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Model: FN7108W-B4
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  • Page 1 User Manual Model: FN7108W-B4 Version: 1.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.3 Guide..............................6 2.4 Shortcut Menu............................ 8 2.4.1 Pair IP Camera........................9 2.4.2 Menu............................11 2.4.3 Playback..........................11 2.4.4 Record............................ 13 2.4.5 Backup............................ 14 2.4.6 PTZ Control..........................15 2.4.7 IPC Config..........................15 2.4.8 Info............................19 2.4.9 Shutdown..........................19 2.5 Main Menu............................20 2.5.1 Configuration......................... 21 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 3 2.5.9 Restore factory settings....................... 28 2.5.10 Upgrade..........................29 2.5.11 IPC Config..........................29 2.5.12 Channel Config........................30 3 Access the NVR in Foscam App....................... 31 3.1 Download the Foscam APP......................31 3.2 Create A Foscam Account......................31 3.3 Add Device in Foscam App......................32 3.4 Foscam APP Surveillance Window....................33...
  • Page 4 4.3.2 Manual add..........................42 4.4 Surveillance Software GUI......................45 5 Appendix................................49 5.1 HDD Capacity Calculation......................49 5.2 Specifications........................... 50 5.3 FAQ..............................53 5.4 Glossary............................54 5.5 CE & FCC............................55 5.6 WARRANTY............................. 55 5.7 Statement............................59 5.8 Obtaining Technical Support......................60 www.foscam.com...

  • Page 5: Security Warning

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

  • Page 6: 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 7: Important Safety Instructions

     Check the power supply to avoid damage because of voltage mismatch.  Make sure the wireless NVR working within suitable temperature and humidity environment. Short circuit may occur when dust become wet on circuit board. Please clean the dust on circuit board, connectors, and NVR case. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 8: Overview

    1.2 Key Features Network Monitoring You can access the NVR system remotely through the Video Management System (VMS) and Foscam APP, or access the NVR system locally by using the display or monitor. Multi-screen Preview Multi-screen preview indicates that several pages are displayed on the screen of the monitor based on the same scale.
  • Page 9 Support local GUI output and perform shortcut operations through the mouse (left click to select, right click to return to the previous menu).  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 10: Relevant Version

    NVR User Manual 1.3 Relevant Version Name Recommended Configuration You are recommended to equip a 16:9 monitor with the resolution higher than Monitor 1920 *1080. Network 10/100M Ethernet or above. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 11: Gui

    : Shows the strength of the IPC wireless network. : The alarm of the IPC is triggered. 2.1.2 Common Operations Starting Up the NVR Turn on the power, The Power indicator LED should turn green indicating that the device begins to start up. Note www.foscam.com...

  • Page 12: Usb Mouse Operation

    Preview mode or Playback mode: Switch between single-screen and multi-screen. Time or Area box: Select the time or zone range. Click and Drag Time bar: Drag time bar. Live view: Moving channel arrangement order Right-Click Single-Click Live view: Show menu. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 13: Login

    By default, the Guide starts once the NVR has loaded. The Guide can walk you through some important settings of the NVR. If you don't want to use the Guide at that moment, right click the mouse to quit. 1. Setting the system time, date format, language, resolution of the monitor and so on. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 14 If you want to know the UID of the device, please scan the QR code. If you don’t want to use the Setup Wizard next time, check Not show again checkbox. Click the Finish button to complete the setup wizard. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 15: Shortcut Menu

    Or Right-click “Main Menu > Configuration”, uncheck the Setup Wizard checkbox. Click the Save button. 2.4 Shortcut Menu After login, right-click the mouse, you will enter the shortcut menu. Right-click in live view mode and select screen from the Shortcut Menu, you can choose 4-screen, 8-screen or 9 screens. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 16: Pair Ip Camera

    Click Pair button and press the Reset button of the camera tail cable at the same time, until it prompts that the pairing is successful. When finished code matching, The live view interface will show you the video feed of each IP Camera. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 17 Right-click in live view mode to enter the Pair IP Camera interface, click Repeater button.Then, bridging relationship will be showed on the interface automatically. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 18: Menu

    On this page you can view the record files stored in the hard disk. 1. Select a date with recording in calendar. 2. Check the checkbox from Channels. You can select up to nine channels for playback at the same time. Manage the recording www.foscam.com...
  • Page 19 Step 4: Select Add Flag, then double-click left mouse to select the start time and end time. Step 5: Insert USB flash drive to the USB port located at the rear of your NVR. Step 6: Click Backup button to save the video information to the USB flash drive. Tips are available www.foscam.com...

