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Model: FN7108E-B4-2T / FN7108E-B8-2T
Version: V1.0.3

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  • Page 1 User Manual Model: FN7108E-B4-2T / FN7108E-B8-2T Version: V1.0.3...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.2 Setup Wizard............................6 2.3 Shortcut Menu.............................6 2.4 Menu..............................9 2.4.1 Adding Devices........................10 2.4.2 Playback..........................12 2.4.3 Schedule..........................15 2.4.4 Device Information........................16 2.4.5 Settings...........................19 2.4.6 System............................ 32 3 Web................................36 3.1 Instructions before Login.........................36 3.2 Login..............................36 3.3 Live Video............................38 3.4 Parameter Configuration.........................42 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 3 3.4.6 System Management......................59 3.5 Playback............................63 4 Appendix................................66 4.1 HDD Capacity Calculation......................66 4.2 Common Operations........................67 4.3 Specifications............................ 72 4.4 FAQ..............................75 4.5 Glossary............................. 78 4.6 CE & FCC............................79 4.7 WARRANTY............................79 4.8 Statement............................83 4.9 Obtaining Technical Support......................84 www.foscam.com...

  • Page 4: Security Warning

    NVR User Manual Security Warning Please change the password of your Foscam NVR App account, and NVR and cameras username  regularly. The password should contain a combination of numbers, letters and special characters. Please keep the username and password of your cameras, NVR and Foscam NVR App account ...

  • 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 prevails.  If you do not follow the manual during operation, you will bear any loss caused thereof. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    Otherwise, you cannot perform operations such as recording and playback.  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). 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. Note www.foscam.com...
  • Page 8 Support the logging function.  Support local GUI output and perform shortcut operations through the mouse.  Three roles can access the NVR, which are respectively visitor, operator, and administrator. The  rights of the three roles vary from low to high. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 9: Relevant Version

    In the live view mode, there are icons at the right bottom of the screen for each channel,  : NVR is recording for the IPC. : The alarm of the IPC is triggered. The icon at the right top of the windows: Exit current menu to upper level menu.  www.foscam.com...

  • Page 10: Common Operations

    NVR. Local GUI: Choose Menu > System in the Menu interface, then click Factory Reset in the System  interface. (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Factory Reset. Web GUI: Choose  The Factory Reset page is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 11: Usb Mouse Operation

    Time or Area box: Select the time or zone range. Click and 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 Operation Guide. 2.3 Shortcut Menu After login, right-click the mouse, you will enter the shortcut menu. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 13 Playback You can display the video of every a channel for playback. For details, please refer to 2.4.2 Playback. Manual Record Click Manual Record to set manual record for single channel or all channels. [Enable Manual Record] www.foscam.com...
  • Page 14 [Optical Zoom] Configure the zoom of the IP Camera by clicking . (This feature only supports IPC devices with zoom function.) [Preset points] You can select the Preset position from drop-down list, then click to make the IP Camera move www.foscam.com...

  • Page 15: Menu

    : Stop cruise. Shutdown Click Shutdown to enter the Shutdown page. You can log out, reboot or shut down the NVR system. 2.4 Menu Right-click in live view mode and select Menu from the Shortcut Menu, the Menu interface is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 16: Adding Devices

    NVR. Check the Automatic adding IP camera checkbox. The NVR system will automatically synchronize its password with the Manually adding IP Camera. Manually Adding IP Cameras If the connected camera which is not the equipmented in the package. You can manually add the www.foscam.com...
  • Page 17 2. Input the User Name and Password of the IPC. Note: Make sure that the IP address of the IPC and NVR's in the same network segment, and the subnet mask and gateway are the same as the NVR's. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 18: Playback

    4．Right-Click to return the previous interface. 2.4.2 Playback Right-click in live view mode and select Playback from the Shortcut Menu, or choose Menu > Playback in the Menu interface. The Playback interface is displayed. It supports single-screen or four screens. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 19 NVR. Select some records in the list, then click the Backup button to save the files to the USB Flash Disk. If you want to see the video of this record, double click a record,. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 20 32 times of the normal playing speed. Click this button. The multiple of normal playing speed is displayed in the upper right corner of the playback page. For example, ">> X2" indicates the current playing speed is twice of the normal speed. 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. [Searching Log] www.foscam.com...

