Sony SNC-CS3N manual

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    3-815-910- 12 (1) Netw ork Camera © 2003 Sony Corporation SNC-CS3N/CS3P User’ s Guid e Software V ersion 1.0[...]

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    2 Owner's Recor d The model and seri al numbers are l ocated on the t op. Record these numbers i n the spaces pro vided belo w . Refer to these numb ers whene ver you ca ll upon y our Sony d ealer re gardi ng this prod uct. Model No . _____________ _______ Serial No. _________ ________ ___ T o prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not expose the u[...]

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    3 If you h ave any que stion s abou t this prod uct, you may call: Sony's Business Information Center (BIC) at 1-800-686- 7669 or Write to: Sony Customer Information Services Center 6900-29, Da niels P arkway , PMB 330 F ort Myers, F lorida 33912 V oor de k lanten in Nederla nd • Dit apparaat be v at een v ast ingebouwde batte rij die niet v[...]

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    T able of Content s 4 T able of Cont ents Overvie w Fea tures .. .................. ........................... .................. . 6 How to Use Thi s User’ s Guide ........... .................. . 7 Prec autions ...... ........................... .................. .......... 7 Operating Precautions ............ ........................... . 7 [...]

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    T able of Cont ents 5 Setting t he Acti vity Detec tion Functi on — Activit y detection s etting Page .................... 40 Setting the Ac tivit y Detection Ar ea .................... 40 Showing t he Pop- up — Pop-up s etting Pag e ................... .................. ... 41 Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Progra m .................... 42[...]

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    Over vi ew F eatures 6 Overvie w Featur es High-quality monitoring via the netw ork Y ou can monitor a hi gh-qual ity li ve image fr om the camera using the W eb bro wser on the c omputer connected t o the 10B ASE-T or 100B ASE- TX netw ork. The maximum frame rate is 30 FPS for the SNC-CS3N and 25 FPS f or the SNC-CS3P . Up to 50 users can vi e w t[...]

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    Over vi ew How to Use Th is User’ s Guide / P recautions 7 How to Use This User’ s Guide This User’ s Guide e xplains ho w to operate the SNC - CS3N/CS3P Netw ork Camera fr om a computer . The User’ s Guide is written t o be read on th e computer display . As t his se ctio n gives tips o n usi ng t he Use r’ s Guide , read it before you o[...]

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    Oper ating the Camer a Logging i n to Homepage — W elcome P age 8 Operating the Camera The Operating the Camera se ction exp lains ho w to monitor the image from t he camera using th e W eb bro wser . Use In ternet Explorer as the W eb bro wser . F or setting the camera, see “ Administrating the Camera” on page 16. Logging in t o Homepa ge ?[...]

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    Oper ating the Camer a Logging in to Homepage — W elcome P age 9 The welcome page is changed to that for Adm in ist ra tor . 3 Select the vi ew er . Y ou can sel ect the vie wer from J av a ap plet viewer or ActiveX viewer whichev er is suitable for yo ur system en vironments and usage. For det ails, see “ About V iewers” o n page 9. When you[...]

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    Oper ating the Camer a Configur ation of Main Vie wer Page 10 Configuratio n of Main Vie wer P a g e When you sel ect the vi ew er , the main vie wer page is displayed. This secti on brie fly exp lains the functions of t he part s and control s on the main vie wer page. For a detailed expla nation on each part or control, see the specif i ed pages.[...]

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    Oper ating the Camer a Controlling t he Monitor Image 11 Monitor Image Section The image shot by the camera i s sho wn here. Contr olling the Monitor Image Y ou can cont rol the monitor i mage from the image control secti on on the mai n vie wer page. Ima ge contr ol sectio n Sele ctin g the fram e rate Click the do wn-arrow b utt on in the Frame r[...]

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    Oper ating the Camer a Controlling the Ap plication Ma nually 12 Contr olling the Applicatio n Man uall y Y ou can send an image o r output a trigger t o contr ol the alarm output , usin g the image c ontrol sect ion on the main vie wer pa ge. For this function, user access right Lev el 3 or Level 4 is required (s ee page 25). Click Tr i g g e r on[...]

