Sony Security Camera SNC CS50N User Manual

(“Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer Menu” on

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.)

Alarm buffer

Displays the Alarm buffer menu for the buffer that

records the image and audio related to alarm detection.

page 56)

Serial number

The serial number of the camera is displayed.

Software version

The software version of this camera is displayed.

Object detection

Displays the Object detection menu for the object

detection function built into the camera. (“Setting the

Object Detection Function — Object detection Menu”

on page 57)

Serial

Displays the Serial menu for communications with

external equipment through the external serial terminal.

(“Transmitting with External Equipment Using the

External Serial Terminal — Serial Menu” on page 62)

Configuring the System — System Menu

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Homepage

Current date & time

Select the homepage to be displayed when you enter the

camera IP address in your browser’s web address box.

Displays the date and time set on the camera.

Note

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 an ATA memory card (not

supplied).

After you have purchased the camera, be sure to check

the date and time of the camera and set them if

necessary.

PC clock

To store the HTML file of the homepage in the built-

in 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 71.

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

To display your individual homepage, perform the

following operation:

hour:minute:second), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss

(day-month-year hour:minute:second).

Select Custom.

Adjust

Select how to set the day and time.

Type the path of the HTML file using up to 64

characters in the text box on the right of Path.

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.

In Selected memory, select the memory in which

the homepage is stored.

You can select Flash memory or ATA memory

card.

The directory displayed in the text box on the right

of Path changes according to the selected memory.

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

date and time manually.

Tip

Select the year, month, date, hour, minutes and

seconds from each drop-down list.

Even when you select Custom, the homepage inside the

camera can be displayed by typing the following URL in

the address box of your browser.

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.

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

192.168.0.100

http://192.168.0.100/en/index.html

NTP server name

Type the host name or IP address of the NTP server,

using up to 64 characters.

OK/Cancel

Interval

Date & time Tab

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.

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.

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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.

Click Save, and follow the instructions on the browser to

specify the folder and save the setting data of the

camera. The file name preset at the factory is “snc-

cs50.cfg.”

Restore setting

Note

Loads the stored setting data of the camera.

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.

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.

OK/Cancel

Note

With Restore setting, some items in the Network menu

(page 36) cannot be restored.

Initialize Tab

Format ATA memory card

Click Format to format the ATA memory card (not

supplied) inserted into the PC card slot of the camera.

The files and folders stored in the ATA memory card are

deleted while formatting.

Notes

• Before formatting, disable the image memory

function and the FTP server function to protect the

ATA memory card against writing.

• Do not activate the Format ATA memory card

function when no card is inserted into the PC 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 71).

Reboot

Reboots the camera.

Click Reboot, and the message “The Camera will be

rebooted. Are you sure?” appears. Click OK to reboot

the camera. It takes about two minutes to start again.

Delete voice alert file

Click Delete to delete the audio file stored in the camera

using SNC audio upload tool (page 66).

Factory default

Resets the camera to the factory settings.

Note

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.

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

the Voice alert menu (page 52).

Tip

The camera can also be reset to the factory settings by

turning on the power of this unit while pressing the reset

switch on the camera. For details, see the supplied

Installation Manual.

Backup setting data

Saves the setting data of the camera in a file.

Configuring the System — System Menu

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System log Tab

Setting the Camera

Image and Audio

— Camera Menu

When you click Camera in the Administrator menu, the

Camera menu appears.

Use this menu to set the functions of the camera.

The Camera menu consists of five tabs: Common,

Picture, Day/Night, Video codec and Streaming.

Common Tab

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

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.

The access record of the camera is displayed.

Click Reload to reload the latest data.

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.

Notes

• The view angle of the camera is reduced by

approximately 10 % when Stabilizer is set to On.

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• The frame rate lowers half when Stabilizer is set to

On.

Picture Tab

• The stabilizer may not be effective depending on the

degree of oscillation.

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

camera.

Microphone

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

When you change the Microphone setting, click

Refresh on the 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.

White balance

Select the white balance mode.

Audio codec

ATW-PRO: Automatically adjusts the color to be

closest to the image you are viewing. (approximately

3000 K to 7500 K)

One push WB: The One push trigger button becomes

active. Click the button to adjust the white balance

instantly.