  • Page 25: Settings

    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 can configure the general, video, schedule, network, display, Alarm Settings and OSD. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 26 NVR. NOTE Please do not modify the NVR system time when recording. Parameter Description Device Name You can modify your device name to help you identify it. Language Configure the language of the NVR interface. 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 Network Choose Menu > Settings > Network in the Menu interface. The Network interface is displayed.You can configure the information of Network, DDNS, E-Mail, FTP. [Network] Select the Network page, you can configure the network information of the NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 29 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. DNS Server www.foscam.com...
  • Page 30 Enable DDNS:Check the DDNS checkbox to enable this feature. Click Save button to take effect. Then you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the NVR via internet. Take hostname a6747.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port. 88 for example, the accessing link of the www.foscam.com...
  • Page 31 587 or 465. Transport Layer Security usually is None. Enable SSH If you use Gmail, Transport Layer Security must be set to TLS or STARTTLS and SMTP Port must be set to 465 or 25 or 587, which port you choose www.foscam.com...
  • Page 32 [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 33 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 34 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 35 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. Set Detection Area. Step4 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 36 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 anywhere and anytime. -------End [Other Alarm] www.foscam.com...
  • Page 37 Choose Menu > Settings > Alarm Settings > Other Alarm in the Menu interface. The Other Alarm interface is displayed. 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 38: System

    Choose Menu > System > User Account in the Menu interface. The User account management interface is displayed. User levels by permission from low to high are visitor, operator, administrator. Different user levels have different operating permission.The default user name of device administrator is admin with no password. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 39 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 40 You can configure the Date and Time. The NVR will maintain system at the setting time. Log Out After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you www.foscam.com...
  • Page 41 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 42: Web

    NVR by using the search tool. Here we take search tool as an example. Visit Foscam official website http://www.foscam.com , select “Support > Download Center > Step2 Software Tools”, then you can find the “Equipment Search Tool”, download the tool to your...
  • Page 43 The user name and password of the NVR client. Password The default administrator username is admin with a blank password, please set the new username or password at first using and prevent unauthorized users login the NVR. Language Select the language type of the NVR client. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 44: Live Video

    New Username, New password and Confirm the password. -------End 3.3 Live Video After login, the live view interface will display. You can configure the play / stop the live view, manual recording, manual capturing, preset, cruise, led, color and so on. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 45 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. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 46 Press Esc to exit full screen mode. Setting Cruise The default cruise tracks have two types: Vertical and Horizontal. Vertical: The IP camera will rotate from up to down. Horizontal: The IP camera will rotate from left to right. : Start cruise. : Stop cruise. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 47 If you want to see one preset position you have set, only select the preset position name from Step3 the preset drop-down list, and click button, the IP camera will go to the preset position. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 48: Parameter Configuration

    If the connected cameras which are not the equipmented in thepackage, you can uncheck the Automatically search for and add all devices checkbox to manually add the other cameras. After select any one of the channels, input information of the IPC. Then click Add button to finish adding. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 49: Schedule Record

    Choose the IP Camera in the list of 'The Current LAN IPC List' . Step2 Choose the Protocol from the drop list. Input the Username and Password of the IPC. Select the FS protocol for Foscam brand IPC, and select the ONVIF protocol for other brands IPC. Click Add button to finish adding.

  • Page 50: Alarm

    Select channel from drop-down box list. Step1 Check the Enable checkbox to enable motion detection function. Step2 Select the Sensitivity and Detection Interval. Step3 The higher the sensitivity, the NVR will be more easily alarmed. The Detection Interval time between two motion detection. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 51 If you select this checkbox, when the Motion detection is triggered, the people Warning around the camera will hear beep alarm sound of the IPC. Set Detection Area Step5 1．Click Set Detection Area button and it pop up a window. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 52 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. Click here Choose the Certain Time Period  Press the left mouse and drag it on the time boxes, you can select the serial area. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 53: Device Information

    Check the Buzzer checkbox if you want to enable buzzing sound of the NVR device. Step3 Click Save button to take effect. Step4 -------End 3.4.4 Device Information Firmware Version You can view the NVR system information, or modify the Device Name. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 54 Display the plug-in version of your NVR. Click Save button to take effect. Hard Disk Information You can configure the Disk Saturation, Pre-recorded Time for HDD information. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Device Information > Hard Disk Information. Step1 The Hard Disk Information page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 55 The operation, alarm, exception and information of the NVR can be stored in log files, which can be searched and viewed at any time. The Log Type contains Alarm log, System log and Operation log. [Search Log] 1．Select the Channel, Log Type, Date, Start time and End time. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 56: Basic Settings

    If you uncheck the Automatically Synchronize With Internet Time Server checkbox, configure  the following NTP settings. Parameter Description System Time There are two different ways for the date format to synchronize the date and time of the NVR. input the date and time manually. .  www.foscam.com...
  • Page 57 Select the time format from the drop-down list. Click Save button to take effect. Step6 -------End Network You can configure the network information of the NVR. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Network.The Network page Step1 is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 58 UPnP function of the router to which your NVR is connected. How to configure the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS Server, Secondary DNS Server, please refer to 4.2 Common Operations 2. Configure the IP Parameters. Click Save button to take effect. Step3 -------End Email www.foscam.com...
  • Page 59 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. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Email. The Email page is Step1 displayed. Configure the Email parameter. Step2 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 60 FTP Settings The system can be configured to send an picture to the FTP server if an alarm or motion event is detected etc.. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > FTP Settings. The FTP Step1 Settings page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 61 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 (Parameter Configuration) >...
  • Page 62 4.2 Common Operations 1.Third Party Domain Name Settings. You can configure the OSD (On screen Display) information of the NVR. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > OSD,The OSD page is Step1 displayed. You can configure the follow parameters. Step2 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 63 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 64 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. (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Storage Location. The Storage Choose Location page is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 65: System Management

