Sony DH240 manual

Network Camera User’s Gu ide Software Version 1 .2 Before opera ting the u nit, pleas e read thi s manual thoroughl y and retain it for future reference. SNC-CH140/CH1 80/CH 240/C H280 SNC-DH140/DH1 40T/DH1 80/DH240 /DH240T/DH 280 4-174-237- 14 (1) © 2009 Sony Corporation[...]

2 T abl e of Cont ents T able of Cont ents Overvie w Fea tures ........... .................. ........................... .......... 4 How to Use Thi s User’ s Guide ........... ................... 5 System Requir ements .................................. .......... 5 Preparation Assigning t he IP Addres s to the Camera ............ 6 Assigning a[...]

T abl e of Contents 3 CA certif icate T ab .............. ........................... ... 65 Setting t he 802.1X aut henticat ion funct ion — Example of W indo ws Serve r 2003 ............ 65 Setting the Us er — User Menu ........................... 68 Setting the S ecurity — Security Menu ........... ... 69 Sa ving the Camera P o sition an d[...]

Over vi ew F eatures 4 Overvie w Featur es • High-quality Full HD (1080P) real-time monitoring, up to 30 fps. (SNC-CH240/DH240/CH280/ DH280) • High-quality HD (720P) live images from camera can be monito red at a maximum frame r ate of 30 f ps. • High quality real -time streaming, up t o image size 1920 × 144 0. (SNC-CH240/DH240/CH28 0/DH280[...]

Over vi ew How to Use This User’ s Guide 5 How to Use This User’ s Guide This User’ s Guide explains ho w to operate the Netw ork Camera from a computer . The User’ s Guide is designed to be read on the compu ter display . This secti on gi ves tips on maki ng the most of the User’ s Guide-read it before you operate the camera. Jumpi ng to[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the Camer a 6 Preparation The Preparation secti on expla ins what the administrator has to prepare for monitoring images after installation and connect ion of the camera. Assigning the IP Addr ess to the Camer a T o connect the camera to a netw ork, you need to a ssign a ne w IP address to the camera wh en[...]

Prepar ation Assignin g the IP Addre ss to the Camera 7 Tip The fact ory setting of the camera netw ork is DHCP mode for both LA N and W ireless LAN. 7 Select a came ra you want to assign an IP address from the list and cl ick Network . The account setti ngs screen is displ ayed. 8 Register the name and passw ord of the administrator and cl ick OK [...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the Camer a 8 The vie wer screen of the network ca m era is display ed on the W eb bro wser . Display sample Note If the IP address i s not set correctly , the vie wer does not appear after step 13. In that case, try to set the IP address again. When using W indows XP Service Pa c k 2 o r l a t e r Install[...]

Prepar ation Assignin g the IP Addre ss to the Camera 9 If the informat ion bar appear s, click on the bar and selec t Install ActiveX Control… . If “ Internet Explorer – S ecurity W arning” appears, click Install . The instal lation o f Activ e X Control starts. When instal lation is compl eted, th e main viewer or the Motion detection men[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the Camer a 10 6 In the Add Program di alog, select SNC toolb ox and clic k OK . SNC toolbox is added to th e Programs and Servi ces list. 7 Click OK . When the abo ve procedure is compl eted, the camera connect ed in the local net work are display ed in SNC toolbo x. When using W indows Vista Installing s[...]

Prepar ation Assignin g the IP Addre ss to the Camera 11 Note If you select S ave in the “File Do wnload – Security W arning” di alog, you will not be a ble to per form installatio n corre ctly . Delete the downloaded file, and click t he Setup i con again. If the message “Internet Explor er – Security W arning” appears, click Run . If [...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the Camer a 12 4 Select Off in th e General tab . The cameras will be displayed in the list. If you w ant to keep W indo ws Fire wall On , continue with the following step s. 5 Select th e Exceptions tab . 6 Click Add Progr am… . 7 If the Add Program di alog appears, select S NC toolb ox and click OK . S[...]

Prepar ation Assignin g the IP Addre ss to the Camera 13 Note If you cl ick Open f older to view f iles , th e W eb br owse r will not op en automati cally . In this case, double-cli ck the “i nde x.htm” f ile in the CD-R OM. If the message “Internet Explorer” appears, click Ye s . If the message “Fil e Download - Security W arning” app[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the Camer a 14 4 Select Disable W indows Firewall . The cameras will be displayed in the list. T o t urn Wind ows Firewall on 1 Select Contr ol Panel from the Star t menu of Wi n d ow s . 2 Click Windo ws Fire wall . 3 Select Allo w a pro gram or featu re t hroug h Wi nd ow s F i re w a l l . 4 Selec t All[...]

Prepar ation Accessin g the Camera Usi ng the W eb Browse r 15 Accessing the Came ra Using the W eb Br owse r After the IP address has b een assigned to the ca mera, check tha t you can act ually access the camera u sing the W eb bro wser installe d on your computer . Use Internet Explorer as a W eb browser . 1 Start th e W eb browser on th e compu[...]

