New Vera Set-up & Foscam FI8908W Wireless IP Camera

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#1

Hi,

I have just recently purchased a Vera MK2 box and the Foscam FI8908W Wireless IP Camera. I have managed to get Vera up and running, but unable to get it to detect the camera, does anyone have any suggestions.

To throw fuel into the fire, I currently also have running a myhome 247 gateway, several IP cameras which are all networked and POE’d as well as sensors, but I am not sure if this will cause a conflict.

I am going to be adding on a Z-Wave smoke detector and a couple of plug adapters. Am I running before I start to walk?

All help is much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Mike

#2

Did you already check out the many posts on this board regarding the camera?

#3

[quote=“mikewooduk, post:1, topic:167866”]Hi,

I have just recently purchased a Vera MK2 box and the Foscam FI8908W Wireless IP Camera. I have managed to get Vera up and running, but unable to get it to detect the camera, does anyone have any suggestions.
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Mike[/quote]

Hi Mike - I recently installed a Vera2 and the Foscam, and love them both! Here’s some pointers:

1 The Foscam is a WiFi “wireless” device, not Z Wave
2 The Vera is a WiFi hub, with Internet access, that’s how you connect
3 Setup the Foscam using their instructions, select the Vera as your WiFi server
4 I use the Foscam through their web program mostly, not through the Vera
5 I use the Vera to access the Foscam through my smartphone, that works well
6 I had problems setting up the Foscam - switching from wired to wireless. It’s a flaw in their setup routine.
7 You must install the “Panasonic IP Camera with Pan/Tilt/Zoom” plug-in in your Mios dashboard to “detect” the camera
8 You must do some file hocus-pocus to control the camera through Vera, not for the faint of heart but it works well once it works.

Hope that helps - reply using the above numbers on anything you need further info on

(flyboy)bob

#4

Hi Bob,

I have managed to get it to see it (well the IP Address anyway), however it is not bringing back a snapshot image or live feed.

I also have several other cameras that are wired IP based and they can be seen by Vera but cant be installed due to the way I have had them configured to work with my Xanboo Gateway Device.

Is there any Foscam plug-ins that you are aware off?

Using the Foscam away from Vera is brilliant, it puts my £500.00 Panasonic POE (without night vision) camera to shame, so at least I know the cam works out the box.

Also looking to install some X10 devices later on, but want to get this one cracked first.

Many thanks,

Mike

#5

All good news Mike. To get it to work on the Vera I had to install the plug-in in my point #7, and then modify the plug-in file as per a number of posts on these forums.

As I said it was not for the faint-of-heart but if you search for Foscam or Panasonic plug-in you will find several detailed posts on how to do it. It worked for me and I don’t have a lot of patience…

Further help here if you need it,
Regards,
bob