Sony SNC-CX600W manual

Network Camera User’s Gu ide Before opera ting the u nit, pleas e read thi s manual thoroughl y and retain it for future reference. Software Version 1 .7 SNC-CX600W /CX600 A-EN2-100- 11 (1) © 2013 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 Accessing t he Camera Us ing the W eb Bro wser ............ ...................[...]

T abl e of Contents 3 Setting the CLOUD se rvice — CLOUD Menu ..................... ........................... ..................... 53 Setting T ab ................................... ..................... 53 Other s Glossary ....... ........................... ........................... ... 55 Index ............ ........................... ..[...]

Over vi ew F eatures 4 Overvie w Featur es • High-quality HD (720P) real-time monitoring, up to 30 fps. • Exm or CM OS sens or enab les hi gh- qual ity im ages for streaming. • V isibility Enhancer e nable clearer images for streaming in the h igh contrast en vironment. • NR (XDNR) enables clearer images for streaming in the lo w lightness [...]

Over vi ew How to Use This User’ s Gu ide / System Requirements 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 be fore you operat[...]

Over vi ew Accessing t he Camera Using the Web Bro wser 6 Accessing the Camer a Using the W eb Br owser After the IP address has be en assigned to the camera, check that you can actually access the camera using t he W eb bro wser installe d on your computer . 1 Start the W eb browser on the computer an d type the IP address of the camera i n the UR[...]

Over vi ew Accessin g the Camera Usi ng the W eb Browse r 7 Tip The softwa r e is opt imized for I nternet Expl orer using medium font. T o display the vie wer correctl y T o operate the vie wer correctly , set the security le vel of Internet Explorer to Medium or lo w er , as follows: 1 Select T ools fro m the menu bar for Intern et Ex plor er, th[...]

Over vi ew Basic Configu ration by th e Administr ator 8 Basic Configurat ion b y the Ad minist rator Y ou can also set v arious functions according to t he insta lling positi on, netw ork condition s or purpose of the camera. W e recommend you c onf igure the fol lo wing items before monitoring images from the camera. Setting content s Setting men[...]

Oper ating the Camera Administr ator and User 9 Operating the Camera This se ction expl ains how to monito r the image from the camera usin g your W eb bro wser . The functions o f the camera should b e set by the Administra tor . For the setting of the came ra, see “ Administr ating the Camera” on page 1 9. Administrator and User This network [...]

Oper ating the Camera Logging i n to Syst em 10 Logging in to Sys tem Logging in as a user 1 Start the W eb bro wser on your c o mputer and t ype the IP addr ess of the camera you want to monitor . The li ve vie wer is displayed . Display sample: Note If the liv e viewer does n ot start correctly , the security le vel of th e Internet Explorer may [...]

Oper ating the Camera Configur ation of Liv e Viewer 11 Configurat ion of Live Vie wer Thi s sec tio n expl ains the fu nctio ns of the pa rts a nd controls of the li ve vie wer . For a detailed explanat ion on each part or co ntrol, see the specif ied pages. Live v iewer usin g Acti veX viewer Main me nu Live vie wer Displays the Acti veX vie wer [...]

Oper ating the Camera Configur ation of Liv e Vie wer 12 Capture Click to capt ure a still image sh ot by th e camera and to store i t in the com puter . Click to open th e fold er to be saved. Note In the case of W indows VIS T A, W indows 7 or W indows 8, if “Enabl e Protecte d Mode” is checked i n Control Panel -Internet Option-Securi ty , s[...]

Oper ating the Camera Configur ation of Liv e Viewer 13 Monitor image The image shot by the camera is sho wn here. 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 . 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 wi[...]

Oper ating the Camera Configur ation of Liv e Vie wer 14 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 out, the less area to be panned or tilted, and b ecomes una vai lable at the WIDE settin g. • Zoo m lim itatio n The solid PTZ functio n e[...]

Oper ating the Camera Switching T ransmission Mode 15 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 determined[...]

