Foscam Fi8919w User manual

User

Manual

Model:

Model: FI8919W

FI8919W

Out

Out door

door

door Pan/Tilt

Pan/Tilt

Pan/Tilt Wireless

Wireless

Wireless IP

IP

IP Camera

Camera

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Table

Table of

of

of C

C

C ontents

ontents

1 Overviews ................................................................................................................................................. 2

1.1 Key Features ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.2 Read Before Use .............................................................................................................................................................. 3

1.3 Packing Contents .............................................................................................................................................................. 4

1.4 Physical Description ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

2 Surveillance Software GUI ..................................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Login Window .................................................................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Surveillance Window ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

3 Advanced Camera Settings ................................................................................................................. 16

3.1 Device Status .................................................................................................................................................................. 16

3.2 Alias Settings ................................................................................................................................................................... 18

3.3 Date & Time Settings ..................................................................................................................................................... 18

3.4 User Settings ................................................................................................................................................................... 19

3.5 Multi-Device Settings ..................................................................................................................................................... 20

3.6 Basic Network Settings .................................................................................................................................................. 26

3.7 Wireless Settings ............................................................................................................................................................ 29

3.8 ADSL ................................................................................................................................................................................ 33

3.9 UPnP Settings ................................................................................................................................................................. 34

3.10 DDNS Service Settings ............................................................................................................................................... 35

3.11 Mail Service Settings .................................................................................................................................................... 40

3.12 MSN Setting .................................................................................................................................................................. 42

3.13 FTP Service Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 44

3.14 Alarm Service Settings ................................................................................................................................................ 47

3.15 PT Settings .................................................................................................................................................................... 53

3.16 Upgrade Device Firmware .......................................................................................................................................... 54

3.17 Backup & Restore Settings ......................................................................................................................................... 56

3.18 Restore Factory Settings ............................................................................................................................................. 56

3.19 Reboot Device .............................................................................................................................................................. 57

3.20 Log .................................................................................................................................................................................. 57

3.21 Back ................................................................................................................................................................................ 57

4 Phone APPs ........................................................................................................................................... 58

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4.1 APP for Android cell phones ......................................................................................................................................... 58

4.2 APP for iPhones .............................................................................................................................................................. 66

5 APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................................. 73

5.1 Frequently Asked Questions ......................................................................................................................................... 73

5.2 Default Parameters ........................................................................................................................................................ 77

5.3 Specifications .................................................................................................................................................................. 77

6 OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................... 78

1

Overviews

FOSCAM FI8919W is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a c olor C MOS s ensor . It combines

a high quality digital video c amera , with a powerful web server , to bring clear video to your

desktop from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet.

With flexible 355-degree pan and 90-degree tilt, FI8919W gives users more comprehensive

control over a monitored site. The IPCAM supports IR-CUT, when light conditions turns poor, the

IR cut filter will be automatically removed to accept IR illumination. Meanwhile, the camera

switches itself automatically from color to black and white, assuring optimal image quality at all

times.

The IPCAM is ba sed on the TCP/IP standard. There is a WEB server inside which could support

Internet Explore. Therefore the management and maintenance of your device is simplified by

using the network to achieve the remote configuration, start-up and to upgrade the firmware.

FI8919W is designed for out door surveillance applications such as gardens , courtyards or parks .

Controlling the IPCAM and managing images are simplified by using the provided web interface

across the network utilizing wireless connectivity.

FOSCAM provides Phone APPs for Android and iPhone users, please search “ Foscam ip cam

viewer ” and install it through APP Store, then you can view your camera directly as a computer.

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1.1

Key

Features

● Powerful high-speed video protocol processor

● 300K Pixels

● IR night vision (Range: 15m )

● Pan 355 degree, tilt 90 degree

● Optimized MJPEG video compression for transmission

● Multi-level users ’ management and passwords definition

● Embed d ed Web Server for users to visit by IE

● Wi-Fi compliant with wireless standards IEEE 802.11b/g /n

● Embedded FOSCAM DDNS (dynamic domain name service) Service

● Motion detection activates alarm

● S uppor ts image snapshot

● Support s multiple network protocols: HTTP/TCP/IP/UDP/STMP/DDNS/SNTP/DHCP/FTP

● Support s WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption

● Support s WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Set-up)

● Support s Daylight Saving Time

● Support s MSN

● Support s Gmail as sender on mail service settings

● Providing Phone APPs for Android and iPhone users

● Providing Central Management Software to manage or monitor multi- cameras

1.2

Read

Before

Use

Please first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents

listed below. B efore the Network 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.

