Central Management Software User Manual
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1. OSCAM Central Management Software User Manual Ee OA IP Ting pg 19 163 17 202 GG 2013 01 53 09 46 23 a 1 amp 7 168 1 Il adain 2013 0 3 09 16 08 Preset Positions amp IR LED 190 169 L1 L51 siet 2019 01 31 09 48 08 Image Settings D 152 163 11 151 CONTENTS LE g ETEV FoU O E E E E E E 3 1 2 Installation e EE EE 3 Ts DOL ALS NS AON ea EEE EEEE EEEE EEEN EAE EEA 4 e Na ci e eR N E E E 6 2 1 LOM deele 6 eer le el 8 E Ug B et 2 ln Le CN 20 EE 20 3 1 1 HOW to MANAGE Areas EE 24 SC Fleege 27 EE Enn re E 32 3 2 1 Device Status 2 0 ccccccccccssscccecceeseeceeeceeeseceeeceeeuseeeeeseasseceeeeeauseceeeseuaeceeesaaueeceeseseaaeceeeseaageceesesaaeeeeess 33 e De WINGS xis5 saaacaceesecusscucaceteaccacucscusseacscececucecusseatscedsseseauadseecsaedesececunasecscedssecaaucseueendssentaunscnascecees 35 ko dere NONOK eee nee ee E A A 40 ee VCO E 49 EE Eeer eebe 52 SE ROCOTO een E E 56 SN Pe 8 Ee e E 58 CEE s WE 58 3 2 9 Path Gettmges 62 ZO TINO W E 63 SB WSU E 64 O PS CONC and Alar E 67 3 3 1 Record and AN EE 67 EE p Aan ONO a eee eee eee ee eee eer cess eeeerr 69 DANI SONS cinanctocavanccossnndonassundoossiansdovesiaacdarevanedeasdaneseasaacesisandacesanndacorancssensanadonosavanctedasaconesaundoocsinnsdosesaaedereranedeareane 70 4 Play DaCK EE 71 e EE 73 WEEN 74 1 Overviews FOSCAM offers the most comprehensive central management software IP Camera Client designed for managing all FOSCAM IP surveilla2. ADSL User drei 20112 AUSL Password Ce ee ee eee oe a Figure3 36 MSN Only for MJPEG cameras lf you want the camera send its current internet IP address to you or your friends please set MSN settings Refresh User Name MSN Friends List Figure3 37 Click Save and go to the Device Status screen and verify the MSN settings are succeed User Manual When the MSN ID in the Friends list login the MAN he can chat with camera For example Foscam13 this account contained in the Friends list log in MSN and double click the camera s account foscam31 then enter url the camera will send its current IP address to you k ft D Lea toscam31 hotmai com Activities Invite hittp 183 37 48 137 800 The web site of IPCAM enter it in the browser you can visit IPCAM Last message received at 17 09 on 2011 4 26 EE 4 LA Figure3 38 Note Create a new MSN account for the camera do not use the same MSN account as you would like to chat with your friends When the camera login uses the MSN account this account cannot be used for anything else when the camera works If you are using a PPPoE connection enable it and enter the User Name and Password for your PPPoE account Refresh Use FFFoE SERGE ENGER LA EN Tips System will restart to take effect after you saved your setting F J J T Figure3 39 H 264 camera supports HTTP Port an
3. Area buildingl uilding Enter the new area name Old Area Cancel Figure3 7 3 Enter the new area name and click OK to take effect 4 You can see the new name area Figure3 9 Delete Area 1 Select one added area just by clicking the area name 2 Click Delete Area button and you can see the following screen Delete Delete area If your area has a sub region sub region will be deleted Figure3 10 3 Click OK to take effect 7 NOTE If you have added cameras to the area meanwhile the cameras list will be deleted 3 1 2 How to manage cameras This section will tell you how to add or delete edit the cameras The following steps are required before adding cameras to the client 1 Install the IP Camera s which want to be monitored 2 Login the IP Camera s by web browser and set the IP address port username amp password and make sure the camera can be accessed by browsers 3 DDNS setting is a plus whenever you want to add the devices by WAN Add cameras The software will search all cameras in LAN automatically and also you can add cameras manually Add cameras in LAN Search Cameras Click camera list will be showed in the Cameras page this button and the software will search all cameras in LAN the the Figure3 11 Select one searched device just only by clicking it and the device column will turn to light blue 1 anonymous 192 168 11 243 88 886 Ke SE DOOCGDOOO
4. D Record If you select this checkbox when the motion has been detected the camera will record automatically and store the record files to the SD Card Make sure the camera has inserted SD card and you have set the SD card as the Alarm record files storage path please go to Record gt Storage Path page to verify this settings The default alarm record time is 30s and pre alarm record time is 5s please go to Record gt Alarm Record page and change the alarm time settings Step 05 _Alarm Schedule Please select Select all if you want the camera alarm at any time when motion sound is detected Of course you can select the alarm scheduler manually Step 06 Click Save button to take effect When the motion has been detected during the detection time in the detection area the camera will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm indicators 3 2 6 Record This section will allow you to change the record files storage path and the record time Only H 264 and MJ 5350 Camera supports this function For H 264 cameras Storage path The default alarm storage path is SD card Make sure your camera has inserted in SD card Refresh SU card Ho SD ecard Figure3 48 Alarm record This page you can change the Pre record time and Alarm record time Refresh Enable pre record Figure3 49 The default Pre recorded time is 5s and the alarm record time is 30s you can change another time click Save button t
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6. The FIP address Port Default is port 21 If changed external FTP client program must change the server connection port accordingly FTP Mode Here supports two modes PORT and PASV Username password The FIP account and password For MJPEG Camera here also support the following function Upload Image Now This option will upload images continuously when you enable the checkbox Enable Set Filename When you enable this option the uploaded image will be named according to the filename you enter The next image will overwrite the filename of the previous image Hence there will only be one image the last uploaded Filename See the above option Note You cannot change the name of the alarm image Click Save to take effect Click Test to see if FTP has been successfully configured 3 2 10 Firewall Only H 264 series cameras allow to use this function This section explains how to control the access permission by checking the client PC s IP addresses It is composed of the following columns Block access from these IP addresses and Only allow access from these IP addresses Refresh M Enable firewall r ES E GE ES ES ES E KE Figure3 54 Enable firewall If you select Only allow access from these IP addresses and fill in 8 IP addresses at most only those clients whose IP addresses listed in the Only allow access from these IP addresses can access the Network Camera If you select Block access from these IP addr
