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VN-C30U

INSTRUCTIONS

V.NETWORKS

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Serial No. which is

located on the body. Retain this

information for future reference.

Model No.

VN-C30U

Serial No.

This instruction book is made from 100%
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LHT0005-001A

Summary of Contents for V.NETWORKS VN-C30U

Page 1: ... V NETWORKS For Customer Use Enter below the Serial No which is located on the body Retain this information for future reference Model No VN C30U Serial No This instruction book is made from 100 recycled paper LHT0005 001A ...

Page 2: ... combination to overturn 8 Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are pro vided for ventilation and to insure reliable operation of the appli ance and to protect it from overheating these openings must not be blocked or covered The openings should never be blocked by placing the appliance on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface This appliance should never be placed near or ove...

Page 3: ...his appliance from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions a When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed b If liquid has been spilled into the appliance c If the appliance has been exposed to rain or water d If the appliance does not operate normally by following the op erating instructions Adjust only those controls that are covered b...

Page 4: ...e accom panying the appliance RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION Information for USA This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Changes or modifications not approved by JVC could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Due to design modifications data given in this instruction book are subject to possible change without prior notice AVERTISSEMENT POUR EVITER LES RISQUES ...

Page 5: ...res phone lines etc con nected to this device or power plugs during a thunder storm because this can result in electrical shock When installing this device maintain a space of 10cm or more between this device and the wall Also keep other de vices at a distance to ensure good radiation Internal heat can result in fire WARNING Warning This is a class A product In a domestic environment this product ...

Page 6: ...is symbol indication is ignored and the product is erroneously handled This represents the contents in which the probabilities for injury to be inflicted are assumed and the contents in which material damages to be sustained are assumed if this symbol indication is ignored and the product is erroneously handled Numerous symbols are employed as indication in the precautions for safety precautions f...

Page 7: ...is device This could cause overturning and result in injury or damage Use special caution with children Use only the specified accessories Use only the accessories specified in the instruction manual with this device The use of other accessories can result in fire or electrical shock Have your local dealer perform an internal inspection once every three years Accumulated dust inside this device ca...

Page 8: ...her company names and product names mentioned in this instruction manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies Before Recording or Saving Important Images Due to provisions of the copyright law images recorded and saved from TV broadcasts and recorded tapes etc and recorded and saved images of printed materials such as posters etc cannot be used for any purpose ot...

Page 9: ...d setup 14 Controller Software Operation 34 Starting connections and changing connection points 34 Controller 1 35 Controller 2 36 Controller 3 38 Deleting connection points 39 Image quality Lens adjustment 40 Frame Rate Setting 42 Changing resolution and inverting the image 43 Changing position memory 44 Alarm setting 45 Time stamp setting 47 Changing Property 49 Recording function 50 Playback fu...

Page 10: ... equivalent Pentium 500 MHz or more recommended Memory capacity 64 MB or more 128 MB or more recommended Hard disk capacity 20MB or more Display and video card 640 x 480 dots or more High Color 1024 x 768 dots or more True Color recommended 10BASE T 100BASE TX LAN board connection cables Others Windows Media Player Ver 6 4 or higher Internet Explorer Ver 4 01 or higher LAN Environment 10BASE T or ...

Page 11: ...nce circuit When any bright object such as a lamp etc is photographed white bands may appear above and below the bright object This is called smearing a phenomenon caused by the characteristics of the individual pixels and is not a malfunction The electronic shutter of this unit is set to 1 60 sec from the factory When using the camera in locations with fluorescent light with a commercial frequenc...

Page 12: ...E SW as outlined on the next page The power to the VN C30U should be ON 3 Set the VN C30U IP address When setting the VN C30U IP address be sure to contact the network administrator for assignment or approval When installing the second and following units reboot the PC and then return to step 2 4 Enable the VN C30U IP address Turn the VN C30U power off and then on again 5 Register the connection p...

Page 13: ...provided on the bottom of the VN C30U main unit If VN C30U cannot be connected or motion image are not smooth change the settings of the MODE SW switch as shown below to find the appropriate condition The maximum data rate for sending from VN C30U is 4Mbit s but it may not be possible to obtain smooth MPEG live images in the Half Duplex mode We recommend to select one of the following mode 1 10BAS...

Page 14: ... installed as shown in the diagram below or inverted Do not install facing sideways Tilted installation is not possible 1 Attach the ceiling fixer with the hole pointing toward the front of the camera 4 Mount the VN C30U on the ceiling fixer by rotating clockwise then tighten the screw of the camera body fixer 2 Mount the camera body fixer on the VN C30U 3 Attach the drop prevention wire of the ce...

