Sony SNC-DF85-R Quick User Guide

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Network Camera

3-113-370-13 (1)

User’s Guide

Software Version 1.1

SNC-DF85N/DF85P SNC-DF80N/DF80P SNC-DF50N/DF50P

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Table of Contents

Overview

How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 5

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

Preparation

Connecting to a Computer or a Network ............ 6

Connecting the camera to a computer ................ 6

Connecting the camera to a local network ......... 6

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera ............ 7

Assigning an IP address using the Setup Program

........................................................................... 7

When using Windows XP Service Pack 2 .......... 9

When using Windows Vista ............................. 11

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser 13

Basic Configuration by the Administrator ....... 15

Operating the Camera

Administrator and User ...................................... 16

Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page ...... 17

Logging in as a user ......................................... 17

Displaying the Administrator menu directly .... 18

About viewers .................................................. 18

Configuration of Main Viewer ........................... 19

Main menu ....................................................... 20

Camera control section ..................................... 20

Monitor Image .................................................. 21

Controlling the Monitor Image .......................... 21

Monitoring the camera image .......................... 21

Zooming in the monitor image ......................... 22

Capturing a Monitor Image ............................... 22

Capturing a monitor image .............................. 22

Saving the captured image ............................... 23

Using the Trigger Button ................................... 23

Sending a monitor image via e-mail ................ 23

Sending a monitor image to an FTP server ...... 23

Recording a camera image as a still image ...... 23

Controlling alarm output 1, 2 ........................... 24

Controlling Day/Night function (SNC-DF85/

DF80 only) ..................................................... 24

Playing the audio file stored in the camera ...... 24

Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode ......... 25

Administrating the Camera

Basic Operations of Administrator Menu ......... 26

How to setup the Administrator menu ............. 26

Configuration of Administrator menu .............. 27

Configuring the System — System Menu ......... 28

System Tab ........................................................28

Date & time Tab ................................................29

Initialize Tab .....................................................30

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

Access log tab ...................................................31

Setting the Camera Image and Audio

— Camera Menu ..................................................32

Common Tab ....................................................32

Picture Tab ........................................................33

Day/Night Tab (SNC-DF85/DF80 only) ..........34

Video codec Tab ...............................................35

Streaming Tab ...................................................37

Configuring the Network — Network Menu .....38

Network Tab .....................................................38

Dynamic IP address notification Tab — Notifying

the IP Address .................................................39

Using the 802.1X Authentication Function

— 802.1X Menu ....................................................41

System configuration of 802.1X network ........41

Common Tab – Basic setting of 802.1X

authentication function ...................................41

Client certificate Tab .........................................42

CA certificate Tab .............................................43

Setting the 802.1X authentication function

– Example of Windows Server 2003 ..............44

Setting the User — User Menu ...........................47

Setting the Security — Security Menu ...............48

Sending an Image via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP)

Menu .....................................................................49

Common Tab — Setting the e-Mail (SMTP)

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

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the e-mail sending

mode when detecting the alarm ......................50

Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical e-

mail sending mode ..........................................51

Sending Images to FTP Server

— FTP client Menu ..............................................52

Common Tab — Setting the FTP client function

.........................................................................52

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the FTP client

action when detecting the alarm .....................52

Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical

FTP client activity ..........................................53

Recording Images in Memory

— Image memory Menu ......................................54

Common Tab — Setting the image memory

function ...........................................................55

Alarm recording Tab — Setting the Image

memory function when detecting the alarm ...56 Periodical recording Tab — Setting the periodical

recording mode ...............................................57

Folder structure of image memory ...................57

Downloading Images from the Camera

— FTP server Menu ............................................58

Setting the Alarm Output

— Alarm output Menu ........................................59

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Alarm out 1, 2 Tab ............................................ 59

Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection

— Voice alert Menu ............................................. 60

Voice alert 1, 2, 3 Tab .....................................60

Setting the Operations from the Viewer

— Trigger Menu .................................................. 61

Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu ............ 63

Setting the Alarm Buffer

— Alarm buffer Menu ........................................ 64

Setting the Object Detection Function

— Object detection Menu ................................... 65

What is unattended object detection ? .............. 65

Common Tab .................................................... 67

Unattended object setting Tab .......................... 70

Others

Using the Supplied Setup Program .................... 72

Starting the Setup Program .............................. 72

Bandwidth control Tab ..................................... 72

Date time Tab ................................................... 73

Rebooting the camera ....................................... 73

Using the SNC audio upload tool — Transmitting

audio to camera ................................................... 74

Installing the SNC audio upload tool ............... 74

Connecting the camera to the computer ........... 74

Using the SNC audio upload tool .....................75

Using the SNC video player — Playing video/audio

file recorded with camera ................................... 79

Installing the SNC video player ....................... 79

Using the SNC video player ............................. 80

Using the SNC privacy masking tool

— Masking a Camera Image .............................. 81

Installing the SNC privacy masking tool ..........81

Using the SNC privacy masking tool ............... 81

Setting a privacy mask ...................................... 82

Using the Custom Homepage Installer .............. 83

Uploading the homepage to the camera using the

Custom Homepage Installer ........................... 83

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using

ARP Commands .................................................. 85

Using the SNMP ...................................................86

1. Inquiry Commands ...................................... 86

2. Setting Commands ...................................... 86

Glossary ................................................................ 87

Index ..................................................................... 90

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Overview

• You should keep in mind that the images or audio you are monitoring may be protected by privacy and other legal rights, and the responsibility for making sure you are complying with applicable laws is yours alone.

• Access to the images and audio is protected only by a user name and the password you set up. No further authentication is provided nor should you presume that any other protective filtering is done by the service. Since the service is Internet-based, there is a risk that the image or audio you are monitoring can be viewed or used by a third-party via the network.

• SONY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND ASSUMES ABSOLUTELY NO LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, FOR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS OR DISCONTINUATIONS OR EVEN SERVICE CANCELLATION. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED AS-IS, AND SONY DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY OR ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT IT WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR CONTINUOUSLY.

• Always make a test recording, and verify that it was recorded successfully. SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF FAILURE OF THIS UNIT OR ITS RECORDING MEDIA, EXTERNAL STORAGE SYSTEMS OR ANY OTHER MEDIA OR STORAGE SYSTEMS TO RECORD CONTENT OF ANY TYPE.

• Always verify that the unit is operating properly before use. SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF PRESENT OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS DUE TO FAILURE OF THIS UNIT, EITHER DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD OR AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER.

• If you lose data by using this unit, SONY accepts no responsibility for restoration of the data.

NOTICE TO USERS

© 2007 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 CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY 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.

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How to Use This User’s

System Requirements

Guide

This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNCDF85N/DF85P/DF80N/DF80P/DF50N/DF50P 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. The illustrations of the camera and menu display in the User’s Guide show the SNC-DF80 (SNC-DF80N or SNC-DF80P) as an example.

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.

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

Processor

Intel Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz or higher recommended)

RAM

256 MB or more

SNC-DF85N/DF85P:

Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista

SNC-DF80N/DF80P/DF50N/DF50P:

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista

Web browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer Ver.6.0 or later

Overview

Installation Manual (printed matter)

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

How to Use This User’s Guide / System Requirements

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Preparation

Connecting the camera to a local network

Preparation

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

Connecting to a Computer or a Network

To connect to the computer, use a commercially available network cable (cross cable). To connect to the network, use a commercially available network cable (straight cable).

Connecting the camera to a computer

Using a commercially available network cable (cross), connect the LAN port on the camera to a computer.

Camera

Using a commercially available network cable, connect the LAN port on the camera to a hub in the network.

Camera

LAN

Network cable (straight, not supplied)

10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX

Network cable (cross, not supplied)

Router or hub

LAN

Computer

Connecting to a Computer or a Network

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Assigning the IP

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

Address to the Camera

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

• Using the setup program stored in the supplied CDROM (see page 7)

• Using the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) commands (see page 85)

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

Before starting, connect the camera, referring to “Connecting to a Computer or a Network” on page 6. Consult the administrator of the network about the assigned IP address.

Notes

• The Setup Program may not operate correctly if you use a personal firewall or antivirus software in your computer. In that case, disable the software or assign an IP address to the camera using another method. For example, see “Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Commands” on page 85.

• If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, disable the Windows Firewall function. Otherwise the IP Setup Program will not operate correctly. For the setting, see “Configuring Windows Firewall” in “When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on page 10 or “Configuring Windows Firewall” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 12.

When you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, a message regarding the active contents may appear. For details, see “Installing software” in “When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on page 9 or “Installing software” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 11.

Click Open.

Note

If you click “Save this program to disk” on the “File Download” dialog, you will not be able to perform set up correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and click the Setup icon again.

Install the IP Setup Program on your computer using the wizard. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, read it carefully and click Accept to continue with the installation.

Start the IP Setup Program.

When you are using Windows Vista, message “User Account Control – An unidentified program wants access to your computer” may appear. In this case, click Allow.

The program detects the network cameras connected to the local network and lists them on the Network tab window.

Preparation

Assigning an IP address using the Setup Program

Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. A cover page appears automatically in your Web browser. If it does not appear automatically in the Web browser, double-click on the index.htm file on the CD-ROM.

When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing software” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 11.

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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

Secondary DNS server address in the relevant boxes.

Preparation

The network settings for the selected camera are displayed.

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.

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

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

Set the HTTP port No.

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

Type the Administrator name and Administrator password.

The factory settings of both items are “admin.”

Note

You cannot change the Administrator name and Administrator password in this step. To change these items, see “Setting the User — User Menu” on page 47.

Note

When you select Obtain an IP address automatically, make sure that the DHCP server is

operating on the network.

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

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

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

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

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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Tip

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

• When you select the camera in the network tab and right-click Copy, and the camera’s MAC

address, DHCP/FIXED*, IP address, Port number, Model name, Serial number and Version number can be copied in the clipboard.

When you hold down Ctrl and press a, you can select all cameras in the network tab.

* DHCP stands for a DHCP setting. FIXED

stands for a fixed IP address.

The welcome page of the network camera is displayed in the Web browser.

Display sample: SNC-DF80N

If message “Internet Explorer” appears, click Ye s.

Preparation

If message “File Download – Security Warning” appears, click Run.

Note

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

When using Windows XP Service Pack 2

Installing software

A warning message regarding the active contents may appear when you install software such as IP Setup Program from CD-ROM. In this case, operate as follows:

Example: In case of IP Setup Program

Note

If you select Save in the “File Download – Security Warning” dialog, you will not be able to perform installation correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and click the Setup icon again.

If message “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Run.

The software installation starts.

Installing ActiveX Control

During installation of ActiveX Control, the information bar or “Security Warning” may appear. In this case, operate as follows:

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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Preparation

If message “Information Bar” appears, click OK.

If the information bar appears, click on the bar and select Install ActiveX Control….

If “ Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Install.

Select Windows Firewall and select Off in the Windows Firewall dialog.

The cameras will be displayed in the list.

The installation of ActiveX Control starts. When installation is completed, the main viewer or the Object detection menu appears.

Configuring Windows Firewall

The IP Setup Program or SNC audio upload tool may not operate correctly depending on the configuration of Windows Firewall. (No cameras are shown in the list even if they are detected.) In this case, confirm the Windows Firewall configuration as follows:

Example: In case of IP Setup Program

Select Control Panel from the Start menu of Windows.

Select Security Center of the working field.

If you want to keep Windows Firewall On, continue with the following steps.

Select the “Exceptions” tab.

Select Add Program….

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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In the Add Program dialog, select IP Setup Program and click OK.

Then the IP Setup Program is added to the Programs and Services list.

Click OK.

If pop-up “AutoPlay” appears when a CD-ROM is inserted into the CD-ROM drive, click Install or run program.

Preparation

Note

If you click Open folder to view files, Web browser will not open automatically. In this case, double-click the “index.htm” file in the CD-ROM.

When the above procedure is completed, the cameras connected in the local network are displayed in the IP Setup Program.

When using Windows Vista

Installing software

A warning message regarding the active contents may appear when you install software such as IP Setup Program from CD-ROM. In this case, operate as follows:

Example: In case of IP Setup Program

If message “Internet Explorer” appears, click Ye s.

If message “File Download – Security Warning” appears, click Run.

Note

If you select Save in the “File Download – Security Warning” dialog, you will not be able to perform

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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Preparation

installation correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and click the Setup icon again.

If message “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Run.

If “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Install.

The installation of ActiveX Control starts. When installation is completed, the main viewer or the Object detection menu appears.

If message “User Account Control – An unidentified program wants access to your computer” appear, click Allow.

The software installation starts.

Starting the software

When you start software such as IP Setup Program, message “User Account Control – An unidentified program wants access to your computer” may appear. In this case, click Allow.

Installing ActiveX Control

During installation of ActiveX Control, the information bar or “Security Warning” may appear. In this case, operate as follows:

If message “Information Bar” appears, click OK.

Configuring Windows Firewall

Example: In case of IP Setup Program

Select Control Panel from the Start menu of Windows.

Click Windows Firewall.

Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off. “User Account Control – Windows needs your permission to continue” may appear. In this case, click Continue.

Select Off in the “General” tab.

If the information bar appears, click on the bar and select Install ActiveX Control….

If message “User Account Control – Windows needs your permission to continue” appear, click Continue.

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera

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The cameras will be displayed in the list. If you want to keep Windows Firewall On, continue with the following steps.

Select the “Exceptions” tab.

Select Add Program….

If the Add Program dialog appears, select IP Setup Program and click OK.

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

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

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

The welcome page is displayed.

Display sample: SNC-DF80N

Preparation

Then the IP Setup Program is added to the Program or port list.

Click OK.

Click Enter. The main viewer is displayed.

If the main viewer is displayed correctly, accessing the camera is confirmed.

When the above procedure is completed, the cameras connected in the local network are displayed in the IP Setup Program.

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

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Preparation

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

When you click Enter, “Security Warning” is displayed. When you click Ye s, ActiveX control is installed and the main viewer is displayed.

Notes

• If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local

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

• When you install ActiveX Control, you should be logged in to the computer as Administrator.

• When you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, the information bar or “Security Warning” may appear as you click Enter. For details, see “Installing ActiveX Control” in “When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on page 9 or “Installing ActiveX Control” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 12.

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

When using antivirus software, etc. on the computer

• When you use antivirus software, security software, personal firewall or pop-up blocker on 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 JavaScript. The display of the Web page may be affected if you use antivirus software or other software described above on your computer.

Tip

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

To display the welcome page and the main viewer correctly

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

Select Too ls from the menu bar for Internet Explorer, then select Internet Options and click the Security tab.

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

Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

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Basic Configuration by the Administrator

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

Setting contents Setting menu

Preparation

Set the format of the image sent from the camera.

Select the brightness of the image sent from the camera.

Select the quality of the image sent from the camera.

Select the view size of the image. View size (page 20)

Select whether the audio from the external microphone is sent or not.

Synchronize the date and time of the camera with those of the computer.

Make the setting for sending the monitor image attached to an email.

Set the user access right for the camera.

Video codec Tab (page 35)

Exposure (page 33) Brightness (SNCDF80 only) (page 34)

Video codec Tab (page 35)

Microphone (page 32)

Date & time Tab (page 29)

e-Mail (SMTP) Menu (page 49)

User Menu (page 47)

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 your Web browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. The functions of the camera should be set by the Administrator. For the setting of the camera, see “Administrating the Camera” on page 26.

Administrator and User

This network camera identifies the people who log in as the Administrator or User. The Administrator can use all the functions of this network camera including camera setting. The User can use the functions for monitoring the image and audio from the camera, and controlling the camera. The Viewer mode setting is used to restrict the user's access rights. There are three types of users.

Each type of user can use the corresponding functions below.

Operating the Camera

Function Administrator

Monitor a live image zzzz

View the date and time zzzz

Control the frame rate (Available in JPEG mode only) zz––

Control the image view size zzz–

Zoom an image using the digital zoom zzz–

Save a still image in the computer zzz –

Send an image file to the FTP server zz––

Send an image attached to an e-mail zz––

Record an image in the memory zz––

Control the alarm output of the I/O port on the camera zz––

Switch the Day/Night function mode (available on SNCDF85/DF80 only)

Play an audio file (Voice alert) zz––

Switch the TCP/UDP transmission mode (Available in MPEG4/H.264 mode only)

Receive the audio zzzz

Control the setting menu z –––

z Usable function

zz––

Full Light View

User

––

– Not usable function

1) This function is usable with the Java applet viewer.

2) This function is not usable with the Java applet viewer.

The access rights of the administrator and the user can be set in “Setting the User — User Menu” of the Administrator menu on page 47.

Administrator and User

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Logging in to Homepage

— Welcome Page

Logging in as a user

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

When MPEG4 is selected

The welcome page is displayed.

Display sample: SNC-DF80N

Select the viewer. The usable codecs and viewers are displayed depending on the Mode setting in the Video codec tab in the Camera menu (page 35).

When Mode is set to Single codec

You can monitor the image of the selected video codec (JPEG, MPEG4 or H.264). For JPEG images, you can select Java applet viewer.

When H.264 is selected

When Mode is set to Dual codec

You can monitor JPEG and MPEG4 images. For JPEG images, you can select Java applet viewer.

Operating the Camera

When JPEG is selected

Click Enter. The main viewer appears.

Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page

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With the ActiveX viewer (MPEG4/H.264)

With the Java applet viewer

Operating the Camera

Click Setting on the welcome page. The following dialog appears.

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 using the User menu of the Administrator menu (see page 47).

The Administrator menu appears in another window.

Control the camera from the main viewer.

Note

If the welcome page does not start correctly, the security level of the Internet Explorer may be set to higher than Medium. See “To display the welcome page and the main viewer correctly” on page 14 and check the security level.

Displaying the Administrator menu directly

When the administrator sets the camera functions, the Administrator menu can be opened directly from the welcome page.

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

About viewers

You can use the following viewers.

ActiveX viewer

This viewer can monitor the camera image in any of the JPEG, MPEG4 and H.264 video codecs. You must install this viewer when you access the main viewer for 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 (by 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 with ActiveX Control.

Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page

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Java applet viewer

You can select this viewer when the camera image is in 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 operate correctly, check whether the Java has been installed successfully and Java (Sun) is enabled.

For the verified Java version, contact your authorized Sony dealer.

To check the Java version

Select Tools from the menu bar of Internet Explorer, then select Internet Options and click the Advanced

mode tab. Check the version of Java displayed in Java (Sun). If Java (Sun) is not displayed, it means that Java

is not installed. You need to install Java.

To enable Java Plug-in

Example: In case of Java Plug-in Ver. 1.6.0_01

Check “Use JRE 1.6.0_01 <applet> (requires restart)” in “Java (Sun)”.

To install Java Plug-in

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

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 using ActiveX viewer (MPEG4 or H.264)

Camera control section

Main viewer using ActiveX viewer (JPEG)

Monitor image section Main menu

Operating the Camera

Notes

• If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local

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

• When you install ActiveX Control, you should be logged in to the computer as the Administrator.

Tip

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

Camera control section

Monitor image section

Main viewer using Java applet viewer

Main menu

Camera control section

Monitor image section

Configuration of Main Viewer

Main menu

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Main menu

Setting

Click to display the Administrator menu. (page 26) You can operate this function only when logging in as the administrator.

Home

Displays the welcome page.

Select the function you want to use from the drop-down list and click . The selected function is activated. The selectable functions are as follows: – send the still image files attached to an e-mail

(page 23) – send the still image files to an FTP server (page 23) – record the still image files (page 23) – control the alarm output (page 24) – switch the Day/Night function on/off (SNC-DF85/

DF80 only) (page 24) – play the audio file stored in the camera (page 24)

Camera control section

Operating the Camera

Frame rate

(Displayed only when the camera image is in JPEG.)

Selects the frame rate to transmit images. (page 21)

transmission mode)

(Displayed only when the camera image is in MPEG4 or H.264 and the ActiveX viewer is used.)

Each click switches the transmission mode of the video/ audio data between TCP mode, UDP (Unicast) mode, and UDP (Multicast) mode. (page 25) The last selected mode is saved in the computer, and will stay selected for the next startup.

Volum e

View size

(Displayed when Microphone (page 32) is set to On.)

Transmission (TCP/UDP

Selects the view size to be displayed. (page 22)

Digital zoom

Click to change the size of the digital zoom. (page 22)

Capture

(Displayed in the main menu when the Java applet viewer is used.)

Drag the bar to adjust the volume. When you click , the icon changes to and the audio output stops. To output the audio, click again.

Note

If does not appear when the Java applet viewer is used, Audio codec may not be set to G.711 (64 kbps) (page 32), or Java may not be installed correctly. To check if Java is installed correctly, refer to “Java applet viewer” of “About viewers” on page 18.

Click to capture a still image shot by the camera and to store it in the computer. (page 22)

Trigge r

(Displayed only when, the camera Viewer mode (page 48) is set to Full and one or more triggers are enabled in the Trigger menu (page 61).)

Configuration of Main Viewer

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Monitor Image

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

Controlling the Monitor Image

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

Monitoring the camera image

Operating the Camera

Select the frame rate (only when the camera image is in JPEG).

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

SNC-DF85N/DF80N/DF50N

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

SNC-DF85P/DF80P/DF50P

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25 fps

“fps” is a unit indicating the number of frames transmitted per second. For example, if you select 30 fps, 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

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camera settings (image size and image quality settings).

Select the view size.

Capturing a Monitor Image

You can capture an image being monitored as a still image and save it in the computer.

Click View size list box to select the view size from

Aut o, 640 × 480, 320 × 240, or 160 × 120. Aut o is determined by the image size specified in

the Camera menu (page 32).

Operating the Camera

Zooming in the monitor image

Click .

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

The digital zoom icon changes to .

To cancel zooming in, click .

Capturing a monitor image

Display the camera image in the monitor window.

Click . The still image of the moment you click is captured, and this still image is displayed in the capture window.

With the ActiveX viewer

Capturing a Monitor Image

With the Java applet viewer

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To close the capture window, click Cancel or Close.

Using the Trigger Button

Saving the captured image

With the ActiveX viewer

Capture the monitor image.

Click Save. The Save As dialog appears.

Select JPEG Files or Windows Bitmap Files as Save as type.

You can operate various functions of the camera simply by clicking (trigger) in the main viewer.

Sending a monitor image via e-mail

You can send a captured still image by attaching it to an e-mail. To use this function, you need to make e-Mail (SMTP) active and set the address in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu properly (page 61).

Display the image on the monitor window.

Select e-Mail from the trigger drop-down list.

Click . The still image of the moment you click is captured, and your e-mail with the image file attached is sent to the specified mail address.

Operating the Camera

Type t h e File name and specify Save in, then click Save.

With the Java applet viewer

Capture the monitor image.

Right-click the mouse to display the menu and

select Save Picture As....

The Save Picture dialog appears.

Select JPEG or Bit map as Save as type.

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

Sending a monitor image to an FTP server

You can send a captured still image to the FTP server. To use this function, you need to make FTP client active and set the address in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu properly (page 62).

Display the image on the monitor window.

Select FTP from the trigger drop-down list.

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

Recording a camera image as a still image

You can capture a camera image as a still picture and record it. The still images are recorded in the built-in memory for the SNC-DF50, or either in the built-in memory or the

Using the Trigger Button

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CF memory card (not supplied) for the SNC-DF85/ DF80. To use this function, you need to make Image memory active and set the details in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu (page 62).

Display the image on the monitor window.

Select Image memory from the trigger drop-down list.

Operating the Camera

Click . The still image of the moment you click is captured, and the image file is recorded.

Select Day/Night from the trigger drop-down list.

Click . Each click switches the Day/Night function alternately between On (night mode) and Off (day mode).

Note

If Day/Night mode in the Trigger-Day/Night menu (page 62) is set to Disable or Auto, you cannot control the Day/Night function by clicking .

Playing the audio file stored in the camera

Controlling alarm output 1, 2

You can control Alarm output 1, 2. To use this function, you need to make Alarm output 1 or Alarm output 2 active in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu (page 62).

You can play the audio file previously stored in the camera using the SNC audio upload tool. To use this function, you need to make Voice alert1, Voice alert2 and Voice alert3 active in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu (page 63).

Display the image on the monitor window.

Select Alarm output1 or Alarm output2 from the trigger drop-down list.

Click . The alarm output is switched by clicking. The alarm output mode can be selected from To gg le or Timer of Alarm output 1, 2 in the Trigger menu (page 62).

Tip

For the connection of peripheral devices to the alarm output of the I/O port, see the supplied Installation Manual.

Controlling Day/Night function (SNC-DF85/DF80 only)

Display the image on the monitor window.

Select Voice alert1, Voice alert2 or Voice alert3 from the trigger drop-down list.

Click . Playback of the selected audio file starts and the playback sound is output from the speaker connected to the camera.

You can control the Day/Night function On (night mode) and Off (day mode). To use this function, you need to make Day/Night active in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu (page 62).

Display the image on the monitor window.

Using the Trigger Button

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Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode

You can select TCP or UDP as the communication port for the video/audio data. This function can be used when Mode (video codec mode) (page 35) is set to MPEG4 or H.264 and the ActiveX viewer is used.

Notes

• The function may not operate correctly when you use personal firewall software or antivirus software on your computer. In that case, disable the software or select the TCP mode.

• If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, disable “Windows Firewall.” For details, see “Configuring Windows Firewall” in “When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on page 10 or “Configuring Windows Firewall” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 12.

Open the main viewer.

a firewall is installed between the camera and the computer, or depending on the network environment, the video/audio may not play back properly when UDP (Unicast) is selected. In that case, select TCP.

UDP (Multicast): This protocol is selectable when Multicast streaming (page 37) is On. When UDP (Multicast) is selected as the transmission port,

RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) and UDP multicast techniques are adopted for video/audio transmission. By selecting it, the network transmission load of the camera can be reduced. If a router that does not correspond to the multicast or a firewall is installed between the camera and the computer, the video/audio may not play back properly. In that case, select TCP or UDP (Unicast).

Click OK to close the dialog.

If you do not change the transmission setting, click Cancel.

Operating the Camera

Click TCP/UDP Transmission. The Select TCP/UDP dialog appears.

Click one of the buttons TCP, UDP (Unicast) or UDP (Multicast).

TCP: This is normally selected.

When TCP is selected as the communication port, HTTP communication is adopted for video/audio communications. HTTP is the protocol used for reading the usual Web page. In an environment capable of reading Web pages, you can watch or listen to the video/audio by selecting the TCP port.

UDP (Unicast): When UDP (Unicast) is selected as the communication port, RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) is adopted for video/audio communications. Since RTP is the protocol for running video/audio data, the video/audio playback is smoother than when TCP (HTTP) is selected. If

Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode

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Administrator menu appears.

Administrating the Camera

The Administrating the Camera section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. For the monitoring of the camera image, see “Operating the Camera” on page 16.

This section explains the basic operations and each option of the Administrator menu.

Note on the display of menu options

The setting menus of this unit will clearly display only the setting options that you can currently select. The grayed out options cannot be selected.

Administrating the Camera

Basic Operations of

The following steps also display the Administrator menu.

1 Click Enter in the welcome page to display the

main viewer.

2 Click in the main viewer. 3 Enter the user name and password for

Administrator.

Administrator Menu

You can use the Administrator menu to set all functions to suit the user's needs. Click Setting in the welcome page or in the main viewer to display the Administrator menu.

Click the menu name (example: System) on the left side of the Administrator menu. The clicked menu appears.

Example: “System” menu

How to setup the Administrator menu

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

Click Setting on the welcome page. The authentication dialog appears. Enter the user name and password for Administrator. The user name “admin” and password “admin” are set at the factory for the Administrator.

Select the required tab above the menu, and set each setting option in the tab.

Example: “Date & time” tab of “System” menu

See pages 28 to 71 for details of the menu tabs and setting options.

After setting, click OK. The settings you have made become active.

Click Cancel to invalidate the set values and return to the previous settings.

Buttons common to every menu

The following buttons are displayed on all the menus. The functions of the buttons are the same on every menu.

Basic Operations of Administrator Menu

Click this button to validate the settings.

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Click this button to invalidate the set values and return to the previous settings.

General notes on menus

• After changing a setting on a menu, wait at least 10 seconds before turning off the power of the camera. If the power is turned off immediately, the changed setting may not be stored correctly.

• When the camera settings are changed while watching the main viewer, some settings cannot be restored. To reflect the change on the opening main viewer, click Refresh of the Web browser.

Security

Displays the Security menu for specifying a computer that is allowed to connect to the camera. (“Setting the Security — Security Menu” on page 48)

e-Mail (SMTP)

Displays the e-Mail (SMTP) menu for sending an email. (“Sending an Image via E-mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu” on page 49)

FTP client

Displays the FTP client menu for sending an image/ audio file, etc. to an FTP server. (“Sending Images to FTP Server — FTP client Menu” on page 52)

Configuration of Administrator menu

System

Displays the System menu. (“Configuring the System — System Menu” on page 28)

Camera

Displays the Camera menu for setting the camera image and audio. (“Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Camera Menu” on page 32)

Network

Displays the Network menu for setting the network connection. (“Configuring the Network — Network Menu” on page 38)

802.1X

Displays the 802.1X menu for connecting the camera to the network configured in compliance with the 802.1X standard for port authentication. (“Using the 802.1X Authentication Function — 802.1X Menu” on page 41)

User

Displays the User menu for setting the log in user name and password. (“Setting the User — User Menu” on page 47)

Image memory

Displays the Image memory menu for recording an image/audio file, etc. (“Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu” on page 54)

FTP server

Displays the FTP server menu for setting the FTP server function of the camera. (“Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP server Menu” on page 58)

Alarm output

Displays the Alarm output menu for setting the alarm out terminal of the camera. (“Setting the Alarm Output — Alarm output Menu” on page 59)

Voice alert

Displays the Voice alert menu for playing the audio file stored in the camera in synchronization with alarm detection by the sensor input or the object detection function. (“Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection — Voice alert Menu” on page 60)

Trig g e r

Displays the Trigger menu for operations when you click the trigger button in the main viewer. (“Setting the Operations from the Viewer — Trigger Menu” on page

61)

Schedule

Displays the Schedule menu for the Day/Night function (SNC-DF85/DF80 only), e-Mail (SMTP) function, FTP client function, Image memory function and Alarm out function, Voice alert function and so on. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

Alarm buffer

Displays the Alarm buffer menu for the buffer that records the image and audio related to alarm detection. (“Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer Menu” on page 64)

Object detection

Displays the Object detection menu for the object detection function built into the camera. (“Setting the

Administrating the Camera

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Object Detection Function — Object detection Menu” on page 65)

Configuring the System

— System Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the System menu appears. Use this menu to perform the principal settings of the software. The System menu has five tabs: System, Date & time, Initialize, System log and Access log.

System Tab

Administrating the Camera

Title bar name

Type a name of up to 32 characters to be displayed on the title bar. The characters typed here are displayed on the title bar of the Web browser.

Welcome text

Type any text of up to 1024 characters in HTML format to show on the welcome page. Use the <BR> tag for a line break. (A line break is equivalent to 2 characters.)

Serial number

The serial number of the camera is displayed.

Software version

The software version of this camera is displayed.

Homepage

Select the homepage to be displayed when you enter the camera IP address in your browser’s web address box.

Default: Displays the homepage stored in the camera. Custom: Displays your individual homepage.

You can display your favorite homepage stored in the built-in flash memory or CF memory card (for SNCDF85/DF80 only, not supplied).

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To store the HTML file of the homepage in the builtin flash memory, use the Custom Homepage Installer included in the supplied CD-ROM. To learn how to use of the Custom Homepage Installer, see page 83. For the verified cards, contact your authorized Sony dealer.

To display your individual homepage, perform the following operation:

Select Custom.

Type the path of the HTML file using up to 64 characters in the text box on the right of Path. For the SNC-DF85/DF80, select the memory in which the homepage is stored. You can select Flash memory or CF memory card.

The directory displayed in the text box on the right of Path changes according to the selected memory.

Tip

Even when you select Custom, the homepage inside the camera can be displayed by typing the following URL in the address box of your Web browser.

Example: When the IP address of the camera is set to

192.168.0.100 http://192.168.0.100/en/index.html

Sensor input mode

Specify the detection mode of the signal input to the sensor input terminal of the camera.

Normally open: Detects alarm when the sensor input is

short-circuited.

Normally closed: Detects alarm when the sensor input

is open-circuited.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Date & time Tab

Current date & time

Displays the date and time set on the camera.

Note

After you have purchased the camera, be sure to check the date and time of the camera and set them if necessary.

PC clock

Displays the date and time set on your computer.

Date & time format

Select the format of date and time to be displayed in the main viewer from the drop-down list. You can select the format between yyyy-mm-dd

hh:mm:ss (year-month-day hour:minute:second), mm- dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss (month-day-year

hour:minute:second), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss (day-month-year hour:minute:second).

Adjust

Select how to set the day and time.

Keep current setting: Select if you do not need to set

the date and time.

Synchronize with PC: Select if you want to

synchronize the camera’s date and time with those of the computer.

Manual setting: Select if you want to set the camera’s

date and time manually. Select the year, month, date, hour, minutes and seconds from each drop-down list.

Synchronize with NTP: Select if you want to

synchronize the camera’s date and time with those of the time server called NTP server (Network Time Protocol). Set the NTP server name and the Interval.

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NTP server name

Type the host name or IP address of the NTP server, using up to 64 characters.

Interval

Select an interval between 1 and 24 hours at which you want to adjust the camera’s time referring to the NTP server’s time. The set interval is a guide, and does not indicate the exact time.

Note

The setting time may not match with the exact time according to the network environment.

Notes

• The superimposed camera ID and/or date & time area is regarded as an inactive area of the object detection function.

• A pale image may be viewed under the background of the superimposed area.

• The size of the superimposed number is reduced if the image size is set to 384 × 288 or 320 × 240 (QVGA).

• The superimposed number is not readable if the image size is set to 160 × 120 (QQVGA).

• When you have changed the Date & Time setting, click Refresh of the Web browser to reflect the change on the opening main viewer.

Time zone

Set the time difference from Greenwich Mean Time in the area where the camera is installed. Select the time zone in the area where the camera is installed from the drop-down list.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Initialize Tab

Administrating the Camera

Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving time changes

When you select it, the clock is automatically adjusted according to the daylight saving time of the selected time zone.

Note

If the time zone selected in Time zone is different from that set on the computer, the time is adjusted using the time zone difference and set on the camera.

Superimpose

Select whether to superimpose the camera ID and/or date & time on the image or not. The camera ID and/or date & time are also superimposed on images recorded by the Pre-alarm or Post-alarm function.

Camera ID

Checking this box allows you to superimpose the camera ID. Enter a four-digit number for the camera ID.

Date & Time

Checking this box allows you to superimpose the date and time.

Style

Select the style of the superimposed item between Border and Background.

Position

Select the position of the superimposed item from among Top -l ef t, To p- ri gh t, Bottom-left and Bottom-

right

Reboot

Reboots the camera. Click Reboot, and the message “This Camera will be rebooted. Are you sure?” appears. Click OK to reboot the camera. It takes about two minutes to start again.

Factory default

Resets the camera to the factory settings. Click Factory default, and the message “Setup data will be initialized. Are you sure?” appears. When you click OK, the network indicator on the camera starts to blink. After adjustments of the default settings have finished, the camera reboots automatically. Do not turn off the camera until the camera reboots.

Tip

The camera can also be reset to the factory settings by turning on the power of this unit while pressing the reset

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switch on the camera. For details, see the supplied Installation Manual.

Backup setting data

Saves the setting data of the camera in a file. Click Save, and follow the instructions on the Web browser to specify the folder and save the setting data of the camera. The file name preset at the factory is “snc-df85.cfg” for the SNC-DF85, “ snc-df80.cfg” for the SNC-DF80, or “snc-df50.cfg” for the SNC-DF50.