7. Figure2 8 Up control button 2 Up Right control button 3 Right control button 4 Down Right control button 5 Down control button 6 Down Left control button Left control button 8 Up Left control button Q Go to center For MJPEG Cameras Click the icon and the camera will horizontally rotate Click the icon and the camera will vertically rotate e Click this icon and stop rotating lf you only click the horizon or vertical cruise button the camera will patrol circles that you set before and then stop You can know and change the patrol circles by the following two ways 1 Login the camera by the explorer and change the circles number in the web UI Please read the user manual of the camera 2 Go to Settings gt System gt PT panel in the client and change the circles number For H 264 Camera ma E Select one track and click Go the camera will cruise following the predefined path Click Stop button and finish cruising You can add tracks by the following two ways 1 Login the camera by the explorer and go to PT panel in the web Ul Please read the user manual of the camera 2 Go to Settings gt System gt PT panel in the client and add tracks Note 1 Login the camera by the explorer and go to PT panel in the web UI Please read the user manual of the camera 2 Go to Settings gt System gt PT panel in the client Section4 Preset Position amp IR LE
8. HTTP Port No of the camera within the router showed as below LINKSYS by Cisco Applications amp Gaming Setup Vireless Security Access Restrictions Api maS Gaming te Forn Forwarding j L hme EM Hi l Administration Status External Port internal Port Protocol ToiPAddiess Enabled Application Name ke D None w 192163 1 Se 8 1921631 E on Mii oe 192163 1 E S 4921631 H Now v L3 d i R Ke K Ban v Both w 1921651 ill the LAN IP of the amera here just input last section 35 TAN the port no 88 of the port no 88 of th Both S 192168 EGON camera on the column of you like here j External and Internal Port Both w 1924884 Ep St eee ert es Beth w 1921681 Figure3 31 nino WIFI This section will show you how to do wireless settings for your camera Step 1 Click the Scanning button and the camera will detect all wireless networks around the area It should also display your router in the list WIFI list wingate Y CFAI airNET free ChinaNet Hki c CPA2 wingate ChinaNet CepCl linksys oscam Fi evi ous Figure3 32 Step 2 Click the SSID name of your router in the list the corresponding information related to your network such as the SSID and the encryption will be filled into the relevant fields automatically You will only need to fill in the password of your network Make su
9. To FTP or SD Card If you have done FTP and Alarm settings when alarming the camera will snap pictures to the FTP automatically If select SD Card as the save path make sure the camera has inserted in the SD card 3 2 5 Alarm IP Camera supports Motion Detection Alarm when the motion has been detected it will send emails or upload images to FTP For MJPEG Cameras MJPEG cameras support motion alarm and sound alarm if you want to use sound alarm please make sure the camera has built in microphone or connected with outer sound pick up device Sound detection alarm Capture interval Enable alarm function Ja The larger the number the higher the motion sensitivity will be oO select this option to reduce false alarms when light changes a If you want to do Sound Detection Alarmed select the checkbox 4 The larger the number the higher the sound sensitivity will be 5 6 Alarm indicators 1 Camera will send emails when motion sound is activated If you want to receive images when motion is detected you must set Mail Service Settings first Then select the checkbox after Send Mail 2 Snap Picture When motion or sound is detected the camera will snap pictures to you Capture interval The interval time between two pictures 7 Alarm Scheduler Please select Select all if you want the camera alarm at any time when motion sound is detected Of course you can select th
10. of the camera 2 Go to Settings gt System gt Video panel in the client Mode 1 50HZ Indoor surveillance Region Europe China 2 6OHZ Indoor surveillance Region USA Canada For MJPEG Camera Resolution 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 6OHZ Indoor surveillance Region USA Canada 3 Outdoor Outdoor surveillance Region All over the world Section6 Live Window 11 20 2012 14 47 52 anonyma Figure2 14 There is a lab bar below the video window look the above picture BEER ua Aedee window The client can monitor many cameras at one page here you can choose the display number The display number has much relation with PC More number higher requirement for PC r Full Screen Button Click the icon the client will be full screen Press ESC and exit the full screen Device information When you do some operation here you can see the results Such as the following picture HO ny User Name Time Log 1 192 168 11 203 admin 2012 12 06 16 26 41 Open video 2 192 168 11 213 admin 201
11. soeed Normally PT speed is 3 The larger the setting number the lower speed Don t enable the checkbox disable preset if you want to use the function of preset it will be effective after you reboot device Refresh Disable preset Go to preset on boot Upward patrol speed Downward patrol speed Lettward patrol speed Rightward patrol speed Fatrol rounds horizontal Fatrol rounds vertical Figure3 50 Patrol rounds horizontal Set the round between 1 and 10 then click Submit Back to surveillance window Click the Horizon patrol button the camera will patrol the rounds horizontally you set and then stop if you don t click Stop horizon patrol button For example you set 4 for the patrol rounds Click submit and back to surveillance window Click the Horizon patrol button and do not click the Stop horizon patrol button the camera will patrol 4 rounds and then stop automatically Patrol rounds vertical Set the round between 1 and 10 then click submit Back to surveillance window Click the Vertical patrol button the camera will patrol the rounds vertically you set and then stop if you don t click Stop vertical patrol button For H 264 Camera PT Speed There are five PT speed types very fast fast normal slow and very slowly Select the desired PTZ speed type and click save button Refresh Figure3 51 Cruise Track This section explains how to add delete alter one cruise track There a
