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Configuration of Main Viewer

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Configuration of Main 
Viewer

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

Main viewer using ActiveX viewer

Main menu

ActiveX

Displays the ActiveX viewer.

Plug-in free

Displays the Plug-in free viewer.

Tool

You can download system utility from here. (page 29)
This operation is only available when you are logged in 
as administrator.

Setup

Click to display the Administrator menu. (page 33)
You can operate this function only when logging in as 
the administrator.

Language

Set language from pull-down.

Control panel section

You can drag the panels to the monitor screen and 
configure them.
To return to the operation panel, drag the panel and 
configure the operation panel.
Click the 

 to hide the detail setting menu or click it 

again to show the menu.

Information panel

Check the date and time here.

View panel

You can change the screen mode, size of the image, 
image codec mode and frame rate. Also, still images and 
movies can be saved (movie saving can also be stopped) 
from here. Microphone and audio output levels can be 
adjusted.

Screen Mode

Select Window or Full Screen.

View size

Selects the view size to be displayed.
Click 

View size

 list box to select the view size.

Select 

x1

 to display images set in 

Image size

 of the 

Camera menu. (page 47)
Select 

Full

 to display images according to the view size.

Select 

Fit

 to display images according to the view size, 

with fixed aspect ratio.

Image Codec

Select an image codec mode.

Frame rate

(Displayed only when the camera image is in JPEG.)
Selects the frame rate to transmit images.

Control panel 
section

Monitor image 
section

Main menu

Summary of Contents for Ipela SNC-CH135

Page 1: ...Software Version 1 7 Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference SNC CH135 CH140 CH180 CH240 CH280 SNC DH140 DH140T DH180 DH240 DH240T DH280 4 174 237 18 1 2009 Sony Corporation ...

Page 2: ...image to an FTP server 27 Recording a camera image as a still image 27 Controlling Alarm out 1 2 28 Controlling the Day Night function 28 Playing an audio file stored in the camera 28 Switching Transmission Mode 28 Using the System Utility 29 SNC viewer 29 SNC Desktop viewer 31 Administrating the Camera Basic Operations of the Administrator Menu 33 How to set up the Administrator menu 33 Configura...

Page 3: ...dio Linked to Alarm Detection Voice alert Menu 89 Voice alert 1 2 3 Tab 89 Setting the Operations from the Viewer Trigger Menu 90 Setting the Schedule Schedule Menu 92 Setting the Alarm Buffer Alarm buffer Menu 93 Setting the Sensor input Camera tampering detection Motion detection Audio detection Event detection Menu 93 Sensor input tab Set the sensor input 93 Camera tampering detection tab Set t...

Page 4: ...H180 DH180 CH280 DH280 only Inserting the optional wireless card SNCA CFW5 enables wireless transmission of camera images SNC CH240 CH135 CH140 CH180 CH280 Insert the SNCA CFW5 into the slot and attach the optional wireless LAN antenna SNCA AN1 to the camera to extend the communicable distance by wireless LAN SNC CH135 CH140 CH240 An optional CF memory card allows you to save images SNC CH240 CH13...

Page 5: ...adable form without prior written approval from Sony Corporation SONY CORPORATION PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR SUCH OTHER INFORMATION IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIAB...

Page 6: ... Windows 7 Ultimate Professional Microsoft DirectX 9 0c or higher Web Browser Windows Internet Explorer Ver 6 0 Ver 7 0 Ver 8 0 Ver 9 0 Firefox Ver 3 5 Plug in free viewer only Safari Ver 4 0 Plug in free viewer only Google Chrome Ver 4 0 Plug in free viewer only SNC CH135 CH140 CH180 DH140 DH180 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz or higher Memory 1 GB or more Display 1600 1200 pixels or higher SNC CH240 ...

Page 7: ... page appears automatically in your Web browser If it does not appear automatically in the Web browser double click the index htm file on the CD ROM When you are using Windows Vista the Auto play pop up may appear For details see Installing software in When using Windows Vista on page 11 2 Click the Setup icon of SNC toolbox The File Download dialog opens When you are using Windows XP Service Pack...

Page 8: ...the IP address Subnet mask and Default gateway in the relevant boxes 10 Set the DNS server address To obtain the DNS server addresses automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically To specify the DNS server addresses manually Select Use the following DNS server address and type the Primary DNS server address and Secondary DNS server address in the relevant boxes 11 Set the HTTP port ...

Page 9: ...n the File Download Security Warning dialog you will not be able to perform the installation correctly Delete the downloaded file and click the Setup icon again If the message Internet Explorer Security Warning appears click Run The software installation starts Installing ActiveX Control During installation of ActiveX Control the Information Bar or Security Warning may appear In this case operate ...

Page 10: ...oolbox 1 Select Control Panel from the Start menu of Windows 2 Select Security Center of the working field 3 Select Off in the Windows Firewall dialog The camera will be displayed in the list If you want to keep Windows Firewall On continue with the following steps 4 Select the Exceptions tab 5 Click Add Program 6 In the Add Program dialog select SNC toolbox and click OK SNC toolbox is added to th...

Page 11: ...ownload Security Warning appears click Run Note If you select Save in the File Download Security Warning dialog you will not be able to perform installation correctly Delete the downloaded file and click the Setup icon again If the message Internet Explorer Security Warning appears click Run If the message User Account Control An unidentified program wants access to your computer appears click All...