Restore setting

Loads the stored setting data of the camera. Click Browse and select the file in which the setting data is stored. Then, click OK, and the camera is adjusted according to the loaded data and restarted.

Notes

•With Restore setting, some items in the Network

menu (page 38) cannot be restored.

• The following items cannot be stored or restored with

Backup setting data or Restore setting. – audio files uploaded using SNC audio upload tool – a homepage created using Custom Homepage

Installer

– a client certificate and CA certificate to be used in

the 802.1X authentication function

Format CF memory card (SNC-DF85/DF80 only)

Click Format to format the CF memory card (not supplied) inserted into the CF card slot of the camera. The files and folders stored in the CF memory card are deleted while formatting.

Notes

•Clicking Delete deletes all the stored audio files

simultaneously. To delete a specified audio file only, perform deletion of the audio file in the corresponding Voice alert tab of the Voice alert menu (page 60).

• Before deleting the audio file, set Voice alert to Off in

each tab of the Voice alert menu (page 61).

System log Tab

Administrating the Camera

The data of the software activity of the camera is recorded in this log. It includes data that is useful when a problem occurs. Click Reload to reload the latest data.

Access log tab

Notes

• Before formatting, disable the image memory function and the FTP server function to protect the CF memory card against writing.

• Do not activate the Format CF memory card function when no card is inserted into the CF card slot.

Delete custom homepage

By pressing Delete, you can delete the homepage recorded in the flash memory of the camera with Custom Homepage Installer (page 83).

Delete voice alert file

Click Delete to delete all the audio files stored in the camera using SNC audio upload tool (page 74).

The access record of the camera is displayed. Click Reload to reload the latest data.

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Notes

Setting the Camera Image and Audio

— Camera Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Camera menu appears. Use this menu to set the functions of the camera. The Camera menu consists of the following tabs:

SNC-DF85/DF80: Common, Picture, Day/Night,

Video codec and Streaming

SNC-DF50: Common, Picture, Video codec and

Streaming

Common Tab

• The stabilizer is effective for the images on a computer. They are not effective for the video output.

• The view angle of the camera is reduced by approximately 10 % when Stabilizer is set to On.

• The frame rate lowers half when Stabilizer is set to On.

• The stabilizer may not be effective depending on the degree of oscillation.

• If a flat object such as a solid wall or floor occupies the greater part of a shooting scene or if a large object occupying the greater part of the scene passes by or continues moving, the whole image may tremble. In this case, set Stabilizer to Off.

• When the brightness of the scene changes suddenly or when you change the brightness setting, the whole image may tremble momentarily.

Microphone

Administrating the Camera

Select whether you are going to send the audio from the m microphone input connector. Select On to send the audio from this network camera.

Note

Image mode

Selects the mode of the image output from the camera.

Field: Select this option when shooting a moving image. Frame: Select this option when shooting a still image.

With this setting, the vertical resolution increases but the edge of a moving object may be jagged.

Auto: The Frame or Field mode process is

automatically performed depending on movement in the image. Frame is performed for an area without movement, and Field is performed for an area with movement.

Color

Select Color or Monochrome for the image.

Stabilizer

Select the stabilizer to compensate for oscillation. Select On to activate the stabilizer when the camera is affected by oscillation.

When you change the Microphone setting, click Refresh on the Web browser to reflect the change when opening the main viewer page.

Mic volume

Set the volume level of the audio input from the m microphone input connector. It is adjustable from –10 to +10.

Audio codec

Select the bit rate when you send the audio from the m microphone input connector. G.711 (64kbps), G.726

(40kbps), G.726 (32kbps), G.726 (24kbps) or G.726 (16kbps) can be selected.

Note

If the bit rate is set to other than G.711(64kbps), no audio is output when you use the Java applet viewer.

Audio upload

Using the SNC audio upload tool stored in the supplied CD-ROM, you can output the audio that is input to the computer’s audio input terminal from the speaker connected to the line output jack of the camera. Select Enable to output the audio from the speaker.

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Reset camera menu

Click Reset, and the message “Camera menu setting is reset to default. Are you sure?” is displayed. To reset to default, click OK.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

ATW-PRO: Automatically adjusts the color to be

closest to the image you are viewing. (approximately 2500 K to 6500 K)

Dual WB: (SNC-DF85/DF50 only)

Automatically adjusts the color aimed at low to middle brightness objects (approximately 2000 K to 10000 K)

Note

Picture Tab

You can set the color condition, exposure, etc. of the camera.

SNC-DF85/DF50

SNC-DF80

For the SNC-DF85/DF50, when DynaView in Exposure is set to On, the white balance mode is fixed to Dual WB and other modes cannot be selected.

Exposure

Select the exposure of the camera.

Auto gain control

When you select On, the sensitivity is automatically adjusted according to the brightness of the object.

Administrating the Camera

DynaView (SNC-DF85/DF50 only)

The DynaView function reduces white-out and blackout in high-contrast shooting scenes such as under backlighting. When you select On, the DynaView function starts to work.

Backlight compensation (SNC-DF80 only)

When you select On, the backlight compensation with center-weighted metering starts to work.

Note

When DynaView or Backlight compensation is set to On, a hunting may be generated due to a picture. In this case, set it to Off.

White balance

Select the white balance mode.

ATW: Makes the subject lighter and automatically

adjusts to re-create the original color. (approximately 2000 K to 10000 K)

Exposure compensation (SNC-DF85/DF50 only)

The exposure compensation function adjusts the brightness of the image by compensating the exposure. You can select the exposure compensation values from the drop-down list. Selectable EV values are as follows: +1, +0.6, +0.3, 0, -0.3, -0.6, -1 (EV)

Shutter speed

Select the shutter speed of the camera from the dropdown list. Selectable values of the shutter speed are as follows:

SNC-DF85N/DF80N/DF50N: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/

2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/100, 1/60 (sec.)

SNC-DF85P/DF80P/DF50P: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000,

1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/120, 1/50 (sec.)

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Tip

Day/Night Tab (SNC-DF85/DF80 only)

Flickers of fluorescent light can be reduced when Shutter speed is set to 1/100 (for NTSC) or 1/120 (for PAL) .

Use this tab to set the Day/Night function of the camera.

Brightness (SNC-DF80 only)

Perform fine brightness adjustment. Select the brightness from -5 to +5. Selecting a higher value makes the image brighter, and selecting a lower value makes it darker.

Saturation

Select the saturation in 7 steps, from –3 to +3. Selecting +3 provides the image with the highest saturation.

Sharpness (SNC-DF85/DF50 only)

Select the sharpness from Sharp, Normal or Soft.

Administrating the Camera

Contrast

Select the contrast in 7 steps, from -3 to +3. Selecting +3 provides the image with the highest contrast.

Note

Brightness, saturation and contrast are effective for the computer image only. They are not effective for the video output.

Day/Night mode

Select the Day/Night mode from among five modes.

Disable: Always works in Day mode. Auto: Normally works in Day mode. It switches

automatically to Night mode in a dark place. This mode is effective when Auto gain control in Exposure is set to On in the Picture tab. Switching timing can be set with the following parameters. Threshold:Select High or Low for the brightness

level of the Night mode.

Hold time:Select 2 sec. or 30 sec. for the time to

respond to the change of brightness.

User preset

You can save the present settings in the camera as custom settings, or you can load the settings saved in the camera. This function is useful when you temporarily change the settings for the image or reset them to the previous settings.

Save: Click to save the present settings of the Picture

tab.

Load: Click to load the saved settings. To use them,

click OK.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Notes

• When Auto gain control is Off, it is not switched

to Night mode.

• If a light with strong energy shines on the camera when Night mode is selected, hunting may be generated. In this case, select Sensor input mode so that Day/Night mode will be switched according to light, or select Manual and switch Day/Night mode.

Manual: Switch the Day/Night mode manually. When

you select Manual, On and Off become active. When you select On, the camera works in Night mode. When you select Off, it works in Day mode.

Timer: Normally the camera works in Day mode. It

switches to Night mode at the time that you have you set in the Schedule menu. Click Schedule and the setting menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

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Sensor input: Controls the Day/Night mode by

synchronizing it with the sensor input.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Video codec Tab

Use this tab to set the items for the video codec.

Selectable items become active according to the Mode setting. Set the active items in JPEG setting, MPEG4 setting or H.264 setting as required.

Image size

You can select the image size to be sent from the camera.

640 × 480 (VGA), 384 × 288, 320 × 240 (QVGA) or 160 × 120 (QQVGA) can be selected.

When 640 × 480 (VGA) is selected and Cropping is set to On, you can crop a portion of the image and display the cropped image on the computer.

Cropping

When the image size is set to 640 × 480 (VGA), you can crop a portion of the image and display the cropped image on the computer. Cropping reduces the transmitting data size and thus the network load, and a higher frame rate is achieved.

Select On to crop the image, or Off.

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Note

Object detection (page 65) operates for an image in the image size that is not cropped even if Cropping is set to On.

Mode

Select the operation mode of the camera.

Single codec: Select one video codec from among

JPEG, MPEG4 and H.264. The camera supports the

selected video codec.

Dual codec: The camera supports both JPEG and

MPEG4 video codecs simultaneously. When you select this option, select the priority codec JPEG or MPEG4.

To crop an image

Set the Image size to 640 × 480 (VGA). Cropping becomes active.

Set Cropping to On and click the Area setting button. The area setting window appears.

Specify the cropping area. Click the left button of the mouse on the still image and drag it diagonally. The red frame that appears as you drag indicates the cropping area.

Still image

JPEG setting/MPEG4 setting/H.264 setting

Set the details of the video codecs.

Red trimming frame

Click OK at the bottom of the window.

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

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The cropped image is displayed on the main viewer.

• When Adaptive rate control is set to On, the

maximum transmission rate will be the values set in

To close the image, click in the upper-right corner.

Frame rate and Bit rate.

• When H.264 is selected and the image size is set to 640 × 480 (VGA) or 384 × 288, the frame rate used by

Frame rate

Set the frame rate of the image. Selectable values of the frame rates are as follows.

the camera to transmit the image will be as follows: SNC-DF85N/DF80N/DF50N: 10 fps or less SNC-DF85P/DF80P/DF50P: 8 fps or less

• When MPEG4 is selected, the image size is set to 640

SNC-DF85N/DF80N/DF50N: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15,

20, 25, 30 (fps)

SNC-DF85P/DF80P/DF50P: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16,

20, 25 (fps)

“fps” is a unit indicating the number of frames transmitted per second.

Image quality (for JPEG only)

Set the quality of JPEG image. Selectable values are from Level 1 to Level 10. When Level 10 is selected, the best image quality is

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achieved.

× 480 (VGA) or 384 × 288 and the frame rate is set to 30 fps.

The frame rate may be decreased when the bit rate is more than 512 kbps or while the object detection function is operating.

• When the camera operation mode is set to Dual codec and the image size is set to 640 × 480 (VGA) or 384 × 288 in MPEG4 setting, the maximum frame rate at which the camera can transmit data will be 20 fps.

• When the camera operation mode is set to Dual codec, the actual values set in MPEG4 setting and JPEG setting may not be obtained, due to the limitation in the capacity to manage two video codecs simultaneously. Use the following table as a guide for

Bandwidth control (for JPEG only)

the settings.

Limits the network bandwidth for the JPEG image data output from the camera. Selectable bandwidths are as follows:

Capacity to manage two video codecs simultaneously

0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 (Mbps), and

Unlimited

Note

Audio may be interrupted depending on the selected bandwidth. In that case, select a wider bandwidth.

Bit rate (for MPEG4 and H.264 only)

SNC-DF85N/DF80N/DF50N

JPEG MPEG4

VGA/384 × 288 15 fps VGA/384 × 288 15 fps

VGA/384 × 288 20 fps VGA/384 × 288 10 fps

VGA/384 × 288 10 fps QVGA 30 fps

VGA/384 × 288 15 fps QVGA 20 fps

QVGA 30 fps QVGA 30 fps

Set the bit rate of MPEG4 or H.264 image transmission for a line. Selectable values are as follows:

H.264: 32, 64, 128, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536

(kbps)

MPEG4: 64, 128, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048

(kbps)

SNC-DF85P/DF80P/DF50P

JPEG MPEG4

VGA/384 × 288 12 fps VGA/384 × 288 12 fps

VGA/384 × 288 16 fps VGA/384 × 288 8 fps

VGA/384 × 288 8 fps QVGA 25 fps

VGA/384 × 288 12 fps QVGA 16 fps

QVGA 25 fps QVGA 25 fps

Adaptive rate control (for MPEG4 and H.264 only)

This function adjusts the frame rate and the bit rate automatically so that the camera plays back a smooth image to suit the connected computer environment. If On is selected, the MPEG4 or H.264 image rate is automatically adjusted.

• The object detection function does not operate when H.264 is selected.

• When H.264 is selected, you cannot select Use alarm buffer in the Alarm sending tab of the FTP client menu and in the Alarm recording tab of the Image memory menu.

Notes

• The actual frame rate and bit rate may be different according to the image size, the shooting scene, or the network condition.

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OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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Streaming Tab

Use this tab to set the items for the transmission by unicast or multicast.

Multicast address

Type the multicast address used on the Multicast streaming.

Video port number

Specify the MPEG4 or H.264 video transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming. It is initially set to 60000. Specify an even number from 1024 to

65534. Two port numbers (the number specified here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number) are actually used for video data communication and control.

Audio port number

Specify the audio transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming. It is initially set to 60002. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Two port numbers (the number specified here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number) are actually used for audio data communication and control.

Unicast streaming

Specify the transmission port numbers of the MPEG4 or H.264 video data and audio data to be used when UDP (Unicast) is selected with in the main viewer.

Video port number

Specify the transmission port number of the MPEG4 or H.264 video data. It is initially set to 50000. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Two port numbers (the number specified here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number) are actually used for video data communication and control.

Audio port number

Specify the transmission port number of the audio data. It is initially set to 50002. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Two port numbers (the number specified here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number) are actually used for audio data communication and control.

Note

Specify different numbers for the video port number and the audio port number.

Note

Specify different numbers for the video port number and the audio port number.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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Multicast streaming

Set whether the camera uses multicast streaming for MPEG4/H.264 video data and audio data or not. It reduces the transmission load on the camera by making the computer of the same segment network receive the same transmitting data. Select On to allow and Off not to allow multicast sending. When you select On, set Multicast address, Video port number and Audio port number properly.

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Configuring the Network

Subnet mask

Type the subnet mask.

— Network Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Network menu appears. Use this menu to configure the network to connect the camera and the computer. The Network menu consists of two tabs: Network and Dynamic IP address notification.

Network Tab

This section provides the menus for connecting the camera through the network cable.

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Default gateway

Type the default gateway.

DNS server

Configure the DNS server address.

Obtain DNS server address automatically: Select this

option to obtain the IP address of DNS server automatically. It can be set only when Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is selected in the Network tab.

Use the following DNS server address: Select this

when you set a fixed address as the IP address of the DNS server. With this setting, specify the addresses on Primary DNS server and Secondary DNS server manually.

Note

When you select Obtain DNS server address automatically, make sure that a DHCP server is

operating on the network.

Primary DNS server

Type the IP address of the primary DNS server.

MAC address

Displays the MAC address of the camera.

IP address

Configure the IP address.

Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): Select

this option when a DHCP server is installed on the network to allow IP address assignment. With this setting, the IP address is assigned automatically.

Use the following IP address: Select this option when

you set a fixed IP address. With this setting, specify the IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway manually.

Note

When you select Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP), make sure that a DHCP server is operating on

the network.

IP address

Type the IP address of the camera.

Secondary DNS server

Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if necessary.

Host name

Type the host name of the camera to be transmitted to the DHCP server. This setting is valid only when Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is selected in the Network tab.

Domain suffix

Type the domain suffix of the camera to be transmitted to the DHCP server. This setting is valid only when Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is selected in the Network tab.

Note

The domain suffix is sent to the DHCP server as FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Suffix) information when Host name is set.

HTTP port number

Normally select 80. If you want to use a port number other than 80, select the text box and type a port number between 1024 and 65535.

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Note

When you have set the HTTP port number to a number other than 80 in the Network menu or in the Setup Program, access the camera again by typing the IP address of the camera on your Web browser as follows:

Example: when the HTTP port number is set to 8000

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Authentication

Select the authentication required when you send an email.

Off: Select if no authentication is required when an e-

mail is sent.

On: Select if authentication is required when an e-mail

is sent. Select one of the authentication methods from the following and specify the POP server

name, User name and Password as required. SMTP: Select when SMTP authentication is

required.

POP before SMTP: Select when POP before SMTP

authentication is required.

Note

Dynamic IP address notification Tab — Notifying the IP Address

When Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is selected in the Network tab, you can send notification of completion of the network settings using the SMTP or HTTP protocol.

When you set Authentication to On, make sure to select either or both SMTP or/and POP before SMTP.

POP server name

It is necessary when POP before SMTP is selected for Authentication.

Type the POP (receiving mail) server name using up to 64 characters. Or type the IP address of the POP server. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server that sends e-mails performs authentication using the POP user account.

User name, Password

Type the user name and password of the user who owns the mail account using up to 64 characters. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server that sends e-mails performs authentication.

Recipient e-mail address

Type the recipient e-mail address using up to 64 characters. You can specify only one recipient e-mail address.

Administrator e-mail address

Type the e-mail address of the camera administrator using up to 64 characters. This is used as the reply address or the address for a system mail from the mail server.

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e-Mail (SMTP) notification

Select On to send an e-mail when the DHCP setting is completed.

SMTP server name

Type the name or IP address of the SMTP server for sending an e-mail, using up to 64 characters.

Subject

Type the subject/title of the e-mail using up to 64 characters.

Message

Type the text of the e-mail using up to 384 characters. (A line break is equivalent to 2 characters.) You can describe the information of the acquired IP address, etc. using the special tags mentioned below.

