Sony IPELA SNC-RZ25N User Manual

Network Camera

3-869-486-11 (1)

User’s Guide

Software Version 1.0

SNC-RZ25N/RZ25P

© 2005 Sony Corporation

Owner's Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom.
Record the serial number in the space provided below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your
Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. ____________________
Serial No. ____________________

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not
expose the unit to rain or moisture.

To avoid electrical shock, do not open the
cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified
personnel only.

WARNING

This installation should be made by a qualified service
person and should conform to all local codes.

WARNING

A readily accessible disconnect device shall be
incorporated in the building installtion wiring.

WARNING (for Installers only)

Instructions for installing the equipment on the ceiling:
After the installtion, ensure the connection is capable of
supporting four times the weight of the rquipment
downwards.

For customers in the U.S.A. (SNC-RZ25N
only)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply
with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference wll not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio
or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged
to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help.
You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not
expressly approved in this manual could void your
authority to operate this equipment.

The shielded interface cable recommended in this
manual must be used with this equipment in order to
comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to
Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules.

CAUTION

The rating label is located on the bottom.

CAUTION for LAN port

For safety reason, do not connect the LAN port to any
network devices that might have excessive voltage.

Power Supply

Caution for U.S.A. and Canada

The SNC-RZ25N operates on 24V AC or 12V DC.
The SNC-RZ25N automatically detects the power.
Use a Class 2 power supply which is UL Listed (in the
U. S. A.) or CSA-certified (in Canada).

Caution for other countries

The SNC-RZ25P operates on 24V AC or 12V DC.
The SNC-RZ25P automatically detects the power.
Use a power supply rated 24 V AC or 12 V DC witch
meets the requirements for SELV (Safety Extra Low
Voltage) and complies with Limited Power Source
according to IEC 60950.

If you have any questions about this product, you may

call:
Sony’s Business Information Center (BIC) at 1­800-686-SONY(7669)

or Write to: Sony Customer Information Services

Center
6900-29, Daniels Parkway, PMB 330
Fort Myers, Florida 33912

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY
Model No: SNC-RZ25N
Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc.
Address: 16450 W. Bernardo

Dr, san Diego, CA
92127 USA

Telephone No: 858-942-2230

This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device
may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

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NOTICE TO USERS

© 2005 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. This
manual or the software described herein, in whole or in
part, may not be reproduced, translated or reduced to
any machine readable form without prior written
approval from Sony Corporation.

SONY CORPORATION PROVIDES NO
WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL,
THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY
PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS
MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE OR SUCH OTHER
INFORMATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY
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INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL
DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON TORT,
CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL, THE
SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF.

Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any
modification to this manual or the information contained
herein at any time without notice.
The software described herein may also be governed by
the terms of a separate user license agreement.

• “IPELA” and are trademarks of Sony
Corporation.

• Microsoft, Windows, Internet Explorer and MS-DOS
are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
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Table of Contents

