FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide Packing List 1) IP CAMERA X 1 2) Wi-Fi Antenna (only available for wireless model) 3) DC Power Supply X 1 4) Network Cable X 1 5) Mounting bracket ×1 6) CD X 1 (Include user manual、IP camera tool)
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 1.0 Connect the Antenna. Screw the antenna to the back of the camera, make sure it attached well. Figure 1.1 Plug the network cable and power. Use network cable connects with the camera and your router. Plug in the power.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 1.2 2 Software Installation Put the small CD in your CD driver of your computer and find the folder “For Windows”, open it and choose IP Camera Tool. Double click IPCamSetup.exe and install the software as instruction.
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 1.4 Figure 1.5 You can find the icon on the desktop after you install the IP camera tool. 3 Login the camera Dbclick the IP Camera Tool and you could see the following picture. Figure 1.6 The IP camera tool could find the cam’s IP automatically after you plug the...
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 1.7 Note: If you use IE browser, please choose the first login mode (ActiveX Mode) to login. If you use other browsers, such as Firefox, safari or Google chrome, Please choose the second login mode (Server Push Mode) to login.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 1.8 If you could not see living video, Please make sure allow the activeX running when it prompts you. (details: see user manual) If you only see a black screen with a red cross in the center, Please change a port number to try, do not use port 80.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Please click Submit after finish these settings, the camera will reboot. Plug out the network cable after you click submit about 10 seconds. The camera will work on WIFI after reboot. Note: If your camera could not connect WIFI, please see FAQ in user manual.
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide example, the address is 183.37.28.254. Access the IP Camera from the Internet You can access the IP Camera from the Internet. (remote access) Enter WAN IP address and port number in IE browser or other browsers you use. For example, Http:// 183.37.28.254:85...
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Here fill in a name and choose dyndns.org Your current internet IP Figure 2.5 Then choose Add To Cart. Click here after you finish the settings above Figure 2.6 Set the following information as the picture below.
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Fill in user name,password and email address Click here to create account Figure 2.7 The website will send you an email to your mailbox just set. Figure 2.8 Please click the link in your email to activate your account.
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 2.9 You will see the following picture. Click Activate services>> Click here to activate services Figure 3.0 All the settings are finished until you see the following picture. (Figure 3.1) You can see your host name in the list.
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 3.2 Here make sure that your camera is in the same subnet as your router. In other words, keep the first three sections the same with your router or your computer. Gateway is your router’s LAN IP. You can find DNS server in your router, if you don’t know the DNS server;...
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Make sure DDNS succeed Figure 3.4 (4) How to do port forwarding. Login your router; find the right place to do port forwarding. Here use a Linksys router for example. You can do single port forwarding. Set as the following picture.
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FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 3.6 Please do not forget to save these settings when you finish them. (5) After finish all these settings above, you can use DDNS domain name and port number to login your camera at any place.
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