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1.3

Packing

Contents

● IPCAM × 1 ● CD × 1

● Wi-Fi Antenna × 1 ● Quick Installation Guide × 1

● DC Power Supply × 1 ● Warranty Card × 1

● Mounting bracket × 1(option)

● Network Cable × 1

1.4

Physical

Description

Front

Front Panel

Panel

Figure 1.1

Infrared

Infrared LED

LED

LED :

:

:22 IR LEDs , n ight visibility up to 15 meters

LENS

LENS :

:

:CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens

Infrared

Infrared Led

Led

Lens

Infrared

Infrared Led

Led

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Back

Back View

View

Figure 1. 2

W

W IFI

IFI

IFI Antenna

Antenna

Antenna :

:

:Wireless Antenna

Interface

Interface View

View

Figure 1.3

LAN:

LAN: RJ-45/10-100 Base T

Power:

Power: DC 12 V/2A Power supply

Reset

Reset button:

button:

1) Press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 10 seconds. when released the IP camera

will be reset back to factory default settings. You must power on the camera before reset.

2) Press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 4 seconds, then press the WPS button on

Antenna

Power

LAN

Reset

Reset button

button

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the router, you can use the WPS function. (F o r more details: please read Wireless Settings in the

User Manual)

Bottom

Bottom View

View

There are up to three labels located on the body of the camera; this is an important feature of

original Foscam cameras. If your camera does not have labels as shown in Figure 1.3 ,it may be

a clone one. Cloned Foscam cameras can not use original firmware and are not eligible for

warranty or technical services.

Figure 1.3

MAC

MAC address

address

address of

of

wireless

wireless connection

connection

MAC

MAC address

address

address of

of

wire

wire d

d

d connection

connection

FOSCAM

FOSCAM domain

domain

domain name

name

S/N

S/N of

of

of FOSCAM

FOSCAM

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2

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.

2.1

Login

Window

Figure 2.1

Please

Please check

check

check the

the

the login

login

login window

window

window above,

above,

above, it

it

it was

was

was divided

divided

divided to

to

to 6

6

6 sections

sections

sections from

from

from no.

no.

no. 1

1

1 to

to

to 6

6

6 .

.

Section1

Section1 Select

Select

Select Language

Language

FOSCAM camera supports multi- languages, such as English, Spanish, Deutsch and so on. You

can select the language you need via pull down the dropdown toolbar and click on the language

to switch.

1

2

3

4

5

6

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Section2

Section2 FOSCAM

FOSCAM

FOSCAM Website

Website

Website Link

Link

There is an access link to Foscam website homepage, if you need tech support you can contact

Foscam directly.

Section3

Section3 ActiveX

ActiveX

ActiveX Mode

Mode

If your PC is windows based OS, such as Windows

XP,

Windows7, Windows Vista and you are

using IE-based browsers like IE6, IE 7 , IE8, please choose IE ActiveX Mode login mode.

.

Section4

Section4 Server

Server

Server Push

Push

Push Mode

Mode

If you are using non-IE based browser, like F irefox, S afari, G oogle C hrome please choose

Server Push Mode.

Section5

Section5 Mobile

Mobile

Mobile Phone

Phone

If you are using the Mobile to access the camera, here you need to select Mobile Phone login

mode.

Section

Section 6

6

6Note

Note

Note that when you login the camera, please select the corresponding login mode.

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2.2

2.2 Surveillance

Surveillance

Surveillance Window

Window

Select the ActiveX mode and you will enter the surveillance window.

Figure 2.2

Section1

Section1 Device

Device

Device Name

Name

Default device name is A nonymous. You can define a name for your camera as you like (Please

go to chapter 3.1 and read how to set it)

Section2

Section2 Multi-Device

Multi-Device

Multi-Device Window

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 (read chapter 3.5).

1

2

3

6

4

5

7

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.Figure 2.3

Section3

Section3 Image

Image

Image Parameters

Parameters

Parameters Settings

Settings

OSD

OSD is used to add timestamp on the video. There are five text colors to choose from : Black, red,

yellow, white, blue .

