.foscam.co .foscam.co Table of Contents Table of Contents.................................. 1 1 Overviews....................................3 1.1 Key Features................................3 1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet-FI9805E,FI9803EP)....................4 1.3 Read Before Use..............................4 1.4 Packing Contents..............................4 1.5 Physical Description...............................5 1.5.1 Front Panel..............................5 1.5.2 Interface................................6 1.5.3 Bottom View..............................8 1.6 The different features between the models involved..................8 2 Accessing the Network Camera............................
8 OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT.......................... 97 1 Overviews FOSCAM Outdoor HD IP Camera is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor enabling viewing in High Definition resolution.It combines a high quality digital video camera, with a powerful web server, to bring clear video to your desktop from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet.
.foscam.co .foscam.co UPNP/ONVIF Providing Central Management Software to manage or monitor multi-cameras 1.2 PoE (Power over Ethernet-FI9805E,FI9803EP) The Network Camera is PoE-compliant, allowing transmission of power and data via a single Ethernet cable. Such as the following picture: connect the Network Camera to a PoE-enabled router/ switch via Ethernet cable.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Front Panel for FI9903P Figure 1.3 1 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 2 Infrared Lamp Array 3 Induction IC 1.5.2 Interface Figure 1.4 alarm terminal block This network camera provides a I/O alarm terminal block which is used to connect to external input / output device.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 1– input 2- input 3- output 4- output Figure 1.5 This camera supports I/O alarm, you can go to Settings-Alarm - I/O page to configure it. NOTE: Only FI9805E has this section . 2 LAN 10/100M adaptive Ethernet interface. Through this interface, IPCAM can be connected with various network devices, such as hub, router, etc.
1.5.3 Bottom View There are up to two labels located at the bottom of the camera, this is an important feature of original Foscam cameras. If your camera does not have labels as shown in Figure 1.6, it may be a clone. Cloned Foscam cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for warranty or technical services.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 2 Accessing the Network Camera This chapter explains how to access the network camera through web browsers and RTSP players. 2.1 Access the Camera in LAN This camera support HTTP and HTTPS protocols, so here will allow you to use HTTP and HTTPS port No.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co How to Obtain the WAN IP address from a public website ? To obtain your WAN IP address, enter the following URL in your browser: http://www.whatismyip.com.The webpage at this address will show you the current WAN IP. Figure 2.3 Access your IP Camera from the Internet You can access the IP Camera from the Internet (remote access).
.foscam.co .foscam.co 2.2.2 Dynamic IP Addresses DDNS is a service that allows your IP Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP address is constantly changing, you will have a fixed hostname you can use to access your cameras at all times.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Modify the Http Port. Enter the Username and password, click OK . Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6 What is Port forwarding? If you have never done port forwarding before, you can open and view the following link to understand the basic concept.
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Use the embedded DDNS to access the camera via the Internet Each Foscam camera has an embedded unique DDNS domain name, the format of this domain name is xxxxxx.myfoscam.org. On the bottom of the camera, you can see the domain name sticker with this information on it.
NOTE : If you have set Third Party DDNS successfully ,the Foscam Domain Name will be invalid. The Third Party DDNS and the Foscam Domain Name cannot work at the same time, the last time you configured will take effect.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.rtsp://admin@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain Open the VLC, and go to Media(Open Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC. Figure 2.9 Figure 2.10 Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 2.11 Figure 2.12 If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. You can read Quick Installation Guide about How to configure port forwarding. NOTE If you modify the camera’s username or password, you had better reboot the camera, or else the new username and password cannot take effect when you enter the authentication in the VLC.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 3 Surveillance Software GUI Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide if you install the camera at first time. After finishing quick installation, you can take time to learn the operation of the software. 3.1 Login Window Figure 3.1...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co modification. You will now use the new username and password to login the camera in the future. Figure 3.2 After logging in for the first time, you will go to “Setup Wizard”automatically. Here you can set the basic parameters of camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings, IP configuration.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co System Time: Select the time zone you need to set the date, time,format, etc. Figure 3.5 Wireless networks: Click “Scan”, find the SSID of your wireless router, select and enter the password. Figure 3.6 IP: Set IP address of the camera. You could choose to obtain an IP automatically or set the IP address according to your needs.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Section1 FOSCAM Logo/ LiveVideo / Settings buttons : FOSCAM LOGO : Path to surveillance window. Click this button and back to the surveillance window : Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to Administrator Control Panel and do advanced settings.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co The lowest resolution is QVGA. The bigger the resolution, the better of the image quality is. If you are accessing the camera via internet and want to get more fluent video streaming, please select resolution VGA. 3) Maximum frame rate When the video format is 50Hz, the maximum frame rate is 25 fps.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 3------Left control button, 4------Right control button, Click this button and go to center Section5 Cruise settings ( only F9805E have this section) If via RS485 interface to connect an external PT device, you can use this feature. The default cruise tracks have two types: Vertical and Horizontal.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Auto: Select it and the camera will adjust the infra led (on or off) automatically. Manual: Select it and turn off the infra led manually. Schedule: Select it and the IR led light will be off at the schedule period. If you want to define or change the IR led lights schedule time, please go to Settings→Video→IR LED Schedule page.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 7------Full Screen Click it to make full-screen, or you can double click the surveillance screen to make full-screen. Double click again and exit full-screen. Onscreen Mouse Control Right click the mouse and you can adjust the screen ration, full screen and Zoom up.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen. Zoom up/down: Click it and the live view will be digital zoomed up, then click Zoom Down and the live view back to original size.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Setup Wizard The way to set it,you could refer to section 3.1. Figure 4.1 4.2 Device Status Device Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera.