  • Page 20: Record

    Save button (Actually, the Wi-Fi NVR system have default set 24h scheduled recording). If you want to modify it to alarm recording, please use the left mouse button to select the time (turned to green), if the other channels operate in the same way, select copy button. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 21: Backup

    If target file can not be searched out, please click empty to add. Please remove the files which is no need before backup. Ensure insert device (like USB) in 30 second, as system reserved searching time for it is 30 second. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 22: Ptz Control

    Right-click in live view mode and select IPC Config to enter the IPC Config-1 interface. You can set the Image, OSD, Encode, Advanced, Maintenance for the IPC. Image Choose Image to enter the Image interface, On this page you can adjust the image color mode of the monitor channel. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 23 Choose OSD to set the information on the screen for the IPC. Encode Choose Encode to set the information for the main stream and the sub stream. Note FN7108W-B4 kit will automatically configure the main/sub stream information according to the network environment, so it is not editable here. Advanced www.foscam.com...
  • Page 24 Step 3: Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > IPC Config > Maintenance”. Step 4: Click Refresh button. Step 5: Choose the channel to update this camera or click Select All to upgrade your all cameras. Step 6: Click Refresh button. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 25 Step 1: Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > IPC Config > Maintenance”. Step 2: Click CH to restore default this camera or click Select All to restore default your all cameras. Step 3: Click Restore IPC button. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 26: Info

    Right-click in live view mode and select “Info > Version”, you can view the version information of the NVR. 2.4.9 Shutdown Right-click in live view mode select Shutdown to enter the Shutdown interface. You can restore, logout, reboot or shutdown the NVR system. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 27: Main Menu

    Click Restore,The Restore factory settings interface is displayed. You can check some information to restore the factory settings, as shown in the figure below. 2.5 Main Menu Right-click in live view mode and select Main Menu from the Shortcut Menu, the Main Menu interface is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 28: Configuration

    Wizard checkbox. 2.5.2 Display Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > Display” in the Main Menu interface. The Display interface is displayed. You can set the Channel Title, Time Title, Channel Title, Record Status, Alarm Status. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 29 Step 1: Check the Enable. Step 2: Set the Interval(sec). Step 3: Click the add button to select which channel videos can be played within each group. Step 4: Click Save button. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 30: Record

    2.5.4 Backup Step 1: Insert USB flash drive to the USB port located at the rear of your NVR. Step 2: Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > Backup” in the Main Menu interface. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 31: Network

    DHCP: Select DHCP from the Network Type, the device will connect to Internet automatically, no need data setting. Manual setting: Select STATIC from the Network Type, fill in IP address, DNS data, and so on,  click Save button. If user doesn’t familiar about the network environment, please prefer use DHCP first. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 32: Hdd

    Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > HDD” in the Main Menu interface. The HDD interface is displayed. When the HDD is full, you can select the cycle cover the earliest recording or stop recording. You can set the video storage time. Click the Format button, you can also format the hard drive. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 33: User

    You can add user, delete user, modify user and change password. Add User Click Add User to enter the Add User interface, On this page you can add to user, user password and Authority Option. Modify User www.foscam.com...

  • Page 34: Event

    Motion Detect interface is displayed. On this page you can setting Channel, Scheduled, Delay and Event Trigger mode. Click Video Loss to enter the Videoloss interface. When there is no video in the channel, the NVR alarm function is triggered. On this page you can setting Channel, Schedule, and Event Trigger. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 35: Restore Factory Settings

    2.5.9 Restore factory settings Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > Restore factory settings” in the Main Menu interface. The Restore factory settings interface is displayed. On this page you can choose which you can restore the factory settings. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 36: Upgrade

    Don't shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, NVR restarts. 2.5.11 IPC Config Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > IPC Config”, you can set the Image, OSD, Encode, Advanced, Maintenance for the IPC. For detailed operation, please refer to 2.4.7 IPC Config. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 37: Channel Config

    NVR User Manual 2.5.12 Channel Config Right-click in live view mode and select “Main Menu > Channel Config” to enter the Pair IP Camera interface . please refer to 2.4.1 Pair IP Camera. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 38: Access The Nvr In Foscam App

    Scan the QR code below to download and install the Foscam APP. 3.2 Create A Foscam Account You can create a Foscam account for the first time. Run the Foscam APP, and then register for a Foscam account. Step 1: Click Foscam app icon to enter the login page. Click Sign Up to create account.

  • Page 39: Add Device In Foscam App

    3.3 Add Device in Foscam App Open the foscam APP and please sign in if you have one already. After logging into Foscam APP, select "+" icon on the upper right corner. The Add Devices interface is displayed.

  • Page 40: Foscam App Surveillance Window

    Note FN7108W-B4 kit does not support DDNS connection. After the addition is successful, NVR video will be displayed in the Foscam app. 3.4 Foscam APP Surveillance Window You can start to learn about software operation after finish quick installation.When you launch the Foscam App, the devices page displays.
  • Page 41 Setting: Click this button to set more. Date：Display the date. Full screen: Click this full screen button, you can live in full screen. Bit Rate: You can see the current connection bit rate. Mirror: You can flip the image horizontally/vertically with this button. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 42: Setting

    NVR model, UID, MAC ID, NVR firmware version information, IPC firmware version information. 3.6.2 NVR Firmware You can see the current NVR's firmware version and whether there is new software that needs to be upgraded.if there is new firmware, you can click the “Upgrade” button to upgrade. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 43: Camera Firmware