Page 12: ...dd this Web site to the zone Be sure to add the protocol https 6 Click OK to complete the setting Restart Internet Explorer when the above procedure is completed and access the camera Note The model on sale in China does not support the SSL function Configuring Windows Firewall SNC toolbox or SNC audio upload tool may not operate correctly depending on the configuration of Windows Firewall No came...

Page 13: ... regarding the active contents may appear when you install software such as SNC toolbox from the CD ROM In this case operate as follows Example In case of SNC toolbox If the pop up AutoPlay appears when a CD ROM is inserted into the CD ROM drive click Install or run program from your media Note If you click Open folder to view files the Web browser will not open automatically In this case double c...

Page 14: ... changes to this computer appears click Allow The installation of ActiveX Control starts When installation is completed the main viewer or the Motion detection menu appears When accessing with Windows 7 in SSL communications ActiveX control may not function properly In such a case change the Internet Explorer settings For details refer to When accessing with Windows Vista in SSL communications pag...

Page 15: ...ect Control Panel from the Start menu of Windows 2 Click Windows Firewall 3 Select Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall 4 Select Allow another program 5 Add program When the above procedure is completed the cameras connected in the local network are displayed in SNC toolbox ...

Page 16: ... will be 3 The bit rate including new requests exceeds 16Mbps Using the SSL function Note The model on sale in China does not support the SSL function When Internet Explorer 6 is used Security Alert dialog may appear according to the status of the certificate In this case click Yes to continue The viewer window is displayed in SSL communication When Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 or Inter...

Page 17: ...Windows Vista on page 11 or Installing ActiveX Control in When using Windows 7 on page 14 Tip The software is optimized for Internet Explorer using medium font To display the viewer correctly To operate the viewer correctly set the security level of Internet Explorer to Medium or lower as follows 1 Select Tools from the menu bar for Internet Explorer then select Internet Options and click the Secu...

Page 18: ...according to the installation position White balance page 44 Select the brightness of the image sent from the camera Exposure page 43 Brightness page 44 Select the quality of the image sent from the camera Video codec Tab page 46 Select the view size of the image View size page 21 Select whether the audio from the external microphone is sent or not Audio codec page 41 Synchronize the date and time...

Page 19: ...ding functions below z Usable function Not usable function The access rights of the administrator and the user can be set in Setting the User User Menu of the Administrator menu on page 70 Function Administrator User Full Pan Tilt Preset position Light View Monitor a live image z z z z z z View the date and time z z z z z z Control the frame rate JPEG mode only z z Control the image view size z z ...

Page 20: ... the camera for the first time When you access the network camera using ActiveX viewer for the first time the Security Warning appears Click Yes and install ActiveX Control You can use all the functions of the viewer with ActiveX Control Plug in free viewer This viewer allows the user to select from three image display methods JPEG JPEG Flash or ActiveX viewer JPEG method JPEG images will be displ...

Page 21: ... operation panel drag the panel and configure the operation panel Click the to hide the detail setting menu or click it again to show the menu Information panel Check the date and time here View panel You can change the screen mode size of the image image codec mode and frame rate Also still images and movies can be saved movie saving can also be stopped from here Microphone and audio output level...

Page 22: ...u accesses the device Use the slide bar to adjust the microphone volume When you click the icon changes to and the microphone input stops To input the microphone click again Camera control panel This panel allows you to control the camera s pan tilt home position and zoom page 25 In addition you can obtain authority to operate the camera in exclusive control mode Image action Select the mode of op...

Page 23: ...set position that you have stored in memory using the Preset position menu Others panel The Other panel is displayed in the case of an MPEG4 or H 264 image You can switch between TCP and UDP Unicast Multicast Each click switches the transmission mode of the video audio data between TCP mode Unicast mode and Multicast mode page 28 Monitor image The image shot by the camera is shown here There are t...

Page 24: ...unction which provides panning tilting and zooming by adjusting the position and zooming ratio from the maximum image size 1280 720 or 1280 1024 SNC CH180 DH180 CH135 CH140 DH140 1920 1080 or 1920 1440 SNC CH240 DH240 CH280 DH280 page 38 without moving the camera There are three modes of camera operation Area zoom mode Vector dragging mode and PTZ Control bar You can control pan tilt and zoom in e...

Page 25: ...direction in which you want to move the camera Keep it pressed to move the camera continuously To return to the home position click Zoom control Click to zoom out and click to zoom in Zooming continues while the button remains pressed Note The four edges of the image may be dark depending on the zoom position This is a phenomenon related to the structure of the camera and does not cause a problem ...

Page 26: ...ayed control bar PTZ Control bar only Pan Tilt operations Click the arrow of the direction you wish to move the camera Continue clicking on the arrow to keep moving the direction of the camera Zoom operation Click to zoom out click to zoom in The zoom operation continues while you are clicking on the button Controlling the Camera on a Full Image When the camera is in controllable condition the ful...

Page 27: ...TP server You can send a captured still image to the FTP server To use this function you need to make FTP active and set the address in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu properly page 91 1 Click FTP client on the Trigger panel The still image of the moment you click is captured and the image file is sent to the FTP server Recording a camera image as a still image You can capture a camera ...

Page 28: ...ted audio file starts and the playback sound is output from the speaker connected to the camera Switching Transmission Mode You can change the transmission mode for video audio data This function can be used when Mode video codec mode is set to MPEG4 or H 264 and the ActiveX viewer is used Notes The function may not operate correctly if you use personal firewall software or antivirus software on y...