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    Oper ating the Camer a Capturing a Monitor Image 13 Capturing a Monit or Image If you click the Captur e but ton on the menu section, the current st ill image is captured an d displayed on the monitor im age sect ion. T o sav e the capture d ima ge Right-click o n the monitor image and select Save As from the menu. Then, the Sav e Picture dialog ap[...]

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    Operat ing the Camera Using a P ocket PC Logging i n to Homepage — W elcome P age 14 Opera ting the Camera Us ing a Po cket PC Y ou c an display i mages and operate the camera usi ng a PDA (Personal Digital Assista nt) that runs on Microso ft Pocket PC 2002. System requirements OS: Micr osoft Pock et PC 20 02 W eb br owser: Microsoft I nternet E [...]

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    Operat ing the Camera Using a P ocket PC Configur ation o f Main View er P age 15 Configurat ion of Main Vie wer P a ge When you select the vie wer , the main vie wer page is displayed . This secti on brief ly exp lains the f unctions of the parts and control s on th e main vie wer pa ge. For a detai led expl anation on each part or control, see th[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Configur ation of Admin istrat or Menu P age 16 Administrating the Camera The Administrat ing the Camera secti on expla ins how to set the functions o f the camera b y the Administrator . For monit oring the camera image, see “Operating the Camera” on page 8. Configuratio n of Administrator Men u Pa g e The Admini st[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Syst em — Syste m sett ing P age 17 Sche dule Displays the Schedule se tting p age. See “Setting th e Schedul e — Sched ule setti ng Page” on page 39. Activity d etectio n Displays the Acti vity detection set ting page . See “Set ting the Ac ti vit y Dete ction Functi on — A cti vit y detecti[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Con figur in g the Sy stem — Syst em se tting Page 18 Default frame rate Select the initial fra me rate whic h is selecte d when you log in th e camera a nd display the main viewer page. Click the do wn-arrow b utton in t he box and select the frame rate from the drop-down list. The selectable frame rates are t he foll[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Syst em — Syste m sett ing P age 19 time is adju sted using the ti me zone dif ference and set on the camera. • Due to the networ k properti es, there may be a slig ht dif ference bet ween the actu al time and t he time set on the camera. Date time forma t Select the format o f date an d time to be d[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Camera — Camer a settin g P age 20 Setting the Camera — Camera settin g P ag e When yo u click Camera on the Admin istrator menu , the Camera set ting page appe ars. Use this page to set the functions of the camera. Note T o upda te th e camera for the changed set ting, cli ck Ap pl y on the c hanged ite [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Setting th e Camera — Camera sett ing P age 21 Click the le ft button of the mo use on th e still image and drag it diagonally . The red frame that app ears as you drag ind icates the trimmin g portion. 5 Click OK at the b ottom of the windo w . The trimm ed ima ge is displa yed o n the m ain viewer page. 6 T o clos e [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Netw ork — Netwo rk setting P age 22 Satur ati on Select th e saturation in 7 steps, from –3 to 3 . Selec ting 3 giv es th e image wi th the hi ghest satur ation. Note The Saturation set ting is ef fectiv e for the comput er image only . (It is not ef fecti ve f or the vid eo signal output.) Sharpnes[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Configuring the Ne twork — Netwo rk setti ng P age 23 Primary DNS T ype t he IP addre ss of the primar y DNS serv er . Secondary DNS T ype t he IP address of the secondary DNS server , if necessary . Band width control Lim its th e da ta com munic ati on ba ndwi dth o f the camera. Y ou can sel ect from among the follo[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Netw ork — Netwo rk setting P age 24 HTTP Select On to out put a command t o the HTT P serv er when the D HCP setting is co mpleted. Using th is function, y ou can conf igu re a useful system, f or exampl e, to vie w the access l og stored in t he HTTP ser ver or star t a n exte rnal CGI pro gram . URL[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Settin g the Us er — User set ting P age 25 Setting t he User — User setting P age When you cl ick User on the Administ rator menu , the User setting page appears. Use this page to set th e user names and passwords of Administrat or and up to 9 kind s of users (User 1 to User 9), and the ac cess right of each user . [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sett ing t he Se curit y — S ecuri ty se tti ng P age 26 Setting th e Security — Se curity setting Pa ge When yo u click Securit y on the Admini strator men u, the Security setting page ap pears. Use this page to limit the computers th