Oper ating the Camera Playba ck viewer 16 Note When connect ing via a pr oxy server , neither Unicast nor Multi cast can be selected . P l ay b a ck v i e w e r Y ou can play , sav e or delete the mo vies recorded in the memory card. This fun ction is av ailable only i n the foll o wing users. • Admini strato r • When V iewer mode is set to Ful[...]

Oper ating the Camera P lay ba c k v i ew er 17 Searc h panel Specify the search period. Star t Select the start time for searching. End Select the e nd time for searching. Sear ch Search for record ed movies i n the specif ied period. Sear ch result s list Displays the search results from the search panel. Y ou can select the movie which you want [...]

Oper ating the Camera Playba ck viewer 18 Fa st f orwar d Click this b utton to fast forward t he movi ng being played. Ne xt recor d Jump to th e next movie. Still im age capt ure Sav e the capture of a recorded mo vie as a still image f ile to your computer . Click to op en the folde r in whic h the mo vie is to be sa ved. Specif y th e pla ybac [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Basic O peratio ns of t he Admi nistrator Menu 19 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 9. This section e xplains th e basic operations and each option o f [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 20 Secu rity Displa ys the Se curity m enu for setti ng the lo gin use r name and passwo r d to specif y which computer( s) can connect to t he camera. (“Settin g the Security — Securit y Menu” on page 34) PTZ co ntrol Displays the PTZ control menu. (“Setting t he PTZ[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 21 Adjust Select h ow to set the day and t ime. Keep curren t setting: Select if you do not need to set the date a nd time. Synchr onize with PC: Selec t if you w ant to synchro nize th e camera’ s date an d time with the computer . Manua l setti ng: Select if you want t o set th[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 22 Backup setting data Sav es the setting data of the cam era in a file. Click Save , and f ollo w the instructi ons on the W eb browser t o specify the folder and sa ve the set ting data of the camera. The f i le name preset at the f actory is “snc-cx600 w .cfg” for SNC-[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Camera Imag e and Au dio — Video / A udio Menu 23 Setting the Ca mera Image and A udio — Video / A udio Men u When you cl ick in the Admin istrator menu, the V ideo / Aud io menu appears. Use this men u to set the fun ctions of th e camera. The V ide o / A udi o m enu c on sists o f th e Pic ture , Vi d e[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Video / A udio Menu 24 Meta l halide lamp : Sets a white balance suitable for photograph y under a metal halide l amp. White LED: Sets a white b alance suit able for photogra phy under t he light of whi te LEDs.When you use th e camera's integ rated LED li ght, the A TW sett[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Camera Imag e and Au dio — Video / A udio Menu 25 Bit rate Set the bit rate o f H.264 ima ge transm ission for a line, when the CBR functi on is on . When the bi t rate is set to a high le vel, bet ter image quality can be enjoye d. When you use a W i-Fi netw ork, we recommend sett ing the bit rat e belo w [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Video / A udio Menu 26 Note Permissible logo f ile specifi cations; File format: PNG8 with al pha channel Image size: 16 0 × 120 or smaller W i dth (p ixels): m ultiples o f 16 When displ ay position number 1, 2 o r 3 is sele cted, the following sett ing me nus ap pear . Ty p e [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Camera Imag e and Au dio — Video / A udio Menu 27 Color Specify the col or of pri vacy masks. This setting is common to e very pri v acy mask. Po s i t i o n Select the number corr esponding to t he display position on the pr evi e w screen. After complet ing the conf iguratio n, registe r by clicki ng OK .[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Video / A udio Menu 28 Multicas t streaming Set whether the camera uses multicast streamin g for H.264 video d ata and audi o data or not. It redu ces the transmission lo ad on the camera b y ha ving a computer of the same se gment network recei ve the same transmi tting data. En[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 29 Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu When you cli ck in the Admini strator menu, the Network menu appears. Use this menu t o conf igure the netw ork to conn ect the camera and the c omputer . The Networ k menu consists of th e following tab s: SNC-CX600W : N etwork, Wi-[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 30 T o obta in the IPv6 ad dres s automa ticall y Select Obtain IP address automatically . The IP add r ess, pref ix lengt h, default gate way are assigned au tomatically . Note If you select Obtain IP address automatically , ask the net work administ rator wheth er an IP[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 31 Signal Displays the signal strengt h. If it i s lo wer than 60 %, improv e the installation en vironment as follo ws: 1 Chang e the insta llatio n position of the camera. 2 Adjust the antenna angle of the Wi-Fi rout er. 3 Change the i nstallati on position of the Wi -Fi route[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 32 3 Click Connect to start the con nection by PIN metho d. It t akes up to tw o minutes to conn ect to WPS. 4 When t he connection is complete, the status will be Con ne cted . The status Conn ectio n fail ure. means the connecti on was not pe rformed successfully . Chec[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 33 Secon dary DNS se rver T ype the IP address of the secondary DNS serv er, i f necessary . OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 19. 