Page 15: ...t the same time duplication of IP addresses will occur and correct access will not be possible Always turn the power on for only one unit at a time Once duplication of IP addresses has occurred and after confirming that only one VN C30U exists in the same LAN environment wait a while 10 minutes or longer or turn off the power of all the network devices on the same LAN environment before turning th...

Page 16: ...avoid passing close to the source of the noise 3 Alarm IN OUT connection Connect external devices to the alarm IN OUT as shown below Cable connection and disconnection Press the sensor insert button when connecting and disconnecting cables After connecting or disconnecting make sure the sensor insert button returns to its original position About the alarm IN OUT connection cables Length use cables...

Page 17: ...es Infrared sensor door sensor metal sensor manual switch etc Interface condition of Alarm Output Terminal Equivalent to NPN open collector outpuut The output logic is set by the Setup Tool software Allowable input voltage 12 V DC or less Allowable current drain 300 mA or less Momentary 2 5000 msec output The time is set by the Setup Tool software Examples of Alarm device Alarm indicator light buz...

Page 18: ... R GND GND Sensor device interface circuit Example 1 Sensor device interface circuit Example 2 1 2 G Alarm Input Equivalent circuit Recommended connection cable Maximum length 50 meters 164 feet Recommended cable PULL UP UL1007 UL1015 or equivalent AWG 22 to AWG 18 or equivalent Relay Switch etc ...

Page 19: ...mmended connection cable Maximum length 50 meters 164 feet Recommended cable UL1007 UL1015 or equivalent AWG 22 to AWG 18 or equivalent Note Alarm setup menu of the V NETWORKS setup tool When an alarm device with a similar structure to interface circuits shown here is connected the OUT terminal of VN C30U varies as shown below according to the output port setup Buzzer Lamp LED etc Buzzer Lamp LED ...

Page 20: ...ing Control Panel and Network in that order 2 Before making a change always make a note of the original IP address Change the IP address to 192 168 0 3 Set the subnet mask to a value suitable for the setting operation If the value is unknown check with the network administrator 1 Select the TCP IP item then click on Properties 3 Click on OK and then reboot the PC ...

Page 21: ... 5 1 Installing the controller software Load the VN C30U Controller CD ROM into theCD ROM drive The setup program is in the JVC folder on the CD ROM Execute JVC Setup exe and follow the displayed instructions to setup the software ...

Page 22: ...gs see page 26 Resets the image Select the compression method for the camera image For details on the setting see page 23 The camera ID corresponds to the identification code located on the VN C30U body Only alphanumerics can be entered The user does not participate directly Normally consecutive numbers such as CAM00001 CAM00002 will be set Resets the VN C30U unit For setting of password see page ...

Page 23: ...icture Image compressed by ref erencing past picture data Data size Medium B picture Image with data com pressed by using past and future I or P pictures Data size Small This is to select the data structure for the intra frame compression of the image data Group of Pictures GOP denotes a group that contains at least one frame of the image I picture frames of the data of the in frame com pression t...

Page 24: ...ending on the relevant image If you want to know the exact lower limit value for the relevant image make the recording and perform the following calculation Recording file s number of frames 30 Recording time File capacity kbyte x 8 bit Recording time The bit rate bit s of the acquired image Resets settings to the factory default settings Makes the changes to settings valid Detailed settings are d...

Page 25: ...o the V NETWORKS Setup Tool screen Resets settings to the factory default settings The compression rate is inversely proportional to the picture quality The frame rate is proportional to the compression rate Compression rate 1 7 Image quality High Low Frame Rate Low High ...

Page 26: ...ction is to receive or send an alarm signal from to alarm input output over network Use the V NETWORKS setup tool for the fundamental settings When the Alarm button of the V NETWORKS setup tool is clicked the screen shown below will be displayed ...

Page 27: ...ction to make the different settings from the above mentioned Alarm 1 and Alarm 2 settings Place a check beside Use Relay Alarm and specify the alarm occurrence sequence and the time interval When a relay alarm is generated the alarm output and movement of the camera to the preset position can be controlled using check boxes and scrollbars Caution When Relay Alarm is set following alarm operations...

Page 28: ...output one time when the power is turned on Set the values of Out port setting in accordance with the device to which the output is to be sent Retry Determines the number of retries 1 3 to be made when alarm input arrives Depending on the LAN environment alarm retry may fail To prevent this it is possible to set the number of alarm retry attempts to 3 times However even when set to multiple times ...

