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  • Page 1 User Manual User Manual Indoor FHD IP Camera Model: R2/R4 V2.0...

  • 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............................. 3 2 Access the IP Camera............................4 2.1 Wired Connection............................4 2.2 Wireless Connection...........................5 2.3 Access the Camera in WAN........................6 2.4 Using the VLC player..........................9 2.5 IP camera connection to the server.......................

  • 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 dual-stream  Support SD Card storage up to 64GB  Support IR-Cut auto switch  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: Micro-Sd Card

    Front panel: LENS: Fixed focus lens.  Infrared LED: Infrared LEDs for night vision.  Microphone: Built-in microphone.  Micro SD Card slot: Supports up to 64GB SD card for storing the video.  WPS/Reset  WPS: Push both WPS/Reset button on the camera and wireless router within 1 minute, the ...

  • Page 6: Access The Ip Camera

    1. Mount the antenna and make it stand vertically. 2. Connect the camera to the LAN network (Router or Switch) via network cable. 3. Connect the power adapter to the camera. 4. Visit Foscam official website http://www.foscam.com , select “Support > Download Center >...

  • Page 7: Wireless Connection

    NOTE： When logging in for the first time, you will need to download and install the add-on. 2.2 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 ...

  • Page 8: Access The Camera In Wan

    Internet. WPS button on the wireless router is typically located on the front panel or rear panel.TP-LINK  router's WPS button is called QSS (Quick Security Setup). Make sure that the ethernet cable and the camera is disconnected.  WPS Button (1) Press and hold the WPS button for three seconds.
  • Page 9 2.3.2 Remote Access If you want to access your camera by web browser outside of your LAN, you need to configure following configurations. 1. Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera web page, then go to the “Network > IP Configuration” section on the left side of the screen, then uncheck the Obtain IP DHCP.
  • Page 10 Click Enable DDNS and click Save. The content in the Manufacture’s DDNS column is the domain name of your camera. 3. You can see the port of your camera here. If you want to set Remote Access for several cameras on the same network, you will need to change the HTTPS port for each camera.

  • Page 11: Using The Vlc Player

    Click Add New. 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 12 otherwise, you must only use http port number. Video stream: Three modes are supported: video Main, video Sub and audio. Video Sub is a better choice in bad network condition. If you select audio, you can only hear sound without seeing picture. For example: IP: 192.168.1.11 RTSP Port number: 554...
  • Page 13 Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password for another time. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview.

  • Page 14: Ip Camera Connection To The Server

    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. 2.5 IP camera connection to the server Device supports ONVIF 2.2.1 protocol, You can easily access NVR with ONVIF or server with ONVIF.

  • Page 15: 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 16: 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 Section 1 FOSCAM Logo/ Live Video / Settings/Playback : FOSCAM LOGO...
  • Page 17 : 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. : Click this button to go back to the Playback panel to view the stored audio files stored in the SD Card.
  • Page 18  NAA(Network Auto-Adaptability) can make IP camera change the real-time rate to adapt different network conditions. It can supply better preview experience. The default NAA setting is off. “Zoom in” or ”Zoom out”  Device Support zoom feature. Click ,The focal length of the camera lens will be larger or shrink, you can adjust the focus distance to the target object size, access to high-definition screen.
  • Page 19 Horizontal: The camera will rotate from left to right. : Start cruise. : Stop cruise. If you want to define or change the cruise trace, please go to Settings PTZ Preset Settings panel. How to do cruise? Firstly: Select one track in the track dropdown list. Select one of these.
  • Page 20 If you want to see one preset position you have set, only select the preset position name from the preset drop-down list, and click go button, the camera will go to the preset position. Section 5 IR LED Lights / Color Adjustment Click Infra led and there are three modes to adjust the infrared led: Auto, Manual and Schedule.
  • Page 21 4----- Audio Click this icon, the icon will become to you can hear the sound around the camera by the earphone or speakers that connected with PC. 5----- Adjusting the sound Click this icon, the icon will become to ,you can change the sound of the camera.
  • Page 22 When you select the Full Screen, then click right mouse, there is a Screen PTZ button. Click the Screen PTZ button and put the mouse on the screen to indicate the camera move direction you prefer, press the left mouse, the camera will move to the corresponding direction. Loosen the mouse and stop moving.