ATW: Makes the subject lighter and automatically

adjusts to re-create the original color. (approximately

2200 K to 10000 K)

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.

Notes

• If the bit rate is set to other than G.711(64kbps), no

audio is output when you use the Java applet viewer.

• When MPEG4 is selected for Codec in the Alarm

buffer menu, no audio is output when you use Java

applet viewer.

Exposure

Select the exposure of the camera.

The setting items required for the selected mode become

active.

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.

Auto-iris lens: Select when an auto-iris lens is used.

When this option is selected, Auto gain control,

Backlight compensation, Lens adjustment and

Shutter speed become active.

Manual-iris lens 1: Select when a manual-iris lens or a

fixed-iris lens is used and the exposure is adjusted

with the electron shutter and AGC (Auto Gain

Control). When this option is selected, Auto gain

control, Backlight compensation, Shutter mode

and Exposure compensation become active.

Manual-iris lens 2: Select when a manual-iris lens or a

fixed-iris lens is used and the electron shutter and

sensitivity are adjusted manually. When this option is

selected, Shutter speed and Gain become active.

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

Auto gain control

When you select ON, the sensitivity is automatically

adjusted according to the brightness of the object.

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Backlight compensation

When you select On, the backlight compensation

function starts to work.

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

click OK.

OK/Cancel

Schedule Menu” on page 55)

Note

When Backlight compensation is set to On, a hunting

may be generated due to a picture. In this case, set Back

light compensation to Off.

Day/Night Tab

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

Lens adjust

Adjusts the aperture of auto-iris lens. It can be set in the

range from 0 to 255.

Exposure compensation

The exposure compensation function adjusts the

brightness for AE. You can select the exposure

compensation values from the drop-down list.

Selectable values are as follows:

+1.25, +1.00, +0.75, +0.50, +0.25, 0, -0.25, -0.50, -0.75,

-1.00, -1.25 (dB)

Shutter speed

Select the shutter speed of the camera from the drop-

down list.

Selectable values of the shutter speed are as follows:

Day/Night mode

Select the Day/Night mode from among five modes.

SNC-CS50N: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500,

1/250, 1/100, 1/60 (sec.)

SNC-CS50P: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500,

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

Disable: Always works in Day mode.

Auto: Normally works in Day mode. It switches

automatically to Night mode in a dark place.

Threshold:Select High or Low for the brightness

level of the Night mode.

Tip

Flickers of fluorescent light can be reduced when

Shutter speed is set to 1/100 (for NTSC) or 1/120 (for

PAL).

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

respond to the change of brightness.

Notes

Gain

Select the gain from the drop-down list.

Selectable values of the gain are as follows:

0, 6, 12, 18, 24 (dB)

• 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 mode so that

Day/Night mode will be switched according to

light, or select Manual and switch Day/Night

mode.

Saturation

Select the saturation in 7 steps, from –3 to +3.

Selecting +3 provides the image with the highest

saturation.

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.

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.

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Click Schedule and the setting menu for the effective

period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule —

JPEG setting/MPEG4 setting

Set the details of the video codecs.

Selectable items become active according to the Mode

setting. Set the active items in JPEG setting or MPEG4

setting as required.

Image size

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

640 × 480 (VGA), 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.

Sensor: Controls the Day/Night mode by synchronizing

it with the sensor input. Select the sensor input with

which you want to synchronize the mode: Sensor

input 1 or Sensor input 2.

While a sensor input is detected, the camera works in

Night mode.

Select On to crop the image, or Off.

Note

OK/Cancel

Object detection (page 57) operates for an image in the

image size that is not cropped even if Cropping is set to

On.

Video codec Tab

To crop an image

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

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

Mode

Select the operation mode of the camera.

Single codec: Select the video codec JPEG or MPEG4.

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.

Red trimming Click the left button of the mouse on

frame

the still image and drag it.

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Click OK at the bottom of the window.

The cropped image is displayed on the main viewer.

simultaneously. Use the following table as a guide for

the settings.

