User Manual Indoor HD IP Camera Model: C1 V1.
Table of Contents 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Key Features ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Read Before Use ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Package Contents .........................
1 Overview FOSCAM Indoor HD IP Camera is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor which enable to view in High Definition resolution. It combines a high quality digital video camera, with a powerful web server, to bring clear video to your desktop and mobile devices no matter where by your local network or over the Internet. These cameras support P2P function.
Multi-level users management with password protection Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP Provide free Android and iPhone APP for viewing live video provide free Central Management Software to manage and monitor multiple cameras Support record schedule 1.2 Read Before Use Please first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents listed below.
Rear panel: Power Light: If the power supply works fine, the light will be on. LAN: 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 port for wired connection SoftAP: Press the SoftAP button for more than 2 seconds. The Network light indicator begins to twinkle every 0.1 seconds. WPS/Reset WPS: Push both WPS/Reset button on the camera and wireless router within 1 minute, the camera will connect to the wireless router automatically, in WPS process, the Network light will blink every 0.
2. Connect the power adapter to the camera. 3. Insert the CD into the CD drive of your computer. 4. Go to the folder “IP Camera Search Tool” and find the folder “For Windows OS”or “For Mac OS”. Copy and paste the IP camera tool file to your computer, or drag it onto your Desktop. Shortcut icon for Windows OS Shortcut icon for Mac OS Notes: If your computer ( Windows OS ) supports autorun function, you can find the corresponding file in the opened control panel.
NOTE: When logging in for the first time, you will need to download and install the add-on. 2.2 Wireless Connection There are some ways of wireless connection: EZLink connection, soft AP connection and WPS connection. EZLink connection: Use the mobile phones or other mobile devices to download APP, then connect the camera and the wireless router by the APP. The procedure of the EZLink connection, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide.
2.2.1 Soft AP Connection To ensure that the ethernet cable and the camera is disconnected before you begin. 1. Start camera: power on, the indicator light of camera will light on. 2. Press the Soft AP button for 3-5 seconds. The Network light begins to twinkle at very high frequency(every 0.1 seconds). 3. Use a terminal which could search the WLAN (desktop, laptop, mobile phone, or pad. This part takes laptop as an example.) to search for the AP named "C1_******" for connection.
Input the New username, New password and Confirm the password. 6. After logging in for the first time, it will go to "Setup Wizard” automatically. Please set the basic parameters of the camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings (The camera connect to your wireless router: Wireless Network List - enter the password of your wireless router ), IP configuration. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
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Notes: We recommend you to choose to manually set the IP when you know some knowledge of the network. It needs about 1 minute to connect the camera to your router. 7. After completing the setup wizard, you should press the Soft AP button for 3-5 seconds to cancel the Soft AP connection mode, this is located on the back of your camera. The Network light begins to slowly flash(once per second), it indicates that the wireless connection is successful. 8.
connected to. 9. Open the CD named “FOSCAM”, go to the folder “IP Camera Search Tool” and find the folder “For Windows OS” or “For Mac OS”. Copy and paste the IP camera tool file to your wireless device, or drag it onto your desktop. Notes: You could also download the IP camera tool from our website www.foscam.com for free. If you have multiple cameras and you cannot determine which camera you are going to log in.
Now, you could use your camera in LAN. Note: 64-bit browser is not supported. 2.2.2 WPS (WI-FI Protected Set-up) Before using WPS wireless connection, you need to: Make sure that your wireless router has the WPS function, and has been properly connected to the Internet. WPS button on the wireless router is typically located on the front panel or rear panel.TP-LINK router's WPS button is called QSS (Quick Security Setup). Make sure that the ethernet cable and the camera is disconnected.
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. Your current WAN IP will be shown on the webpage. 2.3.2 Remote Access If you want to access your camera by web browser outside of your LAN, you need to configure following configurations. 1.
Select Yes and click Save. Click Enable DDNS and click Save. The content in the Manufacture’s DDNS column is the domain name of your camera. 3. You can see the port of your camera here. If you want to set Remote Access for several cameras on the same network, you will need to change the HTTPS port for each camera. 4. If the UPnP of the router has been enable, you do not need to perform following steps. Otherwise, you need to select one of the following methods to configure port forwarding on your router.