Page 29: ...t play back properly In this case select TCP or Unicast Note When connecting via a proxy server neither Unicast nor Multicast can be selected Using the System Utility You can download system utility from the tools tab on the main menu To use the utility click Download to begin download SNC viewer SNC viewer is an application which allows you to set the initial state of the viewer Installing the SN...

Page 30: ...EG framerate You can set the frame rate for JPEG Image action Select from the image operation modes Area zoom Vector dragging and Off Tip The operation mode of Solid PTZ have been changed for this device Audio tab Volume Muting Select this option for Muting the sound at start up Use the slide bar to set the volume for start up sound output Mic Muting Select this option for Muting the microphone so...

Page 31: ... after reading them carefully and download the SNC desktop viewer 2 Click Save Save SncDesktopViewer gadjet in the specified location 3 Click Open files Run it in the Download completed dialog 4 Click Run The message Do you want to run this software will be displayed Agree and run 5 Click Install The message Do you want to install this Gadget will be displayed Agree and run Using the SNC desktop v...

Page 32: ...Select the PTZ operation mode for the Gadget screen from the options Area zoom PTZ control bar and Vector dragging Click Exit to exit Gadget When you click Set you will see the following setting screen Tip The operation mode of Solid PTZ has been changed for this device ...

Page 33: ...t at the factory for the Administrator The Administrator menu appears 3 Click the menu name example System on the left side of the Administrator menu The clicked menu appears Example System menu 4 Select the required tab above the menu and set each setting option in the tab Example Date time tab of System menu See pages 35 to 104 for details of the menu tabs and setting options 5 After setting cli...

Page 34: ...plays the e Mail SMTP menu for sending an e mail Sending an Image via E mail e Mail SMTP Menu on page 75 FTP client Displays the FTP client menu for sending an image audio file etc to an FTP server Sending Images to FTP Server FTP client Menu on page 78 Image memory Displays the Image memory menu for recording an image audio file etc Recording Images in Memory Image memory Menu on page 81 FTP serv...

Page 35: ...alize System log and Access log System Tab Title bar name Type a name of up to 48 characters to be displayed on the title bar The characters typed here are displayed on the title bar of the Web browser Serial number The serial number of the camera is displayed Software version The software version of this camera is displayed Exclusive control mode Controls the authority to operate pan tilt zoom an...

Page 36: ... clicking the 8 direction arrow buttons for panning tilting Selecting 10 provides the maximum transition level Zoom level Select the camera transition level from 1 to 10 by clicking for zooming Selecting 10 provides the maximum transition level OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Date time Tab Current date time Displays the date and time set on the camera Note After you have purc...

Page 37: ...ed to Image 1 and Image 2 Superimpose On Off When using the Superimpose function select On Font size Set the font size Style Set the items to superimpose and the format to display in English one byte characters and symbols are displayed Superimpose settings are available for the following items Date Set the display settings for date and time Camera ID Set the display settings for Camera ID and str...

Page 38: ... Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Installation Tab You can perform settings related to installation Display sample SNC CH240 Maximum image size SNC CH135 CH140 CH180 DH140 DH180 1280 720 Image will have an aspect ratio of 16 9 and an image size up to 1280 720 can be specified for the video codec 1280 1024 Image will have an aspect ratio of 5 4 and an image size up to 1280 1024 ca...

Page 39: ...he camera and complete the settings Note 25 fps cannot be selected when image size is set to 1920 1440 Video out You can configure the output setting for the analog image output terminal of the camera Select On to output an NTSC or PAL signal Note The output signal format is determined according to the setting of the camera s NTSC PAL switch OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 In...

Page 40: ...ailable for SNC CH180 CH280 when powered by PoE Delete custom homepage Click Delete to delete the homepages recorded in the flash memory of the camera with Custom Homepage of SNC toolbox page 111 Capture full image When you click Capture a full image covering the entire shooting range is shot and saved to the camera The full image is captured regardless of the image size and crop settings Note Mai...

Page 41: ...ming SNC CH180 CH280 DH140 DH180 DH240 DH280 Common Focus Zoom Picture Privacy masking Day Night Video codec and Streaming Common Tab Color Select Color or Monochrome for the image Audio codec Select whether you are going to send audio from the m microphone input connector Select On to send the audio from the network camera Note When you change the Audio codec setting click Refresh on the Web brow...

Page 42: ...Preview screen Preview the image and adjust the focus The current image focus position is superimposed when adjusting the focus For the details on each button refer to the Control bar of the Plug in free viewer page 24 Note If you click the buttons in this tab in order to adjust the focus easily the settings below are temporarily changed Privacy masking and Cropping are deactivated The current ima...

Page 43: ...ect On to turn on the View DR function Notes When the View DR function is on exposure related settings cannot be configured If Turn off in Night mode is checked the View DR setting will turn off automatically in night mode Visibility Enhancer Using the Visibility Enhancer function will make the darker part of a camera image brighter as well as automatically correct brightness and contrast to show ...

Page 44: ...raphy under a high pressure sodium vapor lamp Metal halide lamp Sets the white balance to that suitable for photography under a metal halide lamp White LED Sets the white balance to that suitable for photography under the light of white LEDs One push WB The One push trigger button becomes active Click the button to adjust the white balance instantly Manual When this option is selected R gain and B...

Page 45: ... the preview screen OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Day Night Tab Use this tab to set the day night function of the camera Preview screen This screen is for monitoring images and configuring day night settings For details on each button refer to the Control bar of the Plug in free viewer page 24 Day Night mode Select the day night mode from among four modes Auto Normally work...