To close the image, click

corner.

in the upper-right

Capacity to manage two video codecs

simultaneously

JPEG

MPEG4

Frame rate

Set the frame rate of the image.

Selectable values of the frame rates are as follows.

SNC-

CS50N CS50P

VGA

15 fps

20 fps

10 fps

15 fps

12 fps

16 fps

8 fps

VGA

15 fps

10 fps

12 fps

8 fps

SNC-CS50N: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 (fps)

SNC-CS50P: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25 (fps)

QVGA 30 fps

QVGA 20 fps

QVGA 30 fps

25 fps

16 fps

25 fps

The number refers to the frame number transmitted per

second.

12 fps

25 fps

QVGA 30 fps

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

achieved.

OK/Cancel

Bandwidth control (for JPEG only)

Limits the network bandwidth for the JPEG image data

output from the camera. Selectable bandwidths are as

follows:

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 only)

Set the bit rate of MPEG4 image transmission for a line.

Selectable values are as follows:

64, 128, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048 (kbps)

Notes

• The actual frame rate and bit rate may be different

according to the image size, the shooting scene, or the

network condition.

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

× 480 (VGA) 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) 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

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Multicast address

Type the multicast address used on the Multicast

streaming.

Streaming Tab

Use this tab to set the items for the transmission by UDP

or multicast.

Video port number

Specify the MPEG4 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

Note

Specify the transmission port numbers of the video data

and audio data to be used when UDP (Unicast) is

Specify different numbers for the video port number and

the audio port number.

selected with

in the main viewer.

OK/Cancel

Video port number

Specify the transmission port number of the MPEG4

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.

Multicast streaming

Set whether the camera uses multicast streaming for

MPEG4 images 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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Subnet mask

Type the subnet mask.

Configuring the Network

— Network Menu

Default gateway

Type the default gateway.

When you click Network in the Administrator menu,

the Network menu appears.

Use this menu to configure the network to connect the

camera and the computer.

DNS server

Configure the DNS server address.

The Network menu consists of three tabs: Network,

Wireless and Dynamic IP address notification.

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.

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.

Network Tab

This section provides the menus for connecting the

camera through the network cable.

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.

Secondary DNS server

Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if

necessary.

MAC address

Displays the MAC address of the camera.

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.

IP address

Configure the IP address.

Note

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.

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 by typing the IP address of

the camera on your web browser as follows:

Example: when the HTTP port number is set to 8000

Note

When you select Obtain an IP address automatically

(DHCP), make sure that a DHCP server is operating on

the network.

OK/Cancel

IP address

Type the IP address of the camera.

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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.

Wireless Tab — Setting of wireless

connection

Insert the specified wireless card into the PC card slot of

the camera, and set the items for connecting to the

wireless network.

Note

Before setting, read the operation manual and

installation manual supplied with the wireless card

together with this guide.

When you select Obtain an IP address automatically

(DHCP), make sure that a DHCP server is operating on

the network.

Verified wireless cards

IP address

Sony Wireless Card SNCA-CFW1 (not supplied) with a

commercially available CompactFlash type II-PCMCIA

adapter

Type the IP address of the camera.

Subnet mask

Type the subnet mask.

Notes

Default gateway

Type the default gateway.

• Before removing the wireless card from the camera,

turn off the power of the camera.

• The throughput of the data transmission/reception via

the network cable may decrease when the wireless

card is in use.

DNS server

Configure the DNS server address.

Obtain DNS server address automatically: Select this

option to obtain the address of DNS server

automatically. It can be set only when Obtain an IP

address automatically (DHCP) is selected.

Use the following DNS server address: Select this

option when you set a fixed address as the IP address

of 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.

Secondary DNS server

Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server.

MAC address

Displays the MAC address of the wireless card inserted

to the PC card slot.

If a wireless card is not inserted, “00:00:00:00:00:00” is

displayed.

Type

Select the network connection type.

Ad hoc mode: Select this when connecting to a

computer directly. With this setting, specify a

wireless channel.

Infrastructure mode: Select this when connecting to a

computer via an access point or a wireless router.

IP address

Configure the IP address for a wireless network.

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.