Prepar ation Accessing t he Camera Using the Web Bro wser 16 When the viewer of the came ra i s displayed f o r the first time “Securit y W arning” is d isplayed. W hen you click Ye s , Activ eX co ntrol is installed and the viewer is d isplayed. Notes • If A utomati c conf iguratio n is enabled in th e Local Area Net work (LAN ) s etting s o[...]

Prepar ation Basic Con figuration b y the Administrato r 17 Basic Configuration b y the Administrator Y ou can monitor th e camera image by logging in with the init ial co ndit ions set for thi s net work came ra. Y ou can also set v arious functions according to the insta lling position, ne twork c onditions or p urpose of th e camera. W e recomme[...]

Operat ing the Camera Administra tor and User 18 Operating the Camera This section exp lains ho w to monitor the image from the camera usin g your W eb bro wser (Internet E xplorer). The functi ons of th e camera should be set by the Admini strator . For the se tting o f the camera , see “ Administrating t he Camera” on p age 32. Adminis trator[...]

Operat ing the Camera Logging in to System 19 Logging in to Sy stem Logging in as a user 1 Start the W eb bro wser on you r computer and t ype the IP addr ess of the camera you want to monitor . The vie wer is displayed. Display sample: Three types of vie w er are a vailable: Acti veX vie wer, P lug-in free vi ewer an d custom homepag e. By default[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configur ation of Main Vie wer 20 Configuratio n of Main Vie wer This secti on explai ns the functi ons of the part s and controls of the main view er . For a detailed e xplanation on each part o r control, see the specified pages. Main vie wer using A ctive X vie wer Main menu ActiveX Displays the Activ eX viewer . Plug-in fr[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configura tion of Main Vie wer 21 (Capture) Click to capture a st ill image shot by the camera and to store it in the com puter . Click to open th e fold er to be sav ed. Note In the case of W indows VIST A or W indows 7, if “Enable Pro tected Mode” is checked in Cont rol Panel -Internet Option-Securit y , still images can[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configur ation of Main Vie wer 22 T rigger panel The above i s di spl ayed onl y wh en V iewer mode (page 69) is set t o Fu ll , and on e or more tr iggers are enabled in t he T rigger menu (page 8 8). The conf igured functions ar e displa yed as b uttons on this p anel. Click the funct ion b utton you wa nt to use on the T ri[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configura tion of Main Vie wer 23 Plug-in free vie wer Main vi ewer using Plu g-in fr ee viewer Display sample: Monitor screen There are t wo modes for on-screen pan /tilt/zoom operati on using a mo use: Area zoom mode a nd V ector dragging mo de. A control bar is d isplayed on t he screen. In the Are a zoom mo de, click ing w[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configur ation of Main Vie wer 24 The a v ailable func tions for th e camera operati on modes vary according to the vie wer display . The av ailable functions are as follo ws: Notes • Pan/Tilt limitation The solid PTZ function controls streami ng by cropping or red ucing a maximum size i mage. Thus, the more the camera zooms[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configura tion of Main Vie wer 25 P anni ng and tilt ing b y drag ging t he screen (V ector dragging mode only) When you cl ick on th e starting point on the image and drag to the e nd poin t, the cam era pans/ti lts in the directio n of the arro w from the starti ng point to the end point. The sp eed of operati on is determin[...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the T r igger Button 26 The current specif ied position a ppears on the mon itor screen. Using th e T rigger Butt on Y ou can ex ecute v arious functions b y clicking their respecti ve b uttons on the Tr igger panel. Sending a monitor image via e-mail Y ou can send a captured still image by attaching it to an e-mail. T o[...]

Operat ing the Camera Switchi ng TCP/UDP T ransmis sion Mode 27 Controlling Alarm out 1, 2 Y ou can control Alarm out 1, 2 . T o use this f unction, you need to make Alarm out 1 or Alarm out 2 acti ve in t he T ri gger menu of the Administrat or menu (page 89) . 1 Click Alarm out 1 or Alarm out 2 on the Trigger panel. The ala rm output is switched [...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 28 Multicast: This pro tocol is sele ctable when Mul ti cast strea m ing (page 48) is On . When Multicast is selected as t he transmission po rt, R TP (Real-time T ransport Protocol) an d UDP multicast techni ques are adopted for video /audio transmission . By selec ting it, th e network transmission l[...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 29 Connection tab Y ou can set the con n ection method . Select the start-up con nection from: TCP , Unicast , and Multi cast . If TCP connection is sel ected, you can conf igure proxy settin gs by select ing Use proxy . View tab Screen mode Y ou can select Wind ow or Fu ll . View siz e Y ou can select[...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 30 Note When using t he operating system of W indows VIST A or W indows 7 , you can no t sa ve video if “Enable Pr otected Mode” is check ed in the Control Panel -Internet Option- Security . Joystick tab Y ou c an assign the joys tick buttons here. SNC Desktop vie wer The gadget t hat displays the [...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 31 How to control PTZ Select the P TZ operation mode for the Gadget screen from the op tions Area zoom , PTZ co ntrol bar , and V ector dragging . Click (Exit) to exit Gadget. When you cl ick (Set), yo u will see the follo wing setting sc reen. Tip The ope ration mode of Solid PT Z has been chang ed fo[...]

