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Foscam FI8907W User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Manual User Manual Model: FI8907W Indoor Wireless IP Camera Color: Black Color: White...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3.14 Alarm Service Settings..............................39 3.15 Upgrade Device Firmware............................46 3.16 Backup & Restore Settings............................47 3.17 Restore Factory Settings.............................. 48 3.18 Reboot Device................................48 3.19 Log....................................49 3.20 Back....................................49 4 APPENDIX..............................49 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 3 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions............................49 4.2 Default Parameters................................53 4.3 Specifications..................................54 5 OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT....................55 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Tel: Tel: 2674 2674 5668 5668 Fax: Fax: 2674 2674...

  • Page 4: Overviews

    1 Overviews FOSCAM FI8907W 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 5: Read Before Use

    Infrared LED Lens Speaker Infrared LED Figure 1.1 Infrared LED: 2 IR LEDs LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens. (2.8mm) WIFI Antenna: Built-in Wireless Antenna Microphone: Built-in microphone Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 6: Back View

    WPS function. (For more details: please read Wireless Settings in the User Manual) Side View Output Input Audio input: The jack is used to plug in the external microphone Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam...

  • Page 7: Surveillance Software Gui

    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 8: Login Window

    You can select the language you need via pull down the dropdown toolbar and click on the language to switch. Section2 FOSCAM Website Link There is an access link to Foscam website homepage, if you need tech support you can contact Foscam directly. Section3 ActiveX Mode If your PC is windows based OS, such as Windows XP, Windows7, Windows Vista and you are using IE-based browsers like IE6, IE7, IE8, please choose IE ActiveX Mode login mode.

  • Page 9: Surveillance Window

    Device Name Default device name is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera as you like (Please go to chapter 3.1 and read how to set it) Section2 Multi-Device Window Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam...
  • Page 10 You can add other cameras in multi-device setting (read chapter 3.5). Figure 2.3 Section3 Image Parameters Settings OSD is used to add timestamp on the video. There are five text colors to choose from: Black, red, Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 11 1------Record Button Click it and it pop-up a path-setting window, you can select the storage path and the record file name. At the same time the record icon changes to , Click it again Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 12 Record and multi-device function are controlled by ActiveX controller, therefore Firefox or Google Chrome, Safari browsers will not allow these functions. For Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, you should select the Server Push Mode and you can see the following screen: Figure 2.4 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 13 For the first time using audio, you need to download and install VLC plug-in, Click Audio, and you can see the download website. Figure 2.5 During the installation, you must select Mozilla plugin as in Figure 2.6. Figure 2.6 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...

  • Page 14: Advanced Camera Settings

    Double click the the icon “IP Camera.exe” , select the camera IP, right click and select the Basic Properties, you can also see the Firmware Version and MAC Address, such as the following screen: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...

  • Page 15: Alias Settings

    Figure 3.2 Figure 3.3 Alias Settings Default alias is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Submit to save your changes. The alias name supports special characters. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...

  • Page 16: Date & Time Settings

    Figure 3.5 User Settings User Settings Here you can create users and set permission levels, visitor, operator or administrator. Click Submit to save these settings. The camera will reboot. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 17: Multi-Device Settings

    Before you do multi-cams settings, you need to assign different port such as 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 to the cameras if there is 8 cams installed. The firmware within the camera can support a maximum of 9 devices monitoring all at the same time. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 18 1 Click it, alias, host and HTTP Port will be filled in the following boxes automatically 2 Enter the User name and password of the 2nd camera 3 Click Add to take effect Figure 3.7a Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 19 Click Submit after add all cameras Figure 3.7b Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Figure 3.8 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 20 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 3.10) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 21 Click Multi-Device Settings. Choose The 2nd Device. Fill in the 2nd camera’s name, DDNS domain name, port number. Enter user name and password and then choose Add. (Figure 3.11) NOTE: Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 22 2----- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 3 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 4---- Click Add button and to take effect Add the other cameras in the same way. Click Submit to save. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 23 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. Figure 3.13 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...

  • Page 24: Basic Network Settings

    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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 25 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. Network lamp: There is a network lamp on the back of the camera, select it and when the network connection are working, the lamp will turn on and blink. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 26 Your PC contains your PC’s IP address, gateway and DNS server. Normally, there are two DNS servers. Here you can also set the DNS server the same with gateway. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 27: Wireless Settings

    Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all WIFI devices around the area. It should also display your router in the list. (Figure 3.19) Click Scan Button to search WIFI device . Figure 3.19 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 28 If fail to make WiFi connection, please refer to seller or us for help. 3.7.2 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Set-up) Step 01) Please use a small round stick or like toothpick to press and hold the RESET button for four seconds. . Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 29 Make sure the PC has plugged in the wireless network card. Step 01) Enable wireless and choose Adhoc mode. Fill in a SSID to identify the IPCAM and then set the security mode, you can choose none or others. Click Apply. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 30 Step 03) Disabled the wired connection of the PC. Select the SSID you filled at Figure3.21 for your camera and enter the same key with your camera. Make sure PC and Camera share the same subnet. Open the IP Camera Tool, you can search the camera LAN IP again. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...

