I know alot of people have posted about the setup of Foscam and i have tried to read as many individual tutorials as possible but still I have note been able to setup my Foscam with vera 3.
I took the snapshot and tried to do the manual camera add. After i add i see the password it is taking is not of my foscam but rather it is of my vera itself but username is of foscam. In the thumbnail section all i see is invalid url. I will appreciate if someone can help me out with this setup.
Are you able to connect to your camera through it’s web interface?
If so, here’s what I did.
Assuming you’re using UI5 or clicking Advanced Settings on UI6 to get you there…
I added a camera manually. At the bottom of the listing of devices you’ll see a box under where it says “Or, if your camera is not on the list, paste the URL which returns a JPG file in the box below:”
Log into your Foscam web interface.
On the Foscam web interface right click where it says “Snapshot” and select “Copy Link Address” in Chrome or “Copy Link Location” in Firefox. I’m sure there’s something similar for IE, but I don’t use it and couldn’t tell you.
That link should look something like this “http://youripaddress/snapshot.cgi?user=yourusername&pwd=yourpassword” except the parts I have typed “your…” are replaced with your information.
Paste this link into the box in the vera interface under where it says “Or, if your camera is not on the list, paste the URL which returns a JPG file in the box below:”
Click Next, the next page will probably show a broken image icon. This is ok and doesn’t really matter. We can fix it later.
Click add camera or whatever button is there (going from memory, I didn’t want to add another camera to my system to check)
This should create a new device, and the camera probably won’t work. That’s ok, we can fix it.
Click the wrench icon on your new camera and go to “settings” scroll down to the URL box and paste in “/snapshot.cgi?user=yourusername&pwd=yourpassword” don’t include the ip address in this box.
Under it, in the box for “Username” put in your username and below it in the box labeled “Password” type in your password. I know they’re both already provided in the URL but I’ve had better success if the username and password are in both places.
Click the “Advanced” tab and scroll down to the box that says “model” and put in “Vistacam PT”.
Hit “X” to close out your window and click save. Vera will reload and your camera should work.
I have already update the firmware to the latest version. The link i got was after i updated the firmware. Anyway possible for you to send me a pic of your settings. I will really appreciate that.
The most relevant stuff for you is probably :
name -
ip - : *port needed only if not using port 80
mac -
manufacturer - Foscam
model - FW9821W
device_file - D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.xml
device_type - urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:DigitalSecurityCamera:2
impl_file - I_Foscam98HD.xml
URL - /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture2&usr=&pwd=
DirectStreamingURL - /cgi-bin/CGIStream.cgi?cmd=GetMJStream&usr=&pwd=
Thank you so much for your help. I keep getting invalid url and i am sure i am goofing up somewhere. I do appreciate i your help. I will keep working on it and hopefully will get this going.
Note, the latest Foscam firmware versions appear to have encryption for the credentials implemented. Which Vera at this time does not support.
You may want to try and downgrade the firmware to see if that brings relief.
The most relevant stuff for you is probably :
name -
ip - : *port needed only if not using port 80
mac -
manufacturer - Foscam
model - FW9821W
device_file - D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.xml
device_type - urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:DigitalSecurityCamera:2
impl_file - I_Foscam98HD.xml
URL - /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture2&usr=&pwd=
DirectStreamingURL - /cgi-bin/CGIStream.cgi?cmd=GetMJStream&usr=&pwd=[/quote]
I just installed a 9821W v2 using this instructions and worked great for me.
Thanks prim8 and Aaron ;D