Sony SNTEP154 manual

Video Network Station 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. SNT-EX101 SNT-EX104/SNT-EP104 SNT-EX154/SNT-EP154 SNT-RS1U/SNT-R S3U 4-154-542- 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 the I P Addres s to the unit ......... .......... 6 Assig[...]

T abl e of Contents 3 Sending an Imag e via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu ..................... ........................... ..................... 57 Comm on T ab — Se tting the e-Mail (SMTP ) Function . ........................... ........................... ... 57 Alarm sendi ng T a b — Setting the e-mail sendi ng mode when detec ting the alar[...]

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. • XDNR and V i sibility Enhanc er enable clearer images for streaming. • Three video compression modes (vide o codecs) JPEG/MPEG4 /H.264 are suppor ted. • Single c odec mode and du al codec modes a r e av [...]

Over vi ew How to Use This User’ s Guide 5 How to Use This User’ s Guide This User’ s Guide e xplains ho w to operate th e video networ k station fr om 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. J[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the unit 6 Preparation The Preparation secti on expla ins what the administrator has to prepare for monitoring images after installation and connect ion of the u nit. Assigning the IP Add ress to the unit T o connect the uni t to a network , you need to assign a new I P address to the unit when you install[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addre ss to the unit 7 Tip The fa ctory setti ng of the un it netw ork is DHCP mod e. 7 Select a unit you wan t to assign an IP address from the li st and click Network . The account setti ngs screen is displ ayed. 8 Register the name and passw ord of the administrator and cl ick OK . The factory setting s for both it[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the unit 8 The vie wer screen of the video net work station 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 Inst[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addre ss to the unit 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 u[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the unit 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 ab ov e procedure is completed, th e video network station connec ted in the local netwo r k are display ed in SNC toolbo x. When using W indows Vist[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addre ss to the unit 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 th[...]

Prepar ation Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the unit 12 4 Select Off in the “General” tab . The vid eo netw ork stati on will be di splayed 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 a Program… . 7 If the Add a Pr ogram dialog a ppears, selec t[...]

Prepar ation Accessi ng the System Usi ng the W eb Browse r 13 Accessing the Sys tem Using the W eb Br owse r After the IP address has bee n assigned to the unit, che ck that you can a ctually access the sy stem using the W eb bro wser install ed on your comput er . Use Internet Explorer as a W eb bro wser . 1 Start th e W eb browser on th e comput[...]

Prepar ation Accessing the System Using the Web Browser 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 y[...]

Prepar ation Basic Con figuration b y the Administrato r 15 Basic Configuration b y the Administrator Y ou can monit or the camera image b y logging in with the init ial co ndit ions set for thi s vide o net work statio n. Y ou can also set vari ous functions acc ording to the installi ng position, netwo rk conditions or purpose of the camera. W e [...]

Operat ing the unit Administra tor and User 16 Operating the unit This section exp lains ho w to monitor the image from the camera usin g your W eb browser (Internet E xplorer). The functi ons of th e unit should be set b y the Admini strator . For the setting of the unit, see “ Administrati ng the unit” on page 27. Adminis trator a nd User Thi[...]

Operat ing the unit 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 system y ou want to mo nitor . 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 unit 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 of the main view er . For a detailed e xplanation on each part o r control, see the specified pages. Main vie wer using A ctive X Vie wer Main menu ActiveX Displays the Activ eX viewer . Plug-in free[...]

Operat ing the unit Configura tion of Main Vie wer 19 Vo l u m e (Displayed when Micr ophone ( page 34) 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 the microphone , click again. When you cl ick , the icon changes to and the micropho[...]

Operat ing the unit 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 m[...]

Operat ing the unit Operat ing the Came ra 21 Control bar The follo wi ng operation buttons are a vailab le. Camera list The camera list is displayed when Camera list is set to On in the vie wer menu, and at least o ne camera is registered in th e unit list. Operating the C amera Y ou can control pan/tilt, zoom and focus. Notes • This operat ion [...]

