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Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser

• When you install ActiveX Control, you should be 

logged in to the computer as Administrator.

Tip

Every page of this software is optimized for Internet 
Explorer in 

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 

Security

 tab.

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, etc., on 
the computer

• When you use antivirus software, security software, 

personal firewall or pop-up blocker on your computer, 
the camera performance may be reduced, for example, 
the frame rate for displaying the image may be lower.

• The Web page displayed when you log in to the 

camera uses JavaScript. The display of the Web page 
may be affected if you use antivirus software or other 
software described above on your computer.

Using the SSL function

When Internet Explorer is used

When you enter the camera IP address, “Certificate 
Error” may appear according to the status of the 
certificate set on the camera.
In this case, click 

Continue to this website (not 

recommended).

 to continue.

The live viewer window appears (in SSL 
communication).

When “Allow HTTP connection for some 
clients” (page 34)
 is checked

To use HTTP and SSL connections separately to access, 
enter the following in the address box of the browser.

For HTTP connection

http://192.168.0.100/index.html?lang=en

For SSL connection

https://192.168.0.100/index.html?lang=en

Summary of Contents for SRG-300SE

Page 1: ...olor Video Camera User s Guide Software Version 3 0 Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference SRG 300SE 301SE 201SE C 055 100 14 1 2014 Sony Corporation ...

Page 2: ... System Menu 20 Information Tab 20 Date time Tab 20 Installation Tab 21 Initialize Tab 22 System log Tab 23 Access log Tab 23 Service Tab 23 Setting the Camera Image Video Menu 23 Picture Tab 23 Video codec Tab 25 Superimpose Tab 26 Day Night ICR Tab 27 Setting the Camera Audio Audio Menu 28 Audio Tab 28 Configuring the Network Network Menu 29 Network Tab 29 QoS Tab 31 Setting the Security Securit...

Page 3: ... the Remote Controller 52 Main Menu 52 Setting Menu 52 Control Button Display Section 53 EXPOSURE Menu 54 WHITE BALANCE Menu 55 PICTURE Menu 55 PAN TILT ZOOM Menu 56 SYSTEM Menu 57 STATUS Menu 58 Others Message List 59 Troubleshooting 60 Menu Configuration 61 Preset Items 63 Glossary 64 Index 66 ...

Page 4: ...m 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 LIABLE FOR ANY...

Page 5: ...isplays may be different from the ones that appear in actual use The illustrations of the camera and menu display in the User s Guide show the SRG 300SE as an example Only supported functions are displayed 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 that appear on your screen Remote Controller You c...

Page 6: ...number of users that can view changes depending on the video and audio settings If the simultaneous connections via a network increase the frame rate may decrease Operating Environment Requirements The following operating environment is necessary for the computer to display images and the controls of the camera August 2017 OS Microsoft Windows 7 32 bit version 64 bit version Windows 8 1 Pro 32 bit...

Page 7: ...n is available for VISCA CONTROL You need to match the communication speed between the camera and the remote controller If you change the settings of the communication speed and video format operate it using the browser display via a network You cannot change the settings from the menu display connected with the SDI OUT connector For details concerning operation and the setting of the camera using...

Page 8: ...s available for VISCA CONTROL You need to match the communication speed between the camera and the remote controller If you change the settings of the communication speed and video format operate it using the browser display via a network You cannot change the settings from the menu display connected with the SDI OUT connector Camera HD video monitor VTR etc Camera Camera Video switcher Remote Con...

Page 9: ...an tilt and zoom operations System Configuration Notes You cannot use the RS 422 connection when using the LAN connection When you control the camera by using the LAN connection use a shielded twisted pair network cable that is category 5 or higher HD video monitor PC for the setting Camera Video signal Remote Control LAN signal Signal flow Video switcher Remote Controller not supplied Switching h...

Page 10: ...the camera to access other websites while you set or after setting the camera You will remain logged in to the camera as long as the browser is open so to prevent an unintended third party s use or execution of malicious programs close the browser after you finish setting the camera How to set up 1 Set the network address of the camera using SNC toolbox For details about how to use SNC toolbox ref...

Page 11: ...amera is DHCP in the factory setting 2 Start the Web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera in the URL address bar The live viewer window is displayed Display sample Notes The maximum of users on the network who can see a viewer concurrently for video and audio is 10 However if the transmission ability of the camera is overloaded access to the camera may not be possible even...

Page 12: ...se antivirus software security software personal firewall or pop up blocker on your computer the camera performance may be reduced for example the frame rate for displaying the image may be lower The Web page displayed when you log in to the camera uses JavaScript The display of the Web page may be affected if you use antivirus software or other software described above on your computer Using the ...

