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  • Page 1 V1.0 User Manual User Manual HD Wireless Baby Monitor FosBaby...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1.3 Package Contents...............................2 1.4 Physical Description............................3 1.5 Micro-SD Card..............................3 2 Access the FosBaby...............................4 2.1 Access the FosBaby in WLAN.......................... 4 2.2 Access the FosBaby in WAN..........................4 2.3 Using the VLC player............................9 2.4 Camera Connection to the Server........................11 2.5 CMS Client Monitor............................11 3 Surveillance Software GUI............................12...

  • Page 3: Security Warning

    This model is specially designed for your baby. It is applicable to the baby's room. Besides, Foscam provides a mobile phone APP for real-time monitoring, enabling you to see your baby anytime and anywhere. Please search and install Foscam Viewer on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices, then you can view your camera anywhere, anytime on your smart mobile devices.

  • Page 4: Read Before Use

    Support dual-stream  Support SD Card storage up to 32GB  Support IR-Cut auto switch  Embedded free FOSCAM DDNS(dynamic domain name service) Service Supporting the Third Party Domain Name Service   Support two-way audio  Support ONVIF protocols ...

  • Page 5: Physical Description

    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. SettingsDevice StatusDevice Status Go to the page, you can see the SD card status. Note: The default storage path of alarm files is FTP. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 6: Access The Fosbaby

    First of all, you need to follow Quick Installation Guide to connect the camera to your router. This chapter explains how to access the camera through browser and RTSP player. 2.1 Access the FosBaby in WLAN This camera supports HTTP and HTTPS protocols, you can access the camera by two ways.
  • Page 7 All cameras have the default HTTP port of 88. For example, if the IP link of the camera is http://192.168.8.102:88, this means that the camera’s HTTP port is 88. You can change port 88 to another port Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 8 Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s 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 IP address is now fixed at Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 9: How Do Configure Port Forwarding

    Gaming menu. We would then click on the “Single Port Forwarding” sub-menu. Step 2: Create a new column using the IP address & HTTP Port of the camera within the router as shown below, then push OK or Submit to save your settings: Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 10 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.

  • Page 11: Using The Vlc Player

    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.
  • Page 12 .foscam. .foscam. Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 13: Camera Connection To The Server

    Device supports ONVIF 2.2.1 protocol,You can easily access the NVR with ONVIF or server with ONVIF. 2.5 CMS Client Monitor FOSCAM offers the most comprehensive central management software IP Camera Client, designed for managing all FOSCAM IP surveillance cameras with numerous features.

  • Page 14: Surveillance Software Gui

    Select the language You can select the language you need via click on the language drop down list to switch. Section4 Login the camera Click Login button and you will see the surveil video. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 15: Setup Wizard

    3.2 Setup Wizard After logging in for the first time, it 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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 16 Device Name: You could give name for your camera. System Time: Select the time zone you need to set the date, time,format and so on. Wireless networks: Click “Scan”, find the SSID of your wireless router, select and enter the password. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 17 .foscam. .foscam. 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 Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 18: Surveillance Window

    : Click this button and back to the Playback panel to view the stored audio files stored in the SD Card. Section 2 Multi-Device Window The firmware inside the camera supports up to maximum of 9 cameras being monitoring at the same time. You can add other cameras in multi-device setting. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 19 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 narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video can not play well. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 20 Circular playing of all songs, In-order playing, and Circular playing of a single song. : You can click this button to set the duration before the camera enters the standby state. Four options Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 21 \IPCamRecord of Mac OS. You can change the storage path: Go to Settings- >Record->Storage Location panel. 8------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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 22: Advanced Settings

    Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Status Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 23: Device Information

    App Firmware Version: Display the application firmware version of your camera. Plug-In Version: Display the plug-in version of your camera 4.1.2 Device Status On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status/ Record Status ,DDNS status ,WIFI status and so Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 24 .foscam. .foscam. 4.1.3 Session Status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now. 4.1.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 25: Basic Settings

    You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Save to save your changes. The alias name cannot contain special characters. 4.2.2 Camera Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 26 Here you can create users and set privilege, visitor, operator or administrator. The default user account is admin, with a blank password. You can enter the users accounts of visitor, operator and administrator Manually. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 27 How to add account ? Select one blank column, then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add to take effect. You can see the new added account on the Account list. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 28 NOTE: The default admin account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. How to change the username ? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the username, then select “Change username”, enter the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 29 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.
  • Page 30 Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to. Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 31 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) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 32 3 ---- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not IP NOTE: The MJ series have the same HTTP Port NO. and Media Port NO. 4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5 ---- Click Add button and to take effect Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 33: Network

