Foscam FI9805W, Dual Stream

peterm · February 2014

I have many Foscam FI9805W cameras that I would like to use with SecuritySpy AND direct mobile access. The camera is stated to have two mobile streams; a Main Stream and a SubStream. The direct access from iOS devices is a requirement so I'm not looking for alternative solutions.

I have set the Substream to use MJPEG using the following recommended method:

http://[IPADDRESS]:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?usr=admin&pwd=1234&cmd=setSubStreamFormat&format=1
the the browser returns:

CGI_Result
result>0
/CGI_Result

Then I use the following to access the camera:

http://[IPADDRESS]:88/cgi-bin/CGIStream.cgi?cmd=GetMJStream&usr=admin&pwd=1234

So, in that regard all is well. I can stream MJPEG to my 3rd Party App and Firefox (Not Safari which doesn't seem to support MJPEG).

My Questions:

1. What is the proper setup for the MainStream for use with SecuritySpy 3.2.1 and later ?
2. I'm reading conflicting information on the use of UPnP on this camera. What is best for SecuritySpy 3.2.1 and later ?
3. Does anyone have insight into why MJPEG seems to hang with Safari Browsers?

Thanks

Peter

peterm · February 2014

I answered my own question for the Main Stream for the FI9805W:

I used:

Foscam FI9802W, FI9821W
HTTP Port: 88
RTSP Port: 88
Format: H.264 RTSP

The solution was that I had not specified an RTSP Port in Video Device Settings for that camera.

I don't know if this is intentional in SS or not, but the way I discovered this is that on a whim, I decided to leave the port settings in Video Device Settings "blank" and then I appended the Port number to the IP address in the address field; 192.168.1.123:88. After I clicked "OK", SS populated both the HTTP Port field and the RTSP Port field.

Still wondering about the Safari and UPnP issues.

Peter

Foscam FI9805W, Dual Stream

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