    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. [Add a User] 1．input the Username and Password. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 66 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 import of configuration files, the NVR device will reboot automatically. Note www.foscam.com...
  • Page 67 Don't shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result. Your current system version will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the Parameter Configuration > Device Information > Firmware Version Page to check for the latest system www.foscam.com...
  • Page 68 The NVR device will reboot automatically. Reboot Choose (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. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 69: Playback

    1. Select a date with recording in calendar. 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. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 70 You can set the storage path, refer to the Web > Parameter configuration > Settings > Storage Location. Click this button to enabled/disabled the audio. Full screen. Make the playing video maximized. After the video is maximized, press ESC to exit full screen. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 71 NVR User Manual 5. Playback time You can move the mouse to a specific time axis and click to watch the playback. Icon Description Zoom-in time axis. Zoom-out time axis. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 72: Appendix

    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 Mbit  3600 Spent of HDD Capacity per hour(M/hour)= =1800M/hour www.foscam.com...

  • Page 73: 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: Step 1, Go to the website www.no-ip.com to create a free hostname Firstly: Login on and click No-IP Free to register. www.no-ip.com www.foscam.com...
  • Page 74 After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email. Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 75 Do port forwarding within the router Example: The camera's LAN IP address is http://192.168.8.100:2000 , Media port no. is 9200. Firstly, login the router, goes to the menu of Port Forwarding or Port Trigger (or named Virtue Server on www.foscam.com...
  • Page 76 The IP address of the NVR must be in the range of the router address pool.  Log in to the router client through the browser and select DHCP Server > DHCP service. On the DHCP page, you can view the start address and end address of the address pool. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 77 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 78: Specifications

    Fast forward / Fast backward / Frame forward / Slow Playback Mode Play 2TB security grade hard drive (pre-installed) Capacity Up to 4TB Network Interface 1 * 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 port External Interface USB Interface 1 * USB2.0 / 1 * USB3.0 interface for mouse and www.foscam.com...
  • Page 79 Net Weight 1200g / 2.6lb Physical and Environment Operating Temperature -10ºC ~ 55ºC (-4ºF ~ 131ºF) Operating Humidity 20% ~ 85% non-condensing Storage Temperature -20ºC ~ 60ºC (-4ºF ~ 140ºF) Storage Humidity 0% ~ 90% non-condensing Camera Model FI9900E www.foscam.com...
  • Page 80 IR Range 20m / 66ft Lens Infrared Mode Automatic or manual Diagonal Angle of View 75º Horizontal View Angle 70º 802.3af PoE Connectivity Ethernet RJ45 Video Format H.264 Multi-Stream Dual streams Software Motion Detection Features UPnP Day / Night www.foscam.com...

  • Page 81: Faq

    NVR is HD-OUT output, then the input mode of monitor must be the HD-OUT input). And if not, please modify the input mode of monitor. 2. No record file found in the NVR local HDD, and prompt "No record file found". Verify the system time setting is correct.  www.foscam.com...
  • Page 82 In this case, the server restarts some applications. Accordingly, you need to exit the web client and log in to the client again. 9. It prompt "Have no right to create directory or file!" after taking snapshot. When you use Windows7 or Vista, you may be not able to snapshot path because of the security www.foscam.com...
  • Page 83 11. Why does the Web client prompt the message "Plugins are not found, Click me to download" or "Find a new Plugins, Click me to download" after installing plug-in? You need to close the current browser after installing the plug-in, and then open the browser to access the login page. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 84: Glossary

    Network Time Protocol A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network. Network Video A NVR can be a PC-based or embedded system used for Recorder centralized management and storage for IP cameras. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 85: Ce & Fcc

    4.7 WARRANTY FOSCAM values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service. No limited hardware warranty is provided by FOSCAM unless your Foscam product ("product") was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller.
  • Page 86 NVR User Manual 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. If you purchase your Foscam product from online store, please contact the point-of-purchase and ask for return / replacement / repair service.
  • Page 87 Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM. ...
  • Page 88 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 89: Statement

    Without the prior written permission of my company, all the contents of relevant operating instructions manual affiliated to the product must not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed or stored in a retrieval system, or translated into other languages. Our company will reserve the right to improve and modify the product and corresponding manuals. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 90: 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 device, please first contact reseller for solving the problems. If our reseller cannot provide service, please contact our service department: tech@foscam.com www.foscam.com...

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