Sony SNC-RS84N manual

Network Camera User’s Gu ide Software Version 1 .0 Before opera ting the u nit, pleas e read thi s manual thoroughl y and retain it for future reference. SNC-RH124/RS4 6N/RS46P/RS44N /RS44P SNC-RH164/RS8 6N/RS86P/RS84N /RS84P 4-155-861- 11 (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 Using the 80 2.1X A uthenticat ion Functi on — 802.1X Menu ............ .................................... ... 56 System conf iguration of 802.1X netw ork .... ... 56 Common T ab – Basi c settin g of 802.1X authenticat ion functio n ................................ ... 56 Client cert if icate T ab ................... ...[...]

Over vi ew F eatures 4 Overvie w Featur es • High-q uality live images f rom came ra can be monitored at a maximum frame rate of 30 fps. • Ima ge s ar e st re am ed in hi gh- qu ali ty HD ( 720 P) (SNC-RH124/S NC-RH164). • XDNR and V i sibility Enhanc er enable clearer images for streaming. • Three video compression modes (vide o codecs) JP[...]

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 Pr ogram dialog, 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 the “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 Prog ram dialog appears, select SNC toolbox and cli[...]

Prepar ation Accessin g the Camera Usi ng the W eb Browse r 13 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 14 Notes • If A utomatic con f i guration is enab led in th e Local Area Net work (LAN ) s etting s o f Inte rne t Ex plor er, the image may not be dis played. In th at case, disable A utoma tic configuration and set the Proxy server manually . For the setting of the Proxy server , consult[...]

Prepar ation Basic Con figuration b y the Administrato r 15 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 16 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 29. Adminis trator[...]

Operat ing the Camera Logging in to System 17 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 V ie wer , Plug-in free V iewer an d custom homepage. By default[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configur ation of Main Vie wer 18 Configuratio n of Main Vie wer This secti on explai ns the functi ons of the part s and controls o f the main viewer . 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 19 Vo l u m e (Displayed when Micr ophone (page 37) is set t o On .) Adjust the mi crophone v olume by mo ving the each slider bar . When you cl ick , the icon changes to and the microphone in put stops. T o input th e microphone , click again. When you cl ick , the icon changes to and the microp[...]

Operat ing the Camera Configur ation of Main Vie wer 20 Preset position panel The abo ve is display ed only when one or more preset positions are stored in memory . The regist ered preset position is d isplayed with a thumbna il. Select the Preset posi tion name fro m the list . The camera will mo ve to th e preset position that you ha ve stored in[...]

Operat ing the Camera Operat ing the Came ra 21 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 mode. A cont rol bar is displaye d on the screen. In the Are a zoom mo de, click ing will pan or til t the camera to wards the center of the image. The Area zoom will move t[...]

Operat ing the Camera Oper ating the Camera 22 Note The four edges of the image may be dark depending on the zoom p o sition. This is a phenomen on related to the structure of the ca mera, and does not cause a problem. Focus co ntr o l T o focus on a nearb y object, cli ck . T o focus on a distant obj ect, click . By clic king , the focus is set to[...]

Operat ing the Camera Controlling the Camera on a P anorama Image 23 Contr olling t he Ca mera on a P anorama Image In the panorama windo w , a 360° vie w around the camer a is displa yed as a panorama i mage. When you click on the displaye d panorama image, the camera faces th e clicked area . T o create a panorama image Create the panorama image[...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the T r igger Button 24 Using the T rigger Button Y ou can e xecute v arious functi ons by c licking th eir respecti ve b uttons on th e T rigger panel. Sending a monitor im age via e-mail Y ou can send a captured still image b y attaching it to an e-mail. T o use thi s functi on, you n eed to mak e e-M ail (SMTP) acti v[...]

