JVC VN-C30U manual

VN-C30U INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Serial No. which is located on the body . Retain this information for future reference. Model No. VN-C30U Serial No. This instruction manual is printed on rec y cled paper . L WT0031-001D Thank you for purchasing the JVC VN-C30U. To gain maximum benefit fr om this product, read this instruction[...]

2 W ith VN-C30U V ersion 2, it has become possible to view images and to perform various controls and settings of operations configurations via the web browser . This manual has been compiled in or der to describe this new facility , which is the “Control via W eb Br owser”. However , note that MPEG1 moving images cannot be viewed and the image[...]

3 1. Setup 1-1 Changing the IP Address of the PC Select the [Start] button then select [Settings] – [Control Panel] – [Network] to display the [Network] settings panel. 2 Before making a change , alwa ys make a note of the original IP address. Change the IP address to: 192.168.0.3 Set [Subnet Mask] to a value suitab le f or the setting operatio[...]

4 W eb P age Illustrations Used in This Manual Her eafter , the figur es entitled VN-C30U P age show a display of the web page data of the VN-C30U (including images captured by the cameras) by the web page display function of the web br owser . Due to this mechanism, the format and character font of the displayed web pages may be variable depending[...]

5 1-2 Changing the internal settings Start the web browser . In the web browser , specify the factory-set web page address of the VN-C30U. (Direct specification of the factory-set web page address enables the web browser to display the VN-C30U T op Page.) http://192.168.0.2/inde x-e.html Caution If a pro xy ser ver is set f or accessing the Interne[...]

6 The VN-C30U T op page appear s. CA UTION • The background changes to blue when the image mode of the VN-C30U is set to the MPEG mode. •T he T op page will not appear if the “HTTP Viewing” is set to “Disable” using the Setup T ool. Instead the message “403 Forbidden” will be displayed. VN-C30U T op page Click on <Settings>. V[...]

7 The setup consists of changing the contents of [Other Settings]. (The same setup is also available using the Setting tool provided with the standar d controller .) VN-C30U Settings page [Other Settings] Items in [Other Settings] [DHCP] Set this to “Enable” when the DHCP is used. [IP Address] To change to the IP address assigned to or appr ove[...]

8 [Program V ersion] Program version of the firmwar e in the VN-C30U unit. * This cannot be changed. [P assw ord] To set the password using up to 8 alphanumeric characters. The same passwor d should be entered twice at each level for confirmation. [P an/Tilt P osition] To select whether the current pan/tilt positions are to be displayed in the cont[...]

9 [Default Pa ge Set-up] If “invalid”, it will be set to the regular VN-C30U T op Page. If “valid”, the HTML file you set will be used as the default page. *Default Page refers to the page that is displayed when only the IP addr ess is specified. A TTENTION Even if the function is “valid”, if the HTML file specified here does not e xist[...]

10 P assw ord protection Access protection using a passwor d is provided with the VN-C30U to r estrict other connecting br owsers (users). The access pr otection function provides thr ee security levels, each of which is allowed to access the kinds of pages as shown in the following table. (For the configuration of the VN-C30U web pages, see page 1[...]

11 VN-C30U Configuration page [Other Settings] Click on <Apply> to update the settings . CA UTION The confirmation window abov e is display ed after [IP Address], [Subnet Mask], [Host Name] and/or [HTTP P ort] have been changed. When <OK> in this window is clic ked, the VN-C30U unit is reset internally to update the IP address, etc. As [...]

12 1-3 Restoring the IP address of the PC In the same way as section 1-1, select [Start] – [Settings] – [Control Panel] – [Network] to display the [Network] settings panel and change [TCP/IP Properties] to the original IP addr ess that has been noted previously . After the change, restart the PC by following the displayed instruction message.[...]

13 The [User Name and Password Entry] request window appears (for access authorization). The user name is not used. F or the pass word, enter the one of the three pass words that ha ve been set. Click on <OK>. It is recommended to register the browsing inf or mation connection location (URL: Uniform Resource Locator). To speed up the display [...]

14 VN-C30U WEB P A GES – Displa y Items and Operation Description – The configuration of URLs inside the VN-C30U is as shown below . CA UTION A uthor ization of access (Secur ity) right is required in the access of any URL. Security level <User> <Operator> <Administrator> T op page (inde x-e.html) Still image page (still-e.htm[...]

15 Still Image P age: http:// ***** /still-e.html ( ***** : URL indicating the VN-C30U) This page displays only still images. The initial image is the camera image at the moment browsing starts. T o update the image, perfor m the “Reload” or “Update” operation on the web browser . T o save the image being displayed, perfor m the “Save As?[...]