Administ rating the Camera Basic Op erations of the Administr ator Menu 32 Administrating the Camera This se ction expl ains how to set the functi ons of th e camera by t he Administrator . For det ails about mon itoring the camer a image, see “Operat ing the Camera” on page 18. This section e xplains the basic operations and each option o f th[...]

Administ rating the Camera Basic O peratio ns of t he Admi nistrator Menu 33 Configurat ion of the Administrator men u System Displays the System menu. (“Conf iguring the Syste m — System Menu” on page 34) . Camera Displays the Camera menu for sett ing the camera image and audio. (“Setting the Camera Image and Aud io — Camera Menu” on p[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 34 Alarm buffer Displays the Alarm b uff er menu for the b uffer for storing the im age and audio rel ated to alarm detect ion. (“Setting the Alarm Buf fer — Alarm buf fer Menu” on page 90) Event dete ction Displa ys the se tting m enu for all built- in detec tion functi[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 35 Maxim um wait n umber Sets the numbe r of users wh o are perm itted to wait for their tu r n for con trol auth ority d uring operat ion by one user . The selectab le number is from 0 to 10 . This is ef fecti ve when Excl usive c ontrol mode is set to On . Notes • T o use Exclus[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 36 NT P s erver 3: Enter the third choice for NTP serv er address. DHC P s erver : Select DHCP server when yo u need to get NTP server informatio n from DHCP server . Multicast: Select Multi cast when you se arch for an NTP server with Multicast. Time zone Set the time di ff e[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 37 Superimpose f ormat Click Edit to edit the content to supe rimpose ov er each display p osition. Only one Date and one Camera ID can be specif ied for the Superimpose f ormat . Y ou can set the con tent to superimpose in the “Lo wer left”, “Lo wer ri ght”, “Upper left?[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 38 OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e ver y menu” on page 32. Initia lize T ab Reboot Used when reboo ting the syst em. Click Reboot , an d the message “This Syst em will be rebooted. Are you sure?” a ppears. Click OK to rebo ot the camera. It takes about two minutes t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 39 Capture full image When you cl ick Capt ure , a full image co vering the entire shoo ting range i s shot and sa ved to the camer a. The full image i s captured reg ardless of the image size and crop sett ings. Note Main vie wer image may be i nterrupted or image and/or audio f il[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 40 Setting the Camera Image an d A udio — Camera Menu When yo u click in the Ad ministrato r menu, the Camera menu appea rs. Use this menu to set th e functi ons of the camera. The camera menu co nsists of the follo wing 7 tabs. SNC-CH240/CH140: Co mmon , Foc u s , P[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 41 Prev iew s creen Prev ie w the image and adjust t he focus. The current image focus posi tion is superimposed when adjustin g the foc us. For the details on each b utton, refer to the Control bar of the Plug -in free vie wer (page 23). Note If you click the buttons i[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 42 Prev iew s creen Prev ie w the image and adjust the picture setti ng. For detail s on each b utton, r efer to the Cont rol bar of the Plug-in free vie wer (page 23). View -DR In high-contrast scenes suc h as against a back light, th is function red uces ov ere xposu[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 43 When Off is selecte d, the auto matic e xposure func tion canno t be set in the long term exposu re mode. Notes • This cannot be select ed when V iew-DR is On . • If the shutter speed is Fix ed 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 or 1/15 , this setting wi ll be fixed to Off . Tip D[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 44 Control b ut tons The control b uttons are located at the top of the pre view screen. Y ou can operate the c amera with these b u ttons. Pan/Tilt op eration Click the button of the direct ion you wish t o mov e the camera. Zoom o p erat ion A vail able b y clicking [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 45 Click Schedu le to display the sett ing menu for t he ef fecti ve period. (“ Setting t he Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 90) Senso r inpu t: Controls the day/nigh t mode b y synchronizi ng it with t he sensor inpu t. While a sensor i nput is detec ted, the c[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 46 3 Click OK at the bottom of the win dow . The cropped image is displayed on the main vie wer . 4 T o close th e image, click in the upper -right corn er . Note Solid PTZ is not a vai lable when cr opping is set to On . Ima ge 1 and Ima ge 2 Up to tw o image code c m[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 47 Maximum image size [192 0 × 1440] Frame r ate Set the frame ra te of the image. Selectable frame rates are as follo ws: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 8, 10, 12, 15 , 16, 20, 25, 30 ( fps) “fps” is a u nit indicati ng the numbe r of frames transmi tted pe r seco nd. Configu[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 48 Bit rate Set the bi t rate of MPEG4 or H.264 image transmi ssion for a line. When th e bit rate is se t to a hi gh lev el, be tter image quali ty can be e njoyed. Selectable b it rates are as follo w s: 64, 128, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024 , 1536, 2048, 3072, 4096, 512[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 49 Audio port num ber Specify th e audio transmission port number used f or the multic ast stream ing. It is in itiall y set to 60 002. Spe cify an e ven number from 1024 to 65534. T wo port nu mbers (the number specif ied here and an odd number wit h 1 added to the sp ecified n [...