Operat ing the Camera Switchi ng TCP/UDP T ransmis sion Mode 25 Switch ing TCP/UD P T ransmission Mode Y ou can select TCP or UDP as the communication port for video /audio data. This function can be used when Mode (video codec mode) is se t to MPEG4 or H.264 and the Activ eX V ie wer is used. Notes • The functi on may not o perate correc tly if [...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 26 Using the S ystem Utility Y ou ca n download system util ity from th e tools ta b on the main menu. This ope ration is onl y av ailable when you ar e logged in as administrator . T o use the ut ility , click Download to be gin do wnload. SNC Viewer SNC V iewer i s an applicat ion which al lo ws you [...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 27 Mic Mut e: Select this opt ion to mute micr ophone sound at start-up. Use the slide bar to set the volume for start- up micropho ne input. Sav e tab Specify a folder t o sav e the still images and mo vies to. Joystick tab Y ou can assign t he joysti ck bu ttons here. SNC Desktop Vie wer This is a ga[...]

Operat ing the Camera Using the System Utility 28 Ima ge size Select the image size for the image to d isplay on the Gadget. How to con tro l PTZ Select the P TZ operati on mode for the Gadget screen from the op tions Ar ea zoom , PTZ contr ol bar , and V ector dragging .[...]

Administ rating the Camera Basic O peratio ns of t he Admi nistrator Menu 29 Administrating the Camera This sect ion expl ains how to set the functi ons of th e camera by the Administrator . For det ails about mon itoring the camera image, see “Operating t he Camera” on p age 16. This section e xplains th e basic operations and each option o f [...]

Administ rating the Camera Basic Op erations of the Administr ator Menu 30 Configura tion of the Administrator men u System Displays the System me nu. For detail s, see “Conf iguring the System — System Menu” (page 31). Camera Displays the Camera menu for setting the camera image and audio. F or details, see “Setting the Camera Image and Au[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 31 Alarm buffer Displays the Alarm b uffer menu for the buf fer for storing t he image and au dio relat ed to alarm de tection. (“Setting the Alarm Buf fer — Alarm buf fer Menu” on page 81) Motion Det ection Displays the Motion detectio n menu for th e motion detec tion func t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 32 Opera tion time Sets the time leng th for a user who has control authority . The selectable rang e is from 10 to 600 seconds. This i s ef fecti ve when Exclusi ve contr ol mode is se t to On . Maxim um wait n umber Sets the nu mber o f users who a re permitte d to wait for [...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 33 Date & time T ab Current date & time Displays the date a nd time set on t he camera. Note After you hav e purchased the camera, be sure to check the date and t ime of the camera and set as necessary . PC c lock Displays t he date and ti me set on your co mputer . Date &am[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 34 Superimpose T ab Select whether to su perimpose the camera ID and /or date & tim e on the image or not. The camera ID is al so superimposed on images r ecorded by the Pre-al arm or Post-alarm function. Superimpose On/Off When using t he Superimpo se function, select On [...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 35 North: Change the direc tion of the camera and click Set . This will set that directi on as north. C lick Call to change the d irection of the camera to the directio n set as north . Area title Set the display name for the area the c amera is facing. The maximum n umber of areas [...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 36 the camera. The f ile name preset at the f actory is “snc - rh124.cfg” f or SNC-RH124. Restore se tting Loads the stored setting data of the ca mera. Click Bro wse and se lect the file in which th e setting data is stored. Click OK , and the camera is adjust ed accordin[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 37 Setting the Ca mera Image and A udio — Camera Menu When y ou click in the Ad ministra tor menu , the Camera menu appe ars. Use this men u to set the fun ctions of th e camera. The Camera menu consists of si x tabs: Common , Pict ur e , Priv acy maskin g, Day/Night,[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 38 Picture T ab Y ou can set the col or condition, e xposure, etc., of t he camera. Display sample: Whit e ba lan ce Selec t the white b alance mode. Au t o : Auto matical ly ad justs the c olor to be closes t to the image y ou are vie wing (app roximate ly 3000 K to 7[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 39 Exposu re comp ensati on The ex posure compensation f unction adju sts the brightness o f the image b y offsett ing the e xposure. When you select On , you can select the e xposure compensation v alue. Selectable v alues are as follo ws: -1.75, -1.50, -1.25 , -1.00, [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 40 Priv acy Masking tab Using the pri v acy maski ng enables you t o hide images by maski ng specifi ed parts of the images when streaming. Prev iew s creen This scre en is for moni toring images a nd configu ring pri vacy mask ing. Control b ut tons The control b utto[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 41 Til t a ng le : -15° to +65° Note The pri va cy mask area i s a rectangle that is specif ied with respect to the cen ter of the camera image. T he pri vacy mask may no t be set in areas close to the end of pan/ tilt o perat ion. OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 42 Cropping Y ou can crop a port ion of the image and d isplay the cropped image o n the computer . Cropping reduces the transmitt ing data size a nd thus the network l oad, and a higher frame rate is achiev ed. Select On to crop the image , or Off . Notes • Motion d[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 43 OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 29. Streaming T ab Use this tab to set the it ems for the tran smissio n by unicast or multi cast. Unicas t strea ming Specify th e transmission port number s of the MPEG4/ H.264 video d ata and audio d ata t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 44 Configuring the Netw ork — Netw ork Menu When you cli ck in the Administ rator menu, the Network menu appears. Use this menu t o conf igure the netw ork to connect the camera and the c omputer . The Netwo rk menu consis ts of four t abs: Netw ork , Wirel es s , QoS an[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 45 Host name T ype the ho st na me of th e ca mera to be tra nsmit ted to the DHCP se rver . This se tting is valid on ly when Obtain an IP address a utomatically (DHCP) is selected in the Networ k t ab. Doma in s uff ix T ype the domain suf fix of t he camera to be tran smitted [...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 46 IP ad dress Conf igure the IP a ddress for a wireless networ k. 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 icall[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 47 Antenna Select on e of the foll owi ng antenna sett ings when yo u use the SNCA-CFW 5 wireless c ard (optional) , or the SNCA-AN1 wireless LAN antenna (optional). Internal: Se lect this when you perform communicati ons using t he antenna b uilt in t o the wireless card. This s[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 48 EAP: Select for EAP au thentication. When this optio n is se lected , enab ling th e 802.1X (wirel ess) f uncti on is requ ired. After sele cting EAP , click OK at the bottom of t he windo w . The 802.1X functi on is enabled. Note For correct oper ation of t he 802.1X f[...]

