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 ...
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.
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...
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...
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Other Functions 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 www.foscam.com...
Turn on the power switch on the rear panel. The power indicator LED should turn green indicating that the device begins to start up. Note If the power LED indicator on the front panel is off, please check if the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet and the power switch is turned on; www.foscam.com...
Time or Area box: Select the time or zone range. Click and Drag Time bar: Drag time bar. Live view: Show menu. Right-Click Single-Click 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...
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. Shortcut Menu After login, right-click the mouse, you will enter the shortcut menu. www.foscam.com...
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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. www.foscam.com...
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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 the preset position. www.foscam.com...
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 interface is displayed. 2.4.1 Adding Devices Right-click in live view mode and select Adding Devices from the Shortcut Menu, or select Menu > www.foscam.com...
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IP Camera name and password to connect. Automatic adding IP Camera If your camera is the FI9800E 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.
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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. 3.And the camera and its information will be added in the IP Camera list. Finally, click the Save button to take effect. www.foscam.com...
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: Click the icon to play the recording video. Backup the recording Click the Backup button to view the video record. Please make sure that the USB Flash Disk has www.foscam.com...
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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, "<< X4" indicates the current fast backward speed is four times of the normal speed. www.foscam.com...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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 can www.foscam.com...
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Name and Language Parameter Description Device Name You can modify your device name to help you identify it. Language Configure the language of the NVR interface. Setup Wizard Whether to enable setup wizard when the NVR system starts again. www.foscam.com...
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Time set by the NVR system. Whether to synchronize the time to the to camera connected IPC device. Daylight saving Check the checkbox, then select the daylight saving time from the time dropdown list. Click Save button to take effect. NOTE Please do not modify the NVR system time when recording. www.foscam.com...
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NVR User Manual 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...
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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...
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LAN. Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the NVR system. Gateway The gateway of the NVR system. Primary DNS Server The primary DNS server of the NVR system. Alternative DNS Server The secondary DNS server of the NVR system. www.foscam.com...
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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.
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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...
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[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...
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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...
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The Icon indicate the 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 > Motion Detection in the Menu interface. The Motion www.foscam.com...
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NVR User Manual Detection interface is displayed. www.foscam.com...
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1.Click Area Setting button and it pop up a window. 2.Drag and draw the area for motion detection by left mouse. 3.Right-click with your mouse to save and quit. When something moving in the detection area, the NVR will alarm. Step5 Set Detection Schedule. www.foscam.com...
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Note: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. -------End [Other Alarm] Choose Menu > Settings > Alarm > Other Alarm in the Menu interface. The Other Alarm interface is displayed. You can configure the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) information. www.foscam.com...
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Channel Name It displays the IPC device name of the corresponding channel. Display Channel Whether to display the IPC device name on the selected channel. Name Display Time Whether to display the IPC device time on the selected channel. www.foscam.com...
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...
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Don't shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result. Factory Reset Choose Menu > System in the Menu interface, then click Factory Reset in the System interface. Click OK button in the pop-up message box and all parameters will return to factory settings. Click www.foscam.com...
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Choose Menu > System in the Menu interface, then click Log Out in the System interface. Click OK button in the pop-up message box, the NVR system will log out. www.foscam.com...
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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...
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.
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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.) After installing the add-on, refresh the browser and enter the log in interface. Step4 www.foscam.com...
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Select the language type of the NVR client. Click Login button. Step5 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...
Configuration Management in the Parameter Configuration interface. Play back the recorded video files of a specific Playback channel in the live view mode. Disconnect the link between the client page of the Logout current browser and the NVR server. www.foscam.com...
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Click this button, It will display one channel in the 1 Channel live view interface. Click this button, It will display four channels in 4 Channels the live view interface. Click this button, It will display 9 channels in the 9 Channels live view interface. www.foscam.com...
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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. www.foscam.com...
3.4.1 IP Camera Setup NVR provide a function of auto searching IP camera. When there are supplied IP cameras in the same network segment of a LAN with NVR, you may add it in one button with IP Camera's username, www.foscam.com...
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IPC. Then click Add button to finish adding. Step1 Select one channel from Channels. Step2 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. www.foscam.com...
