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Foscam FI8620 User Manual

Outdoor dome water-proof network camera 10x optical zoom & remote
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Model: FI8620
Outdoor Dome Water-proof Network Camera
10X OPTICAL ZOOM & REMOTE
PAN / TILT ROTATE

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual Model: FI8620 Outdoor Dome Water-proof Network Camera 10X OPTICAL ZOOM & REMOTE PAN / TILT ROTATE...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 WELCOME..............................1 1.1 Features ..............................1 1.2 Packing List ............................. 2 1.3 Product views ............................2 1.4 Preparations before use .......................... 4 2 SOFTWARE OPERATION ..........................6 2.1 IP Camera Tool ............................6 2.2 Camera Login ............................10 2.3 For Visitor ..............................

  • Page 3: Welcome

    Multi-level users management with password protection Embedded Web Server for users to visit by IE Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 4: Packing List

    The camera lens has variable optical zoom. The biggest optical zoom time is 10 times. With this function you can see farther and clearer. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 5 1.3.3 The installation of the camera The camera can be installed by two ways: fix the camera at the ceiling (Figure 1.3a), wall mounted (Figure 1.3b). Figure 1.3 a Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 6: Preparations Before Use

    1) Put the CD in the CD drive of your computer. Open the CD; find the software per instructions; 2) Double click IPCamSetup.exe and install the software per instruction. Figure 1.5 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 7 Figure 1.6 4) Select the folder where setup will install then click Next. Figure 1.7 5) Click Install. An icon appears on the desktop automatically. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 8: Software Operation

    The software searches for the IPcam automatically over the LAN. Our company has two series: H.264 and MJPEG. M shows that the camera belongs to MJPEG series. H shows that the camera belongs to H.264 series. FI8620 belongs to H.264 series. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd...
  • Page 9 The firewall may be blocking it, therefore you can add this MAC ID to your router and give it a fixed IP or add the MAC ID as a trusted site. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 10 IP. (Make sure the Router which the camera connects has DHCP function and DHCP is enabled).H series can’t obtain IP from DHCP server. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 11 Follow the upgrade documentation in the package carefully to upgrade. Read the readme.txt file first before you upgrade. CAUTION: Please don’t upgrade the firmware freely. Sometimes, your camera may be damaged Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 12: Camera Login

    (2) You can also access the camera by IE browser directly by typing in the camera’s IP address (Figure 2.7). For example: Figure 2.7 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 13 If you use IE, you can download ActiveX from the login UI. If yo u use Firefox, Google Chrome, safari or others, you should download QuickTime Player as the ActiveX from other website. For IE Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 14 WWW.FOSCAM.COM FI8620 User Manual Please click . Install the ActiveX after download. Figure 2.10 Click next. Figure 2.11 Click Install. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 15 The first time you login the UI. You will receive an ActiveX prompt as the picture below. (Figure 2.13) Click right mouse and choose Run Add-on Figure 2.13 Right click on the active prompt and choose Run Add-on(Figure 2.13) Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 16 FI8620 User Manual Figure 2.14 Select Run on the next prompt (Figure 2.15), you will see a live video. (Figure 2.16) Choose Run Figure 2.15 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 17 It may ask you for user name and password again before login the UI. After you enter user name and password, you will see the living video. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 18: For Visitor

    WWW.FOSCAM.COM FI8620 User Manual Figure 2.17 2.3 For Visitor For IE browser Figure 2.18 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 19 And the status column will display REC when recording. Click again it will stop recording Figure 2.20 : Click the icon, it will pop up a player. And you can see the videos you have stored. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 20 : Set the storage path of photos and videos. The default storage path is D disk. Note: Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari have not these functions because the ActiveX does not support it. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 21: For Operator

    When the icon has three arrows, the speed of the rotation is fastest. And when the icon has one arrow, the speed is lowest. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 22: For Administrator

