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Network Camera
© 2004 Sony Corporation
SNC-DF70N/DF70P
User’s Guide
Software Version 1.1
Page 1: ...3 869 484 12 1 Network Camera 2004 Sony Corporation SNC DF70N DF70P User s Guide Software Version 1 1 ...
Page 2: ...of Administrator Menu 27 Configuring the System System setting menu 28 System Tab 28 Date time Tab 29 Initialize Tab 30 System log Tab 30 Access log tab 30 Setting the Camera Image and Audio Camera setting Menu 31 Common Tab 31 Picture Tab 32 Day Night Tab 33 MPEG4 Tab 34 JPEG Tab 35 Reset Tab 35 Configuring the Network Network setting Menu 36 Network Tab 36 PPPoE Tab Setting of PPPoE Connection 3...
Page 3: ... Rebooting the Camera 59 Using the SNC audio upload tool Transmitting Audio to Camera 59 Installing the SNC audio upload tool 59 Connecting the Camera to the Computer 60 Using the SNC audio upload tool 60 Using the SNC video player Playing Video Audio File Recorded on Camera 65 Download the SNC video player 65 Using the SNC video player 65 Using the Custom Homepage Installer 66 Uploading the homep...
Page 4: ...ast streaming is equipped Others Corresponding to PoE Power of Ethernet The camera is supplied with the IP Setup Program for easy performance of the network setting You should keep in mind that the images or audio you are monitoring may be protected by privacy and other legal rights and the responsibility for making sure you are complying with applicable laws is yours alone Access to the images an...
Page 5: ...crosystems Inc in the United States and other countries Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Super HAD CCD is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation IP66 is a protection grade provided under JIS and IEC IPELA and are trademarks of Sony Corporation All other company and product names are trademarks or regis...
Page 6: ...e ones which appear as you operate the application software Printing the User s Guide Depending on your system certain displays or illustrations in the User s Guide when printed out may differ from those as portrayed on your screen Installation Manual printed matter The supplied Installation Manual describes the names and functions of parts and controls of the Network Camera connecting examples an...
Page 7: ...tting see Configuring Windows Firewall in When using Windows XP Service Pack 2 on page 10 or Configuring Windows Firewall in When using Windows Vista on page 12 Assigning an IP address using the IP Setup Program 1 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...
Page 8: ... DNS server address To obtain the DNS server addresses automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically To specify the DNS server addresses manually Select Use the following DNS server address and type the Primary DNS server address and Secondary DNS server address in the relevant boxes Note The Third DNS server address and Fourth DNS server address are invalid for this camera 9 Set th...
Page 9: ...Installing software A warning message regarding the active contents may appear when you install software such as IP Setup Program from CD ROM In this case operate as follows Example In case of IP Setup Program If message Internet Explorer appears click Yes If message File Download Security Warning appears click Run Note If you select Save in the File Download Security Warning dialog you will not b...
Page 10: ...Setup Program or SNC audio upload tool may not operate correctly depending on the configuration of Windows Firewall No cameras are shown in the list even if they are detected In this case confirm the Windows Firewall configuration as follows Example In case of IP Setup Program 1 Select Control Panel from the Start menu of Windows 2 Select Security Center of the working field 3 Select Windows Firew...
Page 11: ...ontents may appear when you install software such as IP Setup Program from CD ROM In this case operate as follows Example In case of IP Setup Program If pop up AutoPlay appears when a CD ROM is inserted into the CD ROM drive click Install or run program Note If you click Open folder to view files Web browser will not open automatically In this case double click the index htm file in the CD ROM If ...
Page 12: ...ormation bar appears click on the bar and select Install ActiveX Control If message User Account Control Windows needs your permission to continue appear click Continue If Internet Explorer Security Warning appears click Install The installation of ActiveX Control starts When installation is completed the main viewer or the Motion detection setting menu appears Configuring Windows Firewall The IP ...
Page 13: ...ogram Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser When the IP address has been assigned to the camera check that you can actually access the camera using the Web browser installed in your computer Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser 1 Start the Web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera in the URL box The welcome page is displayed 2 Click Enter The main viewer is display...
Page 14: ...Medium for Internet Explorer To display the welcome page and the main viewer correctly To operate the welcome page and the main viewer correctly set the security level of the Internet Explorer to Medium or lower as follows 1 Select Tools from the menu bar for Internet Explorer then select Internet Options and click the Security tab 2 Click the Internet icon when using the camera via the Internet o...
