Sony NSR-1200 manual

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    NSR-1000 Series NSR-1200/NSR-1 100/NSR-1050H V ersion 1.1.1 Release Note 1 st Edition Last Modified Date: Dec. 18 th , 2009 ⓒ 2009 Sony Corporation[...]

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    Copyright Notice ©2009 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved . This document may not be reproduced, translated or reduced to any machine readable form in w hole or in part, without prior written approval from Sony Corporat ion. SONY CORPORA TION PROVIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS DOCUMENT OR INFORMA TION CONT AINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESS[...]

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    Index 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................... 1 1 - 1 Additional features by v1.1.1 ...................................................................................... 1 1 - 1 - 1 Multiple Codecs support ................................[...]

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    4 - 1 - 3 Main W indow - Search and Play back .............................................................. 19 4 - 1 - 4 Main W indow – Monitoring .............................................................................. 20 4 - 1 - 5 Analog Camera Control ....................................................................[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 1 Overview This release note provides the information for the software of the NSR-1200 / NSR-1 100 / NSR-1050H. For the b uilt-in NSR Client (IMZ -NS Series) software, please refer to the release note of the RealShot Manager Adva nced included in t he client software. 1 - 1 Additional features by v1.1.1 1[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note SNC-RX5 70 v3.10/2.40 or higher SNC-CS50 v2.30 or higher SNC-RZ50 v2.40 or higher SNC-DF50 v1.20 or higher SNC-DF80 v1.20 or higher SNC-DF85 v1.20 or higher 1 - 1 - 4 Exp ansion of supported languages Newly supports Polish a nd Korean. 1 - 2 Built-in client software and sof tware tools with NSR-1000 Ser[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note V1.0.0 1.0.0.26 1.0.0.16 1.2.0.7 V1.0.1 1.0.1.4 1. 0.1.4* 1.2.0.1 1 V1.0.4 1.0.4.6 1. 0.4.6* 1.2.1.5 V1.1.0 1.1.0.20 1.1.0.19 1.2.2.4 V1.1.1 1.1.1.7 1.1.1.7 1.2.3.0 *New RealShot Manager Advanced is planned to be released. Please refer to the release note for the RealShot Manager Advanced and Med ia File Player w[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 1 - 4 Support Camera Information Sony Camera Model Name Camera Firmware V ersion SNC-CM120 v1.02 or higher SNC-CS3 v1.08 or higher SNC-CS10 v1.06 or higher SNC-CS1 1 v1.06 or higher SNC-CS20 v1.02 or higher SNC-CS50 v2.24 or higher SNC-DF40 v1.18 or higher SNC-DF50 v1.15 or higher SNC-DF70 v1.18 or higher SNC[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note SNC-Z20 v1.06 or higher SNT -EP104 v1.04 or higher SNT -EP154 v1.04 or higher SNT -EX101 v1.04 or higher SNT -EX101E v1.04 or higher SNT -EX104 v1.04 or higher SNT -EX154 v1.04 or higher SNT -V704 v2.16 or higher Axis Camera Model Name Camera Firmware V ersion Axis 206 v4.40 Axis 207 v4.40 Axis 207W v4.40.1 Axis [...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note Axis 214PT Z v4.40 Axis 215PTZ v4.40 Axis 232D+ v4.41 Axis 233D v4.48.1 Axis 241Q v4.30 Axis 241QA v4.30 Axis 241S v4.40 IQinV ision Camera Model Name Camera Firmware V ersion IQeye510 v2.8/6(080313) IQeye51 1 v2.8/6(080313) IQeye702 v2.8/6(080313) IQeye703 v3.0/2(090521) IQeye705 v3.0/2(090521) IQeye71 1 v3.0/2([...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 2 Important notes ・ The cameras and camera servers lis ted be low have some restrictions at V1.04 firmware. SNC-RH series SNC-RS series SNT -EP series SNT -EX series The following are planned to be solved in a future release (V .1.06 or later). ・ Periodical sending of VMF metada ta is not executed.(V1 1N:52[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 3 Notes 3 - 1 Installation / System Configuration ・ The NSR-1000 Series cannot connect with th e client if the setting for ‘Network Interface for Remote C lient’ on the ‘Ser ver C onfiguration’ is configured as ‘Network3’. Please set ‘Network 1’ or ‘Network2’. (VT1:2036) ・ If user ch[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note NTSC Resolution Maximum frame rate CIF(352x240) 480 2CIF(704x240) 240 4CIF(704x480) 120 PA L Resolution Maximum frame rate CIF(352x288) 400 2CIF(704x288) 200 4CIF(704x576) 100 ・ User cannot change parameters about recording settings of analog cameras in the ‘Schedule Configuration’. Please change setting in[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ "Smooth Sc aling" function is available for only one monitor frame which is currently selected. This function is no t applied to second display . (VT1:2069) ・ The DIRECT PTZ function is not sup ported on camera servers SNT -EX/EP series connected to analog cameras. T o achieve this function, use t[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ Y ou can select only the on e check box in the search results list. Playback is enabled for the selected search res ult. Exporting is enabled for the selected search result, too. Y ou can protect /unprotect the recordings if their background is turned into blue with the ch eck box selected. (VT1:2163) 3 - ?