Overview

Features .................................................................. 6

How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 7

Precautions ............................................................. 7

Operating Precautions ........................................ 7

System Requirements ............................................ 8

Preparation

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera ............ 9

Assigning the IP Address Using the Setup

Program ............................................................ 9

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser 11

Basic Configuration by the Administrator ....... 13

Operating the Camera

Administrator and User ..................................... 14

Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page ...... 15

Logging in as a User ........................................ 15

Displaying the setting window for the

administrator directly .................................... 16

About Viewers .................................................. 16

Configuration of Main Viewer ........................... 17

Main menu ....................................................... 17

Camera Control Section ................................... 18

Monitor Image .................................................. 19

Controlling the Monitor Image .......................... 20

Monitoring the camera image .......................... 20

Zooming in the monitor image ......................... 20

Capturing a Monitor Image ............................... 21

Capturing a monitor image .............................. 21

Saving the captured image ............................... 21

Operating the camera ......................................... 22

Operating by using the Control panel .............. 22

Controlling via the control panel ..................... 22

Control the camera in the monitor window ...... 22

Zoom an image by the camera zoom bar ......... 23

Moving the camera to the preset position ........ 23

Controlling the camera on a panorama image . 24

Facing the camera toward the specified point .. 24

Sending an Image File ......................................... 25

Sending a Monitor Image via e-Mail ............... 25

Sending a Monitor Image to an FTP Server ..... 25

Recording a Still Image in the Memory of the

Camera ................................................................. 25

Controlling Alarm output 1, 2 ............................ 26

Controlling Day/Night Function ........................ 26

Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode ......... 27

Administrating the Camera

Basic Operations of Administrator Menu .........28

How to set Administrator menu ........................28

Configuration of Adoministrator mode Menu ..29

Configuring the System — System setting

menu ......................................................................31

System Tab ........................................................31

Date & time Tab ................................................32

Initialize Tab .....................................................33

System log Tab .................................................33

Access log tab ...................................................34

Setting the Camera Image and Audio

— Camera setting Menu .....................................34

Common Tab ....................................................34

Picture Tab ........................................................36

Day/Night Tab ..................................................37

MPEG4 Tab ......................................................38

JPEG Tab ..........................................................38

Reset Tab ..........................................................39

Configuring the Network — Network setting

Menu .....................................................................40

Network Tab ..................................................... 40

Wireless Tab

Connection ........................................................41

Wireless authentication Tab - Setting the Wireless

Authentication ................................................42

PPPoE Tab - Setting of PPPoE Connection ......42

Dynamic IP address notification Tab — Notifying

the IP Address .................................................43

Setting the User — User setting Menu ...............44

Setting the Security — Security setting Menu ..45
Sending an Image via mail — e-Mail (SMTP)

setting Menu .........................................................46

Common Tab — Setting the SMTP Function ...46
Alarm sending Tab — Setting the mail sending

mode when detecting the alarm ......................47

Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical

mail sending mode ..........................................48

Sending Images to FTP Server

— FTP client setting Menu .................................49

Common Tab — Setting the FTP Client

Function ..........................................................49

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the FTP client

action when detecting the alarm .....................50

Periodical sending Tab — Setting the Periodical

FTP Client Activity ........................................51

Recording Images in Memory

— Image memory setting Menu .........................52

Common Tab — Setting the Image memory

Function ..........................................................52

Alarm recording Tab — Setting the Image

Memory Function when Detecting the Alarm 53
Periodical recording Tab — Setting the Periodical

recording mode ...............................................54

Directory Structure of Image Memory .............55

— Setting of Wireless

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Table of Contents

Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP

server setting Menu ............................................. 55

Setting the Alarm Output

— Alarm output setting Menu ........................... 56

Alarm output 1, 2 Tab ......................................... 56

Setting the Operations from the Viewer Page —

Trigger setting Menu ........................................... 57

Setting the Schedule

— Schedule setting Menu ................................... 59

Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer setting

Menu ..................................................................... 60

Setting the Motion Detection Function — Motion

detection setting Menu ........................................ 61

Setting the Motion Detection Area, Sensitivity and

Threshold level ............................................... 62

Saving the Camera Position and Action

position setting Menu .......................................... 63

Preset position tab — Saving PanTilt and Zoom

position ........................................................... 63

Tour Setting Tab — Setting a Tour ................... 64

Transmitting with External Equipment Using the
External Serial Terminal

— Preset

— Serial setting Menu .......................................65

Index ......................................................................80

Others

Using the Supplied Setup Program .................... 66

Starting the Setup Program .............................. 66

Bandwidth Control Tab .................................... 66

Date time Tab ................................................... 67

PPPoE Tab ........................................................ 67

Rebooting the Camera ...................................... 68

Using the SNC audio upload tool — Transmitting

Audio to Camera .................................................. 68

Installing the SNC audio upload tool ............... 68

Connecting the Camera to the Computer ......... 69

Using the SNC audio upload tool .....................69

Using the SNC video player — Playing Video/

Audio File Recorded on Camera ........................ 70

Download the SNC video player ...................... 70

Using the SNC video player ............................. 70

Using the SNC panorama creator – Creating a

Panorama Image ..................................................71

Installing the SNC panorama creator ............... 71

Using the SNC panorama creator ..................... 71

Using the Custom Homepage Installer .............. 73

Uploading the Custom Homepage Installer to the

Camera ........................................................... 73

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using

ARP Commands .................................................. 75

Using the SNMP ...................................................76

1. Inquiry Commands ...................................... 76

2. Setting Commands ...................................... 76

Specifications ........................................................ 78

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Overview

• The Network Camera system and related service is
not a security service. When monitoring the image
and audio of the purchased Network Camera, there
is a risk that the monitoring image or audio may be
viewed or used by a third-party via the network. It
is provided only as a convenience for people to
easily access their cameras via the internet.
When you use the Network Camera, please take
into account and ensure the privacy and portrait
right of the object at your own responsibility.