If there is no UPnP function in your router: You need to manually add port(HTTPS port) forwarding, refer to the following steps. You need go to the “Forwarding > Virtual Servers” panel for setup. Click Add New. Input the port and IP address of your camera and click Save. Here you have finished the Port Forwarding setup. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
5. Now you can access your IP camera by https://domain name: HTTPS port via the Internet. 2.4 Using the VLC player The camera supports RTSP streaming, here you can view the camera by VLC player. RTSP URL rtsp:// [user name][:password]@IP:Port number/videostream The part in the square brackets can be omitted. user name & password: The user name and password to access the camera. This part can be omitted. IP: WAN or LAN IP address. Port NO.
Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password for another time. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
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 to apply the new username and password in authentication in the VLC. 2.5 IP camera connection to the server Device supports ONVIF 2.2.1 protocol, You can easily access NVR with ONVIF or server with ONVIF. 3 Surveillance Software GUI Please refer to the section 2.
3.1 login Window Section1 Enter the Username and password The default administrator username is “admin” with no password, please change the password the first time you use and prevent unauthorized users login the camera. Section2 Stream The camera supports two stream modes: Main stream and sub stream. Select Main stream if you want to access the camera from LAN and sub stream will be better if you want to access the camera from Internet.
3.2 Setup Wizard You will go to “Setup Wizard”automatically after your first-login, where you can set the basic parameters of camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings, IP configuration. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
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Recommend to select "Obtain IP Form DHCP”. 3.3 Surveillance Window 1 2 6 3 4 5 7 Section 1 FOSCAM Logo/ Live Video / Settings/Playback buttons : FOSCAM LOGO : Path to surveillance window. Click this button to go back to the surveillance window Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
: Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, to go to Administrator Control Panel and do advanced settings. : Click this button to go 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 9 cameras being monitored at the same time. You can add other cameras in multi-device setting.
After changing, please reboot the camera and you can see the modification. Section 4 IR LED Lights Click Infra led and there are three modes to adjust the infrared led: Auto, Manual and Schedule. Auto: Select it and the camera will adjust the infra led (on or off) automatically. Manual: Select it and you can turn on or turn off the infra led manually. Schedule: Select it and the IR led light will be off at the schedule period.
Go to Settings ---Basic settings---Camera name panel, and you can change another device name. The default device name is anonymous. Go to Settings ---Basic settings---Camera time panel and adjust the device time. Go to Settings ---Video---On Screen Display panel, you can add or no add OSD.
Keep ration: Select it and the camera will adjust the size of live window based on the the computer monitor automatically. Sometimes there is a black border around the video, please select Keep ration to get a better visual quality . Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen. Zoom up: Select it and you can see a bigger screen than before.
Click the Screen PTZ button and put the mouse on the screen to indicate the camera move direction you prefer, press the left mouse, the camera will move to the corresponding direction. Loosen the mouse and stop moving. Press Esc button or double click right mouse and cancel the function. NOTE: For Mac OS, the plugin cannot support Onscreen Mouse Control, so you cannot allow to use it.
4.2.1 Device Information Camera Model: The camera model NO. Camera Name: The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you identify it. Click Basic Settings and go to Camera name panel where you can change your camera name. The default device name is anonymous. Camera ID: Display the wired MAC address of your camera. For example Device ID is 000C5D00008, the same MAC ID sticker is found at the bottom of the camera. Camera Time: The system time of the device.
4.2.3 Session Status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now. 4.2.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Reboot the camera and clear the log records. 4.3 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your camera’s Name, Time, Mail, User account and Multi-Device. 4.3.1 Camera Name 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. 4.3.2 Camera Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the dropdown 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. Sync with PC: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with your computer. Manually: The administrator can enter the date and time manually. Note select the date and time format. use DST: Select the daylight saving time from the dropdown list.
How to change the password? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the password, then select “Change password”, enter the old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Delete :Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
4.3.4 Multi-Camera If you want to view multi-surveillance screens on one window, you need to login one camera, and set it as the main device, and do Multi-Device Settings, add other cameras to the first one camera. 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.