Page 13: ...de 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 view size of the image image codec and frame rate Also still images and movies can be saved movie saving can also be stopped from here Audio output levels can be adjusted Screen mode Select the display mode of the live viewer from Window or Full Scr...

Page 14: ...w button the direction in which you want to move the camera Keep it pressed to move the camera continuously To return to the home position click When returning to the home position the positions of pan tilt zoom and focus is returned to the factory setting 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 ...

Page 15: ...e return to the initial setting by deleting the file below For example the main drive is C C Users User name AppData Roaming Sony SNCActiveXViewer SNCActiveXViewer_configuratio n ini Plug in free viewer control bar Live viewer using Plug in free viewer Display sample Control bar The following operation buttons are available Setting You can set the image size frame rate PTZ operation mode and image...

Page 16: ...ion click When returning to the home position the positions of pan tilt zoom and focus is returned to the factory setting 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 Focus cont...

Page 17: ... the image Panning tilting and zooming by specifying the area Area zoom mode Click and hold the left button of the mouse on the monitor image and drag the mouse diagonally to draw a red frame around the portion you want to enlarge The camera moves so that framed portion is positioned at the center of the display and is zoomed in Notes When Digital zoom in the PTZF control menu is set to On zooming...

Page 18: ...eo audio playback is smoother than when TCP HTTP is selected If a firewall is installed between the camera and the computer or depending on the network environment video audio may not play back properly when Unicast is selected In this case select TCP Multicast This protocol is selectable when Multicast streaming in the Streaming tab of the Streaming menu is set to Enable When Multicast is selecte...

Page 19: ... at the factory for the Administrator Change the password from the factory setting for the security of your devices 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 page 20 for details of the menu tabs a...

Page 20: ...ing the PTZF control PTZF control Menu on page 42 Streaming Displays the Streaming menu for setting sending Setting of the Transmission Streaming Menu on page 44 Configuring the System System Menu When you click in the Administrator menu the System menu appears Use this menu to perform the principal settings of the software The System menu consists of the following tabs Information Date time Insta...

Page 21: ...he input format is compliant with IEEE 1003 1 section 8 3 standard Format stdoffset dst offset start time end time std 3 to 100 character strings offset time difference displayed in dst name of summer time offset offset of summer time default time is 1 hour start start date and time of summer time end end date and time of summer time Values in can be omitted For example In case of UTC 06 00 Centra...

Page 22: ...this item is checked only the current network settings will be retained after reset Click Factory default and the message This System will be rebooted Are you sure appears When you click OK the network indicator on the camera starts to blink After adjustments of the default settings have finished the camera reboots automatically Do not turn off the camera until the camera reboots Tip The camera ca...

Page 23: ...appears Use this menu to set the functions of the camera The Video menu consists of the Picture Video codec Superimpose and Day Night ICR tabs Picture Tab You can set the color conditions exposure etc of the camera Preview screen Preview the image and adjust the picture setting Exposure You can also set from the remote controller See EXPOSURE Menu on page 54 Mode Adjust the settings of exposure Fu...

Page 24: ...ke some time to reflect the setting value During that time the setting value on the display does not match with the actual setting value By reloading the browser the correct setting value is displayed Iris Select the amount of iris F value from the list box This function can be selected only when Mode is set to Iris priority Manual Note When you change the current F value to a value that differs g...

Page 25: ...lectable image size frame rate and image quality for Image 2 and Image 3 may be limited depending on the setting of codec type image size and frame rate for Image 1 When the image size is set to 1920 1080 you cannot set the frame rate over 30 fps if the bit rate is set to 16000 kbps or faster When the image size is set to 1920 1080 you cannot set the bit rate over 8000 kbps if the frame rate is se...

Page 26: ...ge codec to JPEG or Bit rate compression mode to VBR when Image codec is set to H 264 the image quality setting will be enabled Selectable values are from 1 to 10 When 10 is selected the best image quality is achieved Selectable values are changed depending on the setting Maximum bit rate limit Enable the check box when Bit rate compression mode is set to VBR to set the maximum value of the bit ra...

Page 27: ...d text Alignment Set the horizontal position of the superimposed text Transparent Select the background color transparent of the superimposed text When you select Off transparent is not available OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 19 Day Night ICR Tab Use this tab to set the day night ICR function of the camera Mode Select the day night ICR mode This function has the following mode...

Page 28: ...ngs for sending audio Auto gain control Controls the audio input level to a suitable volume level automatically Equalizer Uses to change the frequency response of audio in accordance with its use environment Off Disable the equalizer setting Low cut Reduces the noise from air conditioners and a projector etc and cuts low frequency Voice enhancement Enhances the voice clearly cutting low and high f...