.foscam.co .foscam.co MAC ID sticker is found at the bottom of the camera. Camera Time: The system time of the device. Click Basic Settings and go to Camera Time panel and adjust the time. System Firmware version: Display the System Firmware version of your camera.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Click the page number and go to the corresponding page to see more logs . Fill in one page number, click Go button and go to the corresponding page . Figure 4.5 Reboot the camera and clear the log records.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.7 Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the drop-down menu. Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.8 How to change the password? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the password, then select “Change password”, enter the old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Figure 4.9 How to add account ? Select one blank column, then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add to take effect.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.10 Figure 4.11 Delete : Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. NOTE : The default administrator account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. Shenzhen...
The firmware within the camera can support a maximum of 9 devices monitoring all at the same time. This page you can both add FOSCAM MJPEG and H.264 series cameras to the first camera and view multi-surveillance screen on one window.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.13 Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Figure 4.14 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 2674 5668 Fax: 2674 5168...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.15 Add cameras in WAN If you want to view all cameras via the internet(remote computer), you will need to add them using DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed through the internet. (Read How to configure DDNS settings in chapter 4.3.3)
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.17 1----- The camera model: MJ or H264. 2----- The 2nd camera’s name 3----- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5---- Click Add button and to take effect NOTE : Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.18 Return to video window. You will see all of the cameras accessible through the internet. 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.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.4 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, PPOE, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP, Port, Mail Settings and FTP Settings. 4.4.1 IP Configuration If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP Configuration page. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.21 Set the same Subnet Mask and gateway of the camera with your PC . There are two DNS servers . You can set any of them . Same with gateway is also OK . Figure 4.22 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.4.2 Wireless Settings( FI9803P,FI9804W,FI9805W,FI9800P) Step 1: Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera interface, and go to the “Network” panel on the left side of the screen, then click “Wireless Settings.” Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all wireless networks around the area. It should also display your router in the list (Figure 4.31).
.foscam.co .foscam.co 2 Enter the password of your router . 1 Click the SSID of your router and the relevant information will be filled in the fields automatically. Figure 4.24 Step 3: Please click on the Save button after all settings have been entered and disconnect the network cable.
.foscam.co Figure 4.25 4.4.4 DDNS FOSCAM camera has embedded a unique DDNS domain name when producing, and you can directly use the domain name, you can also use the third party domain name. FOSCAM domain name Here take cp4911.myfoscam.org for example. Go to option of DDNS on the Settings->Network panel, you can see the domain name.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co User can also use third part DDNS, such as www.no-ip.com. ,www. 3322.com Here take www.no-ip.com for example : ① Step 1 Go to the website www.no-ip.com to create a free hostname Firstly: Login on www.no-ip.com and click No-IP Free to register.
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Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname, a user name and password you’ve got from www.no-ip.com Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name foscam, password foscam2012 for example. Firstly, goes to option of DDNS Settings on the administrator panel. Shenzhen...