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 50 Obtain an IP ad dress automatically (DHCP): Select this option when a DHCP server is installed on the network to a llow IP address assignment . W i th this setting, the IP ad dress is assigned automat ically . Use the f ollowing IP ad dress: Select th is option when you[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 51 Wireless T ab — Setting of wireless connection (SNC-CH240/CH140/ CH180/CH280 onl y) Insert the specified wireless card into the C F card slot of the camera , and set the items for c onnecting to the wir eles s net work. Before sett ing, rea d the ope ration m anual an d inst[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 52 Secon dary DNS server T ype the IP add ress of the secondary DNS serv er , if necessary . MTU Enter t he MTU val ue for wireless ne twork. (1000 -15 00) If IPv6 is en abled, the value mu st be 1280 or g reater . Host name T ype the wirele ss network host name of the cam[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 53 WEP Set up thi s item when WEP is selec ted on Secur i ty . Use WEP ke y automatica lly generat ed Checking this b ox allo ws you to use an au tomatically generate d WEP key . Uncheck th e box when yo u enter a WEP key ma nual ly . T o use the aut omatically g enerated WEP k e[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 54 QoS T ab In this tab, yo u can mark the data traff ic packets sent from the de vice and confi gure the settings fo r QoS control. Ru les for the ty pes of data traf fic can be creat ed using IPv4/ IPv6 address, por t number , protocol, et c. A maximum of 10 rul es can b[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 55 Prefix Ente r the pref ix v alue of t he tar get on whi ch to per form QoS. Tip The pref ix v alue repr esents the nu mber of bits from the left side of the network a ddress. Po r t Ente r the port number for t he data tr af fi c of the de vice (e.g. HTTP:80). Pr otoc ol Selec[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 56 Note The model o n sale in China do es not support t he ST AR TTLS functi on. A uthentic ation Select the au thentic ation requi red when you send an e-mail. Off: Select if no authentica tion is required when an e-mail is sent. On: Sel ect if authenti cation is required[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 57 parameter: T ype the command parameter if necessary . Y ou can use the special t ags mentioned belo w for the parameters. Pr o xy server na me When you send an HTTP request via a proxy server , type the name or IP address of the proxy server , using up to 64 characters. Pro xy po[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Menu 58 When you use SS L conn ection for the first time When you use S S L connect ion only with the SSL function On , you cannot access t he camera if the SS L function d oes not w ork properl y . In this case , you mus t reset the cam era to the factory setting s. (All sett ings w ill [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 59 T o disp la y certificat e inf ormation When the certif icate has been set in t he camera correctly , its inform ation app ears on Status, Issuer DN , Subje ct DN , V alidity Peri od and Exten ded K ey Usage . Status Sho ws if the statu s of the certif icate is v alid or in valid[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Menu 60 T o i mpor t the CA c er tific ate 1 Click Browse… to select the CA certif icate to be sav ed in the camera. 2 Click Submit The selected f ile will be imported to the came ra. Note Import p rocess w ill be in valid if the sele cted file is no t a CA cert ific at e. T o disp lay [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 61 3 Click Next . 4 Select A utomatically selects the certif icate store based on the type of certif icate an d click Next . Com p let ing th e Ce rti ficat e Im po rt Wizar d appears. 5 Check th e contents, th en click Fini sh . The CA certificate will be inst alled. T o re move an[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 62 4 Select Certif icates from the list, then click Add . Certificate Sna p-in is displayed. 5 Select Comput er account as the certif icate admini strated in this Snap -in, th en clic k Next . 6 Select Local Compu ter as the computer admini strated in this Snap [...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 63 Suppli cant A supplicant is a d evice that co nnects to the authent ication server to join the network. T his camera serve s as a supplica nt in the 80 2.1X netw ork. The supplican t can enter the 802.1X network af ter appropriate aut hentication b y the authe[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 64 Client ce r tif icat e T ab When TLS is select ed as the EAP met hod, client certif icate is imported for authe ntication at the camera. Client certificate request Import, display o r delete the clie nt certif icate. T o impo rt the c lient certif icate Click[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 65 CA certificate T ab Y ou can import a truste d CA c ertif icate (serv er certif icate or route certif icate) to the camera. Up to four certif icates from trusted CAs can b e imported to the camera. Only the PE M format is supporte d. T o impo rt the CA certifi[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 66 3 Select New from the con text menu, then select Grou p and conf igure the group for 802.1X conne ction. For example, the group “W ired_802.1X_Grou p” is assumed for e xplanation pur poses. Configur ing t he I nternet Authenticati on Service 1 Open Intern[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 67 The “Microsoft Certif i cate Services” p age opens. Note If the Microsoft Certif icate Service page does not appea r using the URL abo ve, check t he follo wing: – Is the ser vice of W eb site enabled on Internet Information Serv ice (IIS)? – Is Certif[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the User — User Menu 68 10 Click Next and select as follo ws. Do y ou want to expo rt the priva te key with the certif icate?: Se l ect Y es, export the private key . Select the f ormat y ou want to use: Select Person al Inf ormation E xchange – PKCS#12(PF X) . Passw ord: Specify the priv ate key pa ss word. F[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setti ng the Security — Security Menu / Setting th e Security — Se curity Menu 69 Viewer mod e When the user is a uthenticated for logg ing in the