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6.16 – Upgrade Device Firmware
This page allows for updating the camera’s firmware or WebUI. If you need to upgrade or reflash your
firmware or WebUI, you can do so using this page. If you aren’t able to upgrade firmware or WebUI
through the camera this way, you can always use the IP Camera Tool to do this as well.
You can download the latest firmware for your camera from www.foscam.us/firmware. You can also send
us an e-mail at [e-mail] or [e-mail] if you aren’t able to identify your firmware
version or if you aren’t able to locate an updated firmware.
In the above example, we are updating the firmware to 11.37.2.49 for our camera. Push “Submit” to start
the upgrade process, which may take a few minutes. The camera will reboot and restart with the newer
firmware installed.
Keep in mind that you can only update the WebUI after updating the firmware. Upgrade the
firmware first, then upgrade the WebUI afterwards.
Note: Before you upgrade, be aware of updating the correct version of firmware with Foscam cameras.
There are usually two different firmware versions for each Foscam camera. This is based on actual
camera hardware and not software. The difference is that, if loading a newer camera firmware into your
camera with older firmware, you have to be sure that the first four numbers are exactly the same before
you upgrade. If they are not, you will most likely experience some issues (losing wireless capability) as
certain firmware versions are made for certain camera hardware.
For example if your current firmware starts with 11.22, you must make sure that the firmware you are
upgrading to also starts in 11.22, the way you can see which firmware is newest is by looking at the last
two digits, that should be greater than your current firmware.
For the example above, we were upgrading from our old firmware, 11.37.2.48, to 11.37.2.49. This is the
correct firmware version to update in this example.