at can access the camera. Activ ating/Deactiv ating the Security Function — Secu[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sending I mages to FTP Se rver — FTP client set ting P age 27 Sending Ima ges to FTP Server — FTP client setting P ag e When y ou click FT P cl ient on the Ad ministrato r menu, the FTP cli ent setting pag e appears. Use this pag e to set up for capturi ng and sendin g still images to an FT P server . Y ou can captur[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP client settin g P age 28 Mode Select the mo de of the FTP clie nt funct ion. Manual: Sends still images to the FTP serv er manuall y . After sele cting Manual , click OK . The FT P cli ent function mod e is set to Manual . In this mode, wh en you click t he (Tri gger) but ton on th e[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sending I mages to FTP Se rver — FTP client set ting P age 29 Note The actual int erval may be long er than the set v alue, depending on the image size and the net work en vironments. A vailabl e period Select th e period for which the per iodical sendi ng mode is av ailable. Always: The periodical sendin g mode is av [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Downloadin g Ima ges fro m the Came ra — FTP serv er sett ing P age 30 Im ag e vi ew si z e Select the im age size to be d isplayed on th e digest vie wer from among the follo wing: Au t o , 160 × 120 , 320 × 240 , 64 0 × 480 When y ou sele ct Au t o , the image is display ed in the size specif ied with the Image si[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sending an I mage via E-mail — SMTP s etting P age 31 Setting the FTP Server Function — FTP server setting P age Y ou can r egister up to 10 user n ames and passwor ds to allo w logging in th e camera usin g the F TP client software of t he computer . Built-in memory Displays the free space of t he b uilt-in memory o[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sending an Ima ge via E-mail — SMTP set ting P age 32 SMTP server name T ype t he SMTP serv er name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP serv er . Recipient e -mail ad dress T ype t he recipien t E-mail a ddress up to 64 character s. Y ou can speci fy up to three reci pient E-mail add resses. Administrato[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Sett ing the Al ar m Out 1 o r 2 — Alar m ou t 1 or 2 setti ng Page 33 A vailabl e period Select the period for which t he alarm mode is a vailable. Always: The alarm mode is a v ailable a ny ti me. Use sche duler: The a larm mode is a vailable acc ording to the schedul e selected on t he Schedule No. menu belo w . Sch[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Alarm Out 1 or 2 — A larm out 1 or 2 setti ng P age 34 Alarm: Contr ols alarm o ut 1 b y synchronizi ng with an external se nsor input o r the built-i n activity d etectio n function. W hen you select Alarm , the Alarm mode setting se ction appe ars (see page 34). Timer: Cont rols alarm out 1 b y the timer [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setti ng P age 35 Recor ding Images in Memo ry — Image mem ory se tting P age When you cl ick Imag e memory on th e Administra tor menu, the I mage memory setting page appe ars. Use this pag e to set up for th e image memo ry functi on which c aptures a stil l image an d reco[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Recording Im ages in Memory — Image memory setting P age 36 Capacity warning Select On to send a warn ing mail to th e Administ rator when the built-in memory space is lo w or the memory is full due to ac tiv ation of the image memory func tion. Select Off if you do not w ant to se nd a war ning mail. If On is select e[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setti ng P age 37 P eriodical recording mode settin g Section Interval ti me T ype t he in terv al at which you want to record an imag e periodical ly . Y ou can set the hour (H), mi nutes (M) and seconds (S) b etween 1 sec ond and 24 hou rs (one d ay). Note The actual int erva[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Alarm Buff er — Alarm b uff er s etting P ag e 38 Setting th e Alar m Buff er — Alarm buff er setting P age When yo u click Alarm b uffer on the A dministrato r menu, the Alarm b uf fer Setting page appears. Use this page to set up for the alarm bu f fer used in the FTP client function ( see page 27) and [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Settin g the S chedu le — Schedule sett ing P age 39 Baud rate Select the c ommunicati on baud rate for the per ipheral de vice connect ed to the serial int erface. Y ou can select from among t he follo wing ba ud rates: 38400 , 19200 , 9600 , 4 800 , 2400 , 120 0 , 600 , 30 0 (bps) Pa r i t y b i t Select t he parity [...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Activi ty Det ection Function — Act ivity dete ction se tting P age 40 Setting th e Acti vit y Detectio n Function — Activity detection setting P age When yo u click Activity detection on the Administrator menu, th e Activ ity dete ction setting page appears. Use th is page to s et up for the acti v ity d[...]

