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  • Page 1 User Manual User Manual Indoor HD IP Camera Model: C1 V1.3...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Security Warning................................ 1 1 Overview.................................. 1 1.1 Key Features..............................2 1.2 Read Before Use............................2 1.3 Package Contents............................2 1.4 Physical Description........................... 2 1.5 Hardware Installation..........................4 2 Access the IP Camera............................4 2.1 Wired Connection............................4 2.2 Wireless Connection...........................6 2.3 Access the Camera in WAN........................11 2.4 Using the VLC player..........................

  • Page 3: Security Warning

    FOSCAM provides Smart Phone APP for Android and iPhone users, please search and install Foscam App named Foscam on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices, then you can view your camera anywhere, anytime on your smart mobile devices.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    Support dual-stream  Support SD Card storage up to 32GB  Support IR-Cut auto switch  Embedded free FOSCAM DDNS(dynamic domain name service) Service Supporting the Third Party Domain Name Service   Support two-way audio  Support ONVIF protocols ...
  • Page 5 Flashing every 0.4 seconds Reset to take effect Network light No Wireless connection Constant Flash Wired connection Slow Flash every 1.0 second Wi-Fi connected Flashing every 0.4 seconds WPS is connecting Flashing every 0.2 seconds EZLink takes effect Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    2 Access the IP Camera 2.1 Wired Connection 1. Connect the camera to the LAN network (Router or Switch) via network cable. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 7 The default HTTPS port NO. is 443. You can use the URL to access the camera: https:// LAN IP + HTTPS port NO. Go to Settings - Network - Port panel, you can see and change the HTTP and HTTPS port NO. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 8: Wireless Connection

    3. Use a terminal which could search the WLAN (desktop, laptop, mobile phone, or pad. This part takes laptop as an example.) to search for the AP named "C1_******" for connection.(****** indicate the last six letters of camera’s MAC ID. ) Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 9 Input the New username, New password and Confirm the password. 6. After logging in for the first time, it will go to "Setup Wizard” automatically. Please set the basic Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 10 .foscam. .foscam. parameters of the camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings (The camera connect to your wireless router: Wireless Network List - enter the password of your wireless router ), IP configuration. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 11 Soft AP connection mode, this is located on the back of your camera. The Network light begins to slowly flash(once per second), it indicates that the wireless connection is successful. 8. Please make sure that the wireless device connect your laptop to the router which your camera has Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 12 9. Open the CD named “FOSCAM”, go to the folder “IP Camera Search Tool” and find the folder “For Windows OS” or “For Mac OS”. Copy and paste the IP camera tool file to your wireless device, or drag it onto your desktop.

  • Page 13: Access The Camera In Wan

    Users with static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. After you have finished connecting the camera using the LAN IP address and port forwarding, you can access the camera directly from Internet using the WAN IP address and port number. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 14: Remote Access

    Subnet Mask: Keep it as default. Gateway and DNS Server: Set it to the IP address of your router. 2. Enable UPnP and DDNS in the camera’s settings page. We recommend you to use the DDNS by factory default. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 15 TP-LINK brand wireless router as an example. If there is a UPnP function in your router：  Choose “Forwarding > UPnP”, make sure that the Current UPnP Status is Enabled. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 16 You need to manually add port forwarding, refer to the following steps. You need go to the “Forwarding > Virtual Servers” panel for setup. Click Add New. Input the port and IP address of your camera and click Save. Here you have finished the Port Forwarding setup. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 17: Using The Vlc Player

    User name: admin Password: 123 Enter either one of the following four URLs in the VLC 1．rtsp://admin:123@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain 2．rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:554/videoMain 3．rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain 4．rtsp://admin@192.168.1.11:554/videoMain Open the VLC, and go to “Media”--”Open Network Stream” option, then enter the URL in VLC. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 18 .foscam. .foscam. Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password for another time. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 19: Ip Camera Connection To The Server

    Device supports ONVIF 2.2.1 protocol, You can easily access NVR with ONVIF or server with ONVIF. 3 Surveillance Software GUI Please refer to the section 2.1 if you install the camera for the first time. You can start to learn about software operation in the computer Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 20: Login Window

    Input the new username and password, click "Modify" to complete the modification. You will now use the new username and password to login to the camera in the future. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 21: Setup Wizard