• Access to the camera or system is limited to the
user setting up a user name and password only. No
further authentication is provided nor should the
user presume that such filtering is done by the
service.

• Sony assumes no liability should the service
related to the Network Camera goes down or
interrupted for whatever reason.

Overview

Wireless LAN

Inserting the Wireless Card SNCA-CFW1 (option)
especially designed to use with this camera into the CF
card slot enables transmission of images from the
camera via wireless LAN.

Image transmission using an E-mail or
FTP server

You can send a still image from the camera as an
attachment of an E-mail or to an FTP server, at the
moment when a trigger by the external sensor input,
built-in activity detection function or manual trigger
button occurs. You can also send still images
sequentially for a determined period before and after the
trigger to an FTP server, or send them periodically.

Features

High-quality monitoring via the network

You can monitor a high-quality live image from the
camera using the Web browser on the computer
connected to the 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX network.
The maximum frame rate is 30 FPS for the SNC-RZ25N
and 25 FPS for the SNC-RZ25P.
Up to 20 users can view the image from one camera at
the same time (in JPEG mode).

Available Web browsers

Microsoft Internet Explorer Ver. 5.5 or 6.0
Available OS: Windows 2000/ XP

Remote-controllable high-speed pan/tilt
mechanism and high magnification auto­focus zoom lens

The camera is provided with a high-speed (100° rotation
/ second), wide-angle (–170° to +170°) pan mechanism,
a high-speed (90° rotation / second), wide-angle (–90° to
+30°) tilt mechanism, and a high-magnification zoom
lens with optical zoom of 18 magnifications, electrical
zoom of 12 magnifications, giving 216 magnifications in
total.

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Features

How to Use This User’s

Precautions

Guide

This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNC­RZ25N and SNC-RZ25P Network Camera from a
computer.
The User’s Guide is written to be read on the computer
display.
As this section gives tips on using the User’s Guide, read
it before you operate the camera.

Jumping to the related page

When you read the User’s Guide on the computer
display, click on the sentence to jump to the related page.

Software display examples

Note that the displays shown in the User’s Guide are
explanatory examples. Some displays may be different
from the ones which appear as you operate the
application software.

Printing the User’s Guide

Depending on your system, certain displays or
illustrations in the User’s Guide, when printed out, may
differ from those as portrayed on your screen.

This Sony product has been designed with safety in
mind. However, if not used properly electrical products
can cause fires which may lead to serious body injury.
To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following.

Heed the safety precautions

Be sure to follow the general safety precautions and the
“Operating Precautions.”

In case of a breakdown

In case of system breakdown, discontinue the use and
contact your authorized Sony dealer.

In case of abnormal operation

• If the unit emits smoke or an unusual smell,

• If water or other foreign objects enter the cabinet, or

• If you drop the unit or damage the cabinet:

1

Disconnect the camera cable and the connecting
cables.

2

Contact your authorized Sony dealer or the store
where you purchased the product.

Operating Precautions

Overview

Installation Manual (printed matter)

The supplied Installation Manual describes the names
and functions of parts and controls of the Network
Camera, connecting examples and how to set up the
camera. Be sure to read the Installation Manual before
operating.

Operating or storage location

Avoid operating or storing the camera in the following
locations:

• Extremely hot or cold places

• Exposed to direct sunlight for a long time, or close to
heating equipment (e.g., near heaters)

• Close to sources of strong magnetism

• Close to sources of powerful electromagnetic
radiation, such as radios or TV transmitters

• Locations subject to strong vibration or shock

Ventilation

To prevent heat buildup, do not block air circulation
around the camera.

Transportation

When transporting the camera, repack it as originally
packed at the factory or in materials of equal quality.

Cleaning

• Use a blower to remove dust from the lens or optical
filter.

• Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the external surfaces of
the camera. Stubborn stains can be removed using a
soft cloth dampened with a small quantity of detergent
solution, then wipe dry.

• Do not use volatile solvents such as alcohol, benzene
or thinners as they may damage the surface finishes.

How to Use This User’s Guide / Precautions

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Overview

System Requirements

These are the requirements for the computer that
displays the image or controls the camera.

Processor

Pentium III 1 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2 GHz or
higher recommended)

RAM

256 MB or more

OS

Windows 2000/XP

Web browser

Internet Explorer Ver. 5.5 or Ver.6.0

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System Requirements

Preparation

The Preparation section explains what the administrator
has to prepare for monitoring the images after
installation and connection of the camera.