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HTTP notification

Select On to output a command to the HTTP server when the DHCP setting is completed. Using this function, you can configure a useful system, for example, to view the access log stored in the HTTP server or start an external CGI program.

URL

Specify the URL to send HTTP request, using up to 256 characters. The URL is normally written as follows:

http://ip_address[:port]/path?parameter

ip_address: Type the IP address or host name of the host

to which you want to connect.

[:port]: Specify the port number to which you want to

connect. If you want to use the established port number 80, you do not need to input this value.

path: Type the command name. parameter: Type the command parameter if necessary.

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You can use the special tags mentioned below for the parameters.

Use this tag to embed the MAC address of the interface whose IP address was acquired by DHCP, in the text or parameter.

Use this tag to embed the camera's model name in the text or parameter.

Use this tag to embed the camera's serial number in the text or parameter.

Proxy server name

When you send HTTP request via a proxy server, type the name or IP address of the proxy server, using up to 64 characters.

Proxy port number

Specify the port number when you send HTTP request via the proxy server. Set a port number between 1024 and 65535.

Method

Select the HTTP method GET or POST.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

About the special tags

You can use the following five special tags to allow notification of the settings acquired by DHCP, such as an IP address. Type the tags in the parameter section of the URL that you described in the Message field of the HTTP.

<IP>

Use this tag to embed the IP address acquired by DHCP in the text or parameter.

Use this tag to embed the specified HTTP server port number in the text or parameters.

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Using the 802.1X Authentication Function

— 802.1X Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the 802.1X menu appears. Use this menu to configure the port-based authentication in compliance with the 802.1X standard. The 802.1X menu consists of three tabs: Common, Client certificate and CA certificate.

Note

To use the 802.1X authentication function, you need knowledge of the 802.1X authentication and digital certificate. To establish an 802.1X network, you need to configure the authenticator, authentication server and other elements. For details on these settings, refer to the manual of the corresponding equipment.

System configuration of 802.1X network

The following figure shows a general system configuration of an 802.1X network.

Authenticator

An authenticator forwards certificate request data or response data that the supplicant or authentication server issues to the other party. Normally a hub or router serves as an authenticator.

Authentication server

An authentication server has a database of connecting users and verifies if the supplicant is a correct user or not. It is also called RADIUS server.

CA (Certificate Authority)

A CA issues and manages certificates of the authentication server (CA certificates) and user certificates. The CA is essential for certificate-based user authentication. Normally a CA is located inside an authentication server.

Note

This camera supports only the EAP-TLS mode in which the supplicant and the server authenticate each other using the certificate. This mode requires a CA that issues the certificate.

Common Tab – Basic setting of

802.1X authentication function

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Supplicant (camera)

Authenticator (hub or router)

Authentication server + CA

Supplicant

A supplicant is a device that connects to the authentication server to join the network. This camera serves as a supplicant in the 802.1X network. The supplicant can enter the 802.1X network after the appropriate authentication by the authentication server.

802.1X authentication function

This item is used for enabling/disabling the 802.1X authentication function and checking the status.

Wired interface

To activate the 802.1X authentication function, select On.

Wired interface status

Shows the authentication status of the 802.1X authentication function.

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Click Refresh to update the status.

EAP identity

Type the user name to identify the client in the 802.1X authentication server using 3 to 253 characters.

EAP method

Shows the authentication method used with the authentication server. It is fixed as this camera supports only the TLS method.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

time of issuing the certificate request or importing the certificate. Only the PEM format is supported in this mode. To use this mode, first obtain the certificate from the CA by performing Export certificate request on page 43.

Client certificate request

Import, display or delete the client certificate.

To import the client certificate

Click Browse… to select the client certificate to be imported. Then click Submit, and the selected file will be imported to the camera.

Client certificate Tab

You can import a client certificate to the camera or export a certificate request.

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Note

The import process becomes invalid if the selected file is not a client certificate or the imported client certificate is not allowed.

To display the information of the client certificate

When the client certificate has been saved in the camera correctly, its information appears on Status, Issuer DN,

Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key Usage.

TLS mode

Select the TLS mode. The EAP-TLS authentication performs certificate-based authentication. It requires private key information consisting of a key pair for the client certificate to store in the camera. The TLS mode allows two modes according to the acquirer of the key pair.

Use a key pair from a CA: Uses the certificate

including the private key information issued by a CA. The PKCS#12 and PEM formats are supported.

Use the camera’s built-in key pair: Uses the private

key information that is stored in the tamper-resistant chip built in the camera. This mode is safety because the private key information is not carried out at the

Status: Shows if the status of the client certificate is

valid or invalid. Valid means the client certificate is correctly stored

and set.

Invalid means the client certificate is not correctly

stored and set.

Possible causes of Invalid are the following: – When Use a key pair from a CA is selected and

the private key password included in the client certificate is not specified correctly

– When Use a key pair from a CA is selected and

the private key password is specified in spite of the fact that the key pair in the client certificate is not encrypted.

– When Use a key pair from a CA is selected and

the key pair is not included in the client certificate.

– When Use the camera’s built-in key pair is

selected and the client certificate issued corresponding to Export certificate request is not imported in the camera.

Note

When the client certificate to be imported is of PKCS#12 format and the private key password is not set correctly, “<Put correct private key password>” is displayed in the boxes of Issuer DN, Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key Usage. Specify the

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correct private key password to confirm the information of the certificate.

To delete the client certificate

Click Delete, and the client certificate stored in the camera will be deleted.

Private key password

Type the password for the private key information included in the client certificate using up to 50 characters. This text box is active only when TLS mode is set to Use a key pair from a CA. Leave the text box blank if the private key information included in the client certificate is not encrypted. If no private key password is set in the camera, the text box is active to allow entering of a password. If a private key password is already set, it is displayed with turned letters.

Reset

To change the private key password, click this button. The current password is cleared and the password text box is active to allow a new password entry.

Note

Click at the bottom of the menu if you want to cancel changing the private key password after clicking Reset. Doing so restores the other setting items in the Client certificate tab to the previous settings.

Common name: Type the organization name using up

to 64 alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Email address: Type the e-mail address using up to 64

alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Notes

• / (slash), = (equal sign) and , (comma) cannot be used as symbols.

• The total number of characters in State or Province

name, Locality name, Organization name, Organization unit name, Common name and Email address should be as follows:

When Country name is selected: 218 characters or less When Country name is not selected: 220 characters or less

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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CA certificate Tab

You can import a trusted CA certificate (server certificate or route certificate) to the camera. Up to four certificates from trusted CAs can be imported to the camera. Only the PEM format is supported.

Export certificate request

Exports the certificate request according to the key pair built in the camera. To export, enter the items required for the certificate request and click Export. Exporting is possible when TLS mode is set to Use the camera’s built-in key pair.

Note

If you click Export when all the setting items in Export certificate request are blank, the certificate request is exported with “localhost” specified in Common name.

Country name: Select the country name from the drop-

down list.

State or Province name: Type the state or province

name using up to 128 alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Locality name: Type the locality name using up to 128

alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Organization name: Type the organization name using

up to 64 alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Organization unit name: Type the organization unit

name using up to 64 alphanumeric characters and symbols.

To import the CA certificate

Click Browse… to select the CA certificate to be imported. Then click Submit, and the selected file will be imported to the camera.

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Note

Import process becomes invalid if the selected file is not a CA certificate.

To display the information of the CA certificate

When the CA certificate has been saved in the camera correctly, its information appears on Issuer DN,

Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key Usage.

To delete the CA certificate

Click Delete, and the CA certificate stored in the camera will be deleted.

Open Add or Remove Programs from Control Panel of Windows menu.

Select Add/Remove Windows Components.

Add Certificate Services in the Component menu.

Select Enterprise root CA on CA Type, and proceed to next.

Type the name of CA on Common Name for this CA, and configure the CA.

Creating a security group for Active Directory

Setting the 802.1X authentication function – Example of Windows Server 2003

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This section explains how to configure the authentication server and CA using Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Note

As this section describes authentication based on the user interface in English on Windows Server 2003, the UI terminology and page configuration may be different depending on the version of the Operating System or Service Pack and patch update status.

Before setting

Perform the following settings before configuring an

802.1X network.

Active Directory (domain controller)

The following setting example is based on the assumption that the Active Directory has been configured.

Windows IAS configuration

To add the IAS (Internet Authentication Service), perform the following steps:

Configure Remote access/VPN server in Manage Yo u r S e r v e r of Windows Server 2003.

Open Active Directory Users and Computers from Administrative Tools of Windows menu.

Select Users of the domain with which you want to perform 802.1X connection.

Select New from the context menu, then select Group and configure the group for 802.1X

connection. For example, the group “Wired_802.1X_Group” is assumed for explanation purposes.

Configuring the Internet Authentication Service

Open Internet Authentication Service from Administrative Tools of Windows menu.

Click Register Server in Active Directory on the operation menu.

Read the displayed precautions carefully and click OK to accept them.

Then, continue to configure the EAP-TLS policy.

Select Remote Access Policy and right-click.

Select New from the context menu, and select Remote Access Policy to open the “New Remote

Access Policy Wizard.”

Open Add or Remove Programs from Control Panel of Windows menu.

Install Internet Authentication Service in Add/ Remove Windows Components.

CA configuration

To configure the CA, perform the following steps:

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Select Set up a custom policy.

Set the following items: Policy name: Type “Allow 802.1X Access” as an

example.

Policy conditions: Click Add and add the

following items:

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– NAS Port-Type: Ethernet, Wireless-

IEEE802.11, Wireless-Other and Virtual (VPN)

– Windows-Groups: Wired_802.1X_Group

Permissions: Select Grant remote access

permission.

Edit Profile:

– Dial-in Constraints tab: Specify the session

time out period during which the client is allowed to be connected, as required.

– Authentication tab: Delete checks from all the

boxes. Click EAP Method and add Smart Card or other certificates.

Then, continue to configure the RADIUS client.

Select RADIUS Clients and right-click.

The preparations for configuring a 802.1X network are now completed. Proceed to issue the certificate to be imported to the camera.

Issuing the CA certificate

Prepare a Windows client PC (called “client PC” hereafter) to temporarily store the certificate, and configure so that the client PC and Windows Server 2003 computer can be connected through the network.

Start Internet Explorer on the client PC.

Type the CA’s URL in the address bar, and click Go To .

The CA’s URL is normally as follows:

Select New RADIUS Client from the context menu.

Set the following items: Friendly name: Type “authenticator” as an

example.

Client address (IP or DNS): IP address of the

authenticator

Client-Vender: RADIUS Standard Shared secret: Specify the shared secret to be set

in the authenticator.

Adding a user

Open Active Directory Users and Computers from Administrative Tools of Windows menu.

Select Users of the domain with which you want to add a user and right-click.

Select New from the context menu, then select User.

Set the following items to configure a new user: For example, the log-on user name “1XClient” is assumed for explanation purposes.

First name: 1XClient User logon name: 1XClient@<domain name> Password: Specify a password. Then select

Password never expires in account options.

Select the user to be added and right-click.

http: //<address of the CA>/CertSrv/

The “Microsoft Certificate Services” page opens.

Note

If the Microsoft Certificate Service page does not appear using the URL above, check the following: – Is the service of Web site enabled on Internet

Information Service (IIS)? – Is Certificate Services enabled? – Does the firewall or antivirus software setting on

the client PC block connection? – Are the network configuration and Internet

Explorer setting on the client PC correct?

When Internet Explorer prompts entering the log-in user and password, type the user name as follows. Example: when the user name is “1XClient” and the domain name “localnetwork.net”

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Select Properties from the context menu.

Set the following items:

Dial-in tab: Select Allow access in Remote

Access Permission (Dial-in or VPN)

Member Of tab: Add “Wired_802.1X_Group.”

1XClient@localnetwork.net

Click Download a CA certificate, certificate chain, or CRL.

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Select Base 64 in Encoding method and click Download CA certificate.

The “File Download” dialog opens.

Specify the file storage location and save the CA certificate.

After saving the CA certificate, import it to the camera. Then the CA certificate import procedure is completed.

–Check Mark keys as exportable.

Additional Options: Select SHA-1 for Hash

Algorithm.

Click Submit. Message “The certificate you requested was issued to you.” appears.

Click Install this certificate. to install the certificate in the certificate store on the client PC.

Downloading the client certificate

The procedure of client certificate download differs depending on the TLS mode of the camera. This section explains the procedures for each mode. For the TLS mode, see TLS mode in the Client certificate tab on page 42.

When “Use a key pair from a CA” is selected

Start Internet Explorer on the client PC and type the

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CA’s URL in the address bar. The CA’s URL is normally as follows:

http: //<address of the CA>/CertSrv/

Click Go To.

Type the log-in user name and password correctly, and the “Microsoft Certificate Services” page opens.

Click Request a certificate, advanced certificate request and Create and submit a request to this CA in sequence.

Set the following items.

Click Internet Options, Content and Certificates of Internet Explorer in sequence. The new client certificate is displayed in the Personal tab.

Select the installed certificate and click Export....

The “Certificate Export Wizard” opens.

Click Next and select as follows. Do you want to export the private key with the

certificate?: Select Yes, export the private key.

Select the format you want to use: Select

Personal Information Exchange –

PKCS#12(PFX). Password: Specify the private key password. File to export: Specify the name of the file to be

exported.

The certificate is now exported. Import the exported file to the camera as the camera’s client certificate. For details, see “To import the client certificate” in the Client certificate tab on page 42.

When “Use the camera’s built-in key pair” is selected

To use this mode, first download the certificate request from the camera. For details, see “To import the client certificate” in the Client certificate tab on page 42.

Certificate Template: User Key Options: Create new key set

– CSP: Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic

Provider v1.0

– Key Size: 1024

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Start Internet Explorer on the client PC and type the CA’s URL in the address bar. The CA’s URL is normally as follows:

http: //<address of the CA>/CertSrv/

Click Go To.

Type the log-in user name and password correctly, and the “Microsoft Certificate Services” page opens.

Click Request a certificate, advanced certificate request and Submit a certificate request by using a base-64-encoded CMC or PKCS #10 file, or submit a renewal request by using a base-64encoded PKCS #7 file in sequence.

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The “Submit a Certificate Request or Renewal Request” page opens.

Paste the contents of the certificate request exported from the camera in the Saved Request text box.

Set Certificate Template to User and click Submit.

Message “The certificate you requested was issued to you.” appears.

Setting the User

— User Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the User menu appears. Use this menu to set the user names and passwords of Administrator and up to 9 kinds of users (User 1 to User

9), and the access right of each user.

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Select Base 64 encoded and click Download certificate .

The certificate is now saved. Import the saved file to the camera as the camera’s client certificate. For details, see “To import the client certificate” in the Client certificate tab on page 42.

Note

The certificate saved in the procedure above has the same file name as the default file name for saving the CA certificate (certnew.cer). Be careful not to overwrite the file on the client PC.

Administrator

Specify User name, Password and Re-type password.

User 1 to 9

Specify User name, Password, Re-type password, FTP, Audio and Viewer mode for each user ID.

User name

Type a user name between 5 and 16 characters.

Password

Type a password between 5 and 16 characters.

Re-type password

To confirm the password, retype the password that you typed in the Password box.

FTP

Set whether this user is allowed to log in to an FTP server or not. Check the box if the user is allowed to log in to an FTP server.

Audio

Select audio output to a speaker connected to the line output jack of the camera by using the SNC audio upload tool stored in the supplied CD-ROM. Check this box to output the audio.

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Note

To output audio using the SNC audio upload tool, set Audio upload to Enable in the Common tab of the Camera menu (page 32).

Viewer mode

When the user is authenticated for logging in the main viewer, select the viewer mode to be displayed after authentication.

Full: The user can operate all functions in this mode. Light: In addition to the View mode, the user can select

the image size of the main viewer, control digital zoom, and capture a still image.

View: The user can only monitor the camera image.

For the functions available for each viewer mode, see “Administrator and User” on page 16.

Setting the Security

— Security Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Security menu appears. Use this menu to limit the computers that can access the camera.

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Viewer authentication

Set whether the user is authenticated or not when the main viewer is displayed.

On: The main viewer is displayed in accordance with

the viewer mode of the authenticated user.

Off: Select the viewer mode of the main viewer which is

displayed without authentication from Full, Light or View.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Security function

To activate the security function, select On.

Default policy

Select the basic policy of the limit from Allow and Deny for the computers specified in the Network address/ Subnet 1 to Network address/Subnet 10 menus below.

Network address/Subnet 1 to Network address/Subnet 10

Type the network addresses and subnet mask values that you want to allow or deny access to the camera. You can specify up to 10 network addresses and subnet mask values. For a subnet mask, type 8 to 32. Select Allow or Deny from the drop-down list on the right for each network address/subnet mask.

Setting the Security — Security Menu

Tip

The subnet mask value represents the bit number from the left of the network address. For example, the subnet mask value for “255.255.255.0” is 24. If you set 192.168.0.0/24 and Allow, you can allow access from computers having an IP address between “192.168.0.0” and “192.168.0.255”.

Note

You can access the camera even from a computer having an IP address whose access right is set to Deny, if you

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enter the user name and password set for the Administrator boxes in the User menu.

Sending an Image via E-

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

mail

When you click in the Administrator menu, the e-Mail (SMTP) menu appears. Using e-Mail (SMTP) function, you can send an e-mail

with attached image file that has been shot linked with an external sensor input or with the built-in object detection function. The image file can also be sent periodically. The e-Mail (SMTP) menu consists of three tabs: Common, Alarm sending and Periodical sending.

— e-Mail (SMTP) Menu

Common Tab — Setting the e-Mail (SMTP) Function

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e-Mail (SMTP)

Select On when you use the e-Mail (SMTP) function.

Notes

• You cannot send an audio file by using the e-mail sending function.

• The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may be reduced while a file is being transmitted by the e-Mail (SMTP) function.

SMTP server name

Type the SMTP server name using up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server.

Authentication

Select the authentication required when you send an email.

Off: Select if no authentication is required when an e-

mail is sent.

