User Manual PT Battery-powered Security Camera V1.
Table of Contents 1 Security Warning.....................................................................................................................................................3 2 Safety Instructions of Battery Usage...................................................................................................................3 3 Overview...............................................................................................................................................................
1 Security Warning 1. Please change the password of your camera regularly, using a combination of numbers, letters and special characters. 2. We recommend that you regularly update your camera to the latest available software and firmware versions to help ensure the best experience for your camera. 2 Safety Instructions of Battery Usage The camera is not designed for running 24/7 at full capacity or aroundthe-clock live streaming.
3.1 Micro-SD Card This camera supports Micro SD Card. When you plug in the Micro SD card during the camera work process, please reboot the camera again, or else the Micro SD card might not work well. On Foscam app go to the SettingsSD CardSD Card Settings page, you can see the SD card status. 4 Access the IP Camera in Foscam App 4.
Split Screen Add Device Camera Date&Time Cloud Service Family face photo classification (Only support some models, see the list in the introduction Watch Live for details) ON Camera Name Share More Alarm message IOT settings Account Device List Camera Name: A camera name which is displayed in the Foscam Cloud Service. You can rename your camera’s name by tap Live > Camera Settings > Camera Info . OSD: This includes the camera name and camera time.
More: Click the button to enter the more options page of the camera, Album, Alarm Settings, Playback, Notification, Sleep Mode, Settings. Add Device: Please refer to the Quick Setup Guide. Split Screen: Click button, you can watch the live interface of 4 devices.
4.3 Watch Live Tap Live to view and listen to a live video.
Back: To stop viewing and listening to the live feed, tap the Back. Resolution: There are two types to identify different streams you have set. If select the QHD Mode, the clearer video will become, and it will take up more bandwidth; If select the HD Mode, the video will not be as clear as QHD Mode, and it will take up less bandwidth. Resolution: Generally speaking, the larger the bit rate is, the clearer video will become. But the bit rate configuration should combine well with the network bandwidth.
1 3 4 2 1----- Up control button, 3------Left control button, 2-----Down control button, 4------Right control button Two-way audio: Press and hold this button to enable microphone intercom. Date: Show date, Display the date, you can select the date through “<” or “>”button. Timeline: If you have purchased cloud service, you can click the timeline to watch the storage video at the corresponding time on the cloud. Camera Setting: Click this button to set more.
Battery level: Here you can obtain the current battery information of the device. Bit Rate: You can see the current connection bit rate. Full screen: Click this full screen button, you can live in full screen. More Function: Here you can set Activity Detection . Activity Detection:To enable Activity detection, follow the steps below: 1 Enable Activity Detection button (The battery camera mainly relies on PIR detection to identify whether it is asleep or working.
5 Siren Linkage: When the selected alarm is triggered, the alarm sounds. 4.4 Camera Setting Tap the button, goes to Device Settings to make advanced camera settings. 4.4.1 My Plan Here you can choose a 7-day free cloud service experience, and you can also purchase related cloud packages according to your needs. After successful activation, you can enjoy storing videos on the cloud anytime, anywhere. Note：Battery camera only supports alarm recording.
4.4.2 Alarm Click this button, and then you can refer to More Function in 2.2 4.4.3 SD Card If you have an SD card on your device, click this button to enter the SD-Card Video Playback.You can filter the corresponding videos according to the time and type.
Settings Click the button enter to SD Card settings, you can set SD card info and Recording Schedule. SD card info Click the button enter to SD Card settings, you can view the SD card storage information from this page, and you can also format the SD card.
4.4.4 Intelligent Detection To use this function, you need to purchase a cloud service elite plan. 3.4.5 Camera Info You can see the basic information of the camera through this, such as Camera name, UID, MAC ID and firmware version information. You can also change the camera name here. 4.4.6My Family If you set up family members in my family, you can share the camera with your family here.Or you can invite other users to watch the live broadcast in the form of username and account information.
4.4.7 Privacy mask This can be used to set certain masks as private areas on the video. Click + draw a mask area on the video , the mask area will be black on the video .Click the back button, the save page appears, click save, click Save to take effect. The mask area. The mask area.
4.4.8 WiFi Settings On this page, you can see the SSID of the wifi connected to your Device. 4.4.9 Advanced Settings Click on advanced settings to enter the advanced settings page, where you can set Security Settings, Light Settings, Power Frequency, Wi-Fi Detection, Sync Time, Restart Device,Reset Device, Video Settings, Prompt Settings, Screen Flip and Device Speaker Volume settings. Security Settings You can modify the username and password of the camera here.