12. the camera For MJ 5350 Cameras Device Status only contains three columns Device status Session status and Log 3 2 2 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your camera s Name Time Mail and User account Double click one camera icon on the camera list panel and click the corresponding function you want to change Device Name The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you identify it Default Device name is anonymous You can define a name for your camera here such as apple Click Save to save your changes Refresh antrum Os Figure3 22 This page you can alter the displayed camera name in the web UI if you want to change the camera name that displayed in the client you need to go to Cameras page to re edit the camera System Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera Refresh Update time from HIF server Syne with PC Enter the NIF server time mist soe Figure3 23 For MJPEG series cameras E Update time from NIF server Sync with FC Enter the HIF server time nist zov GMT Greenwich mean time London Lisbon Casablanca oF System time 012 OT 47 UL AM Date format YYYY NA DO T Figure3 24 For H 264 series cameras Sync with NTP server Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server Choose the one that is closest to your camera Sync with PC Se
13. 2 12 06 16 26 3T Open video 3 192 168 11 223 admin 2012 12 06 16 26 33 Open video 4 192 166 11 252 admin 2012 12 06 16 26 30 Open video 3 Advanced Settings Click the contd and back to Advanced Seitings panel This page will allow you to add cameras do system settings Record and Alarm Users Settings 3 1 Cameras This section will show you how to add areas and cameras to the client FZL AM wter ayxt anonymous 192 165 11 243 53 KE 2 i t iT ocoCSI0OCOIS Jr K254 anonyncus 192 165 11 214 7 i53 a y 4 1 3 QOOIOIO0 0001 Ar K254 3 Ar panne 192 168 31 283 i E L137 2 4 2 0 10 2 ODE BES AARE WIF EG Figure3 1 The default Camera list tree is null you need to create Area first then add cameras to the area Please check the windows above it was divided to 6 sections from no 1 to 6 Section Camera System Record and Alarm Users Buttons po Cameras Click this button and go to Camera panel you can add Cameras and Area to the client Click this button and go to System panel you can do settings about the added Cameras Ree CHtch this button and go to Record and Alarm panel this page will allow you to do alarm settings about the added cameras a On this panel you can alter the login user account and add other login users Section2 Area Add Area ef Click this button and it pop up the following windows then you can add areas to the client Area Manage Figure3 2 Note The first
14. 30 fos You should lower frame rate when the bandwidth is limited Normally when the frame rate above 15 you can achieve fluently video Key Frame Interval The time between last key frame and next key frame The shorter the duration the more likely you will get a better video quality but at the cost of higher network bandwidth consumption OSD This page is used to add timestamp and device name on the video Refresh Display timestamp Display device name Allow osd Mi ask Figure3 42 Display Timestamp There are two options Yes or NO Select Yes and you can see the system date on the video Display Camera Name There are two options Yes or NO Select Yes and you can see the device name on the video Allow On Screen Display Mask There are two options Yes or NO Select yes and draw a mask area on the video the mask area will be black on the video Return Delete 11 16 2012 12 33 32 sneer ae SG A A AA Y Lef Figure3 43 Click Return button and return to the OSD page click Save to take effect Back to the surveillance window you can see the mask area as the following picture 11 16 2012 12 39 21 anonymous Figure 3 44 Snap On this page you can set the snapshot pictures image quality and the storage path Refresh Image Quality Save path Figure3 45 Image Quality Low Middle and High The higher the quality the picture will be clearer Save
15. D Click one connected device video if the camera has connected with built in the cradle head then you can set Preset Position and IR LED Preset Positions amp IR LED Preset Positions Fr eset op ost IR LED Lights On MJPEG Figure2 9 For H 264 Camera Preset Move the camera and stop at a desired place where you want to make preset position click Preset button to set preset position GO Select one preset position in the preset dropdown list and click Go to make the camera move the preset position Delete Select one preset position and click this button to delete it IR LED Lights Here supports Manual and Auto How to do preset position Firstly move the camera and stop at a desired place where you want to make preset position Secondly enter a descriptive name for the preset position in the second preset blank box Then click Preset to save it Preset Position Enter the preset name Figure2 10 Thirdly you can see the added preset positions by clicking the dropdown bar after the first Preset Freset Positions Figure2 11 After that you can move the camera and stop at another place and set the other preset positions You can do all the preset positions with this method NOTE 1 The preset position name cannot contain blank space and other special characters Or else the preset position cannot be added 2 For H 264 series cameras the camera supports up to 16 prese
16. OU ZY_H264 FIS9164 192 166 11 203 In ell OOOCSDICEDS1 MJPEG Anonymous 192 166 11 223 11 31 2 45 a oO OO626E444ABE MIFEG Figure3 12 Add Camera Then click It will pop up a dialog box Camera Manage Camera ETGOI DW HebFrot 192 168 11 107 MediaPort io Figure3 13 Camera The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you identify it Web Media Port The Media port is used to view the camera s video stream Web Port is used to access the camera remotely For MJPEG series web and media share the same port IP The IP address of the camera User amp Password The User and password to access the camera Area The area that camera belongs to Type The type of the camera Here support three types MJPEG ZY H264 MJ 5350 Click OK to add the camera to one area By this way you can add cameras in LAN one by one 7 NOTE Normally the IP Web Port Media Port can be filled automatically here we recommend not change it or else you may cannot access the camera by the client Add cameras in WAN Make sure the camera you want to add can be accessed by WAN IP or domain name in web browser 1 Click Add Camera button and it pop up the following screen 2 Here IP address will be instead by a domain name or WAN IP Camera Manage a o P T aior BBR bulidingt LT w ME OF Figure3 14 If the camera has been added successfully you will see