main vie wer , select the vi ewer mod e to be displayed aft er authenticat ion. Full : The user can o perate all funct ions in this mode. Pan/Tilt: In addi tion to th e Lig[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 70 Sa ving the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu When you cl ick in the Admini strator menu, th e Preset positi on menu appear s. This allo ws you to sa ve the camera’ s pan, ti lt and zoom positi ons and set position (pr ogrammed action[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 71 Pres et Y ou can conf igure and sa ve preset positions an d thumbnail s. Click Call to mov e the camera to a specifi ed preset positi on and click Clear thumbnai l to dele te the thumbnail informat ion for the specif ied preset position. No. Select a pres[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 72 Resume time on inactivity This item becomes act iv e when To u r is s et to On . W ith this item, you can select whether you restart or stop the tou r after i t has stopped by manual pan , tilt o r zoom operation or by camera move ment to the preset posit[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending an I mage via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu 73 Sendin g an Image via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu When you c lick in the Adm inistrator menu, the e-Mail (SMTP) menu appears. Using the e-Ma il (SMTP) functio n, you can send a n e-mail with an attached image f ile that has been shot linked wi th an e xternal sen so[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending an Ima ge via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Men u 74 POP po rt numbe r Enter a port numb er from 110 to 65535. The standard port number is 110. If T LS is enabled, the standard port number for POP3s is 995. Authenticatio n mo de Select Login or CRAM- MD5 as the aut hentication method fo r SMTP auth entication. Note The[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending an I mage via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu 75 Sequence nu mber: A sequenti al number of 10 digits between 00000 00001 and 4294 967295 and two f ixed digits 0 0 are added to the image f ile name. Sequen ce n umber c lear Click Clear to reset the Sequen ce number su ffi x t o 1 . Alarm Select the a larm to be linke[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP c lient Menu 76 Effect ive period Set the p eriod during which peri odical sendi ng will be ef fecti ve. Always: Periodi cal sending is always effect iv e. Schedu le: Y ou can specify the peri od during whi ch periodical send ing is ef fective. Click Schedule and t he menu for the eff[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sendi ng Images to FTP Se rver — FTP client Menu 77 P assive mode Set whethe r you use the pa ssiv e mode of FTP server or not when con necting to the FTP serv er . Select On to connect to t he FTP server us ing the passi ve mode. OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 32. Alarm sending T ab — Sett[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP c lient Menu 78 Note When Edge Storage i s enabled, the Alarm b uffer is no t av ailable . OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e ver y menu” on page 32. P er iodical send ing T ab — Setting the periodical FTP c lient activi ty Y ou ca n set to send ima ge files (JPEG files) to an F[...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu 79 Recor ding Images in Memo ry — Image mem ory Menu When you cl ick in the Admi nistrator menu, the Image me mory menu appears. By using the image memory functio n, you can record an image and aud io fi le (shot bei ng link ed with the e xternal sensor input o r built-in[...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Image s in Memory — Image memory Menu 80 On: A w arning mail is sent to th e Administ rator . Off: A w arning mail is no t sent to th e Adminis trat or . Note When Overwrite is set to On , a warning mail is not se nt to the Admin istrator . SMTP serv er nam e T ype the name of the SMTP serv er for sending an e[...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu 81 Alarm recording T ab — Setting the Image memory function when detecting the al arm Y ou can set to record a n image and audio file t o the memo ry linke d with a n externa l sensor i nput o r built-in detection f unctions. Alarm recor ding Select On t o conf igure the [...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Image s in Memory — Image memory Menu 82 P er iodical recording T ab — Setting the periodical r ecord ing mode Y ou can set to record vide o f iles (JPEG f i les) periodical ly . P eriodical re cording Select On when you w ant to use per iodical recordi ng. Image file name T ype the f ile name of the image t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Download ing Images fr om the Camera — FTP server Men u / Downl oading Images from the Camer a — FTP ser ver Menu 83 About the extension of a file A fil e to be recorded/sen t using the image memory function E dge Storage function or the Mail (SMTP) / FTP client function has one of the follo wing four ex tensions d ep[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Edge Stor age — Edge Stor age Menu 84 Setting the Edg e Storage — Edg e Storage Menu (SNC-CH240/CH140/CH180 / CH280 only) When you cl ick in the Ad ministrator menu, th e Edge Stora ge menu appears. W ith Edge Storage , video or audi o signal can b e recorded from the alarm detect ion results, such as netw[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Edge Stor age — Edge Stor age Menu 85 Recording time Set the recordin g time fo r the Pr e-alarm image/ audio and Post alarm i mage/audio. Pre-al arm durati on T ype the recording t ime of the image/aud io before alarm detection. P os t-alarm duratio n T ype the recording t ime of the image/audi o after alar[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Alarm Output — Alarm output Men u 86 Setting the Alarm Output — Alarm outp ut Menu When you cl ick in the Administrator menu, the Ala r m output menu appears. Y ou can perfor m setti ng in th is menu to co ntrol the alarm output of the I/O port on the rear of the camera linked t o alarm detection, the time[...]