[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note internal value not to over the limita tion. (V1 1N:335) ・ Regarding following ca meras, if user us e the VMD (Camera) with the cod ec as MPEG4, the frame rate is limited as 20FPS with NTSC or 16FPS with P AL. If VMD (Camera) is disabled after enable d, maximum frame rate setting becomes available after other re[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ The image size of more than QVGA (320x240) is selected, the maximum frame rate is limited at the transmission side as follows: NTSC: 10 fps or less P AL: 8 fps or less ・ If the cameras mentioned below uses th e MPEG4 codec with the image size of more than 384x288, the maximum frame rate is limited at transm[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note values diffe rent from actual ones when making configurations for the cameras/camera servers shown b elow (V1 1R:483) SNC-RH series SNC-RS series SNT -EP series SNT -EX series In this case, perform the adjustment of the detection area size while viewing on the frame in the conf iguration screen. ・ When paramete[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note registration. (V1 1N:461) 3 - 11 Action Configuration ・ N/A 3 - 12 Schedule Configuration ・ If user sets the schedu le record of following cameras with the ‘Automatic Record Configuration’, the codec set ting shall be not MPEG4 but JPEG. If user needs to change the setting, p lease select the [...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note between start and stop t ime of recor ding is too long or the time displayed on the monitor frame jumps suddenly . Please change the system time after stopping to record. (VT1:1659) ・ 3 - 13 User Configuration ・ If user set the username and password ex cept E nglish one byte characters, [-], and [_], us[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ When you c hange the video-related options (Image Size, Image Quality and Frame Rate) on the [V ideo] tab while mo nitoring/recording a JPEG image an AXIS camera is capturing, monitoring or recording may continue with the previous settings. T o enable the changed va lues in monitoring, be sure to logoff once,[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note the value sp ecified by “Frame rate”. It also depends on combination of image size and frame rate. (V1 1R:58) Before use, be sur e to check whether an i mage is output at the spe cified frame rate. If not, reconfigure the image size or frame rate to the other value. It has been confirmed that this issue happe[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 4 Limitations 4 - 1 Known Limitations 4 - 1 - 1 Installation / System Configuration ・ When enabling the SNMP agent function under [Administration] menu -> [Setup] menu -> [SNMP Menu] ->[T rap], the error message below is displayed and the ERROR lamp is lit. There is no problem in operation,[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note for continu ous recording, it takes more than ten minutes to load the recorded data since [PLA YBACK] is pressed. Wh en you want to select “iSCSI” as recording storage, it is recommen ded to segment the record by setting a recording schedule that inserts a 1 -second rec ording break each day in the recurrent [...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ When recor ding audio from a camer a of which frame rate is set to less than 1fps , you cannot play back audio in synchronization with image. For example, i n case of 0.25fps, a four-second image is played back per a frame. On the other hand, with regard to audio, a one-second audi o is repeatedly played back[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 4 - 1 - 6 Alarm Notification / Alarm History ・ If user tries to play back the camera with double-clicking alarm history during playing back it on the other monitor fram e, the NSR-1000 Series cannot start to play back and live image is displayed. Plea s e m ake s ur e th a t t he c a me r a i s no t playe[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note selected, actual frame ra te is 1fps. (VT1:1842) ・ Y ou can change multiple registration de tails by selecting two or more camera s at time, if they are all the same model. If 29 or more cameras are selected, however , there are cases where the maximum value cannot be selected from the list. T o work around thi[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note (V1 1N:363,V1 1N:446) In addition, when making the Device configuration settings continuously , there are infrequent cas es where a part of set values etc., is not displayed by screen refresh even after th e settings are applied. In this case, sel ect another camera once in th e camera tree and then r eselect the[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note set up masks again. (V1 1R:484) 4 - 1 - 9 Server Configuration ・ Pay attention to the foll owings when you want to change the recording storage from default to other in t he storage settings. It affects th e estimation of storage capacity . When the storage mode is put into the camera mode (refer t o “C[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ If user modifies recordin g settings in ‘S chedule Configuration’ such as alarm to event, the NSR-1000 Series doesn’t reload the default recording settings (codec / Image Size / Image Quality / Bit Rate / Frame Rate) on ‘V ideo’ tab in the ‘Device Configuration’ automatically . Please click ‘A[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note