17. amera List then click one function and go to the corresponding page to read or change the information Section 2 Details This page you can read the details of one function Click Refresh button to refresh the information Section 3 Camera List This part you can see all cameras you added to the client There is a button before one area name click this button to unfold all cameras that belongs to the area 3 2 1 Device Status For H 264 series cameras Device Status contains four columns Device Information Device Status Session Status and Log it will show you various information about your camera Cmeras Pe Recor and ALarn Veers Figure3 19 Device Status Page On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status Record Status DDNS status WIFI status and so on Canorac Le A wu ond Alarm Device status 192 165 11 185 Basic Setting Sotaork Video lun Record FT Firewall Figure3 20 Session Status page session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now Record and Alarn Users aZ 166 11 188 82 168 11 109 32 168 11 100 32 165 1t 104 x Figure3 21 Log Page The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera and when For MJPEG Cameras Device Status only contains two columns Device status and Log On Device Status page you can see the various information about your camera On log page you can know who accessed
18. area has no old area O Editarea PO this button and change the area name of the added areas Enter the new area name Area Manage Figure3 3 Delete Area Delete one added area and the cameras that added to the area will be deleted at the same time Section3 Add Edit Delete cameras Add Camera Click this button and add one camera to one area Edit Camera Click this button and re edit the added camers deiere Delete cameras that have added to areas Section4 Search cameras in LAN Search Cameras Click this button and the software will search all cameras in LAN automatically Section5 Some information about the searched cameras This section will show you some information about the searched cameras in LAN evice Dame IF http port Media port Firmware version Web version MAC address Type 192 165 11 245 dell ZY H264 v an anonymous 192 165 11 214 ag 855 SE HOOooOoo000 aY_Heb4 An 192 166 11 223 DU DU Jaf 2 46 UOUDZDRAAAADR MIJPEG Figure3 4 Device name The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you identify it Click System Basic Settings and go to Device name panel where you can change your camera name The default device name is anonymous IP The cameras IP addresses in LAN HTTP Media Port The Media port is used to view the camera s video stream HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely If you want to access the cam
19. cturer s DDNS as DDNS server address there will display the DDNS domain name that embedded in the camera If you select third party DDNS such as 22272 org no ip you need to fill in the Domain DDNS user name and password then click Save to take effect Please make sure the third party DDNS you filling is right Refresh Restore IDHS to factory Manufacturer s DDNS Third Party DDNS DD Domain an5031 3322 org DINS server address DDNS user name DINS password yO Figure3 30 For H 264 series cameras Restore DDNS to factory If you have configured Third Party DDNS successfully but you want to use Manufacturers DDNS again here click this button and start Manufacturer s DDNS Service Now you can use hitp Domain name HTTP Port to access the camera via internet Take hostname test09 myfoscam org and HTTP Port no 88 for example the accessing link of the camera via internet would be hitp camera myfoscam org 88 Please make sure the port forwarding is successfully here we recommend you to do port forwarding manually For example The camera s LAN IP address is http 192 168 1 35 HTTP Port is 88 Firstly login the router goes to the menu of Port Forwarding or Port Trigger or named Virtue Server on some brands of router Take Linksys brand router as an example Login the router and goes to Applications amp Gaming gt Single Port Forwarding Secondly Create a new column by LAN IP address amp
20. d Media Port The Media port is used to view the camera s video stream HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely If you want to access the camera and view the video the Media Port and the HTTP Port must both be configured correctly HTTP port Media port The ports can be assigned with other port number between 1 and 65535 But make sure they canl not be conflict with other existing ports like 25 21 Refresh Media port Figure3 40 3 2 4 Video Only H 264 series camera supports video settings This section allows you to configure Video stream settings On screen display and Snapshot settings Encode param Refresh Stream type Resolution Frame rate Key frame interval Figure3 41 Stream type There are four types to identify different streams you have set Resolution The camera supports two types 720P VGA The higher the resolution is the clearer video will become But the code flux will become larger too and it will take up more bandwidth 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 Frame rate Note that a larger frame size takes up more bandwidth When the video format is 50Hz the maximum frame rate is 25 fos When the video format is 60Hz the maximum frame rate is