Operat ing the unit Using the T rigger Button 22 Mo ving the camera to a preset position Select a pr eset position name from the Preset position panel. The camera wi ll mov e to the preset po sition that you ha ve stored in memory using the Pr eset position menu (page 54). Multiple preset positio ns can be or ganized b y group according to set ting[...]

Operat ing the unit Switchi ng TCP/UDP T ransmission Mode 23 Controlling alarm output Y ou can contr ol Alarm out put. T o use this f unction, you need to make Alarm output acti ve in the T rigger menu of the Administrator menu (page 71) . 1 Click Alarm o utput1 or A larm output 2 on the T rigger p anel. The ala rm output is switched b y clicking. [...]

Operat ing the unit Using the System Utility 24 UDP (Multicast): This protocol is selectable when Multic ast str eaming (page 37) is On . W he n UDP (Multicast) is selected as the t ransmission port, R TP (Real-time T ransport Protocol ) and UDP multi cast technique s are adopted f or video/ audio transmission . By selec ting it, th e network trans[...]

Operat ing the unit Using the System Utility 25 Y ou can set th e connection method . Select the st art-up connec tion from: TCP , UDP Unicast , and UDP Multicast . If TCP connection is sel ected, you can conf igure proxy settin gs by select ing Use proxy . View tab Screen mode Y ou can select Wind ow or Full . View siz e Y ou can select the vie w [...]

Operat ing the unit Using the System Utility 26 Joystick tab Y ou ca n assign th e joystic k buttons he re. SNC Desktop Vie wer This is a gad get that displays t he camera image in the side bar of W indows V ista. Click to exit Gadget. When you c lick , you will see the fo llowing setting screen. Camera addre ss Set the IP address for t he camera t[...]

Administ rating the un it Basic O peratio ns of t he Admi nistrator Menu 27 Administrating the unit This sectio n explains ho w to set the functions of the unit by the Adm inistrato r . For det ails about mon itoring the camera image, see “Operating t he unit” on page 16. This section e xplains th e basic operations and each option o f the Admi[...]

Administ rating the un it Basic Op erations of the Administr ator Menu 28 Configura tion of the Administrator men u System Displays the System me nu. For detail s, see “Conf iguring the System — System Menu” (page 29). Camera Displays the Camera menu for setting the camera image and audio. F or details, see “Setting the Camera Image and Aud[...]

Administ rating the un it Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 29 Sche dule Displays the Schedule me nu for the Pr eset position function, e- Mail (SMTP) func tion, FTP cl ient function, Image memory f unction and Al arm output fun ction, V oice alert function, etc. (“Setting the Sched ule — Schedule M enu” on page 72 ) Alarm buffer Displa[...]

Administ rating the un it Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 30 Off: Multiple users can control p an, tilt a nd zo om at the same tim e. When mu ltiple use rs contro l these functions at the same time, the last operat ion has prior ity . Opera tion time Sets the time leng th for a user who has control authority . The selectable rang e is[...]

Administ rating the un it Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 31 Use the f ol lowing NTP server a ddress: Synchroni ze with the selected NTP server a ddress. NTP server 1: En ter the first choice for NTP server address. NTP server 2: En ter the second choice for NTP server address. NTP server 3: Ent er the third choice for NTP serv er address. [...]

Administ rating the un it Con fig uri ng th e Syst em — Syst em M enu 32 Superimpose f o rmat Set the displa y pos ition of superi mposed text. Y ou can set the content t o superimpose on the bott om left, bottom rig ht, top lef t, top r ight, cent er , top middle, and botto m middle part s, respecti vely . Preset positi on Checking her e will di[...]