Note

The setting of the HTTP port number is common to the

setting in the Network tab.

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Antenna

Dynamic IP address notification

Tab — Notifying the IP Address

When Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is

selected in the Network tab or Wireless tab, you can

send notification of completion of the network settings

using the SMTP or HTTP protocol.

Select one of the following antenna settings when you

use the SNCA-CFW1 wireless card (optional) or the

SNCA-AN1 wireless LAN antenna (optional)

connected to the SNCA-CFW1.

Internal: Select this when you perform

communications using the antenna built in the

SNCA-CFW1. This setting is suitable for a short-

range and omnidirectional antenna.

External: Select this when you perform long-range

communications using the SNCA-AN1 antenna

connected to the SNCA-CFW1.

Diversity: Select this when you perform both short-

range and long-range communications using the

SNCA-AN1 antenna connected to the SNCA-

CFW1. The antenna that has higher sensitivity is

selected automatically.

SSID

Type the ID to identify the wireless network you want to

access using up to 32 ASCII characters (alphanumeric).

For your security, be sure to change the factory setting.

WEP

Select On when you use the WEP (Wired Equivalent

Privacy) keys, or Off when you do not use them.

When On is selected, the WEP key setting boxes

become active. Up to 4 WEP keys can be set in the

following manner.

e-Mail (SMTP) notification

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

completed.

Select one of the WEP key numbers.

Type the same information in the WEP key and

Retype WEP key text boxes.

SMTP server name

Type the name or IP address of the SMTP server for

sending an e-mail, using up to 64 characters.

The length of a WEP key is 40 or 104 bit. A 104-bit

WEP key has a higher security level than a 40-bit

key. You can type the WEP key either in

hexadecimal numbers (0 to 9 and A to F) or ASCII

characters (alphanumeric).

When Type is set to Infrastructure mode, the

WEP key should be the same as that of the access

point. When Type is set to Ad hoc mode, the WEP

key should be the same as that of the

Authentication

Select the authentication required when you send an e-

mail.

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

mail is sent.

communication client.

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.

OK/Cancel

POP before SMTP: Select when POP before SMTP

authentication is required.

Note

When you set Authentication to On, make sure to select

either or both SMTP or/and POP before SMTP.

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POP server name

It is necessary when POP before SMTP is selected for

Authentication.

parameter: Type the command parameter if necessary.

You can use the special tags mentioned below for the

parameters.

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.

Proxy server name

When you send HTTP commands via a proxy server,

type the name or IP address of the proxy server, using up

to 64 characters.

User name, Password

Proxy port number

Specify the port number when you send HTTP

commands via the proxy server. Set a port number

between 1024 and 65535.

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.

Method

Recipient e-mail address

Select the HTTP method GET or POST.

Type the recipient e-mail address using up to 64

characters. You can specify only one recipient e-mail

address.

OK/Cancel

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

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.

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.

Subject

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

characters.

<IP>

Use this tag to embed the IP address acquired by DHCP

in the text or parameter.

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.

Use this tag to embed the specified HTTP server port

number in the text or parameters.

HTTP notification

Use this tag to embed the MAC address of the interface

whose IP address was acquired by DHCP, in the text or

parameter.

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.

Use this tag to embed the camera's model name in the

text or parameter.

URL

Specify the URL to send HTTP commands, using up to

256 characters. The URL is normally written as follows:

Use this tag to embed the camera's serial number in the

text or 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.

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Note

Setting the User

— User Menu

To output audio using the SNC audio upload tool, set

Audio upload to Enable in the Common tab of the

Camera menu (page 31).

When you click User in the Administrator menu, the

User menu appears.

Viewer mode

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.

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 14.

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.

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.

OK/Cancel

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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OK/Cancel

Setting the Security

— Security Menu

When you click Security in the Administrator menu, the

Security menu appears.

Use this menu to limit the computers that can access the

camera.

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 .

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

enter the user name and password set for the

Administrator boxes in the User menu.

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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.

Sending an Image via E-

mail — e-Mail (SMTP) Menu

When you click SMTP in the Administrator menu, the

e-Mail (SMTP) menu appears.

Using e-Mail (SMTP) function, you can send an e-mail

with attached image 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.