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

To connect the camera to a network, you need to assign
a new IP address to the camera when installing the
camera for the first time.
You can assign an IP address in two ways:

• Using the setup program stored in the supplied CD­ROM (see page 9)

• Using the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
commands (see page 75)

This section explains how to assign an IP address to the
camera using the supplied setup program and how to
configure the network.

4

Install the IP Setup Program to your computer
following the wizard displayed.
If the Software License Agreement is displayed,
read it carefully and accept the agreement to
continue the installation.

5

Start the IP Setup Program.
The program detects the SNC-RZ25N or SNC­RZ25P cameras connected to the local network and
lists them on the Network tab window.

Preparation

Before starting, connect the camera to a local network,
referring to “Connecting the Camera to a Local
Network” in the supplied Installation Manual.
Consult the administrator of the network about the
assigned IP address.

Assigning the IP Address Using the Setup Program

1

Insert the supplied CD-ROM disc into your CD­ROM drive.
After a short time a window will open displaying
the files on the CD-ROM.

2

Click the Setup icon of IP Setup Program.
The “File Download” dialog opens.

3

Click Open.

Note

If you click “Save this program to disk” on the “File
Download” dialog, you cannot install correctly.
Delete the downloaded file, and click Setup icon
again.

6

Click on the camera to which you want to assign a
new IP address in the list.

The network settings for the selected camera are
displayed.

7

Set the IP address.

To obtain the IP address automatically from a
DHCP server:

Select Obtain an IP address automatically.

The IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway
are assigned automatically.

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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Preparation

To specify the IP address manually:

Select Use the following IP address, and type the
IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway in the
relevant boxes.

Note

You cannot change the Administrator name and
Administrator password in this step. To change
these items, See “Setting the User — User setting
Menu” on page 44.

11

Confirm that all items are correctly set, then click
OK.

8

Set the DNS server address.

To obtain the DNS server addresses
automatically:
Select Obtain DNS server address automatically.

To specify the DNS server addresses manually:

Select Use the following DNS server address, and
type the Primary DNS server address and
Secondary DNS server address in the relevant
boxes.

Note

The Third DNS server address and Fourth DNS
server address are invalid for this camera.

If “Setting OK” is displayed, the IP address is
correctly assigned.

12

To access the camera directly, double-click the
camera name on the list.

Tip

The factory setting of the camera network is as
follows.
IP address: 192.168.0.100
Subnet mask: 255.0.0.0

Wireless LAN setting

Type: Adhoc
SSID: snc-rz25
Channel: 11 ch
WEP: Nothing
The welcome page of the network camera SNC­RZ25N or SNC-RZ25P is displayed.

9

Set the HTTP port No.

For usual case, select 80 for the HTTP port No. To
use another port number, type the port number
between 1024 and 65535 in the text box.

10

Type the Administrator name and Administrator
password.

The default settings of both items are “admin.”

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Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

Note

If the IP address is not set correctly, the welcome page
does not appear after step 12. In this case, try to set the
IP address again.

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

When the IP address has been assigned to the camera,
check that you can actually access the camera using the
Web browser installed in your computer.
Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser.

When the main viewer of the camera is
displayed for the first time

When you click Enter, “Security warning” is displayed.
When you click OK, the ActiveX control is installed and
the main viewer is displayed.

1

Start the Web browser on the computer and type the
IP address of the camera in the URL box.

The welcome page of “Network Camera SNC­RZ25N” or “Network Camera SNC-RZ25P” is
displayed.

2

Click Enter.
The main viewer is displayed.

Preparation

Notes

• If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local

Area Network (LAN) Settings on Internet Explorer,
the image may not be displayed. In this case, disable
Automatic configuration and set the Proxy server
manually. For setting the Proxy server, consult your
network administrator.

• When you install ActiveX viewer on Windows 2000
or Windows XP, you should have logged in the
computer as the Administrator.

Tip

Every page of this software is optimized as display
character size Medium for Internet Explorer.

When the main viewer is correctly displayed, the IP
address assignment is completed.

To display the Welcome page correctly

To operate the welcome page correctly, set the security
level of the Internet Explorer to Medium or lower, as
follows:

1

Select Too l from the menu bar for Internet
Explorer, then select Internet Options and
Security tab in sequence.

2

Click the Internet icon (when using the camera via
the Internet) or Local intranet icon (when using
the camera via a local network).

3

Set the slider to Medium or lower. (If the slider is
not displayed, click Default Level.)

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

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Preparation

When using antivirus software in the
computer

• When you use antivirus software in your computer, the
camera performance may be reduced, for example, the
frame rate for displaying the image may be lower.