Administ rating the un it Configuring the Sys tem — System Menu 33 Delete v oice alert file Click Delete to delete all the audi o fi les stored in the camera usin g SNC audio upl oad tool (page 95). Notes •C l i c k i n g Delete deletes all the stored a udio files simultaneousl y . T o delete a specif ied audio f ile only , perform deletion of [...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 34 Setting the Camera Image an d A udio — Camera Menu When yo u click in the Ad ministrato r menu, the Camera menu appea rs. Use this menu to set th e functi ons of the camera. The Camera menu consists of f iv e tabs: Commo n , Pictur e , Privacy m as kin g, Video cod[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 35 Picture T ab Y ou can set th e color condition, br ightness, etc ., of the camera. Display sample: Visibility Enhancer Using th e V isibili ty En hance r functi on m akes the darke r part of the camera image brighter as well as auto-adjust brightness a nd contrast to [...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Came ra Imag e and A udio — Camera Menu 36 Color Specif y the colo r of priv acy masks. This se tting i s common to e very pri v acy mask. The colors used are as follows: Blac k , White , Gra y , Red , Green , Blue , Cyan , Y ellow , Magenta . Setting a privacy mask Operate according t o the follo wing proced[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Camera Imag e and Aud io — Camera Menu 37 Notes • The actual f rame rate and bi t rate may b e dif ferent depending on the image si ze, shooting scene, or networ k conditio n. •W h e n Adaptive rate control i s set to On , the maximu m trans miss ion rat e will be the va lues set in Frame rate and Bit rat[...]

Administ rating the un it Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 38 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 consi sts of thr ee tabs: Network , QoS and Dynamic IP a[...]

Administ rating the un it Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 39 Note The domain suf fix is sent to the DHCP server as FQDN (Fully Qua lified Domain Name) in formatio n when Host name is set. HTTP por t number Norm ally selec t 80 . If y ou want to use a port number other than 80 , select the te xt box and type a port number between 1024 and[...]

Administ rating the un it Con fig uri ng th e Netwo r k — Ne twor k Me nu 40 Set Used when regi stering on the QoS tab l e. 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 add ress , Subnet , Pr otocol and/ or Port N o . . 2 Enter values in the Protocol and DSCP fi e l d s[...]

Administ rating the un it Configuring t he Netw ork — Network Menu 41 A uthenti cation Select the a uthentication requi red when you send an e- mail. Off: Select if no au t hentication is required when an e- mail is se nt. On: Select i f authentication i s required wh en an e-mail is sent. Sel ect one of the a uthenticat ion methods from the foll[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Men u 42 OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e ver y menu” on page 27. About th e special t ags Y ou can use the fol lowi ng fi ve special tags to allo w notification o f the sett ings acquired by DH CP , such as an IP address. T ype the tags i n the parameter sectio n of the URL that you[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 43 1 Set th e SSL functi on to On , and select Allow HT TP con nec ti on for som e cl ie nt s . 2 Click OK to close the main vie wer and the sett ing wind ow . 3 Display the main vie wer via SSL connect ion. Refer to “ Using the SS L function ” on page 13 for connection . 4 After[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Men u 44 – Use an exter nal certif icate is selected a nd the pri vate k ey password is speci fied in spit e of the fact that the k ey pair in the certif icate is not encrypted . – Use an exter nal certif icate is selected and the k ey pair is no t includ ed in the c ertificate. – Us[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting t he SSL functi on — SSL Menu 45 OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 27 How to install the CA cer tificate The unit may not be connec t ed because t he bro wser (Internet Explorer) does not displ ay whether the certif icate will be accepted or not du e to the type of certif icate. In this c[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the SSL func tion — SSL Men u 46 T o re move an insta lled CA cer tificate 1 In Inte rnet Explorer , click i n the order T ools , Internet options , Conten t tab and Certif icates . The C ertif icates dialog app ears. 2 Select th e certifi cate you want to remov e. The CA certif icate is usually stored in Tr u s [...]

Administ rating the un it Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 47 Using the 802 .1X A uthentication Func tion — 802.1X Menu When you c l ick in th e Administrat or menu, the 802.1X menu appe ars. Use this menu to c onfigure t he wired port-ba sed authenticati on in complia nce with the 802.1X standa r d. The 802.1X menu con[...]