Page 29: ...teway LinkLocal IP address Displays the current link local IP address Primary DNS server Displays the current primary DNS server Secondary DNS server Displays the current secondary DNS server IPv6 address 1 2 Displays the current IPv6 address IPv6 default gateway Displays the current IPv6 default gateway LinkLocal IPv6 address Displays the current link local IPv6 address IPv4 setting Configure the...

Page 30: ...s Type the IP address of the camera Prefix length Type the prefix length value Default gateway Type the default gateway Common setting Configure the common setting for IPv4 and IPv6 network HTTP port number Type the HTTP port number Normally select 80 MTU Type the MTU value for the Ethernet port To obtain DNS server address automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically The Primary D...

Page 31: ...rom the left side of the network address Protocol Select the protocol Port Enter the port number for the data traffic of the device e g HTTP 80 DSCP Set a value to mark the data traffic 0 to 63 This value is set in the DSCP field included in the IP header of the data traffic Set Used when registering on the QoS table QoS is set according to the following procedure 1 Select No from No and enter the...

Page 32: ... 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 password that you typed in the Password box Viewer mode When the user is authenticated for logging in the viewer select the viewer mode to be displayed after authentication Administrator The user can operate all funct...

Page 33: ...ecurity settings can be configured for each network Enable Select the checkbox to enable the access limit Default policy Select the basic policy of the limit from Allow and Deny for the computers that are not specified in the Network address Subnet 1 to Network address Subnet 10 menus below Network address Subnet 1 to Network address Subnet 10 Type the network addresses and subnet mask values that...

Page 34: ...e factory settings All settings will be initialized To avoid this check that SSL connection is possible by performing the following steps 1 Set the SSL function to Enable Allow HTTP connection for some clients 2 Click OK to close the viewer and the setting window 3 Display the viewer in SSL connection Refer to Using the SSL function on page 12 for connection 4 After confirming that SSL connection ...

Page 35: ...neration A self signed certificate can be generated in the camera to be used when Use a self signed certificate For test use is selected from Certificate options Click Generate to generate a self signed certificate in the camera Clicking Generate again after Generate has been clicked once will update the self signed certificate stored in the camera Note Make sure to set the date and time on the ca...

Page 36: ...n certificates are uploaded Enable You can configure whether to enable the client authentication of the SSL function Trusted CA certificate 1 to 4 You can import a trusted CA certificate route certificate etc to the camera Up to four certificates from trusted CAs can be imported to the camera Only PEM format is supported To import the CA certificate 1 Click Browse to select the CA certificate to b...

Page 37: ...ficate file is normally cer Double click this file The following Certificate dialog appears 2 Click Installation Certificate The Certificate Import Wizard appears 3 Click Next 4 Select Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate and click Next Completing the Certificate Import Wizard appears 5 Check the contents then click Finish The CA certificate will be installed...

Page 38: ...f the Windows menu then enter mmc and click OK 2 Select Add Remove Snap in from the File menu in the Console 1 window Add Remove Snap in dialog appears 3 Select Certificates from the list then click Add Certificate Snap in is displayed 4 Select Computer account as the certificate administrated in this Snap in then click Next 5 Select Local Computer as the computer administrated in this Snap in the...

Page 39: ...hentication server to join the network This camera serves as a supplicant in the 802 1X network The supplicant can enter the 802 1X network after appropriate authentication by the authentication server Authenticator An authenticator forwards certificate request data or response data that the supplicant or authentication server issues to the other party Normally a hub router or access point serves ...

Page 40: ... certificate When the client certificate has been saved in the camera correctly its information appears on Status Issuer DN Subject DN Available period and Extended Key Usage Status Shows if the status of the client certificate is valid or invalid The following statuses are recognized Valid means the client certificate is correctly stored and set Invalid means the client certificate is not correct...

Page 41: ...ancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 19 Referer check Tab Referer check checks if the web page which requires access is authorized when the camera is accessed If the web page is not authorized the camera denies access of the web page to the camera If you want to access from web pages other than the one that the camera provides register their host names and port numbers in the Exception l...

Page 42: ...ion level from 1 to 10 by clicking for zooming Selecting 10 provides the maximum transition level Digital zoom Select On Off of the digital zoom On An image can be zoomed up to 30 optical zoom and 12 digital zoom 360 zoom in total Off An image can be zoomed up to 30 optical zoom Digital zoom only SRG 201SE Select On Off of the digital zoom On An image can be zoomed up to 20 optical zoom and 12 dig...

