User Manual FDT 1080P wifi PT IP camera FD8901B FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.us V1.0.
Contents Welcome .................................................................................................................................. 5 1 Features ................................................................................................................................ 8 1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 Features........................................................................
5.4.5 Audio settings .......................................................................................... 30 5.4.6 Video settings .......................................................................................... 30 5.4.7 Wifi settings ............................................................................................. 31 5.4.8 SD Card settings ..................................................................................... 31 5.4.9 Device time settings ..........................
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Welcome Thank you for purchasing our FDT IP camera! This user manual will help you become familiar with our camera in a very short time. Here you can find information about the camera’s features and functions, as well as information to aid in troubleshooting. Before installation and operation, please read the below safeguards and warnings carefully. If you still have further questions, please visit http://fdt.us to get any supports from FDT team. Email: support@fdt.us Visit: www.fdt.
Handle the device with care. Keep the device right side up. Do not apply power to the camera before completing installation. Do not place objects on top of the camera. Repair Professionals All the examination and repair work should be done by qualified service engineers. We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or user-attempted repair. Environment The camera should be kept in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, flammable materials, explosive substances, etc.
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1 Features 1.1 Overview The FDT IP Camera is an excellent digital surveillance product that can be useful to a wide variety of users. The camera connects to any router, and uses an internet connection to allow the user to access all of its functionality from many internet connected devices. It’s easy to use and can be set up in a relatively small amount of time. It has various functions such as recording, playback, and monitoring functionality and it synchronizes audio and video by default.
install it on App Store or Google Play, then you can access your camera on your mobile devices. Advanced Playback Function The FDT IP camera supports real-time recording and can support search, fast forwarded playback, recorded searches, and downloading of videos and snapshots. It can also playback frame by frame as needed. When recording, the Camera shows a date/time overlay to ensure accurate viewing of events when they occurred.
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3 Camera Connection and Installation To make your experience with the FDT IP camera easy and simple, we've provided multiple ways to set up, view, and operate it depending on your needs. Please set up your camera in the way works best for you. 3.1 Connection Guide The FDT camera can be accessed through the web browser in the computer or the App in the smart phone or tablet PC. Before accessing, you should connect the camera to your router by Ethernet cable or WiFi after it is powered on. 3.
4 Access the camera 4.1 Mobile device access The FDT camera can be accessed through FDT View app on either iOS or Android mobile devices. To access your device from a smart phone or tablet, please search and install FDT View app first from App Store or Google Play. 4.2 Web browser access The FDT camera can be accessed through web browser for both windows and Mac OS. It supports the IE/Chrome/ Mozilla Firefox in windows and Safari/Chrome in Mac.
You can also edit some network configurations, camera name through the SearchTool. But you have to enter the correct camera’s username/password to make your modifications valid. 4.2.2 SearchTool for Mac OS You can find the “FDT Mac SearchTool.zip” for Mac OS in the included mini CD. Please copy and install it on your Mac computer. Then run the tool named “SearchTool” to search FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
the FDT camera in your LAN. From the tool, you can get the name, UID, IP address, Mac address, Http port and firmware version of the camera. By double left clicking the camera in the searching list, you can open the camera by your default web browser, such as Safari. You can find the button “Refresh Camera List” and “Flush Arp Buffer” by right click the search tool or the camera in the searching list, then you can refresh the searching list by FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
these 2 buttons. Here is a “Network Configuration” button in the right-clicking button list. From this button, you can modify the IP, Device display name and http port of the FDT camera. Please note: 1. The camera will reboot automatically if you modify its http port. 2. Please enter the right username and password of your camera before you modify any network configuration of the camera. 4.2.
HTTP protocols as below: http://LAN IP Address + HTTP Port No. For example: http://192.168.1.108:80. You can find the LAN IP Address and http port of your camera through the SearchTool. The default port is 80. Login to the camera using your correct credentials. If it is your first time logging into the camera by default account after it is reset, you will be forced to change the default password.