Administ rating the un it Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 48 EAP identity T ype the user name to identif y the clien t in the 802. 1X authenticati on server using 3 to 253 characters. EAP passw or d A supplicant E AP password is n eeded to be input ted when PEAP is selec ted with EAP condition . The password c an contai[...]

Administ rating the un it Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 49 Note When the client cert ificat e to be imported is of PKCS#12 form at and the pri v ate ke y password i s not set correctly , “<Put correct p riv ate ke y password>” is displayed in the box es of Issuer DN , Subject DN , V alidity Period and Extend [...]

Administ rating the un it Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 50 Setting the 802.1X authenticati on function – Example of Windo ws Server 2003 Thi s se ctio n expl ains how to con figure th e authenticati on server and CA using Microsoft W indows Serv er 2003. Note As this secti on describes au thenticati on based on t he[...]

Administ rating the un it Using the 802. 1X Au thenticat ion Function — 802.1X Menu 51 10 Set the following items: Friendly name: T ype “authentic ator” as an exam pl e. Client addr ess (IP or DNS) : IP address of the authenticat or Client-V ender: RADIUS Standard Shared secret: Specify the shared secret to be set in the authen ticator . Addi[...]

Administ rating the un it Using the 802 .1X A uthenticat ion Func tion — 802.1X Menu 52 When “Us e a ke y pair fr om a CA” is sel ecte d 1 Start I nternet Expl orer on the c lient PC and typ e the CA ’ s URL in the address bar . The CA ’ s URL is normally as follo ws: 2 Click Go T o . 3 T ype th e log-in user n ame and password c o rrectl[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the User — User Menu 53 Setting t he User — User Menu When you cl ick in th e Administrator menu, t he User menu appea rs. Use this menu to se t the user name s and passwords of Administrat or and up to 9 kinds of users (User 1 to User 9), and the ac cess right of eac h user . Administrator Specify User name , [...]

Administ rating the un it Sett ing t he Secu rity — S ecurity M enu 54 Setting th e Security — Security Menu When you click in th e Administr ator menu, t he Security menu appears. This all ows y ou to control wh ich computers c an have access to the camera. Like wise, when using IPv6, security settings c an be conf igured for each net work. Se[...]

Administ rating the un it Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 55 Tip The number of selectable sen sor input t erminals is a s follows: SNT -EX101: 2 SNT -EX104/SNT -EX154: 4 SNT -EP104/SNT -EP154: None Sens or input 1 (S1) Select a pr eset position to sync hronize with the al arm from Sensor input 1. Sens or input 2 (S2[...]

Administ rating the un it Sav ing the Camera P osition and Action — Preset position Menu 56 P osition T our T ab — Setting a position tour Positions can be programmed, and the camera can b e set to move to the prog ramme d posit ions sequ entia lly (T our) . Up to f i ve programs can be set as T ours A to E. T our Select On to enable the tour f[...]

Administ rating the un it Sending an I mage via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu 57 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 sor[...]

Administ rating the un it Sending an Ima ge via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Men u 58 User name, P ass wor d T ype the user name and password o f the user who o wns the mail acc ount using up t o 64 character s. This setting is necessary when the SMT P server that sends e -mails performs authentication. Recipient e -mail ad dress T ype the recipi ent e[...]

Administ rating the un it Sending an I mage via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu 59 Ta m p e r i n g : An alarm t hat is triggered when the camera detects vibr ation or shaki ng. VMF: An alarm of the VMF detect ion function . Moti on detec tion: The alarm detect ed by the motion detecti on function . Click Detection , and the mot ion detec tion menu i[...]

Administ rating the un it Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP c lient Menu 60 Date & time: The date & time suf f ix is added t o the image f ile name. The da te & time suffix consist s of th e year ( 2 di gits), month (2 dig its), date (2 digits), h our (2 digits) , minutes ( 2 digits) and sec onds (2 digits), an d seque ntial n umber[...]