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Add

Add OSD

OSD

OSD on

on

on record

record

Select this option if you want to add a timestamp to record ings.

Resolution

1) 320x240-------QVGA

2) 640x480-------VGA

There are two resolutions, the bigger one (VGA) is 640x480 pixels, and the smaller one (QVGA)

is 320x240 pixels. The bigger the resolution, the better of the image quality is, but the lower the

frame rate is. If you are accessing the camera via internet and want to get more fluent video

streaming, please select resolution QVGA 320x240.

Mode

1) 50HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: Europe, China)

2) 60HZ ---------Indoor surveillance (Region: USA, Canada)

3) Outdoor-------Outdoor surveillance (Region: All over the world)

There are three options within the menu of Mode: 50HZ, 60HZ and Outdoor. It depends on the

frequency of the electricity and surveillance model (indoors & outdoor). Please choose outdoor

mode, when the camera was installed outside.

F

F ps

ps

1) Max---------- Maximum frame rate

2) 20fps, 15fps, 10fps , 5fps, 4fps,3fps,2fps,1fps, 5fps, 1fps ,1/2fps,1/3fps,1/4fps,1/5fps -------

customized frame rate

You can choose option within the menu of F ps to adjust the frame rate. It is often used in LAN

network when you want to lower the frame rate, so that you can save more bandwidth.

Brightness

Default parameter is 6, you can adjust the brightness of the image by clicking plus or minus

button.

Contrast

Default parameter is 4, you can adjust the contrast of the image by clicking plus or minus button.

Preset/Go

1) Preset----------Support 8 preset position, which is considered enough for DIY home & small

business surveillance market

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2) Set----------- Click Set to save the position you need the camera to remember

3) Go----------- Click Go to make the camera move the preset position

4) Number button from 1 to 8--------You can click the number button with preset position, and the

camera will go to the preset position.

How

How to

to

to do

do

do preset

preset

preset position?

position?

We can start preset settings from position 1.

Firstly, select no. 1 within the menu of Preset on the panel.

Secondly, move the camera and stop at a place where you want make preset position.

Thirdly, click set button to save it as position 1 and you have done preset of position 1.

After that, you can select no. 2 within the menu of Preset on the panel, and move the camera and

stop at another place, and set as preset position 2. You can do all the 8 preset positions with this

method.

If you want to see the preset position you have set, such as the position 1, only select the set

no.1 ,and click go button, the camera will go to position no.1.

Flip

Flip &

&

& Mirror

Mirror

You can flip the image by enabling Flip button, or mirror the image by enabling Mirror button.

l

Section4

Section4 Pan/Tilt

Pan/Tilt

Pan/Tilt Control

Control

1------Up control button, 2------Down control button,

3------Left control button, 4------Right control button,

5----- Up-Left control button 6----- Up-Right control button

7----- Down-Left control button 8----- Down-Right control button

9------Go to center

1

2

3

3 4

4

5

5 6

6

7

7 8

8

9

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:

:Click this icon; camera will rotate up and down. Click to stop.

:

:Click this icon; camera will rotate left and right. Click to stop.

: Click this icon, all the IR lights will turn on. Click to turn off them.

Section5

Section5 Device

Device

Device Management

Management

Device Management ------Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to

Administrator Control Panel.

Section6

Section6 Record

Record

Record &

&

& Snapshot

Snapshot

Snapshot &

&

& Full

Full

Full Screen

Screen

Screen Buttons

Buttons

1------Record

1------Record Button

Button

Button Click it and it pop-up a path-setting window, you can select the storage

path and the record file name. At the same time the record icon changes to ,, Click it again

and stop recording.

2------Snapshot

2------Snapshot Click it to make snapshot and it pop-up a window which picture you snapshot,

right click in the window and save the picture to anywhere you want.

3------Full

3------Full Screen

Screen

Screen Click it to make full-screen or you can double click the surveillance screen to

make full-screen .

Section7

Section7 Play/Stop

Play/Stop

Play/Stop Buttons

Buttons

1------Play

1------Play Click it to play the video of the camera

2------Stop

2------Stop Click it to stop the video of the camera

1

1 2

2

2 3

3

1

1 2

2

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O

O n

n

n screen

screen

screen Mouse

Mouse

Mouse Control

Control

Double click right mouse on the surveillance window, then left click on the screen to indicate the

camera move direction you prefer, press the left mouse and the camera ’ Len will move to the

corresponding direction.. Double click right mouse again, cancel onscreen mouse control.

