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Network Camera
User’s Guide
Software Version 1.0
SNC-Z20N/Z20P
© 2003 Sony Corporation
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The SNC-Z20P automatically detects the power. Owner's Record Use a power supply which complies with the safety The model and serial numbers are located on the top. regulation of the country where the unit is used, or IEEE Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. 802.3af applied POWER OVER LAN. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. For customers in the U.S.A. (SNC-Z20N only) Model No. ____________________ Serial No. __________________
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Administrating the Camera Table of Contents Configuration of Administrator Menu Page .....16 Configuring the System — System setting Page 17 System setting Section ......................................17 Overview Date time setting Section ..................................19 How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 6 Initialization Section .........................................20 Precautions ............................................................. 6 Setting the Camera
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Setting the Alarm Out 1 or 2 — Alarm out 1 or 2 setting Page ........................ 37 Activating/Deactivating the Alarm Out 1 Function — Alarm out 1 usage setting Page ................. 37 Setting the Alarm Out 1 Function — Alarm out 1 setting Page ........................... 37 Alarm mode setting Section ............................. 37 Timer mode setting Section .............................. 38 Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setting Page ........................... 38 Activa
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Overview Overview Precautions This Sony product has been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly electrical products can cause fires which may lead to serious body injury. How to Use This User’s To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following. Guide Heed the safety precautions This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNC- Be sure to follow the general safety precautions and the Z20N/Z20P Network Camera from a computer. “Operating Precautions.” The User’s Guide
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Operating the Camera 1 Select Tool from the menu bar of Internet Explorer, Operating the Camera then select Internet Options and Security tab in sequence. 2 Click the Internet icon (when using the camera via The Operating the Camera section explains how to the Internet) or Local intranet icon (when using monitor the image from the camera using the Web the camera via a local network). browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. For setting the camera, see “Administrating the Camera”
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Operating the Camera The welcome page is changed to that for enabled (requires restart). Then restart Internet Administrator. 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
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Operating the Camera Configuration of Main Capture Captures a still image shot by the camera and stores it in Viewer Page the computer. (See “Capturing a Monitor Image” on When you select the viewer, the main viewer page is page 13.) displayed. This section briefly explains the functions of the parts and controls on the main viewer page. For a detailed explanation on each part or control, see the specified Trigger pages. Displays the trigger control parts on the image control section.
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Operating the Camera View size Selects the image size to be displayed. Controlling the Monitor See “Selecting the view size” on page 10. Image Camera control parts You can control the monitor image from the image These parts are displayed when you click Control on the control section on the main viewer page. menu section. You can operate the camera using these parts. Image control section See “Operating the Camera from the Image Control Section” on page 11. Trigger control parts These part
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Operating the Camera About the zoom range When the Zoom mode menu on the Camera setting page Operating the Camera is set to Full (see page 22), you can operate high- from the Image Control magnification zoom, optical zoom of × 18 and electronic zoom of × 12, giving × 216 in total. The electronic zoom Section will operate after the optical zoom. When the Zoom mode menu is set to Optical only, only You can operate the camera from the image control optical zoom of × 18 can operate. In this
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Operating the Camera Operating the Camera Controlling the from the Monitor Image Application Manually You can operate zooming of the camera by clicking the You can send an image or output a trigger to control the mouse on the monitor image. Zooming is also operative alarm output, using the image control section on the using the zoom bar under the monitor image. main viewer page. For this function, user access right Level 2 to Level 4 is For this function, user access right Level 3 or Leve
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Operating the Camera Recording a Still Image on an ATA Capturing a Monitor Memory Card or the Built-in Image Memory of the Camera If you select Memory save and click , the current If you click the Capture button on the menu section, still image is captured and stored in the memory the current still image is captured and displayed on the specified on the Image memory setting page. monitor image section. To use this function, you need to select the Use image memory function option and the
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Operating the Camera Using a Pocket PC Select Viewer1 to monitor the image only. Operating the Camera Using a Pocket PC Select Viewer2 to monitor the image and operate the camera. You can display images and operate the camera using a When you have selected the viewer, the main viewer PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) that runs on Microsoft page appears. Pocket PC 2002. Notes System requirements If the page is not displayed correctly, tap the Refresh OS: Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 button on t
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Operating the Camera Using a Pocket PC Image Control Section Configuration of Main Viewer Page Tap to start the viewer operation. When you select the viewer, the main viewer page is The name of the button changes to Stop. displayed. This section briefly explains the functions of the parts and controls on the main viewer page. For a detailed Tap to stop the viewer operation. explanation on each part or control, see the specified The image refreshment stops and zooming is not pages. operati
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Administrating the Camera Network Administrating the Camera Displays the Network (Ethernet) setting page. See “Configuring the Network — Network setting Page” on page 24. The Administrating the Camera section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. User For monitoring the camera image, see “Operating the Displays the User setting page. Camera” on page 7. See “Setting the User — User setting Page” on page 28. Security Displays the Security setting page. Configurat
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Administrating the Camera Schedule Displays the Schedule setting page. Configuring the System See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Page” on page 43. — System setting Page Activity detection When you click System on the Administrator menu, the Displays the Activity detection setting page. System setting page appears. See “Setting the Activity Detection Function — Activity Use this page to perform the principal settings of the detection setting Page” on page 44. software. Pop-up System
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Administrating the Camera A-slot (adrv) Default frame rate Displays the type of the PC card inserted into the PC Select the initial frame rate which is selected when you card slot and its free card space. log in the camera and display the main viewer page. Click the down-arrow button in the box and select the Flash memory (ddrv) frame rate from the drop-down list. Displays the file size stored in the built-in flash memory. The selectable frame rates are the following: SNC-Z20N: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Administrating the Camera Date time format Date time setting Section Select the format of date and time to be displayed on the monitor image from the drop-down list. You can select from among yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (year-month-day hour:minute:second), mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss (month-day-year hour:minute:second), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss (day-month-year hour:minute:second). Click Apply to transfer the setting to the camera. Synchronization with NTP server Synchronizes the camera's time with that of t
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Administrating the Camera Initialization Section Setting the Camera — Camera setting Page When you click Camera on the Administrator menu, the Camera setting page appears. Use this page to set the functions of the camera. Backup setting Note Saves the setting data of the camera in a file. Click Save, and follow the instructions on the browser to To update the camera for the changed setting, click specify the folder and save the setting data of the Apply on the changed item. camera. The file