Administ rating the un it Sendi ng Images to FTP Se rver — FTP client Menu 61 P assive mode Set whethe r you use the pa ssiv e mode of FTP server or not when con necting to the FTP serv er . Select On to connect to t he FTP server us ing the passi ve mode. OK/Cancel See “Butt ons common to ev ery menu” on page 27. Alarm sending T ab — Setti[...]

Administ rating the un it Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP c lient Menu 62 Effect ive period Set the period du ring which alarm detec tion is eff ecti ve. Always: Alarm de tection is al ways ef fectiv e. Schedu le: Y ou can specify the period durin g which alarm detection i s ef fecti ve. Click Schedule and t he menu for the effect i ve period[...]

Administ rating the un it Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu 63 Recor ding Images in Memo r y — Image mem ory Menu When you cl ick in the Admi nistrator menu, the Image me mory menu appears. By using the image memory functio n, you can record an image and aud io fi le (shot bei ng link ed with the e xternal sensor inpu t or built-in[...]

Administ rating the un it Recording Image s in Memory — Image memory Menu 64 Note When Overwrite is set to On , a warning mail is not se nt to the Admin istrator . SMTP serv er nam e T ype the name of the SMTP serv er for sending an e- mail, usin g up to 64 c haracters. Otherw ise type t he IP addre ss of the SM TP mail se rver . SMTP por t num b[...]

Administ rating the un it Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu 65 Date & time: The Date & time suff ix is added to the imag e f ile n ame. The Da te & time suffix consists of the y ear (2 d igits), month (2 dig i ts), da te (2 digi ts), hour (2 d i gits), minute (2 di gits), secon d (2 digits) and sequential number (2 di git[...]

Administ rating the un it Recording Image s in Memory — Image memory Menu 66 Note Y ou cannot r ecord an audio file usi ng the per iodical recording function. Suffix Selec t a suff ix to be added to the file name . None: The rec ording f ile name will be th e image f ile name. Date & time: The date & time suf f ix is added t o the image f[...]

Administ rating the un it Download ing Images fr om the system — FTP server Menu 67 Downloading Images fr om the syste m — FTP serv er Men u When y ou click in the Admi nistrato r menu , the FTP serv er menu appears. This allo w s you to se t up for the FTP server fun ction, whcih f inds a specified image a nd audi o file stored in the built-in[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Alarm Output — Alarm output Men u 68 Timer: Controls alarm out put using the timer . Click Schedule and t he menu for the effect i ve period is display ed. (“Se tting th e Schedule — Sch edule Menu” on page 7 2) Sens or inp ut 1 Select thi s option whe n you link the al arm output t o an exter nal senso[...]

Administ rating the un it Outp utting Audio Link ed to Al arm Detection — V oice aler t Menu 69 Outputt ing A udio Linked to Alarm Detection — V oice aler t Menu Click in the Ad ministr ator menu to displ ay the V oice alert men u. Use this men u to set th e V oic e alert fun ction to outpu t audio from the l ine output jac k of the unit when a[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Operat ions from th e Viewer — T rigger Menu 70 Eff ectiv e period Set the period du ring which alarm detec tion is eff ecti ve. Always: Alarm de tection is al ways ef fectiv e. Schedu le: Y ou can specif y the peri od during whi ch alarm detection i s ef fecti ve. Click Schedu le , and the menu for the ef fe[...]

Administ rating the un it Settin g the Opera tions from the Vie wer — T r igger Menu 71 FTP c lient Checking this box al lo ws you to select FTP cl ient on the T r igge r panel in the mai n viewer . By clic king FTP client a still image of the moment you click is cap tured, an d the image file is sent to th e FTP server . When you cl ick FTP clie[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu 72 Notes • This operat ion is not a vail able on the S NT -EP104 or SNT -EP154. • V oice alert con figur ation is only av ailable for CH1 on the SNT -EX154. OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to e ver y menu” on page 27. Setting the Sc hedule — Schedule Menu When you click in th [...]