Page 29: ...ons are displayed The VN C30U controller has been started and is connected to the VN C30U subject to setup Checks are placed at Settings and Alarm Reg PCs can be deleted from the broadcast client list by selecting the IP address and pressing Delete Return to Alarm Setting window by pressing OK Caution Once the PC is deleted from the Broadcast client list the alarm does not function ...

Page 30: ...ssword To set password protection or change the password enter the same both above and below within 8 half size alphanumeric characters The entered characters are shown as To cancel the password protection make the setting so that nothing is entered at all For a VN C30U for which password protection is set the password requesting screen appears If the Administrator password does not match it will ...

Page 31: ... When Start Search button is pressed a list of the V NETWORKS IP addresses currently connected to the network will be displayed Timeout is used to set the search time and can be set to 0 30 sec Caution When your own PC and a V NETWORKS of a different subnet are connected on a LAN connection will not be possible even if the search is successful In such cases change to an appropriate IP address on y...

Page 32: ...ufficient capacity to enable reception of the MPEG images the images received within the buffering period are displayed together after the buffering period has expired If set to 4 seconds for example nothing will be displayed for 4 seconds after the connection is established and after 4 seconds the images that have been received up to then are displayed Then there will be another 4 seconds of buff...

Page 33: ...33 Clicking the OK button displays the setting confirmation screen Click OK to complete the registration ...

Page 34: ...n procedure When the VN C30U controller vn c30u exe is executed a logo will be displayed and then the following screen will appear Connection points can be selected from this pulldown menu In the case of a connection point provided with a password you are asked to enter the password To connect enter the password for operator or administrator use ...

Page 35: ...ngle step of connected VN C30U can be changed by clicking on the left and right buttons Pan Tilt position can be changed with the Pan Tilt operation buttons 8 buttons Zoom in Zoom out is performed by one step for each click of zoom button If you keep pressing the button Zoom in Zoom out can be performed continuously 320O Pan range Tilt range 90O The name of the VN C30U currently connected to and t...

Page 36: ...the hard disk For details refer to Snapshot function on page 52 The size of VN C30U controller can be smaller by pressing this button It is possible to switch between the normal and smaller controller Smaller Controller Name of connected VN C30U Image compression method Pan tilt operation buttons Connection point selection pulldown menu Position memory change button Caution During the position mem...

Page 37: ...Only when JPEG image format is selected Caution It is not possible to move beyond the Pan Tilt limits but this is not a malfunction Caution During the Pan Tilt operation the images may pause for a few seconds This is because the position correction function is automatically being operated and this is not a malfunction ...

Page 38: ...ew connection points Refer to Registering connection points on page 32 If the cursor is briefly positioned over the VN C30U name a balloon display of VN C30U names will be displayed When Placing the mouse cursor at the edge of the window the arrows allow the size of the image to be changed as desired the size of the image captured from VN C30U does not change This button returns the changed size o...

Page 39: ...ct File from the menu and then select Delete Select a connection point to be deleted and then click on OK Make sure the desired point is being deleted and then press OK Caution The connection point cannot be recovered once it is deleted ...

Page 40: ...et at 1 60 in the case of normal recording In regions with fluorescent light with a commercial frequency of 50 Hz please switch the setting to 1 100 Set to 1 60 in 60 Hz regions This will reduce f l i c k e r i n g c a u s e d b y fluorescent light The setting will be effective Clicking Default returns the image quality to the factory default settings When AGC is checked internal amp gain is autom...

Page 41: ...d by using the slide bar When Auto is selected for Focus the slide bar becomes inoperative When Manual is selected the slide bar can be operated Advice For locations where many people are passing by or operation of zoom at Tele we recommend to select Manual Focus in order to prevent continuous auto focusing The current condition of the lens is shown in the window The lens moves when the setting it...

Page 42: ...may be different from the transmission frame rate In practice the higher transmission frame rate is set up the more bandwidth is required Therefore try to set the lower transmission frame rate if relatively low bandwidth is available for VN C30U The frame rate can only be set for JPEG images It is fixed at 30 Frame s in the case of MPEG images This is to set the upper limit of transmission frame r...

Page 43: ...on can also be changed on the screen with the following procedure Click the right button of the mouse on the screen and select one of the following 160 x 120 320 x 240 or 640 x 480 Clicking Properties displays the MAC address IP address unit name program version and storage destination The pull down menu is not displayed in the case of MPEG compression Caution 640 x 480 cannot be selected for MPEG...