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NOTE : If you have set Third Party DDNS successfully ,the Foscam Domain Name will be invalid. The Third Party DDNS and the Foscam Domain Name cannot work at the same time, the last time you configured will take effect.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.4.5 UPnP Figure 4.31 The default UPnP status is closed. You can enable UPnP, then the camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding. Back to the “Device Status” panel, you can see the UPnP status: Figure 4.32 The camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Step 1: Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you would like to change the port of, right click on the IP address, and click on ”Network Configuration”, this brings up the network configuration box as shown in Figure 4.34 and 4.35.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.36 NOTE: If the camera cannot be accessed, please make sure the port forwarding is succeed. HTTPS port: The default port is 443. You can use the url to access the camera: https:// IP + HTTPS port.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 6----- Test Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured. Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured. Test result . Figure 4.38 If the test success, you can see the Success behind the Test, at the same time the receivers will receive a test mail.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4) Incorrect user or password 5) The sender is denied by the server. Maybe the server need to authenticate the user, please check it and try again 6) The receiver is denied by the server. Maybe because of the anti-spam privacy of the server 7) The message is denied by the server.
Figure 4.1 Search and install Foscam Viewer on Google Play and App Store for for Android and iOS devices. If you want to know more details of the iOS APP or Android APP, see the iOS App User Manual or Android App User Manual.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.42 Stream type: There are four types to identify different streams you have set. Resolution: The camera supports multiple types, For example: 960P, 720P, VGA. The higher the resolution is, the clearer video will become. But the code flux will become larger too, and it will take up more bandwidth.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.43 Display Timestamp: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the system date on the video. Display Camera Name: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the device name on the video.
.foscam.co .foscam.co The privacy zone Figure 4.45 Click OK button and return to the Privacy Zone page, click Save to take effect. Back to the surveillance window, you can see the privacy area as the following picture: Figure 4.46 4.5.4 Snapshot Settings On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’...
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.47 Image Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer. Alarm Pictures Save Path: FTP. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap pictures to the FTP automatically.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.48 4.5.6 Lens Distortion Correction On this page you can set the distortion correction. There are three options: Low, Medium, High. Figure 4.49 If you replace the lens, the image has found distortion, uneven and so on, you can modify the Select The Distortion Correction Parameter to calibration images.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.50 To enable motion detection, follow the steps below: 1 Enable Motion detection 2 Sensitivity---- It supports three modes: Low, Middle and High. The higher the sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co B Send E-mail If you want to receive alarm emails when motion is detected, you must select Send E-mail and set Mail Settings first. The alarm email cannot contain the alarm picture if you have not selected Take Snapshot.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Click this button and select all time range . Figure 4.53 ② Specify an alarm schedule Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected. For example, click TUE, the all column of TUE turns to red, that means during Tuesday whole day, when something moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm.
Figure 4.56 There is an IO alarm input/output lines in the FOSCAM camera tails. Enable IO alarm need this cable to connect to the alarm device (door sensor, infrared sensor, smoke detector, etc.). I/O Alarm has four ports: ...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.57 Setting IO alarm On the IO page, Enable the I/O alarm, select the “Send E-mail”and ”Snapshot” before you have configured the mail and FTP. Click this button and select all time range. Figure 4.58 If an IO alarm is triggered and IO alarm output device will always alarm (sound alarm is issued a warning sound, alarm lights in flash etc.).
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.7 Record 4.7.1 Storage Location On this page you can change the manually recording storage path, the default storage path is C:\IPCamRecord. Figure 4.61 Recording Location : SD card or FTP. Make sure the camera has been inserted the SD card. On this page, you can see the available space of the SD card.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.7.4 Schedule Recording When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. Figure 4.64 Figure 4.65 When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording.(only FI9803EP support SD card). Figure 4.66...
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.67 Record frame: There are six frame selections, such as 1/30, 4/30, 8/30, 15/30, 24/30, 30/30. Recommended default is 4/30. The greater the Frame rate is, the sharper picture quality is, and the greater of storage space is, the shorter the storage time is.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.68 The default storage path of alarm record files is SD card, when the available size of SD card is less than 256M, the old record files will be deleted automatically. 4.8 PTZ(only FI9805E) This page will allow you to change the pan/tilt speed and do RS485 settings.(Only FI9805E have this feature)...
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.70 4.9 Firewall This section explains how to control the access permission by checking the client PC’s IP addresses. It is composed of the following columns: Block access from these IP addresses and Only allow access from these IP addresses.
.foscam.co .foscam.co the camera to default settings and reboot the device. 4.10.1 Back-up& Restore Click Backup to save all the parameters you have set. These parameters will be stored in a bin file for future use. Click Browse and select the parameters file you have stored, then click Submit to restore the restore the parameters.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Your current firmware version will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the Status Device Information page to check for the latest firmware versions available. Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click System upgrade. Make sure you have unplugged the SD card.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Double click the IP Camera Tool shot icon , select the Camera IP that you want to upgrade the firmware. Then select Upgrade Firmware and enter the username and password, choose the firmware file, and upgrade. Figure 4.2 Figure 4.3...