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

sends e-mails performs authentication using the POP

user account.

Common Tab — Setting the e-Mail

(SMTP) Function

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 up to three recipient e-mail addresses.

Administrator e-mail address

Type the Administrator e-mail address using up to 64

characters.

e-Mail (SMTP)

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

This address is used for reply e-mails and sending

system messages from the mail server.

Notes

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

sending function.

Subject

• The frame rate and operability on the main viewer

may be reduced while a file is being transmitted by the

e-Mail (SMTP) function.

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 1 detection, S2 is added for sensor input

2 detection, MD is added for moving object detection

and UD is added for unattended object detection.

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 e-

mail.

Message

Type the text of the e-mail using up to 384 characters. (A

line break is equivalent to 2 characters.)

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

OK/Cancel

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Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the e-

mail 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

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

Sensor input 1: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input1 of the camera I/O port.

Sensor input 2: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 2 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 57).

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.

Alarm sending

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

detection.

Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period

OK/Cancel

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 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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Effective period

Set the period during which periodical sending will be

effective.

Periodical sending Tab — Setting

the periodical e-mail sending mode

You can set to send e-mails periodically.

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

OK/Cancel

Periodical sending

Select On when you want to use periodical e-mail

sending.

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.

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).

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Password

Type the password for the FTP server using up to 64

characters.

Sending Images to FTP

Server

— FTP client Menu

Re-type password

To confirm the password, type the same characters as

you typed in the Password box.

When you click FTP client 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.

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

The FTP client menu consists of three tabs: Common,

Alarm sending and Periodical sending.

Alarm sending Tab — Setting the

FTP client action when detecting

the alarm

Common Tab — Setting the FTP

client function

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

Alarm sending

Select On to send the image and audio file to the FTP

server linked with alarm detection.

The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may

be reduced while a file is being transmitted by the FTP

client function.

Remote path

FTP server name

Type the path to the destination using up to 64

characters.

Type either the FTP server name to upload still images

using up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the FTP

server.

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.

User name

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

characters.

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For details, see “Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm

buffer Menu” on page 56.

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name.

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

image file name.

OK/Cancel

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.

Periodical sending Tab — Setting

the periodical FTP client activity

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

server periodically.

Tip

A consecutive number added to Date & time and

Sequence number is used to identify each of multiple

files created with one alarm event.

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.

Periodical sending

Select On when you want to use periodical sending.

Sensor input 1: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 1 of the camera I/O port.

Sensor input 2: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 2 of the camera I/O port.

Object detection: The alarm detected by the object

detection function.

Remote path

Type the remote path using up to 64 characters.

Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is

displayed to allow you to set the object detection

function (page 57).

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.

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.

Note

You cannot send the audio file using the periodical

sending of the FTP client function.

Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period

Suffix

Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent to the

FTP server.

Alarm buffer

Select Use alarm buffer when you are going to forward

the image/audio of before and after alarm detection (pre-

alarm, 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.

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

year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour

(2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and

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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.

Recording Images in

Memory

— Image memory Menu

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

When you click Image memory 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, to an ATA memory card (not

supplied) inserted into 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 51.)

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).

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.

The Image memory menu consists of three tabs:

Common, Alarm recording and Periodical recording.

Notes

• The frame rate and operability on the main viewer

may be reduced during image storage.

Effective period

Set the period during which the periodical sending is

effective.

• Set Image memory to Off when you remove the ATA

memory card from the camera or turn off the power of

the camera with the ATA memory card inserted.

• Before using an ATA memory card, format it using the

computer or using Format ATA memory card in the

Initialize tab of the System menu (page 29).

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

Common Tab — Setting the image

memory function

OK/Cancel

Image memory

To use the image memory function, select On.

ATA memory card

The current memory space of the ATA memory card

inserted into the PC card slot of the camera is displayed

on the right.

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mails performs authentication using the POP user

account.

Note

Use the ATA memory card when you record images

using periodical recording with a short interval or record

them frequently.

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.

Overwrite

Select On to overwrite the file or not when there is

insufficient memory space to record the image on the

ATA memory card.

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.

