www.foscam.com Section1 FOSCAM Logo/ LiveVideo / Settings buttons : FOSCAM LOGO : Path to surveillance window. Click this button and back to the surveillance window : Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to Administrator Control Panel and do advanced settings. Section2 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-camera panel.
www.foscam.com Figure 3.10 HDR(Only FI9900P): HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. It usually refers to the method of capturing images having “greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging methods or photographic methods”. You can select “on” from the dropdown list under sunlight or with bright background.
www.foscam.com 3------Left control button, 4------Right control button, Click this button and go to center Section5 Cruise settings ( only F9805E) If via RS485 interface to connect an external PT device, you can use this feature. The default cruise tracks have two types: Vertical and Horizontal. Vertical: The camera will rotate from up to down. Horizontal: The camera will rotate from left to right. : Start cruise. : Stop cruise.
www.foscam.com Auto: Select it and the camera will adjust the infra led (on or off) automatically. Manual: Select it and turn off the infra led manually. Schedule: Select it and the IR led light will be off at the schedule period. If you want to define or change the IR led lights schedule time, please go to Settings→Video→IR LED Schedule page. Section7 Image quality settings In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality.
www.foscam.com 7------Full Screen Click it to make full-screen, or you can double click the surveillance screen to make full-screen. Double click again and exit full-screen. Onscreen Mouse Control Right click the mouse and you can adjust the screen ration, full screen and Zoom up. Figure 3.11 Keep ration: Select it and the camera will adjust the size of live window based on the computer monitor automatically.
www.foscam.com Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen. Zoom up/down: Click it and the live view will be digital zoomed up, then click Zoom Down and the live view back to original size. Figure 3.13 NOTES: 1 This camera don’t support Pan/Tilt function, so here cann’t allow to use Screen PTZ. 2 For Mac OS, the plugin cannot support Onscreen Mouse function, so you cannot allow to use it. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 4 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Setup Wizard The way to set it,you could refer to section 3.1. Figure 4.1 4.2 Device Status Device Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera. 4.2.1 Device Information Figure 4.2 Camera Model: The model of the device.
www.foscam.com MAC ID sticker is found at the bottom of the camera. Camera Time: The system time of the device. Click Basic Settings and go to Camera Time panel and adjust the time. System Firmware Version: Display the System Firmware version of your camera. Application Firmware Version: Display the application firmware version of your camera. Plug-In Version: Display the plug-in version of your camera 4.2.
www.foscam.com Click the page number and go to the corresponding page to see more logs . Fill in one page number, click Go button and go to the corresponding page . Figure 4.5 Reboot the camera and clear the log records. 4.3 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your Camera Name, Camera Time, Mail, User Accounts and Multi-Device. 4.3.1 Camera Name Default alias is anonymous. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Save to save your changes.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.7 Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the drop-down menu. Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera. 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. Please select the date and time format.
www.foscam.com old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Figure 4.9 How to add account ? Select one blank column, then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add to take effect. You can see the new added account on the Account list. Figure 4.10 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.11 Delete: Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. NOTE: The default administrator account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. 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.
www.foscam.com 1 Click it, camera model, alias, host and HTTP Port will be filled in the following boxes automatically . 3 Click Add to take effect . 2 Enter the User name and password of the 2nd camera . Figure 4.12 Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to. Figure 4.13 Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.14 Figure 4.15 Add cameras in WAN If you want to view all cameras via the internet(remote computer), you will need to add them using DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed through the internet. (Read How to configure DDNS settings in chapter 4.4.4) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Use DDNS domain name and port to login . Make sure each camera you need add could login with DDNS name and port . Figure 4.16 Click Multi-Device Settings. Choose The 2nd Device. Fill in the 2nd camera’s name, DDNS domain name, port number. Enter user name and password and then choose Add. 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4.17 1----- The camera model: MJ or H264. 2----- The 2nd camera’s name Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 3----- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5---- Click Add button and to take effect NOTE: Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP. Figure 4.18 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.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.19 Changing settings here is the same as using the IP Camera Tool. It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC. If you don’t know the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server, you can check your computer’s local area connection as follows: Control Panel--Network Connections--Local Area Connections --Choose Support--Details. Figure 4.20 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com 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 . Figure 4.21 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.4.2 Wireless Settings( FI9803P/FI9804W/FI9805W/FI9900P) 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.
www.foscam.com Click the Scan button to search for wireless networks. Click the Page number to see other wireless networks devices if there are more than 10. Figure 4.22 Step 2: Click the SSID (name of your router) in the list, the corresponding information related to your network, such as the name and the encryption, will be filled into the relevant fields automatically. You will only need to fill in the password of your network.
www.foscam.com 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. Wait about 1 minute, the camera should obtain a wireless connection, and the LAN IP of the camera will show again on the window of the IP Camera Tool.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.25 Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname cp4911.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 8000 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http://cp4911.myfoscam.org:8000 Restore DDNS to factory: If you have configured Third Party DDNS successfully, but you want to use Manufacturer’s DDNS again , here click this button and start Manufacturer’s DDNS Service.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.26 Please register an account step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email. Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name. Figure 4.27 Figure 4.28 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
www.foscam.com Please create the domain name step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com Step 2 DO DDNS Service Settings within the Camera Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname, a user name and password you’ve got from www.no-ip.com Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name foscam, password foscam2012 for example. Firstly, goes to option of DDNS Settings on the administrator panel. Secondly, select No-Ip as a server.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.29 ③ Use domain name to access the camera via internet After the port forwarding is finished, you can use the domain name+ http no. to access the camera via internet. Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info and http no. 2000for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// ycxgwp.no-ip.info:2000 4.4.5 UPnP Figure 4.30 The default UPnP status is closed. You can enable UPnP, then the camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding.
www.foscam.com Figure 4.32 Another way to change the HTTP port no. Step 1: Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you would like to change the port of, right click on the IP address, and click on ”Network Configuration”, this brings up the network configuration box as shown in Figure 4.34 and 4.35. Select which camera you’d like to change the port for, and right click . Figure 4.33 Modify the Http Port . Enter the Username and password, click OK. Figure 4.