NVR User Manual Select the FOSCAM protocol for Foscam brand IPC, and select the ONVIF protocol for other brands IPC. Step3 Click Add button to finish adding. -------End 3.4.2 Schedule Record You can enable or disable schedule recording for the every channel.
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...
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If you select this checkbox, when the Motion detection is triggered, the Warning people 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...
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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 Choose one day Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected. www.foscam.com...
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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...
Firmware Version page is displayed. Parameter Description Device Type The product type of NVR. The device name is a unique name that you can give to Device Name your device to help you identify it. You can change your NVR name. www.foscam.com...
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Pre-record Time:The time you set to record before the event. 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 www.foscam.com...
3.4.5 Basic Settings System Time You can configure the date and time of the NVR. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > System Time. The System Step1 Time page is displayed. Step2 Configure the system time of the NVR. www.foscam.com...
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Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server can be configured on your NVR to ensure the accuracy of system date/time. Choose the one that is closest to your NVR. If you uncheck the Automatically Synchronize With Internet Time Server checkbox, configure the following NTP settings. Click Save button to take effect. Step6 -------End www.foscam.com...
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The IP of IP cameras, PC and NVR should be in the same network segment and in the same LAN. Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the NVR system. Default Gateway The gateway of the NVR system. Primary DNS The primary DNS server of the NVR system. www.foscam.com...
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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. www.foscam.com...
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NVR User Manual Step2 Configure the Email parameter. www.foscam.com...
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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...
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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. www.foscam.com...
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DDNS, refer to the 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. www.foscam.com...
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Step4 OSD position. Step5 Click Save button to finish the mask area setting. The mask area will be marked with black. -------End Video Encode Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Video Encode. The Video Encode page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
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You should choose a lower frame rate when the bandwidth is limited. 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. www.foscam.com...
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...
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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 import of www.foscam.com...
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Your current system version of NVR will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the Parameter Configuration > Device Information > Firmware Version Page to check for the latest system versions available. IP Camera Upgrade 1. Uncheck a camera. 2. Click Browse to select the upgrade file in the local directory. www.foscam.com...
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Click Factory Reset button, then click OK button in the pop-up message box and all parameters will return to factory settings. The NVR device will reboot automatically. Reboot (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Reboot. The Reboot page is Choose displayed. www.foscam.com...
You can configure the Date and Time. The NVR system will be maintained at the setting time. Playback Choose (Playback), you can play the recording file of the NVR. 1.Select a date with recording in calendar. 2.Select the Record Type, and check the checkbox from the Channels. www.foscam.com...
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Select the channel, click this button, and you can take a picture of a corresponding channel to the local computer. You can set the storage path, refer to the Web > Parameter configuration > Settings > Storage Location. Audio on / Mute www.foscam.com...
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Full screen. Make the playing video maximized. After the video is maximized, press ESC to exit full screen. 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...
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...
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 www.no-ip.com and click No-IP Free to register. www.foscam.com...
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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...
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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. Do port forwarding within the router Example: The camera's LAN IP address is http://192.168.8.100:2000 , Media port no.
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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...
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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...
NVR User Manual 4.3 Specifications Model FN3108E Video Input IP Video Input 8 Channels HD IP camera input HD-OUT 1 * HD-OUT VGA Output 1 * VGA Video Output 1920 * 1080 / 60Hz, 1280 * 720 / 60Hz, Display Resolution...
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Sensor Type 1/4" CMOS Video Quality 720p (1280*720) Image Sensor Wide Dynamic Range Backlight Compensation Lens Type f: 4mm, F: 2.0 IR range 20m (66ft) Lens Infrared Mode Automatic or manual Diagonal Angle of View 70º Horizontal View Angle 60º www.foscam.com...
In this case, log out of the Web client and log in to it again. In similar cases, for example, changing the IP address and HTTP port of the NVR, you need to log in to the client again. www.foscam.com...
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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...
Network Time A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a Protocol network. A NVR can be a PC-based or embedded system used for Network Video Recorder centralized management and storage for IP cameras. www.foscam.com...
Any changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. www.foscam.com...
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.
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Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM. ...
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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.
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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: support@foscam.com...