3-815-910-11 (1)
Network Camera
© 2003 Sony Corporation
SNC-CS3N/CS3P
User’s Guide
Software Version 1.0
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Page 2: ...imits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference wll not occur in a particular installation If this ...
Page 3: ...TAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein may also be governed by the ter...
Page 4: ...n Security usage setting Page 26 Setting the Security Function Securing setting Page 26 Sending Images to FTP Server FTP client setting Page 27 Activating Deactivating the FTP Client Function FTP client usage setting Page 27 Setting the FTP Client Function FTP client setting Page 27 Alarm mode setting Section 28 Periodical sending mode setting Section 28 Operating the Digest Viewer 29 Downloading ...
Page 5: ...41 Others Using the Supplied Setup Program 42 Assigning the IP Address Using the Setup Program 42 Changing the Communication Bandwidth 44 Setting the Date and Time 44 Rebooting the Camera 45 Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Commands 45 Using the SNMP 46 1 Inquiry Commands 46 2 Setting Commands 46 Storing an HTML File in the Built in Flash Memory 48 Index 50 ...
Page 6: ...the trigger Periodic recording of still images is also possible Image transmission using an E mail or FTP server You can send a still image from the camera as an attachment of an E mail or to an FTP server at the moment when a trigger by the external sensor input built in activity detection function or manual trigger button occurs You can also send still images sequentially for a determined period...
Page 7: ...cautions Be sure to follow the general safety precautions and the Operating Precautions In case of a breakdown In case of system breakdown discontinue use and contact your authorized Sony dealer In case of abnormal operation If the unit emits smoke or an unusual smell If water or other foreign objects enter the cabinet or If you drop the unit or damage the cabinet 1 Disconnect the camera cable and...
Page 8: ...select Internet Options and Security tab in sequence 2 Click the Internet icon when using the camera via the Internet or Local intranet icon when using the camera via a local network 3 Set the slider to Medium or lower If the slider is not displayed click Default Level When using antivirus software in the computer When you use antivirus software in your computer the camera performance may be reduc...
Page 9: ... restart Then restart Internet Explorer When Microsoft VM is not installed Install Java VM of Sun Microsystems Inc Download Java VM from Sun HomePage and install it following the instructions on the installer Then select Tool from the menu bar of Internet Explorer and select Internet Option and the Advanced tab in sequence Check Java Sun and restart Internet Explorer ActiveX viewer It displays the...
Page 10: ...on By clicking the trigger button you can control various applications manually See Controlling the Application Manually on page 12 User access right Level 3 or Level 4 is required for this function Setting Displays the Administrator menu See Configuration of Administrator Menu Page on page 16 User access right Level 4 is required for this function Home Displays the Welcome page Image Control Sect...
Page 11: ... indicate FPS the number of frames transmitted per second With Fastest the camera transmits the maximum number of frames possible for the connected line The maximum frame rate is 30 FPS for the SNC CS3N and 25 FPS for the SNC CS3P Note The frame rate options indicate the maximum number of frames that can be transmitted The number of frames actually transmitted may vary depending on the network env...
Page 12: ...ress es specified on the SMTP setting page To use this function you need to select the Use SMTP function option and the Manual mode on the SMTP setting page For details see Sending an Image via E mail SMTP setting Page on page 31 Recording a Still Image on the Built in Memory of the Camera If you select Memory save and click the current still image is captured and stored in the memory To use this ...
Page 13: ...nt still image is captured and displayed on the monitor image section To save the captured image Right click on the monitor image and select Save As from the menu Then the Save Picture dialog appears Type the file name and specify the destination to which the image file is to be stored and click Save The image is saved in the JPEG format ...
Page 14: ...eode is not installed install it following the manual supplied with the Pocket PC Logging in to Homepage Welcome Page 1 Start the web browser on the Pocket PC and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor The welcome page of Network Camera SNC CS3 is displayed 2 Tap Viewer The main viewer page appears Notes If the page is not displayed correctly tap the Refresh button on the web browse...