• The Web page displayed when you log in to the
camera uses Java Script. The display of the Web page
may be affected if you use antivirus software in your
computer.

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Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

Basic Configuration by the Administrator

You can monitor the image of the camera by logging in
with the initial condition of this network camera. You
can also set various functions according to the install
position, network condition or purpose of the camera.
We recommend you configure the following items
before monitoring the image from the camera.

Setting contents Setting menu

Flip the image according to the installation position (desk top or ceiling). Image flip (page 35)

Set the format of the image sent from the camera (MPEG 4 or JPEG). Video mode (page 34)

Preparation

Select the white balance mode according to the installing position (indoor or
outdoor).

Select the brightness of the image sent from the camera. Exposure mode (page 36)

Select the quality of the image sent from the camera. MPEG4 Tab (page 38)

Select the size of the image sent from the camera. Image size (page 35)

Select weather the audio from the external microphone is sent or not. Microphone (page 36)

Accord date and time of the camera with those of the computer. Date & time Tab (page 32)

Make the setting for sending the monitor image attached to a mail. e-Mail (SMTP) setting Menu (page 46)

Set the access right of the user for the camera. Security setting Menu (page 45)

Set a place to see beforehand. Preset positin setting Menu (page 63)

Prepare a panorama image. Creating a Panorama Imgae (page 71)

White balance (page 36)

Brightness (page 37)

JPEG Tab (page 38)

Basic Configuration by the Administrator

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Operating the Camera

The Operating the Camera section explains how to
monitor the image from the camera using the Web
browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser.
The functions of the camera should be set by the
Administrator. For setting the camera, see
“Administrating the Camera” on page 28.

Administrator and User

Operating the Camera

This network camera classifies the people who log in as
the Administrator and the User.
The Administrator can use all functions of this network
camera including camera setting. The functions the User
can use are monitoring the image and audio from the
camera, and controlling the camera. The Viewer mode
setting restricts the user's access right, and the user is
classified as the one of four types.

Each type of the user can use the following functions.

Function Administrator

Monitor a live image z zzzz

Watch date and time z zzzz

Control the frame rate (Usable only when JPEG mode is selected) zz–––

Control the image view size zzzz–

Zoom a image by the digital zoom zzzz–

Save the still image in the computer zzzz–

Send an image file to the FTP server zz–––

Send an image attached to a mail zz–––

Record an image on the inside memory of the camera zz–––

Control the Alarm out of the I/O port on the camera main unit zz–––

Switch the Day/Night function mode zz–––

Switch the TCP/UDP transmission mode (Available in MPEG4
mode only)

Perform the zoom operation zzz––

Call the Preset position zzz––

Control the audio z zzzz

Control the setting menu z ––––

zz–––

Full Pantilt Light View

User

z Usable function

– Not usable function

The access rights of the administrator and the user can
be set in “Setting the User — User setting Menu” on the
Advanced mode menu for the administrator on page 44.

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Administrator and User

Logging in to Homepage

— Welcome Page

Logging in as a User

1

Start the web browser on the computer and type the
IP address of the camera you want to monitor.

Welcome page when the video mode is
JPEG

The welcome page of Network Camera SNC­RZ25N or Network Camera SNC-RZ25P is

displayed.

2

Select the viewer.
The usable viewers differ depending on the video
mode (page 34) of the camera.
When the video mode is set to MPEG4, you can
only select ActiveX viewer, and may not select
other viewers. (MPEG4 is default. See illustration
on Step 1 above.)
When the video mode is set to JPEG, you can
select ActiveX viewer or Java applet viewer.
For details, see “About Viewers” on page 16.

3

Select the viewer language.
Click English or Japanese at the bottom of the
welcome page.

4

Click Enter.
The main viewer appears.

With the ActiveX viewer

With the Java applet viewer

Operating the Camera

Control the camera from the main viewer.

Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page

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Note

If the Welcome page does not activate correctly, the
security level of the Internet Explorer may be set to
Medium or higher. See “To display the Welcome page
correctly” on page 11 and check the security level.

Displaying the setting window for the administrator directly

When the administrator sets the camera functions, the
setting window can be displayed directly from the
welcome page.

1

Click Setting on the welcome page.

Operating the Camera

The following dialog appears.

ActiveX viewer

This viewer can monitor the image in both MPEG4 and
JPEG video modes.

You must install this viewer when you access to the main
viewer at the first time.