Page 43: ...tions in the preset You can also store the camera settings in the preset positions from 1 to 16 For the setting items that can be stored see Preset Items on page 63 Call Move to the pan tilt and zoom positions saved in the selected preset You can also call the stored camera settings from the preset positions 1 to 16 Add Save the current pan tilt and zoom positions as a new preset You can also stor...

Page 44: ... Operation Using the Remote Controller Preparation on page 47 OK Cancel See Buttons common to every menu on page 19 Setting of the Transmission Streaming Menu When you click in the Administrator menu the Streaming menu appears Use this menu to set the items for the transmission by unicast or multicast The Streaming menu consists of the Streaming tab Streaming Tab Unicast streaming Specify the tran...

Page 45: ...s the number specified here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number are actually used for audio data communication and control When performing simultaneous multi transmission a different port number will be used for every transmission based on the port number specified here Multicast streaming Set whether the camera uses multicast streaming for H 264 video data and audio data or not...

Page 46: ...tually used for audio data communication and control RTSP setting Set the RTSP setting which cannot be set in the Unicast streaming setting and Multicast streaming RTSP port number Set the port number used for RTSP streaming The default setting is 554 If you change the setting the RTSP server will be rebooted RTSP time out Specify the time out of the Keep Alive command by RTSP streaming You can se...

Page 47: ...m the remote controller may delay For details of the remote controller settings see the Operating Instructions of the remote controller Preparation 1 Connect the camera to an AC outlet using the supplied AC power adaptor The power is turned on and the POWER indicator and the NETWORK indicator lights or flashes About 2 minutes after turning on the power the camera will automatically reset to the pa...

Page 48: ...h the camera you want to control with the remote controller by pressing the CAMERA button Note The connection of the camera and the remote controller is available for RS 422 connection only Therefore the number of connected cameras that can be controlled is up to 7 Pan Tilt and Zoom Operation Panning and Tilting 1 Press the CAMERA button corresponding to the camera you want to operate 2 Pan or til...

Page 49: ...e moving speed of the image on the screen may be a little jerky Adjusting the Camera Focusing on a Subject To focus the camera on a subject automatically Press the AUTO MANUAL button so that the AUTO indicator lights The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the screen automatically To focus the camera on a subject manually Press the AUTO MANUAL button so that the AUTO indicator turns off...

Page 50: ...Feature Up to 16 combinations of settings 16 positions including camera position zooming focusing and backlighting can be stored in the memory of the camera using the remote controller For details of the camera settings to be preset see Preset Items on page 63 Note Only POSITION 1 to 16 Preset 1 to 16 are available for storing calling and canceling from the remote controller Set the positions othe...

Page 51: ...ed on the camera starts with the settings stored in POSITION 1 If you want to retain the previous pan and tilt positions when the power is turned off and turned on again store those positions in POSITION 1 When you are storing or canceling the settings in one POSITION you cannot call up store or cancel the settings in another POSITION When you store the position zooming and focusing etc of the cam...

Page 52: ...3 Decide the setting menu pressing the upper button of the joystick Main Menu Press the MENU button of the remote controller and hold it for about 1 second The main menu is displayed 1 Selected item Select a setting menu The selected item is shown by the cursor Move the cursor up or down by inclining the joystick of the remote controller up or down 2 Menu items Select a setting menu with the joyst...

Page 53: ...at you can select an item by inclining the joystick of the remote controller up or down The selected item is shown by the cursor 2 Indicates that you can move to the next layer by pressing the upper button of the joystick 3 Indicates that you can return to the normal display from the main menu by pressing the MENU button of the remote controller Setting menu 1 Indicates that you can select the set...

Page 54: ...0 sec IRIS iris Select the iris from among the following CLOSE F14 F11 F9 6 F8 0 F6 8 F5 6 F4 8 F4 0 F3 4 F2 8 F2 4 F2 0 F1 6 LEVEL level Select the brightness level from among 0 5 to 31 WDR VIEW DR When MODE exposure mode is set to FULL AUTO the camera distinguishes light and dark areas in the same scene adjusts the brightness for dark areas and also controls the blown out highlights You can sele...

Page 55: ...mpensation Select the aperture compensation level from among MIN 1 to 14 and MAX HIGH RESOLUTION high resolution mode You can select ON OFF of HIGH RESO high resolution mode When set to ON you can enjoy emphasized edge and high resolution images Note When set to ON the image is noisier than when set to OFF NOISE REDUCTION noise reduction You can enjoy clearer images by removing unnecessary noise f...