Administ rating the Camera Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 49 Set Used when regi stering on the QoS table. QoS is set acc ording to t he follo wing procedure: 1 Select No. from NO. an d enter the necessary conditions fo r Network ad dress , Subnet , Protoc ol and/or Por t N o . . 2 Enter values in the Pr otocol and DSCP fie ld s. 3 Click[...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 50 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 when an e-mai l is sent. Sel ect one of the au thentic ation methods from t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 51 OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 29. About the special tags Y ou can use the follo wing fi ve special t ags to allo w notif ication of t he settings acquired b y DHCP , such as an IP address. T ype the tags in the paramete r section of the URL that you d[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Men u 52 1 Set the S SL fu nction to On , and select Allow HTTP conne ction f or some client s . 2 Click OK to close the main vie wer and the setting windo w . 3 Display the main viewer in SSL c onnection. Refer t o “Using th e SSL functi on” on page 13 f or conne ction. 4 After che c[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 53 – Use an external certif icate is selected a nd the pri va te key p assword incl uded in the certif icate is not specif ied corre ctly . – Use an external certif icate is selected a nd the pri vate ke y password is specif ied in spite of the f act that t he key pair in the ce[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Men u 54 OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e ver y menu” on page 29 How to instal l the CA cer tificate The camera may not be connected be cause the bro wser (Intern et Explo rer) does not display whether the certif icate will be a ccepted or not du e to the type of certif icate. In th[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 55 T o remo ve an installed CA certificate 1 In Inter net Explorer , click in th e order To o l s , Internet options , Content tab and Certif icates . The Certif icates dialog appears. 2 Select the certi ficat e you want t o remov e. The CA certif icate is usually st ored in Tr u s [...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 56 Using the 802.1 X A uthentication Functi on — 802.1X Men u When you cl ick in th e Administrat or menu, the 802.1X menu appea rs. Use this menu to c onfigure t he wired or wirele ss port- based authenti cation in complian ce with the 802 .1X standard. The 8[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 57 Wired inte rface T o acti vate the 8 02.1X authent ication f unction for wi red ports, select On . Wired interf ace statu s Sho ws the authent ication status of the 802.1X authenti cation fun ction for wir ed ports. Click Refresh to update the status. Wirel es[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 58 Note When the client cert ificat e to be imported is of PKCS#12 fo rmat and t he pri vate ke y passwor d is n ot set correctly , “<Put correct pri vate k ey passw ord>” is displayed in the box es of Issuer DN , Subj ect DN , V alidity Period and Ext[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 59 Setting the 802.1X authentication function – Example of Windows Server 2003 This section e xplains ho w to configure t he authenti cation ser ver and CA u sing Mic rosoft W indows Serv er 2003. Note As this section descri bes authentication based on the user[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 60 10 Set the fo llowing items: Friend ly name: T ype “authenticator” as an example. Client addr ess (IP or DNS): IP address of t he authenticat or Client -V ender: RADIUS Standard Shar ed secr et: Specify the shared secret to be set in the authenticator . A[...]