Otherwise, t he following issues occur: -An hour is given or taken for the schedule which triggers actions. -Time indication in the a larm history is read an hour behind or early . Note that you cannot play back by clicking the alarm history where the improper time is displayed. T o work around this, play it from[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note P AL/2CIF(704x288) case: 384x288 4 - 1 - 15 Other ・ N/A - 28 -[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 4 - 2 Resolved limitations in V1 .1.1 ・ Ther e were some restrictions in V1.02 of the cameras/camera servers below . (V1 1R:386,V1 1R:4 40,V1 1N:379) SNC-RH series SNC-RS series SNT -EP series SNT -EX series The restrictions mentioned below have been solved in V .1.04. ・ When execu ting the preset functio[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note monito r frames on the NSR even when you pressed MONITOR SELECT button. (V1 1N:478) This issue has been solved. ・ There was a p roblem that communication with the sla ve server was not established after you upgraded the NSR-1000 series or RealShot Manager Advanced which configured the master/s lave configuratio[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ There was a problem that live image is no t displayed depending on the video codec settings on the SNC-RH seri es camera. (V1 1R:745) This issue has been solved. Example of video c odec settings that cause the trouble: H.264, 4096kbps, 1fps H.264, 8192kbps, 1fps H.264, 8192kbps, 2fps ・ When SNC-DF85 are bei[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 5 Appendix 5 - 1 Histories of additional features 5 - 1 - 1 Additional features by V1.1.0 5 - 1 - 1 - 1 Expansion of supported cameras Newly supports th e Sony IP network cameras and camera servers sh own below . IP network camera: SNC-RS44, SNC-RS46, SNC-RS84, SNC-RS86, SNC-RH124, SNC-RH16 4 [...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 5 - 1 - 1 - 4 4CIF resolution support Newly supports 4CIF resolution (P AL: 704x 57 6, NTSC: 704x480) for the Sony IP network cameras. Supported model name and firmware version are as follows : Camera Model Name Camera Firmware V ersion SNC-RX530 3.10/2.40 or higher SNC-RX550 3.10/2.40 or higher SNC-RX570[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 5 - 1 - 2 Additional features by V1.0.4 Object Improvement Server/Client AXIS and IQinV ision ca meras are supported. (VT1:2072, 2099) Client Audio Upload From a C lient is supported. (VT2:728) Server/Client Specifying Camera and Server with Host Name is enabled. (VT1:2095, VT3:863) Server/Client All Monito[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note Server/Client The NSR-1000 Series and the c lient software start to support controlling PTZ of analog camera via VISCA protocol. (VT1:191 1) - 35 -[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 5 - 2 Histories of resolved limit ations 5 - 2 - 1 Resolved limitations in V1.1.0 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 Main Window – Monitoring ・ Ther e are c ases where a camera do es not move ev en if you select the preset position which is already configured and appears in the preset list. This problem may happ[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note co nfigured before may disappe ar on [Camera Action] tab. After the tour settings are updated in th e device menu, be sure to reconfigure [Action end preset]. (V1 1N:54) ・ The problem that oc curs when configuring the event/alarm ac tions If you change target devices for the action on the right side of the scre[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 5 - 2 - 2 Resolved limitations in V1.0.4 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 Installation / System Configuration ・ When savin g the system configuratio n information in Control Menu, the prohibited characters such as # , $ , % can be used in the file name. However , you should not use thos e characters, because i[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note ・ GUI abends at login when lo goff while the alarm history panel is f olded at main monitoring window . (VT1:2188) ・ Play back audio is not available under the following cond itions. (VT1:1906) ・ The layout is changed to 1x1 with th e monitor frame double-clicked during playing back. Please click ‘PLA YBA[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note window , a space can not be used in the Preset name. (VT1:1960) ・ When VMD(Camera) is configured to SN T -V704, the detection area is created as QVGA size even though the detection area is configured as the full screen of the monitor frame. (VT1:2032) ・ When the multiple cameras are selected in Device configu[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note 5 - 2 - 2 - 6 Action Configuration ・ When the s chedule action is s et, the camera preset setting might not be correctly preserved. (VT1:2177) 5 - 2 - 2 - 7 Search Window ・ During the playback for the mul tiple cameras in the timeline view , the synchronization among the multiple came ras take[...]

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    NSR-1000 Series v1.1.1 Release Note - 42 - 5 - 2 - 3 Resolved limitations in V1.0.1 ・ There was a possibility t hat some recordin g frames were lo st if the NSR-1000 Series with the NSRE-S200 was carried out over long periods with overwriting. (VT1:1585) ・ NSR-1000 Series could not display corr ect time on the monitor when below time zone[...]