ROHS FI8918, User Manual

Page 1: ...Model FI8918 FI8918W IP Wireless Wired Camera NIGHT VISION REMOTE PAN TILT ROTATE TWO WAY AUDIO User Manual Color Black Color White ...

Page 2: ...istrator 20 3 1 Alias Settings 20 3 2 Date Time Settings 20 3 3 User Settings 21 3 4 Multi Device Settings 22 3 5 Basic Network Settings 26 3 6 Wireless LAN Settings 28 3 7 ADSL Settings 28 3 8 UPnP Settings 28 3 9 DDNS Service Settings 28 3 10 Mail Service Settings 29 3 11 MSN Setting 30 3 12 FTP Service Settings 32 3 13 Alarm Service Settings 33 3 14 PTZ Settings 35 3 15 Upgrade Device Firmware ...

Page 3: ...are compression technology The IPCAM is based on the TCP IP standard There is a WEB server inside which could support Internet Explore Therefore the management and maintenance of your device become more simply by using network to achieve the remote configuration start up and upgrade firmware You can use this IPCAM to monitor some special places such as your home and your office Also controlling th...

Page 4: ... check the items contained against the following list IPCAM 1 Wi Fi Antenna 1 only available for wireless model DC Power Supply 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 CD 1 Include IPCAM user manual IP camera tool Network Cable 1 Mounting bracket 1 option NOTE Please Contact us immediately in the case of any damaged or short of contents 1 3 Product views 1 3 1 Front View Figure 1 1 Infrared LED 11 IR LEDs LE...

Page 5: ... 3 3 Bottom View There are three stickers at the bottom of the camera it is the important feature of original Foscam cameras If your camera does not have these three stickers it may be a clone one Clone Foscam cameras could not use original firmware and obtain our good after service Figure 1 3 Reset button Press and hold down the RESET BUTTON for 30 seconds Releasing the reset button username and ...

Page 6: ...he CD driver of your computer Open the CD find the software as instruction 2 Double click IPCamSetup exe and install the software as instruction Figure 1 4 3 Only click Next you will complete the software installation Figure 1 5 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 4 ...

Page 7: ... with the product Use unauthorized power adapter may cause damage to your IP Camera IP Camera terminal shall be installed in an indoor environment where the rain or snow could not pour it 1 4 2 Hardware preparation Follow the steps below to set up your camera hardware connections Make sure to follow each step carefully to ensure that the camera operates properly 1 Fix the antenna at the back of th...

Page 8: ...the result field as shown in Figure 2 1 3 The IP Cameras installed within LAN do not share the same subnet with the monitoring PC A prompt as shown in result field prompt Subnet doesn t match dbclick to change Click the left mouse button to choose the prompt and click the right mouse choose Network Configuration to set the IP address of the Camera to the same subnet as LAN Figure 2 5 You can choos...

Page 9: ...ice ID is 00606E8C5058 you can find the same MAC ID sticker at the bottom back of the camera Each camera has its only MAC ID Sometimes if you couldn t find the camera s IP on the IP Camera Tool May be the firewall block it you can add this MAC ID to your router and give it a fixed IP or add the MAC ID as a trusted site There are two MAC addresses one is Wired MAC and the other is WIFI MAC Figure 2...

Page 10: ...ubnet mask in the basic information of your router or the locally attached of your PC Gateway Make sure it is in the same subnet with PC s IP address Here gateway is your router s LAN IP DNS Server IP address of ISP network provider You can find the DNS server in your router or check the locally attached of your computer Locally attached of PC contains your PC s IP address gateway and DNS server N...

Page 11: ...r camera may be damaged if operate wrong during upgrade If your camera works well with the current firmware we recommend you d better not upgrade it NOTE If you download the firmware Please check if bytes of the two bin file are exactly the same with the size in readme If it fits you can upgrade it If not please download the firmware again until the bytes are exactly the same with the official siz...

Page 12: ... automatically and display the camera login page Figure 2 8 2 Access the camera by IE browser directly type in the camera s IP address For example Figure 2 7 Figure 2 8 The default user is admin no password There are two modes to login If you use IE browser please choose activeX mode to login If you use Firefox or Google chrome please choose server push mode to login Figure 2 9 Shenzhen Foscam Int...

Page 13: ...choose the first login Figure 2 10 The first time you login the UI You will meet activeX prompt like the picture above Figure 2 10 Please click right button on the information and choose Run Add on Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 11 ...

Page 14: ...he picture below Figure 2 12 Click Run and it will return to the login interface Fill in the user name and choose login again You will see living video Figure 2 13 Figure 2 12 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 12 ...