Page 46: ...or SNC CH180 DH180 CH280 DH280 Sync with Day Night IR illuminator will be activated once Day Night mode switched when it is checked off IR illuminator will be always off Maximum Strength From low to high Maximum strength for IR illuminator is graded from level1 to level6 OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Video codec Tab Use this tab to set the items for the video codec Letterbo...

Page 47: ... type size of images and or frame rate for Image 1 Image size You can select the size of images sent from the camera The selectable size of images are depend on the setting of maximum image size For details on selecting maximum image size refer to Installation tab in System menu in page 38 When you set the different image size to Image 1 and Image 2 the available combinations are as follows SNC CH...

Page 48: ... DH140 CH180 DH180 DH140T Image size 1280 720 Image 1 Image 2 1920 1440 1600 1200 1680 1056 a 1920 1080 a 1440 912 a 1376 768 a 1280 1024 a 1280 960 a 1280 800 a 1280 720 a 1024 768 a 1024 576 a 800 600 a 800 480 a 768 576 a 720 576 a 704 576 a 720 480 a 640 480 a a 640 368 a a 384 288 a a 320 240 a a 320 192 a a Image 1 Image 2 1920 1440 a 1600 1200 a 1680 1056 a 1920 1080 a 1440 912 a 1376 768 a...

Page 49: ...twork condition When Adaptive rate control is set to On the actual frame rate and bit rate change within the range that does not exceed the values set in Frame rate and Bit rate Image quality Set the JPEG image quality Selectable values are from Level 1 to Level 10 When Level 10 is selected the best image quality is achieved Bandwidth control Limits the network bandwidth for the JPEG image data ou...

Page 50: ...trol 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 H 264 video data and audio data or not It reduces the transmission load on the camera by having a computer of the same segment network receive the same transmitting data Select On to allow or Off not to allow multicast sending When yo...

Page 51: ...ollowing IP address Select this option when you set a fixed IP address With this setting specify the IP address Subnet mask and Default gateway manually Note When you select Obtain an IP address automatically DHCP make sure that a DHCP server is operating on the network IP address Type the IP address of the camera Subnet mask Type the subnet mask Default gateway Type the default gateway DNS server...

Page 52: ...gure the IPv6 network settings IPv6 can be used simultaneously with IPv4 Only IPv6 specific details are explained here For common details see IPv4 setting on page 51 On Off To use IPv6 select On Prefix Enter the Prefix value 0 to 128 IPv6 MTU Enter the MTU value for IPv6 1280 1500 The value must not exceed the MTU value for the Ethernet port OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Wi...

Page 53: ...r 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 if necessary MTU Enter the MTU value for wireless network 1000 1500 If IPv6 is enabled the value must be 1280 or...

Page 54: ...N1 are not available in some countries and areas For details contact your authorized Sony dealer SSID Type the ID to identify the wireless network you want to access using up to 32 ASCII alphanumeric characters For your security be sure to change the factory setting Security Configure wireless network security None Select this option when no security is set Note This setting is not recommended for...

Page 55: ...on you need to configure the 802 1X settings such as certificate setting appropriately For details on the 802 1X settings see Using the 802 1X Authentication Function 802 1X Menu on page 64 802 1X This button is active when EAP is selected on Authentication When you click 802 1X the 802 1X menu appears allowing you to configure the 802 1X wireless function Passphrase Set a passphrase when PSK is s...

Page 56: ...ble Displays the list of registered QoS information If multiple conditions match the rule with the smallest number has priority IPv6 QoS Select On to configure the QoS setting for IPv6 Rule Used to register edit and delete QoS No Select the number to use when registering on the QoS table When you select a registered number the registered QoS information is displayed Network address Enter the netwo...

Page 57: ...port number is 25 If TLS is enabled the standard port number for SMTPs is 465 Use TLS To use the encryption function by TLS set to On Note The model on sale in China does not support the TLS function STARTTLS To use the encryption function by STARTTLS set to On Note The model on sale in China does not support the STARTTLS function Authentication Select the authentication required when you send an ...

Page 58: ...acters You can describe the information of the acquired IP address etc using the special tags mentioned below HTTP notification Select On to output a command to the HTTP server when the DHCP setting is completed Using this function you can configure a useful system for example to view the access log stored in the HTTP server or start an external CGI program URL Specify the URL to send an HTTP requ...

Page 59: ...he Common tab and CA certificate tab Notes The model on sale in China does not support the SSL function When using the SSL function always configure the settings after setting the date and time of the camera If the date and time are not correctly set it may cause browser connection problems Common tab SSL function On Select this to use the SSL function When Allow HTTP connection for some clients i...

Page 60: ...external certificate is selected or certificate and private key password is not set properly even SSL is set to ON Use a self signed certificate For test use This mode uses the certificate and private key pair generated by Generating a self signed certificate on page 60 Private key information corresponding to the certificate is stored in the camera You do not need to install an external certifica...

Page 61: ...e certificate using up to 50 characters This text box is active only when Certificate options is set to Use an external certificate Leave the text box blank if the private key information included in the certificate is not encrypted If no private key password is set in the camera an active text field is displayed and this allows a password to be entered If a private key password is already set it ...

Page 62: ...ng the procedure below 1 Import the necessary CA certificate 2 Set SSL client authentication to On and click OK Note When you set SSL client authentication to On and click OK the camera will immediately operate to enable client authentication Make sure that the personal certificate on your PC is successfully installed OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 How to install the CA cert...