Note: Due to the limitations of NPAPI plugin, the web browser of Chrome/Safari does not support the features of playback, talk, motion-detection and privacy mask. 4.2.4 Remote access You can access the FDT camera remotely through web browsers by UPnP/DDNS FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
features or Port forwarding. Go to the CONFIG/DDNS page to enable the UPnP and input the information for third-party DDNS, such as Dyndns.org/3322.org/dynddns.us/No-ip.com. Then you can access the FDT by DDNS remotely. Go to your router settings page to make the appreciate port forwarding, then you can access your camera remotely through the public IP address and its corresponding port. 4.3 NVR access The FDT camera supports connecting to any NVR that ONVIF enabled.
3) You may need to go through the rtsp authentication if you did not input the username/password in your RTSP RUL. 4) Then you can view the video from the VLC player by now. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
Note: you can also view the video remotely by the rtsp stream if you have the right DDNS or port mapping or forwarding. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
5 App for Mobile Device To access your device from a smart phone or tablet, please download and install FDT View. For iPhone and iPad users, please visit the App store to download the App. For Android user, please install the APP from the Google Play, or http://fdt.us. Note: For purposes of this guide, we will use iOS, though both apps have the same interface. The App Interface may differ slightly from the screenshots below as updates are released.
Please click the button “Set up a new camera” to add it into your smartphone or tablet. Please powered up your camera first, and connect your camera to your router with an Ethernet cable. After you connect your smartphone or tablet to the same local network via wifi, then you can go to add your camera into the App by scanning the camera in the LAN or by inputting its UID by manual.
2. Manually connect Once you chosen to add the camera by manual, you can follow the NEXT or text instructions to complete the adding of camera. Here are the screenshots to show you this FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
process. -Enter in your camera’s UID first, you can find it on the sticker of your camera’s bottom or side. Give your camera a name, and input right username and password to access it. The default username is admin, the default password is admin too. -Change the initial admin/admin username/password for the consideration of account security. Give your camera a private username and password that known only by you, and keep it secret.
5.1.2 Set up an existing camera. For the FDT camera you have set up before, you can click the button “Set up an existing camera” to add it into your smartphone or tablet. There are also 2 ways to add it, by scanning or by manual. We do recommend you to scan and add the camera in your local network area, so you do not need to input the UID which is a long identifie and hard to remember. 1.
2. Manually connect If you want to add this existing camera to your smartphone or table by manual, please click the button “Manually Connect”. Enter in your camera’s UID, username and password, you can also give it a new name you like. Then you can start the live view and go to the setting page to access and control your camera. 5.2 Camera list page You can go to the camera page to check what cameras you have added.
5.3 Live view page After add the camera successfully, you can preview the video of your camera and set the configurations you want. This section will show you what the icons can do in the live view page of the FDT View. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
-The resolution (HD/SD or High/Low) The HD standards for the first/main stream of the camera, it is 720P as default. The SD means second/sub stream of the camera, it is VGA as default. You can also change the default settings as you want in the setting pages.
5.4 Settings pages 5.4.1 Edit Password You can change the password of the FDT camera in this page. 5.4.2 Alarm Settings You can set the configuration about motion-detection alarm of the camera in this page, such as enable or disable the alarm, set the sensitivity of the motion-detection like low/medium/high. 5.4.
5.4.4 Timed recording settings You can set the scheduled recording settings in this page, include the recording length. 5.4.5 Audio settings You can set the configurations for audio in this page. 5.4.6 Video settings You can set the configuration about video encoding for the first/second stream in this page, like bitrate/frame rate and video quality. The top on is for first stream, the second one is for second stream. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
5.4.7 Wifi settings You can search the wifi in the LAN and set it to your camera in this page. 5.4.8 SD Card settings You can get the space information about the SD Card in your camera and format it in this page. 5.4.9 Device time settings You can set the time of your camera to sync it with your smartphone in this page. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
5.4.10 Email settings You can set the email information in this page to enable the email alarm actions. Here is a test button for you to check the connection of the email settings, please save your settings and test it before you complete the email settings to make sure your email setting will work successfully. 5.4.11 FTP settings You can set the FTP account information for the video recording or alarm linked actions in this page. 5.4.12 System settings You can reboot, restore the camera in this page.