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On: Select if authentication is required when an e-mail

is sent. Select one of the authentication methods from the following and specify the POP server

name, User name and Password as required. SMTP: Select when SMTP authentication is

required.

POP before SMTP: Select when POP before SMTP

authentication is required.

Note

When you set Authentication to On, be sure to select either or both SMTP or/and POP before SMTP.

POP server name

It is necessary when POP before SMTP is selected for Authentication.

Type the POP (receiving mail) server name using up to 64 characters, or type the IP address of the POP server. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server that

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sends e-mails performs authentication using the POP user account.

User name, Password

Type the user name and password of the user who owns the mail account using up to 64 characters. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server that sends e-mails performs authentication.

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the email sending mode when detecting the alarm

Set to send an e-mail linked with alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in object detection function.

Alarm sending

Select On to set sending an e-mail linked with alarm detection.

Recipient e-mail address

Type the recipient e-mail address using up to 64 characters. You can specify up to three recipient e-mail addresses.

Administrator e-mail address

Type the Administrator e-mail address using up to 64 characters. This address is used for reply e-mails and sending system messages from the mail server.

Subject

Type the subject/title of the e-mail using up to 64 characters. When Alarm sending of the Alarm sending tab is set to On, an e-mail sent in response to the alarm detection will indicate the type of alarm in the subject. S1 is added for sensor input detection, MD is added for moving object detection and UD is added for unattended object detection.

Message

Type the text of the e-mail using up to 384 characters. (A line break is equivalent to 2 characters.)

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

File attachment

Set whether an image file (JPEG file) is to be attached to the e-mail or not. When On is selected, the image file made using the settings below is attached. When Off is selected, only the message is sent.

Image file name

Type the file name you want to assign to the image to be attached to an e-mail. You can use up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name.

None: No suffix is added. The image file name is

assigned to the image to be sent via e-mail.

Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the

image file name. The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits), second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus adding 14digit number to the image file name.

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Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits

between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 are added to the image file name.

Periodical sending

Select On when you want to use periodical e-mail sending.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with e-mail notification.

Sensor input: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input of the camera I/O port.

Object detection: The alarm detected by the object

detection function. Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is displayed to allow you to set the object detection function (page 65).

Effective period

Set the period during which the alarm detection is effective.

Always: The alarm detection is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which the

alarm detection is effective. Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

Image file name

Type the file name of the image attached to the e-mail using up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). The actual image file name will be the specified image file name with a suffix and the extension .jpg.

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name used when the e-mail is sent.

None: The name of the sent file will be the image file

name.

Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the

image file name. The date & time suffix consists of lower two-digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus adding a 14-digit number to the image file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits

between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 are added to the image file name.

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OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical e-mail sending mode

You can set to send e-mails periodically.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Interval

Type the interval at which you want to send an e-mail periodically. You can set the hour (H) and minutes (M) between 30 minutes and 24 hours (one day).

Effective period

Set the period during which periodical sending will be effective.

Always: Periodical sending is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which

periodical sending is effective. Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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Sending Images to FTP Server

— FTP client Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the FTP client menu appears. Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending still images to an FTP server. Using FTP client function, you can send an image and audio file that has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in object detection function to an FTP server. The image file can also be sent periodically. The FTP client menu consists of three tabs: Common, Alarm sending and Periodical sending.

Password

Type the password for the FTP server using up to 64 characters.

Re-type password

To confirm the password, type the same characters as you typed in the Password box.

Passive mode

Set whether you use the passive mode of FTP server or not when connecting to the FTP server. Select On to connect to the FTP server using the passive mode.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Common Tab — Setting the FTP

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client function

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the FTP client action when detecting the alarm

Set to forward an image and audio file to the specified FTP server linked with alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in object detection function.

FTP client function

To activate the FTP client function, select On.

Note

The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may be reduced while a file is being transmitted by the FTP client function.

Alarm sending

Select On to send the image and audio file to the FTP server linked with alarm detection.

FTP server name

Type either the FTP server name to upload still images using up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the FTP server.

User name

Type the user name for the FTP server using up to 64 characters.

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Remote path

Type the path to the destination using up to 64 characters.

Image file name

Type the file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. You can use up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.

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Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name.

Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the

image file name. The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus adding a 14-digit number to the image file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits

between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and an consecutive 2 digits number are added to the image file name.

Tip

A consecutive number added to Date & time and Sequence number is used to identify each of the

multiple files created with consecutive alarm events.

Note

This setting becomes invalid and a still image is recorded if H.264 is selected in the Video codec tab of the Camera menu.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical FTP client activity

You can set to send image files (JPEG files) to an FTP server periodically.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with file forwarding to the FTP server.

Sensor input: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input of the camera I/O port.

Object detection: The alarm detected by the object

detection function. Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is displayed to allow you to set the object detection function (page 65).

Effective period

Set the period during which the alarm detection is effective.

Always: The alarm detection is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which the

alarm detection is effective. Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

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Periodical sending

Select On when you want to use periodical sending.

Remote path

Type the remote path using up to 64 characters.

Image file name

Type the file name of the image sent to the FTP server using up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). The actual image file name will be the specified image file name with a suffix and the extension .jpg.

Alarm buffer

Select Use alarm buffer when you are going to forward the image/audio of before and after alarm detection (prealarm, post-alarm). If you do not select the alarm buffer, only the image at the moment of the alarm detection is forwarded. Click Alarm buffer to display the Alarm buffer menu. For details, see “Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer Menu” on page 64.

Note

You cannot send the audio file using the periodical sending of the FTP client function.

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent to the FTP server.

None: The name of the sent file will be the image file

name.

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Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the

image file name. The date & time suffix consists of lower two-digits of year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus adding a 14-digit number to the image file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits

between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 are added to the image file name.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Interval

Type the interval at which you want to send images to the FTP server periodically. You can set the hour (H), minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and 24 hours (one day).

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Note

The actual interval may be longer than the set value, depending on the image size, image quality setting, bit rate and the network environments.

Effective period

Set the period during which the periodical sending is effective.

Always: The periodical sending is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which the

periodical sending is effective. Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Recording Images in Memory

— Image memory Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Image memory menu appears. By using the image memory function, you can record the image and audio file, which has been shot being linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in object detection function, in the built-in memory (about 18 MB) or in the CF memory card (for the SNC-DF85/ DF80 only, not supplied) inserted in the camera. The image file can also be recorded periodically. The recorded image and audio files can be found or downloaded to the computer using the FTP server function. (See “Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP server Menu” on page 58.) The Image memory menu consists of three tabs: Common, Alarm recording and Periodical recording.

For the verified cards, contact your authorized Sony dealer.

Notes

• The image and audio files recorded in the built-in memory are deleted when the power of the camera is turned off. For the SNC-DF85/DF80, they are deleted also when the Selected root directory setting is changed.

• The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may be reduced during image storage.

Notes on the CF memory card (SNCDF85/DF80 only)

•Set Image memory to Off when you remove the CF memory card from the camera or turn off the power of the camera with the CF memory card inserted.

• When you remove or insert a card, wait at least 10 seconds.

• Before using an CF memory card, format it using the computer or using Format CF memory card in the Initialize tab of the System menu (page 31).

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Common Tab — Setting the image memory function

Image memory

To use the image memory function, select On.

For the SNC-DF50

Built-in memory

The current memory space of the built-in memory is displayed.

For the SNC-DF85/DF80

Selected root directory

Select a memory in which you want to save an image. The current memory space is displayed on the right.

Capacity warning

Select On to send a warning mail to the Administrator when the memory is full. Select Off if you do not want to send a warning mail.

Note

When Overwrite is set to On, a warning mail is not sent to the Administrator.

SMTP server name

Type the name of the SMTP server for sending an email, using up to 64 characters. Otherwise type the IP address of the SMTP mail server.

Authentication

Select the authentication required when you send an email.

Off: Select if no authentication is required when an e-

mail is sent.

On: Select if authentication is required when an e-mail

is sent. Select one of the authentication methods from the following and specify the POP server name, User

name and Password as required. SMTP: Select when SMTP authentication is

required.

POP before SMTP: Select when POP before SMTP

authentication is required.

Note

When you set Authentication to On, be sure to select either or both SMTP or/and POP before SMTP.

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Built-in memory: Built-in memory of this camera CF memory card: CF memory card inserted into the

CF card slot of the camera.

Notes

• The image and audio files recorded in the built-in

memory are deleted when the Selected root directory setting is changed.

•When Selected root directory is set to CF memory card, “empty” is displayed in the memory space box and you cannot access the built-in memory.

Overwrite

Select On to overwrite the file or not when there is insufficient memory space to record the image in the memory.

On: Overwrite is enabled and old files will be

overwritten in the order of date.

Off: Overwrite is prohibited. No recording will be

performed.

POP server name

This is necessary when POP before SMTP is selected for Authentication. Type a POP (receiving mail) server name using up to 64 characters, or type the IP address of the POP server. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server that sends emails performs authentication using the POP user account.

User name, Password

Type the user name and the password of the user who owns the e-mail account. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server that sends e-mails performs authentication.

Administrator e-mail address

Type the e-mail address of the recipient of a warning mail (e-mail address of the camera Administrator), using up to 64 characters.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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Alarm recording Tab — Setting the Image memory function when detecting the alarm

You can set to record the image and audio file to the memory linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in object detection function.

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with the recording of image and audio files. Sensor input: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input of the camera I/O port.

Object detection: The alarm by the object detection

function. Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is displayed to allow you to set the object detection function (page 65).

Effective period

Set the period during which alarm detection is effective.

Always: The alarm detection is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which

alarm detection is effective. Click Schedule and the setting menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

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Alarm buffer

Select Use alarm buffer when you record the image/ audio of before and after alarm detection (pre-alarm,

Alarm recording

Select On to record the image and audio file, linked with alarm detection.

Image file name

Type the file name you want to assign to the images to be recorded. You can use up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name.

post-alarm). If you do not select the alarm buffer, only the image at the moment of the alarm detection is recorded. Click Alarm buffer to display the Alarm buffer menu. For details, see “Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer Menu” on page 64.

Note

This setting becomes invalid and a still image is recorded if H.264 is selected in the Video codec tab of the Camera menu.

Date & time: The Date & time suffix is added to the

image file name. The Date & time suffix consists of lower two-digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits), second (2 digits) and consecutive number (2 digits), thus adding a 14digit number to the image file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits

between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and an consecutive 2 digits number is added to the image file name.

Tip

A consecutive number added to Date & time and Sequence number is used to identify each of the

multiple files created with consecutive alarm events.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Recording Images in Memory — Image memory Menu

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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Periodical recording Tab — Setting the periodical recording mode

You can set to record the image file (JPEG file) periodically.

Interval

Type the interval at which you want to record an image in the memory periodically. You can set the hour (H), minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and 24 hours (one day).

Note

The actual interval may be longer than the set value depending on the image size, image quality, bit rate, or reocording media.

Effective period

Set the period during which the periodical recording is effective.

Always: The periodical recording is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which the

periodical recording is effective. Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

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Periodical recording

Select On when you want to use periodical recording.

Image file name

Type the file name of the image to be recorded to the memory using up to 10 alphanumeric characters, (hyphen) and _ (under score). The actual image file name will be the specified image file name with the a suffix and the extension .jpg.

Note

You cannot record the audio file using the periodical recording function.

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name.

None: The recording file name will be the image file

name.

Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the

Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits

between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 are added to the image file name.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Folder structure of image memory

When the image memory function is used, the images are recorded with the following folder structure.

Root

A represents a folder created automatically. The Date_No. folder has a 11-digit name consisting of the last two digits of the year (2 digits), month (2 digits), day (2 digits), underscore and sequence number (4 digits). In the built-in memory, one folder automatically created can store image files of about 1 MB. If the size of the image files exceeds that value, a new folder is created automatically to continue recording.

Note

When the CF memory card is used for the SNC-DF85/ DF80, the folder size varies depending on the capacity of the CF memory card.

Date_No.

xxxxxxx.jpf yyyyyyy.jpf

aaaaaaa.jpg

bbbbbbb.jpf

ccccccc.jpf

zzzzzzz.m4f qqqqqqq.m4f

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About the extension of a file

A file to be recorded/sent using the image memory function or the FTP client function has one of the following three extensions depending on the video mode setting and the recording/sending settings of the camera.

.m4f: A file of this type is created when Use alarm

buffer is selected in the Alarm recording or Alarm

sending tab and MPEG4 is selected on Codec in the Alarm buffer menu. The file may include audio data depending on the microphone setting of the camera.

.jpf: A file of this type is created when Use alarm

buffer is selected in the Alarm recording or Alarm

sending tab and JPEG is selected on Codec in the Alarm buffer menu. The file may include audio data depending on the microphone setting of the camera.

.jpg: The file of this type is created when Use alarm

buffer is not selected in the Alarm recording or

Alarm sending tab or when a periodical sending or periodical recording is performed.

Downloading Images from the Camera

— FTP server Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the FTP server menu appears. Use this menu to set up for the FTP server function that finds a specified image and audio file stored in a built-in memory (about 18 MB) or in the CF memory card (for the SNC-DF85/DF80 only, not supplied) inserted in the camera, or downloads a file from the camera.

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The SNC video player (page 79) allows playing of “.m4f” and “.jpf” files.

FTP server function

To activate the FTP server function, select On.

For the SNC-DF50

Built-in memory

The current memory space of the built-in memory is displayed.

For the SNC-DF85/DF80

Selected root directory

Select the memory that contains the file you want to download. The current memory space is displayed on the right.

Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP server Menu

Built-in memory: Built-in memory of this camera or

downloads a file from the camera

CF memory card: CF memory card inserted into the

CF card slot of the camera.

Notes

• When Selected root directory is set to CF memory card in the Common tab of the Image memory menu

for the SNC-DF85/DF80, “empty” is displayed in the memory space box and you cannot access the built-in memory.

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• The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may be reduced when you logged in to the FTP server of this unit using the FTP client software installed in the computer.

Setting the Alarm Output

— Alarm output Menu

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Alarm output menu appears. You can perform setting in this menu to control the alarm output of the I/O port on the rear of the camera linked to the alarm detection, the timer, and the Day/ Night function (SNC-DF85/DF80 only). The Alarm output menu consists of two tabs: Alarm out 1 and Alarm out 2.

Tip

For the connection of peripheral devices to the alarm output of the I/O port, see the supplied Installation Manual.

Alarm out 1, 2 Tab

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Alarm output

To activate the alarm output function, select On.

Mode

Select the mode of the alarm output function.

Alarm: Controls alarm output by synchronizing it with

an external sensor input or the built-in object detection function. When Alarm is selected, the items Sensor input,

Object detection, Alarm duration and Effective period become active.

Timer: Controls alarm output using the timer.

Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

Day/Night: Controls the alarm output linked to the day/

night function. (SNC-DF85/DF80 only)

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Sensor input

Select this option when you link the alarm output to an external sensor that is connected to sensor input of the camera I/O port.

Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection

Object detection

Select this option when you link the alarm output to the object detection function. Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is displayed to allow you to set the object detection function (page 65).

Alarm duration

Select the duration for which the alarm output is shortcircuited between 1 and 60 sec.

Effective period

This item becomes active when Mode is set to Alarm. Set the period during which the alarm detection is effective.

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Always: The alarm detection is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which

alarm detection is effective. Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

— Voice alert Menu

Click in the Administrator menu to display the Voice alert menu. Use this menu to set the voice alert function to output audio from the line output jack of the camera when an alarm is detected by the sensor input or object detection function. You can output the audio from the speaker connected to the camera in synchronization with an alarm event triggered by the sensor input or the object detection function. The Voice alert menu consists of three tabs: Voice alert 1, Voice alert 2 and Voice alert 3. You can configure an individual audio file on each tab.

Note

Before using the voice alert function, you need to save the audio file to the camera using the SNC audio upload tool stored in the supplied CD-ROM. For the use of the SNC audio upload tool, see page 74.

Voice alert 1, 2, 3 Tab

Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection — Voice alert Menu

File

Displays the name of the audio file saved in the camera. “Not uploaded” is displayed dimly if no audio file is saved. To delete the audio file saved in the camera, click Delete.

Note

Before deleting the audio file, set Voice alert to Off.

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Test

When the audio file is saved in the camera, you can check it by playing it back. Click Play to play back the audio file once.

Setting the Operations from the Viewer

Voice alert

To use the voice alert function linked with the sensor input or the object detection function, select On.

Repeat

Select playback repeat time from 1 to 3.

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with the voice alert function.

Sensor input: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input of camera I/O port.

Object detection: The alarm detected by the object

detection function. Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is displayed to allow you to set the object detection function (page 65).

Notes

• If voice alert is activated linked with a different alarm event while another voice alert is going on, the first voice alert is canceled and the second one is output.

• If two or three audio files are set to be output simultaneously linked with the same alarm event, the priority is given in the order Voice alert 1, 2 and 3.

Effective period

Set the period during which the alarm detection is effective.

Always: The alarm detection is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period during which the

alarm detection is effective. Click Schedule, and the menu for the effective period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu” on page 63)

— Trigger Menu

Click in the Administrator menu to display the Trigger menu. In this menu, you will select the activities that can be performed when is clicked on the main viewer.

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e-Mail (SMTP)

Checking this box allows you to select e-Mail from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer. By selecting e-Mail and clicking , a still image of the moment you click is captured, and your e-mail with the image file attached is sent to the specified mail address.

When you click e-Mail (SMTP), the Trigger-e-Mail (SMTP) menu is displayed. You can set the necessary options here. The setting options and setting procedures are the same as those of the e-Mail (SMTP) menu (page 49).

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

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By selecting Image memory and clicking , a still image of the moment you click is captured, and the image file is recorded.

When you click Image memory, the Trigger-Image memory menu is displayed. You can set the necessary options here. The setting options and setting procedures are the same as those of the Image memory menu (page 54).

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FTP client

Checking this box allows you to select FTP from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer. By selecting FTP and clicking , a still image of the

moment you click is captured, and the image file is sent to the FTP server.

