Sanyo VA-20LAN Instruction Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Option Board (Network)

VA-50LAN VA-20LAN

Table of Contents

Instruction .........................................................................................2

■ System requirements ......................................................................... 2

Flow of Camera Operation through to Network Operation ..........3

■ User names and operating privileges ............................................... 3

Configuring the TCP/IP Settings on PC .........................................4

Accessing the Camera .....................................................................6

■ Accessing the Camera Using the UPnP Connection

(for Windows XP only) ........................................................................ 7

Viewing Live Video (Main Screen Overview) .................................8

Using the Control Panel ..................................................................9

Selecting the Menu ........................................................................11

NETWORK SETTINGS ....................................................................12

CLOCK SETTINGS .........................................................................13

E-MAIL SETTINGS ..........................................................................14

RECORDING SETTINGS ................................................................15

■ For HTTP connection ....................................................................... 15

■ For FTP connection .......................................................................... 16

OPTION SETTINGS ........................................................................17

Changing the Camera Settings .....................................................18

Settings List ....................................................................................19

OpenSSL License ...........................................................................21

Specifications.................................................................. Back cover

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Instruction

This option board (Network) is an extension board that allows you to connect Sanyo’s CCD camera to your network. After installing the option board on the camera, you can view live video from the camera using Web browser on your PC. If you want to view live videos from multiple cameras, install the supplied “VA-SW3050LITE” monitoring software.

■ System requirements

The system requirements for camera operation via network are as follows:

•PC: IBM PC/AT and compatibles

•OS: Windows 2000/Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional

•CPU: Pentium III (800MHz or higher)

• Memory: 128MB or more

• Network interface: 10Base-T/100Base-TX

• Display card: 1024 x 768 pixels or higher, 16 million colors or higher

• Web browser: Internet Explorer Ver.6.0 or higher

This instruction manual is copyrighted by SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. No materials contained in this manual may be reproduced in any format without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Microsoft, Windows and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. The official name for “Windows” used in this manual is Microsoft note that the word “Windows” refers to both “Microsoft

Windows Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. IBM and IBM PC/AT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. UPnP is a trademark of UPnP Implementers Corporation, which is established by the UPnP Forum SC. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other brands and product names in this manual are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective

owners.

XP Operating System”.

Windows® 2000 Operating System” and “Microsoft®

Windows® Operating System. In this manual,

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Flow of Camera Operation through to Network Operation

For detailed instructions on individual procedures, refer to the pages shown below.

1 Installing the option board on the camera

Refer to the supplied “INSTALLATION MANUAL” for how to install the option board on the camera and make connection using LAN cables.

Refer to

2 Configuring the TCP/IP settings on PC

3 Accessing the camera

Enter your user name and password to access the camera using the Web browser.

4 Viewing live video

After accessing the camera, the live video will be displayed on the main screen.

For an administrative user, also perform the following procedures.

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5 Selecting the menu for administration settings

Using the configuration screens for an administrative user, configure the detailed settings for administrative operations. When you access the camera for the first time, be sure to perform the settings on the [CLOCK SETTINGS] screen (See page 13).

• You can change the settings stored in the camera remotely through the network connection (See page 18).

■ User names and operating privileges

Two types of user name shown below can access the camera and are authenticated by password during the login process.

How the user can operate the camera depends on the user name used for accessing the camera.

guest

admin

If a “guest” user tries to perform an operation not included in his privilege, the authentication dialog appears. In this dialog, entering the user name and password for an administrative user (“admin”) will enable the user to perform all operations.

The number of users who can access simultaneously

• Up to 16 users can access the camera simultaneously.

• Whatever the number of users accessing the camera simultaneously, only one user can access the camera as an administrative user (“admin”).

Used for general access. Operations are limited to monitoring the live video. Any operations on the configuration screens are not allowed.

Used for administrative access. Any camera operations and configurations can be made through the Web browser.

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Configuring the TCP/IP Settings on PC

Perform the appropriate TCP/IP settings on your PC in accordance with your operating system. (The following setting example is for Windows XP.)

In the [Control Panel], click [Network and

Internet Connections].

The [Network and Internet Connections] screen appears.

Click [Network Connections].

Right-click on the LAN interface

(Ethernet adapter) configuration used for accessing the camera and click [Properties] in the context menu.

[General] tab appears in the [Local Area Connection 2 Properties] dialog box.

In the [This connection uses the

following items:] list box, select the [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] check box.

Be sure to confirm that the [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)] check box is selected. If the check box is disabled, select it to enable the option.