Administ rating the un it Setting t he Alarm Buff er — Alarm buf fer Menu 73 Setting th e Alarm Buff er — Alarm bu ffer Men u When you cl ick in th e Administrator menu, the Alarm b uff er menu appears. Y ou can set the Pre-al arm image and audio (the image and audio b efore alarm detection) an d the Post -alarm image and audio . These can be s[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Mot ion Detec tion/VM F Function — Moti on detec tion Men u 74 Appe arance When an object that did not e xist in the reference area appears, an alarm wil l be set of f. FTP client alarm sending, i mage memory alarm recor ding and/or au dio fil e playback ca n be performed i n synchronizat ion with this a larm[...]

Administ rating the un it Sett ing t he Mo tion Detect ion/V MF Fun ction — Moti on dete ction Me nu 75 T arget of set ting Selec t the came ra pos ition subj ect to detecti on sett ings and V MF s etti ngs fr om Current position or Pr eset . If you sele ct Items to c onf igure, the Curre nt Position and Preset will be displayed. Selecting Preset[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Mot ion Detec tion/VM F Function — Moti on detec tion Men u 76 Adding a ve r tex Clic king Adding a vertex will change the cu rsor to a b utton. In that stat e, when you click on a part of the side of the area , a verte x is added to that point. After the addit ion, the curso r will return to mov e mode. It i[...]

Administ rating the un it Sett ing t he Mo tion Detect ion/V MF Fun ction — Moti on dete ction Me nu 77 Setting number Select the se tting number to set from 1, 2 or 3. The fol low ing VMF sett ing is sa ved for the individ ual setting numbe r selecte d here. The set of the setting numbers selected here is v alid for current VMF setting. Note pac[...]

Administ rating the un it Setting the Mot ion Detec tion/VM F Function — Moti on detec tion Men u 78 Presen ce Similar to a acti ve windo w an inspection area can also be mov ed and v ertexes can b e mov ed/added o r deleted. If an object is present within the window lon ger than the specif ied time, the presenc e is ackno wledged. Presen ce ti m[...]

Administ rating the un it Sett ing t he Mo tion Detect ion/V MF Fun ction — Moti on dete ction Me nu 79 The size of an obj ect is measured in pi xels. • When you place th e cursor on the area, t he cursor changes to a crossed arro w , which you can drag to mov e the mini mum inspection size area and maximum inspection size area. • Placing the[...]

Administ rating the un it T ransmi t ting with Ext ernal Equipment — PTZ contro l I/F Menu 80 T rans mitting with External Equipment — PTZ cont r ol I/F Menu When you cl ick in the Admini strator menu, th e PTZ contr ol I/F menu is displayed. Using thi s menu, you ca n input da ta into the system from the comput er via a netw ork and output t h[...]

Administ rating the un it Confi guring the Vie wer — Vie wer Menu 81 Configuring the Vie wer — Viewer Men u Click in the Ad ministrato r menu to disp lay the Vi e w e r m e n u . Using this menu, you can sel ect the vie wer to use and conf igure adva nced settings. Lay out tab Homepage Set the vie wer or homepage to be displa yed at the time of[...]

Administ rating the un it Con fig uri ng th e Viewer — Viewer Menu 82 Bac kgrou nd colo r 1, bac kgr ound col or 2, an d T ext co lor Specify the backgr ound colors an d font color . T o specify the color , enter “#” fol lowed by an RGB va lue in 6- digit he xadecimal. The f irst 2 di gits aft er # represent r ed, the n ext 2 d igits green, a[...]