Page 15: ...place Exposure mode page 32 Set the format of the image sent from the camera MPEG 4 or JPEG Video mode page 31 Select the brightness of the image sent from the camera Brightness page 33 Select the quality of the image sent from the camera MPEG4 Tab page 34 JPEG Tab page 35 Select the size of the image sent from the camera Image size page 31 Select weather the audio from the camera microphone is se...
Page 16: ...user can use the following functions z Usable function Not usable function 1 This function is usable with the Java applet viewer 2 This function is not usable with the Java applet viewer The access rights of the administrator and the user can be set in Setting the User User setting Menu on the Administrator menu on page 39 Function Administrator User Full Light View Monitor a live image z z z z Wa...
Page 17: ...efault See illustration on Step 1 above When the video mode is set to JPEG you can select ActiveX viewer or Java applet viewer For details see About Viewers on page 18 Welcome page when the video mode is JPEG 3 Select the viewer language Click English or Japanese at the bottom of the welcome page 4 Click Enter The main viewer appears With the ActiveX viewer With the Java applet viewer Control the ...
Page 18: ... ActiveX Control Java applet viewer You can select this viewer when the camera video mode is set to JPEG The frame rate is lower than the ActiveX viewer The Java applet viewer operates only when Java is installed and Java Sun is enabled If it does not operate correctly check whether the effective Java version has been installed successfully and Java Sun is enabled Effective version Java Plug in Ve...
Page 19: ...o JPEG Selects the frame rate to transmit images View size Selects the view size to be displayed page 21 Digital zoom Click to change the size of the digital zoom page 21 Capture Click to capture a still image shot by the camera and to store it in the computer See Capturing a Monitor Image on page 21 Trigger Displayed only when the camera Viewer mode page 39 is set to Full and one or more triggers...
Page 20: ...or Image The image shot by the camera is shown here Date and time is displayed at the top of the window Controlling the Monitor Image You can monitor the camera image on the monitor window of the main viewer Monitoring the camera image 1 Log in to the home page to display the main viewer You can see how to log in on page 17 Logging in as a User 2 Select the frame rate only when the camera Video mo...
Page 21: ...age is expanded by about 1 5 times with the clicked point at the center The digital zoom icon changes to 3 To cancel zooming in click icon Capturing a Monitor Image You can capture a monitoring image as a still image and save it in the computer Capturing a monitor image 1 Monitor the camera image in the monitor window 2 Click Capture icon The still image of the moment you click is captured and the...
Page 22: ...can send a captured still image with an attached mail or to the FTP server To use this function you need to make the e Mail SMTP and FTP client active and set the address properly in the Trigger setting menu on the Administrator menu page 52 Sending a Monitor Image via e Mail 1 Monitor the image on the monitor window 2 Select e Mail from the Trigger list box 3 Click Trigger icon The still image of...
Page 23: ...Trigger list box 3 Click Trigger icon The still image of the moment you click is captured and the image file is recorded in the built in memory of the camera Controlling Alarm output You can control the Alarm output On short circuit and Off open To use this function you need to make Alarm output active in the Trigger setting menu on the Administrator menu page 53 1 Monitor the image on the monitor...
Page 24: ... disable the software or select the TCP mode If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista disable Windows Firewall For details see Configuring Windows Firewall in When using Windows XP Service Pack 2 on page 10 or Configuring Windows Firewall in When using Windows Vista on page 12 1 Display the main viewer 2 Click TCP UDP transmission selector icon Transmission mode selector dialog ...
Page 25: ...When UDP Multicast is selected as the transmission port RTP Real time Transport Protocol and UDP multicast techniques are adopted for video audio transmission By selecting it the network transmission load of the camera can be reduced If a router which does not correspond to the multicast or the fire wall is installed between the camera and the computer the video audio may not played properly In th...
Page 26: ...o log in on page 17 Logging in as a User 2 Select the viewer language on the welcome page Click English or Japanese at the bottom of the welcome page 3 Click Setting in the welcome page The authentication dialog appears Enter the user name and password for Administrator The user name admin and password admin are set at the factory for the Administrator Administrator menu appears The following step...
Page 27: ...g menu for setting the user name and the password to log in Setting the User User setting Menu on page 39 Security Displays the security setting menu for specifying the computer allowed to connect to the camera Setting the Security Security setting Menu on page 40 e Mail SMTP Displays the e Mail SMTP setting menu for sending an e Mail Sending an Image via mail e Mail SMTP setting Menu on page 41 F...
Page 28: ... the principal settings of the software The System setting menu is composed of five tabs which are System Date time Initialization System Log and Access Log System Tab Title bar name Type a name to display on the title bar up to 32 characters The characters typed here are displayed on the title bar of the Web browser Welcome text Type a text to show on the welcome page with up to 1 024 characters ...
