Foscam FI9820W User manual

V4.01

Model: FI9820W

Quick Installation Guide

Indoor HD Pan/Tilt Wireless IP Camera

Black White

ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

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Quick Installation Guide - For Windows OS

zHD Network Camera FI9820W x 1

zDC Power Adapter (5V-2.0A) .x 1

zNetwork Cable x1

zWi-Fi Antenna .x 1

zMountingBracket .x 1

zQuickInstallationGuide x1

zCD-ROM with Setup Software .x 1

zWarrantyCard x1

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Quick Installation Dia

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Wireless Connection Setup

Remote Access Setup

Software Installation

Other Settings

Hardware Installation

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1) Open the package. Take out the camera out of the box carefully.

2) Mount the antenna. Then take the Wi-Fi antenna, mount it on the SMA connector on the back

of the camera, screw the antenna to the bottom, and make the antenna stand vertically.

Figure 1.1 Mount the antenna Figure 1.2 Plug the network cable

3) Get the camera connected to the router, and get it powered.

Use the network cable to connect the camera to the router or the switch in the LAN network at your

home or your office. Plug in the power. The red power light will turn on. And the camera will

automatically pan/tilt. If you have plugged in the SD Card, the green light at the rear of the camera

will also turn on.

Insert the CD into the CD drive of your computer and find the folder “For Windows OS”. Select the IP

Camera Tool folder. Double click IPCamSetup.exe to install, it pops up a window as below (Fig.1.3).

Just click button “Next” to finish the installation.

Figure 1.3 Click Next, next to continue the installation

1. Hardware Installation

Start Installation

2. Software Installation

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Figure 1.4 Click Close to finish installation, and get computer restarted

A shortcut icon will appear on your desktop after the IP Camera Tool software installation is

successfully completed.

Figure 1.5 Shortcut icon

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

Figure 1.6 IP Camera Tool Windows

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 and that MAC address filtering, firewalls

and anti-virus are disabled temporarily until the camera is set up.

Double click the LAN IP address of the camera, it pops up a password dialog box.

3. Lo

in the Camera

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Figure 1.7 Enter the username and password

Camera supports three-level users management: admin, user and guest. The default “admin” user

name and password are all “admin”, the default “user” user name and password are all “user”, and

the default “guest” user name and password are all “guest”. Different usernames have different

permissions. Admin user has the highest authority. He can do any settings. Guest has the lowest

authority.

Figure 1.8 The user interface

There are two login methods. One is Video View for PC user, the other is Mobile

View for Mobile user. Please choose Video View if you are using PC now.

Note

If you use PC, select this login

If you use mobile, select this login

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Figure 1.9 Surveillance Windows

Congratulations! You have succeeded in accessing in the camera by wired connection. Just leave

all the menus alone before you finish the quick installation.

The default administrator user name and password are all admin.

For the first time using you have to download the ActiveX and install it. For IE browser you can

download the ActiveX from the login UI, for Firefox,Google Chrome and Safari, you should download

QuickTime Player as the ActiveX from other website. (For more details: see user manual)

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

computer.

Please choose “For Administrator” and click “Wireless Settings”. Enable wireless.

There are two modes below Wireless Settings: Infrastructure and Point_to_Point.

Infrastructure: Connect the IPCAM to the WLAN via an a wireless router.

Point _to_Point: Connect the IPCAM directly to a host in a peer_to_peer environment.

4.1 Infrastructure Mode

Step 01)Enable wireless and choose Infrastructure mode.

Note

4. Wireless Connection Settin

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Figure 2.0 Wireless Settings

Click the Search button and the camera will detect all WIFI devices around the area.

It will pop up a dialog box and display all available routers: (Figure 2.1)

Figure 2.1All available WIFI routers

Step 02)Click OK in the first column and the corresponding information (SSID, Security mode, WPA

Algorithm & WEP key index) will be filled automatically as the following picture.

You will only need to fill in the key. Make sure that SSID, Security Mode, WPA Algorithm and the key

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

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Figure 2.2 Wireless LAN Settings

Step 03)Click Check after all settings have been entered. You can see whether WIFI settings are

correct. Such as the following screen:

Figure 2.3 WIFI Settings are correct

If failed, you will see a dialog box as the following picture. Close the dialog box and reset wireless

again.

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Figure 2.4 WIFI Settings are incorrect

When wireless settings are correctly, click Apply.

Plug out the network cable. Re-plug the power and the camera should work through your wireless

router.

The LAN IP address will disappear on the window of IP Camera Tool when the camera gets restarted.

Just wait for around 1 minute, the camera will get wireless connection, and the LAN IP of the camera

will be showed again on the window of the IP Cam Tool. You have done wireless connection of the

camera successfully. If the camera obtains an IP from DHCP server, the wired IP and the wireless IP

may be different, because its wired and wireless MAC address are different.

4.2 Point_to_Point Mode

Under this mode, the IPCAM will directly connect to a host in a peer_to_peer environment.

Make sure the PC has plugged in the wireless network card.

Step 01)Enable wireless and choose Point_to_Point mode.

Fill in a SSID to identify the IPCAM and then set the security mode, you can choose none or others.

Click Apply.

Figure 2.5 Point_to_Point mode

Step 02) Plug out the network cable of the camera and re-plug the power. After the camera restarts,

you can search the camera LAN IP again in the IP Camera Tool.

Open the wireless network card of PC and search the wireless network around the area. You can

find the SSID you filled for the camera (Figure 2.5).

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Figure 2.6 Wireless Network

Step 03)Disabled the wired connection of the PC. Select the SSID you filled at Figure2.5 for your

PC and enter the same key with your camera. PC and camera will work on point_to_point mode.

If fail to make WiFi connection, please refer to seller or us for help.

We have been able to access the camera within the LAN network, but how to access the camera via

WAN or via internet? We have to do Remote Access Settings before we want to access the

camera outside the LAN network.

5.1 Static IP user

Static IP users do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. When you have finished

connecting the camera using LAN and port forwarding, you can access the camera directly from the

Internet by the WAN IP and port number.

zObtain the WAN IP from IPCAM

Please choose “For Administrator” and click “Remote Access”.

Note

5. Remote Access Settin

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