    .foscam. .foscam. 3.2 Setup Wizard You will go to “Setup Wizard”automatically after your first-login, where you can set the basic parameters of camera, such as camera name, camera time, wireless settings, IP configuration. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 22 .foscam. .foscam. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 23: Surveillance Window

    "Obtain IP Form DHCP”. 3.3 Surveillance Window Section 1 FOSCAM Logo/ Live Video / Settings/Playback buttons : FOSCAM LOGO : Path to surveillance window. Click this button to go back to the surveillance window : Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, to go to Administrator Control Panel and do...
  • Page 24 When the bandwidth is very narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video can not play well. You can reset the stream type on Settings-> Video-> Video Settings panel. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 25 In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality. Section 6 If you have added time and camera name in the video, you can see it in the live window. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 26 Click it to make full-screen, or you can double click the surveillance screen to make full-screen. Double click again and exit full-screen. Onscreen Mouse Control Right click the mouse and you can adjust the screen ration, full screen and Zoom up. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 27 Second Method: Click it and the live view will be digital zoomed up, then click Zoom Down and the live view back to original size. When you select the Full Screen, then click right mouse, there is a Screen PTZ button. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 28: Advanced Camera Settings

    Please go to section 3.2 to find the way to set it. 4.2 Status Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 29: Device Information

    Application Firmware Version: Display the application firmware version of your camera. Plug-In Version: Display the plug-in version of your camera. 4.2.2 Device Status On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status/ Record Status ,DDNS status ,WIFI status and so on. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 30 .foscam. .foscam. 4.2.3 Session Status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now. 4.2.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 31: Basic Settings

    You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Save to save your changes. The alias name cannot contain special characters. 4.3.2 Camera Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 32: User Accounts

    4.3.3 User Accounts Here you can create users and set privilege, visitor, operator or administrator. The default user account is admin, with a blank password. You can enter the users accounts of visitor, operator and administrator Manually. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 33: How To Change The Password

    How to add 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. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 34 NOTE: The default admin account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. How to change the username ? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the username, then select “Change username”, enter the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 35 The firmware within the camera can support a maximum of 9 devices monitoring all at the same time. This page you can both add FOSCAM MJPEG and H.264 series cameras to the first camera and view multi-surveillance screen on one window.
  • Page 36 2 Enter the User name and password of the 2nd camera. 3 Click Add to take effect. Camera Model: Our Company produces two series cameras: MJPEG and H.264. Here will show you which series the camera belongs to. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 37 Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed through the internet. (The way to configure DDNS is in chapter 4.4.4) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 38 4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5 ---- Click Add button and to take effect NOTE: Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 39 Return to video window. You will see all of the cameras accessible through the internet. When you are away from home, you can use the first camera’s DDNS domain name and port to view all the cameras via internet. 4.3.5 Status Light You can enable or disable status light. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 40: Network

    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 →Network Connections →Local Area Connections →Choose Support →Details Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 41: Wireless Settings

    If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.4.2 Wireless Settings Step 1: Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera interface, and go to the “Network” panel on the left side of the screen, then click “Wireless Settings.” Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 42 2 Enter the password of your router. 1 Click the SSID of your router and the relevant information will be filled in the fields automatically. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 43 For the safety of your camera, we recommend you change the Soft AP password. 4.4.4 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.
  • Page 44 User can also use third part DDNS, such as www.no-ip.com. ,www. 3322.com 4.4.5 UPnP The default UPnP status is closed. You can enable UPnP, then the camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding. Back to the “Device Status” panel, you can see the UPnP status: Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 45 RTSP port: The default port is 554. Only some IP Cameras have RTSP port. Another way to change the HTTP port NO. Step 1: Open the IP Camera Tool, select the camera you would like to change the port of, right click on Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 46 This is very important that a static LAN IP address is set, or you may have problems later with remote access and seeing the camera remotely if the camera loses power and reconnects on a different LAN IP address. Make sure you set a static LAN IP address! Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 47: Mail Settings

    3---- Sender E-mail 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. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 48: Ftp Settings

    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 4.4.8 FTP Settings If you want to upload record files and images to your FTP server，you can set FTP Settings. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 49 Click Test to see if FTP has been successfully configured. 4.4.9 P2P Access the IP Camera by Smart Phone (Android or iOS operating system) First of all, you must open the P2P function of the IP Camera at “Settings --> Network --> P2P.” Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 50: Video

    .foscam. .foscam. Foscam App named Foscam on App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices. NOTE： If the QR code scanning is not successful, please input the UID on the bottom of the camera manually. 4.5 Video This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot settings.

