Foscam FosBaby User manual

V1.0
User
User Manual Manual
HD Wireless Baby Monitor
FosBaby

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Table of Contents
Security Warning................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Key Features........................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Read Before Use.................................................................................................................................................2
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
3.1 Login Window.................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Setup Wizard..................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.2 Surveillance Window........................................................................................................................................ 16
4 Advanced Settings........................................................................................................................................................20
4.1 Status.................................................................................................................................................................. 20
4.2 Basic Settings.................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.3 Network...............................................................................................................................................................31
4.4 Video................................................................................................................................................................... 51
4.5 Detector.............................................................................................................................................................. 55
4.6 Record.................................................................................................................................................................61
4.7 Nursery Rhymes............................................................................................................................................... 65
4.8 Firewall................................................................................................................................................................66
4.9 System................................................................................................................................................................ 66
5 Playback.........................................................................................................................................................................69
6 Appendix........................................................................................................................................................................ 70
6.1 Frequently Asked Questions........................................................................................................................... 70
6.2 Default Parameters...........................................................................................................................................77
6.3 Specifications.....................................................................................................................................................77
6.4 CE & FCC...........................................................................................................................................................78
7 Obtaining Technical Support.......................................................................................................................................79

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Security Warning
Safeguarding Your Privacy
Foscam cameras require good security practices to safeguard your privacy. You can help protect your camera
by changing the default username and/or password. Input a username and/or password that is at least 8 – 10
characters or longer. Try to use a combination of lower-case and upper-case letters as well as numbers and
special characters. The more complex the username and password, the harder it will be to guess by an
unauthorized user.
You should update your camera regularly at http://www.foscam.us/firmware.html. Make sure your camera has
the latest firmware installed for your specific camera model. The latest firmware for Foscam cameras utilizes
protection against various types of online hacking, cracking, and unauthorized access. Doing so will make your
device more secure, may add features, and will contain bug fixes to make your device work faster.
1 Overview
HD Wireless Baby Monitor FosBaby is an integrated wireless camera with a color CMOS sensor enabling
viewing 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 from anywhere on your local network or over
the Internet.
It supports P2P function. Thanks to the P2P easy access technology, you don’t need to do complicated Port
Forwarding and DDNS settings, you just need to scan the QR code on the bottom of the camera to connect it
on smart phone, or input the UID on CMS software to realize remote access.
The camera supports H.264 video compression technology, dramatically reducing file size and saving network
bandwidth.
The camera is based on the TCP/IP standard. There is a WEB server inside which could support Internet
Explorer Therefore the management and maintenance of your device is simplified by using the network to
access the website of your camera.
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.
1.1 Key Features
Standard H.264 video compression algorithm to satisfy the transmission of high definition video in narrow
bandwidth network
P2P feature for easy access

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Megapixel HD video
Support IE/Firefox/Google/Safari browser
Support WEP,WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK Encryption
Wireless connection is compliant with IEEE 802.11b/g/n WI-FI, up to 150Mbps
IR night vision (Range: 5m)
Support image snapshot
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
Multi-level users management with password protection
Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP
Providing free Android and iPhone APP for viewing live video Providing free Central Management
Software to manage and monitor multiple cameras
Support record schedule
Support playing of nursery rhyme
Support temperature detection
Support cloud storage, cloud messaging
1.2 Read Before Use
Please first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents listed below.
Before the camera is installed, please carefully read and follow the instructions in the Quick Installation Guide
to avoid damage due to faulty assembly and installation. This also ensures the product is used properly as
intended.
1.3 Package Contents
● FosBaby × 1 ● Mounting Bracket×1
● Temperature Detection Sensor × 1 ● Watch strap × 1
● Power Adapter × 1 ● Power Line × 1
● Resource CD × 1 ● Quick Installation Guide × 1
● Warning Sticker × 1 ● Security Warning Card × 1

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1.4 Physical Description
1.5 Micro-SD Card
This camera supports SD Card and the max size of SD card must be under 32G.
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Device StatusDevice Status page, you can see the SD card status.
Note: The default storage path of alarm files is FTP.