When you click FTP client, the Trigger-FTP client menu is displayed. You can set the necessary options here. The setting options and setting procedures are the same as those of the FTP client menu (page 52).

Alarm output 1, 2

Checking this box allows you to select Alarm output 1 or Alarm output 2 from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer. You can control the alarm output by selecting Alarm output 1 or Alarm output 2 and clicking .

Image memory

Checking this box allows you to select Image memory from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer.

Select the alarm ouput control mode from To ggl e or

Timer. Toggle: Each time you click , On (short circuit) or

Off (open) is switched.

Timer: When you click , the alarm output is

switched to On (short circuit), and will automatically switched to Off (open) after the time specified in Duration has elapsed.

Duration

When Timer is selected, specify the time for which the alarm output remains short circuited, from 1 to 300 seconds.

Day/Night (SNC-DF85/DF80 only)

Checking this box allows you to select Day/Night from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer. You can control On (night mode) or Off (day mode) of the day/ night function by selecting Day/Night and clicking .

When you click the Day/Night button, the Trigger-Day/ Night menu is displayed. You can set the necessary options here. The setting options and setting procedures

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are the same as those in the Day/Night tab of the Camera menu (page 34).

Note

The day/night function is invalid when Day/Night mode is set to Disable or Auto in the Trigger-Day/Night menu, even if you click .

Voice alert 1, 2, 3

Checking this box allows you to select Voice alert 1, Voice alert 2 or Voice alert 3 from the trigger drop-

down list in the main viewer. You can output audio from the audio file saved in the camera by selecting Voice alert 1 , 2 or 3 and clicking .

Setting the Schedule

— Schedule Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Schedule menu appears. The Schedule menu consists of six tabs. This is the same menu as the Schedule menu that is displayed when you click Schedule to set the Effective

period in the following menus.

Day/Night: Schedule in the Day/Night tab of the

Camera menu (SNC-DF85/DF80 only)

e-Mail: Schedule in the Alarm sending or Periodical

sending tab of the e-Mail (SMTP) menu

FTP: Schedule in the Alarm sending or Periodical

sending tab of the FTP client menu

Image memory: Schedule in the Alarm recording or

Periodical recording tab of the Image memory menu

Alarm out: Schedule in the Alarm out 1 or Alarm out 2

tab of the Alarm output menu

Voice alert: Schedule in the Voice alert 1, 2 or 3 tab of

the Voice alert menu

Example: When setting e-Mail (SMTP) (Periodical

sending) in the Schedule menu

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File

Displays the name of the audio file saved in the camera. “Not uploaded” is displayed dimly if no audio file is saved.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Use the same time schedule every day

When this item is checked, the same Start time and End time are applied to all days. In that case, the Start time

and End time of the day from Mon (Monday) to Sun (Sunday) cannot be input.

Mon (Monday) to Sun (Sunday)

The time period on the right of the checked day is the effective period of the schedule.

Start time, End time

Specify the start time and the end time.

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OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

Setting the Alarm Buffer

— Alarm buffer Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Alarm buffer menu appears. You can set the Pre-alarm image and audio (the image and audio before the alarm detection) and the Post alarm image and audio. These can be set when Alarm sending of FTP client menu or Alarm recording of Image memory menu is set to On, besides when Use alarm buffer is selected.

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Mode

Displays the video codec selected in the Video codec tab of the Camera menu.

Note

You cannot set the alarm buffer when H.264 is selected in the Video codec tab of the Camera menu.

Codec

Only the currently available codec(s) are active. Select the video codec to be used for the alarm buffer.

Note

When Dual codec is selected in the Video codec tab of the Camera menu and if you select here a video codec different from the priority video codec specified for Dual codec, the bit rate and frame rate for sending/ recording via the alarm buffer may be lower than the set values.

Recording capacity

Displays the maximum recording capacity of the alarm buffer in the present camera setting of the video mode, image size, bit rate and frame rate.

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Pre-alarm period: Displays the maximum recording

capacity of image/audio before alarm detection.

Post-alarm period: Displays the maximum recording

capacity of image/audio after alarm detection.

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Recording time

Set the recording time for the Pre-alarm image/audio and Post alarm image/audio.

Pre-alarm period: Type the recording time of the

image/audio before alarm detection.

Post-alarm period: Type the recording time of the

image/audio after alarm detection.

Note

The value of Recording capacity differs depending on the image size and image quality settings in the Camera menu.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 26.

— Object detection Menu

When you click in the Administrator menu, the Object detection menu appears. Using this menu, you can set the conditions for activating the built-in “Moving object detection” and the “Unattended object detection” functions. Moving object detection detects moving objects in the camera image and outputs an alarm. Unattended object detection detects difference between the previously shot background image and the image being shot currently and outputs an alarm when the difference continues recognized for more than the specified period. The Object detection menu consists of two tabs: Common and Unattended object setting.

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What is unattended object detection ?

The unattended object detection function of this unit compares the reference background image with the current image to detect an unattended object. The unit can perform “Abandoned object detection” of an object that did not exist and appears now as an unattended object. The unit can also perform “Removed object detection” of an object that existed before and now has disappeared as an unattended object.

Abandoned object detection

The camera first stores in memory the background image for reference. If an object that did not exist before appears on the background and stops, the camera detects the object as an unattended object. If the unattended object stays in camera image for more than the specified time, it is marked with a green frame and an alarm linked to unattended object detection is output. you can activate alarm sending of the FTP client function, alarm recording of the image memory function and playback of an audio file in synchronization with the alarm.

Background image

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A car appears in the foreground.

After the detection time, the location where the car was parked is detected as an unattended object.

After the detection time, the car in the foreground is detected as an unattended object.

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Removed object detection

The camera first stores in memory the background image for reference. If an object that existed before moves and disappears, the camera detects the location where the object existed as an unattended object. If there are no changes in the unattended object (location) for more than the specified time, that location is marked with a green frame and an alarm linked to unattended object detection is output. You can activate alarm sending of the FTP client function, alarm recording of the image memory function and playback of an audio file in synchronization with the alarm.

Notes

• You can view an MPEG4 image only in the main viewer during the setting of the object detection when Dual codec is selected in the Video codec tab.

• The object detection function does not operate when H.264 is selected in the Video codec tab.

• The unattended object detection may not work correctly if the brightness of a scene changes significantly, for example, when you shoot an outdoor scene continuously from day to night.

• Unattended object detection may not work correctly if the image is of flat scene such as a monochrome wall or floor.

• Before actual use, perform an operation test and confirm that the object detection function works correctly.

When the Object detection menu is displayed for the first time

When you click Object detection, “Security Warning” is displayed. When you click Ye s, ActiveX control is installed and the Object detection menu is displayed.

Background image

The car in the foreground moves out.

Notes

• If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local Area Network (LAN) settings of Internet Explorer, the image may not be displayed. In that case, disable Automatic configuration and set the Proxy server manually. For the setting of the Proxy server, consult your network administrator.

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• When you install ActiveX control, you should be logged in to the computer as Administrator.

• When you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, the information bar or “Security Warning” may appear as you click Object detection. For details, see “Installing ActiveX Control” in “When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on page 9 or “Installing ActiveX Control” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 12.

Common Tab

Use this tab to select moving object detection or unattended object detection, and set the conditions for detection while observing a camera image. This is the same menu as that displayed when you click Detection on Alarm sending of the e-Mail (SMTP) menu, or on Alarm recording of the Image memory menu.

Monitor display

Set the active/inactive window while monitoring an image. The outside of the active window and the inside of the inactive window are regarded as inactive areas and shown with a mesh screen.

Inactive window

Active window

Detection setting section

Moving object detection setting section

Unattended object detection setting section

Detection setting section

Select either moving object detection or unattended object detection.

Moving object: Select when you want to perform

moving object detection. When this option is selected, the moving object setting menu appears. See “Setting items for moving object detection” on page 67.

Unattended object: Select when you want to perform

unattended object detection. When this option is selected, the unattended object setting menu appears. See “Setting items for unattended object detection” on page 68.

Setting items for moving object detection

The following setting items appear when Detection is set to Moving object.

Notes

• The image displayed on the monitor display has low resolution.

• The colors and green frames shown in the monitor display are not displayed on the image files that are sent or recorded linked to the object detection function.

Window 1 to Window 4 check boxes

When you check a check box, the corresponding window (active or inactive window) appears on the monitor display. You can change the position and size of the window.

Active: To use the window as an active area in which

moving object detection is performed.

Inactive: To use the window as an inactive area in which

any moving object is ignored. Select Inactive to set an inactive area inside an active window.

Note

You cannot set all four windows as Inactive windows. Be sure to set one or more windows as Active window(s).

Threshold setting slider bar

Set the threshold level of moving object detection that is common to all the windows. The threshold level is used to judge whether or not there has been any motion in the camera image. When the

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motion of an object on the monitor screen has exceeded the threshold level, the camera judges that there has been a motion and a green frame is shown. An alarm is output when a green frame is added to the object displayed in one of the active windows.

Object size

Select the minimum size of a detectable object from L (Large), M (Medium) and S (Small). Each option represents the corresponding size below:

L: 64 × 64 dots M: 32 × 32 dots S: 8 × 8 dots

Tip

The monitor display is 640 × 480 dots. Size L is 1/10 the

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width of the monitor display.

OK button

Click to send the set values to the camera and confirm the settings.

Note

Although the display on the monitor quickly responds to the setting being performed as you change the size of a window or a setting, you need to click the OK button to confirm the setting. The setting will be cancelled if you do not click the OK button.

Note

If an active window and inactive window overlap, the overlapped portion will be regarded as an inactive area. When the two windows overlap, the inactive window is displayed over the active window on the monitor screen. If the active window is hidden by an inactive window and its position or size cannot be changed, temporarily change the active window to an inactive window and change the position and size. After changing, reset it as an active window.

Set the function for Window 2 to Window 4. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each window.

Select the object size for Object size. Select a larger size if a small noise may be detected as a motion by mistake.

Adjust the Threshold setting slider bar to set the threshold level at which the camera executes detection. Adjust the detection level while observing the monitor screen and actually shooting a moving object.

Click OK. The moving object detection settings are confirmed.

Note

Be sure to click the OK button to confirm the settings. The setting will be cancelled if you do not click the OK button.

To set the moving object detection function

Set the moving object detection function as follows:

Select Moving object for Detection. The setting items for moving object detection appear.

Check the Window 1 check box. The Window 1 frame appears on the monitor display.

Adjust the position and size of Window 1. Drag Window 1 to move it and change its size.

Set the active or inactive windows. Select Active to set Window 1 as an active area, or Inactive to set it as an inactive area.

Setting items for unattended object detection

The following setting items appear when Detection is set to Unattended object.

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Monitor display

Set the active/inactive window while monitoring a moving image.

Active window Inactive window

When you check the check box, the corresponding window (active or inactive window) appears on the monitor display. You can change the position and size of the window.

Active: To use the window as an active window in which

unattended object detection is performed.

Inactive: To use the window as an inactive window in

which any unattended object is ignored. Select Inactive to set an inactive area inside an active window.

Note

You cannot set all four windows as Inactive windows. Be sure to set one or more windows as Active window(s).

Object size

When a prospective unattended object is detected on the monitor display, it will be colored. The object’s color will be changed from blue to green, yellow, and red in sequence, as the possibility of it being an unattended object increases. This change of color shows that unattended object detection is in progress. When the camera finally regards the object as an unattended object, a green frame is displayed.

Notes

• The colors and green frames shown in the monitor display to indicate prospective unattended objects are not displayed on the image files that are sent or recorded linked to the object detection function.

• The image displayed on the monitor display has low resolution.

Status lamp

Displays whether or not unattended object detection is operating.

Gray: Unattended object detection is not operating

because it is in the process of acquiring the background image. When unattended object detection starts, it acquires the background image. Unattended objects are not detected during this period.

Green: Unattended object detection is operating

because the background image has been acquired.

Window 1 to Window 4 check boxes

Select the minimum size of the detectable unattended object from L (Large), M (Medium) and S (Small). Each option represents the corresponding size below:

L: 64 × 64 dots M: 32 × 32 dots S: 8 × 8 dots

Tip

The monitor display is 640 × 480 dots. Size L is 1/10 the width of the monitor display.

Restart button

Click this button to initialize the unattended object detection function. A new background image will be acquired from the current image.

OK button

Click to send the set values to the camera and confirm the settings.

Notes

• Unattended object detection does not operate until the status lamp turns green.

• Although the display on the monitor quickly responds to the setting being performed as you change the size of a window or a setting, you need to click the OK button to confirm the setting. The setting will be cancelled if you do not click the OK button.

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To set the unattended object detection function

Set the unattended object detection function as follows:

Select Unattended object for Detection. The setting items for unattended object detection appear.

Wait until the status lamp turns green. When the status lamp is gray, the camera is in the process of acquiring a background image. Unattended object detection does not work during this period. The status lamp turns green when the background image has been acquired.

Note

When you acquire a background image, use an image with as little motion as possible. If you use

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an image with a lot of motion, it will take a long time to complete acquiring of the background image.

Place an object in the window and confirm that unattended object detection works correctly. The object regarded as an unattended object is marked with a green frame.

Note

It may take a long time until an unattended object is detected, depending on the image being shot.

Click OK. The unattended object detection settings are confirmed.

Note

Be sure to click the OK button to confirm the settings. The setting will be cancelled if you do not click the OK button.

Set Detection time, Alarm interval and Release time in the Unattended object setting tab.

Unattended object setting Tab

Check the Window 1 check box. The Window 1 frame appears on the monitor display.

Use this tab to set the alarm time for unattended object detection.

Adjust the position and size of Window 1. Drag Window 1 to move it and change its size.

Set the active or inactive windows. Select Active to set Window 1 as an active area, or Inactive to set it as an inactive area.

Note

Set the function for Window 2 to Window 4. Repeat steps 3 to 5 for each window.

Select the object size for Object size. Select a larger size if a small noise may be detected as an object by mistake.

Check whether an unattended object is detected properly.

Time setting

Unattended object detection requires the following three kinds of time settings.

Detection time

Set the period of time from when an object appears in an active window and stops or when an object in an active window disappears until the point when that object is regarded as an unattended object. An alarm will be output if the specified period has elapsed. You can set the time between 40 seconds and 12 hours.

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Alarm interval

You can repeat the alarm output in an interval of the preset time after an object has been regarded as an unattended object. If you set Alarm interval to 5 minutes, for example, so that an alarm will be output every 5 minutes repeatedly after an unattended object is detected. You can set the time between 1 and 6 hours.

Release time

Set the period of time required when the object once regarded as an unattended object is regarded as a background. An alarm will no longer be output if the specified period has elapsed as the object once regarded as an unattended object is regarded as a background. You can set the time between 1 and 12 hours.

Note

Set Release time to a larger value than Detection time.

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Others

This section explains how to use the application software and commands, including the supplied CDROM.

Using the Supplied Setup Program

Explains the functions except those of the Network tab in the IP Setup Program.

To install the Setup Program, to assign an IP address and to set the network, see “Assigning the IP Address to the Camera” on page 7 in “Preparation”.

Notes

• The Setup Program may not operate correctly if you use a personal firewall or antivirus software in your computer. In that case, disable the software or assign

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an IP address to the camera using another method. For example, see “Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Commands” on page 85.

Bandwidth control Tab

You can set the communication bandwidth for the JPEG image.

Note

The bandwidth cannot be controlled for the MPEG4 or H.264 image.

Click the Bandwidth control tab to display the bandwidth setting window. The current bandwidth is displayed in Current bandwidth.

Click to select the camera to set the bandwidth from the list box.

Starting the Setup Program

Select Program from the Start menu of Windows, then select Program, IP Setup Program and IP Setup Program in sequence. The IP Setup Program starts and the Network tab appears. The IP Setup Program detects cameras connected to the local network and lists them on the Network tab window.

When you are using Windows Vista, message “User Account Control – An unidentified program wants access to your computer” may appear. In this case, click Allow.

Click to select the desired bandwidth from the Setting bandwidth list box.

Type the Administrator name and Administrator password in each box.

The factory settings of both items are “admin.”

Click OK. If “Setting OK” is displayed, the bandwidth setting is completed.

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Date time Tab

Note

You can set the date and time on the camera.

Click the Date time tab to display the date/time setting window.

Due to network properties, there may be a slight difference between the displayed computer's date and time and those set on the camera.

Rebooting the camera

Click Reboot on the Network tab to reboot the camera. It will take about two minutes to start again.

Others

Click to select the camera that you want to set the date and time for.

You can select multiple cameras and set the date and time simultaneously.

Select the date/time format from the Date time format drop-down list.

Select the area where the camera is installed from the Time zone selecting drop-down list.

Set the date and time.

You can set the date and time in two ways.

Manual current date time setting

Set the current date and time on the Manual current date time setting boxes, and click OK.

The setting boxes are for the year (last two digits), month, date, hour, minutes and seconds from left to right.

PC current date time setting

The date and time set on the computer is displayed in the PC current date time setting box. Click OK on the right to set the camera’s date and time to coincide with the displayed computer's date and time.

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Using the SNC audio upload tool

audio to camera

— Transmitting

Note

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

The supplied SNC audio upload tool allows you to transmit sound from the computer to the camera. This section explains the setup and operations of the SNC audio upload tool.

The SNC audio upload tool supports the following audio data to be transmitted.

Install the SNC audio upload tool following the wizard displayed. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, read it carefully and accept the agreement to continue with the installation.

Connecting the camera to the

Audio CODEC Transmission rate

G.711 (µ-LAW) 64 kbps

G.726 40 kbps

G.726 32 kbps

G.726 24 kbps

G.726 16 kbps

Note

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Only one user can transmit sound to the camera. Meanwhile, another user will not be able to transmit sound to the camera.

Installing the SNC audio upload tool

computer

Connect a speaker to the 5 (line output) jack on the camera.

Connect a microphone to the microphone input jack on the computer.

Note

If the microphone input jack of the computer is not set correctly, no sound is transmitted from the computer and nothing is output from the speaker connected to the camera. Set the microphone input jack from the control panel of Windows.

