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Network Camera
User’s Guide
Software Version 1.0 (SNC-RX570N/RX570P, SNC-RX530N/RX530P)
Software Version 2.2 (SNC-RX550N/RX550P)
SNC-RX570N/RX570P
SNC-RX550N/RX550P
SNC-RX530N/RX530P
© 2007 Sony Corporation
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Controlling Day/Night function ........................28 Playing the audio file stored in the camera .......28 Table of Contents Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode ..........29 Overview Administrating the Camera Precautions ............................................................. 5 Basic Operations of Administrator Menu .........30 How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 6 How to setup the Administrator menu ..............30 System Requirements ........................
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Sending Images to FTP Server Installing the SNC video player ........................92 — FTP client Menu ............................................. 63 Using the SNC video player .............................93 Common Tab — Setting the FTP client Using the SNC panorama creator — Creating a function ..........................................................63 Panorama Image ..................................................94 Alarm sending Tab — Setting the FTP client Installing the SNC pan
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Overview All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies or Overview their respective makers. NOTICE TO USERS © 2007 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 O
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Overview Operating or storage location Avoid operating or storing the camera in the following Precautions locations: � Extremely hot or cold places (Operating temperature: Data and security 0°C to +50°C [32°F to 122°F]) � You should keep in mind that the images or audio you � Exposed to direct sunlight for a long time, or close to are monitoring may be protected by privacy and other heating equipment (e.g., near heaters) legal rights, and the responsibility for making sure you � Close to s
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Overview How to Use This User’s System Requirements Guide These are the requirements for the computer that displays the image or controls the camera. This User’s Guide explains how to operate the Network Camera from a computer. Processor The User’s Guide is written to be read on the computer Intel Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz display. or higher recommended) As this section gives tips on using the User’s Guide, read it before you operate the camera. RAM 256 MB or more Ju
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Preparation If it does not appear automatically in the Web Preparation browser, double-click on the index.htm file on the CD-ROM. When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up The Preparation section explains what the administrator “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing has to prepare for monitoring images after installation software” in “When using Windows Vista” on and connection of the camera. page 11. 2 Click the Setup icon of IP Setup Program. The “File Download” dialog opens. As
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Preparation Note When you select Obtain an IP address automatically, make sure that the DHCP server is operating on the network. 8 Set the 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. 6 Click on the camera in the list to which you wan
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Preparation If “Setting OK” is displayed, the IP address is When using Windows XP Service correctly assigned. Pack 2 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: 12 To access the camera directly, double-click the camera name in the list. Example: In case of IP Setup Program If message “Internet Explorer” appears, click Yes. Tip The factory setting of the camer
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Preparation The software installation starts. 3 Select Windows Firewall and select Off in the Windows Firewall dialog. Installing ActiveX Control During installation of ActiveX Control, the information bar or “Security Warning” may appear. In this case, operate as follows: If message “Information Bar” appears, click OK. If the information bar appears, click on the bar and select Install ActiveX Control…. The cameras will be displayed in the list. If you want to keep Windows Firewall On, cont
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Preparation 6 In the Add Program dialog, select IP Setup If pop-up “AutoPlay” appears when a CD-ROM is Program and click OK. inserted into the CD-ROM drive, click Install or run program. Then the IP Setup Program is added to the Programs and Services list. 7 Click OK. 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 message “Internet Explorer” appears, click Yes. When the above procedure i
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Preparation installation correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and If “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click click the Setup icon again. Install. If message “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Run. The installation of ActiveX Control starts. When installation is completed, the main viewer or the Object detection menu appears. Configuring Windows Firewall If message “User Account Control – An unidentified The IP Setup Program or SNC audio upload tool may pr
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Preparation The cameras will be displayed in the list. If you want to keep Windows Firewall On, continue Accessing the Camera with the following steps. Using the Web Browser 5 Select the “Exceptions” tab. After the IP address has been assigned to the camera, 6 Select Add Program…. check that you can actually access the camera using the Web browser installed on your computer. 7 If the Add Program dialog appears, select IP Setup Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. Program and click OK.
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Preparation 3 Set the slider to Medium or lower. (If the slider is When the main viewer of the camera is not displayed, click Default Level.) displayed for the first time When you click Enter, “Security Warning” is displayed. When using antivirus software, etc. on When you click Yes, ActiveX control is installed and the the computer main viewer is displayed. � When you use antivirus software, security software, personal firewall or pop-up blocker on your computer, the camera performance m
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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 40) 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 is displayed. When H.264 is selected Display sample: SNC-RX570N When Mode is set to Dual codec You can monitor JPEG and MPEG4 images. For 2 Select the viewer. JPEG images, you can select Java applet viewer. The usable codecs and viewers are displayed depending on the Mode s
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Operating the Camera 3 Click Enter. Click English or Japanese at the bottom of the The main viewer appears. welcome page. With the ActiveX viewer (MPEG4/H.264) 2 Click Setting on the welcome page. The following dialog appears. 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 With the Java applet viewer Administrator menu (see page 5
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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 Java has been installed controls of the main viewer. For a detailed explanation successfully and Java (Sun) is enabled. on
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Operating the Camera Main viewer using Java applet viewer Digital zoom Click to change the size of the digital zoom. (page 23) Capture (Displayed in the main menu when the Java applet viewer is used.) Click to capture a still image shot by the camera and to store it in the computer. (page 23) Control Click to operate the camera using the pan, tilt and zoom Camera control section Monitor image section Main menu functions. When you click this icon, appears and enables you to control pan, tilt
