3-815-910-11 (1) Network Camera User’s Guide Software Version 1.
Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the top. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. ____________________ Serial No. ____________________ WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Power Supply Caution for U.S.A.
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Table of Contents Overview Features .................................................................. 6 How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 7 Precautions ............................................................. 7 Operating Precautions ........................................ 7 Operating the Camera Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page ........ 8 Logging in as a User .......................................... 8 Logging in as Administrator ..............................
Setting the Activity Detection Function — Activity detection setting Page .................... 40 Setting the Activity Detection Area .................... 40 Showing the Pop-up — Pop-up setting Page ........................................ 41 Others Using the Supplied Setup Program .................... 42 Assigning the IP Address Using the Setup Program .......................................................... 42 Changing the Communication Bandwidth ....... 44 Setting the Date and Time ...................
Overview Overview Features High-quality monitoring via the network You can monitor a high-quality live image from the camera using the Web browser on the computer connected to the 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX network. The maximum frame rate is 30 FPS for the SNC-CS3N and 25 FPS for the SNC-CS3P. Up to 50 users can view the image from one camera at the same time. Alarm output The camera is equipped with two sets of alarm outputs.
How to Use This User’s Guide Jumping to the related page When you read the User’s Guide on the computer display, click on the sentence to jump to the related page. 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. To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following. Overview This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNCCS3N/CS3P Network Camera from a computer.
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. For setting the camera, see “Administrating the Camera” on page 16. Operating the Camera 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 is changed to that for Administrator. enabled (requires restart). Then restart Internet 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.
Configuration of Main Viewer Page Operating the Camera When you select the viewer, the main viewer page is 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 pages. Setting Displays the Administrator menu. (See “Configuration of Administrator Menu Page” on page 16.) User access right Level 4 is required for this function. Home Displays the Welcome page.
Monitor Image Section Controlling the Monitor Image You can control the monitor image from the image control section on the main viewer page. Image control section Operating the Camera Selecting the frame rate The image shot by the camera is shown here. Click the down-arrow button in the Frame rate box and select the frame rate with which the images are transmitted, from the drop-down list.
Controlling the Application Manually You can send an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output, using the image control section on the main viewer page. For this function, user access right Level 3 or Level 4 is required (see page 25). Operating the Camera Click Trigger on the menu section to display the trigger control parts.
Capturing a Monitor Image If you click the Capture button on the menu section, the current still image is captured and displayed on the monitor image section. Operating the Camera To save the captured image Right-click on the monitor image and select Save As from the menu. Then, the Save Picture dialog appears. Type the file name and specify the destination to which the image file is to be stored, and click Save. The image is saved in the JPEG format.
Operating the Camera Using a Pocket PC You can display images and operate the camera using a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) that runs on Microsoft Pocket PC 2002. Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page 1 Start the web browser on the Pocket PC and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor. System requirements OS: Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer CPU: Strong ARM 206 MHz or higher RAM: 64 MB or more Plug-in: Jeode Ver.1.9.
Configuration of Main Viewer Page When you select the viewer, the main viewer page is 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 pages. Image Control Section Tap to start the viewer operation. The name of the button changes to Stop. Tap to stop the viewer operation. The image refreshment stops. The name of the button changes to Start.
Administrating the Camera The Administrating the Camera section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. For monitoring the camera image, see “Operating the Camera” on page 8. Configuration of Administrator Menu Page Administrating the Camera The Administrator menu page is displayed when the Administrator having Level 4 access right selects Setting on the welcome page for Administrator, or when the Setting button on the menu section of the main viewer page is clicked.
Schedule Displays the Schedule setting page. See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Page” on page 39. Configuring the System Activity detection Displays the Activity detection setting page. See “Setting the Activity Detection Function — Activity detection setting Page” on page 40. When you click System on the Administrator menu, the System setting page appears. Use this page to perform the principal settings of the software. Pop-up Displays the Pop-up setting page.
Default frame rate Access log Select the initial frame rate which is selected when you log in the camera and display the main viewer page. Click the down-arrow button in the box and select the frame rate from the drop-down list. The selectable frame rates are the following: SNC-CS3N: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, Fastest SNC-CS3P: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, Fastest The numbers indicate “FPS” (the number of frames transmitted per second).
time is adjusted using the time zone difference and set on the camera. • Due to the network properties, there may be a slight difference between the actual time and the time set on the camera. Initialization Section Date time format Select the format of date and time to be displayed on the monitor image from the drop-down list.
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. Note To update the camera for the changed setting, click Apply on the changed item. Camera setting Section Image quality Select the image quality from Level 1 to Level 10. A higher level gives a higher image quality, but the frame rate decreases as the data size increases.
Click the left button of the mouse on the still image and drag it diagonally. The red frame that appears as you drag indicates the trimming portion. CCD Iris: Select this option when you use a fixed-iris lens to adjust the exposure using the electronic shutter and AGC (Automatic Gain Control). Still image Manual: Adjust the electronic shutter and gain manually. Red trimming frame Click the left button of the mouse on the still image and drag it. Click OK at the bottom of the window.