When you display the main viewer of the
camera for the first time

When you log in the network camera using ActiveX
viewer for the first time (clicking Enter to enter the
main viewer), the Security Warning appears. Click Ye s
and install ActiveX Control. You can use all the
functions of the viewer by using ActiveX Control.

Java applet viewer

You can select this viewer when the camera video mode
is set to JPEG. The frame rate is lower than the ActiveX
viewer.
The Java applet viewer operates only when Java is
installed and Java (Sun) is enabled. If it does not
operated correctly, check if the specified Java version
has been installed successfully and Java (Sun) is
enabled.

2

Enter the user name and password for
Administrator, then click OK.

The user name “admin” and the password “admin”
are set at the factory for the Administrator. You can
change them in the User setting menu of the
Advanced mode menu (see page 44).

The Advanced mode menu appears.

About Viewers

You can use the following viewer according to the Video
mode setting in the camera setting menu of the

Advanced mode menu (page 34).

To check the Java version

Select Tool from the menu bar of Internet Explorer, then
select Internet Option and the Advanced mode tab in
sequence, and check the version of Java displayed in
Java (Sun) is one of the versions specified below. If the
item Java (Sun) is not displayed, Java is not installed.
You need to install Java.

Java Plug-in Ver. 1.4.2_01, Ver. 1.4.2_02, Ver. 1.4.2_03,
Ver. 1.4.2_04

To enable Java Plug-in

Check “Use Java2v1.4.2_xx for <applet> (requires
restart)” in “Java (Sun)”.

To install Java Plug-in

Download Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard
Edition (JRE) from the homepage of Sun Microsystems,
Inc., and install it by following the instructions on the
installer.

Notes

• If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local

Area Network (LAN) Settings of Internet Explorer,
the image may not be displayed. In this case, disable
Automatic configuration and set the Proxy server
manually. For setting the Proxy server, consult your
network administrator.

• When you install ActiveX viewer on Windows 2000
or Windows XP, you should have logged in to the
computer as the Administrator.

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Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page

Tip

Every page of this software is optimized to display
character Medium size for Internet Explorer.

Configuration of Main Viewer

This section explains the functions of the parts and
controls of the main viewer. For a detailed explanation
on each part or control, see the specified pages.

Main viewer

MPEG4 mode*

Operating the Camera

Camera control
section

Monitor image
section

Main menu

JPEG mode*

Camera control
section

* Refer to the “Camera setting Menu” about the Video mode

(page 34).

Monitor image
section

Main menu

Main menu

Setting

Click to display the setting menu for Administrator. (See
“This section explains the basic operations and each
option of the the Administrator menu.” on page 28.)
You can operate this function only when logging in as
the administrator.

Configuration of Main Viewer

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Home

Displays the Welcome page.

Preset position

Player

Click to download the “SNC video player” application
program built in the camera. The SNC video player
allows you to play video/audio data recorded on the
camera with your computer. (See “Using the SNC video
player — Playing Video/Audio File Recorded on
Camera” on page 70.)

Operating the Camera

Camera Control Section

Select the Preset position name from the drop-down list.
Then, the camera will move to the Preset position that
you have stored in memory at “Preset position” menu.

Note

The list box is not displayed when no preset position is
memorized.

Control panel icon

Frame rate

Click this icon to display the following control panel.

Control panel

(Displayed only when the camera Video mode (page 34)
is set to JPEG.)

Selects the frame rate to transmit images.

View size

Selects the view size to be displayed. (page 20)

Digital zoom

Click to change the size of the digital zoom. (page 20)

Capture

Click to capture a still image shot by the camera and to
store it in the computer. (See “Capturing a Monitor
Image” on page 21.)

Control

Click to operate the camera using the PanTilt and Zoom
functions.
When you click it, the icon appears and you will be
able to control PanTilt and Zoom functions from the
main viewer. (See “Controlling via the control panel”
(page 22))

You can control PanTilt, Zoom, and Focus of the
camera. (page 22).

PanTilt control

Click the arrow button of the direction in which you
want to move the camera. Keep it pressed to move the
camera continuously.
To return to the home position, click button.

Zoom control

Press to zoom out, and press to zoom in.
Zooming continues while the button remains pressed.

Focus control

To focus on a nearby object, press . To focus on a
distance object, press .
By pressing , the focus is set to the
optimum position.

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Configuration of Main Viewer

Note

To control the focus manually, set “Focus mode” of the
camera setting menu to Manual. (page 36)

Trig ger

(Displayed only when the camera Viewer mode
(page 44) is set to Full and one or more triggers are
enabled on the Trigger Setting menu (page 57).)