Page 15: ...oes not block the activeX If you could not run the activeX as the way above please shut down the firewall or antivirus to try again For Firefox Google chrome safari or other standard browser Fill in user name and choose the second login mode to login It may ask you for user name and password again before you login the UI After you enter user name you will see Device Status of the camera Figure 2 1...

Page 16: ...status will show green Or it will show yellow If it shows yellow please check if the activeX is enabled or change another port number to try again Figure 2 16 If you want to view device information Choose For Administrator and then click Device info Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 14 ...

Page 17: ...igure 2 18 Multi device window The firmware inside the camera supports max 9 cameras monitoring at the same time You can add the other cameras in multi device settings OSD OSD is used to add timestamp on the video There are five colors for the characters Add timestamp on record If you wan to add timestamp on record choose the checkbox Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 26...

Page 18: ...mputer people will hear your talking around the camera The sound will come out from the build in speaker of the camera Record Click the record icon The camera will begin recording and store the avi file to the folder you set Figure 3 3 Click again it will stop For Firefox Google chrome and safari You will see the picture like Figure 2 14 when you login the camera as visitor 2 5 For Operator For IE...

Page 19: ... the button go For Firefox Google chrome and safari Click Live Video You can see the difference from IE and Firefox In IE there is a button for default all the settings In Firefox the snapshot button is under for operator Add the other function refresh video refresh parameters audio and close audio Figure 2 20a Figure 2 20a audio Connect speakers or earphone or other audio output device with PC Cl...

Page 20: ... During the installation you must choose Mozilla plugin as the following picture Figure 2 20c For MAC you d better install Google Chrome if you want to use audio Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 18 ...

Page 21: ...nd safari Click Device Management and you will enter the settings page for administrator Figure 2 22 We can see the difference from Figure 2 21 and Figure 2 22 Figure 2 21 has the three following options that Figure 2 22 does not have Device Info In fact Click Device Status when you use Firefox or Google browser You will see the same information with Figure 2 21 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technol...

Page 22: ...e chrome it is impossible to find these options 3 How to do settings in For Administrator 3 1 Alias Settings Default alias is anonymous You can set a name for your camera here Such as Ipcam then click Submit after change this Figure 3 1 3 2 Date Time Settings Choose clock timezone of your country You can choose Sync with NTP Server Figure 3 2a or Sync with PC Time Figure 3 2b If your country is im...

Page 23: ...2b Figure 3 2c 3 3 User Settings You can set permission for visitor operator and administrator Click Submit after finish these settings The camera will reboot Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 21 ...

Page 24: ... to the IE s Trusted sites first The step is IE browserÆToolÆInternet ProperÆSecurityÆTrusted sitesÆSitesÆAdd 3 4 Multi Device Settings The firmware inside the camera can support max 9 device monitoring at the same time 3 4 1 Add cameras in LAN In Multi Device Settings page you can see all devices searched in LAN The 1st Device is the default one You can add more cameras in the list in LAN for mon...

Page 25: ...W User Manual Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Choose For Visitor and then click four windows You will see all the four cameras you add Figure 3 6 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 23 ...

Page 26: ... all of the cameras you will add can be accessed in internet View How to set DDNS settings in Quick Installation Guide Login the first camera use DDNS domain name and port Figure 3 8 If you have several cameras you can use the same DDNS domain name only need set different port number for each camera Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 24 ...

Page 27: ...filled in the second camera s DDNS domain name not its LAN IP Figure 3 9 Add the other cameras in the same way Click Submit after add all of them Figure 3 10 Go back to video window You will see all of the cameras in internet When you out of town you can use the first camera s DDNS domain name and port to view all the cameras via internet Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 75...

Page 28: ... same result if set these settings in IP Camera Tool Figure 2 5 If you don t know subnet mask gateway and DNS server You can check your computer s local area connection It contains all the information The step is Control PanelÆNetwork ConnectionsÆDbclick Local Area Connections Æ Choose SupportÆDetails You will see all the information in it Figure 3 14 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limi...

Page 29: ...OM FI8918 FI8918W User Manual Figure 3 13 Figure 3 14 If you don t know DNS server you can set it the same with gateway Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 27 ...

Page 30: ...Using UPnP to MAP Port and then click Submit Figure 3 17 Here the software inside the camera for UPnP only contains port forwarding now It also has much relation with security settings of your router sometimes it may show error information So we recommend you do port forwarding manually in your router 3 9 DDNS Service Settings Please view the detail information in Quick Installation Guide about Ho...

