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Network Camera Recorder

User’s Guide

Software Version 1.0

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Features .................................................................. 4

System Configuration ............................................4

System Requirements ............................................ 5

Installing Network Camera Recorder ................. 5

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder .................. 7

1.Start the Program ............................................. 7

2.Register the Camera ........................................8

3.Assign a Camera to the Monitor Window ....... 9

4.Control the Camera ....................................... 10

5.Record the Camera Image ............................. 10

6.Play the Recorded Image ............................... 10

Operations

Main Window of Network Camera Recorder ... 12

Monitoring ........................................................... 13

Using the Pop-up Menu in the Monitor Window

......................................................................... 13

Controlling the Camera ...................................... 15

Panning, Tilting and Digital Zooming

(SNC-M3/M3W only) .................................... 15

Panning & Tilting Using the Preset Function of the

Camera (SNC-M3/M3W only) ...................... 15

Recording the Camera Image (Manual Recording)

................................................................................ 17

Recording Using the Recorder Toolbar ............ 17

Playing Back Recorded Images .......................... 17

Searching for Recordings ................................. 17

Displaying a Preview Image .............................20

Playing Back the Located Recording ............... 20

Deleting Recordings .........................................21

Exporting to an AVI File .................................. 22

Setups

Setting a Camera ..................................................24

Camera Manager Window ................................24

Registering a Camera ........................................24

Setting the Camera Properties ...........................25

Changing the Camera Properties ......................27

Deleting a Camera ............................................27

Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window ....28

Selecting a Layout ............................................28

Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window ...29

Assigning a Storage Location ..............................29

Scheduling Recordings ........................................30

Schedule Editor .................................................30

Creating Recording Schedules ..........................31

Others

Troubleshooting ....................................................33

Glossary ................................................................34

Index ......................................................................35

Table of Contents

Introduction

Features

Network Camera Recorder is software exclusively designed for use with Sony SNC-M1/M1W/M3/M3W Network Cameras. Network Camera Recorder allows you to monitor images of the cameras, record them and play back the recorded data.

Monitoring of up to four cameras

This application allows simultaneous viewing of up to 4 cameras, as well as recording and playback. It also provides for the control of the pan/tilt, and digital zoom. Additionally, monitoring of the audio from the built-in or connected microphone is possible.

Recording of camera image

This application allows recording of the image as well as audio from the camera. A recording schedule can be set by day, or by week at preset times, on each camera.

System Configuration

Cameras are connected to a network and controlled by a computer with Network Camera Recorder installed.

LAN

Network Camera SNC-M1/M1W/M3/M3W

Network Camera

Wired or wireless*

Router or Hub

* Wireless LAN connection is available for the SNC-M1W and

SNC-M3W only.

Recorder

Computer

Playback of recorded data

This application allows various playback modes of the recorded data, such as fast-forward, rewind, frame playback, slow playback and cue to the point where playback started.

Internet

Network Camera SNC-M1/M1W/M3/M3W

Network Camera

Recorder

Internet

Computer

Note

Do not access the camera via Network Camera Recorder or the Web browser while it is accessed by another Network Camera Recorder.

Features / System Configuration

System Requirements

Installing Network

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2

Processor

Intel Pentium III, 1 GHz or higher

Memory

256 MB or more

Network

10 BaseT or more

Disk space required for installation

150 MB or more

Disk space required for recording (for one hour)

JPEG (images only, frame rate: 10fps)

Image Quality QQVGA QVGA VGA

Level 1 110 MB 310 MB 960 MB

Level 5 170 MB 490 MB 1,500 MB

MPEG4 (images only)

Camera Recorder

To install Network Camera Recorder, open the software package and perform the following procedure. For installation, you should log in the computer as the Power User or Administrator.

Double-click NCR_Setup.exe of the package. The installation wizard appears on the screen.

Click Next. The User Interface Languages dialog appears.

Introduction

64 kbps 2048 kbps

30 MB 900 MB

Audio

16 kbps 24 kbps 32 kbps 40 kbps

7 MB 11 MB 14 MB 18 MB

The required disk space depends on the settings, recording scenes, status of communication line, etc. The above are reference values.

Select the language you want to install.

Note

Once you have selected and installed the language, you need to reinstall the program to change the language.

System Requirements / Installing Network Camera Recorder

Introduction

Click Next. The License Agreement dialog appears.

Click Next. The Select Program Folder dialog appears.

Read the License Agreement carefully, and if you accept the agreement, select I accept the terms of the license agreement. You cannot continue the installation if you do not accept the agreement.

Click Next.

The Choose Destination Location dialog appears. The default destination location is set to “C:\...\Sony\Network Camera Recorder”. To change to another location, click Browse... , navigate to a folder in which to install the program, and click OK. Then click Next to display the Select Program Folder dialog.

The default folder is set to “Network Camera Recorder.” To change to another folder name, enter your preferred name in the text box.

Click Next. Installation of the program starts. When installation is finished, the Register Network Camera Recorder's Icon dialog appears.

To create the icon on the desktop, select Register Icon to Desktop.

Click Next.

Installing Network Camera Recorder

The InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog appears.

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder

Click Finish to complete installation.

If the message requiring restarting appears, restart the computer.

To uninstall Network Camera Recorder

To uninstall Network Camera Recorder, follow the normal uninstall procedure for Windows. Even if Network Camera Recorder has been uninstalled, the setup and recorded data are not deleted. To delete these data, delete the installation folder and the path specified for the storage location manually.

This section introduces the basic operations of Network Camera Recorder step by step for a user using the software for the first time after installation. For detailed operations, read the “Operations” and “Setups” chapters on pages 12 and after.

