It is also possible to interface the camera with an external PIR sensor or alarm system through its RS485 connector. The motion detection can be programmed for different times during the week and pictures can be sent automatically to an FTP server and/or and email address at a predefined interval.
There is a misleading mention of Firefox support on the box, but it's done through an add-on called IE tab which basically loads a IE page in a Firefox tab.Mmm
#Foscam ip camera tool software#
So this product is primarily for M$-Windows users (Apparently there is a working software alternative for Linux called ZoneMinder but I didn't test it yet.). I would however regret that the camera control is using ActiveX. When activated, it consistently returns " UPnP Failed: Errors in Chat with UPnP Device".Īccording to Foscam, it does not work well at the moment and would be looked after in a future firmware.īeside that minor detail, the camera is easy to use with a decent user interface. The current firmware version (11.14.1.34) does not seem to implement the UPnP properly. To my surprise, the technical support from Foscam replied quickly and was friendly and helpful. I had to set the camera address in the exception field of its network shield.
#Foscam ip camera tool download#
The setup is fairly easy once you authorize IE to download unsigned ActiveX controls for your security zone, and also make sure that your anti-virus does not silently block the traffic, which was the case for me with Avast Antivirus. If it keeps blinking slowly for longer, you know there is a problem. The blinking rate should change within the first minute after turning on the camera. This is only possible when the Ethernet cable is unplugged.
Led blinking Faster: the camera connected to a wireless access point. Led blinking Fast: the camera is connected to a LAN by the Ethernet Led blinking Slowly: the camera is searching for an access point. For instance, the led blinking rate meaning, which I figured out eventually:
#Foscam ip camera tool manual#
The manual is correct but could be more complete. The device comes unbranded and contains no model reference, however, after some googling, it seems to match with the IP camera model FI8908W from Foscam. I found what seems to be the cheapest Pan & Tilt IP camera with Wi-Fi capability on eBay (around 85€). In comparison, the IP camera should be able to alert me by email when the intrusion occurs, and give me the option to access it remotely to get further evidences, and call the police the same day. And if was ever to take evidences of an intrusion, I would have seen it days later, when back from holidays. I already tried a solution made of a RF-based DVR (the kind using an SD card to store the pictures taken) and some cheap cameras, but the picture quality was far too bad, partly due to the poor signal range. Having a way to confirm visually an intrusion would be a good thing for the day this alarm would really go off for a good reason. This dial-up central is very sensible to interferences and so always called me following a false alarm.
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