Select the function you want to use from the list box and
click the icon. Then you can send the monitor image of
the camera to an FTP server (page 25), send it attached
to a mail (page 25), record the image on the built-in
memory or the CF memory card (page 25) and switch
the Alarm out to On/Off (page 26).

Monitor Image

Operating the Camera

Transmission (Switching the TCP/

UDP transmission mode)

(Displayed only when the camera Video mode (page 34)
is set to MPEG4 and using the ActiveX viewer.)

Each click switches the transmission mode of the video/
audio data among TCP mode, UDP (Unicast) mode and
UDP (Multicast) mode. (page 27)
The last selected mode is saved in the computer, and will
stay selected for the next starting.

(Volume)

(Displayed when the Microphone (page 36) is set to
On.)
Drag the bar of icon to adjust the volume.
When you click icon, the icon changes to and
the audio output stops. To output the audio, click
again.

Note

If the volume icon is not due to the use of Java applet
viewer, Audio codec may not be set G.711(64kbps)
(page 36) or Java may not be installed correctly.
To check if Java is installed correctly, refer to “Java
applet viewer” of “About Viewers” on page 16.

The image shot by the camera is shown here. Date and
time is displayed at the top of the window.

Configuration of Main Viewer

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Controlling the Monitor Image

3

Select the view size.

You can monitor the camera image on the monitor
window of the main viewer.

Monitoring the camera image

1

Log in to the home page to display the main viewer.
You can see how to log in on page 15, “Logging in
as a User”.

Operating the Camera

Click View size list box to select the view size from
among Auto, 640 × 480, 320 × 240 and 160 × 120.
Aut o is determined by the image size specified in
the Camera setting page (page 35).

Zooming in the monitor image

1

Click Digital zoom icon.

2

Click the point you want to zoom in.
The image is expanded by about 1.5 times with the
clicked point at the center.

The digital zoom icon changes to .

3

To cancel zooming in, click icon.

2

Select the frame rate (only when the camera Video
mode is set to JPEG).

Click the Frame rate list box to select the frame
rate for transmitting the image. Selectable frame
rates are as follows.

SNC-RZ25N

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30

SNC-RZ25P

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25
The number refers to the frame number transmitted
per 1 second.
For example, if you select 30 fps in SNC-RZ25N,
the image is sent at the maximum speed of the
connected line (30 fps maximum).

Note

The frame rate options indicate the maximum
number of frames that can be transmitted.
The number of frames actually transmitted may
vary depending on network environments and
camera settings (image size and image quality
settings).

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Controlling the Monitor Image

Capturing a Monitor

Saving the captured image

Image

You can capture a monitoring image as a still image and
save it in the computer.

Capturing a monitor image

1

Monitor the camera image in the monitor window.

2

Click Capture icon.
The still image of the moment you click is captured,
and the still image is displayed in the monitor
window.

With the ActiveX viewer

With the ActiveX viewer

1

Capture the monitor image.

2

Click Save.
Save As dialog appears.

3

Select JPEG or Bit map as Save as type.

4

Type the File name and specify Save in, then click
Save.

Operating the Camera

With the Java applet viewer

With the Java applet viewer

1

Capture the monitor image.

2

Right-click the mouse to display the menu and
select Save with a new name.
Save Picture dialog appears.

3

Select JPEG or Bit map as Save as type.

3

To cancel the still image, click Cancel or Close.

4

Type in File name and specify Save in, then click
Save.

Capturing a Monitor Image

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Operating the camera

You can operate the camera from the main viewer.

When you click control icon, the display switches to

control panel icon. PanTilt mark and Preset list

box are displayed on the upper right of the window.

Notes

When mark is displayed at upper right side of the
window, you can use Pan/Tilt control function. And by
executing the digital zoom when you can control it,
mark turns gray and you cannot control the camera in the

Operating the Camera

monitor window or in the panorama window, or cannot
control zoom in the zoom bar.
By canceling the digital zoom, mark returns to white.

• The PRESET list box is not displayed when no preset
position is memorized.

•When Exclusive control mode of “System setting
Menu” is set to On and when you click the control
icon, the remaining time of operation authority is
displayed. If you cannot get the authority to control,

waiting time icon appears and the waiting time is

displayed.

Operating by using the Control panel

You can operate the camera direction, Zoom, and Focus
by using the control panel for the monitor image
currentry displayed.