On Windows 2000

When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing software” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 11.

Click the Setup icon of SNC audio upload tool. The “File Download” dialog opens.

Click Open.

1 Select Sounds and Multimedia from Control Panel.

2 Click Vo lu me in the Sound Recording section on

the Audio tab. The Recording Control window opens

3 Check Select in the Microphone section.

On Windows XP

1 Select Sounds and Audio Device from Control

Panel.

2 Click Vo lu me in the Sound Recording section on

the Audio tab. The Recording Control window opens.

3 Check Select in the Microphone section.

On Windows Vista

There are no settings regarding the microphone jack. If recording cannot be made, connect a microphone device to the computer and check that the recording device operates correctly, as follows.

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Select Sound from Control Panel.

Open the Recording tab and check that Windows has recognized the hardware correctly.

Using the SNC audio upload tool

When you start the SNC audio upload tool, the Setting tab is displayed.

Setting tab

Use this menu to set the camera to transmit audio from a computer or upload an audio file.

Auto detect: Select On to obtain the proxy setting

automatically from Internet Explorer.

Proxy address: Type the IP address or host name of the

proxy server.

Proxy port: Type the port number used for

communications with the proxy server.

Note

The Proxy setting is applicable to all cameras. You cannot use individual proxy settings for each camera.

Codec

Select the audio mode (Codec) from the drop-down list.

Save camera setting

Check this box to store the current settings and camera list in the Setting tab. The same settings will be recalled when the camera is rebooted.

Click this button to hide the camera list. Click it again to display the camera list.

User

Set the User ID and Password for the administrator. The factory setting of the User ID for the Administrator is “admin,” and the Password is “admin.”

Single sign-on: Select On to use the same user ID and

same password for all the cameras. Select Off to set the user ID and password individually for each camera. For the setting with Off, see “User ID/Password” on page 76.

User ID: This item can be set when Single sign-on is set

to On. The user ID specified here is applicable to all cameras.

Password: This item can be set when Single sign-on is

set to On. The administrator password specified here is applicable to all cameras.

Proxy

Check this box when you use a proxy server for communications. When it is not checked, direct communications with the camera is performed.

Target camera(s) (Camera list)

When the SNC audio upload tool starts, it automatically detects Sony network cameras connected to the local network and displays them in the camera list. Up to 256 cameras can be displayed in the list. Select the check box on the left of the row to enable audio transmission and audio file uploading for that camera. You can then enable these functions simultaneously for multiple cameras.

Notes

• If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, disable the Windows Firewall function. Otherwise the camera list may not be displayed automatically. For details, see “Configuring Windows Firewall” in “When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on page 10 or “Configuring Windows Firewall” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 12.

• The SNC audio upload tool cannot detect the cameras that are connected to the local network after the program has started.

• The SNC audio upload tool cannot detect the network cameras that are not equipped with the audio feature.

Camera select checkbox: The check box is located on

the left end of the row. Select this check box to enable audio transmission and audio file uploading for that camera.

MAC address: Displays the MAC address of the

network camera.

IP address: Displays the IP address of the network

camera. “DHCP” is shown at the end of the IP

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address when the IP address is obtained with a DHCP server.

Model: Displays the model name of the network

camera.

Serial: Displays the serial number of the network

camera.

User: Displays the specified user ID and password. The

password is shown with turned letters.

Notes

• An error dialog appears if the specified IP address already exists in the camera list, is assigned for a device other than the network camera, or does not exist in the network.

• You cannot add new cameras if the maximum of 256 cameras has been displayed in the camera list.

Select all

Click to select all the cameras in the camera list. This is usable when you delete all the cameras from the list or

Delete

Click this button to delete the selected camera(s) from

the camera list. specify the same user ID and password for all the cameras,

Note on switching the tab

If an error occurs when you switch from the Setting tab

User ID/Password

Use this item when you specify the user ID and password to communicate with the selected camera(s)

to the Audio upload tab or the Voice alert tab, the camera

is shown in red. In this case, check the camera settings

and the user ID and password settings. only. Select the camera(s) from the camera list and click this button, and the following dialog opens. Type the user ID and password for the administrator and click OK.

Audio upload tab

Use this menu to transmit audio from the computer to

the camera. You can transmit audio to multiple cameras

displayed in the camera list simultaneously.

Before transmitting, set Audio upload to Enable on the

Common tab of the Camera menu.

Others

Note

If you select multiple cameras from the camera list, the same user ID and password are set for all the selected cameras. The factory settings of both items are “admin.”

Add

Use this item when you add a new network camera to the camera list manually. Click this button, and the following dialog opens. Type the IP address and port number for the camera to be added and click OK.

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N (start) / x (stop)

Click N (start) to start audio transmission. The

transmission speed is displayed in the Bitrate box during

transmission. You can adjust the microphone volume

and enable/disable the muting, if necessary.

To stop the audio transmission, click x (stop).

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Notes

• Audio transmission stops if you switch the tab during the transmission.

• Audio may be interrupted when the IP address is changed if Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is set on IP address in the Network menu.

• Audio may be interrupted if you transmit it to many cameras simultaneously.

Sound adjustment and indicators

Adjust the microphone input volume by moving the

slider bar. You can adjust the volume even during transmission. Click to enable/disable sound muting. The microphone input volume is displayed at the Level. The transmission rate is displayed in the Bitrate box.

Click this button to hide the camera list. Click it again to display the camera list.

Target camera(s) (Camera list)

Displays the cameras selected with the camera select checkbox of the camera list in the Setting tab. The list shows the information and status of the selected cameras.

IP address: Displays the IP address of the network

camera. “DHCP” is shown at the end of the IP address when the IP address is obtained with a DHCP server.

Tip

During SSL communication, appears on the left side of the IP address. This camera does not support the SSL function.

Model: Displays the model name of the network

camera.

Serial: Displays the serial number of the network

camera.

Status: Displays the current status of the camera.

Ready: The camera is ready for connection. Connected: The camera connection is successful. Fault: The camera connection is unsuccessful. Sending: Audio data being transmitted

Voice alert tab

Use this menu to record the sound through the microphone connected to the computer and upload the recorded audio file to the camera. You can upload the audio file to multiple cameras selected from the camera list simultaneously.

(playback)

To start playback, open the recorded file or another audio file and click this icon. You can check the recorded sound or the contents of the selected audio file. During playback, the progress bar shows playback progress.

(stop)

Click to stop recording or playback. When you click it during recording, recording stops, and you can review the recorded sound or upload the recording to the camera. When you click it during playback, playback stops and the progress bar display returns to the start position.

(recording)

Click to start recording of the sound input to the computer microphone. The maximum recording time is 30 seconds. The codec specified in the Setting tab is used for the recording. The recorded file is displayed as “RecordedFile.vof.”

Notes

• Recording or playback stops if you switch the tab during recording or playback.

• The recorded file is not stored in the computer.

Others

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Recording/playback progress bar

(upload)

Click to upload the recorded or selected audio file to the camera specified in the Setting tab. Only one audio file can be uploaded to the camera at a time.

Note

You can check recording or playback progress with this bar.

Uploading a new audio file overwrites the audio file previously uploaded to the camera.

During recording, the right end of the bar represents 30 seconds and the remaining recording time is displayed below the bar. During playback, the maximum time of the bar depends

Click this button to hide the camera list. Click it again to display the camera list.

on the recorded time.

Target camera(s) (Camera list)

(file open)

Click to select a previously saved audio file. You can play the selected audio file or upload it to the camera.

(save)

Click to save the recorded audio file to the computer.

Displays the cameras selected with the camera select checkbox of the camera list in the Setting tab. The list shows the information and status of the selected cameras.

IP address: Displays the IP address of the network

camera. “DHCP” is shown at the end of the IP address when the IP address is obtained with a

Voice alert number select

Others

DHCP server.

Tip

During SSL communication, appears on the left side of the IP address. This camera does not support SSL function.

Model: Displays the model name of the network

camera.

Serial: Displays the serial number of the network

Specify the voice alert number to which you want to upload the audio file. For example, select 1 when uploading to voice alert 1. The name of the uploaded audio file is displayed to the right of the number. “Not uploaded” is displayed if no audio file is uploaded to the camera. The audio file name will be “RecordedFile” + “Voice alert number” + “.vof” if you upload an audio file recorded using and not stored in the computer.

Notes

camera.

Progress: Displays the progress of audio file

transmission.

Status: Displays the current status of the camera.

Ready: The camera is ready for connection. Inquiry: The camera information is being asked for. No func: The camera does not support the Voice

alert function.

Uploading: The audio file is being uploaded. Fault: The audio file uploading is unsuccessful. No Privilege: The camera is not authorized to

upload audio files.

Succeeded: The audio file uploading is successful.

• The voice alert number select is disabled if the camera specified in the Setting tab has old-version software.

• The audio file name for the camera selected in the camera list is displayed here. To check the uploaded

Uploading the recorded audio file to the camera

file name, click on the camera in the camera list.

• The audio file is uploaded to the same voice alert number on all the cameras in the camera list. If the camera has old-version software, the audio file is automatically uploaded to voice alert number 1.

Tip

Before operating, create an audio file and set the camera for audio uploading. Set the camera using the Setting tab.

Using the SNC audio upload tool — Transmitting audio to camera

Click (recording) in the Voice alert tab to start recording.

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Click (stop) to stop recording. Recording will stop automatically in 30 seconds.

Select the voice alert number.

Click (upload) to transmit the audio file to the camera.

Saving the recorded audio file to the computer

Click (recording) in the Voice alert tab to start recording.

Click (stop) to stop recording. Recording will stop automatically in 30 seconds.

Click (save). The Save as dialog appears. Type the file name and save it.

Uploading the saved audio file to the camera

Click (file open) in the Voice alert tab and select the audio file to be uploaded.

Using the SNC video player

file recorded with camera

The supplied SNC video player allows you to play video/audio data recorded with the camera on your computer. This section explains the setup and operations of the SNC video player.

Installing the SNC video player

When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing software” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 11.

— Playing video/audio

Others

Select the voice alert number.

Click (upload) to transmit the audio file to the camera.

Click the Setup icon of SNC video player. The “File Download” dialog opens.

Click Open.

Note

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

Install the SNC video player following the wizard displayed. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, read it carefully and accept the agreement to continue installation.

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Using the SNC video player

Start the SNC video player.

Record event: Type of event used for the

recording: Sensor input or Motion detection.

Date&time: Recording date and time

Playing a video/audio file

Click (start) to start playing from the beginning of the selected file. To freeze the movie temporarily, click (pause). Click again to restart playing from the frozon point. To stop playing, click (stop). To restart playing from the beginning, click (start) again. Play stops when the file is played to the end.

Playing from a specified point

Move the slider bar below the image display, and playback will start from the position of the slider bar.

Adjusting the sound

Adjust the playing sound volume by moving the

slider bar. Move it to the left end for the minimum volume, and to the right end for the maximum volume. Click (speaker) to enable/disable the sound

Others

Click the (browse) icon. The Select File dialog opens.

muting. When sound muting is on, no sound is heard even if you move the slider bar.

Select the file you want to play. Click on the top of the screen, and file information dialog appears.

File dialog

Model name: Model name of the camera with

which the file is recorded.

IP address: IP address of the camera with which

the file is recorded.

Serial number: Serial number of the camera with

which the file is recorded.

Video: Video Codec Audio: Audio Codec

Saving an image

Click (capture) icon during playing or pause and the captured image is displayed in a pop-up dialog. To save the image, click Save on the dialog. You can specify the destination to which the image is to be stored and select the JPEG or Bitmap format.

Changing the view size

Click × 1/4, × 1/2, × 1, × 2 to change the view size. The monitor is displayed by the view size as you selected. When you click × 1, the original size of image is displayed. The selected view size button flips.

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Using the SNC privacy

When you start the SNC privacy masking tool, the Setting tab is displayed.

masking tool

— Masking a

Camera Image

The supplied SNC privacy masking tool allows you to mask parts of the camera image to be transmitted.

Installing the SNC privacy masking tool

When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing software” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 11.

Click the Setup icon of SNC privacy masking tool. The “File Download” dialog opens.

Setting tab

Before creating a privacy mask, set the following items in the Setting tab to allow connection to the camera.

Others

Click Open.

Note

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

Install the SNC privacy masking tool following the wizard displayed. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, read it carefully and accept the agreement to continue installation.

Using the SNC privacy masking tool

The SNC privacy masking tool consists of the Main tab to set the privacy mask positions and the Setting tab to prepare for connection to the camera.

Administrator name: Type the ID of the administrator

of the camera to be connected.

Administrator password: Type the password of the

administrator of the camera to be connected.

Tip

The factory settings of both items are “admin.”

Camera address: Type the IP address or host name of

the camera to be connected.

Camera port No.: Type the port number of the camera

to be connected.

When you use a proxy server for camera connection, check the Use proxy check box and set the following items.

Proxy server address: Type the IP address or host name

of the proxy server.

Proxy server port No.: Type the port number of the

proxy server.

Preparations for connecting to the camera are now completed.

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Main tab

Set the privacy mask.

with the privacy mask. The color of the privacy mask is that selected with the Color drop-down list.

Note

The position of the privacy mask may shift if you switch Stabilizer On/Off (page 32). Modify the mask position after you have changed the stabilizer setting.

Clear

Click to delete the privacy mask.

Color

Specify the color of privacy masks. The color is common to every privacy mask. The selectable colors are as follows:

Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Magenta

All clear

Click to delete all the privacy masks simultaneously.

Setting a privacy mask

To set a privacy mask in a favorite position, operate as

Others

follows:

Note

If the video codec of the camera is set to H.264, the Main tab window is not displayed even if you click in the Main tab. In this case, select JPEG or MPEG4 in Mode of the Camera menu (page 35) and operate again.

Viewer

A live image of the camera is displayed. You can specify the position of the privacy mask in this area.

Numbers

Displays the number of privacy masks that have been set.

Rectangles

Displays the frames of the privacy masks that have been set. This is useful when the masks overlap.

Privacy mask setting section (No.1 to No.7)

Allows you to set or delete the privacy mask. You can set up to eight privacy masks and the mask color.

Specify the privacy mask area by dragging the mouse on the viewer in the Main tab.

Select the color of the mask from the Color dropdown list.

Note

The color is common to every privacy mask. The color last selected is applied.

Select the desired privacy mask number in the privacy mask setting section and click Set of the corresponding number. The mask is displayed on the viewer.

Set

Register the area specified on the viewer as a privacy mask area. Click Set and the portion of the viewer image is masked

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Using the Custom Homepage Installer

The supplied Custom Homepage Installer allows you to store the homepage that you have created in the camera and watch it.

Notes on creating the homepage

When you are creating the homepage, note the following points.

• The file name should be typed using up to 24 characters including the extension.

• The file size of the homepage should be 2.0 MB or less.

• To see the created homepage, set the Homepage in the System menu.

Uploading the homepage to the

access to your computer” may appear. In this case, click Allow.

camera using the Custom Homepage Installer

When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing software” in “When using Windows Vista” on page 11.

Click the Setup icon of Custom Homepage Installer. The “File Download” dialog opens.

Note

If you click “Save this program to disk” on the “File Download” dialog, the CustomHomepageInstaller.exe file will be saved on the computer. Double-click the saved file to start it.

Read the notes carefully, and click Next. The Software License Agreement is displayed.

Others

Click Open. The installer starts and notes are displayed.

When you are using Windows Vista, message “User Account Control – An unidentified program wants

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Read the agreement carefully, select Agree if you accept it, then click Next.

Type the IP address of the camera to be uploaded in the IP address box.

Others

Specify the HTTP port No. of the camera. Initial HTTP port No. is set to 80.

folder or click to specify the folder. Click Next> to continue.

Type the path for the folder in which your homepage is stored in the Source folder box, then click Next.

When you use a proxy server, set the following: For the proxy server of your environments, consult your network administrator.

When using an HTTP proxy server:

Select Use HTTP proxy server, and type your settings in the Proxy server address and Proxy server port No. boxes.

When using an FTP proxy server:

Select Use FTP proxy server, and type your settings in the Proxy server address and Proxy server port No. boxes.

Note

If you cannot establish communications with the camera using the proxy server being used, connect the camera to the local network and run the installer without using the proxy server.

Type the Administrator name and Administrator password of the camera to be uploaded. The factory settings of both items are “admin.”

Click OK. Uploading of the homepage file starts.

Note

Do not turn off the camera until the camera is rebooted after uploading the homepage file.

Confirm that all items are correct, then type the path of the folder you saved the homepage in the Source

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The following page will appear after a while.

After displaying this page, the camera will be adjusted and rebooted automatically in five minutes.

Click Finish to exit the program.

Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Commands

This section explains how to assign an IP address to the camera using ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) commands without using the supplied setup program.

Note

When you turn on the camera, execute the ARP and PING commands within 5 minutes. Also when you restart the camera, execute the operation within 5 minutes.

Open the command prompt on the computer.

Enter the IP address and the MAC address of the camera to assign a new IP address, using the following ARP commands.

arp -s <Camera's IP address> <Camera's MAC address> ping -t <Camera's IP address>

Example:

arp -s 192.168.0.100 08-00-46-21-00-00 ping -t 192.168.0.100

Others

When the following line is displayed on the command prompt, hold down Ctrl and press C. The display stops.

Reply from 192.168.0.100:bytes=32 time...

You will normally receive a reply after about 5 repetitions of “Request time out.”

Wait until the execution of PING finishes, then input the following code.

arp -d 192.168.0.100

Note

If you do not receive a reply, check the following: – Did you enter the ARP commands within 5 minutes

after it was turned on? If not, turn off the camera and restart the operation.

– Is the NETWORK indicator on the camera flashing?

If the indicator goes off, the network connection has a problem. Connect the network correctly.

– Did you enter the IP address previously used for

another device? Assign a new IP address to the camera.

– Do the computer and the camera have the same

network address? If not, set the same network address on the computer and the camera.