    When the HDD is full, you can check the Loop Coverage to select the cycle cover the earliest. You can see the HDD information of the NVR. You can format the hard information by clicking the Format the hard disk button. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 44: Reboot Nvr

    Click Reboot NVR to reboot the NVR. This is similar to unplugging the power to the NVR. 3.6.7 Delete NVR You can click Delete NVR button to delete the NVR from the app, or delete and keep history files from the app. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 45: Surveillance Software Foscam Vms

    NVR User Manual Surveillance Software Foscam VMS Foscam VMS is a new tool for PC. It does not require plug-ins and is compatible with Windows & Mac, It supports all Foscam HD cameras and up to 36 cameras at the same time.
  • Page 46 NVR User Manual Step 2: Click Login with Local Account to enter the Create A Local Account interface. Step 3: Enter the account and password, then click Create button. Step 4: Click Confirm button to enter the main interface. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 47: Add Device

    Click Add Device button, then follow below steps: Step1 Select “ALL” from the device types. Step2 Click the IP address of the NVR on the list, then the name of the NVR and the IP information will be entered automatically. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 48 NVR User Manual Step 3 Click Add. Step 4 Enter the username and password of the NVR. Step 5 Click Add button to finish adding. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 49: Manual Add

    You can add the NVR use manual add. Step 1 Click Manual add first. Step 2 There are three ways to connect mode, you can choose any one.  Check UID from Connection mode. Enter the UID of the device. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 50  Check DDNS from the Connection Mode. Enter the DDNS and Port of the NVR. Select NVR from the Device types. Note FN7108W-B4 kit does not support DDNS connection.  Check IP address from the Connection Mode. Enter the IP and Port of the NVR. Select NVR from the Device types.
  • Page 51 NVR User Manual Step 3 Click Add button. Step 4 Enter Device account and Password of the NVR. Step 5 Click Add button to finish adding device. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 52: Surveillance Software Gui

    Playback the video recording, you can choose Cloud Playback, SD Card Playback, NVR HDD Playback or Local Playback. Login your Foscam cloud account to view alerts. Login your Foscam cloud account. Add Device, please refer chapter 4.3 Add Device for the detail setting.
  • Page 53 Click the button, Delete the device. 5----- Setup Click Setup button, goes to Device Settings Control Panel to make advanced NVR settings. Section3 Live Window When the mouse is placed on the video, the icon shown on the following figure appears. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 54 Click it again and stop recording. The recording files will be stored to C:\VMS_RECORD automatically. Snap Shot ----- Click it to make snapshot. After snapshot, the button banner will prompt Captured Successfully. And you can find the picture on default path C:\VMS_CAPTURE. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 55 Close All ----- Click this button to close all the cameras Full Screen ----- Click this button to enter full screen, then click to exit full screen. Hide Bar ----- Click this button, Hide and show Pan / Tilt control Bar www.foscam.com...

  • Page 56: 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 57: Specifications

    1209600M= =1181.25G 1024 According to the preceding calculation result, you are advised to buy a HDD of 1.5 TB or above. 5.2 Specifications Model FN7108W-B4-1T Video Input IP Video Input 8 Channels FHD IP camera input HDMI Output 1×HDMI Video Output VGA Output 1×VGA...
  • Page 58 Lens Type f:4mm, F:2.0 IR Range 65ft(20m) Lens Infrared Mode Automatic Diagonal Angle of View 94° Video Format H.264+ Multi-Stream Dual streams Software Features Human Detection √ Day/Night √ Waterproof IP66 Physical and Net Weight 360g Environmental Power DC12V www.foscam.com...
  • Page 59 NVR User Manual Power Consumption <5W Dimension(LxWxH) 97(L)x67(W)x64(H) Certification FCC、CE、IP66 Warranty Limited 2-year warranty Operating Temperature '-10°C~ 55°C (14°F ~ 140°F) Operating Humidity 10% ~ 80% non-condensing Storage Temperature -20°C ~ 60°C (-4°F ~ 140°F) Storage Humidity 0% ~ 90% non-condensing www.foscam.com...

  • Page 60: Faq

    5. Why can't video files be downloaded during video playback or downloaded files cannot be played back properly? To save consumed resources, the server limits concurrency of video playback and file download. In this case, stop video playback and then download files or play back videos after video files are downloaded. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 61: Glossary

    Recorder centralized management and storage for IP cameras. Video Management Foscam VMS is a new tool for PC. It does not require plug-ins System and is compatible with Windows & Mac, It supports all Foscam HD cameras and up to 36 cameras at the same time.

  • Page 62: Ce & Fcc

    5.6 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 63 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 64  Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM.  Damage caused by improper installation of third-party products.
  • Page 65 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 66: 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 67: Obtaining Technical Support

    Due to product upgrades and other reasons, this guide may be slow to update, resulting in slight inconsistencies with the official website information. Please take The official website (www.foscam.com) information as the current standard. Manufacturer: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Addr: Room 901, Unit B, Building 7, Xingke 1st Street Vanke Cloud City Phase 1, Nanshan Dist., Shenzhen, 518055, China...

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