Canon VBCollector User Manual

VBCollector

User’s Manual

ENGLISH

Introduction

This manual describes the installation, configuration and operational procedures for VBCollector. Please read this manual prior to use to ensure that you will be able to use the VBCollector effectively.

Exclusion of Liability

If the Product is connected to a recording device (for example a VCR), Canon Inc. accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any financial losses that may be incurred as a result of the loss of recorded information or images, regardless of the internal or external cause of the loss.

Video or still pictures recorded using your Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR, VB-C10/VB-C10R and Network Camera Server VB150 cannot be used in ways that infringe copyright laws or without the consent of the owner, unless intended for personal use only.

Notes

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Contents

Introduction.................................................................. 1

Contents ....................................................................... 2

Overview of VBCollector ............................................. 3

Operating Environment and Installation .................... 4

Operating Environment .............................................................. 4

Installing VBCollector................................................................. 4

Configuring and Operating the VBCollector.............. 6

Starting Up VBCollector ............................................................. 6

Registering a Server ................................................................... 6

Registering Tasks ....................................................................... 9

Executing and Canceling Tasks .............................................. 11

Details Displayed on the Task View......................................... 13

Starting/Stopping the Service ................................................. 14

Automatic Downloading by Notification ................................ 14

Viewing Recorded Images ....................................................... 16

Viewing Logs ............................................................................. 20

Setting Download Capacity ..................................................... 23

Overview of VBCollector

VBCollector is used to view pictures recorded by the Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR, VB-C10/VB-

C10R and Network Camera Server VB150 (hereinafter referred to as Server). With VBCollector, you can

collect and display still pictures recorded by the Sever based on inputs from an external device, motion

detection or schedules. VBCollector accesses the Sever at specific times expressed in units such as dates,

weeks, or months, and then downloads the recorded pictures. Since the recorded pictures are saved one

after another in the PC on which VBCollector is installed, pictures can still be securely saved when the

allowable limit on the number of pictures that the Server can record and save has been exceeded.

Downloaded images can also be easily viewed in the Web browser. Information related to task execution

can also be recorded in a log.

Pictures periodically collected

according to the task

Pictures recorded with

the Server’s picture

recording function

Downloaded image displays

Operating Environment and Installation

Operating Environment

VBCollector Ver. 2.02

Operating System

Web Browser

Hard Disk

* If you configure your system to record pictures per second with servers and perform the maximum of 16 tasks (→ P.11)

at the same time, it is recommended that you use a desktop PC with Pentium 4 2.2 GHz and 512MB RAM or greater.

* It is recommended that you configure to collect up to 10,000 still pictures/day per a camera server. It the total

amount of still pictures exceeds this value, it may take several minutes to display all the pictures.

Windows 2000 (SP4 or later)/Windows XP (SP1a or later)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

20GB HDD or greater (NTFS formatted)

Supported Camera Servers

• Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR

•Network Camera VB-C10/VB-C10R with Firmware Ver. 1.0 Rev. 25 or later

• Network Camera Server VB150 with Firmware Ver. 1.1 Rev. 30 or later

• Network Camera Server VB101 with Firmware Ver. 3.0 Rev. 68 or later You should ensure the firmware version used is the latest one. The latest firmware can be downloaded for free from the following WebView Product web page: canon.com/webview

Installing VBCollector

VBCollector cannot be installed on a PC where MV Ver. 2.0 or later, optional

software sold separately, has already been installed.

Note

To Install...

If any other applications are running, please exit

them before installation. Please also be sure to

close the Windows Service Panel.

Double-click “CltSetup.exe” on the CD-ROM to start

up the installer. Click Next.

If you agree to the clauses in the licensing

agreement, click Yes.

Specify the target directory for the installation and

click Next.

If you have no special directory preference, just click

Next.

Specify the menu name to be registered in the

Program menu of the Start button, then click Next.

Check the settings and items you have selected thus

far, and click Next to confirm. The installation will

proceed by copying files and making registry

settings, etc.

Click Finish to complete the installation.

When installation is complete, “VBCollector Task

View” is added to the Start menu.

Configuring and Operating the VBCollector

Starting Up VBCollector

VBCollector is started up by choosing it from Start menu.

To Start Up VBCollector...

Choose [Program]-[WebView Livescope]-[VBCollector

Task View] from the Start menu to start up VBCollector.

Registering a Server

To use VBCollector, server from which the VBCollector downloads pictures must be registered.

Adding a server

Add a new server to which VBCollector will download pictures.

To Add a New Server...

To add a server, choose Add from the Server menu,

or click Add on the Server List dialog box that

appeared when Edit from the Server menu was

selected.

● Server Name

Assign a name for recognizing the Server (optional).

● Image Directory

Enter the name of the directory where downloaded images are to be saved, or click Browse to select a

directory folder. Refer to the next page for how to download images to a shared folder on the network.

Delete images on the server

When this check box is selected, pictures that VBCollector downloaded from the server will also be deleted

from the server.

● Server information

Host Name

Specify an IP address or a host name.

HTTP Port

Enter the HTTP port number set in the server. (The default setting is 80.)

Administrator Account

Enter an administrator account registered in the server (root).

Administrator Password

Enter the administrator password registered in the server. (The default setting is VB-C50i.)

Settings Page URL

Enter the “Path” to the setting title page set in the server (admin).

● Proxy

Use Proxy Server

Select if connecting through a proxy server.

Host Name

Specify a host name or IP address for the proxy server.

Port

Enter a port number for the proxy server. (The default setting is 8080.)

● PPP

Use PPP connection

Select if connection will be established by dialing up.

PPP Connection Name

Select a phone number from the phone book entry. A dialup network will need to have been installed and

the phone number will need to have been registered in the phone book.

Account

Enter the PPP account to be used for the dialup connection.

Password

Enter the PPP password to be used for the dialup connection.

Enter the various fields and click OK.

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