Sony SNC-VL10P manual

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    3-619-676- 13 (1) Netw ork Camera © 2002 Sony Corporation SNC-VL10N/VL10P User’ s Guid e Software V ersion 1.4[...]

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    2 Owner's Recor d The model and se rial numbers are locate d at the bottom. Record these numbers i n the spaces pr ovide d belo w . Refer to these nu mbers whene v er you call up on your Sony d ealer r ega rding this product . Model No . _____ ____________ ___ Serial No. _________ ________ ___ T o prevent fire or shock hazar d, do not expose t[...]

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    3 NO TICE TO USERS © 2002 Sony Corporation . All rights reserved. This manual or the software described he rein, in whole or in part, may not be reproduc ed, translated or red uced to any mach ine readable form wit hout prior written ap pr ova l f r o m So ny Co r p o ra t i o n. SONY CORP ORA TION PR OVIDES NO W ARRANTY WITH REGAR D TO THIS MANU [...]

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    T able of Cont ents 4 T able of Cont en ts Overvie w How to Use Thi s Manual .......... .................. .......... 5 Prec autions ...... .................. .................. .................. . 5 Operating the Camera Logging In to Homepage — Login Page ............. 6 Conf igurat ion of Main V iewer Page .......... .......... 7 Menu Section [...]

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    How to Use This Man ual / Precau tions 5 Overview How to Use This Man ual This manual e xplains ho w to operate the S NC-VL10N/ VL10P Netw ork Camera f rom a cli ent PC. This manu a l is written to b e read on the c omputer display . As th is se ction gi v es tips o n usi ng th is man ual , rea d it before you operat e the camera. Jumpi ng to the r[...]

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    Logging In t o Homepage — Login P age 6 Operating the Camera The Operating the Camera se ction exp lains ho w to monitor the image from t he camera using the W eb browser . For setting th e camer a, see “ Ad ministra ting the Camera” on page 13. Logging In t o Homepa ge — Login P ag e 1 Start the W eb brow ser on the computer an d type t he[...]

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    Configur ation of Main Vie wer P age 7 Configurat ion of Main Vie wer P age When you log i n with an access ri ght other than Administra to r , t he Main V iewer page is di splayed. When y ou lo g in as Admi nistrator, select Home on th e Menu page (pag e 13 ) to di spla y t he M a in V ie wer pag e. This sect ion briefl y explains th e function s [...]

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    Monito ring the Image from t he Camera 8 Image Contr ol Section Ima ge Size Selects the image size. See “Select ing the image size” on page 9. Expa nsio n Selec ts the imag e expansion ra tio. See “Expandi ng th e image ” on pa ge 9. Frame R ate Selects the frame rate to tra n smit images. See “Select ing the frame rate” on page 9. Note[...]

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    Monito ri ng th e Image fr om th e C a m er a 9 Using an OS other than Windows such as Macintosh, UNIX and Linux or Netscape Na viga tor V er . 6.0 Jav a Applet vie wer is necessary . When you log in the camera for the f irst time, click Ja va Applet on the Lo gin page or the Main V iewer page to start the Jav a Applet viewer . (See “Controlli n [...]

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    Monito ring the Image from t he Camera 10 selected in the Frame Rate box. In this case, cont act your author ized Son y dea ler . Displa ying the monitor ima ge in monochrome Select the Monochrome check box. By r emovin g the check mark, the color monitor image i s restored. Freezing the monitor image Select the Single shot ch ec k box . Th e mon i[...]

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    Monito ri ng th e Image fr om th e C a m er a 11 Focus Area Use this func tion to focus o n a portion of th e monitor image b y masking ov er the other portion. The focused portion is cal led “forcu s area. ” By masking the image, the transmitti ng data size reduce s and a hi gher frame rate is obtained. New Area T o de termine a n e w foc us a[...]

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    Changing the Access Right — Re-login P age / When Y ou Have T rouble — F AQ P ag e 12 Controlling the Moni tor Image Using the Ja v a Applet Vie wer When you use a n OS othe r than W indo ws, such a s Macintosh, UNIX and Lin ux, click Ja va Applet on th e Login pag e or the M ain V iew er pag e. The Ja va Applet vie wer starts. The image cont r[...]

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    Loggi ng in as Administr ator / Conf igurat ion of Menu P age 13 Administrating the Camera The Adm inist ra ting the Ca mer a sect ion exp lai ns how t o set the functions of the camera b y the Admin istrator . For monitori ng the came ra im age, see “Operating the Camera” on page 6. Logging in as Administrator If you lo g in as Admini strato r[...]

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    Configuring t he Syst em — Sys tem Set ting P age 14 Secu rity Displa ys the Se curi ty Sett in g page . See “Settin g the Security — Security Sett ing P age” on page 19. Camera Displa ys th e Came ra Set ting pa ge. See “Sett ing the Camera — Camera Set ting P age” on page 20. SMTP Displa ys th e SM TP Set ting page. See “Sendin g [...]

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    Setting t he Us er — User Setting P age 15 System(PC) Current Date&Time Displa ys th e date and time set on yo ur compute r . When you w ant to sync hronize the camera’ s date and time with th e date and tim e setting of th e computer, op erat e as fo llows: Click Time Syn chr on ization , and “ Applied, OK” windo w appears. Click OK to[...]

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    Configuring the Netw ork — Network Setting P age 16 Camera&Sensor Allows mo nitoring of t he camera image and alarm outp ut by clicking Sensor 1 and Sens or 2 on the vi ewer page, and setti ng the camera on the Camera Se tting page. The access right for Administrator is f ixe d to All , allo wing access to all t he functions of the so ftware.[...]

