Foscam FI8903W User manual

V38.01

IP Wireless / Wired Camera

Quick Installation Guide

(For Windows OS)

ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

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Quick Installation Guide

PackingList

1) IP CAMERAX 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 (Includes user manual、IP camera tool)

7) Quick Installation Guide X 2(For Mac OS X1, For Windows OS X1)

8) Warranty Card X 1

Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart

1 Hardware Installation

(1) Open the package

Software Installation

Wireless LAN Settings

DDNS Service Settings

Hardware Installation

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(2) Connect the antenna.

Screw the antenna to the back of the camera, make sure it is attached securely.

Figure 1.1

(3) Plug the network cable and power.

Connect the network cable to your camera and to your router. Plug in the power.

The small green light on RJ45 will turn on, the small orange light will blink.

Figure 1.2

2SoftwareInstallation

Insert the CD in your CD drive of your computer and find the folder “For Windows

OS”. Select the IP Camera Tool folder. Double click IPCamSetup.exe and install

the software per instructions.

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Figure 1.3

Click Next to complete the software installation.

Figure 1.4

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Figure 1.5

An icon will appear on your desktop after the IP Camera Tool software installation

has successfully completed.

3Loginthecamera

Double click the IP Camera Tool icon and the following screen should appear

(Figure 1.6):

Figure 1.6

The IP camera tool should find the camera’s IP automatically after you plug in the

network cable. If not, please make sure that DHCP is enabled on your router.

Don’t enable MAC address filter or disable any firewall or antivirus on your

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computer.

Double click the IP address on the IP Camera Tool which will display the login UI.

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.

You will see a live video after you login.

If you use IE browser, choose here to login

If you use Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari,

choose here to login

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Figure 1.8

If you are unable to see a live video, please make sure to allow the activeX

running when prompted. (for more details: see user manual)

If you only see a black screen with a red cross in the center, please try another

port number instead of the default “port 80”. You may want to try port 85, 8005,

etc.

If you are still unable to see a live video, try shutting down any firewall or anti-virus

software on your computer.

4WirelessLANSettings

(1) Please choose “For Administrator” and click “Wireless LAN Settings”.

Then choose “Using Wireless LAN”.

Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all WIFI devices around the

area.

It should also display your router in the list. (Figure 1.9)

If the camera is unable to detect any WIFI device, click the scan button again.

Make sure to wait 1 to 2 minutes before selecting the scan button again.

Figure 1.9

(2) Click the SSID of your router in the list, the corresponding information (SSID &

Encryption) will be filled in the following boxes automatically.

You will only need to fill in the share key. Make sure that SSID, Encryption and

share key you filled in for the camera are exactly the same for your router.

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Figure 2.0

Figure 2.1

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Figure 2.2

(3) Please click on the Submit button after all settings have been entered. The

camera will reboot.

After the camera has completed the reboot process, wait 10 seconds and

disconnect the network cable.

The camera should work through your wireless router.

Note: If your camera could not connect through WIFI, please see FAQ in user

manual.

5DDNSServiceSettings

5.1 Static IP user

Static IP users do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access.

When finished the connection of Camera in LAN and port forwarding,(Figure

3.5/3.6) you can access the camera directly from the Internet by the WAN IP and

port number. There are two ways to obtain your WAN IP.

zObtain the WAN IP from public website

To obtain your WAN IP address, enter the following URL in your browser:

http://www.whatismyip.com.The webpage at this address will show you the current

WAN IP.

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Figure 2.3

zObtain the WAN IP address from the router

You can find the WAN IP from your router. Normally, it is in system status.

For example, here are the steps for the LINKSYS WRT54G router:

1) Obtain the IP address of the router(LAN gateway address),user name and

password for login the router from the network administrator,

2) Enter the LAN IP address of the router (LINKSYS WRT54G, default LAN IP

is 192.168.1.1) in the address bar of the IE to login the router; Open the Status

page to find out the WAN address of the router. In this 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 the WAN

IP address and port number in IE browser or other browsers you use. For

example, Http:// 183.37.28.254:85

Note: Make sure the Port mapping (or also known as port forwarding) is

successful. You can do port mapping in two ways.

1) Enter the setting page of the router to enable UPNP function. Then login

the camera as administrator, choose UPnP Settings to enable UPNP and make

sure the state is “UPnP success”.

2) Do port forwarding manually. (details: Figure 3.5/3.6)

If your router has Virtual Server, it will do port mapping. Please add the camera’s

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