  • Page 23: 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 24 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 25: 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 26 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 27 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 28 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 29 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 30 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 31 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. (The way to configure DDNS is in chapter 4.4.4) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port.
  • Page 32 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 33 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 34: 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 35 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 36 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 37 4.4.3 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”. Then login your Foscam Cloud account for myfoscam.org, and click “Get DDNS”.
  • Page 38 If you don’t have a Foscam Cloud account, click “Tap HERE” to register one, then click “Get DDNS”.
  • Page 39 After get DDNS, click “Finish” to go back to DDNS settings. If the network error, you fail to get the DDNS, please try again.
  • Page 40 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, you can see the domain name. Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet.
  • Page 41 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. User can also use third part DDNS, such as www.no-ip.com. ,www. 3322.com 4.4.5 UPnP The default UPnP status is closed.
  • Page 42 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. HTTP port: By default, the HTTP is set to 88. Also, they can be assigned with another port number between 1 and 65535.
  • Page 43 Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank password), and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. In our example it was changed to 2000, so we see http://192.168.1.110:2000 in Equipment Search Tool.
  • Page 44 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. 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 should be decided by which Transport Layer Security you select.
  • Page 45 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 46 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 47: 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. 4.5 Video This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot settings.
  • Page 48 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. Resolution: The camera supports multiple types, For example: 960P, 720P, VGA. The higher the resolution is the clearer video will become.
  • Page 49 Allow On Screen Display Mask There are two options: Yes or NO. Select yes and draw up to four mask areas on the video, the mask area will be black on the video. The mask area. Click OK button and return to the OSD page, click Save to take effect. Back to the surveillance window, you can see the mask area as the following picture:...
  • Page 50 4.5.4 Snapshot Settings On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’ image quality and the storage path. Manual snap Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer. Pictures Save To: FTP or SD card. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap pictures to the FTP or SD card automatically.

  • Page 51: Detector

    4.6 Detector 4.6.1 Motion Detection IP Camera supports Motion Detection Alarm, when the motion has been detected, the IP Camera will make an alarm. Step 1: Enable motion detection function. Step 2: Sensitivity---- It supports five modes: Lowest, Lower, Low, Medium and High. The higher the sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed.
  • Page 52 PC Sound, when the motion has been detected, the people around the camera will hear beep alarm sound. B Send E-mail If you want to receive alarm emails when motion is detected, you must select Send E-mail and set Mail Settings first.
  • Page 53 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. ③...
  • Page 54 If the Sensitivity is set to “Lower”, the camera will detect the sound whose more than 85db. If the Sensitivity is set to “Lowest”, the camera will detect the sound whose more than 95db. 4.6.3 Human Detection (R2 Only) IP Camera supports Human Detection Alarm, when the people has been detected, the IP Camera will...
  • Page 55 Step1: Enable human detection, then do the default setting. Step 2: Bounding Box----Enable this item, the live window will pop up red box when camera detected human. Step 3: People Counting----Enable this item, camera will count the people who walk through the surveillance area.

  • Page 56: Record

    advanced setting, you can adjust the sensitivity and installation angle of camera. 4.7 Record This section will allow you to change the record files storage path and the record time. 4.7.1 Storage Location On this page you can change the alarm and manually recording storage path. Recording Location : SD card or FTP.
  • Page 57 4.7.2 Alarm Recording 4.7.3 Local Alarm Recording This page you can enable the local alarm record and Local Alarm record time. 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.
  • Page 58 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 59 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 60: Ptz

