CONTENTS 1 WELCOME ................................1 1.1 Features ................................1 1.2 Packing List.................................2 1.3 Product views..............................2 1.4 Preparations before use............................4 2 SOFTWARE OPERATION............................6 2.1 IP Camera Tool ..............................6 2.2 Camera Login ..............................10 2.3 For Visitor................................16 2.4 For Operator..............................18 2.5 For Administrator...............................21 3 How to configure settings in For Administrator ......................21 3.1 Date &...
Supports IE/Firefox/Google/Safari browser or any other standard browsers Supports mobile watch Supports WEP,WPA and WPA2 Encryption IR night vision (Range:30m) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
1.3 Product views 1.3.1 Front View Figure 1.1 Induction IC 2 Infrared LED: 36 IR LEDs 3 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Client shows zero, you can reset without unplugging the network cable, or else you had better unplug the network cable and then reset. Figure 1.3 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
(1) Put the CD in the CD drive of your computer. Open the CD; find the software per instructions; (2) Double click IPCamSetup.exe and install the software per instruction. Figure 1.4 (3) Click Next to complete the software installation. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Figure 1.5 (4) Select the folder where setup will install then click Next. Figure 1.6 (5) Click Install. An icon appears on the desktop automatically. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Our company has two series: H.264 and MJPEG. M shows that the camera belongs to MJPEG series. H shows that the camera belongs to H.264 series. FI8601W belongs to H.264 series. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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The firewall may be blocking it, therefore you can add this MAC ID to your router and give it a fixed IP or add the MAC ID as a trusted site. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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IP. (Make sure the Router which the camera connects has DHCP function and DHCP is enabled).H series can’t obtain IP from DHCP server. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Follow the upgrade documentation in the package carefully to upgrade. Read the readme.txt file first before you upgrade. CAUTION: Please don’t upgrade the firmware freely. Sometimes, your camera may be damaged Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
(Figure 2.8) (2) You can also access the camera by IE browser directly by typing in the camera’s IP address (Figure 2.7). For example: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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If you use IE, you can download ActiveX from the login UI. If you use Firefox, Google Chrome, safari or others, you should download QuickTime Player as the ActiveX from other website. For IE Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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The first time you login the UI. You may receive an activeX prompt as the picture below. (Figure 2.13) Figure 2.13 Right click on the active prompt and choose Run Add-on(Figure 2.14). Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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FI8601/FI8601W User Manual Figure 2.14 Select Run on the next prompt (Figure 2.15), you will see a live video. (Figure 2.16) Choose Run Figure 2.15 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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It may ask you for user name and password again before login the UI. After you enter user name and password, you will see the living video. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
WWW.FOSCAM.COM FI8601/FI8601W User Manual Figure 2.17 2.3 For Visitor For IE browser Figure 2.18 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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And the status column will display REC when recording. Click again it will stop recording Figure 2.20 : Click the icon, it will pop up a player. And you can see the videos you have stored. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
This camera doesn’t have cradle head, so you cannot use this function. If you want to use cradle head, you must connect it with 485 cradle head interface firstly and then configure it properly (read 3.9 chapter about How to configure) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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When the icon has three arrows, the speed of the rotation is fastest. And when the icon has one arrow, the speed is lowest. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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(Figure 2.24). Press the left mouse and you can use the optical zoom. Note: The camera doesn’t support this function because the lens without the optical zoom. Figure 2.24 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
There are four models for you to adjust time: Manual setting, Sync with computer time, Network Time Protocol and Keep current settings, choose one model and adjust the camera time. Then choose Time zone, such as the following picture: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Interval: The interval time between last time and next time that the camera adjusts the time with Ntp Server. If your country is implementing the Daylight Saving Time, when you select the Time zone, you Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
He can do any settings. Guest has the lowest authority. Please reset the passwords at first using and prevent unauthorized users login the camera. Click Apply to save these settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
DNS server, you can check your computer’s local area connection. It contains all the information. The step is Control Panel Network Connections Double click Local Area Connections Choose General Properties. You will see all the information in it. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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There are two DNS servers, you can set any of them.Same with gateway is also OK. Figure 3.6 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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. WAN IP or LAN IP is OK. The number “11” shows that you will use first stream. The number”12” shows that you will use second stream. For example: Enter rtsp://192.168.11.169/11 in the VLC. Figure 3.8 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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FI8601/FI8601W User Manual Figure 3.9 You need enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Figure 3.10 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
“Manual DNS” but you don’t know the DNS, you can do as figure3.5/3.6.. After all settings, click Apply. You will see the following picture, click OK, and re-connect the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
3.4.1 Infrastructure mode First Enable wireless and choose Infrastructure mode. Figure 3.14 Click Search button and the camera will detect WIFI device around the area. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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(SSID, Security mode, WPA Algorithm & WEP key index) will be filled automatically as the following picture. Figure 3.16 You only need fill in key. Access your router and get the key. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Figure 3.18 Fill in key and click check. You can see whether WIFI settings are correct. If correct, you will see the following picture. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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If you want to use the wireless function without wireless router, you can choose Point_to_Point mode. Make sure the PC has wireless network card. First Enable wireless and choose Point_to_Point mode. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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IP Camera Tool. Open the wireless network card of PC and search the SSID you have filled. You can find it as the following picture: Figure 3.22 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Enter WAN IP address and port number in the browser to login the camera. For example: Http:// 183.37.48.244:8090 Note: Make sure the Port mapping is success. (Please read Quick Installation Guide about How Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
3.6 Email Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been activated, Email Settings will need to be configured. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Chinese characters. 3.7 FTP Settings If you want to upload images to your FTP server, you can set FTP Settings. Figure 3.27 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Find the related information about the cradle head at the cradle head user manual and fill the following options. Click Apply and save your settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
That means you choose window1 Figure 3.31 Move your mouse on the regional box, you can drag the regional box to any position in the video. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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“ ”, you can change the size of the detection area. Drag it and change the size of the alarm area Figure 3.33 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
3 Firefox, Google chrome, Safari doesn’t support the function because the activex can not support it. 3.11 Alarm Set alarm and It will send email or upload images when motion has been detected. Figure 3.35 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
If you click cancel, the settings will come back to the status before your settings. If you want to reset all time range, click clean. NOTE: Adjust system time before set schedule. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
When the bandwidth is very narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video can not play well. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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.If you set as following picture (Figure 3.38), click Apply and you will see the video as Figure3.39. The camera name cannot be Chinese characters. Figure 3.38 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Which one you choose is decided by the device that connect with audio input interface. Click Apply, you can see a dialog box as below: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Note: Before restore factory default, you should verify the Current Client is zero. Or else you had better unplug the network cable then click Factory Default. 3.17 Back This will take you back to the video window. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Check subnet mask, IP address and gateways. When you set IP address please make sure they are in the same subnet. Otherwise you can't access camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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If you allow the ActiveX running, but still could not see living video. Please change another port number to try. Don’t use port 80, use any port between 1024 and 49151. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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For Firefox, Safari and Google chrome, you should install Quick Time Player as the ActiveX controller, please configure the activex controller as the following picture: Select Preferences—QuickTime Preferences… Figure 5.3 Choose HTTP as the transport protocol. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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WWW.FOSCAM.COM FI8601/FI8601W User Manual Figure 5.4 Choose Automatic as the Transport Setup, then click OK to save the settings. Figure 5.5 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
User’s Guide has not answered. Please contact your reseller and ask for help first, if they could not resolve your issue, please contact our company. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...