Page 63: ...e is usually stored in Trusted Root Certification Authorities 3 Click Remove Do you want to delete the certificate appears to confirm 4 Click Yes The certificate will be removed There may be a case that a certificate cannot be removed by the steps above due to the type of certificate Check the installation condition and remove it following the steps below Note You need to log in as Administrator t...

Page 64: ...ed or wireless port based authentication in compliance with the 802 1X standard The 802 1X menu consists of three tabs Common Client certificate and CA certificate Notes To use the 802 1X authentication function you need knowledge of the 802 1X authentication WPA and WPA2 and digital certificate To establish an 802 1X network you need to configure the authenticator access point authentication serv...

Page 65: ...ote To use the 802 1X authentication function for wireless networks set up Security in the Wireless tab of the Network menu For details see Security on page 54 Wired interface To activate the 802 1X authentication function for wired ports select On Wired interface status Shows the authentication status of the 802 1X authentication function for wired ports Click Refresh to update the status Wireles...

Page 66: ... the key pair in the client certificate is not encrypted The key pair is not included in the client certificate Note When the client certificate to be imported is of PKCS 12 format and the private key password is not set correctly Put correct private key password is displayed in the boxes of Issuer DN Subject DN Validity Period and Extended Key Usage Specify the correct private key password to con...

Page 67: ... describes authentication based on the user interface in English on Windows Server 2003 the UI terminology and page configuration may be different depending on the version of the Operating System or Service Pack and patch update status Before setting Perform the following settings before configuring an 802 1X network Active Directory domain controller The following setting example is based on the ...

Page 68: ...ient 8 Select RADIUS Clients and right click 9 Select New RADIUS Client from the context menu 10 Set the following items Friendly name Type authenticator as an example Client address IP or DNS IP address of the authenticator Client Vender RADIUS Standard Shared secret Specify the shared secret to be set in the authenticator Adding a user 1 Open Active Directory Users and Computers from Administrat...

Page 69: ...rt it to the camera The CA certificate import procedure is completed Downloading the client certificate This section explains the procedure to downloading the client certificate 1 Start Internet Explorer on the client PC and type the CA s URL in the address bar The CA s URL is normally as follows 2 Click Go To 3 Type the log in user name and password correctly The Microsoft Certificate Services pa...

Page 70: ... and up to 9 kinds of users User 1 to User 9 and the access right of each user Administrator Specify User name Password and Re type password User 1 to 9 Specify User name Password Re type password FTP Audio and Viewer mode for each user ID User name Type a user name between 5 and 16 characters Password Type a password between 5 and 16 characters Re type password To confirm the password retype the ...

Page 71: ...tor menu the Security menu appears This allows you to control which computers can have access to the camera Likewise when using IPv6 security settings can be configured for each network 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 S...

Page 72: ... Reset Click to reset the home position to the factory set position Position at alarm The camera can synchronize a preset position with Sensor input or with the detection functions If an alarm is detected by the sensor input or the motion detection function the camera automatically moves to the corresponding preset position If you do not want to synchronize with any preset number select none Senso...

Page 73: ...ton to determine whether to register the current camera image as a thumbnail or to register with a specified image To specify an image click Browse Then click Submit Note The maximum file size for images in JPEG format is approximately 50 KB Group preset positions You can sort preset positions into groups The information of the preset positions registered in a group can be viewed from the group tr...

Page 74: ... to specify the preset positions in sequence You can check the preset position by clicking Call If you specified an unnecessary preset position click to select it in the list and then click Delete To change the order in the list select the preset position and then click Up or Down Note The tour cannot be set to On if no preset position is added in the Sequence list Speed Select the speed of camera...

Page 75: ...oes not support the TLS function STARTTLS To use the encryption function by STARTTLS select On Note The model on sale in China does not support the STARTTLS function Authentication Select whether authentication is required when you send an e mail Off No authentication is required when an e mail is sent On Authentication is required when an e mail is sent Select one of the authentication methods fr...

Page 76: ...nput detection TP for camera interference detection VM for VMF MD AD is additionally available for motion detection Message Type the text of the e mail using up to 384 characters A line break is equivalent to 2 characters OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Alarm sending Tab Setting the e mail sending mode when detecting the alarm Set to send an e mail linked with alarm detection...

Page 77: ...d position the alarm is invalid if the camera is moved to a preset position Effective period Set the period during which alarm detection is effective Always Alarm detection is always effective Schedule You can specify the period during which alarm detection is effective Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed Setting the Schedule Schedule Menu on page 92 OK Cancel See But...

Page 78: ... audio file that has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built in detection functions to an FTP server An image file can also be sent periodically The FTP client menu consists of three tabs Common Alarm sending and Periodical sending Common Tab Setting the FTP client function FTP client function To activate the FTP client function select On Note The frame rate ...

Page 79: ...rscore for naming Suffix Select a suffix to be added to the file name Date time The date time suffix is added to the image file name The date time suffix consists of the year 2 digits month 2 digits date 2 digits hour 2 digits minute 2 digits and second 2 digits and sequential number 2 digits thus adding a 14 digit number to the image file name Sequence number A sequential number of 10 digits betw...

Page 80: ...ending tab Alarm sending when file attachment is set to On Periodical sending Periodical sending FTP client menu Alarm sending tab Alarm sending Periodical sending Periodical sending Trigger menu Mail SMTP FTP Client Periodical sending Select On when you want to use periodical sending Remote path Type the remote path using up to 64 characters Image file name Type the file name of the image sent to...