1 Click it, camera model, 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. Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. 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. (The way to configure DDNS is in chapter 4.4.4) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Use DDNS domain name and port to login Make sure each camera you need add could login with DDNS name and port. 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. 1 ---- The camera model: MJ or H264. 2 ---- The 2nd camera’s name 3 ---- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP NOTE: The MJ series have the same HTTP Port NO. and Media Port NO.
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. 4.3.5 Status Light You can enable or disable status light. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
4.4 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, PPPoE, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP and Port. 4.4.1 IP Configuration If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP Configuration page. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer. 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.
Set the same Subnet Mask and gateway of the camera with your PC. There are two DNS servers. You can set any of them. Same with gateway is also OK. If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.4.2 Wireless Settings Step 1: Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera interface, and go to the “Network” panel on the Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
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. 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.
2 Enter the password of your router. 1 Click the SSID of your router and the relevant information will be filled in the fields automatically. Step 3: Please click on the Save button after all settings have been entered and disconnect the network cable. Never shut down the power of the camera until the IP camera is able to connect to the wireless network. The LAN IP address will disappear on the window of IP Camera Tool when the camera is configuring a wireless connection.
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 test09.myfoscam.org for example. Go to option of DDNS on the Settings->Network panel, you can see the domain name. Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname test09.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no.
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. User can also use third part DDNS, such as www.no-ip.com. ,www. 3322.com 4.4.5 UPnP The default UPnP status is closed. You can enable UPnP, then the camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding.
your router. 4.4.6 Port This camera supports HTTP Port. HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely. If you want to access the camera and view the video, the HTTP Port must both be configured correctly. HTTP port: By default, the HTTP is set to 88. Also, they can be assigned with another port number between 1 and 65535. But make sure they can not be conflict with other existing ports like 25, 21. ONVIF port: By default, the ONVIF port is set to 888.
Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank 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.
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. If you use Gmail, Transport Layer Security must be set to TLS or STARTTLS and SMTP Port must be set to 465 or 25 or 587, which port you choose should be decided by which Transport Layer Security you select.
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 . 1) Cannot connect to the server 2) Network Error. Please try later 3) Server Error 4) Incorrect user or password 5) The sender is denied by the server.
Figure a Figure b FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure a. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure b. Port: Default is port 21. If changed, external FTP client program must change the server connection port accordingly. FTP Mode: Here supports two modes: PORT and PASV. Username/password: The FTP account and password. Click Save to take effect. Click Test to see if FTP has been successfully configured. 4.4.
Foscam App named Foscam on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices. NOTE: If the QR code scanning is not successful, please input the UID on the bottom of the camera manually. 4.5 Video This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot settings. 4.5.1 Video Settings There are two ways to set the stream video settings. They are main stream video settings and sub stream video settings.
resolution is the clearer video will become. But the code flux will become larger too, and it will take up more bandwidth. (The maximum frame rate for each model is different, please see the “Specifications”. ) Bit Rate: 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.
Manual snap Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer. Pictures Save To: FTP or SD card. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap pictures to the FTP or SD card automatically. Enable timing to capture To enable capture interval, follow the steps below: 1 Select Enable Motion detection 2 Capture interval:The interval time between two captures.
4.6 Alarm Action Detection IP Camera supports Action Detection Alarm, when the people has been detected, the IP Camera will make a alarm. Step 1: Enable Action detection function. Step 2: Select the “on” from the dropdown box to activate the motion detection alarm. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Step 3: Select the “on” from the dropdown box to activate the human detection alarm. Step 4: Sensitivity---- It supports five modes: Lowest, Lower, Low, Medium and High. The higher the sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity. Step 5: Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detection.
Step 8: Alarm Schedule ① Alarm anytime when motion is detected Click the black button up the MON, you will see all time range turn red. When something moving in the detection area at anytime, the camera will alarm. Click this button and select all time range ② Specify an alarm schedule Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected.
③ Press the left mouse and drag it on the time boxes, you can select the serial area. Step 9: Click Save button to take effect. When the motion has been detected during the detection time in the detection area, the camera will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm indicators. NOTE: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. 4.7 Record This section will allow you to change the record files storage path and the record time. 4.7.