5.4.13 Device information You can obtain the information about the camera in this page. 5.5 Local files page You can browse the pictures and videos saved in your smart phone in this page by clicking the chosen file. And you can delete these files if you want. For the video file you can delete by sliding the file you choosing from right to left. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
5.6 Playback page You can browse the recording stored in the SD Card of the camera in the playback page and playback it remotely by click the video file from the list. And you can also filter the files by assigning an exact recording time. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
6 Web User Interface for operation Here details the FDT camera’s user interface for web browser, as well as all of the operations the camera can perform, including the Login, LIVE, PLAYBACK and CONFIG pages. 6.1 Login page Username and Password: It is the account of your camera, the default username is “admin”, the default password is “admin” too. Please change the password the first time you use to prevent unauthorized users login the camera.
-Camera Date & Time: 6.2.2 Pan/Tilt control No. Remark No. Remark No. Remark 1 Go to up 2 Go to right-up 3 Go to right 4 Go to right-down 5 Go to down 6 Go to left-down 7 Go to left 8 Go to left-up 9 Back to center : Cruise for horizontal, from up to down. Cruise for vertical, from left to right 6.2.3 View First Stream: the main stream, default is 720P-1280x720. Second Stream: the sub stream, default is VGA-640x480. 6.2.
You can set the color parameters for the video image in this “ImageSet”, such as Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness. : Hue. : Brightness. : Contrast. : Saturation. : Sharpness. 6.2.6 Tool bar : Zoom in/Zoom out/Back to original size, 1x/1.5x/2x/3x. : Open/Close the audio. (Only for IE/Firefox browser in windows): Enable/Disable the talking.
(Only for IE/Firefox browser in windows): Capture pictures by manual. (Only for IE/Firefox browser in windows): Record video by manual. There will show you a red “REC” icon if you enable the manual recording. : This icon is for you to browser the content of the SD card in your camera, such as pictures or video recordings. You need to go through the authentication of the username/password of your camera to browser your SD card in the camera.
: Open/Close the audio. : Enable the full screen for the live view video. 6.3 Playback page(Only for IE/Firefox browser in windows) 6.3.1 Search and playback videos In the playback page, you can browser the videos in your SD card recorded by the motion alarm or schedule or the videos stored in your computer recorded by manual. You can search these videos by date and time, then playback them online. 6.3.2 Tool bar There is a tool bar in the playback page for you to control your playback as your wish.
Here you can set configurations for all features of the FDT camera, please click the “Apply” button to save your settings, click the “Refresh” to query or refresh the current configuration in your camera. 6.4.1 Media settings 1) Video Here you can set the configurations for power frequency and the encoding profile for H.264. For the power frequency, 50Hz used for the region Europe and China, 60HZ used for the region USA and Canada.
Here you can set an appropriate exposure mode for your camera, such as indoor, outdoor or let it change automatically as the change of the working environment. Here you can control the LED light status: Enable-Camera works at the night vision status always. Disable-Camera works at the day vision status always. Auto-Camera will change between the day and night vision status automatically according the change of the outside light. Note: To reset the default settings, please click the “Default” button.
6.4.2 Network 1) Network Here you can set the IP address information like DHCP or Static and the port for HTTP/RTSP/RTMP. Note: Please keep the type for IP and DNS are the same, both are the DHCP or Static 2) Wireless Here you can search the WIFI AP around your camera, then select and apply one of them to your camera. Please make sure you enable the wifi before you start to use it. You can also check your settings by click the “Check” button after you save your settings. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
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work if you still connect the Ethernet cable in your camera. 3) DDNS Here you can set the third-party DDNS like Dyndns.org/3322.org/dynddns.us/No-ip.com and the status of the UPnP for your camera. You can get the public IP address of the LAN your camera works by click the “Query” button. 4) ONVIF Here you can set the control configurations about ONVIF, such as enable status, port and privilege. You can configure these information as the needs of your NVR, so FDT camera can match your NVR best.
2) Motion Detection(Only for IE/Firefox in windows) Here you can set the areas for the motion detection and the sensitivity of each area. You can enable or disable each of the area, or change the size of each area by dragging the bottom right corner of the setting window of square, or change the position by dragging the setting window through your mouse.