Administ rating the Camera Outp utting Audio Link ed to Al arm Detection — V oice aler t Menu 87 Outputt ing A udio Linked to Alarm Detection — V oice aler t Menu Click in the Administr ator men u to di splay the V oice alert men u. Use this men u to set th e voice alert func tion to ou tput audio from the l ine output jack of the camera when a[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Operat ions from th e Viewer — T rigger Menu 88 Setting the Ope rations fr om the Vie wer — T rig ger Menu Click in the Adm inistra tor men u to display th e T rigger menu. This allows you to se lect the act ivities that can be performed when the b utton on the T rigger panel i s click ed on the mai n vie [...]

Administ rating the Camera Settin g the Opera tions from the Vie wer — T r igger Menu 89 Alarm output 1, 2 Check ing this box allows you to select Alarm outp ut 1 or Alarm output 2 on the T rigger panel in the ma in vie wer . Y ou can control t he alarm ou tputput by c licking Alar m o utp ut 1 or Alarm output 2 . Select the a larm ouput co ntrol[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Schedule — Sc hedule Menu / Set ting the Alarm Buff er — Alarm buff er Menu 90 Setting the Sc hedule — Schedule Men u When yo u click in the Admi nistrator menu, the Schedule men u appears. The S che du le me nu c onsi sts of 8 t abs. This is the same menu as the Schedul e menu that is displayed when you[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he Sensor inpu t/Camera tampering detectio n/Motion det ection/A udio detect ion — Ev ent dete ction Menu 91 Setting the Sensor input/ Camera tampering detection/Mo tion detection/A udio detection — Event detection Menu When you cli ck Event dete ction in the Admini strator menu, the Event d etection menu ap[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Sensor input /Camera tamp ering detecti on/Motion de tection/A udio detectio n — Event dete ction Menu 92 Disappear ance When a mo ving obj ect disappears fro m the designa ted area, it will set off an alarm. FTP cli ent alarm sending, image memory alarm recordi ng and/or aud io fi le playback can be per for[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he Sensor inpu t/Camera tampering detectio n/Motion det ection/A udio detect ion — Ev ent dete ction Menu 93 Add de tecti on area Clicking th is but ton will add an acti ve area windo w in the center of the screen. When you place the c ursor on the area, the cursor changes to a crosse d arrow , which you ca n [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Sensor input /Camera tamp ering detecti on/Motion de tection/A udio detectio n — Event dete ction Menu 94 Moving shadow exemptio n Set ON/OFF for the movi ng shado w ex emption fu nction of motion de tection . Selec ting Do not r espond to shadows will prevent the shado ws of a mo ving object from being reco[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he Sensor inpu t/Camera tampering detectio n/Motion det ection/A udio detect ion — Ev ent dete ction Menu 95 x VMF stat us indi cator of each fi lter The filter is on whe n the set filter type con ditions ( Passing , Existin g , A ppearance , Disappearance , Capacity ) are met. Tip The b u ttons displayed on t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Sensor input /Camera tamp ering detecti on/Motion de tection/A udio detectio n — Event dete ction Menu 96 Disapp earanc e This criterion is whether an object di sappeared in the trigger area. Similar to an act iv e windo w , a trigger area can also b e mov ed and v ertex es can be mov ed/added o r deleted. C[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he Sensor inpu t/Camera tampering detectio n/Motion det ection/A udio detect ion — Ev ent dete ction Menu 97 Tr i g g e r s p e e d Specify the rang e of the speed of o bject to inspect b y determini ng Min. speed and Max. speed. • Min. speed and Ma x. speed can be spe cif ied within a scale of 100. • The [...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Viewer — Viewer Menu 98 OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e very menu” on page 32. Configur ing the Vie wer — Vie wer Men u Click in the Ad ministr ator men u to di splay the Vi e w e r m e n u . Using this menu, y ou can select t he viewer t o use and conf igure adv anced settin gs. Lay out tab[...]