.foscam.co .foscam.co Normally, only Device WEB UI need to be upgrade, please do not try to upgrade the Device System Firmware. 1) Never shut down the power of the camera during upgrade until the IP camera restart and get connected.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 5 Playback(Only FI9803EP) On this page you can view the record files stored in the SD card. Section 1 Define the Record files time and Type : The storage path of record files : Here supports three types: current day, current month and All records. Another way, select the time on the time&date manually.
6 Operation Example 6.1 Motion Detection Scene Assume that user A use Foscam IP camera FI9804W. He wants to configure the motion detection alarm. when the motion has been detected, it will send emails or upload images to FTP. Procedure 1.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 2. If you select the Send E-mail on the Motion Detection page, then you need to configure the mail message. Choose Alarm > Motion Detection. The Motion Detection page appears. Configure the mail parameters, as shown in figure 5.2.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 6.4 6.2 Modify the Camera Name and Time on the video Scene Assume that user A need to modify the camera name and time upper left corner of the video. Procedure 1. Choose Basic Setting > Camera Name. The Camera Name page appears. Configure the parameters, as shown in figure 5.5.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 6.9 7.1.3 I have forgotten the administrator password To reset the administrator password, you had better unplug the network cable firstly. After that, press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 5 seconds. Releasing the reset button, the password will turn to the factory default.
.foscam.co .foscam.co browser--Tool--Internet Proper--Security--Custom Level--ActiveX control and Plug-ins. Three options of front should be set to be “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 plug-ins Figure 6.10...
.foscam.co .foscam.co 3 Port forwarding is not successful(Figure4.30) Check these settings and make sure they are correct. 7.1.8 UPnP always failed UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it may be failed to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software. It also has much relation with router’s security settings.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Remove the plug-in on Safari If you need to remove the plug-in from Safari, please open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go ---> Go to Folder Copy then paste the following: Library/Internet Plug-Ins Click Go then move to the Internet Plug-Ins.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 6.14 Remove the plug-in from Firefox If you need to remove the plug-in from Firefox, please open a new tab. Click the Firefox icon on the top right, then go to Add-ons. Find the npIpcam 2.0.1.x, and click the Remove button to delete it.
.foscam.co 7.2 Default Parameters Default network Parameters IP address: obtain dynamically Subnet mask: obtain dynamically Gateway: obtain dynamically DDNS: Embedded FOSCAM DDNS Service Username and password Default admin username: admin with a blank password 7.3 Specification ITEMS FI9800P Image Sensor...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co System Browser Microsoft IE6 and above version or compatible browser; Requirements Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; Apple Safari. Motion Detection Alarm via E-Mail, upload alarm snapshot to FTP Other Features User Accounts Three levels user role Firewall Supports IP Filtering...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Network Protocol IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, DHCP, DDNS, UPnP, RTSP, ONVIF Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Vista, 7; Mac OS System Browser Microsoft IE6 and above version or compatible browser; Requirements Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome;...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Infrared mode Automatic or manual Night visibility With 2 Infrared Lamp Array, Night Vision Range up to Ethernet One 10/100Mbps RJ45 port Remote Access P2P DDNS Network Protocol IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, DHCP, DDNS, Network...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Video Image adjustment The hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness are adjustable Flip image flip and mirror Infrared mode Automatic or manual Night visibility 12pcs IR-LEDs, night vision range up to 20 metres Audio Input/Output External standard 3.5mm interface for two-way audio Audio Compression PCM/G.726...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Mini. Illumination 0 Lux (With IR Illuminator) Linear Input/Output, which can realize two-way voice the Audio Input/Output intercom Image Compression H.264 Video Image Frame Rate 25fps(50Hz), 30fps(60Hz),Down adjustable Resolution 960p(1280 x 960), 720p(1280 x 720), VGA(640 x 480) View H.264 dual streaming...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Specification FI9805E Image Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Lens f : 4mm Image Sensor Mini. Illumination 0 Lux (With IR Illuminator) Lens Lens Type Glass Lens IR_CUT Filter can switch automatically Linear Input/Output, which can realize two-way voice the...
.foscam.co .foscam.co Net Weight 900g Gross Weight 1150g 2.0GHZ or above (suggested 3.0GHz) Memory Size 256MB or above (suggested 1.0GHz) Display Card 64M or above Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Vista, 7; Requirements Supported OS Mac OS iOS, Android IE6 and above version or compatible browser, Firefox,...
No warranty service is provided unless the product is 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.
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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.
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.
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