloud or Foscam app, one camera can only be added to one account at the same time. To solve error “This camera has already been added by another account” when add camera to Foscam app or cloud, please send a clear photo of camera’s model sticker to Foscam support email...

  • Page 74: Ce & Fcc

    Input/Output External RCA interface for two-way audio Audio Audio Compression PCM/ G.726 Ethernet Wireless Standard IEEE802.11b/g/n IEEE802.11b: 11Mbps(Max.); Data Rate IEEE802.11g: 54Mbps(Max.); IEEE802.11n: 150Mbps(Max.). Network Frequency bands 2412-2472MHz Maximum power 18dBm Wireless Security WEP, WPA, WPA2 Remote Access P2P、DDNS IP、TCP、UDP、HTTP、HTTPS、SMTP、FTP、DHCP、DDNS、 Network Protocol UPnP、RTSP、ONVIF Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Vista, 7,8;...

  • Page 75: 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 76 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) ...
  • Page 77 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.

  • Page 78: 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 79 a retrieval system, or translated into other languages. Our company will reserve the right to improve and modify the product and corresponding manuals. The company reserves the right of final interpretation on our products.

  • Page 80: Obtaining Technical Support

    User’s Guide has not answered. If you have problem with FOSCAM IP camera, 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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