Saturation Select the saturation in 7 steps, from –3 to 3. Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest saturation. Note The Saturation setting is effective for the computer image only. (It is not effective for the video signal output.) Sharpness Select the sharpness in 16 steps, from 1 to 16. Selecting 16 gives the image with the highest sharpness. Configuring the Network — Network setting Page When you click Network on the Administrator menu, the Network setting page appears.
Primary DNS Type the IP address of the primary DNS server. Secondary DNS Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if necessary. Bandwidth control Notifying the IP Address — Dynamic IP address notification Section When the DHCP menu is set to On, you can send the notification of the completion of the network settings (Wired LAN settings) using the SMTP or HTTP protocol. Limits the data communication bandwidth of the camera. You can select from among the following: Unlimited, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.
HTTP Select On to output a command to the HTTP server when the DHCP setting is completed. Using this function, you can configure a useful system, for example, to view the access log stored in the HTTP server or start an external CGI program. URL Specify the URL to send HTTP commands, up to 256 characters. The URL is normally described as follows: http://ip_address[:port]/path?parameter Administrating the Camera ip_address: Type the IP address or host name of the host to which you want to connect.
Setting the User — User setting Page When you click User on the Administrator menu, the User setting page appears. Use this page to set the user names and passwords of Administrator and up to 9 kinds of users (User 1 to User 9), and the access right of each user. Access right Select the access right for each user from the drop-down list. You can select from Level 1 to Level 4.
Setting the Security — Security setting Page When you click Security on the Administrator menu, the Security setting page appears. Use this page to limit the computers that can access the camera. Activating/Deactivating the Security Function — Security usage setting Page Administrating the Camera To activate the security function, select Use security function, then click OK. The Security setting page appears. If you do not use the security function, select Do not use security function, then click OK.
Sending Images to FTP Server — FTP client setting Page When you click FTP client on the Administrator menu, the FTP client setting page appears. Use this page to set up for capturing and sending still images to an FTP server. You can capture a still image at the moment when a trigger occurs by an external sensor input, the built-in activity detection function or a manual trigger button, or capture sequenced still images before and after the trigger.
Mode Available period Select the mode of the FTP client function. Select the period for which the selected alarm mode is available. Always: The selected alarm mode is available any time. Use scheduler: The selected alarm mode is available according to the schedule selected in Schedule No. below. Manual: Sends still images to the FTP server manually. After selecting Manual, click OK. The FTP client function mode is set to Manual.
Note The actual interval may be longer than the set value, depending on the image size and the network environments. Available period Select the period for which the periodical sending mode is available. Always: The periodical sending mode is available any time. Use scheduler: The periodical sending mode is available according to the schedule selected in Schedule No. below. Schedule No.
Image view size Select the image size to be displayed on the digest viewer from among the following: Auto, 160 × 120, 320 × 240, 640 × 480 When you select Auto, the image is displayed in the size specified with the Image size menu on the Camera setting page (see page 20). Play speed Select the play speed from 1 to 5. 5 is the highest speed. Note Whether you can play the image at a high speed depends on the performance of your computer. You may need to select a lower speed.
Setting the FTP Server Function — FTP server setting Page You can register up to 10 user names and passwords to allow logging in the camera using the FTP client software of the computer. Sending an Image via Email — SMTP setting Page When you click SMTP on the Administrator menu, the SMTP setting page appears. Use this page to set up for the SMTP function that can capture and send a still image attached to an E-mail.
SMTP server name Mode Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server. Select the mode of the SMTP function. Recipient e-mail address Type the recipient E-mail address up to 64 characters. You can specify up to three recipient E-mail addresses. Administrator e-mail address Type the Administrator e-mail address up to 64 characters. This address is used for reply mail and sending error messages from the camera.
Available period Select the period for which the alarm mode is available. Always: The alarm mode is available any time. Use scheduler: The alarm mode is available according to the schedule selected on the Schedule No. menu below. Schedule No. When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period menu, select the schedule you want the alarm mode being available. Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select multiple schedules. To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule check.
Alarm: Controls alarm out 1 by synchronizing with an external sensor input or the built-in activity detection function. When you select Alarm, the Alarm mode setting section appears (see page 34). Timer: Controls alarm out 1 by the timer. When you select Timer, the Timer mode setting section appears (see page 34). Alarm mode setting Section Alarm Administrating the Camera Select the alarm to link the alarm out 1 function. If the selected alarm is detected, the alarm out 1 status changes.
Recording Images in Memory Recording an Image in the Memory — Image memory setting Page — Image memory setting Page When you click Image memory on the Administrator menu, the Image memory setting page appears. Use this page to set up for the image memory function which captures a still image and records it in the built-in memory of the camera (about 8 MB).
Capacity warning Alarm Select On to send a warning mail to the Administrator when the built-in memory space is low or the memory is full due to activation of the image memory function. Select Off if you do not want to send a warning mail. If On is selected, the SMTP server name and Administrator e-mail address menus appear. Select the alarm to link the Image memory function. If the selected alarm is detected, a still image is captured and recorded in the selected memory.