Administ rating the Camera Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 61 When “U se a key p air fr om a CA” is selec ted 1 Start Int ernet Expl orer on the client PC and type the CA ’ s URL in the add ress bar . The C A ’ s UR L is norma lly as follows: 2 Click Go T o . 3 T ype the log-in use r name and passw ord correct ly[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the User — User Menu 62 Setting th e User — User Men u When you cl ick in the Administrat or menu, the User menu appears. Use this menu to se t the user names and passwords of Administrator and up to 9 kinds of users (User 1 to User 9), and the access rig ht of each user . Administrator Specif y User name , Pa[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting th e Security — Security Menu 63 Settin g the Se curity — Security Menu When you click in t he Administrato r menu, the Security menu ap pears. This all ows y ou to contr ol which comp uters can h av e access to the camera. Like wise, when using IPv6, security set tings can be conf igured for each netw ork. Se[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 64 P osition at alarm The camera can syn chronize a preset po sition with Sensor in put 1 or 2 or with the mot ion dete ction function. If an alarm is detected b y the sensor input or the mo tion detection fun ction, the camera aut omatically mo ves to the c[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 65 P osition T our T a b — Setting a position tour Up to 16 positions can be programmed, and t he camera mov es to the pr ogrammed position s sequentially (T our). Up to f ive programs can be se t as T ours A to E. T our Select On to enab le the tour funct[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 66 Shadow T our T a b - Setting a shadow tour Y ou can set a series of act ions entered b y a cursor or joystick as a tour . Up to four tou rs (T our A to T our D) can be set. Shado w tour Select On to run shadow tour . Resume time on inactivity This item be[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending an I mage via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu 67 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 s[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending an Ima ge via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Men u 68 Recipient e -mail ad dress T ype the recipi ent e-mail add ress using up t o 64 characters. Y ou can specify up to three recipient e-mai l addresses. Administrator e-mail address T ype the Administ rator e-mail address using up t o 64 characters. This addr ess is use[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending an I mage via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu 69 Note In the case that the synchronized preset position is specif ied in P osition at alarm in the Preset p osition menu, an alarm e vent that h appens when the camera moves to the preset pos ition will b e in valid. Effec tive period Set the pe r iod durin g which ala[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP c lient Menu 70 Sending Ima ges to FTP Server — FTP client Menu When you cl ick in the Admini strator menu, the FTP cli ent menu appears. Use this men u to set up fo r capturin g and sendin g still images to an FT P serv er . Using FTP client f unction, you can send an image and au [...]

