Sony SNC-Z20P manual

3-796-928- 12 (1) Netw ork Camera © 2003 Sony Corporation SNC-Z20N/Z20P User’ s Guid e Software V ersion 1.0[...]

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[...]

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[...]

T able of Content s 4 T able of Cont ents Overvie w How to Use Thi s User’ s Guide ........... .................. . 6 Prec autions ...... .................. ........................... .......... 6 Operating Precautions ............ ........................... . 6 Operating the Camera Logging in to Homepag e — W elcome P age ....... . 7 Logging[...]

T able of Cont ents 5 Setting the Al arm Out 1 or 2 — Alarm out 1 or 2 setting P age ............ ............ 37 Activating/ Deac tiv ating th e Al arm Out 1 Func tion — Alarm out 1 usa ge setting P a ge .............. ... 37 Setting t he Alarm Out 1 Function — Alarm out 1 sett ing Pag e ........................ ... 37 Alarm mode setti ng Se[...]

Over vi ew How to Use This User’ s Guide / Precautions 6 Overvie w How to Use Thi s User’ s Guide This User’ s Guide e xplains ho w to opera te the SNC - Z20N/Z20P Network Camera from a co mputer . The User’ s Guide is written to be rea d on the compu ter display . As this secti on gi ves t ips on using the User’ s Guide, rea d it before [...]

Oper ating the Camer a Logging in to Homepage — W elcome P age 7 Operating the Camera The Operating the Camera section e xplains ho w to monitor the image from the camera using t he W eb bro wser . Use Internet E xplorer as the W eb browser . For setting the camera, see “ Administrating the Camera” on page 16. Logging in to Homepa ge — W el[...]

Oper ating the Camer a Logging i n to Homepage — W elcome P age 8 The welcome page is chang ed to that for Administrator . 3 Select th e vie wer . Y ou can select the viewer from among Ja va ap plet view er , Acti veX viewer wh ich e v er is su itabl e fo r your system en vironments and u sage. For detail s, see “ About V ie wers” on pag e 8.[...]

Oper ating the Camer a Configur ation o f Main View er P age 9 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 the spec ifie d pages[...]

Oper ating the Camer a Controlling the Monitor Image 10 View size Selects the image size to be d isplayed. See “Select ing the vie w size” on page 10. Camera contr ol par ts These parts are displ ayed when you click Con trol on t he menu section. Y ou can operate the camera using these parts. See “Operating t he Camera from the Image Control [...]

Oper ating the Camer a Opera ting the Ca mera fr om the Image Co ntrol Sect ion 11 Operati ng the Ca mera fr om the Image Contr ol Section Y ou can operat e the camera from the i mage control section on t he main vie wer p age. For t his functi on, user ac cess right Lev el 2 to Level 4 is required (se e page 28). Click Contro l on the menu sectio [...]

Oper ating the Camer a Oper ating the Camer a from the Monit or Image / Controll ing the Applic ation Manu ally 12 Operatin g the C amera fr om the Monito r Ima ge Y ou ca n operate zoomi ng of the camera b y clickin g the mouse on the monitor image . Zooming is also operati ve using the zoom bar unde r the moni tor image. For t his functi on, user[...]

Oper ating the Camer a Capturing a Monitor Image 13 Recor ding a Stil l Ima ge on an A T A Memory Card or the Built-i n Memory of the Camer a If you select M em o ry s ave and click , t he current still image is capt ured and stored in the memory specif ied on th e Image memory setting page. T o use t his func tion, you need to select the Use image[...]

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 [...]

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[...]

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 7. Configuratio n of Administrator Men u Pa g e The Admini st[...]

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 “Sett ing the Sche dule — Sched ule setti ng Pa ge” on page 43. Activity d etectio n Displays the Acti vity detection set ting page . See “Se tting the Ac ti vity Dete ction Functi on — Acti vity detection[...]