3

Control each function using the displayed control
panel.

Pantilt control

Click the arrow button of the direction in which you
want to move the camera. Keep it pressed to move the
camera continuously.
To return to the home position, click button.

Zoom control

Press to zoom out, and press to zoom in.
Zooming continues while the button remains pressed.

Focus control

To focus on a nearby object, press . To focus on a
distance object, press .
By pressing , the focus is set to the
optimum position.

Controlling via the control panel

1

Click control icon.
The control panel icon is displayed.

2

Click control panel icon.
The control panel is displayed.

Note

To control the focus manually, set “Focus mode” of the
camera setting menu to Manual. (page 36)

Control the camera in the monitor window

Click on the monitor image, and the camera moves so
that the clicked portion goes to the center of the display.

Dragging the mouse on the window draws a red frame.
If you drag the mouse to box the point you want to

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Operating the camera

watch, the direction and the zoom position of the camera
move to suit to the red frame.

Moving the camera to the preset position

Still image

Red zooming frame

Click the left button of the mouse on
the still image and drag it.

Zoom an image by the camera zoom bar

When you can control this function, the zoom bar is
displayed below the window.
You can specify a location to be zoomed by clicking the
zoom bar.
The zoom bar is displayed /not displayed by clicking the

icon below the image frame.

PRESET list box

Select the preset position name from the drop-down list.
Then, the camera will move to the preset position that
you have stored in memory at “Preset position setting
Menu”.

Operating the Camera

Optical WIDE marge icon: Click to move the

zoom to the optical WIDE Merge (the same
magnification).

Optical TELE marge icon: Click to move the

zoom to the optical TELE Merge (18-fold
magnification).

Digital TELE marge icon: Click to move the

zoom to the digital TELE Merge (216-fold
magnification)

Not to display the zoom bar

When you are not going to use the zoom bar, it is not
displayed by pressing button under the
panorama window.

Note

The zoom bar of the digital area is not displayed when
the “Zoom mode” of the camera setting menu is not set
to Full.

Operating the camera

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Controlling the camera on a panorama image

When you can control the camera, the panorama widow
is displayed under the normal camera window.

Normal camera window

SNC-RZ25N/P

The camera is moved to face toward the clicked
point, and the present image of the point is
displayed in the normal camera widow.

Operating the Camera

Click the point you
want to watch.

The present situation is
displayed at the clicked point.

Not to display the panorama window

panorama window

In the panorama window, an image of 360° around the
camera is displayed as a panorama image. When you
click on the displayed panorama image, the camera
faces the clicked place.

When you are not going to use the panorama image,
pressing under the panorama window twice
prevents its display.

Creating the panorama image

Create the panorama image with the supplied “SNC
panorama creator”. Refer to page 71 for details.

Tip

The panorama image is the still image converted from
the image taken when you were going to create a
panorama image with “SNC panorama creator”. When
the camera is moved or when the layout around the
camera is changed, create the panorama image again.

Facing the camera toward the specified point

1

Create a panorama image with “SNC panorama
creator” and display it.

2

Click the point you want to watch on the panorama
image.

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Controlling the camera on a panorama image

Sending an Image File

Recording a Still Image

You can send a captured still image with an attached
mail or to the FTP server.
To use this function, you need to make the e-
Mail(SMTP) and FTP client active, and set the address
properly in the Trigger setting menu on the
Administrator menu (page 57).

Sending a Monitor Image via e-Mail

1

Monitor the image on the monitor window.

2

Select e-Mail from the Trigger list box.

3

Click Trigger icon.
The still image of the moment you click is captured,
and the mail attached with the image file is sent to
the mail address you have set.

Sending a Monitor Image to an FTP

in the Memory of the
Camera

You can capture a camera image as a still image and
record it in the memory of the camera. “Memory”
contains Built-in memory and CF memory card, and
you can select one of them in the setting window.
To use this function, you need to make Image memory
active and to set details of the image memory in the
trigger setting menu on the Administrator menu
(page 57).

1

Monitor the image on the monitor window.

2

Select Image memory from the Trigger list box.

3

Click Trigger icon.
The still image of the moment when you click is
captured, and the image file is recorded in the
memory of the camera.

Operating the Camera

Server

1

Monitor the image on the monitor window.

2

Select FTP from the Trigger list box.

3

Click Trigger icon.
The still image of the moment you click is captured,
and the image file is sent to the FTP server.

Sending an Image File / Recording a Still Image in the Memory of the Camera

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