Page 44: ...uttons Pan Tilt Zoom setting and lens setting to set the status in position memory 2 Press one of these memory buttons in which the status set in step 1 is to be memorized 3 Press OK to close the position memory setting window Caution When the zoom scroll bar is set to the Tele end the lens position may not be the same after changing its position 1 2 3 ...

Page 45: ... can be displayed Recording Start recording the images Playing wave file Play a specified wave file Any wave files can be specified from the Browse button Execute application file Execute a specified application file Any execute exe files can be specified from the Browse button Select Non Stop or Stop in 1 minute after the recording starts Stop in 1 minute is used for saving space on the hard disk...

Page 46: ...a large wave file wav is selected the alarm operation may be delayed depending on the PC specifications Try to select a relatively small wave file In order to enable the Alarm 1 Alarm 2 and or Relay Alarm setting it is necessary to 1 Select ON in Alarm 1 Alarm 2 and or Relay Alarm setting of V NETWORKS setup tool refer to page 27 and 2 Check Alarm reg When relay alarm has been set the second alarm...

Page 47: ... are displayed In the case of MPEG the time stamp is only displayed in the title bar In the MPEG mode selection of Font is disabled Changing the time stamp display position On the screen hold down the Shift key and click the left button of the mouse at the position where time stamp is to be displayed Sets the color of the characters of the time stamp and the background color Transparency The backg...

Page 48: ... date hour minute second millisecond YYYY MM DD HH MM SS year month date hour minute second DD MM YYYY HH MM SS date month year hour minute second MM DD YYYY HH MM SS month date year hour minute second MM DD HH MM SS month date hour minute second HH MM SS hour minute second HH MM hour minute ...

Page 49: ...N C30U information in the offline mode that can be changed Select the camera for which the properties should be changed from the VN C30U Name designations pull down menu Camera property and Save in cannot be changed It is possible to make the settings as when the properties were first created Following these changes click the OK button to complete the changing of properties ...

Page 50: ...EC disappear Avoid continuous recording for a long period of time When playing back a file recorded by continuous recording for a long period of time the memory of the computer may become insufficient and playback may not be possible Never change the saved files and their name otherwise all the saved images may not be correctly playback The recorded file is saved in the folder specified when the i...

Page 51: ...the connection to the camera is disconnected and the playback picture screen appears Click the OK button This window only appears during viewing of the image from the camera Select the file that you want to playback from the storage destination of the recorded file The filename becomes the start to stop times of the recording ...

Page 52: ... it is operating in the MPEG mode it will be saved in the MPEG format Click the Snap Shot button During playback the slide bar moves toward the right in accordance with the playback time By dragging the slide bar with the mouse the file can be played back as desired Clicking Stop stops the playback and returns to the first image Clicking Pause pauses the playback Clicking Play starts the playback ...

Page 53: ...nt with Windows 95 as it may cause a failure in saving snapshots In this case use the recording function to save images Snapshot display is possible Up to 16 images can be shown as snapshot display When 16 snapshots are displayed the camera symbol disappears from the Snap Shot button A beep sound is heard if you click the Snap Shot button at this time If you select File Save from each of the snaps...

Page 54: ...possible It is possible to delete the folder used to save images Check to make sure the folder exists It is possible for the disk to become full Check the available capacity of the disk The password set with the password protection function has been forgotten The disabling of the password protection function is handled as a repair Please consult your local dealer For safety be prepared to show pro...

Page 55: ...usting white balance Colors can also be changed by adjusting Manual white Balance from the image quality adjustment screen When different light sources have been used For example when alternately using sunlight outdoors and fluorescent lighting indoors Time is sometimes required for auto tracking white balance to start operating In such cases white balance can sometimes be made to work quickly by ...

Page 56: ...al it may become impossible to connect the VN C30U or the connection may be broken When display of moving MPEG images is not smooth When the computer s specifications or the bandwidth of the network is insufficient the live images may appear as in slow motion or frames may drop out etc This is not a malfunction The VN C30U controller does not start up When using the snapshot utility supplied with ...

Page 57: ...P IP TCP IP 1 4 inch 380 000 effective pixels CCD 15 1 zoom lens f 4 1 mm 61 5 mm F 1 4 2 4 0 8 m Pan 320 Tilt 90 JPEG MPEG1 640 x 480 320 x 240 160 x120 Non voltage a contact input NPN open collector input Low level latch momentary 500 ms or more Low level circuit current 1 mA High level impressed voltage 5 V NPN open collector output allowable impressed voltage 12 V allowable input current 300 m...

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Page 60: ...is a registered trademark owned by VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN LTD is a registered trademark in Japan the U S A the U K and many other countries Printed in Japan LHT0005 001A VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED ...

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