Page 56: ... pan tilt operation You can select the following values RIGHT 169 to 170 selectable in 1 steps LEFT 170 to 169 selectable in 1 steps UP 19 to 90 Eflip OFF 89 to 20 Eflip ON selectable in 1 steps DOWN 20 to 89 Eflip OFF 90 to 19 Eflip ON selectable in 1 steps Notes The display of setting value is updated after the operation The display does not change during panning tilting The limit of pan tilt op...

Page 57: ... appears for about 3 seconds on the external monitor screen that is connected to the SDI OUT connecter when you perform the following operations using the remote controller Note These messages are not displayed for the operation via a network 170 170 CENTER 0 Eflip OFF 90 20 0 Eflip OFF 20 0 90 Eflip ON Message Operation using the remote controller PRESET n OK n is a preset position number You hav...

Page 58: ...RE menu PAGE2 Shows the settings selected with the WHITE BALANCE mode and the PICTURE menu PAGE3 Shows the settings selected with the PAN TILT ZOOM menu PAGE4 Shows the settings selected with the SYSTEM menu audio input VIDEO mode and VISCA RS 422 connector communication speed Note The settings of audio input VIDEO mode VISCA RS 422 connector communication speed cannot be set with the remote contr...

Page 59: ...ing to initialize Message Meaning and solution PRESET n OK n is a preset position number between 1 and 16 This message appears for about 3 seconds when you store camera settings to POSITION 1 to 16 RECALL n OK n is a preset position number between 1 and 16 This message appears for about 3 seconds when you read the camera settings stored in POSITION 1 to 16 RESET n OK n is a reset position number b...

Page 60: ...or tilting range is limited Change the PAN TILT LIMIT setting on the PAN TILT ZOOM menu page 42 or 56 The modes other than FULL AUTO cannot be set in the EXPOSURE menu WDR View DR is not set to OFF After setting the WDR View DR to OFF select the MODE of the EXPOSURE page 24 or 54 The VISCA CONTROL is not available with a computer connected to the camera The computer is not correctly connected to t...

Page 61: ...cribed below For more details refer to the pages in parentheses The initial settings of each item are in bold 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB 21dB 24dB 27dB 30dB 33dB 36dB 39dB 43dB 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB 21dB 24dB 27dB 30dB 33dB 36dB 39dB 43dB 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB 21dB 24dB 27dB 30dB 33dB 36dB 39dB 43dB 0dB 3dB 6dB 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB 21dB 24dB 27dB 30dB 33dB 36dB 39dB 43dB page 54 ...

Page 62: ...Others 62 Menu Configuration page 55 page 55 page 56 page 57 page 58 ...

Page 63: ...ems other than the above mentioned are retained when they are enabled in each tab of the menus with the operation via a network The stored and retained setting items are retained in the memory when the power is turned off and then on again The camera starts with the settings stored in POSITION 1 and the settings stored when last operated when the power is turned on Items stored to presets Preset p...

Page 64: ...secret code is issued by an authentic publisher DNS server Acronym for Domain Name System server As an IP address required for connecting to the device on an IP network is numerical and difficult to remember the Domain Name System was established A domain name is alphabetic and is easier to remember When a client computer uses a domain name to connect to another computer it asks a DNS server to tr...

Page 65: ...ber and the timestamp information to the packet header RTSP Acronym for Real Time Streaming Protocol This is a protocol to control streaming of real time data such as audio and videos over IP network RTSP can control playback stop of streaming Secondary DNS server Subsidiary DNS server used when a primary DNS server cannot be used Sharpness The degree to which the boundary of two portions is clear...

Page 66: ...om string 27 D Date time format 21 Date time Tab 20 Day Night ICR Tab 27 Daylight saving time 21 Default gateway 64 Default policy 33 Delete 41 Delete superimpose logo 22 DHCP server 64 Digital certificate 64 Digital zoom 42 DNS server 64 E EAP method 40 Eflip 22 Enable 28 33 Equalizer 28 Exception list 41 Exposure 23 Exposure compensation 24 EXPOSURE menu 54 F Factory default 22 Focus 14 16 Focus...

Page 67: ...2 Remove 43 Rename 43 Restore setting 22 Re type password 32 RTCP 65 RTP 65 RTSP 65 RTSP setting 46 Run Stop Save Video 14 S Screen mode 13 SDI Video format 21 Secondary DNS server 65 Security Menu 32 Send 28 Serial number 20 Serial Tab 43 Service Tab 23 Set 41 43 Setting 13 19 28 Setting menu 52 Sharpness 65 Shutter speed 24 Slow Pan Tilt mode 42 Software version 20 SSL 65 SSL client authenticati...

Page 68: ...Sony Corporation ...

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