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3-990-782-11 (1)
Network Camera
User’s Guide
Software Version 1.0
SNC-RX550N/RX550P
© 2005 Sony Corporation
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For customers in the U.S.A. (SNC- Owner's Record RX550N only) The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Operation is subject to the following two conditions: Sony dealer regarding this product. (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference Model No. ____________________
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ATTENTION NOTICE TO USERS The electromagnetic fields at specific frequencies may © 2005 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. This influence the picture of the unit. manual or the software described herein, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, translated or reduced to For the customers in Netherlands any machine readable form without prior written approval from Sony Corporation. Voor de klanten in Nederland Gooi de batterij niet weg, maar lever SONY CORPORATION PROVIDES NO hem in
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Controlling Day/Night Function .........................26 Playing the Audio File Stored in the Camera ....27 Table of Contents Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode ..........27 Overview Administrating the Camera Features ..................................................................6 Basic Operations of Administrator Menu .........29 How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 7 How to setup the Administrator menu ..............29 Precautions .................................
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Common Tab — Setting the image memory Uploading the homepage to the camera using the function ..........................................................55 Custom Homepage Installer ...........................82 Alarm recording Tab — Setting the Image Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using memory function when detecting the alarm ... 56 ARP Commands ...................................................84 Periodical recording Tab — Setting the periodical Using the SNMP ....................
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Overview Image transmission using an e-mail or You should keep in mind that the images or audio FTP you are monitoring may be protected by privacy You can send a still image from the camera as an e-mail and other legal rights, and the responsibility for or FTP server, attachment by setting off a trigger using making sure you are complying with applicable an external sensor input, built-in object detection laws is yours alone. function or manual trigger button. You can also send still
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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. RX550N/RX550P Network Camera from a computer. To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following. The User’s Guide is written to be read on the computer Heed the safety precautions display. As this section gives tips on using the
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Overview System Requirements These are the requirements for the computer that displays the image or controls the camera. Processor Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz or higher recommended) RAM 256 MB or more OS Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Web browser Internet Explorer Ver.6.0 or later 8 System Requirements
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Preparation 3 Click Open. Preparation Note If you click “Save this program to disk” on the “File Download” dialog, you will not be able to perform The Preparation section explains what the administrator set up correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and has to prepare for monitoring images after installation click the Setup icon again. and connection of the camera. 4 Install the IP Setup Program on your computer using the wizard. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, Assigning th
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Preparation 7 Set the IP address. Normally, select 80 for the HTTP port No. To use another port number, type the port number between To obtain the IP address automatically from a 1024 and 65535 in the text box. DHCP server: 10 Type the Administrator name and Administrator Select Obtain an IP address automatically. password. The IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway The factory settings of both items are “admin.” are assigned automatically. Note To specify the IP address manually: Selec
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Preparation The welcome page of the network camera is displayed. Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser After the IP address has been assigned to the camera, check that you can actually access the camera using the Web browser installed on 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 of “Network Camera SNC- Note RX550N” or “Network Camera SNC-RX550P” is If the IP a
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Preparation When the main viewer of the camera is When using antivirus software, etc. on displayed for the first time the computer When you click Enter, “Security Warning” is displayed. When you use antivirus software, security software, When you click Yes, ActiveX control is installed and the personal firewall or pop-up blocker on your computer, main viewer is displayed. the camera performance may be reduced, for example, the frame rate for displaying the image may be lower. The Web pag
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Preparation Basic Configuration by the Administrator You can monitor the camera image by logging in with the initial conditions set for this network camera. You can also set various functions according to the installing position, network conditions or purpose of the camera. We recommend you configure the following items before monitoring images from the camera. Setting contents Setting menu Set the format of the image sent from the camera. Video codec Tab (page 39) Select the white balance
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Operating the Camera Operating the Camera Administrator and User This network camera identifies the people who log in as the Administrator or User. The Operating the Camera section explains how to The Administrator can use all the functions of this monitor the image from the camera using your Web network camera including camera setting. The User can browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. use the functions for monitoring the image and audio The functions of the camera should b
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Operating the Camera When MPEG4 is selected Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page Logging in as a user 1 Start the web browser on your computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor. The welcome page of Network Camera SNC- When Mode is set to Dual codec RX550N or Network Camera SNC-RX550P is You can monitor JPEG and MPEG4 images. For displayed. JPEG images, you can select Java applet viewer. 2 Select the viewer. The usable codecs and viewers are displayed 3 Click Enter
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Operating the Camera With the Java applet viewer 3 Enter the user name and password for Administrator, then click OK. The user name “admin” and the password “admin” are set at the factory for the Administrator. You can change them using the User menu of the Administrator menu (see page 45). The Administrator menu appears. Control the camera from the main viewer. Note If the welcome page does not start correctly, the security level of the Internet Explorer may be set to higher than Medium.
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Operating the Camera Java applet viewer You can select this viewer when the camera image is in Configuration of Main JPEG. The frame rate is lower than the ActiveX viewer. The Java applet viewer operates only when Java is Viewer installed and Java (Sun) is enabled. If it does not operate This section explains the functions of the parts and correctly, check whether the specified Java version has controls of the main viewer. For a detailed explanation been installed successfully and Java (S
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Operating the Camera Preset position Main menu Setting Click to display the Administrator menu. (page 29) You can operate this function only when logging in as (Displayed only when one or more preset positions are the administrator. stored in memory.) Select the Preset position name from the drop-down Home list. The camera will move to the preset position that Displays the welcome page. you have stored in memory using the Preset position menu. Camera control section Control panel Frame rat
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Operating the Camera Focus control To focus on a nearby object, press . To focus on a (Volume) distant object, press . (Displayed when Microphone (page 36) is set to On.) By pressing , the focus is set to the optimum position. Drag the bar to adjust the volume. When you click , the icon changes to and the Note audio output stops. To output the audio, click again. To control the focus manually, set Focus mode of the Note Camera menu to Manual. (page 36) If does not appear when the Java ap
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Operating the Camera Note Controlling the Monitor The frame rate options indicate the maximum number of frames that can be transmitted. Image The number of frames actually transmitted may vary depending on network environments and You can monitor the camera image on the monitor camera settings (image size and image quality window of the main viewer. settings). 3 Select the view size. Monitoring the camera image 1 Log in to the homepage to display the main viewer. To log in, see “Logging i