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Using the SNMP

This unit supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). You can read MIB-2 objects using software such as SNMP manager software. This unit also supports the coldStart trap which occurs when the power is turned on or the unit restarts, and the Authentication failure trap which informs of an illegal access using SNMP. Using CGI commands, you can set community name and access limitation, host to send traps, and some MIB2 objects. To allow these settings, you need authentication by the camera administrator.

4 describes the case of “mib-2.system. sysContact.0”.

This field is used to describe the information on administrator of this camera. Nothing is set at the factory.

5 describes the case of “mib-2.system. sysName.0”.

This field is used to describe administration node of this camera. Nothing is set at the factory.

6 describes the case of “mib-2.snmpEnable

AuthenTraps.0”. This example shows when “1” (enable) is set. With this setting, a trap occurs when there is an Authentication failure. When “2” (disable) is set, no Authentication failure trap occurs.

1. Inquiry Commands

You can check the SNMP Agent settings using the following CGI commands.

GET, POST

(JavaScript parameter format)

Others

(standard format)

With the above inquiry, you can obtain the following setting information. The following explains the setting information using the inqjs=snmp (JavaScript parameter) format. var sysDescr=“SNC-DF85”, “SNC-DF80” or “SNCDF50” ...1 var sysObjectID=“1.3.6.1.4.1.122.8501” ...2 var sysLocation=“” ...3 var sysContact=“” ...4 var sysName=“” ...5 var snmpEnableAuthenTraps=“1” ...6 var community=“public,0.0.0.0,read,1” ...7 var community=“private,192.168.0.101,read,2” ...8 var trap=“public,192.168.0.101.1” ...9

7 describes the community attributes. This example

shows the identification number “ID=1”, the community name public, and enables read from any IP address (0.0.0.0).

8 describes the community attributes, similarly to 7.

This example shows the identification number ID=2, the community name “private”, and enables “read” by the SNMP request packet from the host “192.168.0.101”.

9 describes the attributes to send a trap. This example

shows the identification number “ID=1”, the community name “public”, and enables sending of traps to the host having the IP address “192.168.0.101”.

2. Setting Commands

The unit supports the following setting commands of SNMP.

GET, POST

1 describes the case of “mib-2.system. sysDescr.0”.

You cannot change this parameter.

2 describes the case of “mib-2.system.

sysObjectID.0”. You cannot change this parameter.

3 describes the case of “mib-2.system.

sysLocation.0”. This field is used to describe information on the location of this camera. Nothing is set at the factory.

Using the SNMP

First, perform the settings of the following parameters.

1) sysLocation=<string> Set the case of “mib-2.system.sysLocation.0” in the <string> position. The maximum length of <string> is 255 characters.

2) sysContact=<string> Set the case of “mib-2.system.sysContact.0” in the <string> position. The maximum length of <string> is 255 characters.

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3) sysName=<string> Set the case of “mib-2.system.sysName.0” in the <string> position. The maximum length of <string> is 255 characters.

4) enaAuthTraps=<value> Set the case value of “mib-2.snmp.snmp EnableAuthenTraps.0” in the <string> position. Type “1” (enable) or “2” (disable) in the <value> position.

Glossary

ActiveX control

A component program object that can be used with web pages or other application programs. The technology for creating ActiveX control is part of software developed by Microsoft.

5) community=<ID>,r, <communityName>,<IpAddressString> Set the community attributes. <ID> describes the setting identification number (1 to 8) <communityName> describes the community name to be set, and <IpAddressString> describes the IP address of the host you allow access (0.0.0.0 for any host).

Example: To allow reading by any host in the “private”

community and having the ID number “2”. community=2,r,private,0.0.0.0

6) trap=<ID>,<communityName>, <IpAddressString> Set the attributes to send traps to. <ID> describes the setting identification number (1 to 8), <communityName> describes the community name to send traps to, and <IpAddressString> describes the IP address of the host to send traps to.

Example: To specify the destination of traps as the

public community and the ID number “1”. trap=1,public,192.168.0.101

7) delcommunity=<ID> This parameter is used to delete the previous community setting. <ID> describes the community setting identification number (1 to 8).

8) deltrap=<ID> This parameter is used to delete the previous setting of the host to send traps to. <ID> describes the trap setting identification number (1 to 8).

When you have finished changing the SNMP setting information using the above parameters 1) to 8), check the changed settings using an inquiry commands. If the changed settings are OK, restart the SNMP using the following CGI command.

ARP commands

The commands for checking the entry of the IP address and MAC address in a host computer, or for updating them.

Bandwidth control

To limit the amount of transmitted data.

Bit rate

The rate at which data bits are transmitted.

Capture

To display the audio and video digital data from the video equipment on a computer.

Codec

Software/hardware for coding/decoding video and audio data.

Default gateway

Device that can be used to access the other network.

DHCP server

Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server. The IP address of a terminal without an individual IP address can be automatically distributed by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The DHCP server assigns the IP addresses to the terminals.

Digital zoom

Zooming in/out function of an image without using an optical zooming function.

Others

SNMP restart command

GET, POST

Glossary

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DNS server

Abbreviation for Domain Name System server. As an IP address required for connecting to the device on an IP network is numerical and difficult to remember, the Domain Name System was established. A domain name is alphabetic and is easier to remember. When a client computer uses a domain name to connect to another computer, it asks a DNS server to translate the name into the corresponding IP address. Then the client computer can obtain the IP address of the computer to be connected.

Frame rate

The number of frames of a moving image that can be transmitted per a second.

MAC address

A network address that uniquely identifies each LAN card.

MPEG4

Abbreviation for Moving Picture Experts Group4. One of the MPEG standards for image compression format aiming to transmit images at a high compression rate with lower picture quality.

Multicast

The class D IP address assigned between 224.0.0.0 and

239.255.255.255. Using this IP address enables you to transmit the same data to multiple equipment.

FTP client

Software to be used for accessing the FTP server.

FTP server

A server to be used to transfer files via a network.

HTTP port

Others

A port used to communicate between the web server and the web client such as a web browser.

H.264

One of the image compression formats. The standard written by the JVT (Joint Video Team) , joint organization for standardization composed of ISO and ITU-T. H.264 is capable of transmitting video data at a higher compression rate than that of MPEG4.

IP address

Abbreviation for Internet Protocol Address. An individual IP address is basically assigned to each piece of equipment connected to the Internet.

Network address

The portion that identifies the local network (subnet) in an IP address.

Network bandwidth

Bit rate that can be used for networking.

NTP server

Network time server that transmits and receives time information over the networks.

Passive mode

The mode whereby a client FTP allows TCP connection for data transmission to the FTP server.

PoE

Technology to supply the electric power with LAN cable.

POP server

A server for storing incoming e-mail until you have read it.

Java applet

A program written in Java language that can be used in the web browser.

Primary DNS server

One of the DNS servers that can first reply to a request by connected devices or other DNS servers.

Java Virtual Machine

Software that transfers the Java applet's byte code to the native code of your system to execute it.

JPEG

Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Expert Group. The still image compression technology or standards of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and ITU-T. Popularly used as image compression format on the Internet, etc.

Proxy server

A server or software that acts as an intermediary between a local network and the Internet so that it can connect to the Internet in place of a computer on a local network

Saturation

The degree to which the color is pure.

Glossary

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Secondary DNS Server

Subsidiary DNS server used when a primary DNS server cannot be used.

SMTP server

A server for sending or relaying e-mail messages between servers.

SNMP

A protocol for monitoring and managing network devices.

Subnet mask

32-bit stream used to distinguish the subnet address from the IP address.

TCP

Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol. A standard protocol used for the Internet connection. Compared with the other protocol, UDP, TCP provides reliable communication but the communication speed is slower.

UDP

Abbreviation for User Datagram Protocol. A standard protocol used for the Internet connection. Compared with the other protocol, TCP, UDP can transmit data faster, but reliable communication is not guaranteed.

Unicast

Transmission of the data to the specified equipment on a network by specifying a single address.

Others

Glossary

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bandwidth.......................................72

Index

Bandwidth control....................36

, 72

Bit rate ............................................36

bit rate.............................................36

abandoned object detection............65

Access log ......................................31

Active ....................................... 67

Active Directory.............................44

ActiveX control.................... 9

ActiveX viewer......................... 18

Adaptive rate control......................36

Adjust .............................................29

Administrator ........................... 16

Administrator e-mail address

.......................................... 39

Administrator menu .................18

Alarm............................ 51

alarm................................... 51

Alarm buffer....................... 27

alarm buffer........................ 53

Alarm buffer Menu.........................64

Others

alarm detection ................... 50

Alarm duration ...............................60

Alarm interval ................................71

Alarm out .......................................59

Alarm output ................ 24

alarm output ............................. 24

Alarm output Menu........................59

Alarm recording .............................56

Alarm sending .......................... 50

ARP commands..............................85

ATA memory card .............. 31

, 69

, 12, 14

, 19

, 47

, 50, 55

, 26

, 53, 56, 61

, 53, 56

, 56, 64

, 52, 56

, 27, 59, 62

, 59

, 52

, 55, 58

Brightness.......................................34

brightness .......................................34

Built-in memory ....................... 55

, 58

built-in memory........................ 55, 58

CA (Certificate Authority) .............41

CA certificate ........................... 43

Camera ...........................................27

camera ............................................32

Camera Menu .................................32

Cancel button..................................27

Capacity warning............................55

Capture ...........................................20

capture ......................................20

certificate request ...........................42

CGI commands...............................86

Client certificate .............................42

client certificate ..............................42

Codec..............................................64

Color...............................................32

Common..................32

, 49, 52, 55, 67

Contrast ..........................................34

contrast ...........................................34

Cropping.........................................35

cropping..........................................35

Current date & time........................29

Custom Homepage Installer...........83

custom settings ...............................34

, 45

, 22

Audio..............................................47

audio...............................................32

Audio codec ...................................32

audio output....................................60

Audio port number .........................37

Audio upload.................................. 32

Authentication .................... 39

authentication ..................... 39

, 49, 55

authentication server ......................41

authenticator................................... 41

Automatically adjust clock for

daylight saving time changes.......30

Date & time ....................................29

date and time ............................29

Date and time format......................29

Date time ........................................73

Date_No. ........................................57

Day/Night .................................34

day/night.........................................24

Day/Night mode .............................34

daylight saving time .......................30

Default gateway..............................38

, 73

, 62

default gateway...............................38

Backlight compensation.................33

Backup setting data ........................31

Default policy.................................48

delete ..............................................31

Delete custom homepage ...............31

Delete voice alert file......................31

Detection ........................................67

Detection setting section ................67

Detection time ................................70

DHCP server...................................38

Digital zoom...................................20

digital zoom.............................. 20

, 22

DNS server .....................................38

Domain suffix.................................38

downloading images.......................58

Dual codec................................ 17

, 35

Dynamic IP address notification ....39

DynaView .......................................33

EAP method ...................................42

Effective period

...................51

, 53, 54, 56, 57, 60, 61

e-Mail .............................................23

e-mail........................................39

e-Mail (SMTP) ................... 27

, 49

, 49, 61

e-Mail (SMTP) Menu.....................49

e-Mail (SMTP) notification............39

e-mail address.................................39

End time .........................................63

Exposure.........................................33

exposure..........................................33

Exposure compensation..................33

exposure compensation ..................33

extension.........................................58

Factory default................................30

factory settings ...............................30

File............................................60

File attachment ...............................50

file name............50

, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57

folder structure ...............................57

format .............................................31

Format ATA memory card..............31

format of date and time ..................29

Frame rate.................................20

frame rate............................ 20

FTP ...........................................23

FTP client .................................27

FTP client function.........................52

FTP client Menu.............................52

FTP server ................................27

FTP server function........................58

, 63

, 36

, 21, 36

, 47

, 62

, 52

Index

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FTP server Menu............................ 58

FTP server name ............................ 52

Glossary ......................................... 87

H.264........................................ 17, 88

H.264 setting.................................. 35

Home.............................................. 20

Homepage ...................................... 28

homepage ....................................... 28

Host name ...................................... 38

HTTP method ................................40

HTTP notification .......................... 40

HTTP port number......................... 38

HTTP request................................. 40

HTTP server................................... 40

Image file name.......50, 52, 53, 56, 57

Image memory .............. 24

Image memory Menu..................... 54

Image mode....................................32

Image quality ................................. 36

image quality.................................. 36

Image size ...................................... 35

image size ...................................... 35

Inactive..................................... 67

information bar .............................. 10

Information Bar message............... 10

Initialize ......................................... 30

Internet Authentication Service ..... 44

Internet Explorer ............................ 13

Interval ..........................30

IP address................................... 7

IP Setup Program ....................... 7

, 27, 55, 62

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, 51, 54, 57

, 38

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Java................................................. 19

Java applet viewer .................... 18

JPEG .............................................. 17

JPEG setting................................... 35

, 19

logging in ....................................... 17

MAC address.................................. 38

main viewer.........................13

mask ............................................... 81

memory ...............................54

Message.................................... 39

Method ........................................... 40

Mic volume .................................... 32

Microphone....................................32

microphone .................................... 32

Mode ...................................35

monitor image ................................ 21

monitoring...................................... 21

Moving object ................................ 67

moving object detection........... 67

MPEG4 .......................................... 17

MPEG4 setting............................... 35

multicast......................................... 37

Multicast address ........................... 37

multicast address............................37

Multicast streaming........................ 37

multicast streaming ........................ 37

, 17, 19

, 55, 58

, 50

, 59, 64

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Network.................................... 27, 38

network .......................................... 38

Network address/Subnet ................ 48

network bandwidth.........................36

Network Menu ...............................38

NTP server ..................................... 30

NTP server name............................30

Object detection ....................... 27, 60

object detection .............................. 65

Object detection Menu................... 65

Object size................................ 68

OK button.......................................26

operation mode............................... 35

Overwrite ....................................... 55

overwrite ........................................ 55

, 69

passive mode.................................. 52

Passive mode .................................. 52

Password .................39

password ................. 39

PC clock.........................................29

periodical e-mail sending............... 51

periodical recording .......................57

Periodical recording....................... 57

, 47, 50, 52, 55

Periodical sending.................... 51

periodical sending ..........................53

Picture ............................................33

Play................................................. 61

playing audio..................................24

POP server.......................... 39

POP server name................ 39

port number.................................... 40

Post-alarm period ........................... 65

Pre-alarm period.............................65

Primary DNS server ....................... 38

privacy mask ..................................81

Private key password...................... 43

Proxy port number .........................40

proxy server.................................... 40

Proxy server name..........................40

, 53

, 50, 55

Reboot ...................................... 30, 73

reboot ....................................... 30

Recipient e-mail address .......... 39

recipient e-mail address ........... 39

Recording capacity.........................64

recording capacity of the alarm buffer

..................................................... 64

recording images...................... 23

Recording time............................... 65

Release time ................................... 71

Remote path ............................. 52

remote path.....................................53

removed object detection ............... 66

Repeat............................................. 61

reset ................................................33

Reset camera menu ........................33

Restart ............................................ 69

Restore setting................................ 31

Re-type password..................... 47

, 73

, 50

, 54

, 53

, 52

Saturation .......................................34

saturation........................................ 34

saves the setting data...................... 31

Schedule......................................... 27

schedule.................................... 27

Schedule Menu...............................63

Secondary DNS server...................38

Security ..........................................27

security...........................................48

Security function............................48

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Security Menu ................................48

Security Warning............ 9

Selected root directory ............. 55

, 10, 12, 66

, 58

sending images ...............................23

Sensor input....................................60

Sensor input mode..........................29

Sequence number clear

...............................51

, 53, 54, 56, 57

Serial number .................................28

serial number.................................. 28

Setting ............................................20

Setup Program............................7

, 72

Sharpness........................................ 34

sharpness ........................................ 34

shutter speed...................................33

Shutter speed ..................................33

Single codec .............................17

, 35

SMTP server....................... 39, 49, 55

SMTP server name............. 39

, 49, 55

SNC audio upload tool...................74

SNC privacy masking tool..............81

SNC video player ...........................79

SNMP............................................. 86

Software version............................. 28

software version .............................28

special tags .....................................40

Stabilizer ........................................32

stabilizer .........................................32

Start time ........................................63

Status lamp .....................................69

Streaming .......................................37

Subject...................................... 39

, 50

Subnet mask ...................................38

subnet mask.................................... 38

Suffix.......................50

suffix........................50

, 51, 53, 56, 57

Superimpose................................... 30

superimpose.................................... 30

supplicant .......................................41

System ......................................27

, 28

system.............................................28

System log......................................31

System Menu..................................28

TCP.................................................25

TCP/UDP ................................. 20

, 25

TCP/UDP Transmission.................25

Test .................................................61

threshold.........................................67

Threshold setting slider bar............67

time difference................................30

Time setting....................................70

Time zone.......................................30

time zone ........................................30

Timer ..............................................62

title bar............................................28

Title bar name.................................28

TLS mode.......................................42

Toggle.............................................62

transmission port number...............37

Trigger............................................27

trigger .............................................20

Trigger Menu..................................61

UDP................................................37

UDP (Multicast) .............................25

UDP (Unicast) ................................25

Unattended object...........................67

unattended object detection 65

Unattended object setting...............70

Unicast streaming...........................37

URL................................................40

Use the same time schedule every day

......................................................63

User .................................... 16

user .....................................16

User Menu ......................................47

User name................39

user name.................39

User preset......................................34

, 68, 70

, 27, 47

, 45, 47

, 47, 50, 52, 55

Video codec ....................................35

video codec...............................35

, 64

Video port number..........................37

View size .................................. 20

view size...................................20

, 22

Viewer authentication.....................48

Viewer mode.............................16

, 48

viewer mode ...................................48

Voice alert ..................... 24

, 27, 61, 63

Voice alert Menu ............................60

voice alert number select................78

volume......................................20

, 32

warning mail...................................55

welcome page..................... 13

Welcome text ..................................28

White balance.................................33

white balance..................................33

Window .................................... 67

Windows Firewall...........................10

Windows Vista................................11

Windows XP Service Pack 2 ............9

, 17, 28

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