16 Contr ol windo ws [P an/Tilt/Zoom] contr ol window The sub-window shown below can be used for the control of panning, tilting, zooming and position movement. The VN-C30U unit incorporates a position memor y storing up to 10 pan/tilt positions used in image capturing. Clicking one of the 10 (No .) buttons enab les the camera to star t the pan/til[...]

17 [Lens] control windo w [Zoom] This setting controls zooming. Change the value and click on the <Apply> button to enable the lens to zoom in or out. [Focus] This setting controls focusing. When it is set to [Auto], the focusing is adjusted automatically . (Autofocusing) When it is set to [Manual], the focusing position can be specified as r[...]

18 Configuration P age: http:// ***** /jav aconfig-e.html ( ***** : URL indicating the VN-C30U) This page is used for settings related to images and connections (setup). (A camera image updates automatically to be displayed as a moving image.) Moving image VN-C30U Settings page Click on the desired setting b utton to display a sub-windo w for the s[...]

19 [Control] and [Lens] contr ol windows See the descriptions in “Control windows”. [P osition Memory Configuration] windo w P ositions currently set in the position memor y . VN-C30U Control page [P osition Memor y] Click on <Apply> to set the current pan/tilt position as a position stored in the position memory . [Image Quality Configur[...]

20 Item Effect Compression Rate The compression rate is inversely pr oportional to the image quality . When the compression rate is small, the image quality can be improved but the data quantity incr eases. Saturation This adjusts the development of colors. Increasing this value incr eases color saturation. White Balance When [AWB] is checked, the [...]

21 [Alarm Configuration] window This window sets the action to be perfor med when an alarm signal is input. [On/Off] Check [On] when using the corresponding alarm input (1 or 2) and check [Off] when not using it. [Settings] An alarm input enables the camera movement to one of the positions stored in the position memory and an alarm signal output. ?[...]

22 Relay Alarm When alarm signals are input one after another with an interval of a few seconds, an interlocked alarm input can be identified and enable another operation. [Enable/Disable] Check [Enable] to use the alarm output and [Disable] to not use it. [Configuration Items] These items are used to set the signal output fr om the alarm output te[...]

23 [FTP Client Configuration] window ● FTP client function This function uploads the VN-C30U images (still images) periodically to an existing FTP server . This makes possible an image distribution service from a server and gr eatly increases the number of clients to whom images may be distributed. [FTP function] • [Available]: ........... Chec[...]

24 [P assw ord] Enter the passwor d to be used in authentication with the FTP server . (The entered characters are displayed as “*”.) [Host IP Address] Enter the IP address of the upload destination FTP server . [FTP P or t] Enter the upload destination FTP port number . [FTP Folder] Enter the upload destination folder name in the FTP server . [...]

25 • If [ Stop Uploading ] ...................... is not checked: The FTP function of the VN-C30U is not disabled in case of a transfer error . In this case, upload will be retried at every uploading interval. [Filename] ● [*.jpg] Enter the file name to be assigned to the uploaded image. (The latest image will overwrite this file.) * As the ima[...]

26 <Apply> b utton When the FTP operation is enabled, clicking this button starts the FTP operation with the settings made in this window . When the FTP operation is disabled, clicking this button does not save the settings made in this window . Note: • An NTP server is required for the NTP setting. • With Windows XP Home Edition and Wind[...]

27 LINK OF VN-C30U IMA GES – P asting VN-C30U output images on separ ately created web pages – Images (still and moving images) captured using the VN-C30U can be incorporated and displayed on web pages created by the user . CA UTION • Images cannot be displayed when the VN-C30U unit is in the MPEG mode. • When the “HTTP Viewing” is set [...]

28 CA UTION • If the browser in use is Netscape V er. 4.06 or older , it is required to update the Ja va Plug-in to V er . 1.1 or higher in order to bro wse and displa y moving images . Java Plug-in is a v ailable in web sites such as http://ja v a.sun.com/ getjav a/, etc. • Under cer tain environments , image reloading may be repeated when the[...]

29 Link Methods f or V arious Jav a Applets Since the Java applets listed below are used to run the functions in this unit’ s factory-set web page, it is possible to easily incorporate them into your original HTML pages (*1). • Pan/Tilt/Zoom Button (Control.class) • Position Button (MemoryPositions.class) • Current Location Display (Locatio[...]

30 [P arameter Descriptions] 5 Position Button (MemoryPositions.class) — Applet to move camera position to the preset position. Pa rameter name Description Def ault setting bgcolor Sets background color in Gray 16-step 24-bit color timer Memory position sampling cycle 60000 msec (10-step integer , millisecond specification) cache Cache Prohibited[...]

31 Regar ding HTTP P or t Chang e Function This version has been equipped with an HTTP Port change function. The port can be checked/selected using the provided Setup tool, in addition to via web browser . If you forget the HTTP Port number and cannot connect using a web browser , perfor m the following steps. [PROCEDURE] Input the IP address in th[...]

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