Administ rating the Camera Sendi ng Images to FTP Se rver — FTP client Menu 71 Sequence nu mber: A sequenti al number of 10 digits between 00000 00001 and 429 4967295 and a sequential 2-digit nu mber are added to th e image f ile name. Tip A sequential nu mber added to Date & time and Sequence nu mber is use d to ide ntify ind ividual files c[...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Image s in Memory — Image memory Menu 72 Sequen ce n u mber cl ear Click Clear to res et the Sequence number suf fix to 1. Mode Select the p eriodic al sending mode. Peri odical mode: An image f ile is sent pe riodicall y according to the spe cifi ed Int erval and Effective period . To u r m o d e : An i mage [...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu 73 Common T ab — Setting the image memory func tion Image memory T o use the image memory fu nction, select On . Selected root directory Select a me mory in which you w ant to sa ve an image. The current memory space is displayed on the right . Built-in m emory: Buil t-in[...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Image s in Memory — Image memory Menu 74 POP po rt numbe r Enter a port numbe r from 110 to 65535. Authenticat ion mo de Set the us er authentication mod e. If you do no t use CRAM-MD5, sel ect Log in . User name, P ass wor d T ype the user name a nd the passwo rd of the user who owns t he e-mail account. This[...]

Administ rating the Camera Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu 75 Alarm b uffer Select Use alarm b uffer when you record the image/ audio at a speci fic time b efore or after alarm detecti on (pre-alarm, post-alarm). If you do not select the alarm b uffer , only the image at the moment of al arm detection is recorde d. Click Alar m buf[...]

Administ rating the Camera Down load ing Im age s from the Ca mera — FTP se r ver Menu 76 Folder structure of image memor y When the image memory function is us ed, images are recorded with the follo wing folder structure. A represents a folder created a u tomatically . The Date_ No. folder has an 11- digit name con sisting of the year (last 2 di[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting th e Alarm Output — Alarm output Menu 77 Setting the Ala rm Output — Alarm outp ut Menu When you cl ick in th e Administrator menu, the Ala rm output menu appears. Y ou ca n perform setti ng in this menu to con trol the alarm output of the I/O port on the rear of the camera linke d to alarm detec t ion, th e t[...]

Administ rating the Camera Outputt ing A udio Linked to Ala r m Detection — V oice alert Menu 78 Outputting A udio Linked to Alarm Detection — V oice aler t Menu Click in the Administr ator menu to disp lay the V oice alert menu. Use this menu to se t the v oice alert function t o output audio fro m the line output jack of the camera when an al[...]

Administ rating the Camera Settin g the Opera tions from the Vie wer — T r igger Menu 79 Setting the Ope rations fr om the Vie wer — T rigge r Menu Click in the Admini strator menu t o display the T rigger menu. This allows you to select the activities that ca n be performed when the b utton on the T rigger panel i s cli cked on the main viewer[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Operat ions from th e Viewer — T rigger Menu 80 Alarm output 1, 2 Checking this box al lo ws you to select Alarm out put 1 or Al arm output 2 on the Trigger pane l in the m ain vie wer . Y ou can control the alarm output by click ing Alarm outp ut 1 or Alarm ou tput 2 . Select the alarm ou put control mode f[...]