Administ rating the un it Confi guring the Vie wer — Vie wer Menu 83 HTML output tab If the mon itor is for pe rsonal use, th is tab ca n be used to output sa mple source fo r HTML and scr ipt. For details on the settin g, refer to “Se tting the monito r” of the Layo ut tab . Monit or Displays a pre view . Embedde d script Displays the sample[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 84 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 networ[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 85 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 86 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 chang e the display format o f the De vice list (page 87) . 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 87 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 device/folder b y follo wing either of the methods b[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 88 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 89 Using Privac y Masking — Masking a Camera Ima ge The Pri v acy Masking f unction of SNC toolbo x 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 90 Setting a privacy mask T o set a pri vac y mask in a de sired positi on, 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 moves to the center [...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 91 Using the Firmware Upgrade Using the F irmware Upgr ade func tion of th e supplied SNC toolbox allows you t o upgrade the fir mware 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 mult iple de vices at the same ti me. 2 [...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 92 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 D[...]

Other s Using the Sup plied SNC toolbo x 93 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 freq[...]

Other s Using the Supplie d SNC toolbo x 94 Dev ice restart and initiali zation Y ou can restart and initi alize (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 , Initialize De vice and Reboot in this orde r on the menu b ar to res[...]

Other s Using the SNC audio uploa d tool — T ransmitting A udio to unit 95 Using the SNC audio upload tool — T r ansmitting A udio to unit The suppli ed SNC audio u pload tool al lows yo u to transmit sound from the computer to the syste m via a microphone, as wel l as uplo ad an audio f ile for V oice alert function. Notes • This operat ion [...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to unit 96 2 Open the Recording tab and check that W indows has recognized the ha rdware correctly . Using the SNC audio upload tool When you st art the SNC audio upload t ool, the Setting tab is displayed. Setting tab Use t his menu t o set t he uni t to tra nsmit audio f rom a com[...]

Other s Using the SNC audio uploa d tool — T ransmitting A udio to unit 97 IP address when the IP address is obtained wi th a DHCP server . Model : Displays th e model name of the video ne twork station. Serial: Di splays the ser ial number of t he video netw ork station. User: Displays the specif ied user ID an d password. T he password i s sho [...]

Other s Using the SNC aud io upload tool — T rans mitting A udio to unit 98 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 ra[...]

Other s Using the SNC audio uploa d tool — T ransmitting A udio to unit 99 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 l engt[...]

Other s Using the SNC video pl ayer — Pl aying a Vid eo/A udio File Recorde d with the unit 100 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 Save as dialog appears[...]

Other s Using the SNC video play er — Pla ying a Video/ Au dio File Recorded with the unit 101 Using the SNC video p lay er 1 Start the SNC video player . 2 Click th e (browse) icon. The Select Fi le dialog o pens. 3 Select th e file you want to p lay . Click on the top of the screen to open the fi le informa tion dialo g. File dial og Model name[...]

Other s Assign ing the IP Addr ess to the unit us ing ARP Commands 102 Assigning the IP Add ress to the unit using ARP Commands This section e xplains ho w to assign an IP address to the unit using AR P (Address Resolution Protocol) commands witho ut using the su pplied SNC toolbox. Note When you turn on the camera, ex ecute the ARP and PING comman[...]

Other s Using the SNMP 103 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 administrator of this camera. Nothi ng 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. Nothing [...]

Other s Glos sar y 104 Gloss ary ActiveX contr ol A component prog r am object th at can be used with we b 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 [...]

Other s Glos sary 105 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 sar y 106 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 107 Inde x A Access log ...... ................. ............... 3 3 Acti ve Directory .............. ............... 5 0 Acti veX control .....................8 , 11 , 13 Acti veX V iewer ............... ......... 17 , 18 Adapti ve rate contro l ................... ... 36 adapti ve ra te control ........ ............... 3 6 Adjust .[...]

Other s Inde x 108 G Glossary..................... ................... 104 Group preset posi tions.................... 55 H H.264 ........ ................. ................. .. 105 Home .................... ................. ......... 18 Homepage ...... ....................... ......... 81 Host name.................. ..................... 38 HTML [...]

Other s Inde x 109 S Saturation ....... ................. ............... 3 5 saturation .................... ................. ... 35 sav es the setting data ................... ... 32 Schedule ..................... ................. ... 29 schedule .... ...................... ......... 29 , 72 Schedule Menu .... ................. ......... 72 Sch[...]

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