Foscam FI8903W User manual

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Quick Installation Guide-For MAC users
PackingList
1) IP CAMERA X 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) CD X 1 (Include user manual、IP camera tool)
7) Quick Installation Guide X 1
Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart
1 Hardware Installation
(1) Open the package
Software Installation
Login the camera
Wireless LAN Settings
DDNS Service Settings
Hardware Installation

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Figure 1.0
(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.
Use network cable connects with the camera and your router. Plug in the power.
The small green light on RJ45 will turn on,the small orange light will blink.
Figure 1.2
2SoftwareInstallation

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Please put the small CD in your CD driver of your laptop and find the folder “For
MAC”, then open the folder “IP Camera Tool”. Copy the IP camera tool to your
MAC and you can use the tool.
3Loginthecamera
Dbclick the IP Camera Tool and you could see the following picture.
Figure 1.3
The IP camera tool could find the cam’s IP automatically after you plug the
network cable. If not, Please make sure that DHCP is enabled in your router.
Don’t enable MAC address filter. Or disable firewall or antivirus to try again.
Dbclick the IP address on the IP camera tool and you will enter the login UI.
Figure 1.4
Fill in user name and password and choose the second login.

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Figure 1.5
The browser will prompt you enter the camera’s user name and password. Please
fill in admin and choose Log in. You can see the device status.
Figure 1.6
Click Live Video. You can see living video.

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Figure 1.7
4 Wireless LAN Settings
(1) Please choose Device Management and click Wireless LAN Settings.
Then choose Using Wireless LAN.
Click Scan button and the camera will detect WIFI device around it.
It could also find your router and show it in the list. (Figure 1.9)
Figure 1.8
If the camera could not find some WIFI device, please click the scan button again.
Make sure that the time between the first scan and the second scan is more than
1~2 minute.
Figure 1.9
(2) Click the SSID of your router in the list, the corresponding information (SSID
& Encryption) will be filled in the following boxes automatically.
You only need fill in share key.

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Figure 2.0
Make sure that SSID, Encryption and share key are exactly the same with your
router.
Figure 2.1
Figure 2.2
Please click Submit after finish these settings, the camera will reboot.
Plug out the network cable after you click submit about 10 seconds.
The camera will work on WIFI after reboot.
Note: If your camera could not connect WIFI, please see FAQ in user manual.
5DDNSServiceSettings
5.1 Static IP user
Static IP users need not set DDNS service settings for remote access. When

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finished the connection of camera in LAN and port forwarding. (Figure 3.5/3.6)
You can access the camera directly from Internet by the WAN IP and port number.
There are two ways to obtain your WAN IP.
zObtain the WAN IP from Website
Please enter these strings in your browser: http://www.whatismyip.com.The
webpage at this address will show you the current WAN IP.
Figure 2.3
zObtain the WAN IP address from the router
You can find the WAN IP in your router. Normally, it is in system status.
Take the WRT54G router of LINKSYS for example,
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, such as:
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 183.37.28.254.
Access the IP Camera from the Internet
You can access the IP Camera from the Internet. (remote access)
Enter WAN IP address and port number in the browser to login the camera.
For example: Http:// 183.37.28.254:85
Note: Make sure the Port mapping is success. You can do port mapping by two
ways.
1) Enter setting page of the router which camera connect with to enable
UPNP function. Then login the camera as administrator, choose UPnP
Settings to enable UPNP and make sure the state is “UPnP success”.

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2) Do port forwarding manually. (details: Figure 3.5/3.6)
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 basic network settings to the Virtual
map list.
Note: If you plug the camera in a router, the camera will have dynamic IP address,
you need set DDNS service settings to view it remotely.
5.2 How to set DDNS Service Settings (For dynamic IP user)
(1) Please first visit www.dyndns.com to get an account.
Choose Sign up FREE to get a free account.
Figure 2.4
Please set as the following picture.
Here fill in a name and choose dyndns.org
Your current internet IP

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Figure 2.5
Then choose Add To Cart.
Figure 2.6
Set the following information as the picture below.
Figure 2.7
The website will send you an email to your mailbox just set.
Fill in user name
,p
assword and email address
Click here to create account
Click here after you finish the settings above

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Figure 2.8
Please click the link in your email to activate your account.
Or copy the link and paste it to the browser to activate the account. Make sure
that your account was activated or DDNS settings will be failed.
Figure 2.9
You will see the following picture. Click Activate services>>
Figure 3.0
All the settings are finished until you see the following picture. (Figure 3.1)You can

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see your host name in the list.
Please remember the host name, user name and password; they are needed
when you set DDNS service settings of your camera.
Figure 3.1
(2) Basic Network Settings
We need set a static IP for the camera when do DDNS service settings.
Login your camera and set basic network settings as the picture below.
Figure 3.2
Here make sure that your camera is in the same subnet as your router. In other
words, keep the first three sections the same with 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. (details: see user manual—Basic network settings)
Normally, it contains your computer’s LAN IP, gateway, DNS server.
Please click submit after finish these settings, the camera will reboot.
(3) DDNS service settings
Please set DDNS service settings as follows. Use the DDNS domain name you

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get from the dyndns website.
Figure 3.3
Please click submit after fill in all the information. The camera will reboot.
Please login in the camera again to check if DDNS settings is succeed.
Figure 3.4
(4) How to do port forwarding.
Login your router; find the right place to do port forwarding.
Here use a Linksys router for example.
You can do single port forwarding. Set as the following picture.
Figure 3.5
You can also choose port range forwarding.
In order to forward the port successfully, we recommend you can set both of the

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start port and end port as the same port number. Add the camera’s LAN IP and
port (Figure 3.6) in the list of port forwarding page.
Figure 3.6
Please do not forget to save these settings when you finish them.
(5) After finish all these settings above, you can use DDNS domain name
and port number to login your camera at any place.
For example, use strings http://cyjun321.dyndns.org:8090 to login the camera.
Here cyjun321.dyndns.org is the DDNS Host, 8090 is camera’s port.
Figure 3.7
Conclusion
Other detail settings, please consult user manual.
Use DDNS name and port to login

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