Administ rating the Camera Settin g the S chedule — Sche dule Menu 81 Setting the Sc hedule — Schedule Menu When you cl ick in the Admi nistrator men u, the Schedu le menu appear s. The Schedul e menu consists of se ven tabs. This is t he same menu as th e Schedule me nu that is displayed when you click Schedule t o set the Effective period in [...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Mot ion Detec tion/VM F Function — Moti on detec tion Men u 82 Setting th e Motion Detectio n/VMF Function — Motion detectio n Men u When you cl ick in the Admin istrator menu, th e Motion dete ction menu a ppears. Using this menu, you can set t he condition s for activ ating the built-in “ Motio n det e[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sett ing t he Mo tion Detect ion/V MF Fun ction — Moti on dete ction Me nu 83 Setting item s f or motion detection Use the settin gs tab to set the cond ition s for the motio n detection fun ction while observi ng camera images. This menu is the same as the settings men u displayed when you click Detection on A lar m tr[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Mot ion Detec tion/VM F Function — Moti on detec tion Men u 84 1 Use the follo wing buttons t o specify the acti ve area(s) and inac tiv e area(s). Addin g an acti ve area Clic king Adding an activ e ar ea will add an acti ve area windo w in the center of t he screen. When you place the cur sor on the ar ea,[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sett ing t he Mo tion Detect ion/V MF Fun ction — Moti on dete ction Me nu 85 • When you place th e cursor on the v ertex of th e area, the cursor changes to n . Drag and mov e the vertex to adjust the det ection size. Moving shadow exemption Set ON/ OFF for th e moving sha dow exemption f unction of motion d etection[...]

Administ rating the Camera Setting the Mot ion Detec tion/VM F Function — Moti on detec tion Men u 86 Pa s s Edit th e pass insp ection line acco rding to the foll o win g procedure: P ass insp ectio n line By defaul t, one pass inspe ction li ne is display ed. The initial numbe r of verte xes is 2 for each pass inspection line . Placing the curs[...]

Administ rating the Camera Sett ing t he Mo tion Detect ion/V MF Fun ction — Moti on dete ction Me nu 87 Vo l u m e This c riterion i s the number of objects found in the inspectio n area. The quan tity is sp ecified from the pu ll-down list. Similar to a act i ve windo w , the inspection area can also be mov ed and its vert ex es can also be mo [...]

Administ rating the Camera T ransmi tting with Ext ernal Equipment — PTZ contro l I/F Menu 88 OK/Cancel Click OK to finalize any changes ma de to the setting s and send them to the camera. If you click Cancel , changes mad e to the setti ngs will be discarded and the screen will be reloaded with the current camera set tings. T ransmitti ng with E[...]

Administ rating the Camera Confi guring the Vie wer — Vie wer Menu 89 • This camera do es not corre spond to th e daisy chai n connection o f a VISCA de vice. Use the camera a nd the controll er one-on-one. Baud rate Select a b aud rate tha t correspond s to the periph eral de vi ce of serial inte rface. Select able baud rates are sho wn below [...]

Administ rating the Camera Con fig uri ng th e Viewer — Viewer Menu 90 Custom Sele ct th e hom epa ge to be di spl ayed . Y ou can displ ay your f av orite ho mepage stored in the built-in flash memory or CF memory card (not supplied). T o stor e a hom epag e HTM L file in the built-i n flash memory , use the Custo m Homepage functi on of SNC too[...]

