Foscam FI8916W User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Foscam Manuals
  4. IP Camera
  5. FI8916W
  6. User manual
Foscam FI8916W User Manual

Foscam FI8916W User Manual

Indoor pan/tilt wireless ip camera
Hide thumbs Also See for FI8916W:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

See also: User Manual

User Manual

Model: FI8916W
Indoor Pan/Tilt Wireless IP Camera
NIGHT VISION & REMOTE PAN / TILT ROTATE/
TWO WAY AUDIO
Black
White

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Related Manuals for Foscam FI8916W

Summary of Contents for Foscam FI8916W

  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual Model: FI8916W Indoor Pan/Tilt Wireless IP Camera NIGHT VISION & REMOTE PAN / TILT ROTATE/ TWO WAY AUDIO Black White...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 WELCOME..............................1 1.1 Features ..............................1 1.2 Packing List ............................. 2 1.3 Product views ............................3 1.4 Preparations before use .......................... 4 2 SOFTWARE OPERATION ..........................6 2.1 IP Camera Tool ............................6 2.2 Camera Login ............................10 2.3 Device Status............................

  • Page 3: Welcome

    5 OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ......................46 1 WELCOME FOSCAM FI8916W is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor. 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.

  • 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: Product Views

    3 Network Light: The LED will blink when power and network cable are plugged in 4 Power Light: If the power adapter works well, the light will turn on Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 6: Preparations Before Use

    There are up to three labels located on the body of the camera; this is an important feature of original Foscam cameras. If your camera does not have labels as shown in Figure 1.3 ,it may be a clone one. Cloned Foscam cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for warranty or technical services.
  • Page 7 CAUTION: Before installing and using the product, please read the following precautions carefully and make sure they are fully understood. Use only the power adapter attached with the product. Using unauthorized power adapters may Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 8: Software Operation

    3) The IP Cameras installed within LAN do not share the same subnet with the monitoring PC. A prompt is displayed with a “Subnet doesn’t match, dbclick to change!” message. Click the Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited 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 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 10 DNS server the same with gateway. Http Port: The default Lan port is 80.You can set another port number, such as port 8005, 85, Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 11 You may try to use flush Arp buffer. About IP Camera Tool Display the version of the IP Camera Tool. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited 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., Limited 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(Figure 2.11). Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited 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 select login again. You will see a live video. (Figure 2.13) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited 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., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 16: Device Status

    If the light show yellow check if the ActiveX is enabled or change another port number and try again. Figure 2.16 If you want to view the device information, choose For Administrator and then click Device info (Figure 2.17) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 17: For Visitor

    Multi-device window: The firmware inside the camera supports up to maximum of 9 cameras monitoring at the same time. You can add cameras in multi-device settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited 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) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 19 In Firefox, the snapshot button is under For Operator. Other functions under Live Video include: refresh video, refresh parameters, audio and close audio. (Figure 2.20a) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 20 (Figure 2.20b) and install it. Figure 2.20b During the installation, you must select Mozilla plugin as in Figure 2.20c. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 21: 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., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 22: How To Configure Settings In For Administrator

    Default alias is anonymous. You can set a name for your camera here such as Ipcam. Click Submit to save your change. (Figure 3.1) Figure 3.1 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 23: Date & Time Settings

    Figure 3.2c 3.3 User Settings You can set permission for visitor, operator and administrator. Click Submit to save these settings. The camera will reboot. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 24: 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 25 FI8916W User Manual Figure 3.4 Figure 3.5 Choose For Visitor and then click the four windows option. You will see all four cameras you added. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 26 ( read How to set DDNS settings in Quick Installation Guide) Login the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 27 NOTE: Here Host must be filled in the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP. Figure 3.9 Add the other cameras in the same way. Click Submit to save. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 28: Basic Network Settings

    Figure 3.11 3.5 Basic Network Settings If you want to set a static IP for the camera, select Basic Network Settings. Keep the camera in Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 29 If you don’t know the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server, you can check your computer’s local area connection as follows: Choose Control Panel Network Connections Local Area Connections Support Details (Figure 3.14) Figure 3.13 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 30: Wireless Lan Settings

    Figure 3.15 When connected to the Internet through ADSL directly, you can enter the ADSL username and password obtained from your ISP. Figure 3.16 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 31: Upnp Settings

    Make sure your mailbox for sender supports SMTP. Four recipients can be added to receive images. SMTP port is usually set as 25. Some SMTP servers have their own port, such as 587 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 32: Msn Setting

    If you forget the domain name of the camera and you want to access the camera remotely, you must configure MSN. Apply a MSN ID for IPCAM first, then do as the picture. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 33 “foscam13”(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) ,he or she can chat with IPCAM(Figure 3.21) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 34: Ftp Service Settings

    Note: When you login the camera by IP Camera Tool, you can’t login MSN of camera at the same time. 3.12 FTP Service Settings If you want to upload images to your FTP server, you can set FTP Service Settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 35 You cannot change the name of the alarm image. Click Submit to save these settings. Click Test. The following screen displays if it succeeded. (Figure 3.24) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 36: Alarm Service Settings

    Select it If the number is bigger and the sensibility is higher This will reduce false alarms such as light changes. Figure 3.25 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 37 If you want to receive images when motion is detected, you must set Mail Service Settings first. (Figure 3.18) Then set motion alarm as follows: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 38 Another way: Choose Scheduler, and click “set All”, you can see all time box will turn blue as the following picture. Click Submit and the camera will alarm at any time when motion is detected. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 39 And it will turn gray. Figure 3.31 If you want to select discrete area, you can click left button on the box of time range. It will turn Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 40 The box will turn gray. Click Submit and it will take effect. Figure 3.33 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 41: Ptz Settings

    Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click Submit to upgrade. Don’t shut down the power during upgrade until the IP camera tool finds the camera again. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 42: Backup & Restore Settings

    Click Reboot Device to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. 3.19 Log The log record shows who accessed the camera (Figure 3.38). Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 43: Back

    The video streaming is transmitted by the ActiveX controller. If ActiveX controller isn’t installed correctly you will see no video image. There are two ways to resolve this problem: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 44 There is a yellow light in the device status. Change another port number. Do not use port 80. Use port 85, 8005.etc. Figure 4.2 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 45 Please add the camera as a trusted site to resolve this issue. The steps are IE browser Tool Internet Proper Security Trusted sites Sites Add Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 46: 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., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 47: Specifications

    64M or above Supported OS Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows7-32bit/ Windows7- 64bit/mac Browser IE 6.0, IE7.0, IE8.0,IE9.0, Firefox2.0,Firefox 3.0, Google Chrome, Safari or other standard browsers CE,FCC Certification Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 48: Obtaining Technical Support

    User’s Guide has not answered. If you have problem with FOSCAM IP camera, please first contact FOSCAM reseller for solving the problems. If our reseller cannot provide service, pls contact our service department: tech@foscam.com...

Table of Contents