    Click For Administrator, you will see the Device Information. It contains Device ID, firmware version of the camera and other status of the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 23: How To Configure Settings In For Administrator

    Interval: The interval time between last time and next time that the camera adjust time with Ntp Server. Time zone:Select the appropriate time zone from the list. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 24 Figure 3.1 If your country implements the Daylight Saving Time, when you select the Time zone, you can see the following screen: Figure 3.2 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 25: User Settings

    Dynamic IP Address: Select this option to obtain an available dynamic IP address assiged by the DHCP server each time the camera is connected to the LAN. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 26 The step is Control Panel Network Connections Double click Local Area Connections Choose General Properties. You will see all the information in it. Click here Figure 3.5 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 27 VLC. RTSP Permission Checksum On: Select it and you need to enter the login username and password when you view the Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 28 You need to enter the user name and password if you select on for RTSP Permission Checksum . Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 29: Remote Access

    3 If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. You can read Quick Installation Guide about How to configure port forwarding. 3.4 Remote Access Please view how to set DDNS Settings in Quick Installation Guide. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 30: Email Settings

    Please click Apply after filling in all the information. 3.5 Email Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been activated, Email Settings will need to be configured. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 31: Ftp Settings

    Chinese characters. 3.6 FTP Settings If you want to upload images to your FTP server, you can set FTP Settings. Figure 3.14 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 32: Auto Capture

    The camera has built-in cradle head, you’d better not change the default settings (Figure 3.17), or else you may not control the cradle head. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 33: Motion Detection

    That means you choose window1 Figure 3.18 Move your mouse on the regional box, you can drag the regional box to any position in the video. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 34 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 35: Alarm

    3 Firefox, Google chrome and Safari doesn’t have this function because the activex doesn’t support it. 3.10 Alarm Set alarm and It will send email or upload images when motion has been detected. Figure 3.22 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 36: Schedule

    If you click cancel, the settings will come back to the status before your settings. If you want to reset all time range, click clean. NOTE: Adjust system time before set schedule. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 37: Video

    When the bandwidth is very narrow, and bit rate is large, that will lead to video can not play well. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 38 .If you set as following picture (Figure 3.25), you will see the video as Figure3.26. The camera name cannot be Chinese characters. Figure 3.25 Figure 3.26 Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 39: Image Settings

    Upgrade: Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click OK to upgrade. Don’t shut down the power during upgrade. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 40: Back

    The MAC OS can’t install the exe application program. If you want to access the camera, you should know the IP or domain name, then enter the url to the IE and access the camera. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 41: Appendix

    As follows: Enable: Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable: Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable: Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 42 NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or ActiveX. If you could not see video, please shut down firewall or anti-virus software to try again. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 43 Select Preferences—QuickTime Preferences… Figure 5.3 Choose HTTP as the transport protocol. Figure 5.4 Choose Automatic as the transport setup, then click OK to save the settings. Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 44 If you can’t operate the cradle head, such as: click the button , but the cradle head can not move. Usually, the cradle head can’t operate mainly because of wrong settings. Please don’t Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 45: Default Parameters

    Video Formats Supports NTSC or PAL Formats Video Image Compression H.264 ImageFrame Rate 25fps （PAL Formats） ， 30fps （NTSC Formats） ,Down adjustable Image Resolution D1（720*576），CIF（352*288），QCIF（176*144） Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...
  • Page 46 IE6 and above version or compatible browser, Firefox, Chrome, Safari or other standard browsers CE,FCC CE,FCC Certificate Upgrade Upgrade from network Software Application Software H.264 Camera Client Shenzhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tel: 86 755 2674 5668 Fax: 86 755 2674 5168...

  • Page 47: Obtaining Technical Support

    User’s Guide has not answered. If you have problem with FOSCAM IP camera, please first contact FOSCAM reseller for solving the problems. If our reseller cannot provide service, please contact our service department: tech@foscam.com...

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