The [Network Connections] screen appears. The LAN interface (Ethernet adapter) configurations appear in the [LAN or High-Speed Internet] section.

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Configuring the TCP/IP Settings on PC

Click [Properties].

[General] tab appears in the [Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties] dialog box.

Select the [Use the following IP

address:] radio button and complete the [IP address:], [Subnet mask:] and [Default gateway:] fields.

Confirm the settings and click the [OK]

button.

This completes the TCP/IP settings. Close all dialog boxes in the display.

Preparing the Web Browser for Accessing the Camera

Web browser is required to access the camera. Install Internet Explorer Ver.6.0 or higher on your PC.

In the cases below, perform the Internet Explorer’s settings by clicking [Tool] and then [Internet Options].

• When accessing the camera using SSL encryption for video signal

1 Click the [Advanced] tab.

2 Make sure that the “Use SSL 2.0” and “Use SSL

3.0” options under the “Security” section are enabled. If disabled, select the options.

• When the video is unstable

1 Click the [General] tab.

2 Under the “Temporary Internet Files” section, click

the [Settings] button.

3 In the “Amount of disk space to use:” setting, set the

lower value.

• When the Java Script’s “Run Time Error” is displayed

1 Click the [Advanced] tab.

2 Under the “Browsing” section, disable the “Display a

notification about every script error” option.

3 Enable the “Disable script debugging” option.

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Accessing the Camera

Start the Web browser.

To access the camera, Internet Explorer Ver.6.0 or higher is required.

Type the URL for accessing the camera

in the browser’s address bar, and press [Enter] key.

Type the IP address configured for the camera following the “http://” characters.

<Example: when the IP address is the factory setting value>

After accessing the camera, the authentication dialog appears.

Complete the [User name] and

[Password] fields, and click the [OK] button.

When accessing the camera for the first time, use the factory setting values below. Using these values, you will be logged in as an administrative user.

User name: admin Password : admin

After the values for the “User name” and “Password” fields are validated, the language selection screen appears.

Note:

For security reasons, change the password regularly. To change the password, use the [NETWORK SETTINGS] screen (See page 12).

Select the language used for display,

and click the [SET] button.

Available languages:

English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese

After selecting the display language, the main screen appears and the live video from the camera is displayed in the video display area. (From the second time onwards, if the language selection screen is left for longer than 10 seconds, the last display language is automatically selected and the main screen appears.)

MEMO:

• After the camera is turned on, it will take about 1 minute for the camera to be available for accepting any accesses.

• When you specify the port number for the camera to a number other than 80, add “:” (colon) and the port number after the IP address in specifying the URL.

<Example: when http://192.168.0.2:81/

• When you enable the [SSL] options, type “https://” instead of “http://” before the IP address when specifying the URL (See page 12).

“81”

is specified for the port>

Note:

Also while using the supplied “VA-SW3050LITE” monitoring software or the separately ordered “VA-SW3050” recorder/player software, you can access the camera from Web browser simultaneously. However, when the user who uses the software performs one of the following actions, other Web-based concurrent admin users will be disconnected.

• Camera registration

• Clock settings

• Alarm settings

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Accessing the Camera

■ Accessing the Camera Using the UPnP Connection (for Windows XP only)

When your operating system is Windows XP, you can use the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) connection to access the camera.

In the UPnP connection, double-clicking the icon for the camera in the [My Network Places] window will activate the camera access process. Entering the URL is not required.

● To enable the UPnP component

1 In the [Add or Remove Programs] on the Control

Panel, open [Add/Remove Windows Components].

2 Select “Networking Services” and click [Details].

3 Select the check box for the UPnP component in the

list, and click the [OK] button.

• The UPnP component title in the list should be either “Universal Plug and Play” or “UPnP User Interface” depending on your PC.

4 After returning to the [Windows Components

Wizard], click the [Next] button.

5 After the wizard completes, click the [Finish] button.

● Configuring the UPnP connection

In the [OPTION SETTINGS] screen, set the [UPnP] option to “ON” (See page 17).

• The factory setting value is “ON”.

● How to access the camera

1 Open the [My Network Places] window.

The icon for the camera detected on the network appears in the window.

2 Double-click the icon.

This automatically establishes the connection to the camera, and the authentication dialog appears.

Display name in the [My Network Places] window: SANYO Camera - (camera title)

In the (camera title) section above, the title specified for the camera in [TITLE] field of the [NETWORK SETTINGS] screen appears.

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