21. e alarm scheduler manually 8 Click Save to take effect For H 264 Cameras Enable Sensitivity i4 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 19 20 d Figure3 47 To enable motion detection follow the steps below Step 01 Enable Motion detection Step 02 Sensitivity JI supports three modes Low Middle and High The higher the sensitivity the camera will be more easily alarmed Select one motion sensitivity Step 03 Trigger interval The interval time between two motion detections Here supports 5s 6s 7s 8s 9s 10s 11S 12s 13s 14s 15s Select one interval time Step 04 Select the alarm indicator There are four alarm indicators A Ring There is an embedded speaker inside the camera so if you select Ring when the motion has been detected the people around the camera will hear beep alarm sound B Send E mail If you want to receive alarm emails when motion is detected you must select Send E mail and set Mail Settings first The alarm email cannot contain the alarm picture if you have not selected Take Snapshot C Take Snapshot If you select this checkbox when the motion has been detected the camera will snap the live view window as a still picture and load it to the FTP Make sure you have set FTP and set FTP as the storage path in Video gt Snapshot settings panel If you select Send Email at the same time the picture will be send to you as an attachment Capture interval The interval time between two pictures
22. era and view the video the Media Port and the HTTP Port must both be configured correctly For MJPEG Cameras the HTTP and Media share the same port For H 264 Cameras HTTP and Media ports must be different Firmware version Web version Display the firmware and web version of your camera MAC address Display the wired MAC address of your camera For example Device ID is 000C5D00008 the same MAC ID sticker is found at the bottom of the camera Type FOSCAM company has two series cameras H 264 MJPEG and MJ 5350 ZT _H264 shows the camera belong to H 264 series MJPEG and MJ 5350 shows the camera belongs to MJ series Section6 Area and Cameras Tree This section will show you the added areas and cameras 3 1 1 How to manage Areas This section will show you how to create edit delete the areas Create Area Before adding devices to the client you must create areas first Click Add Area button you will see the following dialog box 1 Enter the area name 2 If the area belongs to another area here select the old area 3 Click OK to take effect Area Manage Figure3 5 Q NOTE The first area has no old area You can add other areas as the same way On the right part of the Camera panel you can see the areas you have created Figure3 6 Edit Area Select one area and click Edit Area to change the area name 1 Select one added area just by clicking the area name 2 Click Edit Area x Area Manage
23. esses only those clients whose IP addresses are in the IP list cannot access the Network Camera Click Save to take effect 3 2 11 System In this panel you can backup restore your camera settings upgrade the firmware to the latest version restore the camera to default settings and reboot the device Reboot system Click the button to reboot your ipcamera All reset Click on this button will restore to factory setting Backup Tou can save your settings We recommend that you back up your configuratia Store the backup configuration file path d ieconfigs bin Import configuration file Uperade Figure3 55 Reboot system Click Reboot System to reboot the camera This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera All reset Click this button and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected This is similar to press the Reset button on the bottom of the camera Backup Click Backup to save all the parameters you have set These parameters will be stored in a bin file for future use Import configuration file Select one bin file the camera can be reloaded to restore the parameters that were set Upgrade Click Browse choose the correct bin file and then click System upgrade Make sure you have unplugged the SD card Don t shut down the power during upgrade After upgrading you can see the upgrade result CAUTION If your camera works well with the current firmware we recommend not u
24. had better lock the current screen to prevent illegal user using Click the icon SL it will pop up a dialog box Just click OK and lock the current screen 1 Lock Lock sereen 7 Obtaining technical support While we hope your experience with the client is enjoyable and easy to use you may experience some issues or have questions that this User s Manual has not answered Please contact your reseller and ask for help first if they could not resolve your issue please contact our company CEMFE E
25. he cameras in the Camera list tree panel please read chapter3 1 about how to add cameras Area When you add cameras to the client you must select one area for the camera You can define a name for the area For example You want to add one camera to the client which is installed in the garden then you can create a new area named garden Then add the camera to the area garden So when the camera alarmed you can know which camera and where it is installed immediately There is a icon Ml before the area name click it and you can see all cameras that belong to the area Area 1 i ALILO iym ls x All cameras Fra anonymous that belong to Area 1 Click this icon i Brea lt Figure2 3 There are two status for one camera Cm Ea The camera has been added to the client but not connected and you cannot see the video of the camera Click the icon if the camera connected successfully the icon will be changed to G and you can see the video Area 1 W anonym OS dr Device Name amp IP Pro anonymous Figure2 4 Device name The Device Name is a name that you can give to your device to help you identify it You can define a name for your camera in the Settings panel If the camera has been connected successfully click the video of the camera you can see four icons below the camera icon such as the following picture i g T OTT kk Figure2 5 Audio Click the icon the
26. he following errors after clicking Test verify that the information you entered is correct and again select Test 1 Cannot connect to the server 2 Network Error Please try later 3 Server Error 4 Incorrect user or password 5 The sender is denied by the server Maybe the server need to authenticate the user please check it and try again 6 The receiver is denied by the server Maybe because of the anti spam privacy of the server 7 The message is denied by the server Maybe because of the anti spam privacy of the server 8 The server does not support the authentication mode used by the device User Account Here you can create users and set privilege visitor operator or administrator 1 For H 264 Series the default user accounts are admin with a blank password Refresh User Name Right M Change password operator Operator Password visitor Visitor Delete Modi fy Figure3 26 Change the password Firstly select the account which you want to change the password then select Change password enter the old password and the new password lastly click modify to take effect Add an account select one blank column then enter the new user name password and privilege last click Add to take effect You can see the new added account on the Account list Delete Select the account which you want to delete then click Delete button to take effect 2 For MJPEG and MJ 5350series please enter the new user name and pass