    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. 4.3 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP and Port. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 34 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 Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 35 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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 36 You will only need to fill in the password of your network. Make sure that the SSID, Encryption and the password you filled in are exactly the same for your router. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 37 60 seconds. 4.3.3 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.
  • Page 38 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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 39 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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 40 Secondly, select No-Ip as a server. Thirdly, fill foscam as DDNS user, fill password foscam2012 as DDNS password, fill ycxgwp.no-ip.info as DDNS domain and server URL, Then click save to make effect. The camera will restart and to take the DDNS settings effective.
  • Page 41 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.
  • Page 42 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 : Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 43 IP address. Make sure you set a static IP address! Note: Http port and Media port must be different. If the camera cannot be accessed, please make sure the port forwarding is succeed. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 44 Open Internet Explorer if it is not already opened. Click on Tools, then click Internet Options. Next, click the Security tab, then click the Trusted sites button. Click Sites then you can add the camera’s https web site to the internet explorer. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 45 .foscam. .foscam. For Firefox, you can add the trusted as the following way: Tools ---- Options ---- Advanced --- View Certificates --- Servers Click View Certificates, and go to Servers option. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 46 1 and 65535(except 0 and 65534). But make sure they can not be conflict with other existing ports. Open the VLC, and go to Media(Open Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 47 .foscam. .foscam. Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 48 VLC. 4.3.6 Mail Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been detected, here Mail will need to be configured. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 49 4---- Receiver Mailbox for receiver need not support SMTP,you can set 4 receivers 5---- Save Click Save to take effect 6---- Test Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured. Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 50 7) The message is denied by the server. Maybe because of the anti-spam privacy of the server 8) The server does not support the authentication mode used by the device 4.3.7 FTP Settings If you want to upload record files and images to your FTP server，you can set FTP Settings. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 51 Click Test to see if FTP has been successfully configured. 4.3.8 P2P Access the camera by smart phone (Android or iOS operating system) First of all, you need to open the P2P function of the camera at “Settings-->Network-->P2P.” Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 52 This system is a cloud computing system that regards data storage and management as the core. FosBaby supports the cloud storage function and allows users to upload captured images and videos to the MyIPCamera path.

  • Page 53: Video

    This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot settings. 4.4.1 Video Settings There are two ways to set the stream video settings. They are main stream video settings and sub stream video settings. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 54 This page is used to set some mask as privacy zone on the video. Allow On Screen Display Mask: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select yes and draw a mask area on the video, the mask area will be black on the video. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 55 .foscam. .foscam. Click OK button and return to the OSD page, click Save to take effect. Back to the surveillance window, you can see the mask area as the following picture: Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 56 Image Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer. Save Path: FTP. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap pictures to the FTP automatically. Enable timing to capture Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 57: Detector

    You can also turn off the infrared lamp on the video preview page at any time. 4.5 Detector 4.5.1 Motion Detection The camera supports Motion Detection Alarm, when the motion has been detected, it will send emails or upload images to FTP. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 58 Step 03: Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detections. Here supports 5s/6s/7s/8s/9s/10s/11s/12s/13s/14s/15s. Select one interval time. Step 04: Select the alarm indicators When the motion has been detected, the alarm status will turn to Detect alarm. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 59 B PC Sound Click it, when the alarm is triggered in FosBaby, your PC opportunity to sound the alarm. C 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.
  • Page 60 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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 61 NOTE: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. 4.5.2 Sound alarm When the ambient sound over a certain decibel ,the sound alarm will be triggered. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 62 However, the lower limit of the safe temperature range must be set to 0ºC or higher, the upper limit must be set to 40ºC or lower, and the upper limit shall at least be 5ºC higher than the lower limit. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 63: Record

    Check “SD card and cloud” : The video will be saved in SD card and cloud server the same time. Manual Recording Location: For Windows OS, the manual recording path is C:/ IPCamRecord, you can change another one. For MAC OS, the manual recording path is: / IPCamRecord. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 64 4.6.2 Alarm Recording 4.6.3 Local Alarm Recording This page you can enable the local alarm record and Local Alarm record time. 4.6.4 Scheduled Recording When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 65 .foscam. .foscam. When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 66 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 SettingsStatusDevice Status page, you can see the SD card status. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 67: Nursery Rhymes

    Note: Import songs to the SD card and insert the SD card into the camera. If you restart the camera, the songs can be played directly. If you do not restart the camera, you must click the Synchronize button on the Real-time preview page to play the songs. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 68: Firewall

    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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 69: Upgrade Firmware By Ip Camera Tool

    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. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 70: Factory Reset

    2) After upgrade successfully, please uninstall the old plugin and re-install it, then reset the camera to the default factory settings before using the camera. 4.9.3 Factory Reset Click All reset and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected. This is similar to press the Reset Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 71: Playback

    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, Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 72: Appendix

    NOTE: Any questions you would meet, please check Network connections firstly. Check the working status revealed by the indicators on the network server, hub, exchange and network card. If abnormal, check the network connections. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 73 .foscam. .foscam. 6.1.1 Install the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 74 .foscam. .foscam. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 75 .foscam. .foscam. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 76 .foscam. .foscam. 6.1.2 Uninstall the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 77  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: Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 78 2 、 The port which camera used is blocked by Firewall or Anti-virus software. Please change another port number and try again. 3、Port forwarding is not successful Check these settings and make sure they are correct. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 79: Default Parameters

    6.2 Default Parameters Default network Parameters IP address: obtain dynamically Subnet mask: obtain dynamically Gateway: obtain dynamically DDNS: Embedded FOSCAM domain name Username and password Default admin username: admin with a blank password 6.3 Specifications Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor...

  • Page 80: Ce & Fcc

    Attention: Power adapter should be used between 0℃-40℃, and 5%-90% relative humidity. 6.4 CE & FCC Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Statement This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. Foscam Digital Technologies LLC Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 81: Obtaining Technical Support

    While we hope your experience with the IPCAM network camera is enjoyable and easy to use, you may experience some issues or have questions that this User's Guide has not answered. Please contact support via e-mail at support@foscam.us. You can also reach technical support at 1-800-930-0949 by following the automated instructions.

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