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[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Syst em — Syste m sett ing P age 19 Date time setting Section Current date time Displays the date a nd time set on t he camera. Y ou can set the date and time usin g the foll o wing tw o methods. Note When you purc hased the camera, b e sure to check the date and time of the camera and se t them if nec[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Camera — Camer a settin g P age 20 Initia liza tion Secti on Backup setting Sav es the se tting da ta of the ca mera in a file. Click Save , and follo w the i nstructions on t he bro wser to specify the folder and sa ve the setting da ta of the camera. The f ile name p reset at the f actory is “snc- z20.c[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting th e Camera — Camera sett ing P age 21 Image quality Selec t the imag e qualit y from Level 1 to Lev el 10 . A highe r lev el giv es a higher im age qual ity , but the frame rate decreases as the d ata size increases. Tip The foll o wing table sh o ws the relat ion between the data size of a 24-bi t image (8 bi[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Camera — Camer a settin g P age 22 The trimmi ng po rtion is de termined as sho wn below: T o change the t rimming por tion, clic k on anot her point o n the im age. When Random is selected: Click the left b utton of the mouse on the stil l image and dra g it diagon ally . The red frame that appe ars as you[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting th e Camera — Camera sett ing P age 23 Note When the shutter spe ed is set to 1 sec or 1/2 sec in the Shutt er priorit y or Manual mod e, set the F ocus mode menu and the White bal ance mode menu t o Manual . Exposure compensation When the Expo sure mode menu is set to Full auto , Shutter priority or Iris prior[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Netw ork — Netwo rk setting P age 24 Camera contr ol mode setting Section Y ou can set the operation mo de for zo oming using th e TELE and WIDE but tons (see pag e 11), and for manual focusing usi ng the NEAR and F AR button s (see page 11). Mode Select the o peration mode of t he mouse. Normal: When [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Configuring the Ne twork — Netwo rk setti ng P age 25 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[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Netw ork — Netwo rk setting P age 26 Bandwidth contr ol Limits the data commu nication bandwidt h for th e wireless interface of the camera. Y ou can select from among the follo wing : Unlimited, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0 .8, 0.9, 1 .0, 2.0, 3.0 (Mbps) Select Unlimit ed when you do no t wan t to limit the bandw[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Configuring the Ne twork — Netwo rk setti ng P age 27 Notifying the IP Ad dress — Dynamic IP ad dress notificati on Section When the DHCP menu is set to On , you can send the notif icati on of th e completion o f the net work set tings (W ired LAN settings and W ireless LAN settings) using the SMTP or HTTP p rotocol [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting the User — User setting P age 28 <MA CADDRESS> Use this tag to embed the MA C address of th e interface which IP addr ess you ha ve acquired b y the DHCP , in the te xt or p arameter . <MODELNAME> Use this tag to embed the camera's model na me (SNC- Z20N or SNC- Z20P) in t he te xt or par amete[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting t he Security — Security sett ing P age 29 Access righ t Select the access right for each user fro m the drop-do wn list. Y ou can select from Level 1 to Level 4 . The rights af forded to each access right are as follo ws: Level 1: Allo ws monitoring of the camera image (inclu ding some opera tions for mo nito [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP client settin g P age 30 Network address/ Subnet 1 to Netw ork address/Subnet 10 T ype t he IP addr ess es an d subn et m ask value s you want to allo w or den y access to the c amera. Y ou can specify up to 10 IP addresses an d subnet mask val ues. F or a subnet mask, t ype 8 to 32 [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Sending I mages to FTP Se rver — FTP client set ting P age 31 FTP server name T ype the FTP server name to upload still images up to 64 characters, or the IP a ddress of the FT P server . User name T ype t he user name for th e FTP serv er . Pa s sw o rd T ype t he passwor d for the FTP serv er . Re-type pa ssw or d T [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP client settin g P age 32 A vailab le period Select the p eriod for which the selecte d alarm mode is av ailable. Always: The selected alarm mode is av ailable an y time. Use sche duler: The selected alarm mode is a v ailabl e according to the sch edule selected i n Schedul e No. belo[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Sending I mages to FTP Se rver — FTP client set ting P age 33 Note The actual int erval may be long er than the set v alue depending o n image size and the netwo rk en vironments. Built-in me mor y Displays the b uilt-in memory space. Log Click Vi e w to displa y the Backup FT P log page t o sho w network f ailures and[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Downloadin g Ima ges fro m the Came ra — FTP serv er sett ing P age 34 Downloading Images fr om the Camera — FTP ser ver setting P age When y ou click FTP se rv er on the Administra tor menu, the FTP serv er setting pag e appears. Use t his p age to s et u p for the FT P se rve r fun ction wh ich find s a specif ied [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Sending an I mage via E-mail — SMTP s etting P age 35 Sendin g an Image via E- mail — SMTP setting P age When you cl ick SMTP on the Admini strator menu, th e SMTP sett ing page ap pears. Use this page to set up f or the SMT P functi on that can capture and send a sti ll image attached t o an E-mail. Y ou can capture[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Sending an Ima ge via E-mail — SMTP set ting P age 36 Mode Select the mo de of the SMTP fun ction. Manual: Sends a still im age attac hed to an E-ma il manua lly . After select ing Manual , click OK . T he SMTP functio n mode is set to Manual . In this mode, wh en you click t he (Tri gger) but ton on th e main vie wer [...]