Page 29: ...e day and time Keep current setting Select when you do not need to set the date and time Synchronize with PC Select when synchronizing the camera s date and time with those of the computer Manual setting Select when you want to set the camera s date and time manually Select the lower 2 digits of year month date hour minutes and seconds from each drop down list Synchronize with NTP Select when sync...
Page 30: ...ions on the Web browser to specify the folder and save the setting data of the camera The file name preset at the factory is snc df70 cfg Restore setting Loads the stored setting data of the camera Click Browse and select the file in which the setting data is stored Then click OK and the camera is adjusted according to the loaded data and restarted Note With Restore setting some items in the Netwo...
Page 31: ...ulticast audio port number properly Multicast address Type the multicast address used on the Multicast streaming Multicast video port number Specify the video transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming Multicast audio port number Specify the audio transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming Image size You can select the image size sent from the network camera 640 480 V...
Page 32: ...6 32kbps G 726 24kbps or G 726 16kbps can be selected Note When the bit rate is set to other than G 711 64bps the audio is not output in case of using Java applet viewer Speaker output Set whether you output the audio sent from the computer connected with the audio input connectors to the speaker active speaker for example of the camera connected via line output connectors using SNC audio upload t...
Page 33: ...steps from 3 to 3 Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest saturation Sharpness Select the sharpness in 7 steps from 3 to 3 Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest sharpness Contrast Select the contrast in 7 steps from 3 to 3 Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest contrast Note The brightness saturation and contrast settings are effective for the images on a computer They are not ef...
Page 34: ...e MPEG image The selectable frame rates are the following SNC DF70N 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 20 25 30 fps SNC DF70P 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 20 25 fps fps is a unit indicating the number of frames transmitted per second Bit rate Set the bit rate of MPEG image transmission for a line Selectable values are 64 128 256 384 512 768 1024 1536 and 2048 kbps Note The selected frame rate and bit rate are a tentative...
Page 35: ...Set the quality of JPEG image Selectable values are from Level 1 to Level 5 Selecting level 5 gives the image with the highest quality Bandwidth control When the video mode is set to JPEG the network bandwidth can be limited Selectable bandwidths are 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 and Unlimited Mbps When you do not wish to limit the bandwidth select Unlimited OK Cancel See Buttons common to e...
Page 36: ...n be set only when Obtain an IP address automatically DHCP is selected Note When you select Obtain DNS server address automatically make sure that DHCP server is active on the network Use the following DNS server address Select this when you set the fixed address as the IP address of DNS server Primary DNS server Type the IP address of the primary DNS server Secondary DNS server Type the IP addres...
Page 37: ...y for PPPoE connection Type it from 1 to 32 characters Re type password To confirm the password re type the password typed in the password box Obtain DNS server address automatically Select to obtain the address of DNS server automatically Use the following DNS server address Select to set the fixed address as the IP address of DNS server Primary DNS server Type the IP address of the primary DNS s...
Page 38: ...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 HTTP request using up to 256 characters The URL is normally written as follows http ip_addres...
Page 39: ... Re type password FTP user 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 re type the password typed in the Password box FTP user Set whether allowed to log in to FTP server or not Check the box if allowed to log in to FTP server Viewer mode If the user is authenti...
Page 40: ... security function select On If you do not wish to use the security function select Off Default policy Select the basic policy of the limit from Allow and Deny for the computers specified on the Network address Subnet 1 to Network address Subnet 10 menus below Network address Subnet 1 to Network address Subnet 10 Type the IP addresses and subnet mask values you want to allow or deny access to the ...
Page 41: ...tion The image file can also be sent periodically e Mail SMTP setting menu is composed of three tabs Common Alarm sending and Periodical sending Common Tab Setting the SMTP Function e Mail SMTP Select On when you use the e Mail SMTP function The common setting options are displayed below If you do not wish to use the e Mail SMTP function select Off and click OK Notes During transmission of an imag...
Page 42: ...ages from the SMTP server Subject Type the subject title of the e Mail up to 64 characters When Alarm sending of the alarm tab is set to On the mail sent due to the alarm detection will indicate the type of alarm in the subject SI is added for sensor input detection and MD is added for motion detection Message Type the text of the e Mail up to 384 characters A line break is equivalent to 2 charact...
Page 43: ... the Effective period is displayed Setting the Schedule Schedule setting Menu on page 54 OK Cancel See Buttons common to every setting menu on page 27 Periodical sending Tab Setting the periodical mail sending mode You can set to send mails periodically Periodical sending Select On when you want to send mails periodically If you select Off Periodical sending is not executed Image file name Type th...