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2 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.
(1) http:// IP + HTTP Port NO.
The default HTTP port NO. is 88. Double click the Camera Tool icon to run, and it should find the camera’s IP
address automatically after you plug in the network cable.
Double click the IP address of the camera; your default browser will open to the camera login page.
(2) https:// IP + HTTPS Port NO.
The default Https port no. is 443. You can use the url to access the camera: https:// IP + HTTPS port.
Go to Settings - Network - Port panel, you can see and change the http and https port NO.
2.2 Access the FosBaby in WAN
2.2.1 Static IP Addresses
Users who have static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. When you
have finished connecting the camera using the IP address and port forwarding, you can access the camera
directly from the Internet using the WAN IP address and port number.
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.The
webpage at this address will show you the current WAN IP.

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Figure 2.8
Access your Camera from the Internet
You can access the Camera from the Internet (remote access). Enter the WAN IP address and port number in
your standard browser. For example, you would enter http:// 183.37.28.254:85
NOTE :
Make sure port forwarding is successful. You can do port forwarding two ways.
Login to your router to enable the “UPNP” function. You can then login to the camera as administrator, choose
Network, and then choose UPnP to enable UPnP. Make sure that the status of UPnP reads “UPnP Successful”
on the Status page.
Do port (HTTP port and Media port) forwarding manually.
If your router has a Virtual Server, it can do port forwarding. Add the camera’s IP and port which you had set
earlier to your router’s port forwarding settings.
Note: If you plug the camera into a router, it will have a dynamic IP address and you need to set DDNS service
settings to view it remotely.
2.2.2 Dynamic IP Addresses
DDNS is a service that allows your Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a
fixed host and domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP address is constantly changing, you
will have a fixed host name you can use to access your cameras at all times. You can access the camera
directly from the Internet using the host name and port number.
What is the HTTP Port NO.?
Default HTTP Port is 88
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

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if you’d like such as 2000 or 8090, which will not be conflict with other existing ports like 25, 21,10000.Here you
can set the port no. between 1 and 65535.
Change the default http NO.88 to another one.
How to assign a different HTTP Port No. and fixed the IP of the camera by the
IP Camera Tool ?
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 :
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 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

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a static IP address of http://192.168.8.102:2000. This IP address will not change even if the camera is powered
off and back on, the camera will remain on this IP address. This is very important that a static IP address is set,
or you may have problems later with remote access and seeing the camera remotely if the camera loses power
and reconnects on a different IP address. Make sure you set a static IP address!
What is Port forwarding?
If you have never done port forwarding before, you can open and view the following link to understand the
basic concept. Port forwarding allows for outside connections to access a specific device on your network from
anywhere in the world. Every router automatically blocks any incoming connections for safety purposes. Using
port forwarding, you are telling your router to allow a connection through a certain port (you can think of it as a
gateway) into your router. You set this port to a specific device, in our case a camera, so it can be accessed
from anywhere in the world.
Click this link to learn more about port forwarding: http://portforward.com/help/portforwarding.htm
How do we configure Port Forwarding?
For this section, we will be using an example:
Let’s say the camera’s IP address is http://192.168.8.100:2000
Step 1: Login to the router, and go to your router’s port forwarding or port triggering menu. Sometimes this is
also under the name of Virtual Server or NAT.
Using the Linksys brand router as an example, we would log into the router, and go to the Applications &
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:

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First method :
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.
For example, we can use test09.myfoscam.org. In the camera, click Settings at the top, click “Network” on the
left, then click “DDNS” to get to the DDNS settings page. Here you can see the unique domain name of your
camera.
Now you can use “http://Domain name + HTTP Port” to access the camera via the Internet.
Take hostname test09.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port of 2000 for example, the URL link to access the camera
via the Internet would be http:// test09.myfoscam.org:2000.
Second method :
Use the Third party DDNS to access the camera via the Internet
Step 1 Please go to the third party DDNS website(such as www.no-ip.com) to create a free hostname.
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