Administ rating the Camera Confi guring the Vie wer — Viewer Menu 99 Plug-in fr ee viewer: Displa ys the Plug -i n free viewer at time of access. Custom: Select th e homepage to be di splayed. W ith SNC-CH240/CH140/ CH180/CH280, y ou can write dat a in the built-in flash memory or CF memory card ( not supplied ) to use your fa vorite homepage. W [...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Viewer — Viewer Menu 100 Regist ering in Cameras Specify a numb er on the camera li st and set the IP address, port numb er , and comment for each camera. Insert: Click to re gister a camera in the camera list. Modify : Click t o edit a selected camera l ist. Delete: Click to de lete a selected camer[...]

Administ rating the Camera Confi guring the Vie wer — Vie wer Menu 101 Sh ow m enu Set whethe r to sho w or hid e operation buttons at t he bottom of the camera image area. Select On to display the m enu, selec t Off to hide t he menu. When On is selected , the items belo w can be set: Str eaming: Displays th e setting opti ons of Str eamin g , i[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 102 Other s Thi s se ctio n expl ain s how to u se the ap plica tion software and commands, inc luding the su pplied CD- RO M . Using the SNC toolbo x Explain s the funct ions e xcept tho se of the Netw ork tab in SNC to olbox. T o install SNC toolb ox, to a ssign an IP address and to set the netw ork, see “ Assigni[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 103 Priv acy Masking: Displays the Pri vac y Masking screen. Panora ma Creator: Displ ays the Panorama Creat or screen. Not av ailab le with this pr oduct. Custom Homepa ge: Displays the Custom Homepa ge screen. Firmwar e Upgrade: Disp lays th e Firmwar e Upgrade screen. Initialize De vice: Reboot: Restart s the de vi[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 104 Ser ial No . Displays the serial number . V ersion No. Displays the version of f irmware. Admin na me Disp lays th e admi nistra tor user nam e. Tips • A camera with which S SL communication h as been performed w ill show on the left sid e of its IP address. • The mode l on sale in Ch ina does not support the [...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 105 Renaming the device/f older Select the folder or de vice to rename and right cli ck the mouse. Select Rename from the di splaye d men u. The de vice/folder name is highli ghted. En ter the ne w name. Deleting a device/f older Select the d evice/ folder to be del eted from the De vice list or De vice tree and righ [...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 106 Setting SNC toolbo x option s Select Option from the T ools menu to displ ay the “Option” di alog. This d i alog consis ts of three t abs: General , Network and Log . General tab Lang uage Set lan guag e. Defaul t device ac count Set the initia l values of user na me an d password for the administrator accessi[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 107 Log tab Overw rite the old est log file T o set the si ze of the l og f ile, check En able and specify the minimum required space for a log file. Log outpu t folder Click Browse to displ ay the folder selection di alog. Specify the fol der to sav e the log. Using Privac y Masking — Masking a Camera Ima ge The Pr[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 108 Number The set mask number is displayed in the V iew er when Solid PT Z (page 45 ) is off. Fram e When Soli d PTZ (page 45) is of f. disp lay the frame of the set mask to d istinguish the mask area when t he set mask is overlapped. P anorama ar ea Display th e panorama when Solid PTZ ( page 45) is on. The set pri [...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 109 Note If you cannot establish co mmunications wit h the camera using the prox y server be ing used, connect the camera to the local net work and run the Custom Homepage withou t using the pro xy server . 3 T ype the path in which your homep age is stored. 4 Click Star t uploadi ng . Uploading of the homepage f ile [...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 110 Notes • T o stop up grading, cli ck Stop upgradi ng . T o protect some d evi ces, during the p rocess of upgrading, u pgrading cann ot be cancel ed. • Do not tur n off the po wer until the de vice restart s after upgradi ng. Using the Sc hedule T ask Y ou can specify the time or i nterva l to change the De vic[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 111 Select Device Setting or Firmwar e Upgrade . 6 Click Next . Fo r Device Setting: Edit the value for the setting you wish t o change . See “De vice Setting” on page 111 for changi ng the val u e s . Click Next to displ ay t he c onfirma tion scre en for setting ch ange. Check to see i f the setting i s correct.[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 112 Setting tree All setti ngs are sorted i nto categori es. Click + to displ ay the subc ategori es under a c ategor y . Click – to h ide the subcate gories. Select a subca tegory t o display settin g items on the right side of the screen. Item Displa ys the sett ing ite ms. Select a line to c hange its val u e . V[...]

Other s Using the SNC toolbo x 113 Device restart an d initiali zation Y ou c an rest art an d initia lize (rest ore fact ory defaul t) a selected de vice. Multiple de vices can be select ed simulten eously fo r restart an d initial ization . Restarting a de vice Click T ools , Initialize Device and Reboot in this orde r on the menu b ar to rest ar[...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to Camera 114 Using the SNC audio upload tool — T ransmittin g Au d i o t o C a m e r a The suppli ed SNC audio up load tool allo ws you to transmit sound from the computer to the c amera. This secti on exp lains the set up and operati ons of the SNC audio upl oad tool. The SNC au[...]