27. it under the area bulidingl ra apple e CW Add Area no ra Anonymous al Edit Area m er EER Delete Area Add Camera Edit Camera Delete Camera Figure3 15 lf the login account or web media port of camera that you added to the client have been changed here click Edit camera to change the corresponding information 1 Select the camera under one area which you want to edit 2 Click Edit Camera button and it pop up the following screen Camera Manage Camera sy een WebPr ot 192 168 11 405 MediaPort Password Type Cancel Figure3 16 User Manual This page will allow yo to change the Camera Webport Media port User amp Password and Type Camera The device name in the client It has no relation with the device name in the camera web page 3 Click OK to take effect Normally if the camera s IP has changed you need to delete it and re add again there cannot allow to change IP in the Edit Camera page Delete Camera Select one camera click Delete Camera button to delete it from the client 3 2 System Settings Here you can do basic settings for the added device These settings also can be done in the web Ul of the camera Click System button and double click one camera name in the camera list then you can go to the System panel Figure3 17 Section 1 Function List This section list all function of one camera Double click one camera name in the C
28. law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel Figure1 1 Click Next till you see the following screen j IP Camera Client Installation Complete IF Camera Client has been successtully installed Click Close to exit Figure1 2 User Manual Click Close and complete the software installation An icon 2 appears on the desktop automatically after a successful installation Note Sometimes the program will be treated as virus so before installing please add the software as trusted program on your computer 2 Surveillance Software GUI After finishing software installation you can take time to learn the operation of the software 2 1 Login Window Double click the shortcut icon and it will pop up the login window Enjoy Security Life User Name admin Faji 1 Password eek Remember Password 3 7 LOGIN 4 Figure2 1 Please check the login window above it was divided to 4 sections from no 1 to 4 Sectioni User Name amp Password The default User Name and Password are all admin 7 NOTE At your first time logging in the software choose Settings on the top of the software interface and go to the Users panel then reset the username or password t
29. lect this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with your computer Time Zone Select the time zone for your region from the dropdown menu System time The administrator can enter the date and time manually 7 NOTE For MJPEG cameras if your country implements the Daylight Saving Time that option can also be selected For H 264 Cameras please select Date amp Time format Mail lf you want the camera to send emails when motion has been detected Mail Service Settings will need to be configured Enable the Mail settings Refresh E Enable C None v Transport Layer Security Gmail only supports TLS at port 465 and supports STARTTLS Need authentication Ho v GE EES EE CH recievers Test Test results Figure3 25 port is usually set as 25 Some SMTP servers have their own port such as 587 or 465 and Transport Layer Security usually is None If you use Gmail Transport Layer Security must be set to TLS or STARTTLS and SMTP Port must be set to 465 or 25 or 587 which port you choose should be decided by which Transport Layer Security you select 3 Sender Mailbox for sender must support SMTP 4 Receiver Mailbox for receiver need not support SMTP you can set 4 receivers 5 Save_ Click Save to take effect 6 Test_ Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured lf the test fails with one of t
30. n you will hear sound captured by the camera s built in microphone You may need to plug in earphones or enable the computer speakers to hear from the camera s microphone Make sure the camera supports audio Click again and stop audio Record Click it and do manually recording You can see a green record icon in the video Click it again and stop recording The recording files will be stored to F disk automatically Please go to this panel to change the storage path Settings gt Record and Alarm panel chapter 3 3 2 Figure2 6 Snap Click this button to take a snapshot of the video and the snap pictures will be stored to C disk Please go to this panel to change the storage path Settings gt Record and Alarm panel chapter 3 3 2 Talk Click the talk icon and talk through your computer s microphone which will transmit through the camera s speaker People will hear your talking through the camera s built in speaker or other audio output device Click the icon again and stop talking Make sure the camera supports Talk Section3 PT Pan Tilt Click one connected device video then click PT if the camera supports PT here you can operate the cradle head Track Vertical H 264 MJPEG Figure2 FOSCAM has two series cameras MJPEG and H 264 There is something difference between two series as the above picture H 264 cameras support Track MJPEG supports Horizon Vertical Cruise 1 2 8 H 7 3 4 5
31. nce cameras with numerous features lt supports management or monitoring multiple cameras for monitoring recording playback and alarm management with efficient control 1 1 Key Features Powerful function for multiple live views Real time 64 channel live viewing Supports three recording methods alarm recording manually recording and recording schedule management Web based configuration page embedded in the client for all functions Intelligent Pan Tilt camera control Supports Preset Positions Multi level users management with password protection Supports playback recording files Supports two way audio OAR A A SEE SEE SEE 4 Supports Logs Management 1 2 Installation Requirements PC Pentium IV or above CPU 2 0G or above RAM 2 0G or above Hard Disk Space 120G or above Suggested Display Screen 1280 x 768 Suggested Operation system Windows XP Windows 7 Windows 8 NOTE The number of linked device has much relation with the computer performance and the network bandwidth 1 3 Software Installation 1 Insert the CD in the CD drive of your computer Open the CD find the software Foscam IP Camera Client mer 2 Double click the software and install the program j IP Camera Client Welcome to the IP Camera Client Setup Wizard The installer will guide you through the steps required to install IP Camera Client on your computer WARNING This computer program i protected by copyright