Page 15: ...ailed explanation on each part or control see the specified pages Main viewer page Monitor Image Section If you set the Image size menu on the Camera setting page to 160 120 see page 20 a higher frame rate is obtained with the Pocket PC Image Control Section Tap to start the viewer operation The name of the button changes to Stop Tap to stop the viewer operation The image refreshment stops The nam...
Page 16: ...splays the Network setting page See Configuring the Network Network setting Page on page 22 User Displays the User setting page See Setting the User User setting Page on page 25 Security Displays the Security setting page See Setting the Security Security setting Page on page 26 Application menu FTP client Displays the FTP client setting page See Sending Images to FTP Server FTP client setting Pag...
Page 17: ...utton to return to the top of the setting page General notes on setting pages After changing a setting on a setting page wait at least 10 seconds before turning off the power of the camera If the power is turned off immediately the changed setting may not be stored correctly When you display the Area setting page or Activity detection setting page the size of the image on the main viewer page may ...
Page 18: ...ustom Homepage Installer see page 48 3 Type the path of the homepage in the text box up to 64 characters System log Click View to display the Log file events page The Log file events page shows the software version and troubleshooting information Access log Click View to display the Access log page The Access log page shows the history of accessing the camera Date time setting Section Current date...
Page 19: ...ng to the NTP server time between 1 and 24 hours The set interval is a guide and does not indicate the exact time This setting is valid when the Synchronization with NTP server menu is set to On Note The time adjusted by this function may be slightly in error depending on the network environments between the camera and the NTP server Initialization Section Backup setting Saves the setting data of ...
Page 20: ...rom Level 1 to Level 10 A higher level gives a higher image quality but the frame rate decreases as the data size increases Tip The following table shows the relation between the data size of a 24 bit image 8 bits for each R G and B and the compression rate for each Level setting in case of 640 480 image Image Select Color or Monochrome Area setting When the image size is 736 480 or 640 480 for th...
Page 21: ...etting items required for each setting appear Auto Iris lens Select this option when you use an auto iris lens CCD Iris Select this option when you use a fixed iris lens to adjust the exposure using the electronic shutter and AGC Automatic Gain Control Manual Adjust the electronic shutter and gain manually AGC Automatic Gain Control Adjusts the gain automatically according to the lighting conditio...
Page 22: ... on the Camera setting page to the factory settings Configuring the Network Network setting Page When you click Network on the Administrator menu the Network setting page appears Use this page to configure the network to connect the camera and the computer Wired LAN setting Section This section provides the menus for connecting the camera through the network cable DHCP Select On to assign the IP a...
Page 23: ...et the HTTP port No to a number other than 80 on the Network setting page or in the Setup Program access the camera by typing the IP address of the camera on the web browser as follows Example when HTTP port No is set to 8000 Notifying the IP Address Dynamic IP address notification Section When the DHCP menu is set to On you can send the notification of the completion of the network settings Wired...
Page 24: ...you send HTTP commands via a proxy server type the name or IP address of the proxy server up to 64 characters Proxy port No Specify the port number when you send HTTP commands via the proxy server Set the port number between 1024 and 65535 Method Select the HTTP method GET or POST About the special tags You can use the following five special tags to allow the notification of the settings acquired ...
Page 25: ...l 1 to Level 4 The rights afforded to each access right are as follows Level 1 Level 2 Allows monitoring of the camera image including some operations for monitoring Level 3 Allows monitoring of the camera image and manual application operations Level 4 Allows all the access right as Administrator No access right Use this option when you want to prohibit access to the camera temporarily User acces...
Page 26: ...sically deny access to the camera and only allow access from the computers specified on the Network address Subnet 1 to Network address Subnet 10 menus 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 camera You can specify up to 10 IP addresses and subnet mask values For a subnet mask type 8 to 32 To tempora...
