Foscam FI8601 User manual

V2.01
IP Wired / Wireless Camera
Quick Installation Guide
(For Windows OS)
Model: FI8601/FI8601W
ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

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Quick Installation Guide
PackingList
1) IP CAMERAX 1 2) Wi-Fi Antenna (only available for wireless model)
3) DC Power Supply X 1 4) Network Cable X 1
5) Mounting bracket ×1 6) Quick Installation Guide X1
7) Warranty Card X 1 8) CD X 1 (Includes user manual、IP camera tool、
H.264 Camera Client)
Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart
1 Hardware Installation
(1) Open the package
Software Installation
Login the camera
Wireless Settings
Remote Access
Hardware Installation

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(2) Connect the Antenna.
Screw the antenna to the back of the camera, make sure it attached well.
Figure 1.1
(3) Plug the network cable and power.
Connect the network cable to your camera and to your router. Plug in the power.
The network lights on RJ45 will turn on.
Figure 1.2
2SoftwareInstallation
Insert the CD in your CD drive of your computer and find the folder “For Windows
OS”. Select the IP Camera Tool folder. Double click IPCamSetup.exe and install
the software per instructions.

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Figure 1.3
Click Next.

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Figure 1.4
Select the folder where setup will install and click Next.

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Figure 1.5
Click Install and an icon will appear on your desktop after the IP Camera Tool
software installation has successfully completed.
3Loginthecamera
Double click the IP Camera Tool icon and the following screen should appear.
Figure 1.6
The IP camera tool should find the camera’s IP automatically after you plug in the
network cable. Don’t enable MAC address filter or disable any firewall or antivirus
on your computer.
Double click the IP address on the IP Camera Tool and you will see the following
dialog box.
Figure 1.7

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Fill in the user name and password, click OK and it will display the login UI (Figure
1.8). Camera supports three-level users management: admin, user and guest.
The default “admin” user name and password are all “admin”, the default “user”
user name and password are all “user”, and the default “guest” user name and
password are all “guest”. Different user has different permission. Admin has the
highest authority. He can do any settings. Guest has the lowest authority.
Figure 1.8
Note: If you use PC, please choose the first login mode to login. If you use mobile,
please choose the login button under Mobile View to login.
You can see a living video after click login.

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Figure 1.9
If you are unable to see a live video, please make sure you have installed the
ActiveX and allow the activeX running when prompted. (for more details: see user
manual)
Note: If you are still unable to see a live video, try shutting down any firewall or
anti-virus software on your computer.
4WirelessSettings
Please choose “For Administrator” and click “Wireless Settings”.
Enable wireless. There are two modes below Wireless Settings: Infrastructure
and Point_to_Point. If you don’t have a wireless router, you should choose point
_to _point mode if you want to use the wireless function. If you have a wireless
router, you had better select infrastructure mode.
4.1 Infrastructure Mode
(1) Enable wireless and choose Infrastructure mode.

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Figure 2.0
Click the Search button and the camera will detect all WIFI devices around the
area.
It could also find your router and show it in the list. (Figure 2.1)

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Figure 2.1
(2) Click OK in the first column and the corresponding information (SSID, Security
mode, WPA Algorithm & WEP key index) will be filled automatically as the
following picture.
Figure 2.2
You only need fill in the key. Make sure that SSID, Security Mode, WPA Algorithm
and the key you filled in for the camera are exactly the same for your router.
Figure 2.3

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Figure 2.4
(3) Click check after all settings have been entered. You can see whether WIFI
settings are correct. If correct, you can see the following dialog box.
Figure 2.5
If failed, you will see a dialog box as the following picture. Close the dialog box
and reset wireless again.