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. Local 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. 4.7.2 Alarm Recording 4.7.3 Local Alarm Recording This page you can enable the local alarm record and Local Alarm record time. 4.7.
When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording. When the parameter Recording Location is set SD Card on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
Frame Rate: 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. Record full strategy: When the SD card is full, you can choose to cover the previous recording, or stop recording. Audio Record: You can choose "yes" or "no". NOTES: Scheduled recording only supports video saved to the SD card or FTP server.
The default storage path of alarm record files is SD card, when the available size of SD card is less than 256M, the old record files will be deleted automatically. 4.8 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.
4.9.1 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. Click Browse and select the parameters file you have stored, then click Submit to restore the restore the parameters. 4.9.2 System Upgrade Click “Download the latest firmware”, you will see the following screen. And click “save” to save the firmware on your computer locally. Your current firmware version will be displayed on your screen.
Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click System upgrade. Don’t shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result. 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. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading. Please don’t upgrade the firmware unnecessarily. Your camera may be damaged if misconfigured during an upgrade. NOTES: Please ensure you have download the correct firmware package for your camera before upgrading. Read the upgrade documentation (readme.txt file) in the upgrade package before you upgrade. Upon downloading the firmware check the sizes of the .bin files. They must match the size in the readme.
5 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, select the time on the time&date manually. : The type of records files, Here supports two typs: Normal record, Alarm record and All records. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
: Click this button to search all record files satisfy the conditions you selected. Continuous Play: Select the checkbox to play continuously all the record files. Section 2 Search record files 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.
6 Appendix 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions 6.1.1 Install the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
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6.1.2 Uninstall the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
6.1.3 I have forgotten the administrator password To reset the administrator username and password, press and hold down the RESET BUTTON for 5 seconds. Upon releasing the reset button, wait for 20 seconds, the camera will reboot and the username and password will return to the factory default administrator username and password. Please power on the camera before reset Default administrator username: admin Default administrator password: No password 6.1.
Open IE browser, then right click, select “Run as administrator” 6.1.5 Subnet doesn’t match Check whether your ipcamera in the same subnet of your computer. The step is Control PanelNetwork ConnectionsDbclick Local Area Connections Choose GeneralProperties.Check subnet mask, IP address and gateways. When you set IP address please make sure they are in the same subnet. Otherwise you can't access camera. 6.1.6 No Pictures Problems The video streaming is transmitted by the ActiveX controller.
NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or ActiveX. If you could not see video, please shut down firewall or anti-virus software to try again. 6.1.7 Can’t access IP camera in internet There are some reasons: 1、ActiveX controller is not installed correctly 2、The port which camera used is blocked by Firewall or Anti-virus software. Please change another port number and try again.
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 ITEMS C1 Sensor Image Sensor Display Resolution Lens High Definition Color CMOS Sensor 1280 x 720 (1Megapixels) Min. Illumination 0 Lux (With IR Illuminator) Lens Type Glass Lens focal length f:2.8mm Aperture F2.4 Angle of View 100° Image Compression H.
Remote Access P2P, DDNS Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8; Operating System Mac OS iOS、Android System Requirements Microsoft IE7 and above version or compatible browser; Browser Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; Apple Safari.
to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
Limited Hardware Warranty FOSCAM products are warranted to be free from manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship starting from the shipping date of FOSCAM. This limited hardware warranty does not cover: Software, including the software added to the products through our factory-integration system, software that included in the CD,etc. Usage that is not in accordance with product instructions. Failure to follow the product instructions.
with. Warranty is void for mishandling, improper use, or defacing the product. Abuse firmware upgrade without the authorized technician’s guidance. Warranty is void for physical damage, altered, either internally or externally, improper or inadequate packaging when returned for RMA purposes.
exemplary damages arising out of or in any connection with this agreement or the products, including but not limited to lost profits, or any claim based on indemnity or contribution, or the failure of any limited or exclusive remedy to achieve its essential purpose or otherwise. Purchaser's exclusive remedy, as against FOSCAM, shall be the repair or replacement of defective parts.