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www.no-ip.com
Take host name 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.
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.
Fourthly, after the restart, login the camera, and go to option of Device Status on the administrator panel, and
check if the DDNS status is successful.
If failed, please double check if you have input the correct host name, user name, and password, and try to
redo the settings.
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.
2.3 Using the VLC player
This camera supports RTSP streaming, here you can view the camera using VLC player.
RTSP URL rtsp:// [user name][:password]@IP:HTTP port number/videosream
The part in the square brackets may be omitted.
user name & password:
The user name and password to access the camera. This part can be omitted.
IP: WAN or IP address.
Videostream:Here support three mode: videoMain, videoSub and audio. When the network speed is bad,
here you had better select videoSub. If you select audio, you can only hear the sound but cannot see the
video.
For example:
IP: 192.168.1.11
HTTP Port number: 88
User name: admin
Password: 123
Here I can enter one of the following URLs in the VLC.
1．rtsp://admin:[email protected].11:88/videoMain
2．rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:88/videoMain
3．rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain
4．rtsp://adm[email protected]1:88/videoMain
Open the VLC, and go to Media(Open Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC.

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Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time
preview.

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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, or else the new
username and password cannot take effect when you enter the authentication in the VLC.
2.4 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.
It supports management or monitoring multiple cameras for monitoring, recording, playback, and alarm
management with efficient control. You could refer to the CMS user manual in the CD.

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3 Surveillance Software GUI
Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide if you install the camera at first time. After finishing quick
installation, you can take time to learn the operation of the software.
3.1 Login Window
Section1 Enter the Username and password
The default administrator username is admin with no password, please reset the password at first using and
prevent unauthorized users login the camera.
Section2 Stream
The camera supports two stream modes: Main stream and sub stream. If you want to access the camera form
WLAN, here you can select Main stream. If you want to access the camera from Internet, here we recommend
sub stream.
Note: When the network bandwidth is badly you’d better select Sub Stream and the video will be more fluency.
Section3 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.

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NOTE：
When setting up your camera for the first time, it will request that you modify the default username and/or
password if both are still set to default. Input the new username and password, click "Modify" to complete the
modification. You will now use the new username and password to log in to the camera in the future.
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.

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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.

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IP: Set IP address of the camera. You could choose to obtain an IP automatically or set the IP address
according to your needs.

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3.2 Surveillance Window
Section 1 Live Video / Settings/Playback buttons
: 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.
: 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.

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Section 3 Mode/ Stream / Mirror/ Flip buttons
Mode
1) 50HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: Europe, China)
2) 60HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: USA, Canada)
3) Outdoor------Outdoor surveillance
Stream
The default Stream supports four modes: 0/720P/30fps/4M, 1/VGA/25fps/2M, 2/VGA/ 15fps/ 1M and 3/
VGA/10fps/200K. The format of the stream type is Stream type no. / Resolution / Maximum frame rate/
Bit rate.
1) Stream type NO. : The number is used to identify the stream type.
2) 720P/ VGA
There are three resolutions, the bigger one is 1280*720P, and the smaller one is VGA (640*480) pixels. The
bigger the resolution is , the better of the image quality is. If you are accessing the camera via internet and
want to get more fluent video streaming, please select resolution VGA.
3) Maximum frame rate
When the video format is 50Hz, the maximum frame rate is 25 fps. When the video format is 60Hz, the
maximum frame rate is 30 fps. You should lower frame rate when the bandwidth is limited. Normally, when the
frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video.
4) 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.

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You can reset the stream type on “Settings-> Video-> Video Settings” panel.
After changing, please re-login 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: Scheduled control. When it is selected, the function of switching on/off the infrared lamp as
scheduled is enabled (Settings> Video > IR LED Schedule ).
Section 5 Image quality settings
In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality.
Section 6 Nursery Rhymes
: You can click this button to adjust the playing mode of songs. Three playing modes are available for
selection: 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