  • Page 31: Adsl

    If you are connecting the camera directly to a ADSL modem, you can do ADSL settings with your ADSL account &password provided by the ISP, then make the camera connected to the network. Enter the ADSL user and password Figure 3.24 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...

  • Page 32: Upnp Settings

    (Figure 3.30). 3.10 DDNS Service Settings 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.
  • Page 33 Enable FOSCAM DDNS name . Figure 3.26 Enable: Open or close the FOSCAM domain name. The default status of FOSCAM domain name is open. Validity Queries: Check the validity of embedded domain name. Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet.
  • Page 34 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. Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name. Figure 3.28 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 35 NOTE： The Third Party DDNS and the Manufacturer’s Domain Name cannot work at the same time. If you have set Third Party DDNS and meanwhile you enabled the Foscam Domain Name, the Third Party DDNS will take effect. ② Do port forwarding within the router Example: The camera’s LAN IP address is http://192.168.1.35:88 ,...

  • Page 36: Mail Service Settings

    3.11 Mail Service Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion/sound has been detected, Mail Service Settings will need to be configured. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 37 5----Submit Click Submit to take effect 6----Test Click Test to see if SMTP has been successfully configured. NOTE: Click Submit first before choosing Test. Click Test to see if SMTP has been successfully configured. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...

  • Page 38: Msn Setting

    If you want the camera send its current internet IP address to you or your friends, please set MSN settings. Acquire an MSN ID for the IPCAM first, then follow the instructions as per Figure 3.33. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 39 When the MSN ID in the Friends list login the MAN, he can chat with camera. For example: Foscam13(this account contained in the Friends list) log in MSN, and double click the camera’s account (foscam31), then enter “url?”, the camera will send it’s current IP address to you. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 40: Ftp Service Settings

    When the camera login uses the MSN account, this account cannot be used for anything else when the camera works. 3.13 FTP Service Settings If you want to upload images to your FTP server，you can set FTP Service Settings. Figure 3.36 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 41 Hence there will only be one image, the last uploaded. Filename: See the above option. Note: You cannot change the name of the alarm image. Upload Interval refers to the time between the current image and the next image being uploaded. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...

  • Page 42: Alarm Service Settings

    Check if your FTP server supports this file name format. 3.14 Alarm Service Settings IP Camera supports Motion Detection Alarmed and Sound Detection Alarmed, when the motion or sound has been detected, it will send email alerts or upload images or record. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 43 If motion/sound is detected after you enable Motion Detection Armed/Sound Detection Alarmed, the Alarm Status will turn to Motion/Sound Detect Alarm. Here you can see the alarm status . Figure 3.40 There are four alarm indicators: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 44 To upload images to an FTP server when motion/sound is detected, you must set FTP Service Settings(Figure 3.36/3.37) first and then set motion/sound alarm as pictured below Select this option . Set an interval for images to upload . Figure 3.42 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 45 When you enable motion alarm, the camera will record automatically and store the recording file to the folder you configured. This icon is used to Figure 3.44 control whether the folder opens or not. . Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 46 Another Way: select Scheduler, and click “set All”, you will see all time boxes turn blue as in the following picture. Click Submit and the camera will alarm at any time when motion is detected. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 47 “06” on the first row, you can see the column turn blue. That means the camera will alarm when motion/sound is detected between 6 and 7 o’clock every day. Click the number“06” on the second row, you can cancel the corresponding column you set. And it will turn grey. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...
  • Page 48 If you want to select discrete area, you click the left button on the box of time range. It will turn blue. If you want to delete it, just click the left button and it will turn grey. Figure 3.48 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 49: Upgrade Device Firmware

    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 3.50 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...

  • Page 50: Backup & Restore Settings

    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 reloaded to restore the parameters that were set. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 51: Restore Factory Settings

    3.17 Restore Factory Settings All parameters will return to factory settings if selected. Figure 3.53 3.18 Reboot Device Click Reboot Device to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen Foscam...

  • Page 52: Log

    This will take you back to the surveillance window. 4 APPENDIX 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions NOTE: Always verify network connections are working by checking the status of the indicators on the network server, hub and network card. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...

  • Page 53: No Pictures Problems

    “Enable”, The ActiveX programs read by the computer will be stored. As follows: Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable: Initialise and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited Shenzhen...
  • Page 54 If you cannot see live video, try shutting down the firewall or anti-virus software and try again. 4.1.4 Can’t access IP camera on internet Possible reasons why camera is not accessible on the internet: Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...
  • Page 55 IE browserToolInternet PropertiesSecurityTrusted sitesSitesAdd 4.1.9 I can’t find multi-device settings and record icon Record and multi-device functionality are controlled by the ActiveX controller. These functions are not available in Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Limited...

  • Page 56: Default Parameters

    Wi-Fi. 4.2 Default Parameters Default network Parameters IP address: obtain dynamically Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: obtain dynamically DHCP: Disabled DDNS: Embedded FOSCAM domain name Username and password Default administrator username: admin Default administrator password: No password Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.,...

  • Page 57: Specifications

    4.3 Specifications ITEMS FI8907W Image Sensor Image Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Display Resolution 640 x 480 Pixels(300k Pixels) Lens f: 2.8mm Mini. Illumination 0.5Lux Lens Lens Type Glass Lens Viewing Angle 60 degree Video...

  • Page 58: 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...

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