Page 27: ... server name to upload still images up to 64 characters or the IP address of the FTP server User name Type the user name for the FTP server Password Type the password for the FTP server Re type password To confirm the password type the same characters as you typed in the Password box Remote path Type the path to the destination up to 64 characters Image file name Type the basic file name you want ...
Page 28: ... activity detection function built in the camera To set the activity detection function click Activity detection The Activity detection setting page appears see page 40 Available period Select the period for which the selected alarm mode is available Always The selected alarm mode is available any time Use scheduler The selected alarm mode is available according to the schedule selected in Schedul...
Page 29: ...o enable the Backup function Notes The Backup sending mode cannot be set to On when the image memory function page 38 is activated When you want to use the Backup function deactivate the image memory function When the backup memory capacity is full or the backup images exceed 2 560 new image data will not be stored The previously stored images are retained Backup image data is erased when the powe...
Page 30: ...ious When a still image is displayed click this button to display the previous numbered still image Still Click this button to stop playing temporarily Stop Click to stop playing The still image of number 1 is displayed Downloading Images from the Camera FTP server setting Page When you click FTP server on the Administrator menu the FTP server setting page appears Use this page to set up for the F...
Page 31: ...k SMTP on the Administrator menu the SMTP setting page appears Use this page to set up for the SMTP function that can capture and send a still image attached to an E mail You can capture a still image at the moment when a trigger occurs by an external sensor input the built in activity detection function or a manual trigger button The captured still image is sent as an atttachment of the E mail Yo...
Page 32: ...d to the basic file name Sequence No clear Click Apply to reset the Sequence number suffix to 0 Mode Select the mode of the SMTP function Manual Sends a still image attached to an E mail manually After selecting Manual click OK The SMTP function mode is set to Manual In this mode when you click the Trigger button on the main viewer page a still image is captured and sent via an E mail See Controll...
Page 33: ...lick to select the check box es 1 to 6 You can select multiple schedules To check the contents of schedules click Schedule check See Setting the Schedule Schedule setting Page on page 39 Setting the Alarm Out 1 or 2 Alarm out 1 or 2 setting Page When you click Alarm out 1 on the Administrator menu the Alarm out 1 setting page appears When you click Alarm out 2 on the Administrator menu the Alarm o...
Page 34: ... period for which the alarm mode is available Always The alarm mode is available any time Use scheduler The alarm mode is available according to the schedule selected on the Schedule No menu below Schedule No When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period menu select the schedule you want the alarm mode being available Click to select the check box es 1 to 6 You can select multiple schedul...
Page 35: ...ame rate and operability on the main viewer page may decrease during image storage The image memory function cannot be activated if the Backup sending mode menu is set to On To use the image memory function set the Backup sending mode menu to Off Recording an Image in the Memory Image memory setting Page Image file name Type the basic file name you want to assign to the images when saving in the m...
Page 36: ...iodical recording mode setting section appears see page 37 Alarm mode setting Section Alarm Select the alarm to link the Image memory function If the selected alarm is detected a still image is captured and recorded in the selected memory Sensor External sensor connected to sensor input of the camera I O port Activity detection The activity detection function built in the camera To set the activit...
Page 37: ...ewer runs and you can view the still pictures in the alarm buffer in sequence quasi animation See Operating the Digest Viewer on page 29 Note If the Suffix menu is set to None you cannot select On When you want to use the digest viewer set the Suffix menu to Date Time or Sequence number Back OK See Buttons common to every setting page on page 17 Directory Structure of Image Memory The images are r...
Page 38: ...recorded at the moment when an alarm is detected OK Cancel See Buttons common to every setting page on page 17 Communicating Data via Serial Port Serial setting Page When you click Serial on the Administrator menu the Serial setting page appears Use this page to set up for the date communication via the serial interface You can input data from a computer via the network to the camera and output it...