Page 81: ...ternal sensor input or built in detection functions in the built in memory approx 8 MB or in a CF memory card not supplied applicable for SNC CH240 CH135 CH140 CH180 CH280 only inserted in the camera The image file can also be recorded periodically The recorded image and audio files can be found or downloaded to the computer using the FTP server function See Downloading Images from the Camera FTP ...

Page 82: ...s sent to the Administrator Off A warning mail is not sent to the Administrator Note When Overwrite is set to On a warning mail is not sent to the Administrator SMTP server name Type the name of the SMTP server for sending an e mail using up to 64 characters Otherwise type the IP address of the SMTP mail server SMTP port number Enter a port number from 25 to 65535 The standard port number is 25 If...

Page 83: ...pient of a warning mail e mail address of the camera Administrator using up to 64 characters OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Alarm recording Tab Setting the Image memory function when detecting the alarm You can set to record an image and audio file to the memory linked with an external sensor input or built in detection functions Alarm recording Select On to configure the se...

Page 84: ...larm post alarm If you do not select the alarm buffer only the image at the moment of 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 93 Note When Edge Storage is enabled the Alarm buffer is not available OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Periodical recording Tab Setting the perio...

Page 85: ...ule Menu on page 92 OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Folder structure of image memory When the image memory function is used images are recorded with the following folder structure A represents a folder created automatically The Date_No folder has an 14 digit name consisting of the year last 2 digits month 2 digits day 2 digits hour 2 digits minute 2 digits second 2 digits and...

Page 86: ...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 Not available for SNC CH180 CH280 when it is powered by PoE OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Setting the Edge Storage Edge Storage Menu SNC CH240 CH135 CH140 CH180 CH280 only When you click in the Administrator menu the Edge Storage menu appears ...

Page 87: ... recording time for the Pre alarm image audio and Post alarm image audio Pre alarm duration Type the recording time of the image audio before alarm detection Post alarm duration Type the recording time of the image audio after alarm detection Recording mode Always recording The recording is always active Alarm recording The recording will start when a condition as below is detected Condition The r...

Page 88: ...00 files recorded within one event a new folder is created automatically to continue recording For the details about the extension of a file See About the extension of a file on page 85 Setting the Alarm Output Alarm output Menu When you click in the Administrator menu the Alarm output menu appears You can perform setting in this menu to control the alarm output of the I O port on the rear of the ...

Page 89: ...ecify the period during which alarm detection is effective Click Schedule and the menu for the effective period is displayed Setting the Schedule Schedule Menu on page 92 OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Outputting Audio Linked to Alarm Detection Voice alert Menu Click in the Administrator menu to display the Voice alert menu Use this menu to set the voice alert function to ou...

Page 90: ...s are set to be output simultaneously linked with the same alarm type priority is given in the order Voice alert 1 2 then 3 Audio detection alarm is off during the playback of audio files Effective period Set the period during which alarm detection is effective Always Alarm detection is always effective Schedule You can specify the period during which alarm detection is effective Click Schedule an...

Page 91: ...r You can control the alarm outputput by clicking Alarm output 1 or Alarm output 2 Select the alarm ouput control mode from Toggle or Timer Toggle Each time you run a trigger On short circuit or Off open is switched Timer When you run a trigger the alarm output is switched to On and will automatically set to Off after the time specified in Duration has elapsed Duration When Timer is selected speci...

Page 92: ...of the e Mail SMTP menu FTP Schedule in the Alarm sending or Periodical sending tab of the FTP client menu Image memory Schedule in the Alarm recording or Periodical recording tab of the Image memory menu Alarm out Schedule in the Alarm out 1 or Alarm out 2 tab of the Alarm output menu Voice alert Schedule in the Voice alert 1 2 or 3 tab of the Voice alert menu Edge Storage Schedule button in the ...

Page 93: ...ize and image quality settings in the Camera menu OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 33 Setting the Sensor input Camera tampering detection Motion detection Audio detection Event detection Menu When you click in the Administrator menu the Event detection menu appears The Event detection menu consists of the Sensor input Camera tampering detection Motion detection and Audio detectio...

Page 94: ...arm recording and or audio file playback can be performed in synchronization with this alarm Disappearance When a moving object disappears from the designated area it will set off an alarm FTP client alarm sending image memory alarm recording and or audio file playback can be performed in synchronization with this alarm Capacity When the Capacity of moving objects in the reference area reaches def...

Page 95: ...n will add an inactive area window in the center of the screen When you place the cursor on the area the cursor changes to a crossed arrow which you can drag to move the area When you place the cursor on the vertex of the area the cursor changes to n which you can drag to move the vertex Delete Area Clicking this button will change the cursor to a button While the cursor is a button click on a par...

Page 96: ... maximum detection size area When you place the cursor on the vertex of the area the cursor changes to n Drag and move the vertex to adjust the detection size Moving shadow exemption Set ON OFF for the moving shadow exemption function of motion detection Selecting Do not respond to shadows will prevent the shadows of a moving object from being recognized as moving objects Remove the check to disab...

Page 97: ...inspection conditions of 2 are met within 3 seconds from when the inspection conditions of 1 are met x VMF status indicator The indicator is on when the set filter type conditions are met Filter settings Settings for each filter can be edited here The inspection line and active window are set to default values Edit according to use x VMF status indicator of each filter The filter is on when the se...

Page 98: ...ared in the trigger area Similar to an active window a trigger area can also be moved and vertexes can be moved added or deleted Disappearance This criterion is whether an object disappeared in the trigger area Similar to an active window a trigger area can also be moved and vertexes can be moved added or deleted Capacity This criterion is the number of objects found in the trigger area The quanti...