  • Page 51: On Screen Display

    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. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 52: Snapshot Settings

    On this page you can set the schedule time for switching IR LED lights. When parameter Mode is set to the Schedule on the Live Video window, at these schedule time, the IR LED lights will be turned off. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 53: Alarm

    .foscam. .foscam. 4.6 Alarm Action Detection IP Camera supports Action Detection Alarm, when the people has been detected, the IP Camera will make a alarm. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 54 Sensitivity---- It supports five modes: Lowest, Lower, Low, Medium and High. The higher the sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity. Step 5: Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detection. Step 6:There are some alarm indicators: Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 55 Step 7: Set detection area Click set detect area and it pop up a window, then you can draw the detection area. Click Back button after settings. When something moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 56 Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected. For example, click TUE, the all column of TUE turns to red, that means during Tuesday whole day, when something moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 57: Record

    4.7 Record This section will allow you to change the record files storage path and the record time. 4.7.1 Storage Location On this page you can change the alarm and manually recording storage path. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 58: Alarm Recording

    When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. When the parameter Recording Location is set SD Card on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 59 When the video is selected as SD card, the device supports pumping frame recording. When the parameter Recording Location is set SD Card on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 60: Sd Card Management

    This camera supports SD Card and the max size of SD card must be under 32G. When you plug in the SD card during the camera work process, please reboot the camera again, or else the SD Card may be cannot work well. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 61: Firewall

    IP addresses are in the IP list cannot access the Network Camera. Click Save to take effect. 4.9 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. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 62: System Upgrade

    Click “Download the latest firmware”, you will see the following screen. And click “save” to save the firmware on your computer locally. Your current firmware version will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the Status  Device Information page to check for the latest firmware versions available. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 63: Upgrade Firmware By Ip Camera Tool

    Double click the IP Camera Tool shot icon , select the Camera IP that you want to upgrade the firmware. Then select Upgrade Firmware and enter the username and password, choose the firmware file, and upgrade. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 64: Patch Installation

    Click All reset and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected. This is similar to press the Reset button on the bottom of the camera. 4.9.5 Reboot Click Reboot System to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 65: Playback

    : Here supports three types: current day, current month and All records. Another way, select the time on the time&date manually. : The type of records files, Here supports two typs: Normal record, Alarm record and All records. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 66 Click this button to play the record files Click this button to stop the record files Open or stop audio Click this button to make full screen, and double click left mouse to exit full screen. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 67: Appendix

    .foscam. .foscam. 6 Appendix 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions 6.1.1 Install the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 68 .foscam. .foscam. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 69 .foscam. .foscam. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 70 .foscam. .foscam. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...
  • Page 71 .foscam. .foscam. 6.1.2 Uninstall the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 72: I Have Forgotten The Administrator Password

    There are two ways to resolve this problem: Please add the camera as a trusted site to resolve this issue. The steps are ： IE browserToolInternet PropertiesSecurityTrusted sitesSitesAdd Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 73: No Pictures Problems

    Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins If you allow the ActiveX running, but still could not see living video. Please change another port number to try. Don’t use port 88. Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 74: Default Parameters

    DDNS name and port number. Use the DDNS domain name not the camera’s LAN IP. (For more details see: How to add cameras in WAN) 6.2 Default Parameters Default network Parameters IP address: obtain dynamically Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 75: Specifications

    .foscam. .foscam. Subnet mask: obtain dynamically Gateway: obtain dynamically DDNS: Embedded FOSCAM domain name Username and password Default admin username: admin with a blank password 6.3 Specifications ITEMS Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Image Sensor Display Resolution 1280 x 720 (1Megapixels) Min.

  • Page 76: Ce & Fcc

    Attention: Power adapter should be used between 0℃-40℃, and 5%-90% relative humidity. 6.4 CE & FCC Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Statement This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions.  This device may not cause harmful interference Foscam Digital Technologies Telephone: 1-800-930-0949...

  • Page 77: Obtaining Technical Support

    While we hope your experience with the IPCAM network camera is enjoyable and easy to use, you may experience some issues or have questions that this User's Guide has not answered. Please contact support via e-mail at support@foscam.us. You can also reach technical support at 1-800-930-0949 by following the automated instructions.

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