Page 39: ...7 or 8 bits Stop bits Select the stop bit for the peripheral device connected to the serial interface 1 or 2 bits OK Cancel See Buttons common to every setting page on page 17 Setting the Schedule Schedule setting Page When you click Schedule on the Administrator menu the Schedule setting page appears Use this page to set up to six schedules used for the FTP client function SMTP function Alarm out...
Page 40: ...ry setting page on page 17 Setting the Activity Detection Area Set the activity detection working area as follows 1 Determine the view angle of the camera at which you want to perform activity detection using the zoom 2 Click Activity detection on the Administrator menu A still picture is captured and the Activity detection setting page appears 3 Hold down the mouse left button and drag it diagona...
Page 41: ...s Click Apply to display the pop up on all the computers monitoring the camera Alarm pop up text Display mode Select the computer on which you want to display a pop up when an alarm is input Administrator The pop up is displayed only on the computer monitoring the camera image as the Administrator All users The pop up is displayed on all the computers monitoring the camera image Sensor Activity de...
Page 42: ...ddress to the Camera in the supplied Installation Manual Assigning the IP Address Using the Setup Program 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM disc into your CD ROM drive 2 Double click the Setup folder in the CD ROM drive 3 Double click Setup exe 4 Install the IP Setup Program to your computer following the wizard displayed If the Software License Agreement is displayed read it carefully and accept the a...
Page 43: ...r address in each box Note The Third DNS server address and Fourth DNS server address are invalid for this camera 9 Set the HTTP port number Normally select 80 for the HTTP port number To use another port number select the text box and type a port number between 1024 and 65535 10 Type the Administrator name and Administrator password The default settings of both items are admin Note You cannot cha...
Page 44: ...he camera you want to set the date and time for You can select multiple cameras and set the date and time simultaneously 3 Select the date time format from the Date time format drop down list 4 Select the area where the camera is installed from the Time zone selecting drop down list 5 Set the date and time You can set the date and time in two ways Manual setting Set the current date and time on th...
Page 45: ...mera you want assign a new IP address to using the following ARP commands Example 3 When the following line is displayed on the DOS window hold down Ctrl and press C You will normally receive the reply after about 5 repetitions of Request time out Note If you do not receive the reply check the following Did you enter the ARP commands within 5 minutes after the camera was turned on If not turn off ...
Page 46: ...tem sysLocation 0 This field is used to describe the information on the location of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 4 describes the instance of mib 2 system sysContact 0 This field is used to describe the information on the administrator of this camera Nothing is set at the factory 5 describes the instance of mib 2 system sysName 0 This field is used to describe the administration node o...
Page 47: ...mmunity 2 w private 0 0 0 0 6 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 rap 1 public 196...
Page 48: ... until the camera has restarted completely 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM disc into your CD ROM drive 2 Double click the Homepage folder in the CD ROM drive 3 Double click CustomHomepageInstaller exe The installer starts and notes are displayed 4 Read the notes carefully and click Next The Software License Agreement is displayed 5 Read the agreement carefully select Agree if you accept it then click...
Page 49: ... for the folder in which your homepage is stored in the Source folder box then click Next 12 Click OK Uploading of the homepage file starts The following page will appear after a while The camera will be restarted automatically in two minutes and storing to the built in flash memory is completed 13 Click Finish to exit the program ...
Page 50: ...P client function 27 FTP server 12 27 FTP server function 30 G gain 22 H HTML file 48 HTTP 24 38 HTTP server 23 I image control section 10 11 12 15 image memory function 35 image quality 20 image size 10 20 Internet Explorer 8 IP address 8 22 42 IP address notification 23 J Java applet viewer 9 L loading the setting data 19 logging in 8 login page 8 M MAC address 22 main viewer page 10 15 memory 3...
Page 51: ... 38 TCP port 38 time difference 18 title 23 title bar 17 trigger control parts 12 trimming 20 U URL 18 user authentication 25 user name 25 user setting 25 V view size 11 viewer 9 W welcome page 8 14 17 white balance mode 21 ...
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