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Network Camera
User’s Guide
Software Version 1.0
SNC-RZ25N/RZ25P
© 2004 Sony Corporation
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For customers in the U.S.A. (SNC-RZ25N Owner's Record only) The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. This equipment has been tested and found to comply Record the serial number in the space provided below. with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to Sony dealer regarding this product. provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti
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NOTICE TO USERS © 2004 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. This manual or the software described herein, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, translated or reduced to any machine readable 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 WIT
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Administrating the Camera Table of Contents Basic Operations of Administrator Menu .........28 How to set Administrator menu ........................28 Configuration of Advanced mode Menu ..........29 Overview Configuring the System — System setting Features .................................................................. 6 menu ......................................................................31 How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 7 System Tab ....................
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Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP Index ......................................................................80 server setting Menu ............................................. 55 Setting the Alarm Output — Alarm output setting Menu ........................... 56 Alarm output 1, 2 Tab ......................................... 56 Setting the Operations from the Viewer Page — Trigger setting Menu ........................................... 57 Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Men
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Overview Preset positions and Tour programs Overview You can save up to 16 preset positions (pan, tilt and zoom positions) of the camera, and up to 5 tour programs composed from the preset positions. You can activate the preset positions by synchronizing with the external sensor input or built-in activity detection Features function. High-quality monitoring via the network Alarm output You can monitor a high-quality live image from the The camera is equipped with two sets of alarm outputs.
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Overview How to Use This User’s Precautions Guide This Sony product has been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly electrical products This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNC- can cause fires which may lead to serious body injury. RZ25N and SNC-RZ25P Network Camera from a To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following. computer. Heed the safety precautions The User’s Guide is written to be read on the computer display. Be sure to follow the general s
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Overview System Requirements These are the requirements for the computer that displays the image or controls the camera. Processor Pentium III 1 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher recommended) RAM 256 MB or more OS Windows 2000/XP Web browser Internet Explorer Ver. 5.5 or Ver.6.0 8 System Requirements
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Preparation 4 Install the IP Setup Program to your computer Preparation following the wizard displayed. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, read it carefully and accept the agreement to continue the installation. The Preparation section explains what the administrator has to prepare for monitoring the images after 5 Start the IP Setup Program. installation and connection of the camera. The program detects the SNC-RZ25N or SNC- RZ25P cameras connected to the local network and li
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Preparation To specify the IP address manually: Note Select Use the following IP address, and type the IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway in the You cannot change the Administrator name and relevant boxes. Administrator password in this step. To change these items, See “Setting the User — User setting Menu” on page 44. 11 Confirm that all items are correctly set, then click OK. If “Setting OK” is displayed, the IP address is 8 Set the DNS server address. correctly assigned. To ob
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Preparation When the main viewer of the camera is displayed for the first time Accessing the Camera When you click Enter, “Security warning” is displayed. Using the Web Browser When you click OK, the ActiveX control is installed and the main viewer is displayed. 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
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Preparation When using antivirus software in the computer When you use antivirus software in 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 the camera uses Java Script. The display of the Web page may be affected if you use antivirus software in your computer. 12 Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser
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Preparation Basic Configuring by the Administrator You can monitor the image of the camera only logging in with the initial condition of this network camera. You can also set various functions according to the install position, network condition or purpose of the camera. We recommend you configure the following items before monitoring the image from the camera. Setting contents Setting menu Flip the image according to the installation position (desk top or ceiling). Image flip (page 35) Set
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Operating the Camera Operating the Camera The Operating the Camera section explains how to monitor the image from the camera using the Web browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. The functions of the camera should be set by the Administrator. For setting the camera, see “Administrating the Camera” on page 28. Administrator and User This network camera classifies the people who log in into the Administrator and the User. The Administrator can use all functions of this network
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Operating the Camera Welcome page when the video mode is JPEG Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page Logging in as a User 1 Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor. The welcome page of Network Camera SNC- RZ25N or Network Camera SNC-RZ25P is displayed. 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 2 Select the viewer. The usable
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Operating the Camera ActiveX viewer Note This viewer can monitor the image in both video modes If the Welcome page does not activate correctly, the MPEG4 and JPEG. security level of the Internet Explorer may be set to You have to install it when you access to the main viewer Medium or higher. See “To display the Welcome page at the first time. correctly” on page 11 and check the security level. When you are going to display the main viewer Displaying the setting window for of the camera f
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Operating the Camera Tip Configuration of Main Every page of this software is optimized as display character size Medium for Internet Explorer. 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 MPEG4 mode* Camera control Monitor image Main menu section section JPEG mode* Camera control Monitor image Main menu section section * Refer to the “Camera setting Menu” abo
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Operating the Camera You can operate this function only when logging in as main viewer. (See “Controlling via the control panel” the administrator. (page 22)) Preset position Home Displays the Welcome page. Player Select the Preset position name from the drop-down list. Click this button to download the “SNC video player” Then, the camera will move to the Preset position that application program built in the camera. The SNC video you have stored in memory at “Preset position” menu. player al
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Operating the Camera By pressing , the focus is set to the Monitor Image optimum position. Note To control the focus manually, set “Focus mode” of the camera setting menu to Manual. (page 36) Trigger (Displayed only when the camera Viewer mode (page 44) is set to Full and one or more triggers are enabled on the Trigger Setting menu (page 57).) Select the function you want to use from the list box and click the icon. Then you can send the monitor image of the camera to an FTP server (page 2
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Operating the Camera 3 Select the view size. Controlling the Monitor Image You can monitor the camera image on the monitor Click View size box list box to select the view size window of the main viewer. from among Auto, 640 × 480, 320 × 240 and 160 × 120. Auto is determined by the image size specified with Monitoring the camera image Image size on the Camera setting page (page 35). 1 Log in to the home page to display the main viewer. You can see how to log in on page 15, “Logging in Zoomi
