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Foscam FI8905W User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual Model: FI8904W/FI8905W Ourdoor Wireless IP Camera FI8904W FI8905W...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3.14 Upgrade Device Firmware ..........................37 3.15 Backup & Restore Settings ..........................37 3.16 Restore Factory Settings ..........................38 3.17Reboot Device ..............................38 3.18 Log ..................................38 3.19 Back ................................39 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 3: Welcome

    ● Support multiple network protocols: HTTP/TCP/IP/UDP/STMP/DDNS/SNTP/DHCP/FTP ● Supports WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption ● Supports Daylight Saving Time ● Supports MSN ● Supports Gmail as sender on mail service settings Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 4: Packing List

    ● IPCAM×1 ● Wi-Fi Antenna×1 (only available for wireless model) ● DC Power Supply×1 ● Quick Installation Guide×1 ● CD×1（Includes IPCAM user manual、IP camera tool 、FOSCAM Video Installation） ● Network Cable×1 ● Mounting bracket×1(option) ● Warranty Card ×1 NOTE: Please Contact us immediately in case of any damaged or missing parts.

  • Page 5: Back View

    IP camera will be reset back to the factory default parameter. 1.3.3 Bottom View There are three stickers at the bottom of the camera; it is an important feature of original Foscam cameras. If your camera does not have any of these three stickers, it may be a clone one.

  • Page 6: Preparations Before Use

    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)C lick Next to complete the software installation. Figure 1.5 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 7 3) Plug the power adapter into the camera and then into the power outlet. CAUTION: Make sure to only use the power adapter supplied with IPCAM. Using a Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 8: Software Operation

    Choose the IP Camera list and right click; there are six options, Basic Properties, Network Configuration, Upgrade Firmware, Refresh Camera List, Flush Arp Buffer and About IP Camera Tool as shown Figure 2.2. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 9 IP or add the MAC ID as a trusted site. There are two MAC addresses, one is Wired MAC and the other is WIFI MAC. Figure 2.3 Network Configuration This page will allow you to configure the Network parameters. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 10 Http Port: The default Lan port is 80.You can set another port number, such as port 8005, 85, 8100.etc. User: Default administrator user name is admin Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 11 You may try to use flush Arp buffer. About IP Camera Tool Displays the version of the IP Camera Tool. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 12: Camera Login

    There are two modes to login. If you use IE browser, please choose activeX mode to login. If you use Firefox or Google Chrome, please choose Server Push Mode to login. (Figure 2.9) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 13 The first time you login the UI. You will receive an activeX prompt as in the picture above. (Figure 2.10) Right click on the active prompt and choose Run Add-on. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 14 Select Run on the next prompt (Figure 2.12) which will return to the login screen. Figure 2.12 Fill in the user name and choose login again. You will see a living video. (Figure 2.13) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 15 After you enter the user name, you will see Device Status of the camera. Figure 2.14 Click Live Video, you will see the camera’s live video. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 16: Device Status

    If the camera is connected properly, the light of the device status will show green. If the light shows yellow, check if the activeX is enabled or change another port number and try again. Figure 2.16 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 17: For Visitor

    If you want to close the alarm sound choose here 1 control the record folder pop-up or not 2 play video 3 stop video 4 snapshot 5 record timestamp Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 18: For Operator

    You will see the picture like Figure 2.14 when you login the camera as a visitor. 2.5 For Operator For IE browser Click For Operator, the following screen will appear. (Figure 2.19) There are two resolution 640*480 and 320*240 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 19: For Administrator

    Click For Administrator. You will see the Device Status. It contains device ID, firmware version of the camera and other status of the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 20 Back: In Firefox or Google Chrome, you must click Live Video or Device Status to go back. NOTE: Record and multi-device function are controlled by activeX controller, therefore Firefox or Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 21: How To Configure Settings In For Administrator

    Sync with PC Time(Figure 3.1b). If your country is implementing Daylight Saving Time, here you can set it for your camera (Figure 3.2). Figure 3.1a Figure 3.1b Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 22: User Settings

    Alarm record path will store the file of the recording file when it is activated by motion. (You must set motion alarm first. Figure 3.30) The default path for Record Path and Alarm Record Path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 23: Multi-Device Settings

    Enter the correct username and password then click Add. Add more cameras in the same way. After all cameras have been added, choose Submit. Figure 3.4 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 24 FI8904W/ FI8905W User Manual Figure 3.5 Choose For Visitor and then click the four windows option. You will see all four cameras you added. Figure 3.6 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 25 Enter user name and password and then choose Add. (Figure 3.9) NOTE: Here Host must be filled in the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 26 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 27: Basic Network Settings

    Control Panel Network Connections Local Area Connections Choose Support Details. You will see all the information in it. (Figure 3.14) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 28 FI8904W/ FI8905W User Manual Figure 3.13 Figure 3.14 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the default gateway. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 29: Wireless Lan Settings

    3.9 DDNS Service Settings Please view the information in Quick Installation Guide about How to set DDNS Service Settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 30: Mail Service Settings

    If an error occurs with one of the following errors after clicking Test, verify the information you entered is correct and select Test 1) Can not connect to the server Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 31: Msn Settings

    Apply an MSN ID for IPCAM first, then do as the picture. Figure 3.20a Go back to the “Device Info” screen and verify the MSN settings are correct. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 32: Ftp Service Settings

    All users entered on the MSN Friends list can chat with the camera .For example: “foscam 13”(see Figure 3.20a,it is contained in the MSN Friends List) login MSN, double click the icon of “ foscam31 “(it is the MSN ID you applied for camera ,Figure3.20a) , which will start a chat session with IPCAM (Figure 3.21).
  • Page 33 Filename: Fill in a name for the uploaded image. This name is different from the alarm image. You cannot change the name of the alarm image. Upload Interval refers to the time between the current image and the next image. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 34: Alarm Service Settings

    Check if your FTP server supports this file name format. 3.13 Alarm Service Settings If you enable Motion Detect Armed, it will send mail alerts and upload images when motion has been detected. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 35 If you want to specify a specific time when motion is detected, you can choose Scheduler and set the time range for motion alarm. (Figure 3.30) 5)Upload images via FTP server when motion is detected. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 36 For example, click the number “06” at the first row, you can see the column turn blue. That means the camera will alarm when Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 37 The box will turn gray. Click Submit and it will take effect. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 38: Upgrade Device Firmware

    Click Submit to save all the parameters you have set. These parameters will be stored in a bin file for future use. The bin file can be restored to load the parameters that were set. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 39: Restore Factory Settings

    Click Reboot Device to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. 3.18 Log The log record shows who accessed the camera. Figure 3.37 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 40: Back

    “Enable”, The ActiveX programs read by the computer will be stored. As follows: Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plu-ins Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 41 NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or activeX. If you can not see live video, try shutting down the firewall or anti-virus software and try again. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 42 Please add the camera as a trusted site to resolve this issue. The step are IE browser Tool Internet Proper Security Trusted sites Sites Add Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 43: Default Parameters

    IP address: obtain dynamically Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: obtain dynamically DHCP: Disabled DDNS: Disabled Username and password Default administrator username: admin Default administrator password: No password Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 44: Specifications

    Display Card 64M or above Supported OS Microsoft Windows 2000/XP /Vista/Windows7-32bit/Windows7 -64bit/ MAC Browser 6.0, IE7.0, IE8.0,IE9.0, Firefox2.0,Firefox3.0,Goolge Chrome,Safari or other standard browsers Certification CE,FCC Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

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