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 37 Settin g the Al arm Out 1 or 2 — Alarm out 1 o r 2 settin g P ag e When you cl ick Alarm ou t 1 on t he Administrator menu, the Ala rm out 1 set ting page appears. Wh en you click Alarm ou t 2 on the Admi nistrator men u, the Alarm out 2 set ting [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Recording Im ages in Memory — Image memory setting P age 38 Schedule No. When Use schedule r is select ed on the A vailabl e period menu, sele ct the sched ule you want th e alarm mode being av ailable . Click to sel ect the che ck box(es) 1 to 6 . Y ou can select multip le sched ules. T o check the contents of schedul[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setti ng P age 39 Memory Select the memory you w ant to store the image to, from the drop- dow n list . Built-in m emory: Built-in memory o f the camer a (about 8 MB) A T A memory card: A T A memor y card in serte d in to PC card slot of the camera Notes • The ima ge recorded[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Recording Im ages in Memory — Image memory setting P age 40 bui lt-in acti vity detec tion functi on. When you select Alarm , the Alarm mode sett ing section appears (see page 40). Note If the Suf f ix menu is s et to Non e , y ou cannot sel ect the Alarm mode. Wh en you w ant to use the Alarm mode, set the Suf f ix me[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setti ng P age 41 Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6 . Y ou can select multip le sched ules. T o chec k the cont ents of schedules, cl ick Schedu le check . (S ee “Setting t he Sche dule — Schedul e setting Page” o n page 43.) Dig est v iewer If you se lect On , an [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Alarm Buff er — Alarm buf f er sett ing P age / Communic ating Data v ia Serial P or t — Serial set ting P age 42 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 [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Schedule — Schedule set ting P age / Setting the Schedu le — Schedule sett ing P age 43 Notes • When you control t he camera vi a th e serial port using the VISCA prot ocol, matc h the commu nication settings with tho se on the conn ected contro ller . • This camera do es not suppor t the da isy chain[...]

Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Activ ity Det ection Functi on — A ctivit y dete ction se tting P age 44 Setting th e Acti vity Detectio n Function — Activity detection setting P age When yo u click Activity detection on the Administrator menu, th e Acti vity dete ction setting page appears. Use t his page to s et up for the acti v ity [...]

Administ rating the Came ra Showing the P op-up — P op-up s etting P age 45 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[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Pr ogr am 46 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[...]

Other s Us ing t he S uppl ied Setup Pr ogram 47 8 Set the primary DNS se rver address and , if necessary , seconda ry 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 DNS serv er add resses manu ally: Select Use the f ollo wing DNS ser ver ad dress , and typ[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Pr ogr am 48 Setting the Date and Time Y ou can set the date an d time on the camera. 1 Click the Da te time t ab to display the date/t ime setti ng windo w . 2 Clic k to select t he camera you want to set the date and ti me for . Y ou can select multiple cameras and set the dat e and ti me simultane ously . 3 Sele[...]

Other s Assigning t he IP Address to t he Camera Using ARP Co mmands / Using the SNMP 49 Assigning the IP Addres s to the Camer a Using ARP Commands This section e xplains ho w to assi gn an IP addr ess to the camera usin g ARP (Address Resol ution Pro tocol) commands witho ut using the su pplied setup program. Note Ente r the ARP comma nds w ithi [...]

Other s Using the SNMP 50 4 describes the inst ance of “mib-2.system. sysConta ct.0”. This f ield is used to desc ribe the informatio n on the admini strator of this c amera. Nothi ng is se t at t he f acto ry . 5 describes the inst ance of “mib-2.system. sysN ame. 0”. This fiel d is us ed to desc ribe the administr ation node of thi s came[...]

Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-in Flash Memory 51 SNMP rest ar t comm and <Method> GET , POST <Command> http:/ /ip_adr/ snmpdconf/ snmpdconf.cgi ? snmpd=restart 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[...]

Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-i n Flash Memory 52 5 Read the agreement carefully , select Ag ree if you accept i t, then cli ck Next . 6 T ype the IP address of the camera in the IP address box. 7 Specify the HTTP port No. of the camera. 8 When you use a proxy serv er, set th e follo wing: For the proxy se rver of your en vironments, c[...]

Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-in Flash Memory 53 The fol lo wing p age will ap pear afte r a while. The camera will be restarted automatically i n two min utes, and storin g to th e built-in fl ash memo ry is comp leted. 13 Click Finish to ex it th e pro gram .[...]

Other s Inde x 54 Inde x Numerics 802.11 Ad h oc mode .................. .... 26 A access log . ............ ................. ......... 18 access right ...................... ........... .... 29 Activ eX vie wer...................... ........... 8 acti vity detection function .............. 44 administrator ........ ........... ........... ...... [...]

Other s Inde x 55 schedule ............... ........... ............ ... 43 security function ............. ............ ... 2 9 security setting ..... ........... ............... 29 sending a st ill image ............. ......... 12 sending images ................ ......... 30 , 35 sensiti vity ............. ........... ............ ... 44 serial nu[...]