On: Overwrite is enabled and old files will be

overwritten in the order of date.

Off: Overwrite is prohibited. No recording will be

performed.

OK/Cancel

Schedule Menu” on page 55)

Capacity warning

Select On to send a warning mail to the Administrator

when the memory space of the ATA memory card is low

or the memory is full. Select Off if you do not want to

send a warning mail.

Alarm recording Tab — Setting the

Image memory function when

detecting the alarm

Note

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.

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 e-

mail, using up to 64 characters.

Otherwise type the IP address of the SMTP mail server.

Authentication

Select the authentication required when you send an e-

mail.

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.

Alarm recording

Select On to set recording of the image and audio file to

an ATA memory card linked with alarm detection.

POP before SMTP: Select when POP before SMTP

authentication is required.

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.

Note

When you set Authentication to On, be sure to select

either or both SMTP or/and POP before SMTP.

Suffix

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 e-

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

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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 14-

digit number to the image file name.

Periodical recording Tab — Setting

the periodical recording mode

You can set to record the image file (JPEG file) to an

ATA memory card periodically.

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 one alarm event.

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with the recording of image

and audio files.

Periodical recording

Select On when you want to use periodical recording.

Sensor input 1: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 1 of the camera I/O port.

Sensor input 2: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 2 of the camera I/O port.

Object detection: The alarm by the object detection

function.

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.

Click Detection, and the Object detection menu is

displayed to allow you to set the object detection

function (page 57).

Effective period

Note

Set the period during which alarm detection is effective.

You cannot record the audio file using the periodical

recording function.

Always: The alarm detection is always effective.

Schedule: You can specify the period during which

alarm detection is effective.

Suffix

Click Schedule and the setting menu for the effective

period is displayed. (“Setting the Schedule —

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

image file name.

Alarm buffer

Select Use alarm buffer when you record the image/

audio of before and after alarm detection (pre-alarm,

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 56.

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 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.

OK/Cancel

Sequence number clear

Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1.

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Interval

About the extension of a file

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).

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.

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

The SNC video player (page 69) allows playing of

“.m4f” and “.jpf” files.

OK/Cancel

Directory structure of image

memory

When the image memory function is used, the images

are recorded with the following directory structure.

FTP root

Date_No.

xxxxxxx.jpf

yyyyyyy.jpf

aaaaaaa.jpg

bbbbbbb.jpf

ccccccc.jpf

zzzzzzz.m4f

qqqqqqq.m4f

represents a directory created automatically.

The Date_No. directory 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).

Note

The directory size varies depending on the capacity of

the ATA memory card.

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Downloading Images

from the Camera — FTP

server Menu

When you click FTP server 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 an ATA memory card (not supplied)

or downloads a file from the camera.

Setting the Alarm Output

— Alarm output Menu

When you click Alarm output 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.

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

FTP server function

To activate the FTP server function, select On.

ATA memory card

The current memory space of the ATA memory card

inserted into the PC card slot of the camera is displayed

on the right.

OK/Cancel

Alarm output

To activate the alarm output function, select On.

Note

Mode

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.

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 1,

Sensor input 2, 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

Day/Night: Controls the alarm output linked to the day/

night function.

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Sensor input 1

Select this option when you link the alarm output to an

external sensor that is connected to sensor input 1 of the

camera I/O port.

Outputting Audio Linked

to Alarm Detection—

Voice alert Menu

Sensor input 2

Select this option when you link the alarm output to an

external sensor that is connected to sensor input 2 of the

camera I/O port.

Click Voice alert 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.

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 57).

Alarm duration

Select the duration for which the alarm output is short-

circuited between 1 and 60 sec.

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.

Effective period

For the use of the SNC audio upload tool, see page 66.

This item becomes active when Mode is set to Alarm.

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

alarm detection is effective.

Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period

OK/Cancel

Schedule Menu” on page 55)

Voice alert

To use the voice alert function linked with the sensor

input or the object detection function, select On.

File

Displays whether an audio file is saved in the camera or

not.

Uploaded: The audio file is saved in the camera.

Not uploaded: The audio file is not saved in the camera.

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.

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Repeat

Select playback repeat time from 1 to 3.

