Foscam FI8910W User manual

V38.03

IP Wireless / Wired Camera

Quick Installation Guide

(For MAC OS)

Model:FI8910W Model:FI8910W

Color:Black Color:Silver

ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 1 -

Quick Installation Guide-For MAC users

PackingList

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 (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

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 2 -

(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 green network light at the rear of the camera will blink and the camera will

automatically pan/tilt. The red power light will also turn on.

Figure 1.2

2SoftwareInstallation

Insert the CD in your CD drive of your laptop and find the folder “For MAC OS”.

Select the IP Camera Tool folder. Copy the IP camera tool to your MAC and start

the program.

3Loginthecamera

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

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 3 -

Figure 1.3

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

network cable. If not, make sure that DHCP is enabled on your router. Don’t

enable MAC address filter, or disable any firewall or antivirus on your computer.

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

Figure 1.4

Fill in user name and password and choose the second login.

No password

Choose here to login

use

r i

min

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 4 -

Figure 1.5

The browser will prompt you to enter the camera’s user name and password. Fill

in the user name admin and choose Log In. You will see the device status.

Figure 1.6

Click Live Video. You can see living video.

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 5 -

Figure 1.7

4 Wireless LAN Settings

(1) Please choose “Device Management” 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)

Figure 1.8

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.

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 6 -

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.

Figure 2.0

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 7 -

Figure 2.1

Figure 2.2

(3) 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

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 8 -

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.

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.

FI8910W Quick Installation Guide

www.foscam.com - 9 -

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 the browser to login the camera.

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

LAN IP and port which you set in basic network settings to the Virtual map list.

Note: If you plug the camera in a router, the camera will have dynamic IP address,

you need to set DDNS service settings to view it remotely.

5.2 How to configure DDNS Service Settings (For dynamic IP

user)

(1) Visit www.dyndns.com to get an account.

Choose Sign up FREE to get a free account.

Figure 2.4

Please set as the following picture.

Other manuals for FI8910W

Table of contents

Popular IP Camera manuals by other brands

FLIR

FLIR Exx series user manual

Avigilon

Avigilon H4A-BO1-IR installation guide

Digital Watchdog

Digital Watchdog DWCA-C128-64 manual

ShareTech

ShareTech AV1 user manual

Ezviz

Ezviz C6C quick start guide

Melchioni

Melchioni UCAM 2015 manual

Geutebruck

Geutebruck G-Cam/ESD-4630 quick guide

Arecont Vision

Arecont Vision MegaBall AV3146DN-3310-D-LG installation manual

Mitel

Mitel 6800i Series Administrator's guide

Vitek

Vitek VTC-IR403-212NP quick start guide

THOMSON

THOMSON DSC - 323W user guide

AVer

AVer FB2027 user manual

ENFORCER

ENFORCER EV-T5105-N2SQ manual

Wansview

Wansview NC543 user manual

Eneo

Eneo MCB-64A0003M0A Quick installation guide

deView electronics

deView electronics CBDNI36F instruction manual

Swann

Swann SwannEye user manual

LevelOne

LevelOne IP CamSecure user manual