Power Frequency If camera video is flashing, try to adjust power frequency here. Sync Time On this page, you can set the camera time, which can be synchronized with the phone time or NTP auto Sync and you can also select the time zone. Wi-Fi Detection（Only supported on WiFi devices） Click Wi-Fi Detection to enter the Wi-Fi Detection page, tap Start Test, it will jump to the third party to check your current bandwidth speed. Restart Device You can restart your camera from here.
Reset Device You can reset your camera from here. Video Settings On this page you can set show time Overlay. Prompt Settings On this page you can set Status LED and Voice Prompt Screen Flip On this page you can set Screen Flip (Doorbell only supports Horizontal Flip,not support Vertical Flip) Camera Speaker Volume On this page you can set Camera Speaker Volume, you can adjust the volume by dragging. 4.4.
5 Surveillance Software Foscam VMS 5.1 Hardware Connection & Software Installation Visit Foscam official website foscam.com/vms , then you can find the “FoscamVMS”, Please download it. 5.2 Software Installation 1) Double click the software and follow the setup wizard to install the program. 2) The FoscamVMS icon will appear on the desktop automatically after a successful installation.
5.3 Create Acount 5.3.1 Local with Foscam Account Click the “Local with Foscam Account” button and you will create a local account to manage your camera. 5.3.
to log in, which is consistent with the Foscam app account. 5.4 Add Device 5.4.1 Connect the camera to WiFi You can add the camera via Connect the camera to WiFi also. Click Connect the camera to Wi-Fi or the button first, then follow below steps: .
Step 1 Enter the WiFi Name and WiFi Password, then click Next Note: Please reset your camera. Step 2 Please scan the QR code above with the camera you want to add. After the scan is completed. Step 3 Return to the device list to connect the device, refer to the LAN add steps 5.4.2 Manual add via UID You can add the camera use manual add via UID also.
Step 1 Select the UID from Connection mode Step 2 Enter the UID of the device. Step 3 Click Add Step 4 Enter the user name and password of the camera.
5.5 Surveillance Software GUI 3 1 4 5 6 2 First time you login the software, the whole video window is gray, you need to connect the cameras and add cameras to it.
Section1 Menu Bar Path to surveillance window. Click this button enter to Device List and back to the surveillance window. Playback the video recording, you can choose playback type and play video on local or SD card. Message,If you log in to a cloud account and your device experiences an alarm, you can find the alarm push message here. Here you can choose a 7-day free cloud service experience, and you can also purchase related cloud packages according to your needs.
3-----SD Card If you have an SD card on your device, click this button to enter the SD directory. 4-----Delete Click the button, Delete the device. 5----- Setup Click the button Settings, goes to Device Settings Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. Section3 Live Window 1 3 2 1-----Close Click the icon to close this channel live window 2-----Device Name Show view channel and camera name.
adapter is charging, or if there is no display indicating that it is not charging. This shows how much battery power is left on the device. 4----- Record / Snap Shot / Sound / Talk button Talk Record Snap Shot Sound Record ----- Click it and do manually recording. When recording, icon 1 will turn to blue. Click it again and stop recording. The recording files will be stored to C disk automatically Snap Shot ----- Click it to make snapshot.
Full Screen ----- Click this button to enter full screen, Click this button to enter full screen, then click to exit full screen. Hide Bar ----- Click this button, Hide and show Pan / Tilt control Bar Section6 Pan / Tilt control / Display / Spotlight and Siren Pan / Tilt control: you can display the PT selection 1 4 3 2 1----- Up control button, 3------Left control button, 2-----Down control button, 4------Right control button, Display: You can set Mirror or Flip.
4.6 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button, goes to Device Settings to make advanced camera settings. 4.6.1 Status Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, User Access Status and Logs, it will show you various information about your camera. 4.6.1.1 Device Information Device Name: The Device Name is a unique name that you can give to your device to help you identify it. Click Basic Settings and go to Camera Name panel where you can change your camera name.
adjust the time. 4.6.2 Basic This section allows you to configure your Device Name, Time, User Accounts, Status Light and Voice Prompt. 4.6.2.1 Camera Name Default alias is Foscam_camera. You can define a name for your camera here such as apple. Click Save to save your changes. The alias name cannot contain special characters. 4.6.2.2 Device Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clock for your camera.
Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera. Use DST: Select the use DST (Daylight Saving Time, to set the clock ahead of the real-time), then set the start time and end time of the DST, select the daylight saving time from the drop-down menu at last. Click Save button and submit your settings. 4.6.2.3 User Accounts Here you can create users and set privilege, visitor, operator or administrator.
. 4.6.2.4 Status Light You can turn it on and off with this feature 4.6.2.5 Voice Prompt You can set the voice prompt on the camera to turn on and off if you connect an external audio device.
4.6.3 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera's information. 4.6.3.1 IP If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP page. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer. It is recommended that you use the subnet mask, gateway and DNS server from your locally attached PC.
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Set the same Sub net Mask and gateway of the camera with your pc If you don't know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.6.3.2 WiFi If your device is a POE model, this function is not supported Step 1: Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all wireless networks around the area. It should also display your router in the list. Click the Scan button to search for wireless networks.
Step 2: Click the SSID (name of your router) in the list, the corresponding information related to your network, such as the name and the encryption, will be filled into the relevant fields automatically. You will only need to fill in the password of your network. Make sure that the SSID, Encryption and the password you filled in are exactly the same for your router. 2 Enter the password of your router .
Display Time stamp: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the system date on the video, Display Camera Name: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the device name on the video. 4.6.3.2 Privacy This page is used to set some mask as privacy zone on the video. Privacy Zone: Allow On Screen Display Mask, there are two options, Yes or NO. Select Yes and draw a mask area on the video, the mask area will be black on the video.
The mask area Click Save button and return to the Privacy Zone page, click Save to take effect. Back to the surveillance window, you can see the mask area as the following picture. 4.6.3.3 Light Settings There are three modes to set the Night vision.
Full color night vision: When this mode is selected, in the night vision state, whether watching live broadcast or alarm video, it is color night vision； Infrared night vision: When this mode is selected, both live broadcast and alarm video are black and white night vision ； 4.6.4.2 Color Adjustment You can adjust the settings to your liking.
4.6.4 Detector 4.6.4.1 Motion Detection Battery powered cameras mainly rely on Activity detection. When the camera detects a live body, the camera operates and sends an alarm recording and alarm push to your app and VMS. If no live body is detected, the battery powered camera is in a dormant state. 4.5.5Record 4.5.5.1 Storage Management On this page you can choose Record Storage Path. The record storage path default is SD card. 4.5.6 System In this panel, you can Reset and Reboot your camera settings.
4.5.6.1 Factory Reset Click Factory Reset button and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected. 4.5.6.2 Reboot Click Reboot to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. You can set Enable periodic maintenance and set Period. 5 Works with Alexa and Google Assistant You can refer to the FAQS on the official website:https://foscam.com/faqs/search.html?q=Alexa And https://foscam.com/faqs/search.
6 FAQ 6.1 Unable to connect camera remotely using Foscam app Foscam P2P cameras allow users to connect camera remotely using Foscam app without extract setup like port forwarding. When it unable to connect remotely, below tips can help app establish the connection: (1) Update app and camera’s firmware to latest version, (2) Power off the camera then power back on, (3) Delete camera from app then re-add it back, also lower camera’s resolution. 6.
Stream Dual stream Flip Image Flip and mirror Digital Zoom 6x digital zoom Pan/Tilt Angle Horizontal:355° & Vertical:90° Infrared Mode Automatic / color night / Night Vision With 4pcs Spotlight and 4pcs IR LED, Night Vision Audio System Requirements Other Features Night Visibility Range up to 10m（33ft） Input/Output Full Duplex two-way audio Wireless Standard IEEE802.
9 CE & FCC Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Statement FCC Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE 1: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Limited Hardware Warranty FOSCAM products are warranted to be free from manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship starting from the shipping date of FOSCAM. This limited hardware warranty does not cover: Software, including the software added to the products through our factory-integration system Usage that is not in accordance with product instructions. Failure to follow the product instructions. Normal wear and tear.
packaging when returned for RMA purposes. Warranty is void if damage has resulted from accident, dismantle, abuse, or service or modification by someone other than the appointed vendor, souse, fission or the spare part has been over the period of warranty. Warranty is void if product is damaged due to improper working environment or operation.
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Our company will reserve the right to improve and modify the product and corresponding manuals. The company reserves the right of final interpretation on our products. 11 Obtaining Technical Support While we hope your experience with the IPCAM network camera is enjoyable and easy to use, you may experience some issues or have questions that this User’s Guide has not answered. If you have problem with FOSCAM IP camera, please first contact FOSCAM reseller for solving the problems.