4) Schedule Here you can set the schedule for the motion detection alarm, red means enable and white means disable. You can select certain one or several days or hours you like to enable or disable the motion detection features. 6.4.4 Advance 1) User Here you can edit the account information of the FDT camera, such as change the username or password, the default account is admin/admin. 2) Auto Snap Here you can set the save path and time interval for the feature of capture pictures automatically.
3) Timed Recording Here you can set the configurations for timed recording, you can enable or disable it, set the file size for each of the video, select the stream you want to record(first or second stream) and the time schedule. 4) Email Here you can set the sending or receiving email for your email alarm. Note: SMTP port is usually set as 25. Some SMTP servers have special port, such as 587 or 465. Authentication is used for transport layer security, it is usually none.
5) FTP Here you can set the FTP server configurations for your FTP storage for picture or video. You can click the “Test” button to check whether your settings is ok or not. Please make sure you have input the right folder path in your FTP server. 6) PTZ Here you can set the configurations about Pan/Tilt motion for your camera. Cruise cycles decide the time for your vertical and horizontal cruise. If you enable the “Return to center preset”, it will go to the center preset when the cruise is complete.
7) Multiple Setting(Only for IE in windows) Here you can search the FDT cameras in your LAN and add them into your multiple device group. Then you can view them at the live page together. 8) Privacy Mask(Only for IE/Firefox in windows) FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
Here you can set the area and color for the privacy mask of your camera, it up to 4 areas. You can set the color of the mask, change the size of the area by dragging the right-bottom corner, change the position of the area by dragging the area. 6.4.5 System 1) Time Here you can set the time and date, the status for NTP and DST, the time zone for your camera. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
2) Maintenance Reboot: reboot the camera. Factory Default: restore the camera settings to the factory default settings. Backup Configuration: backup the current settings of the camera, it will generate a file name “config_backup.bin” for you to save. Restore Configuration: Import and restore the configuration file you backup before. Please browse and select the file you want to import, then click the “Import” button. Upgrade: Upgrade the firmware.
4) System Log Here you can query the history operation or running log for your camera. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
7. Frequently Asked Questions 7.1 How to start the live view in computer by web browser? Before you start the live view in windows OS by IE browser or Mozilla Firefox. Please install the plugin first. But for the Google Chrome in Windows/Mac OS and Safari in Mac, you can start the live view directly by accessing the IP address of your camera, no need to install the plugin. 7.1.
3. Refresh the IP address when it is ready to login and access your camera. FDT Technologies-http://www.fdt.
7.1.2 How to install the plugin for Mozilla Firefox browser in Windows OS? When you login the camera in your computer at the first time by Firefox browser, it will show you to download the plugin. Please click the text link to download and save this plugin in you computer, and install it by manually. 1. Click and download the plugin from the login page, save it to your computer 2. Double click the WebCam_Plug.exe file to install it in your computer. 3.
7.3 Forgotten the username or password of the camera. Here is a hard reset button in the camera. Please press and hold the reset button for 5-10 seconds. Upon releasing the reset button, the camera will reboot and the username and password will be restored to the factory default settings. Default username: admin Default password: admin Note: The password is case sensitive. 7.4 Could not record videos or snap pictures in IE 11 or Firefox of Windows 10 OS.
4. Please make sure you have enabled the wireless. 5. Please make sure your wifi password is correct, you can display the password by click the eye-icon beside the input box. 7.6 The plugin is blocked by Firefox. Firefox will block the NPAPI plugin by default, it will prompt you to allow this plugin when you access the camera or you can active the plugin after you login the camera.
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FC CC State ement Thiss device com mplies with Part P 15 of the FCC rules s. Operation is subject to o the followiing two conditions: 1) this devicce may not cause c harmfful interferen nce, and 2) this device must m acce ept any interference recceived, including interferrence that may m cause undesired operation. Note e: This equip pment has been b tested and found to comply wiith the limitss for a Class B digittal device, pursuant p to part p 15 of the e FCC Rules.