32. o prevent intruders access User Manual Section2 Select Language You can select the language you need via pull down the dropdown toolbar and click on the language to switch Section3 Remember Password select it and you need not to re enter the username amp password next time logging in Section4 LOGIN Click LOGIN button and login the software 2 2 Surveillance Window Click LOGIN button and you will enter the surveillance window K 7 INE KS Kaf Aw 3 2013 01 31 09 48 23 1 amp 7 163 1 151 ada 2013 0 3 0 46 08 Preset Positions amp IR LED i amp 2 165 11 151 Stat 2913 01 31 09 46 06 Image Settings 152 163 11 151 aidsi 2913 01 37 09 45 05 Figure2 2 First time you login the software the whole video window is black you need to add cameras to it and connect the cameras please read chapter 3 about how to add cameras Please check the surveillance window above it was divided to 7 sections from no 1 to 7 Section1 Menu bar 4 Click this button and read user manual Minimize the program em Close the program BEZE scu Loco Click it and back to the live view screen Click it and back to the Playback Ul d i Click it and back to Setting Ul Click it and back to the LOGS UI Lock the current screen The user account who accessing the client and the PC time now ct Section2 Camera List Tree Area After adding device to the client you can see t
33. o take effect For MJ 5350 Cameras This section will allow you to configure plan and alarm recording Refresh Enable Recording Audis Recording Schedule Enable Alarm Recording Duration of Alarm Recording seconds Duration of Manual Recording seconds Location Network Share Fo Host According to time Enable the plan recording Select it and the recording file will include the audio Edit the plan recoding schedule Select it and the camera will recording when there is motion or sound detected Here you can set the Alarm and manual recording duration time Her you can set the storage path of recording file such as FTP server Here you can configure the storage time of recording file 3 2 Permission Settings Only MJ 5350 Camera allow to use this function Refresh but administrator Schedule Open Schedule Close Here supports three Schedule types Always Open Schedule Open and Schedule Close Always Open Anyone who has the permission can access the camera anytime Schedule Open Click Edit Schedule and set the time range Anyone who has the permission allow to access the camera during the schedule time you have Set Schedule Close Click Edit Schedule and set the time range Anyone who has the permission can not access the camera during the schedule time you have Set 3 2 8 PT lf you camera has connected with cradle head here you can use PT pan tilt For MJPEG Camera You can set pan tilt
34. pgrading Please dont upgrade the firmware unnecessarily Your camera may be damaged if misconfigured during an upgrade NOTE 1 Before upgrade the firmware please unplug the SD card the upgrade process may be failed otherwise 2 Please ensure you have download the correct firmware package for your camera before upgrading Read the upgrade documentation readme txt file in the upgrade package before you upgrade 3 Upon downloading the firmware check the sizes of the bin files They must match the size in the readme txt file If not please download the firmware again until the sizes are the same Your camera will not function correctly if a corrupt bin file is used 4 Normally only Device WEB UI need to be upgrade please do not try to upgrade the Device System Firmware User Manual 5 Never shut down the power of the camera during upgrade until the IP camera restart and get connected 3 3 Record and Alarm This section explains how to do record for client and set the storage path for logs pictures and record files 3 3 1 Record and Alarm MY 3 S j Figure3 56 1 Select one camera just by double clicking the camera icon in the camera list 2 Select the checkbox before Alarm timing or Record timing Alarm timing When the motion has been detected the client will record automatically and you can see a red dot in the surveillance window of the client Record timing Plan record
35. re that the SSID Encryption and the password you filled in are exactly the same for your router Refresh WIFI list Scanning Y CPAI airNET free ChinaWNet Hki c _CPA2 Shared key kkkkkkkkkKk wingate ChinaNet CepC linksys foscam foscam wifi Figure3 33 Step 3 Please click on the Save button after all settings have been entered and disconnect the network cable Never shut down the power of the camera until the IP camera is able to connect to the wireless network Wait about 1 minute the camera should obtain a wireless connection and the LAN IP of the camera will show again on the window of the IP Camera Tool The IP address may have changed after the camera receives a wireless connection we recommend setting a static local IP address UPnP The default UPnP status is closed You can select the checkbox and open UPnP then the camera s software will be configured for port forwarding Back to the Device Status panel you can see the UPnP status Refresh Figure3 34 There may be issues with your routers security settings and sometimes may error We recommend you configure port forwarding manually on your router Figure 3 31 ADSL Only for MJPEG cameras modern IP Cam Figure3 35 lf you are connecting the camera directly to a ADSL modem you can do ADSL settings with your ADSL account amp password provided by the ISP then make the camera connected to the network Using ADSL Dialup
36. re two default cruise tracks Vertical and Horizental Vertical The camera will rotate from up to down Horizental The camera will rotate form left to right For MJ 5350 Camera MJ 5350 Camera allow to configure PT Speed and Cruise Track PT Speed Here you can set the patrol speed patrol type and preset position on boot Patrol Schedule Type Select the Patrol type and edit the schedule during the schedule time the camera will patrol as the patrol type you set Go to preset on boot Here select one preset position and when the camera rebooting it will go to the preset position you set Refresh Patrol Schedule Type Cruise Track For MJ 5350 cameras you can set the cruise track One track can has 16 nodes at most And you can set the stay time for each Node For example You has set one cruise track it has four nodes then the camera will patrol as the track node 1 node2 node3 then node 4 Refresh Node lis Preset Stay Time ms 3 2 9 Path Settings If you want to upload record files and images to your FTP server you can set FTP Settings Refresh FTF server example ftp 192 168 1 103 FTF mode PASY v fren Figure3 52 For H 264 series cameras Refresh eee RR SR mwaa FTF mode PASY v Upload Image Now Upload Interval Seconds Enable Set Filename Test Test results Please set first and then test Figure3 53 For H 264 series cameras FTP server