Page 31: ...yer Security usually is None But if you use Gmail Transport Layer Security must be TLS or STARTTLS And SMTP Port must be 465 or 25 or 587 which port you choose should be decided by which Transport Layer Security you choose NOTE Please click Submit first before choose Test You will see the test result after click Test Figure 3 19 If it prompts these following errors when you click Test Please check...

Page 32: ...ce Report Internet IP by Mail If choose it you will receive emails which contain internet IP When camera power on or Internet IP changed it will send the internet IP by mail For example IPCAM s urls is http 119 123 207 96 8068 Make sure the port is map to the router correctly 3 11 MSN Setting When you forget the domain name of the camera but you want access it from remote place what can you do whe...

Page 33: ...the icon of foscam31 it is the MSN ID you applied for camera Figure3 20a he or she can chat with IPCAM Figure 3 21 Figure 3 21 So add your MSN ID to the MSN Friend List you can chat with camera and get the access address and then access the camera Note When you login the camera by IP Camera Tool you can t login MSN of camera at the same Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 ...

Page 34: ...ort is 21 FTP Upload Folder Make sure that the folder you plan to store images exists For camera couldn t create the folder itself Also the folder must be erasable FTP Mode It supports standard POST mode and passive PASV mode Upload Image Now It will upload images when you choose the checkbox Here Upload Interval refers to the time between the current image and the next image Click Submit after th...

Page 35: ... mode PASV mode should be selected if the device is behind a NAT 8 Can not upload file Please be sure your account is authorized Please check if parameters you filled in are correct or not The format of image is like 00606E8C1930 sarah _0_20100728114350_25 jpg Please check if your FTP server supports this format of file name 3 13 Alarm Service Settings If you enable Motion Detect Armed It will sen...

Page 36: ...e minute after motion trigger You can find the recording file in the folder which you set to store alarm record Figure 3 3 4 Send mails when motion trigger If you want to receive images when motion trigger You need set Mail Service Settings first Figure 3 18 Then set motion alarm as follows Choose it Figure 3 28 If you want the camera send mails in a special time range not all the time when motion...

Page 37: ...me when motion trigger 2 Plan to alarm If you want the camera alarm during the time you set You need choose Scheduler and set time range Figure 3 30 Click left button on the box of time range It will turn blue If you want delete it just click left button on it again It will turn to gray Figure 3 30 3 14 PTZ Settings Here you can set pan tilt speed Normally PT speed is 5 The larger setting number t...

Page 38: ...nly can be upgraded by IP camera tool after upgrade system firmware Click Browse choose the correct bin file and then click Submit to upgrade Don t shut down the power during upgrade until the IP camera tool finds the camera again 3 16 Backup Restore Settings If you don t want to set all parameters that you ve set already You can click Submit and all the parameters you set will be store as a param...

Page 39: ...actory settings Figure 3 34 3 18 Reboot Device Here click reboot device is the same as plug the power and re plug it 3 19 Log Here log record that who access the camera Figure 3 35 3 20 Back Here if you choose back you will go back to video window Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 5668 Fax 86 755 2674 5168 37 ...

Page 40: ...ror information Subnet doesn t match dbclick to change Please choose Obtain IP from DHCP server Figure 2 4 If it still show this error after obtain IP from DHCP server Please check local area connection of your computer change subnet gateway of the camera Keep them in the same subnet of your computer Figure 2 5 4 1 3 No Pictures Problems The video streaming is transmitted by the ActiveX controller...

Page 41: ...se change another port number to try Don t use port 80 use port 85 8005 etc Figure 4 2 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 4 1 4 Can t access IP camera in internet There are some reasons Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Limited Tel 86 755 2674 ...

Page 42: ...matically because of firewall or anti virus software It also has much relation with router s security settings So we recommend you do port forwarding manually You can view your camera in internet successfully after you do port forwarding manually in your router 4 1 7 Couldn t find the shortcut on desktop after install IP camera tool If you use Windows7 or Vista You could not find the shortcut on d...

Page 43: ...re that each camera you add in multi device settings can be logon use DDNS name and port number Use DDNS domain name to fill in the host checkbox not camera s LAN IP details How to add cameras in WAN 4 1 12 Only see black screen or unreasonable code when remote login If you could access the login page in remote place it indicates that your DDNS settings are correct You could not see living video b...

Page 44: ...or other types optional Power Power Consumption 5 5 Watts Max Operate Temper 0 55 C 32 F 131 F Operating Humidity 20 85 non condensing Storage Temper 10 C 60 14 F 140 F Environment Storage Humidity 0 90 non condensing CPU 2 0GHZ or above Memory Size 256MB or above Display Card 64M or above Supported OS Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows7 PC Requirements Browser IE 6 0 IE7 0 IE8 0 firefox gool...