Other s Using t he SNC au dio upload tool — T ransmit ting A udio to Came ra 115 Using the SNC aud io upload too l When you st art the SNC audio upload t ool, the Setting tab is disp layed. Setting tab Use this men u to set the cam era to tran smit audio fro m a computer or upload an audio f ile. User Set the UserID and Passw ord for th e admin i[...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to Camera 116 Serial: Displays t he serial number of the netw ork camera. User: Displays the specifi ed user ID and password. The password i s sho wn as turned le tters. Sele ct all Click to select all the cam eras in th e camera li st. This is useful, for e xample, when you del ete[...]

Other s Using t he SNC au dio upload tool — T ransmit ting A udio to Came ra 117 Notes • Audio transmissio n stops if you switch the tab duri ng transmission. • Audio may be inter rupted when the IP address is changed if Obtain an IP addr ess automatically (DHCP) is set on IP address in the Network menu. • Audio may be int errupted if you t[...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to Camera 118 Recording/p layback pr ogres s bar Y ou can check recordi ng or playback progress with thi s bar . During recording, the far right of the bar represents 30 seconds, and the remai ning record ing time is nume rically d isplay ed below the ba r . During playb ack, the le[...]

Other s Using the SNC video pl ayer — Pla ying a Video/A udio File Recorded with the Camera 119 Saving the recor ded audio file to the computer 1 Click (reco rding) in the V oice alert tab to start recording. 2 Click (stop) to stop recording. Recording will stop automat ically in 3 0 seconds. 3 Click (sav e). The Save as dial og appears. T ype th[...]

Other s Using the SNC video pl ayer — Pla ying a Video/A udio File Recorded with the Camera 120 Using the SNC video pla yer 1 Start the SNC video play er . 2 Click the (bro wse) icon. The Select File dial og opens. 3 Select the f ile you w ant to play . Clic k on the top of the screen to open the f ile informat ion dialog . File dialo g Model nam[...]

Other s Assigni ng the IP Addre ss to the Camer a Using ARP Commands 121 Assigning the I P Addres s to the Camer a Using ARP Commands This section e xplains how to assign an IP add ress to the camera usin g ARP (Address Resolut ion Protocol ) comm ands wi thout u sing the SNC tool box. Note When you turn on the camera, e xecute the ARP and PING com[...]

Other s Using the SNMP 122 Using the SNMP This uni t supports SNMP (Simple Netwo rk Management P rotocol). Y ou can read MIB -2 objects using softw are such as SNMP mana ger software. Th is unit also suppor ts the coldStar t trap which occurs when the po wer is turned on or the unit r estarts, and the Authen ticati on failure trap, which informs of[...]

Other s Glos sary 123 3) sysName=<string> Set the c ase of “mib-2 .system.sy sName.0” in the <strin g> position. Th e maximum length of <st ring> is 255 characters. 4) enaAuthT raps=<v alue> Set the case v alue of “mib-2.snmp.snmp Enable Auth enT raps.0” in th e <stri ng> positio n. T ype “1” (enable) or ?[...]

Other s Glos sary 124 DHCP ser ver Acronym f or Dynamic Host Conf iguration Proto col server . The IP address of a terminal withou t an indi vidual IP addr ess can be aut omatically distrib u ted b y the Dynamic Ho st Conf iguratio n Protocol (DHCP) . The DHCP server assigns the IP addresses to the te rminals. Digital cer tifica te An electronic ce[...]

Other s Glos sary 125 Prima r y DNS ser ve r One of the DNS servers that can f irst reply to a request by con nected de vices or other DNS serv ers. Pr o xy serv er A server or software that acts as an intermediary between a lo cal network an d the Internet so that it can connect to t he Internet in plac e of a computer on a l ocal networ k. PSK Ab[...]

Other s Inde x 126 Inde x Numerics 802.1X ...... ................. ....... 53 , 62 , 125 A Access log ............................. ......... 39 Activ e Directory ........ ..................... 65 Activ eX control ............... ..... 8 , 11 , 16 Activ eX viewer......................... 19 , 20 Adapti ve rate control .................. .... 48 Adj[...]

Other s Inde x 127 I image file ....... ................. ............... 26 Image f ile name....... 74 , 77 , 78 , 81 , 82 Image memory .............. 26 , 33 , 79 , 88 Image memory Menu ............ ......... 79 Image quality ........................ ......... 48 Image size ............ ................. ......... 46 information bar .............[...]

Other s Inde x 128 special tags ................ ................. .... 57 Speed ........ ................. ................. .... 7 2 SSID ............... ................. ............... 52 SSL Menu............. ................. ......... 57 SSL ................. ................. ............. 125 Start time ................... ...............[...]