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Figure 2.6
When wireless settings are correctly, click Apply. Plug out the network cable.
Re-plug the power and the camera should work through your wireless router.
4.2 Point_to_Point Mode
If you want to use the wireless function without the wireless router, you can
choose Point_to_Point mode. Make sure the PC has wireless network card.
Enable wireless and choose Point_to_Point mode.
Figure 2.7
Fill in a SSID and then set the security mode, you can choose none or others.
Click Apply.
Plug out the network cable of the camera and then re-plug the power. You can
search the camera again in the IP Camera Tool. Open the wireless network card

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of PC and search the SSID you have filled at figure 2.7. You can find it as the
following picture:
Figure 2.8
Choose it and your computer will use the wireless network. Make sure you have
disabled the wired connection of the PC. If you have not set wireless key at
figure2.7, you don’t need to enter the key when you choose the SSID. Make sure
that SSID, Security mode and key you filled in for the PC are exactly the same for
your camera (Figure 2.7). PC and camera will work on wireless and
point_to_point mode.
5RemoteAccess
5.1 Static IP user
Static IP users do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access.
When finished the connection of Camera in LAN and port forwarding(Figure
4.3/4.4), you can access the camera directly from the Internet by the WAN IP and
HTTP port number. There are three ways to obtain WAN IP.
zObtain the WAN IP from public website
To obtain your WAN IP address, enter the following URL in your browser:

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http://www.whatismyip.com.The webpage at this address will show you the
current WAN IP.
Figure 2.9
zObtain the WAN IP address from the router
You can find the WAN IP from your router. Normally, it is in system status.
For example, here are the steps for the LINKSYS WRT54G router:
1) Obtain the IP address of the router(LAN gateway address),user name and
password for login the router from the network administrator.
2) Enter the LAN IP address of the router (LINKSYS WRT54G, default LAN IP is
192.168.1.1) in the address bar of the IE to login the router; Open the Status
page to find out the WAN address of the router. In this example, the address is
119.123.185.154.
zObtain the WAN IP address from IPCAM
Please choose “For Administrator” and click “Remote Access”.

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Figure 3.0
Click show, you will see the WAN IP as below.
Figure3.1
Access the IP Camera from the Internet
You can access the IP Camera from the Internet. (Remote access)
Enter WAN IP address and HTTP port number in the browser to login the camera.
For example: Http:// 119.123.185.154:8090
Note: Make sure the Port mapping(or also known as port forwarding) is success.
You can do port mapping by two ways.
1) Enter setting page of the router which camera connect with to enable UPNP

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function. Then login the camera as administrator, fill a port number at Basic
Network Settings and enable UPNP Port Forwarding.
2) Do port forwarding manually. (details: Figure 4.3/4.4)
If your router has Virtual server, it is used to do port mapping. Please add the
camera’s LAN IP and port which you set in network to the Virtual map list.
5.2 DDNS
(1) Visit www.dyndns.com to get an account.
Choose Sign up FREE to get a free account.
Figure 3.2
Please set as the following picture.

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Figure 3.3
Then choose Add To Cart.
Figure 3.4
Set the following information as the picture below.
Click here after you finish the settings above

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Figure 3.5
The website will send you an email to your mailbox activate your account.
Figure 3.6
Click the link in your email to activate your account.
You may copy the link and paste it to IE or other browser you use to activate the
account. Make sure that your account was activated or DDNS settings will fail.
Fill in user name, password and email address
Click here to create account

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Figure 3.7
You will see the following screen. Click Activate Services>>
Figure 3.8
All settings are saved and the following screen appears:
Your host name will be displayed in the list.
Note: Please remember the host name, user name and password, they are
needed when you set DDNS service settings of your camera.
Figure 3.9

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(2) Basic Network Settings
A static IP for the camera is needed when configuring the DDNS service settings.
Login your camera and set basic network settings as the picture below (Figure
4.0).
Figure 4.0
Make sure that your camera is in the same subnet as your router. In other words,
keep the first three sections the same as your router or your computer.
Gateway is your router’s LAN IP. You can find DNS server in your router, if you
don’t know the DNS server; you can also find it in local area connection of your
computer. (for more details: see user manual—Basic network settings)
Normally, it contains your computer’s LAN IP, gateway, DNS server.
Click Apply after entering these settings, it will pop up the following dialog box.
Re-connect the camera.