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    Administ rating the Came ra Showing the P op-up — P op-up s etting P age 41 Sho wing the P op-up — P op- up se tting P age When you cl ick Pop - u p on the Admini strator menu, the Pop-up sett ing page app ears. Use this pa ge to set up for di splaying a pop-u p with yo ur fa v orite messa ge on th e computers monitoring the camera imag e, or f[...]

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    Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Pr ogr am 42 Other s Using the Supplie d Setup Pr ogram T o conn ect the camera to a netw ork, you need to a ssign a ne w IP address to the camera when you i nstalled the camera for the f irst time. Y ou can assig n an IP addre ss in two way s: • Usin g the setup pr ogram stored in the supp lied CD- R OM (s ee pa[...]

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    Other s Us ing t he S uppl ied Setup Pr ogram 43 T o specify the IP address manually: Select Use the follo wing IP address , a nd type the IP address, Subnet mask and Def ault gate way in each box. 8 Set the DNS serv er address. T o obtain the DNS server addr esses automatically: Select Obtain DNS server add ress automa tically . T o specify the DN[...]

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    Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Pr ogr am 44 Changin g the Communication Bandwidth 1 Clic k the Band width cont rol tab to displ ay the bandw idth setti ng wind ow . The cu rren t band widt h is displ ayed in Cu rrent band widt h . 2 Clic k to select t he desired bandwidth fr om the Setti ng bandwidth li st box. 3 T yp e the Administrator name an[...]

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    Other s Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the Ca mera Using ARP Comma nds / Assigni ng the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Comman ds 45 Note Due to the net work properties, t here may be a sligh t dif ference bet ween the disp layed computer's da te and time and those set on the camera. Rebooting the C amera Click Reboot on the Ne twork tab to [...]

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    Other s Using the SNMP 46 Using the SNMP This uni t supports SNMP (Simple Net work Management P rotocol) . Y ou can read MIB-2 o bjects and write some M IB-2 objects usi ng softwar e such as SNMP manager software. This unit also suppor ts the coldStart trap which occurs when the po wer is turned on or the unit restarts , and the Authenti cation f a[...]

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    Other s Using the SNMP 47 the <str ing> posit ion. The maximu m length of <string> is 255 c haracters. 3) sysName=<string> Set the instance of “mib-2.system.sysName. 0” in the <str ing> posit ion. The maximu m length of <string> is 255 c haracters. 4) enaAuthT raps=<val ue> Set the instance v alue of “mib-2[...]

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    Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-i n Flash Memory 48 Storin g an HTML File in the Bu ilt- in Flash Memory Y ou can display t he fa vorite homepage that you ha v e created when you ent er the IP address of the camera in the Address b ox of th e bro wser . This secti on exp lains ho w to store the HTML f ile of the homepage created using th[...]

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    Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-in Flash Memory 49 10 Confirm t hat all items are co rrect, then click Next . 11 T ype the p ath for the fold er in whic h your homepage is stored i n the Source folder box, then click Ne xt . 12 Click OK . Uploading of the homepage f ile starts. The follo wing page will appear after a while. The camera wi[...]

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    Other s Inde x 50 Inde x A access log . ............ ................. ......... 18 access right ...................... ........... .... 25 Activ eX vie wer...................... ........... 9 acti vity detection function .............. 40 administrator ........ ........... ........... ...... 8 administrator menu page ............ .... 16 alarm ...[...]

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    Other s Inde x 51 T TCP ................ ............ ........... ......... 38 TCP port ............... ................. ......... 38 time dif ference ................ ............... 18 title ....................... ................. ......... 23 title bar ............................ ............ ... 17 trigger control p arts ...................[...]

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