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    Configuring t he Net work — Network Set ting P age 17 xDSL Select th is option whe n you use a Digital Sub s c riber Line such as ADSL, VDSL and SDSL. See page 18 for x DSL sett ing. PSTN Select thi s option wh en you use a con ventional anal og telephon e line . See page 18 for P STN setti ng. LAN This me nu is displ ayed when Sel ect Netw ork I[...]

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    Configuring the Netw ork — Network Setting P age 18 xDSL Interface This m enu is di spl ayed whe n Sele ct Netw or k In terf ace is set to xDSL . For setting the items in the LAN menu, see “ LAN” on page 17. Network T ype Displays the protoco l bei ng used for t he xDSL connectio n or P PPoE (P oint-t o-Po int Pr otocol o ver Ethernet). MA C [...]

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    Settin g th e Se cu r ity — Secu r it y Settin g Page 19 Settin g the Secu rity — Security Setting P age When yo u click Se curity in the menu sec tio n, the Security Setting page appea rs. Use this page to limit th e computers t hat can access t he camera or encryp t the monitor ima ge. IP/Subnet Filtering Mode Limits access to t he camera b y[...]

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    Setting the Camera — Camera Sett ing P age 20 Setting the Camera — Camera Setting Pa ge (The users ha ving the “Camera&S ensor” access right can also access thi s page.) When yo u click Camera in the men u sec tion, the Came ra S e tting p age a ppea r s . Use this page to s et the functi ons of the camer a. CCD IRIS Tu r n s o n / o ff[...]

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    Sending Image s via E- mail at Alarm — SMTP Setti ng P age 21 Caption Sho w: Enables or disab les the captio n d isplay . Click to show the check mark to displa y t he caption . Click it again to remo v e the check mark to make the caption disappear . Color: Selects the captio n color . Click to sh o w the check ma rk on White to d isplay the ca [...]

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    Sending Imag es via E-mail at Alarm — SMTP Setting P age 22 Activity Detec tio n (AD) Select this check box to send an E-mail when an alarm trigg ered by the activ ity detect ion is outpu t. Y ou can set the time and the frame rate to sa ve images to be attached to the E- mail in th e boxes below . Setting e xample: T o sav e image s during the p[...]

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    Sending Ima ges to FT P Serv er at Ala rm — FTP Setting P age 23 Sending Ima ges to FTP Server a t Alarm — FTP Sett ing P age When yo u click FTP in the m enu sectio n, the FT P Setting pa ge appears. Use th is page to set up for send ing monito r images t o an FTP (File T ransfer Protocol) serv er . Y o u can specify two FTP serv er s. FTP Ser[...]

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    Sending Imag es to FTP Serv er at Alarm — FTP Setting P age 24 Periodic Sen ding (PS) Select this ch eck box to send images t o the FTP server(s) periodical ly reg ardless of a larm out put. Setting e xample: T o send images to the FTP serv er(s) e ver y hour Int erval: T ype th e inte rv al at whi ch you w ant t o send images to the FTP server(s[...]

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    Configuring the Se rial P ort — Serial Sett in g P age / Co n figuring the Sensor I/O P ort — Sensor I/ O Set ting P age 25 Configuring the Serial Po r t — Seria l Setting P age When yo u click Se rial in the menu section, the S erial Setting pa ge appears. Use this page to conf i gure the RS485/232C serial por t on the rear pan el of the cam[...]

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    Configuring t he S ensor I /O P or t — Sens or I /O Set ting P age 26 Acti vity Det ecti on Th resh old Select th e sensitivity of activity detectio n: Lo w , Mid , High , Supe r or Hyp er . The h igh e st se nsitivit y is given by Hyper , which can detect the small est mov ement. Showing Pop-up Y ou can set for displayi ng “ AD” (Activity De[...]

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    Configuring the Sensor I/O P ort — Sensor I/O Set t ing P age 27 Inter -alarm Eve nt Detect ion Ti me T ype t he duratio n, between 5 an d 60 second s, during which the camera can detect t he ne xt alarm input. Showing Pop-up Y ou can set for di splaying “ SI” (Sensor Input) p op-up on the lo wer -right of t he monitor ima ge when an alarm ou[...]

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    Assign ing t he IP Addr ess to th e Camer a Using ARP Comman ds 28 Other s Assigning the IP Addr es s to the Camer a Using ARP Commands This section ex plains ho w to assign an IP addre ss to the cam e ra usi ng AR P (Ad d ress R esolu tion P rotoc ol) commands witho ut using t he supplie d setup p rogram. F or the use o f th e setup pr ogr am, see[...]

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    Connecting the Camera to a Net w o rk 29 Connecting the Camera to a Ne tw ork This section e xplains how t o connect the camera to a network usi ng v arious interf aces. Connecting to a Local Netw ork (LAN) 1 Select Eth er ne t in the setup program o r select LAN on Select Network Interface on the Network Sett ing page fo r the Admini strator, and [...]

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    Connecti ng the Camer a to a Netw ork 30 Connection Using an xDSL Modem 1 Select xDSL (PP PoE ) in t he setup program or select xDSL on Select Network Interface on the Network Se tting pa ge for the Administ rator , and s et the items for the xDSL modem connec tion. For details on the setti ngs, see “x DSL Interface ” on page 18. For the use of[...]

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    Other s Connecti ng the Camer a to a Netw ork 31 Connection Using IEEE802.3af Comp liant P o wer Supply Equipment This camera conforms to the IEEE802.3af standards to supply the po w er via the Ethernet cabl e. T o supply the power t o the camera, c onnect it t o a network using the IEEE802.3af compliant po wer supply equipment. 1 Select Eth er n e[...]