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 for QoS con[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Sett ing t he Secu rity — S ecurity Me nu 34 Setting th e Security — Security Menu When you cli ck i n the Administrator menu, the Security menu appears. The Securi ty menu consi sts of the User , Access limit , SSL, 802.1 X tabs . User T ab Set the user name s and passwords of Admini strator and up to 9 types o f us[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting th e Security — Security Menu 35 Note Y ou can access t he camera e ven from a comput er havi ng an IP address whose acc ess right is set to Deny , if you enter the u ser name and pa ssword set for th e Administrator box es in the User menu. OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 19. SSL T a[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Sett ing t he Secu rity — S ecurity Me nu 36 For reason s of security , we recommend using this mode only when there is no problem e ven if pe rfect security is no t sav ed . Notes •W h e n Use a self-signed certifi cate (For test use) is selected, the Security Alert dialog app ears on the SSL connec t ion with a b r[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting th e Security — Security Menu 37 Notes • W hen us ing t he clien t auth entic ation, the perso nal certif icate must be successfully installed on the PC to use it. If this prepar ation cannot be per formed, do not conf igure setti ngs on this tab . Otherwis e, you may not be able to con nect to the camera. ?[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Sett ing t he Secu rity — S ecurity Me nu 38 2 Click Insta llation Ce rtificate... . The Certificate Import Wiza rd appears. 3 Click Next . 4 Select A utomatically selects the certifi cate store based on the type of certif icate and cli ck Next . Completing the Certificate Import W izard appears. 5 Check the co ntents,[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting th e Security — Security Menu 39 4 Select Certif icates from th e list, th en click Add . Certif icate Snap-in is displa yed. 5 Select Computer accoun t as the certif icate adminis trated in this Sn ap-in, then clic k Next . 6 Select Local Computer as the computer adminis trated in this Sn ap-in, then clic k Fi[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Sett ing t he Secu rity — S ecurity Me nu 40 TLS: By this meth od, the supp licant an d the server authenticate eac h other using a certif icate. This enables secure po rt authentication . PEAP: By this m ethod , an EAP passw ord is u sed for th e supplicant au thentication and a certif i cate is used f or server authe[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting t he PTZ control — PTZ co ntrol Menu / Setting th e Camera tampering det ection/Mot ion detectio n — Action input Menu 41 Setting the PTZ contr ol — PTZ co ntrol Men u When y ou clic k in the Ad ministr ator m enu, the PTZ cont rol menu appe ars. The PTZ control menu consists of the Soli d PTZ tab . Solid P[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Came ra tamp ering detectio n/Motion detection — Actio n input Menu 42 Motion detection: The alarm is triggered b y the motion detectio n function. VMF: T he al arm is trigg ere d by the VMF fu ncti on. F ace detection: The al arm is triggered b y the face detectio n function. Netwo rk disco nnection : The [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Settin g the Camera ta mpering detecti on/Motion det ection — Action input Menu 43 Pa s s i n g A passage line is deter mined, and when a movi ng object passes the setting line, an alarm sounds. Left object When a mo ving object has b een left in the design ated area, an alarm sounds. Removed object When a mo ving obje[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Came ra tamp ering detectio n/Motion detection — Actio n input Menu 44 After the dele tion, the cu rsor will retu rn to its origin al form. T o exit this ope ration, c lick this bu tton again . It is t he same func tion as the b utton displ ayed under VMF sett ings. Add ver tex Clic king this b utton will c[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Settin g the Camera ta mpering detecti on/Motion det ection — Action input Menu 45 Time un til left/rem oved object is detecte d Enter the time y ou want to elapse before the alarm is trigge red. Th is settin g is av ailabl e only wh en the filter type is set to Left object or Re move d ob ject . Filter settings Setti [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Came ra tamp ering detectio n/Motion detection — Actio n input Menu 46 Left ob ject This crit erion is for whet her a movi ng object has b een left in th e trigger ar ea. Similar to an act iv e windo w , a trigger area can also b e mov ed and v ertexes can b e mov ed, added or delet ed. Remo ved object This[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Settin g the Camera ta mpering detecti on/Motion det ection — Action input Menu 47 Tr i g g e r s p e e d Specify th e minimum and maximum speed s to be detected. • Min. speed and Ma x. speed can be spe cif ied within a scale of 100. • The blue mark er for minimum speed cannot be set to the right of the red marker [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Action output — Actio n output Men u 48 Detect ion a rea Specify the ef fectiv e scope of face detection. Y ou can set the area in t he same way as the detection area setting in VMD settings. ( page 43) A maximum of ten detectio n areas can be set. Similar to the detection area setti ng in VMD settings, a t[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting th e Action output — Action output Menu 49 A uthenti cation Select whe ther authenticat ion is required when you send an e-mail. None: No authenti cation is requi red when an e-mail is sent. SMTP: Sel ect when SMTP a uthentication i s required. POP be for e SMTP: Select w hen POP bef ore SMTP authenticat ion is[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Action output — Actio n output Men u 50 None: The name of th e sent file will be the i mage file name. Date & time: The date & time suf f ix is added t o the image f ile name. The date & time suff ix co nsists of la st two-digits o f the year (2 digits), mo nth (2 digi ts), date (2 d igits), hou[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting th e Action output — Action output Menu 51 Overwrite Selec t On to overwrite the file when there is insuff icien t memory space. When you select the checkbox, o verwrite is enabled. Old reco rds will be overwritten in chro nologi cal orde r . When you dese lect the checkbox, o verwrit e is prohibit ed, and no r[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Action output — Actio n output Men u 52 V oice aler t T ab Set the voice alert fu nction , to outpu t audio from the speaker of the camera, when an alarm is triggered by t he detection f unction s. Note Before using t he v oice alert funct ion, you need t o sav e the audio f ile to the camera using the SNC [...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu / Setting the CLOUD s er vice — CLOUD Menu 53 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 consist s of the Schedul e tab . Schedule T ab When you cl ick the S chedule ta b, the settin g menu f[...]