Administ rating the Camera Confi guring the Vie wer — Vie wer Menu 91 Displa y comment whe n camera is selected Selec t this op tion to displ ay com ment s on the v iewer screen. Setting the Monitor Conf igure th e sett ing f or the camer a image disp lay pa rt of Plug-in free V iewer . Note The camera list can b e set only when Plug-in free V ie[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 92 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 Supplied SNC toolb o 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 o[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 93 Priv acy Masking: Displays the Pri vac y Masking screen. Panora ma Image: Displays the P anorama Creator screen. 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 vice. F actory default: Initiali[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 94 Soft ware ver sion Displays the version of f irmware. Admin na me Disp lays th e admi nistra tor user nam e. View button Y ou can change t he display format o f the Devi ce list (page 95) . Registering in My devi ce The de vice tree has three folders by def ault: Sea rch res u l t , E rror and My dev ice [...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 95 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 t click the mouse. Sel ect Delete from the displayed menu (or select Delete from the Ed it menu). Moving a de vice/folder Y ou can mov e a devi ce/folder by following ei ther of the methods b[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 96 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 administrato[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 97 Using Privac y Masking — Masking a Camera Ima ge The Pri vac y Masking functio n of SNC tool box allo ws you to mask parts of the camera image to be tran smitted. 1 Select the camera to set a pri vac y mask from the De vice list. 2 Click Mas king . Using the Priv acy Ma sking The Pri vacy Masking screen[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 98 Setting a privacy mask T o set a pri vac y mask in a de sired position , do the following: 1 Move the camera to th e positio n you want to set a priv acy ma sk us in g the cont rol pane l. 2 Clic k the poin t where you wa nt to set the pri vac y mask on the vie wer . The clicked point mo ves to the center[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 99 Using P anorama Creator — Creating a P anorama Image The P anorama C reator f unction of SNC toolbox allo ws you to create a p anorama image to be displayed on t he main vie wer . Using the panorama im age, you can mov e the camera to a des ire d po sitio n si mpl y by cl icki ng o n th e imag e. This s[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 100 Savi ng a custom im age to th e camera Y ou can sav e a custom image to the camera in spite of the panorama image sh ot by th e camera. Prepare the i mage to conform to the foll owing requirements: • File form at: JPE G or Bitm ap • Image size: 3 20 × 90 pixels (hor izontal/ vertical ) The camera do[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 101 Using the Firmware Upgrade Using the F irmware Upgr ade func tion of th e supplied SNC toolbox allows you t o upgrade the firm ware of the de vice. Starti ng the Firmware U pgrade 1 Select the de vice to upgrade it s firmw are from the De vice list. Y ou can select multip le dev ices at the same ti me. 2[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 102 Cancel Closes the T ask List. Crea ting a task 1 Click Add . Displays T ask Wizard . 2 Click Next . 3 Select a de vice to which the task is assigned. A list of dev ices regi stered in My dev ice is displayed. Select the dev ice you w ant to assign t he task to from the My de vice list , and regi ster in [...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 103 Recurren ce pattern Spec ify the opera tion in terval. Onetime: Runs the task once. Hou rl y: Specify the oper ation freque ncy in units of hours. (Possib le set v alue: 1 to 99) Dail y: Specify the o peration freque ncy in units of days. (Possible set v alue: 1 to 99) W eekly: Specify the o peration fre[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 104 Dev ice restart and initiali zation Y ou can restart and initial ize (restore factory def ault) a selected de vice. Multiple de vices can be selected simulteneously for restart and initializati on. Resta r ting a dev ice Click To o l s , Initial ize Device and Reboot in this o rder on the menu b ar to re[...]

Other s Using t he SNC au dio upload tool — T ransmit ting A udio to Came ra 105 Using the SNC audio upload tool — T r ansmitting Au d i o t o C a m e r a The suppli ed SNC audio u pload tool al lows yo u to transmit sound from the computer to the camera. This section e xplains the set up and operation s of the SNC audio upload tool. The SNC au[...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to Camera 106 Using the SNC audio upload tool When you st art the SNC audio upload t ool, the Setting tab is displayed. Setting tab Use this menu to se t the camera to transmit a udio from a computer or upload an audio f ile. User Set the User ID and Passw ord for the administrator [...]

Other s Using t he SNC au dio upload tool — T ransmit ting A udio to Came ra 107 Serial: Di splays the serial number of the n etwork camera. User: Displays the specif ied user ID an d password. T he password i s sho wn as turned lett ers. Select al l Click to select all the c ameras in the camera list. This is useful, for e xample, when you de le[...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to Camera 108 Notes • Audio tr ansmission stops if you switch the tab during transmission. • Audio may be interrupted when the IP address is changed if Obtain an IP address aut omatically (DHCP) is se t on IP addr ess in th e Network me nu. • Audio may be interrupt ed if you t[...]

Other s Using t he SNC au dio upload tool — T ransmit ting A udio to Came ra 109 Recording/p layback pr ogres s bar Y ou can check recordi ng or playback progress wi th this bar . During reco rding, the f ar right of the bar repr esents 30 seconds, and the remaining recor ding time is numericall y displayed belo w the bar . During play back, the [...]

