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7.4 Could not record videos or snap pictures in IE 11 or Firefox of Windows 10 OS....56 7.5 Camera could not connect the wireless network by wifi............ 57 7.6 The plugin is blocked by Firefox..................57 Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
In order to keep your camera secure and prevent unauthorized access, please make sure to follow the steps below: 1) Always make sure your camera has the latest firmware as listed on http://fdt.us. 2) Never use the default password for your camera. Always ensure your password is at least 8-10 characters long and contains a combination of lowercase characters, uppercase characters as well as numbers.
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Be sure to use only the accessories recommended by manufacturer. Before installation, please open the package and check to ensure that all of the components are present. Contact the retailer that you purchased from, or FDT directly if anything is broken or missing in the package. Check Hardware When you receive the product in the packaging, unpack it and check all sides of the product for any physical damage.
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3) Loosen the thumb screws to adjust the mount to the desired position . 4) Once the position is set, tighten the screws securely. Note: Please try to get the mount from the reseller which is not included . Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
1 Features 1.1 Overview The FDT IP Camera is an excellent digital surveillance product that can be useful to a wide variety of users. The camera connects to any router, and uses an internet connection to allow the user to access all of its functionality from many internet connected devices.
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Mobile device access The FDT IP camera provides “FDT View” App for mobile devices. You can search and install it on App Store or Google Play, then you can access your camera on your mobile devices.
3.1 Connection Guide The FDT camera can be accessed through the web browser in the computer or the App in the smart phone or tablet PC. Before accessing, you should set up your camera WiFi to network firstly after it is powered on.
The FDT camera can be accessed through FDT View app on either iOS or Android mobile devices. To access your device from a smart phone or tablet, please search and install FDT View app first from App Store or Google Play.
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You can also edit some network configurations, camera name through the SearchTool. But you have to enter the correct camera’s username/password to make your modifications valid. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
You can find the install it on your Mac computer. Then run the tool named “SearchTool” to search the FDT camera in your LAN. From the tool, you can get the name, UID, IP address, Mac address, Http port and firmware version of the camera.
Here is a “Network Configuration” button in the right-clicking button list. From this button, you can modify the IP, Device display name and http port of the FDT camera. Please note: 1. The camera will reboot automatically if you modify its http port.
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If the browser prompts you to allow the plugin to work on the computer, hit Allow to ensure the plugin can run successfully. Then the camera is now successfully set up for live viewing, playback and configuration! Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
4.2.4 Remote access You can access the FDT camera remotely through web browsers by UPnP/DDNS features or Port forwarding. Go to the CONFIG/DDNS page to enable the UPnP and input the information for third-party DDNS, such as Dyndns.org/3322.org/dynddns.us/No-ip.com.
4.4 RTSP access The FDT camera supports the RTSP standard protocol, you can access the video and audio from the camera directly by RTSP player such as VLC. Please make sure you enable the RTSP feature of you camera, you can set this feature in the webUI of the camera through the web browsers, like IE/Firefox/Chrome in Windows OS computer, and Safari or Chrome in Mac OS computer.
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RTSP RUL. 4) Then you can view the video from the VLC player by now. Note: you can also view the video remotely by the rtsp stream if you have the right DDNS or port mapping or forwarding. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
You can go to the camera list page to find a “+ Add Camera” to add cameras into your App. Before you start to setup your camera, please select your camera type at first. For this FDT PT camera, please select “Cube Camera”, then tap Next to continue.
5.1.1 Set up a new camera. If you are the first time to set up the FDT camera, or your just reset your FDT camera. Please click the button “Set up a new camera” to add it into your smartphone or tablet.
5.1.2 Set up an existing camera. For the FDT camera you have set up before, you can click the button “Set up an existing camera” to add it into your smartphone or tablet. There are also 2 ways to add it, by scanning or by manual.
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“Manually Connect”. Enter in your camera’s UID, username and password, you can also give it a new name you like. Then you can start the live view and go to the setting page to access and control your camera. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
-Click the trash icon to delete the camera you want. You can also delete the camera you want by sliding the camera from right to left, then you can find a Delete button to delete this camera. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
5.3 Live view page After add the camera successfully, you can preview the video of your camera and set the configurations you want. This section will show you what the icons can do in the live view page of the FDT View. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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. -Exit , you can go back to the device list page by click the back icon . -Settings page , you can go to the settings page by click the icon of settings. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
5.4 Settings pages 5.4.1 Edit Password You can change the password of the FDT camera in this page. 5.4.2 Alarm Settings You can set the configuration about motion-detection alarm of the camera in this page, such as enable or disable the alarm, set the sensitivity of the motion-detection like low/medium/high.
You can set the configurations for audio in this page. 5.4.6 Video settings You can set the configuration about video encoding for the first/second stream in this page, like bitrate/frame rate and video quality. The top on is for first stream, the second one is for second stream. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
You can get the space information about the SD Card in your camera and format it in this page. 5.4.9 Device time settings You can set the time of your camera to sync it with your smartphone in this page. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
Please see the detail for how to set up Yahoo and Gmail account : If you want to use FDT App to sign in Yahoo account...
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If you want to use FDT App to sign in Gmail account for sending alarm events, please follow below steps: -Sign in your Gmail account via web browser like below. And click "My Account ". -Go to "Sign-in & Security".
