.foscam.co 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 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, 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 Step 2: Modify the Http Port and enter the username and password of the Administrator , and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. Also, the LAN IP address is now fixed at a static IP address of http://192.168.1.110:88.
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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 Password: 123 Here I can enter one of the following URLs in the VLC. 1.rtsp://admin:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain 2.rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:88/videoMain 3.rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain 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 Shenzhen...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 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. Figure 2.11 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel:...
.foscam.co .foscam.co 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 Figure 3.7 NOTE: It needs about 1 minute to connect the camera to your router. 3.2 Surveillance Window Figure 3.8 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 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 The maximum frame rate is 30 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.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 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.
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 1 Click it, camera model, alias, host and HTTP Port will be filled in the following boxes automatically . 3 Click Add to take effect . 2 Enter the User name and password of the 2nd camera .
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.14 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 4.4.4)
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Use DDNS domain name and port to login . Make sure each camera you need add could login with DDNS name and port . Figure 4.16 Click Multi-Device Settings. Choose The 2nd Device. Fill in the 2nd camera’s name, DDNS domain name, port number.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 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 4.19 Changing settings here is the same as using the IP Camera Tool. It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC. If you don’t know the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server, you can check your computer’s local area connection as follows: Control Panel--Network Connections--Local Area Connections --Choose Support--Details.
If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.4.2 Wireless Settings( FI9803P,FI9804W,FI9805W) 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.”...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Click the Scan button to search for wireless networks. Click the Page number to see other wireless networks devices if there are more than 10. Figure 4.22 Step 2: Click the SSID (name of your router) in the list, the corresponding information related to your network, such as the name and the encryption, will be filled into the relevant fields automatically.
Figure 4.24 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 Figure 4.25 Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname cp4911.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 8000 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http://cp4911.myfoscam.org:8000 Restore DDNS to factory: If you have configured Third Party DDNS successfully, but you want to use Manufacturer’s DDNS again , here click this button and start Manufacturer’s DDNS Service.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Please register an account step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email.
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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 ③ Use domain name to access the camera via internet After the port forwarding is finished, you can use the domain name+ http no. to access the camera via internet. Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info and http no. 2000for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// ycxgwp.no-ip.info:2000...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.32 Another way to change the HTTP port no. 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 password), and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. In our example it was changed to 2000, so we see http://192.168.8.102:2000 in IP Camera Tool. Also, the LAN IP address is now fixed at a static IP address of http://192.168.8.102:2000.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.36 1----- SMTP Server/ Port /Transport Layer Security Enter SMTP server for sender. SMTP port is usually set as 25. Some SMTP servers have their own port, such as 587 or 465, and Transport Layer Security usually is None.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Test result . Figure 4.37 If the test success, you can see the Success behind the Test, at the same time the receivers will receive a test mail. If the test fails with one of the following errors after clicking Test, verify that the information you entered is correct and again select Test .
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.38 Figure 4.39 FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure 4.40. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure 4.41.
Figure 4.40 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 4.41 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 4.42 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 4.44 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 4.45 4.5.4 Snapshot Settings On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’...
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.46 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 4.47 4.5.6 Lens Distortion Correction On this page you can set the distortion correction. There are three options: Low, Medium, High. Figure 4.48 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 4.49 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. C Take Snapshot If you select this checkbox, when the motion has been detected, the camera will snap the live view window as a still picture and load it to the FTP.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Click this button and select all time range . Figure 4.52 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 4.55 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 4.56 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 4.57 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 Figure 4.60 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. (only FI9803EP support SD card.) Local Recording Location: For Windows OS, the manual recording path is C:/ IPCamRecord, you can change another one.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.62 4.7.4 Schedule Recording When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. Figure 4.63 Figure 4.64 When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording.(only FI9803EP support SD card).
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.65 Figure 4.66 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 4.7.5 SD Card Management FI9803EP supports SD Card. When you plug in the SD card during the camera work process, please reboot the camera again, or else the SD Card may be cannot work well. Go to the SettingsStatusDevice Status page, you can see the SD card status.
.foscam.co .foscam.co 4.8.2 RS485 Configuration This camera supports the standard 485 cradle head protocol (PELCO-D and PELCO-P). Please configure the RS485 protocol corresponding information first, or else the cradle head may cannot work. Figure 4.69 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 4.10 System In this panel, you can back up/restore your camera settings, upgrade the firmware to the latest version, restore 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.
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.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 4.72 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.
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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 4.74 Figure 4.75...
.foscam.co .foscam.co 5) Never shut down the power of the camera during upgrade until the IP camera restart and get connected. 6) After upgrade successfully, please clear the cache of browser, uninstall the old plugin and re-install it, then reset the camera to the default factory settings before using the camera.
.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.
.foscam.co .foscam.co On this panel you can see all record files satisfy the conditions you set. Section 3 Play/Stop/Audio/Full screen buttons Please select one record file before use these buttons. Click this button to play the record files Click this button to stop the record files Open or stop audio Click this button to make full screen, and double click left mouse to exit full screen.
.foscam.co .foscam.co Figure 6.9 6.1.3 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. Check these settings and make sure they are correct. 6.1.8 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 6.2 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 6.3 Specification ITEMS FI9803P 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 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; Apple Safari. Motion Detection Alarm via E-Mail, upload alarm snapshot to FTP Other Features...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 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 Ethernet One 10/100Mbps RJ45 port Wireless Standard IEEE802.11b/g/n...
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.foscam.co .foscam.co 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 The brightness, contrast, saturation, chromaticity, is...
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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 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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