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 ..............................
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Audio Output: This jack is used to plug an external speaker 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.
(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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(1) Adjust the antenna at the back of the camera. (2) Plug the network cable into the camera and then into your Cable/DSL router. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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 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. Figure 2.3a Note: H series doesn’t have Web UI Version. Figure 2.3b Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Your PC contains your PC’s IP address, gateway and DNS server. Normally, there are two DNS servers. Here you can also set Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Refresh camera list manually. Flush Arp Buffer When wired and wireless of the camera both are fixed IP address. You may encounter an issue Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
There are two modes to login. If you use PC to login, please choose the first mode. If you use mobile to login, please choose the second mode. (Figure 2.9) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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QuickTime Player as the ActiveX from other website. For IE Please click . Install the ActiveX after download. Figure 2.10 Click next. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Only click Finish and the computer restarts upon installation completion. The first time you login the UI. You will receive an activeX prompt as the picture below. (Figure Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Right click on the active prompt and choose Run Add-on(Figure 2.14). Figure 2.14 Select Run on the next prompt (Figure 2.15), you will see a live video. (Figure 2.16) 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...
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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...
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Setting the storage path of photos and videos. The default path is D disk. Note: Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari does not have these functions because the activex does not support it. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
When the icon has three arrows, the speed of the rotation is fastest. And when the icon has one arrow, the speed is lowest. But this type of camera dosen’t support this function because the PTZ speed can not change. 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Client shows 0, that means no people are viewing the video. If someone have logged in the camera but do not open the video, the Current Client will not change. SD Status: Some information about the plugged SD Card. 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 time, 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 adjust 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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If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the default Gateway. HTTP Port number: Usually, it is 80. You can set any number between 1024 and 49151 too. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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. 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 3.9 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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FI8608W User Manual Figure 3.10 You need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Figure 3.11 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
The dynamic IP address do not need set IP address, subnet mask and gateway. If you choose “Manual DNS” but you don’t know the DNS, you can do as figure3.6/3.7. 3.4 Wireless Settings Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Choose the SSID of your router in the list and click OK in the front of it, the corresponding information (SSID, Security mode, WPA Algorithm & WEP key index) will be filled automatically as the following picture. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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WWW.FOSCAM.COM FI8608W User Manual Figure 3.16 You only need fill in key. Access your router and get the key. Figure 3.17 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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If wrong, you will see a dialog box as below. Close the dialog box and reset wireless again. Figure 3.20 When settings are correct, click apply. Plug out the network cable and replug the power the camera will work on WIFI. 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: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
The PC and camera will work on wireless and point_to_point mode. 3.5 Remote Access You can access camera by two ways: static IP and domain name. Static IP user Figure 3.23 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Please click Apply after fill in all the information. You can use DDNS domain name and port number to login your camera at any place. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
3.7 FTP Settings If you want to upload images to your FTP server, you can set FTP Settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Path: The path of FTP that you plan to store images. Click Apply after settings 3.8 Auto Capture The camera will capture pictures automatically at interval time if you have set Auto Capture. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
For example, choose window1.Then you can see a box with a number at living video (Figure 3.31). Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of the regional box .When the mouse pattern changes to “ ”, you can change the size of the detection area. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
If you want the camera alarm during the time you wish, or all the time, please choose Schedule and set time range for motion alarm. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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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...
Bit rate: Generally speaking, the larger the bit rate is, the clearer video will become. But the bit rate configuration should combine well with the network bandwidth. When the bandwidth is very 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 3.37), you will see the video as Figure3.38. The camera name cannot be chinese characters. Figure 3.37 Figure 3.38 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
Camera will save your settings if you click apply. If you want to quit settings you have done and restore the status before your setting, please click cancel. The function of Default is used to restore the initial settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
If you give up the settings you have done, click cancel to restore the status before your settings. Back to the “For Visitor” and click the icon , you can here the voice around the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
URL, login camera.http:// 183.37.54.137/mobile.html http://183.37.54.137/wap.wml http://cyjun321.dyndns.org/mobile.html http://cyjun321.dyndns.org/wap.wml If the HTTP port num isn’t 80, you should add the port num to the URL: http://183.37.54.137:portnum/mobile.html Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
As follows: Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or ActiveX. If you could not see video, please shut down firewall or anti-virus software to try again. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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Select Preferences—QuickTime Preferences… Figure 5.3 Choose HTTP as the transport protocol. Figure 5.4 Choose Automatic as the transport setup, then click OK to save the settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
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So we recommend you do port forwarding manually. You can view your camera in internet successfully after you do port forwarding manually in your router. 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...