For example, double click right mouse, then left click on the up corner of the screen, you can see

the arrow, press the left mouse, and the camera ’ s lens will moving towards the up direction.

Double click right mouse again, cancel onscreen mouse control.

Figure 2.4

R ecord and multi-device function are controlled by ActiveX controlle r, therefore Firefox or

Google Chrome , Safari browsers will not allow these functions.

For Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, you should select the Server Push Mode and you can see

the following screen:

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3

Advanced

Camera

Settings

Click the bar “ Device Management ” , goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced

camera settings.

3.1

3.1 Device

Device

Device Status

Status

Figure 3.1

1------Device

1------Device ID

ID

ID MAC ID of the camera by wired connection

2-----Device

2-----Device Firmware

Firmware

Firmware Version

Version

Version System Firmware version of the camera

3-----Device

3-----Device Web

Web

Web UI

UI

UI Version

Version

Version Web UI firmware version of the camera

4-----Alias

4-----Alias Name of the camera

5-----Alarm

5-----Alarm Status

Status

Status The status of Alarm Service Setting

6-----DDNS

6-----DDNS Status

Status

Status The status of DDNS Setting

7

7 -----UPnP

-----UPnP

-----UPnP Status

Status

Status The status of UPnP Setting

8

8 -----

-----

----- MSN

MSN

MSN Status

Status

Status The status of MSN Setting

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Another

Another Way:

Way:

Double click the the icon “ IP Camera .exe ” , select the camera IP, right click and select

the Basic Properties, you can also see the Firmware Version and MAC Address, such as the

following screen:

Figure 3.2

Figure 3.3

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3.2

3.2 Alias

Alias

Alias Settings

Settings

Default alias is Anonymous. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click

Submit

Submit to save your change s. The alias name supports special character s .

Figure 3.4

3.3

3.3 Date

Date

Date &

&

& Time

Time

Time Settings

Settings

Choose the time zone of your country. You can choose Sync

Sync

Sync with

with

with NTP

NTP

NTP Server

Server

Server or Sync

Sync

Sync with

with

with PC

PC

Time

Time . If your country implement s the Daylight

Daylight

Daylight Saving

Saving

Saving Time

Time

Time , that option can also be selected .

Figure 3.5

Click

Click the

the

the option

option

option here

here

here to

to

modify

modify the

the

the device

device

device name

name

Enter

Enter the

the

the device

device

device name

name

name as

as

as you

you

like.

like. Use

Use

Use different

different

different names

names

names to

to

identify

identify multi-cameras

multi-cameras

Go

Go to

to

to Data

Data

Data &Time

&Time

&Time Settings

Settings

Select

Select the

the

the time

time

time zone

zone

belong

belong to

to

to your

your

your region

region

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3.4

User

Settings

Here y ou can create users and set permission levels, visitor

visitor

visitor ,operator

operator

operator or administrator

administrator

administrator .

Click Submit

Submit

Submit to save these settings . The camera will reboot.

Figure 3.6

Here you can also set one important file locations for the camera , the A

A

A larm

larm

larm Record

Record

Record P

P

P ath

ath

ath .

Simply click Browse

Browse

Browse and choose the path to the required folder .

The Alarm

Alarm

Alarm Record

Record

Record P

P

P ath

ath

ath location is used to store automatically recorded files when the camera

is activated by motion. ( See set motion alarm. Figure 3.39) The default path for Alarm

Alarm

Alarm Record

Record

Path

Path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents .

NOTE:

NOTE: In

In

In Windows7

Windows7

Windows7 or

or

or Vista,

Vista,

Vista, if

if

if you

you

you cannot

cannot

cannot set

set

set the

the

the paths.

paths.

paths. :

:

Windows7 or Vista's s ecurity level is higher than Windows XP/2000 . For "set record path"

function, user should add the Device IP address to the Internet Explorer's 'Trusted sites' first. The

step is : IE browser �Tool �Internet Proper �Security �Trusted sites �Sites �Add

You

You can

can

can set

set

set different

different

permission

permission levels,

levels,

levels, but

but

but at

at

least

least one

one

one administrator

administrator

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