Page 99: ...size of the area cannot be modified from here Trigger speed Specify the range of the speed of object to inspect by determining Min speed and Max speed Min speed and Max speed can be specified within a scale of 100 The blue marker for minimum speed cannot be set to the right of the red marker for maximum speed The squares indicating Min speed and Max speed move on the right and left sides of the pr...

Page 100: ...t volume is indicated in a bar that helps you to calibrate detection levels Notes Test audio detection to confirm that it is functioning as desired The audio detection function sets the detection level automatically according to the statistical samples of input volume and the sensitivity Thus the detection level may differ even with the same sensitivity The detection of input volume cannot be upda...

Page 101: ...ied CD ROM To learn how to use the Custom Homepage see page 111 Note Not available for SNC CH180 CH280 when CF card is powered by PoE For details on supported cards contact your authorized Sony dealer To display your Custom homepage perform the following operation 1 Select Custom 2 Type the path of the HTML file using up to 64 characters in the text box on the right of Path 3 In Selected memory se...

Page 102: ... the header Registering in Cameras Specify a number on the camera list and set the IP address port number and comment for each camera Insert Click to register a camera in the camera list Modify Click to edit a selected camera list Delete Click to delete a selected camera list Down Click to decrement the number indicating registered camera numbers Up Click to increment the number indicating registe...

Page 103: ...rt streaming By checking this when Still image or Specified image is selected you can start play by clicking on the image Tip If the menu display is Off Blank cannot be selected Initial sound Set the initial volume for when streaming starts Check Muting for muting sound Note This setting is valid only when SNC ActiveX viewer is selected for Streaming method from Setting of the Plug in free viewer ...

Page 104: ...r details on the setting refer to Monitor of the Layout tab Monitor Displays a preview Preview Displays a preview on the monitor based on the current settings Default Resets the setting to that set in Viewer Layout tab Note The selected image size is not used for the preview screen Embedded script Displays the sample source for script HTML sample Displays the sample source for HTML ...

Page 105: ...twork tab window When you are using Windows Vista message User Account Control An unidentified program wants access to your computer may appear In this case click Allow How to use SNC toolbox Menu bar All functions can be selected from here File F menu Import Reads the Device list file CSV format Export Outputs the Device list in a CSV format file Close Exits SNC toolbox Edit E menu Cut Cuts off a...

Page 106: ...s the Panorama Creator dialog Not available with this product Custom HP Displays the Custom Homepage dialog Setting Displays the settings screen for the device Task Displays the Task List dialog Device tree view This function allows you to customize folders The registration details of My device can be displayed in tree format Search result folder When this folder is selected devices in the same se...

Page 107: ...layed menu A folder is added Enter a folder name of your choice Registering a device To register a device follow the procedure below Registering by Add Device Entry dialog Registering by drag drop Registering by copy paste Registering by Add Device Entry dialog 1 Select the folder to register the device 2 Right click the mouse and select Add Device Entry from the displayed menu The Add Device Entr...

Page 108: ... be deleted from the Device list or Device tree and right click the mouse Select Delete from the displayed menu or select Delete from the Edit menu Moving a device folder You can move a device folder by following either of the methods below Select a device folder from the Device list or Device tree and drag drop in the folder to move it to which will move the device folder Select a device folder f...

Page 109: ...p folder Set the backup folder for the setting file when an upgrade is performed Click Browse to display the folder selection dialog and specify the folder in which to save the file Show warning dialog when closing main window Select to display the warning message Remind me the risk when assigning IP Select to display the warning message Network tab Configure the HTTP proxy and FTP proxy When usin...

Page 110: ...alog Specify the folder to save the log Using Privacy Masking Masking a Camera Image The Privacy Masking function of SNC toolbox allows you to mask parts of the camera image to be transmitted 1 Select the camera to set a privacy mask from the Device list 2 Click Masking Using the Privacy Masking The Privacy Masking screen enables you to set the privacy mask position Click Masking to display the Pr...

Page 111: ... is close to the bottom of the image the background at the bottom may still be visible Clear Click to delete the privacy mask Color Specify the color or mosaic of privacy masks This setting is common to every privacy mask The selectable colors are as follows Black Gray1 Gray2 Gray3 Gray4 Gray5 Gray6 White Red Green Blue Cyan Yellow Magenta Clear All Click to delete all privacy masks simultaneously...

Page 112: ...e displayed menu The Firmware Upgrade screen is displayed Tip The Firmware Upgrade screen can also be displayed using the following method Select Firmware Upgrade from the Tools menu Device list Select the device to upgrade A progress bar is displayed when upgrading is in process The status field shows current status Module list To display the dialog click the Browse button to the right of the mod...

Page 113: ...n edit a task Delete You can delete a task Show Detail Displays the detailed information on a task Start This reserves a task Stop You can cancel a task reservation Cancel Closes the Task List Creating a task 1 Click Add Displays Task Wizard 2 Click Next 3 Select a device to which the task is assigned A list of devices registered in My device is displayed Select the device you want to assign the t...

Page 114: ... in units of weeks and days of the week Possible set value 1 to 99 Range of recurrence Specify the starting date and time and the end date and time Start Set the starting date Execution time Set the starting time No end date This setting does not set an end date End after Specify the number of times to execute the operation End by Set the end date 9 Click Next Check the setting when the final conf...

