Foscam FI8620 User manual

V2.01
Wired Camera
Quick Installation Guide
(For Windows OS)
FI8620
ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

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Quick Installation Guide
PackingList
1) IP CAMERAX 1 2) Mounting bracket ×1（option）
3) DC Power Supply X 1 4) Network Cable X 1
5) Warranty Card X 1 6) Quick Installation Guide X 1
7) 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.
(2) 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.
Software Installation
Login the camera
Remote Access
Hardware Installation

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Figure 1.1
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.
Figure 1.2
Click Next.

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Figure 1.3
Select the folder where setup will install and then click Next.
Figure 1.4

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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 1.5
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 1.6
Fill in the user name and password, click ok and it will display the login UI (Figure
1.7). Camera supports three-level users management: admin, user and guest.

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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 users have different permissions. Admin user
has the highest authority. He can do any settings. Guest has the lowest authority.
Figure 1.7
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.
You will see a living video after clicking login.

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Figure 1.8
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 IE browser you can
download the activeX from the login UI, for Firefox,Google Chrome and Safari,
you should download QuickTime Player as the activeX from other website. (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.
4RemoteAccess
4.1 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 HTTP port forwarding
(Figure 3.2/3.3), you can access the camera directly from the Internet by the WAN
IP and HTTP port number. There are three ways to obtain your WAN IP.
zObtain the WAN IP from 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

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current WAN IP.
Figure 1.9
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 2.0
Click show, you will see a picture as below.
Figure 2.1
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
function. Then login the camera as administrator, fill a port number at Basic

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Network Settings and enable UPNP Port Forwarding at Remote Access.
2) Do port forwarding manually. (details: Figure 3.3/3.4)
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.
4.2 DDNS
(1) Visit www.dyndns.com to get an account.
Choose Sign up FREE to get a free account.
Figure 2.2
Please set as the following picture.

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Figure 2.3
Then choose Add To Cart.
Figure 2.4
Set the following information as the picture below.
Click here after you finish the settings above

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Figure 2.5
The website will send you an email to your mailbox activate your account.
Figure 2.6
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 2.7
You will see the following screen. Click Activate Services>>
Figure 2.8
All settings are saved and the following screen appears (Figure2.9):
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 2.9
(2) Basic Network Settings
A static IP for the camera is needed when configuring the DDNS service settings.

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Login your camera and set basic network settings as the picture below (Figure
3.0).
Figure 3.0
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.
Figure 3.1
(3) DDNS
Set DDNS settings as followings. Use the DDNS domain name you got from the

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DynDns website.
Figure 3.2
Enable UPnP Port Forwarding or you enable it manually.
Please clickApply after filling all the information.
(4) How to do port forwarding
Login your router and locate the port forwarding settings.
For example the Linksys router has the following configuration settings:
Set the port forwarding fields as follows:
Figure 3.3
You can also choose port range forwarding.
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port and end port as the same port number. Add the camera’s LAN IP and HTTP
port (Figure 3.0) in the list of port forwarding page.
Figure 3.4
Do not forget to save these settings when you finish them.
(5) You can now use the DDNS domain name and HTTP port number to login
your camera from anywhere.
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 HTTP port.
Figure3.5
Use DDNS domain name and HTTP port to login

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Conclusion
Other detail settings, please consult the user manual.
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