Administ rating the Camer a Setting the CLOUD service — CLOUD Menu 54 Site co de The registered si te code appears. Conn ectio n statu s The connection status to the CLOUD service appears. OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e ver y menu” on page 19.[...]

Other s Glos sary 55 Others Glossary ActiveX control A component prog ram object that can be used with web pages or oth er applicatio n programs. The technology for creating Act iv eX control is part of sof tware de veloped by Mi crosoft. Band width control T o limi t the amount o f tran smitt ed data. Bit rate The rate a t which dat a bits are t r[...]

Other s Glos sary 56 Network band width Bit rate t hat can be used for networking. NTP server Network time serv er that transmits and recei ves time information ov er the networks. Primary DNS server One of the D N S ser vers that ca n firs t re ply to a req ue st by conn ected de vices or other DNS servers. Pr o xy serv er A server or software tha[...]

Other s Inde x 57 Inde x Numeri cs 802.1X T ab ........... ................. ......... 39 A Access limit T ab ......... ................. ... 34 Access log T ab ..... ................. ......... 22 access rights .................... ................. 9 Action ............. ................. ............... 53 Action input Menu .......... ..........[...]

Other s Inde x 58 Memory card ............. ................. .... 5 0 Mic volum e .... ................. ............... 25 mode of oper ation ........... ............... 12 Model Name .............. ................. .... 20 Monitor image .......................... 13 , 18 Monitor screen ................ ............... 13 Monitored IP ad dress .[...]

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