Page 44: ...turing and sending still images to an FTP server By using FTP client function you can send the image and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built in motion detection function to FTP server The image file can also be sent periodically FTP client setting menu is composed of three tabs Common Alarm sending and Periodical sending Common Tab Se...
Page 45: ...ber 2 digits thus 14 digit number is added to the file name Sequence number A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and an consecutive 2 digits number is added to the Image file name Tip A consecutive number added to Date time and Sequence number is used to identify each of multiple files created with one alarm event Sequence number clear Click Clear to reset the Sequen...
Page 46: ...its date 2 digits hour 2 digits minute 2 digits and second 2 digits and consecutive number 2 digits thus 14 digit number is added to the file name Sequence number A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 is added to the Image file name Sequence number clear Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1 Interval Type the interval a...
Page 47: ...e built in memory Overwrite Select to overwrite the file or not when there is insufficient memory space to record the image Select On to overwrite from the oldest file or folder Select Off to prohibit overwriting In this case a new file cannot be stored Capacity warning Select On to send a warning mail to the Administrator when the built in memory space is low or the memory is full Select Off if y...
Page 48: ...s 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 multiple files created with one alarm event Sequence number clear Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1 Alarm Select the connected alarm Sensor input The external sensor which is connected t...
Page 49: ... in the built in memory periodically You can set the hour H minutes M and seconds S between 1 second and 24 hours one day Note The actual interval may be longer than the set value depending on the image size or the network environments Effective period Set the period when the periodical recording is effective Always The periodical recording is always effective Schedule You can specify the period w...
Page 50: ... Administrator menu the FTP server setting menu appears Use this menu to set up for the FTP server function which finds a specified image and audio file stored in the built in memory of the camera about 8 MB or download the still image file from the camera FTP server function To activate the FTP server function select On and click OK When you do not use the FTP server function select Off and click...
Page 51: ...s detected the alarm output status changes Sensor input External sensor connected to sensor input of the camera I O port Motion detection To set the motion detection function click Motion detection The Motion detection setting menu appears see page 55 Note The motion detection function can activate or be set only when the Video mode of the camera is set to MPEG4 and the Cropping is set Off Alarm d...
Page 52: ... Mail SMTP button the Trigger e Mail SMTP menu is displayed You can set necessary options here The setting options and setting procedures are the same as those of the e Mail SMTP setting menu page 41 Note While the Video mode is set to MPEG4 the image of the composite video signal output from the video output connector of the camera may be distorted during mail transmission FTP client Checking thi...
Page 53: ...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 and clicking the Trigger icon 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 clicking the Trigger ic...
Page 54: ...re applied to all days In this case the Start time and End time of the other days than Mon Monday cannot be input OK Cancel See Buttons common to every setting menu on page 27 Setting the Alarm Buffer Alarm buffer setting Menu When you click Alarm buffer on the Administrator menu the Alarm buffer Setting menu appears You can set the Pre alarm image and audio the image and audio before the alarm de...
Page 55: ...displayed when you click Motion detection in Alarm sending of e Mail SMTP setting menu Alarm sending of FTP client setting menu Alarm recording of Image memory setting menu and so on Notes The motion detection function can activate or be set only when the Video mode of the camera is set to MPEG4 and the Cropping is set Off Before actual use perform an operation test and confirm that the Motion det...
Page 56: ...ction Adjust it referring to the level indicator of Motion detection To increase the sensitivity move the Sensitivity slider bar to the right To decrease move it to the left When you release the mouse the new setting is applied to the level of motion detection indicator 4 Set the Threshold level of Motion detection Adjust the Threshold slider bar in the same way of step 3 to set the level the came...
Page 57: ...ring Windows Firewall in When using Windows Vista on page 12 Starting the Setup Program Select Program from Start menu of Windows then select Program IP Setup Program and IP Setup Program in sequence The IP Setup Program starts Network tab appears The IP Setup Program detects cameras connected to the local network and lists them on the Network tab window When you are using Windows Vista message Us...
Page 58: ...e and time set on the computer is displayed in the PC current date time setting box Click OK on the right to set the camera s date and time to the displayed computer s date and time Note Due to network properties there may be a slight difference between the displayed computer s date and time and those set on the camera PPPoE Tab PPPoE is used to connect to an ISP Internet Service Provider via the ...
