V.NETWOKS MULTI CAMERA BROWSER VN-S200U/S100U INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Serial No. which is located on the body. Retain this information for future reference. Model No. Serial No. VN-S200U/S100U This instruction book is made from 100% recycled paper.
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INTRODUCTION This application entitled "MULTI CAMERA BROWSER" (VN-S100U, VNS200U) is used to display images from multiple V.NETWORKS units on the operator terminal equipment. (The V.NETWORKS series products include the VN-C1U, VN-C2U and VNC3U. Verify that your V.NETWORKS unit is the VN-C1U, VN-C2U or VN-C3U. Operating Environment The following environment is required to run this application.
Main Functions 1. Multi-browsing ESimultaneous connections to multiple V.NETWORKS units. ESimultaneous browsing of up to 16 units (With the VN-S100U, up to 4 cameras can be browsed.) 2. Recording EThe displayed V.NETWORKS images can be saved as successive still images. EVariable saving interval. ETimer recording. (This function is for exclusive use with the VN-S200U.) 3. PLAY BACK EPlayback of recording by simply specifying the time and date. ESimultaneous display of saved time. 4.
Menu Function List Menu Item Pull-Down Item Outline File Creates a new work space. Opens an existing work space. Saves a work space by overwriting. Saves a work space by assigning a new name. Close the currently open work space. Exits from the browser. Toggles the display of the V.NETWORKS controller on and off. Toggles the display of the recording, playback and snapshot controller. Toggles the display of the tool tip. Creates a new View window. Opens an existing View window.
Construction of MULTI CAMERA BROWSER Work space (*.vnw) View window No.1 V.NETWORKS No.1 V.NETWORKS No.2 ... V.NETWORKS No.16 ... View window No.2 V.NETWORKS No.17 V.NETWORKS No.18 ... V.NETWORKS No.32 View window No.16 V.NETWORKS No.241 V.NETWORKS No.242 V.NETWORKS No.256 *The figure above shows the construction of the VN-S200U. With the VN-S100U, the following restrictions are applied. Number of View windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Number of cameras per View windows . . .
INSTALLATION This section describes the installation procedure of the application. 1. Insert the "VN_S200U" CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive (* with the VN-S200U). 2. Double-click \Jvc\setup.exe of the CD-ROM in order to run it. In advance, set the IP addresses of the VN-C1U/C2U/C3U cameras to be used sing the provided setup tool. For the operating procedure of the setup tool, refer to the cameras' instruction manuals.
3. Perform operations in accordance with the displayed instructions. Click here to change the installation destination.
VIEWING V.NETWORKS IMAGES This section describes the operations procedure for displaying V.NETWORKS images on your PC. 1. Start the Multi Camera Browser. 1-1. From "Start" on the taskbar, select [Programs] - [V.NETWORKS] - [vns200u Multi Camera Browser] to start it. 2. Create a workspace 2-1. On the menu bar, select [File] - [New Workspace] to create a new workspace. 3. Register V.NETWORKS in the workspace 3-1. On the menu bar, select [V.Networks] - [Add V.Networks] 3-2. Enter the V.
4. Create a View window 4-1. On the menu bar, select [View Window] - [New View Window]. 4-2. When a window is displayed, enter the View window name in it. 4-3. On the "View Window Setup" item, select the View window where you want to add the V.NETWORKS and click the button. 4-4. When the "Add V.Networks" window is displayed, click the displayed contents in order to display all the V.NETWORKS units registered for the workspace. Select the V.
4-5. Set the View window switching interval and image size, then click the button.
CONTROLLING THE V.NETWORKS This section describes how to pan, tilt or zoom the connected V.NETWORKS using the controller and set it to the condition in which viewing is required. Procedure 1. Among the currently displayed View windows, click the one where the V.NETWORKS to be controlled is registered in order to make it active. 2. If more than one V.NETWORKS has been registered in the View window, interrupt the image switching by clicking the [Pause Switching] button on the controller. 3.
Operations Panning/tilting operation Click one of the eight arrow buttons to pan/tilt the V.NETWORKS in the indicated direction by the angle set in "Angle Step". (The angle is freely variable in steps between 0º and 40º.) Lens operation In the pull-down menu in the LENS field, select the item to be controlled from IRIS, ZOOM and FOCUS. When the Zoom operation is selected, the "Fast" check-box is displayed. Checking this box enables zooming in and out at high speed.
RECORDING V.NETWORKS IMAGES The recording function saves images displayed in the currently active window onto a disk. Images are recorded on a per-window basis. The recording file is stored in the folder specified by "Save in" under [View Window] - [Properties] [Details]. The default folder is the folder having the same name as the View window name under the folder where the application is installed {i.e. (Application installation folder)\(View window name)}.
DELETING RECORDING FILES Recording files are saved with file names ".rec". To delete recording files, open the Explorer and delete files "*.rec". CAUTION !! As a recording file cannot be restored once it has been deleted, make sure that the file is unnecessary by checking the contents before deletion. JVC cannot assume liabilities for the loss of recording files.