Operation procedures

1. Start the program.

To view the image of the camera…

2. Register the camera.

3. Assign a camera to the monitor window.

After the image of the camera is displayed…

4. Control the camera.

5. Record the camera image.

6. Play the recorded image.

Notes

• Before using, connect the camera to the network and turn ON the power.

• For using Network Camera Recorder, you should log in the computer as the Power User or Administrator.

1. Start the Program

Introduction

Select All Programs from the Windows start menu, then select Network Camera Recorder and Network Camera Recorder in sequence.

You can start the program by double-clicking the Network Camera Recorder icon on the desk top, if provided.

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder

Introduction

Network Camera Recorder starts and the main window appears.

To exit the program

Click in the upper right corner of the main window.

Click

Click (Add Camera).

Add Camera

If the icon is not green, click Cameras. The

(Add Camera) icon turns green and is enabled.

Cameras

The Add Camera dialog appears.

Select or enter the parameters in the Add Camera dialog.

Select a camera type. Camera name

2. Register the Camera

To monitor the image of the camera, first you need to register the camera on Network Camera Recorder.

Click (Camera Manager) in the main window.

Camera Manager

The Camera Manager window appears.

Camera IP address Port number

• Enter the same IP address as that used for monitoring the camera using Web brower.

• The port number is 80 by default. For details on the port number, refer to the User's Guide of the Network Camera.

For details on the settings, see “Registering a Camera” in the “Setups” chapter (page 24).

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder

Click OK, The camera is now registered.

Click Select Camera... in the pop-up menu. The Select Camera dialog appears.

Registered camera name

Click in the upper right corner to close the Camera Manager window.

Tip

For registration of two or more cameras and the setting of camera properties, see “Setting a Camera” in the “Setups” chapter (page 24).

Properties of the registered camera

Click on the name of the camera you want to monitor.

Click on the camera name.

Introduction

3. Assign a Camera to the Monitor Window

As the second step for monitoring, you need to assign the registered camera to the monitor window. As no camera has been assigned by default, “NO CAMERA” is displayed on the monitor screen.

Right-click on the monitor window of the main window. A pop-up menu appears.

Pop-up menu

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder

Introduction

Click OK. The image of the camera appears in the monitor window.

Image of the camera

Tip

You can simultaneously display the images of two or more cameras in the monitor window. For details, see “Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window” in the “Setups” chapter (page 28).

4. Control the Camera

5. Record the Camera Image

You can record the image of the camera you are monitoring. For recording, use the buttons on the Recorder toolbar.

To start recording

To stop recording

Tips

• You can preset a recording schedule such as the date or the days of the week and perform the recording automatically according to the schedule. For details, see “Scheduling Recordings” in the “Setups” chapter (page 30).

• The default storage location of recordings is set to “C:\Program Files\Sony\Network Camera Recorder\Recordings\”. For changing the storage location, see “Assigning a Storage Location” in the “Setups” chapter (page 29).

After monitoring is achieved, you can control the camera angle (pan and tilt) and digital zoom. (Pan and tilt are operable on the SNC-M3 and SNC-M3W only.) For these operations, use the buttons on the Pan & Tilt toolbar.

Pan & tilt control buttons

Digital zoom control buttons

For details on the function of each button, see “Controlling the Camera” in the “Operations” chapter (page 15).

6. Play the Recorded Image

You can search for the recording stored in the computer and play back the recorded image.

Click (Search Recording) in the main window.

Search Recording

The Search Recording window appears.

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder

Click on the camera name on the camera tree. The properties of the recordings are displayed in the list view.

Properties of the recordingCamera name

Tip

If the properties of the recording you want to play back do not appear in the list, search for it using the

and buttons. You can also use the and

buttons for searching recordings. For details, see “Searching for Recordings” in the “Operations” chapter (page 17).

Double-click on the recording data you want to play back. The display goes back to the main window and the image of the selected recording appears in the monitor window.

Click N (Play) on the Playback toolbar. Playback starts. By clicking x (Cue to Begin), the display goes back to the image at the beginning of the recording and playback stops.

To stop playback

To return to monitoring the camera image, click

(Return to Camera(s)) on the Playback

toolbar.

To start playback

To return to the camera image

Introduction

Tips

• The buttons on the Playback toolbar allow various

playback modes such as fast-forward, rewind, frame playback, slow playback, and cue to the beginning. For details, see “Playing Back the Located Recording” in the “Operations” chapter (page 20).

• You can also view the playback in the preview window

of the Search Recording window and control it using the Playback toolbar displayed in the Search Recording window.

Let’s Use Network Camera Recorder

Operations

Main Window of Network Camera Recorder

Toggle Pan & Tilt Presets Toolbar (page 15)

Audio Mute (page 14)

3 Functional Toolbars

Allows control of the camera. The display of each functional toolbar is enabled or disabled by the specific toggle button on the main toolbar.

Operations

When you launch Network Camera Recorder for the first time, the following main window is displayed. This section explains the configuration of the main window.

1 Help menu

Provides version information on the application of

Network Camera Recorder.

Recorder Toolbar (page 17) Playback Toolbar (page 20) Pan & Tilt Toolbar (page 15) Pan & Tilt Presets Toolbar (page 15)

4 Monitor window

Displays the image of the camera or the playback image. There is no image by default.

5 Status bar

Gives a summary of the current activities of the application and error messages.

2 Main toolbar

Provides access to the major functions of the

Network Camera Recorder application.

For the function of each button, see the explanation

page for each function.

Camera Manager (page 24)

Storage Location (page 29)

Select Layout box (page 28)

Schedule Editor (page 30)

Search Recording (page 17)

Toggle Recorder Toolbar (page 17)

Toggle Playback Toolbar (page 20)

Toggle Pan & Tilt Toolbar (page 15)

Main Window of Network Camera Recorder

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