Model: FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Indoor Pan/Tilt Wireless IP Camera Black White For Windows OS ------- Page 1 For MAC OS ------- Page 16 ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide - For Windows OS Package Contents IP Camera FI8918W .x 1 DC Power Adapter (5V-2.0A) .x 1 Network Cable x1 Wi-Fi Antenna .x 1 Mounting Bracket .x 1 Quick Installation Guide x1 CD-ROM with Setup Software .x 1 Warranty Card x1 Quick Installation Diagram Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart Hardware Installation Software Installation Login the Camera Wireless Connection Setup Remote Access Setup Other Settings www.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Start Installation 1. Hardware Installation 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 1.3 Click Next to continue the installation Figure 1.4 Click Finish to finish installation A shortcut icon will appear on your desktop after the IP Camera Tool software installation is successfully completed. Figure 1.5 Shortcut icon www.foscam.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 3. Login the Camera 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide If you use IE browser, select this login mode If you use Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, select this login mode If you use Mobile phone, select this login mode Figure 1.8 Login User Interface Note There are three login methods. One is IE ActiveX Mode, the other is Server Push Mode for Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, the third mode is Mobile Phone for mobile phone. Please choose IE ActiveX Mode if you are using IE browser now.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Select Run Add-on button Figure 1.9 Run the ActiveX Select Run Figure 2.0 Run the ActiveX Click Run button, and re-login the camera, you can see the following surveillance window: www.foscam.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Figure 2.1 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. Note The default user name is admin with no password. If you are unable to see a live video, please make sure to allow ActiveX to run when prompted. 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” .
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide If there is no wireless router, please read Wireless Settings in the User Manual about how to set Adhoc. 4.1 Infrastructure Mode Step 01) Please choose “Device Management” and goes to the option Wireless LAN Settings , click “Wireless LAN Settings”. Then enable “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 2.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Step 03) 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 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 5. Remote Access Settings 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. What is the HTTP Port no. and How to change it ? 1) Default HTTP No.: 80 All the cameras’ default http no. is 80. For example, if the LAN IP link of the camera is http://192.168.1.35, it says that the camera’s http port no.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Modify the Http Port no. Enter the User name and password, click OK Figure 2.5 Change the http port no. Secondly, enter User name & password of the Administrator (default user: admin, no password), and click the button ”OK” to apply the modification. The Camera will restart one the modification is done. Thirdly, after the camera restart and get connected again, you will find the LAN IP link address has been change to http://192.168.1.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide If your ISP provides Static WAN IP Service please go to Chapter 5.1 (Page 12). If your ISP provides Dynamic WAN IP Service please go to Chapter 5.2 directly (Page 13). 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 5.2 How to configure Remote Access Settings (For dynamic IP user) DDNS is a service that allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name, you can access the camera directly from the Internet by the domain name and port number. ① Make Port Forwarding of the HTTP Port of the camera What is port forwarding? If you have no concept of Port Forwarding, please open the webpage http://portforward.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Here take camera.myfoscam.org for example. Go to option of DDNS Service Settings on the administrator panel, you can see the domain name. Figure 2.9 DDNS Service Settings Windows Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname camera.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 88 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// camera.myfoscam.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 6. Other Settings Security At your first time logging in the camera, please go to “Users Settings” panel and reset the username or password to prevent intruders connect your device. The default username is admin with a blank password. Congratulations! You have finished the quick installation of the camera. You can take time to play the camera. Please refer to the electronic user manual burned in the CD-ROM for other settings.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide - For MAC OS Package Contents IP Camera FI8918W x1 DC Power Adapter (5V-2.0A) .x 1 Network Cable x1 Wi-Fi Antenna .x 1 Mounting Bracket .x 1 Quick Installation Guide x1 CD-ROM with Setup Software .x 1 Warranty Card x1 Quick Installation Diagram Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart Hardware Installation Software Installation Login the Camera Wireless Connection Setup Remote Access Setup Other Settings www.foscam.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Start Installation 1. Hardware Installation 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 3. Login the Camera Double click the IP Camera Tool icon and the following screen should appear. Figure 1.4 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Note There are three login methods. One is IE ActiveX Mode, the other is Server Push Mode for Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, the third mode is Mobile Phone for mobile phone. Please choose Server Push Mode if you are using Firefox.Safari or Google Chrome browser now. Figure 1.7 Surveillance Windows Note The default user name is admin with no password. 4.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 4.1 Infrastructure Mode Step 01) Please choose “Device Management” and goes to the option Wireless LAN Settings , click “Wireless LAN Settings”. Then enable “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 1.8) Click Scan Button to search WIFI device Figure 1.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Step 03) 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 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 5. Remote Access Settings 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. What is the HTTP Port no. and How to change it ? 1) Default HTTP No.: 80 All the cameras’ default http no. is 80. For example, if the LAN IP link of the camera is http://192.168.1.35, it says that the camera’s http port no.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Modify the Http Port no. Enter the User name and password, click OK Figure 2.1 Change the http port no. Secondly, enter User name & password of the Administrator (default user: admin, no password), and click the button ”OK” to apply the modification. The Camera will restart one the modification is done. Thirdly, after the camera restart and get connected again, you will find the LAN IP link address has been change to http://192.168.1.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 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. How to Obtain the WAN IP from a 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.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 5.2 How to configure Remote Access Settings (For dynamic IP user) DDNS is a service that allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name, you can access the camera directly from the Internet by the domain name and port number. ① Make Port Forwarding of the HTTP Port of the camera What is port forwarding? If you have no concept of Port Forwarding, please open the webpage http://portforward.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide Here take camera.myfoscam.org for example. Go to option of DDNS Service Settings on the administrator panel, you can see the domain name. Figure 2.5 DDNS Service Settings Window Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname camera.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port no. 88 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http:// camera.myfoscam.
FI8918W Quick Installation Guide 6. Other Settings Security At your first time logging in the camera, please go to “Users Settings” panel and reset the username or password to prevent intruders connect your device. The default username is admin with a blank password. Congratulations! You have finished the quick installation of the camera. You can take time to play the camera. Please refer to the electronic user manual burned in the CD-ROM for other settings.