TIMER RECORDING (*This function is for exclusive use with the VN-S200U.) The timer recording function starts and stops recording automatically at the set time of day. For detailed recording setup, see "5. Recording setup" in "CHANGING THE VIEW WINDOW SETUP". Procedure 1. Select [View Window] - [Timer Recording]. 2. The [Timer Recording] window appears. 3. In the View window column, select the View window you want to set timer recording. 4.
PLAYING RECORDING IMAGES (*VN-S100U : 1 image play back, VN-S200U : up to 4 images play back simultaneously.) This section describes how to play back a recorded file. Procedure 1. Click the Play button of the Record/Play Controller. When a window as shown below appears, select the size and number of played windows. 2. When the Select Image window appears, select the View window to be played and the time. ( When the [Sort by Name] check box is checked, the time is sorted on a per-camera basis.
SNAPSHOT RECORDING The snapshot function saves the currently displayed View window as a still image in a file. Up to 16 images can be acquired at once. Procedure 1. Click the View window where the images that you want to include as snapshots are displayed. 2. Click the Snapshot button of the Record/Play Controller. If the Record/ Play Controller is not displayed, select [View] - [REC/Play Controller] to display it.
CHANGING THE VIEW WINDOW SETUP 1. Adding or deleteing V.NETWORKS to or from a View windows 1-1. When [View Window] - [Properties] in the menu bar is selected, the following window appears.Use this window to change the setup of the View window. 1-2. Select the View window you want to change the setting. 1-3. The list of currently registered V.NETWORKS names is shown under item [Currently Registered V.Networks]. To add V.NETWORKS, go to step 1-4 To delete V.
1-4. Click the [Add] button. When the [Add V.Networks] window appears showing the list of V.NETWORKS currently registered in the workspaces select the V.NETWORKS you want to add and click the [Add] button. The addition is complete when the name of the added V.NETWORKS is displayed in the [Currently registered V.Networks] field. *Up to 16 V.NETWORKS units can be registered per View window. It is not permitted to register more than 16 V.NETWORKS. 1-5. In the [Currently registered V.
3. Changing the window size This function changes the size of the View window. Select the window size from three options of 160×120, 320×240 and 640×480. REMARK : If the view window size is increased more than the camera image size, the image quality becomes coarse due to image magnification. 4. Setting the information display This function displays information on the currently displayed V.NETWORKS. 1. Display no information. 2. Display the V.NETWORKS name. 3. Display the V.NETWORKS name and V.NETWORKS ID.
5. Recording setup This function will change the settings related to recording. The settings made here are also reflected in timer recording. [Recording Method] Sets the recording method for the available capacity in the save destination disk. Update : When the available space decreases, old images recorded at the beginning of the recording are deleted in order to save the latest images. Stop : Recording stops when the available space decreases.
[Recording Interval] Specifies the interval of recording of each frame in seconds. Set in the range from 0 to 120 seconds. [Save in] Sets the folder where you want to save the recording file. Can be set for each View window. [REC mark] Displays characters "REC" at the top right of the View window during recording.
CHANGING THE V.NETWORKS SETUP Details of V.NETWORKS including the image quality can be set. [Quality] Saturation Adjusts the depths of colors Color Balance Adjust the balance of blue and red. Gain Adjusts the sensitivity *These do not Adjusts the iris need adjustment Exposure in the Full Auto Contrast Adjusts the contrast operation Brightness Adjusts the brightness *Exposure cannot be controlled when the VN-C3U is connected. [Upside down] Displays the V.NETWORKS images upside down.
SETTING THE POSITION MEMORY This function changes the setting of the position memory for panning, tilting(VNC2U VN-C3U) and zooming (VN-C3U only). Procedure 1. In the menu bar, click [V.Networks] - [Position Memory]. 2. Select the V.NETWORKS for which you want to change the position memory. * The current registration information is displayed in the [PAN/TILT/ZOOM] field. 3. Operate the panning, tilting and zooming to set the conditions you want to register. 4.
ARRANGING THE WINDOWS Arrange Windows Arranges the View windows. (Arranging is sometimes not possible depending on the numbers and sizes of the windows.) Align with Grid Arranges the View windows by automatically aligning them with the grid. Window List Display all the View windows registered in the workspaces. A check mark is shown to the left of the currently displayed window.
RIGHT-CLICK MENU Clicking the right button of the mouse on the View window displays the rightclick menu as shown below. The right-click menu can be used to control the following functions. Tele Zooms into an image.(VN-C3U only) Wide Zooms out from an image.(VN-C3U only) Larger Magnifies image without changing the resolution.Image size changes from 160×120 to 320×240 and 640×480. (The size of the images transmitted by each V.NETWORKS is not affected.
UNINSTALLATION (Procedure for Windows98) Use the following procedure to uninstall (Delete) the Multi Camera Browser from your PC. 1. In the taskbar, select [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] 2. In the Control Panel, double-click "Add/Remove programs". 3. When the [Add/Remove programs Property] window appears, select "vns200u Multi Camera Browser" under the [Install/Uninstall] tag and click the [Add/Remove] button.