Page 115: ...u on page 41 Common Common Tab on page 41 Picture Picture Tab on page 43 Day Night Day Night Tab on page 45 Video codec Video codec Tab on page 46 Streaming Streaming Tab on page 50 Network Configuring the Network Network Menu on page 51 Network Network Tab on page 51 Wireless Wireless Tab Setting of wireless connection SNC CH240 CH135 CH140 CH180 CH280 only on page 52 QoS QoS Tab on page 55 IP ad...

Page 116: ...periodical FTP client activity on page 80 Image memory Recording Images in Memory Image memory Menu on page 81 Common Common Tab Setting the image memory function on page 82 Alarm sending Alarm recording Tab Setting the Image memory function when detecting the alarm on page 83 Periodical sending Periodical recording Tab Setting the periodical recording mode on page 84 FTP server Downloading Images...

Page 117: ...the index htm file on the CD ROM When you are using Windows Vista pop up Auto Play may appear For details Installing software in When using Windows Vista on page 11 2 Click the Setup icon of SNC audio upload tool The File Download dialog opens When you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later or Windows Vista a message regarding the active contents may appear For details see Installing softwar...

Page 118: ...from Internet Explorer Proxy address Type the IP address or host name of the proxy server Proxy port Type the port number used for communication with the proxy server Note The Proxy setting is applicable to all cameras You cannot use individual proxy settings for each camera Codec Select the audio mode Codec from the drop down list Save camera setting Check this box to store the current settings a...

Page 119: ...to open the following dialog Type the IP address and port number of the camera to be added and click OK Notes An error dialog appears if the specified IP address in the camera list is assigned for a device other than the network camera or does not exist in the network You cannot add new cameras if the maximum of 256 cameras has been reached Delete Click this button to delete the selected camera s ...

Page 120: ...L function Model Displays the model name of the network camera Serial Displays the serial number of the network camera Status Displays the current status of the camera Ready The camera is ready for connection Connected Camera connection was successful Fault Camera connection failed Sending Audio data is being transmitted Voice alert tab Use this menu to record sound via a microphone connected to t...

Page 121: ...rites the audio file previously uploaded to the camera Click this button to hide the camera list Click it again to display the camera list Target camera s Camera list Displays the cameras selected with the camera select checkbox of the camera list in the Setting tab The list shows information and status of selected cameras IP address Displays the IP address of a network camera DHCP is shown at the...

Page 122: ...Insert the CD ROM in your CD ROM drive A cover page appears automatically in your Web browser If it does not appear automatically in the Web browser double click on the index htm file on the CD ROM When you are using Windows Vista the pop up Auto Play may appear For details see Installing software in When using Windows Vista on page 11 2 Click the Setup icon of SNC video player The File Download d...

Page 123: ...ayback click stop To start playback from the beginning click start again Playback stops when the file is played to the end Playing from a specified point Move the slider bar below the image display and playback will start from the position of the slider bar Adjusting the sound Adjust the playing sound volume by moving the slider bar Move it to the left end for minimum volume and to the right end f...

Page 124: ... describe information on the location of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 4 Describes the case of mib 2 system sysContact 0 This field is used to describe information on the administrator of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 5 Describes the case of mib 2 system sysName 0 This field is used to describe the administration node of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 6 Describes...

Page 125: ...e host to send traps to ID describes the trap setting identification number 1 to 8 When you have finished changing the SNMP setting information using the above parameters 1 to 8 check the changed settings using an inquiry command If the changed settings are OK restart the SNMP using the following CGI command SNMP restart command Method GET POST Command Glossary ActiveX control A component program ...

Page 126: ...a second FTP client Software to be used for accessing the FTP server FTP server A server to be used to transfer files via a network HTTP port A port used to communicate between the web server and the web client such as a web browser H 264 An image compression format The standard written by the JVT Joint Video Team a joint organization for standardization composed of ISO and ITU T H 264 is capable ...

Page 127: ...server A server for sending or relaying e mail messages between servers SNMP A protocol for monitoring and managing network devices SSL Acronym for Secure Sockets Layer This is a protocol developed by Netscape Communications Corporation to be used for communications of encrypted data on the Internet Subnet mask 32 bit stream used to distinguish the subnet address from an IP address TCP Acronym for...

Page 128: ...ng 46 Current date time 36 Custom Homepage Installer 111 D Date time 36 date and time 36 Date and time format 36 Day Night 28 91 Day night mode 45 daylight saving time 37 Default gateway 51 53 Default policy 71 delete 40 Delete custom homepage 40 Delete voice alert file 40 device setting 114 DHCP server 51 53 Digital certificate 126 DNS server 51 53 Domain suffix 52 53 Downloading images 86 Dynami...

Page 129: ...rver name 58 75 83 port number 58 Portable module 102 Position 72 Position at alarm 72 Post alarm period 93 Pre alarm period 93 Preset 73 Preset call 73 preset position 23 26 Preset position Menu 72 preset position name 73 Preset tour 73 Primary DNS server 51 53 Privacy Masking tab 44 Private key password 66 Proxy port number 58 proxy server 58 Proxy server name 58 PSK 55 127 PTZ mode 36 Q QoS Tab...

Page 130: ...rigger 34 Trigger Menu 90 Type 53 U UDP 50 Unicast streaming 50 URL 58 Use the same time schedule every day 92 User 19 68 70 User Menu 70 User name 58 70 76 78 83 V Video codec 46 Video port number 50 View size 21 Viewer authentication 71 Viewer Menu 101 Viewer mode 19 71 Voice alert 34 90 91 Voice alert Menu 89 voice alert number select 121 volume 22 W welcome page 16 WEP 54 WEP key 54 Windows Fi...

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