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- Go to “Connected apps & sites”, and enable “Allow less secure apps” Usually you will receive a notice email message from Gmail server as below after you enable the function of using app to sign in. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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And the service can be resumed after you pass its security verification. Now, you should enable motion alarm and set up email parameters in the Camera Setting. 1. Enable motion detection in “Camera Setting” -> “Alarm Setting”; Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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4 email addresses separated with semicolon allowed to be filled. ♥ Subject & Message: Tap “Test” after filling above parameters. Usually it will prompt “Test Success”. And they tap “Apply” for taking effect. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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4 email addresses separated with semicolon allowed to be filled. ♥ Subject & Message: Tap “Test” after filling above parameters. Usually it will prompt “Test Success”. And they tap “Apply” for taking effect. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
You can reboot, restore the camera in this page. And there is an icon “Version checking” for you to check the latest firmware for the camera and upgrade it online. 5.4.13 Device information You can obtain the information about the camera in this page. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
You can browse the pictures and videos saved in your smart phone in this page by clicking the chosen file. And you can delete these files if you want. For the video file you can delete by sliding the file you choosing from right to left. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
6 Web User Interface for operation Here details the FDT camera’s user interface for web browser, as well as all of the operations the camera can perform, including the Login, LIVE, PLAYBACK and CONFIG pages.
6.2.3 Preset The FDT camera can support max 8 preset positions, from 1 to 8. You can click the “Set” button to save one preset point named by number 1-8, and click the “Go” button to let the Pan/Tilt go to the preset you saved before.
(Only for IE/Firefox browser in windows): Capture pictures by manual. (Only for IE/Firefox browser in windows): Record video by manual. There will show you a red “REC” icon if you enable the manual recording. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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(Only for IE browser in windows): These icons are used to show you multiple-devices in your local network at the same time. If you have multi FDT cameras, you add them to the multiple-device page, then you can view them all at the same time.
Adjust the audio volume when you playback the recordings. 6.4 Configuration page Here you can set configurations for all features of the FDT camera, please click the “Apply” button to save your settings, click the “Refresh” to query or refresh the current configuration in your camera.
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Here you can enable/diable the OSD for camera time or name, and modify the camera name to one you like. 2) Image Here you can control the camera video status, such as mirror the video, flip the video, enable/disable the WDR. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
6.4.2 Network 1) Network Here you can set the IP address information like DHCP or Static and the port for HTTP/RTSP/RTMP. Note: Please keep the type for IP and DNS are the same, both are the DHCP or Static Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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Here you can search the WIFI AP around your camera, then select and apply one of them to your camera. Please make sure you enable the wifi before you start to use it. You can also check your settings by click the “Check” button after you save your settings. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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Note: The FDT camera use the wired Ethernet cable by default, it will work on the wireless status automatically if you disconnect the Ethernet cable. But the wireless will not work if you still connect the Ethernet cable in your camera.
Here you can set the areas for the motion detection and the sensitivity of each area. You can enable or disable each of the area, or change the size of each area by dragging the bottom right corner of the setting window of square, or change the position by dragging the setting window through your mouse. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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Here you can enable or disable the alarm actions once the alarm triggered, including send email with picture, save alarm picture or video to SD card or FTP server, go to one certain preset point and also the picture numbers for capturing. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
6.4.4 Advance 1) User Here you can edit the account information of the FDT camera, such as change the username or password, the default account is admin/admin. 2) Auto Snap Here you can set the save path and time interval for the feature of capture pictures automatically.
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Here you can set the FTP server configurations for your FTP storage for picture or video. You can click the “Test” button to check whether your settings is ok or not. Please make sure you have input the right folder path in your FTP server. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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The “Indicator Display Mode” decides the status for the system LED status in the front-head of the Pan/Tilt. 7) Multiple Setting(Only for IE in windows) Here you can search the FDT cameras in your LAN and add them into your multiple device group. Then you can view them at the live page together. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
6.4.5 System 1) Time Here you can set the time and date, the status for NTP and DST, the time zone for your camera. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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“Upgrade” button. 3) Device Information Here you can query and check the main information and status of the FDT camera, including the name, time, IP, firmware version, DDNS and UPnP status, and the SD card left space. By clicking the “Format” button, you can format the SD card in your camera. By clicking the “Open”...
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4) System Log Here you can query the history operation or running log for your camera. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
7.1.1 How to install the plugin for IE browser in Windows OS? When you login the camera in your computer at the first time by IE browser, the IE browser will prompt automatically to show you to allow the installing of the FDT camera plugin named WebCam_Plug.
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3. Refresh the IP address when it is ready to login and access your camera. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
1. Click and download the plugin from the login page, save it to your computer 2. Double click the WebCam_Plug.exe file to install it in your computer. 3. Refresh the IP address in your web browser to access your camera after you install the plugin successfully in your computer. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
Because the security limitation of IE 11 and windows, you could not enable the recording/snap path to store. Please run your web browser as administrator authority, and set an available file path to save your recordings and pictures. Then they will work in your computer. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
Firefox will block the NPAPI plugin by default, it will prompt you to allow this plugin when you access the camera or you can active the plugin after you login the camera. Please refresh the IP address of your camera to access your camera again once you allow or active the plugin in your Firefox browser. Technologies-http://www.fdt.us...
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