Setting the Operations

from the Viewer — Trigger

Alarm

Select the alarm to be linked with the voice alert

function.

Click Trigger in the Administrator menu to display the

Trigger menu.

In this menu, you will select the activities that can be

Sensor input 1: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 1 of camera I/O port.

Sensor input 2: The external sensor that is connected to

sensor input 2 of camera I/O port.

performed when

is clicked on the main viewer.

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 57).

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 —

e-Mail (SMTP)

Checking this box allows you to select e-Mail from the

trigger drop-down list in the main viewer.

You can send an e-mail with attached image file by

OK/Cancel

selecting e-Mail and clicking

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 42).

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Image memory

Checking this box allows you to select Image memory

from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer.

You can record an image file to an ATA memory card

(not supplied) by selecting Image memory and clicking

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 47).

FTP client

Checking this box allows you to select FTP from the

trigger drop-down list in the main viewer.

You can send an image file to FTP server by selecting

FTP and clicking

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 45).

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 On (short circuit) or Off

(open) by selecting Alarm output 1 or Alarm output 2

and clicking

Day/Night

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

are the same as those in the Day/Night tab of the Camera

menu (page 30).

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Setting the Schedule

— Schedule Menu

When you click Schedule 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

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

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: Schedule in the Voice alert menu

Example: When setting e-Mail (SMTP) (Periodical

sending) in the Schedule menu

Voice alert

Checking this box allows you to select Voice alert 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 and clicking

File

Displays whether an audio file is saved in the camera or

not.

Uploaded: The audio file is saved in the camera.

Not uploaded: The audio file is not saved in the camera.

OK/Cancel

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.

OK/Cancel

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Recording time

Set the recording time for the Pre-alarm image/audio

and Post alarm image/audio.

Setting the Alarm Buffer

— Alarm buffer Menu

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.

When you click Alarm buffer 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.

Notes

• The value of Recording capacity differs depending

on the image size and image quality settings in the

Camera menu.

• When the Java applet viewer is used and Codec is set

to MPEG4 in the Alarm buffer menu, audio cannot be

output.

OK/Cancel

See “Setting items for moving object detection” on

Mode

Displays the video codec 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.

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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A car appears in the foreground.

Setting the Object

Detection Function

— Object detection Menu

When you click Object detection 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.

After the detection time, the car in the

foreground is detected as an

unattended object.

Removed object detection

What is unattended 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 red 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.

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

Background image

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 red 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.

The car in the foreground moves out.

Background image

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After the detection time, the location

where the car was parked is detected

as an unattended object.

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.

page 58.

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 60.

Notes

• The colors and red 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 unattended object detection

function.

• You can view an image in the main viewer during the

setting of the object detection function only when

MPEG4 is selected for Dual codec 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.

• Before actual use, perform an operation test and

confirm that the object detection function works

correctly.

Setting items for moving object detection

The following setting items appear when Detection is

set to Moving object.

Monitor display

Set the active/inactive window while monitoring a

moving image.

Active or inactive window

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.

Note

The image displayed on the monitor display has low

resolution.

Detection setting section

Window1 to Window4 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.

Moving object detection setting section

Unattended object detection setting section

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OK button

Note

You cannot set all four windows as Inactive windows.

Be sure to set one or more windows as Active

window(s).

Click to confirm the settings and send the set values for

the selected position to the camera.

Moving object detection indicator

Note

Although the indicator quickly responds to the setting

being performed as you change the size of a window or

a parameter, you need to click the OK button to confirm

the setting. The setting will be cancelled if you do not

click the OK button.

This indicator shows the threshold level for outputting

an alarm and a graph of the motion level in the window.

An alarm is output when motion that exceeds the

threshold level is detected in the window.

To set the moving object detection

function

Set the moving object detection function as follows:

Note

You can change the threshold level using the Threshold

setting slider bar at the bottom of the display, but you

cannot set the threshold level individually for each

window.

Select Moving object for Detection.

The setting items for moving object detection

appear.

Threshold setting slider bar

Check the Window 1 check box.

The Window 1 frame appears on the monitor

display.