37. scheduler The client will record manually during the record time range you have set and you can see a blue dot in the surveillance window of the client Note For H 264 series cameras here cannot supports Alarm timing 3 Select one day 4 Set the Alarm or record timing 5 Click Save to take effect Now you can set alarm or plan record for each day by the same way The default storage path of record files is D locam You can change the path in this window When the camera alarmed you can see a red dot in the live window ni KEEN ch eg 7 NOTE 1 The default storage path of recording files is F disk when the current remaining space of disk is less than 256M the oldest recording files will be deleted automatically 2 The alarm time you set in the camera web UI has much relation with the alarm time you set for the client If you have not set alarm time in the camera web UI the client will not alarm anytime 3 3 2 Storage path and others In the Record and Alarm page you can set storage path and other settings for the client Capture Picture Mode Automatic Save Log To Save Fictures To Record Fath Figure3 5 7 Capture Picture Mode The defalut capture picture type is JPEG and you can not change it here Automatically Save LOG to The storage path of log history Save Picture To The storage path of the sanpshot pictures Record Path The storage path of record files manuall
38. t positions For MJPEG Camera Preset Positions Figure2 12 rr Add Move the camera and stop at a desired place where you want to make preset position click Add button to set preset position bel ml GO Select one preset position in the preset dropdown list and click Go to make the camera move the preset position How to do preset 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 Add 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 lf you want to see the preset position you have set such as the position 1 only select the preset no 1 and click go button the camera will go to position no 1 Note For MJPEG series cameras the camera supports up to 8 preset positions Section5 Image Settings select one connected device video then adjust the quality of the video Image Settings Image Settings Brightness i Contrast Resolution Sit Zi 7 Ce Mode T k ai 1 E Flip M Mirror RS CHERCHE Default All oi ES Default H 264 MJPEG Figure2 13 Brightness contrast hue and saturation are used to adjust the quali
39. ty of the video Flip amp Mirror show a reverse image Make sure your camera support this function or else it has no effection after you select it For H 264 Cameras Bit rate The default Stream supports four modes 0 720P 30fps 2M 1 VGA 25fps 2M 2 VGA 15fps 1M and 3 VGA 10fps 200 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 two resolutions the bigger one is 720P and the smaller one VGA is 640x480 pixels The bigger the resolution 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 fos When the video format is 60Hz the maximum frame rate is 30 fos 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 You can reset the bit rate by the following two ways 1 Login the camera by the explorer and go to video panel in the web UI Please read the user manual
40. word and select the Right then click Save to take effect Retresh Wisitor ka ka K K K K K Figure3 27 3 2 3 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera s IP DDNS Wireless Settings and UPnP For MJPEG cameras there is other function ADSL and MSN For H 264 cameras here supports PPPoE and Port function IP lf you want to set a static IP for the camera please go to IP page Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer Refresh WM Obtain IP from DHCP server Netmask 295 255 255 0 DNS Server 202 96 134 133 Tips System will restart to take effect after you saved your setting Figure3 28 It is recommended that you use the subnet mask gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC If you don t know the subnet mask gateway and DNS server you can check your computer s local area connection as follows Control Panel gt Network Connections gt Local Area Connections gt Choose Support Details For MJPEG cameras here support Http Port For H 264 cameras please go to Port page to set port no DDNS FOSCAM camera has embedded a unique DDNS domain name when producing and you can directly use the domain name you can also use the third party domain name Enable DIHS Domain camera myfoscam org IIHS server s IIN user name DIR password Figure3 29 For MJPEG series cameras For MJPEG cameras if you select Manufa
41. y recording files plan recording files and alarm recording files 3 4 Users Here you can create users and set permission levels for client visitor operator or administrator Cameras System Record and Alarm NO User Name Right 1 admin Administrator M Change password User Password Permissions Administrator Delete Figure3 58 Change the Password Select one existent account select Change password and enter the new password then click Edit to take effect Create a new account Enter the new user password and permissions then click Add to take effect Delete one existent account Select the account you want to delete then click Delete button to take effect 4 Play back This section explains how to search and play back the record files of the client or play other videos Figure4 1 Step 1 Select the date year month date Figure 4 2 Step 2 Select the searched types of recording files then click Search button a MM arial Flan Alarm Here supports three types of record files Manual Manually record files Plan The plan record files Alarm The alarm record files Search Search the record files which satisfy the corresponding conditions Step 3 Select the camera s IP which you want to playback the record files a All cameras i Step 4 You will see all record files that satisfy the conditions HO Record Type Manual 20121219115217 avi Manual
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