    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. SD Card Management: After click the button, you should enter the username and password of the camera.
  • Page 61 Setting the Cruise Mode There are two cruise mode: Cruise time and Cruise Loops. Cruise time: Select Cruise time from Cruise Mode drop-down, then you can set the Cruise time of the camera. Cruise Loops:Select Cruise Loops from Cruise Mode drop-down, you can set the Cruise Loops of the camera.
  • Page 62 Delete: Select one cruise track and delete it. Save: After you modify the Dwell time, you should click Save button to take effect. Example How to do add cruise tracks ? Firstly, Click Add button and enter a descriptive name to identify the cruise track. Secondly: On the lower left of the page, you can see all preset points you have added.
  • Page 63 Add the preset. The cruise tracks have added to the “track 1”. After add the cruise track, back to the surveillance window, click Cruise, here you can see all cruise tracks you have added. There are other buttons between the Preset points and Cruise track, you can use these buttons to adjust the order of preset points or add/delete one preset points in one cruise track.

  • Page 64: Firewall

    Add: Select one preset points and add it to the selected cruise track. Delete: Select one preset points you have added to one cruise track, click delete. Move up/ down: Select one cruise track, adjust the order of preset points in one cruise track. Attention: Considering the life time and thermal issue of the motor, it’s not recommend to do long-time cruise.

  • Page 65: 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 66 4.10.2 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 67 Upgrade Firmware by Equipment Search Tool Double click the Equipment Search Tool shot icon , select the Camera IP that you want to upgrade the firmware. Then select Upgrade Firmware and enter the username and password, choose the firmware file, and upgrade. Figure 4.1 CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading.
  • Page 68 NOTES: Please ensure you have download the correct firmware package for your camera before upgrading.  Read the upgrade documentation (readme.txt file) in the upgrade package before you upgrade. Upon downloading the firmware check the sizes of the .bin files. They must match the size in the ...

  • Page 69: 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 70 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 71: Appendix

    6 Appendix 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions 6.1.1 Install the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome.
  • Page 75 6.1.2 Uninstall the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome.
  • Page 76 6.1.3 I have forgotten the administrator password To reset the administrator username and password, press and hold down the RESET BUTTON for 5 seconds. Upon releasing the reset button, wait for 20 seconds, the camera will reboot and the username and password will return to the factory default administrator username and password.
  • Page 77 follows: Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins If you allow the ActiveX running, but still could not see living video. Please change another port number to try.

  • Page 78: Default Parameters

    LAN IP. (For more details see: How to add cameras in WAN) 6.2 Default Parameters Default network Parameters IP address: obtain dynamically Subnet mask: obtain dynamically Gateway: obtain dynamically DDNS: Embedded FOSCAM domain name Username and password Default admin username: admin with a blank password 6.3 Specifications ITEMS Sensor Type...
  • Page 79 Image Compression H.264 1080P(1920x1080),720P(1280 x 720), VGA(640 x 480), Resolution QVGA(320 x 240) Stream dual stream Video The hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness are Image adjustment adjustable Flip image flip and mirror Infrared mode Automatic or manual manual Pan/Tilt Angle Horizontal:300° & Vertical: 100° Supports two-way audio Audio Input/Output...
  • Page 80 ITEMS Sensor Type 1/3'' CMOS Display Resolution 2560x1440 (4.0 Megapixels), 2304x1296 ( 3.0 Megapixels) Image Sensor Frame Rate 25fps Min. Illumination 0 Lux (With IR Illuminator) Lens Type f:4.0mm,F:2.1 Horizontal:67° Lens Angle of View Diagonal : 75° Night Vision 13pcs IR-LEDs, IR Range up to 8m(26ft) Image Compression H.264 2560x1440 (4.0 Megapixels), 2304x1296 ( 3.0 Megapixels)，...

  • Page 81: Ce & Fcc

    Firewall Supports IP Filtering Storage 128G Micro SD card, local and FTP storage Reset Reset button is available Power Supply DC 5V/2.0A Power Power Consumption ＜6W Dimension(LxWxH) 74x74x119mm(2.9x2.9x4.7in) Physical Net Weight 290g(0.6lb) Operating Temperature -10°C ~ 55° (14°F ~ 131°F) Operating Humidity 20% ~ 85% non-condensing Environment...

  • Page 82: 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 83 Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM. ...

  • Page 84: 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 85 Without the prior written permission of Foscam 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.

  • Page 86: 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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