Other s Using the SNC video pl ayer — Pla ying a Video/A udio File Recorded with the Camera 110 Savi ng the recor ded audio file to t he computer 1 Click (record ing) in th e V oic e alert tab to start recording. 2 Clic k (stop) t o stop recor ding. Reco rding w ill st op auto matical ly in 30 secon ds. 3 Click (sav e). The Sa ve as dialo g appea[...]

Other s Using the SNC video pl ayer — Pla ying a Video/A udio File Recorded with the Camera 111 Using the SNC video p lay er 1 Start the SNC video player . 2 Click th e (browse) icon. The Select Fi le dialog opens. 3 Select th e file you want to p lay . Click on the top of the screen to open the file informa tion dialo g. File dial og Model name:[...]

Other s Assign ing the IP Addres s to the Camera Usi ng ARP Commands 112 Assigning the IP Addr ess to the Camer a Using ARP Commands This section e xplains ho w to assign an IP address to the camera using ARP (Address Resolutio n Protocol) commands witho ut using the su pplied SNC toolbox. Note When you turn on the camera, ex ecute the ARP and PING[...]

Other s Using the SNMP 113 4 describes the case of “ mib-2.system. sysContact.0” . Th is field i s use d to desc ribe info rma tio n on the adminis trator of this c amera. Nothin g is set at the factory . 5 describes the case of “mib-2.system. sysName.0” . Th is field i s use d to d escr ibe th e a dmin istra tio n node of this camera. Noth[...]

Other s Glos sary 114 Gloss ary ActiveX contr ol A component prog r am object th at can be used with web pages o r other a pplication p rograms. Th e technol ogy f or creating Act i veX cont rol is par t of software de vel oped by Mi crosoft. AES Abbre viation f or Adva nced Encryption Standar d. This is the ne xt-generation stand ard of encrypt io[...]

Other s Glos sary 115 H.264 An image co mpression format. The standa rd written by the JVT (Jo int V ideo T eam) a joint or ganization for standardizati on (composed of ISO and I TU-T . H.264), is capable of t ransmitting v ideo data at a higher compression rate th an that of MPEG4. IP addre ss Acronym for Internet Protocol Address. An individual I[...]

Other s Glos sary 116 SNMP A protocol for monitori ng and managing network dev ices. SSL Acronym for Secure Sockets Layer . T his is a protocol dev eloped by Net scape Communicati ons Corporation t o be used for communicat ions of encrypted d ata on the Internet. Subnet mask 32-bit st ream used to di stinguish the subnet address from an IP address.[...]

Other s Inde x 117 Inde x A Access log ...... ................. ............... 3 6 Acti ve Directory .............. ............... 5 9 Acti veX control .....................8 , 11 , 13 Acti veX V iewer ............... ......... 17 , 18 Adapti ve rate contro l ................... ... 42 adapti ve ra te control ........ ............... 4 2 Adjust .[...]

Other s Inde x 118 folder structur e ...................... ......... 76 format ............. ................. ............... 36 Format CF memory card ................ 36 format of date and time .............. .... 33 Frame rate............. ................. ......... 4 2 frame rate . ............................. ... 18 , 42 FTP ........... ...[...]

Other s Inde x 119 Proxy port nu mber ...................... ... 50 proxy ser ver ............... ................. ... 50 Proxy serv er name ................. ......... 50 PSK ........... ................. ............ 4 7 , 115 PTZ mode ...... ............ ................. ... 32 Q QoS T ab ......... ................. ............... 48 R RADIUS[...]

Sony Corporation volum e ...... ................. ............... 19 , 37 W warning mail.............. ..................... 7 3 welcome page ............ ................. .... 13 WEP ..................... ................. ......... 4 7 WEP ke y .................... ................. .... 47 White balance ....... ................. ......... 3 8 w[...]