Set the threshold level of moving object detection that is

common to all the windows.

Adjust the position and size of Window 1.

Drag Window 1 to move it and change its size.

The threshold level is used to judge whether or not there

has been any motion in the camera image. When the

level shown in the moving object detection indicator has

exceeded the threshold level, the camera judges that

there has been a motion.

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.

An alarm is output when there is a motion exceeding the

set threshold level in one of the active windows.

Note

If an active window and inactive window overlap,

the overlapped portion will be regarded as an

inactive area.

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:

Set the function for Windows 2 to Windows 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.

L: 64 × 64 dots

M: 32 × 32 dots

S: 8 × 8 dots

Adjust the Threshold setting slider bar to set the

threshold level at which the camera executes

detection.

Adjust the detection level while observing the

moving object detection indicator and actually

shooting a moving object.

Tip

The monitor display is 640 × 480 dots. Size L is 1/10 the

width of the monitor display.

Click OK.

The moving object detection settings for the

selected position are confirmed.

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Unattended objects are not detected during this

period.

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.

Green: Unattended object detection is operating

because the background image has been acquired.

Window1 to Window4 check boxes

Setting items for unattended object

detection

The following setting items appear when Detection is

set to Unattended object.

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.

Monitor display

Set the active/inactive window while monitoring a

moving image.

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 red frame is displayed.

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

Notes

The monitor display is 640 × 480 dots. Size L is 1/10 the

width of the monitor display.

• The colors and red 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.

Note

When you change the Object size setting, the camera

starts acquiring a background image and the status lamp

turns gray. Therefore, unattended object detection does

not work for a while.

Status lamp

Restart button

Displays whether or not unattended object detection is

operating.

Click this button to initialize the unattended object

detection function. A new background image will be

acquired from the current image.

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.

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OK button

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.

Click to confirm the settings and send the set values for

the selected position to the camera.

Check whether an unattended object is detected

properly.

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 red frame.

Notes

• Unattended object detection does not operate until the

status lamp turns green.

• Although the indicator quickly responds to the setting

being performed as you change the size of a window

or a parameter, 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

It may take a long time until an unattended object is

detected, depending on the image being shot.

To set the unattended object detection

function

Set the unattended object detection function as follows:

Click OK.

The unattended object detection settings for the

selected position are confirmed.

Select Unattended object on Detection.

The setting items for unattended object detection

appear.

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.

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.

10 Set Detection time, Alarm interval and Release

time in the Unattended object setting tab.

The status lamp turns green when the background

image has been acquired.

Unattended object setting Tab

Use this tab to set the alarm time for unattended object

detection.

Note

When you acquire a background image, use an

image with as little motion as possible. If you use

an image with a lot of motion, it will take a long

time to complete acquiring of the background

image.

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.

Time setting

Unattended object detection requires the following three

kinds of time settings.

Note

If an active window and inactive window overlap,

the overlapped portion will be regarded as an

inactive area.

Detection time

Set the period of time from when an object enters a

detection window (active window) and stops until when

Set the function for Windows 2 to Windows 4.

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it 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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External Equipment

Using the External Serial

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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.

When you click Serial in the Administrator menu, the

Serial menu is displayed.

Using this menu, you can input data into the camera

from the computer via a network and output them to the

external serial interface to control a peripheral device.

You can also input data from a peripheral device via an

external serial interface and output them to the computer

via a network.

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.

TCP port number

Type the port number corresponding to the TCP port.

Specify a port number (1024 to 65635) other than Well-

Known port numbers.

You can input and output data through the external

interface by using the TCP port of this port number. And

you can easily check data communications through the

serial port by DOS command “telnet [host name] [port

number].”

Baud rate

Select a baud rate that corresponds to the peripheral

device of serial interface. Selectable baud rates are

shown below.

38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200 (bps)

Parity bit

Select a parity that corresponds to the peripheral device

of serial interface from among none, odd or even.

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Character length

Select the character length that corresponds to the

peripheral device connected to the serial interface from

7 or 8 (bits).

Stop bit

Select the stop bit that corresponds to the peripheral

device connected to the serial interface from 1 or 2

(bits).

OK/Cancel