Page 59: ...s section explains the setup and operations of the SNC audio upload tool The SNC audio upload tool supports the following audio data to be transmitted Note Only one user can transmit sound to the camera Meanwhile another user will not be able to transmit sound to the camera Installing the SNC audio upload tool 1 Insert the CD ROM in your CD ROM drive A cover page appears automatically in your Web ...
Page 60: ...tab The Recording Control window opens 3 Check Select in the Microphone section On Windows Vista There are no settings regarding the microphone jack If recording cannot be made connect a microphone device to the computer and check that the recording device operates correctly as follows 1 Select Sound from Control Panel 2 Open the Recording tab and check that Windows has recognized the hardware cor...
Page 61: ...s Firewall in When using Windows Vista on page 12 The SNC audio upload tool cannot detect the cameras that are connected to the local network after the program has started The SNC audio upload tool cannot detect the network cameras that are not equipped with the audio feature Camera select checkbox The check box is located on the left end of the row Select this check box to enable audio transmissi...
Page 62: ...mmon tab of the Camera setting menu N start x stop Click N start to start audio transmission The transmission speed is displayed in the Bitrate box during transmission You can adjust the microphone volume and enable disable the muting if necessary To stop the audio transmission click x stop Notes Audio transmission stops if you switch the tab during the transmission Audio may be interrupted when t...
Page 63: ...cording recording stops and you can review the recorded sound or upload the recording to the camera When you click it during playback playback stops and the progress bar display returns to the start position recording Click to start recording of the sound input to the computer microphone The maximum recording time is 30 seconds The codec specified in the Setting tab is used for the recording The r...
Page 64: ...a DHCP is shown at the end of the IP address when the IP address is obtained with a DHCP server Model Displays the model name of the network camera Serial Displays the serial number of the network camera Progress Displays the progress of audio file transmission Status Displays the current status of the camera Ready The camera is ready for connection Inquiry The camera information is being asked fo...
Page 65: ...display and Not to display of the file information Model name Model name of the camera with which the file is recorded IP address IP address of the camera with which the file is recorded Serial number Serial number of the camera with which the file is recorded Record event Type of event used for the recording Sensor input or Motion detection Date time Recording date and time Movie Video Codec Audi...
Page 66: ...are using Windows Vista pop up AutoPlay may appear For details Installing software in When using Windows Vista on page 11 2 Click the Start icon of Custom Homepage Installer The File Download dialog opens When you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista a message regarding the active contents may appear For details see Installing software in When using Windows XP Service Pack 2 on pag...
Page 67: ...an FTP proxy server Select Use FTP proxy server and type your settings in the Proxy server address and Proxy server port No boxes Note If you cannot establish communications with the camera using the proxy server being used connect the camera to the local network and run the installer without using the proxy server 9 Type the Administrator name and Administrator password of the camera to be upload...
Page 68: ...e following line is displayed on the command prompt hold down Ctrl and press C The display stops You will normally receive a reply after about 5 repetitions of Request time out 4 Wait until the execution of PING finishes then input the following code Note If you do not receive a reply check the following Did you enter the ARP commands within 5 minutes after it was turned on If not turn off the cam...
Page 69: ...is used to describe information on the location of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 4 describesthecaseof mib 2 system sysContact 0 This field is used to describe the information on administrator of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 5 describes the case of mib 2 system sysName 0 This field is used to describe administration node of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 6 descri...
Page 70: ...trap ID communityName IpAddressString Set the host you want to send traps to ID describes the setting identification number 1 to 8 communityName describes the community name to send traps to and IpAddressString describes the IP address of the host to send traps to Example To specify the destination of traps as the private community and the ID number 1 trap 1 public 192 168 0 101 7 delcommunity ID ...
Page 71: ...posure mode 32 F Factory default 30 factory settings 30 flash memory 29 format of date and time 29 Frame rate 19 20 frame rate 19 20 free space 47 FTP client 27 52 FTP client setting Menu 44 FTP server 27 44 FTP server setting Menu 50 H Home 19 Homepage Custom Tool 66 Host name 36 HTTP 38 HTTP request 38 I Image memory 23 27 image memory 23 27 Image memory setting Menu 47 Image size 31 image size ...
Page 72: ...28 special tags 38 subnet mask 36 System 27 28 system configuring 28 System log 30 T TCP 24 TCP UDP 19 24 time difference 29 Time zone 29 time zone 29 title 38 title bar 28 Title bar name 28 Trigger 19 22 27 52 trigger 19 22 27 52 Trigger setting Menu 52 U UDP Multicast 25 UDP Unicast 24 URL 28 User 16 27 39 user 16 27 39 User name 39 user name 39 user setting 39 User setting Menu 39 V View size 1...