Periodical recording mode setting Section Back/OK See “Buttons common to every setting page” on page 17. Directory Structure of Image Memory The images are recorded in the memory with the following directory structure. Interval time Type the interval at which you want to record an image periodically. You can set the hour (H), minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and 24 hours (one day). Note Built-in memory: Drive C Drive C has the following directory structure.
Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer setting Page When you click Alarm buffer on the Administrator menu, the Alarm buffer Setting page appears. Use this page to set up for the alarm buffer used in the FTP client function (see page 27) and the Image memory function (see page 35). Recording interval Administrating the Camera Select the interval (in seconds) at which you want to record an image in the alarm buffer.
Baud rate Select the communication baud rate for the peripheral device connected to the serial interface. You can select from among the following baud rates: 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 (bps) Parity bit Select the parity bit for the peripheral device connected to the serial interface: None, Odd or Even. Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Page When you click Schedule on the Administrator menu, the Schedule setting page appears.
Setting the Activity Detection Function — Activity detection setting Page When you click Activity detection on the Administrator menu, the Activity detection setting page appears. Use this page to set up for the activity detection to link various applications. Setting the Activity Detection Area Set the activity detection working area as follows: 1 Determine the view angle of the camera at which you want to perform activity detection, using the zoom.
Showing the Pop-up — Pop-up setting Page When you click Pop-up on the Administrator menu, the Pop-up setting page appears. Use this page to set up for displaying a pop-up with your favorite message on the computers monitoring the camera image, or for displaying a pop-up automatically when there is an alarm input. Administrating the Camera Manual pop-up text Type the text to be displayed on a pop-up between 1 and 64 characters. Click Apply to display the pop-up on all the computers monitoring the camera.
Others 5 Start the IP Setup Program. The program detects the SNC-CS3 cameras connected to the local network and lists them on the Network tab window. 6 Click on the camera you want to assign a new IP address in the list. The network settings for the selected camera are displayed. 7 Set the IP address. Using the Supplied Setup Program To connect the camera to a network, you need to assign a new IP address to the camera when you installed the camera for the first time.
To specify the IP address manually: Select Use the following IP address, and type the IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway in each box. Note You cannot change the Administrator name and Administrator password in this step. To change these items, See “Setting the User — User setting Page” on page 25. 11 Confirm that all items are correctly set, then click OK. 8 Set the DNS server address. To obtain the DNS server addresses automatically: Select Obtain DNS server address automatically.
Changing the Communication Bandwidth Setting the Date and Time 1 1 Click the Date time tab to display the date/time setting window. 2 Click to select the camera you want to set the date and time for. Click the Bandwidth control tab to display the bandwidth setting window. The current bandwidth is displayed in Current bandwidth. You can set the date and time on the camera. Others 2 Click to select the desired bandwidth from the Setting bandwidth list box.
Note Due to the network properties, there may be a slight difference between the displayed computer's date and time and those set on the camera. Rebooting the Camera Click Reboot on the Network tab to reboot the camera. It will take about 10 to 20 seconds to reboot. Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Commands This section explains how to assign an IP address to the camera using ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) commands without using the supplied setup program.
Using the SNMP This unit supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). You can read MIB-2 objects and write some MIB-2 objects using software such as SNMP manager software. This unit also supports the coldStart trap which occurs when the power is turned on or the unit restarts, and the Authentication failure trap which informs of an illegal access using SNMP. Using CGI commands, you can set community name and access limitation, reading/writing right, host to send traps, and some MIB-2 objects.
the position. The maximum length of is 255 characters. sysName= Set the instance of “mib-2.system.sysName.0” in the position. The maximum length of is 255 characters. 4) enaAuthTraps= Set the instance value of “mib-2.snmp.snmp EnableAuthenTraps.0” in the position. Type “1” (enable) or “2” (disable) in the position. 5) community=,, , Set the community name and the reading/writing attributes.
5 Read the agreement carefully, select Agree if you accept it, then click Next. 6 Type the IP address of the camera in the IP address box. 7 Specify the HTTP port No. of the camera. 8 When you use a proxy server, set the following: For the proxy server of your environments, consult your network administrator. Storing an HTML File in the Built-in Flash Memory You can display the favorite homepage that you have created when you enter the IP address of the camera in the Address box of the browser.
10 Confirm that all items are correct, then click Next. The following page will appear after a while. The camera will be restarted automatically in two minutes, and storing to the built-in flash memory is completed. 11 Type the path for the folder in which your homepage is stored in the Source folder box, then click Next. 13 Click Finish to exit the program. Others 12 Click OK. Uploading of the homepage file starts.
Index A access log .......................................18 access right .....................................25 ActiveX viewer.................................9 activity detection function ..............40 administrator ....................................8 administrator menu page ................16 alarm............................. 28, 32, 34, 36 alarm buffer ....................................38 alarm out.........................................33 alarm output ...................................
T TCP ................................................ 38 TCP port......................................... 38 time difference ............................... 18 title ................................................. 23 title bar ........................................... 17 trigger control parts........................ 12 trimming......................................... 20 U URL ............................................... 18 user authentication ......................... 25 user name ...............
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