Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SNC-Z20N Sony
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3-796-928- 12 (1) Netw ork Camera © 2003 Sony Corporation SNC-Z20N/Z20P User’ s Guid e Software V ersion 1.0.
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T able of Content s 4 T able of Cont ents Overvie w How to Use Thi s User’ s Guide ........... .................. . 6 Prec autions ...... .................. ........................... .......... 6 Operating Precautions ............ ................
T able of Cont ents 5 Setting the Al arm Out 1 or 2 — Alarm out 1 or 2 setting P age ............ ............ 37 Activating/ Deac tiv ating th e Al arm Out 1 Func tion — Alarm out 1 usa ge setting P a ge .............. ... 37 Setting t he Alarm Out 1 Function — Alarm out 1 sett ing Pag e .
Over vi ew How to Use This User’ s Guide / Precautions 6 Overvie w How to Use Thi s User’ s Guide This User’ s Guide e xplains ho w to opera te the SNC - Z20N/Z20P Network Camera from a co mputer . The User’ s Guide is written to be rea d on the compu ter display .
Oper ating the Camer a Logging in to Homepage — W elcome P age 7 Operating the Camera The Operating the Camera section e xplains ho w to monitor the image from the camera using t he W eb bro wser . Use Internet E xplorer as the W eb browser . For setting the camera, see “ Administrating the Camera” on page 16.
Oper ating the Camer a Logging i n to Homepage — W elcome P age 8 The welcome page is chang ed to that for Administrator . 3 Select th e vie wer . Y ou can select the viewer from among Ja va ap plet view er , Acti veX viewer wh ich e v er is su itabl e fo r your system en vironments and u sage.
Oper ating the Camer a Configur ation o f Main View er P age 9 Configurat ion of Main Vie wer P a ge When you select the vie wer , the main vie wer page is displayed . This secti on brief ly exp lains the f unctions of the parts and control s on th e main vie wer pa ge.
Oper ating the Camer a Controlling the Monitor Image 10 View size Selects the image size to be d isplayed. See “Select ing the vie w size” on page 10. Camera contr ol par ts These parts are displ ayed when you click Con trol on t he menu section. Y ou can operate the camera using these parts.
Oper ating the Camer a Opera ting the Ca mera fr om the Image Co ntrol Sect ion 11 Operati ng the Ca mera fr om the Image Contr ol Section Y ou can operat e the camera from the i mage control section on t he main vie wer p age. For t his functi on, user ac cess right Lev el 2 to Level 4 is required (se e page 28).
Oper ating the Camer a Oper ating the Camer a from the Monit or Image / Controll ing the Applic ation Manu ally 12 Operatin g the C amera fr om the Monito r Ima ge Y ou ca n operate zoomi ng of the camera b y clickin g the mouse on the monitor image .
Oper ating the Camer a Capturing a Monitor Image 13 Recor ding a Stil l Ima ge on an A T A Memory Card or the Built-i n Memory of the Camer a If you select M em o ry s ave and click , t he current still image is capt ured and stored in the memory specif ied on th e Image memory setting page.
Operat ing the Camera Using a P ocket PC Logging i n to Homepage — W elcome P age 14 Opera ting the Camera Us ing a Po cket PC Y ou c an display i mages and operate the camera usi ng a PDA (Personal Digital Assista nt) that runs on Microso ft Pocket PC 2002.
Operat ing the Camera Using a P ocket PC Configur ation o f Main View er P age 15 Configurat ion of Main Vie wer P a ge When you select the vie wer , the main vie wer page is displayed . This secti on brief ly exp lains the f unctions of the parts and control s on th e main vie wer pa ge.
Administ rating the Came ra Configur ation of Admin istrat or Menu P age 16 Administrating the Camera The Administrat ing the Camera secti on expla ins how to set the functions o f the camera b y the Administrator . For monit oring the camera image, see “Operating the Camera” on page 7.
Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Syst em — Syste m sett ing P age 17 Sche dule Displays the Schedule se tting p age. See “Sett ing the Sche dule — Sched ule setti ng Pa ge” on page 43. Activity d etectio n Displays the Acti vity detection set ting page .
Administ rating the Came ra Con figur in g the Sy stem — Syst em se tting Page 18 Default frame rate Select the initial fra me rate whic h is selecte d when you log in th e camera a nd display the main viewer page. Click the do wn-arrow b utton in t he box and select the frame rate from the drop-down list.
Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Syst em — Syste m sett ing P age 19 Date time setting Section Current date time Displays the date a nd time set on t he camera.
Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Camera — Camer a settin g P age 20 Initia liza tion Secti on Backup setting Sav es the se tting da ta of the ca mera in a file. Click Save , and follo w the i nstructions on t he bro wser to specify the folder and sa ve the setting da ta of the camera.
Administ rating the Came ra Setting th e Camera — Camera sett ing P age 21 Image quality Selec t the imag e qualit y from Level 1 to Lev el 10 . A highe r lev el giv es a higher im age qual ity , but the frame rate decreases as the d ata size increases.
Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Camera — Camer a settin g P age 22 The trimmi ng po rtion is de termined as sho wn below: T o change the t rimming por tion, clic k on anot her point o n the im age. When Random is selected: Click the left b utton of the mouse on the stil l image and dra g it diagon ally .
Administ rating the Came ra Setting th e Camera — Camera sett ing P age 23 Note When the shutter spe ed is set to 1 sec or 1/2 sec in the Shutt er priorit y or Manual mod e, set the F ocus mode menu and the White bal ance mode menu t o Manual .
Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Netw ork — Netwo rk setting P age 24 Camera contr ol mode setting Section Y ou can set the operation mo de for zo oming using th e TELE and WIDE but tons (see pag e 11), and for manual focusing usi ng the NEAR and F AR button s (see page 11).
Administ rating the Came ra Configuring the Ne twork — Netwo rk setti ng P age 25 Primary DNS T ype t he IP addre ss of the primar y DNS serv er . Secondary DNS T ype t he IP address of the secondary DNS server , if necessary . Band width control Lim its th e da ta com munic ati on ba ndwi dth o f the camera.
Administ rating the Came ra Configuring t he Netw ork — Netwo rk setting P age 26 Bandwidth contr ol Limits the data commu nication bandwidt h for th e wireless interface of the camera. Y ou can select from among the follo wing : Unlimited, 0.5, 0.6, 0.
Administ rating the Came ra Configuring the Ne twork — Netwo rk setti ng P age 27 Notifying the IP Ad dress — Dynamic IP ad dress notificati on Section When the DHCP menu is set to On , you can se.
Administ rating the Came ra Setting the User — User setting P age 28 <MA CADDRESS> Use this tag to embed the MA C address of th e interface which IP addr ess you ha ve acquired b y the DHCP , in the te xt or p arameter .
Administ rating the Came ra Setting t he Security — Security sett ing P age 29 Access righ t Select the access right for each user fro m the drop-do wn list.
Administ rating the Came ra Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP client settin g P age 30 Network address/ Subnet 1 to Netw ork address/Subnet 10 T ype t he IP addr ess es an d subn et m ask value s you want to allo w or den y access to the c amera. Y ou can specify up to 10 IP addresses an d subnet mask val ues.
Administ rating the Came ra Sending I mages to FTP Se rver — FTP client set ting P age 31 FTP server name T ype the FTP server name to upload still images up to 64 characters, or the IP a ddress of the FT P server . User name T ype t he user name for th e FTP serv er .
Administ rating the Came ra Sending Imag es to FTP Server — FTP client settin g P age 32 A vailab le period Select the p eriod for which the selecte d alarm mode is av ailable. Always: The selected alarm mode is av ailable an y time. Use sche duler: The selected alarm mode is a v ailabl e according to the sch edule selected i n Schedul e No.
Administ rating the Came ra Sending I mages to FTP Se rver — FTP client set ting P age 33 Note The actual int erval may be long er than the set v alue depending o n image size and the netwo rk en vironments. Built-in me mor y Displays the b uilt-in memory space.
Administ rating the Came ra Downloadin g Ima ges fro m the Came ra — FTP serv er sett ing P age 34 Downloading Images fr om the Camera — FTP ser ver setting P age When y ou click FTP se rv er on the Administra tor menu, the FTP serv er setting pag e appears.
Administ rating the Came ra Sending an I mage via E-mail — SMTP s etting P age 35 Sendin g an Image via E- mail — SMTP setting P age When you cl ick SMTP on the Admini strator menu, th e SMTP sett ing page ap pears. Use this page to set up f or the SMT P functi on that can capture and send a sti ll image attached t o an E-mail.
Administ rating the Came ra Sending an Ima ge via E-mail — SMTP set ting P age 36 Mode Select the mo de of the SMTP fun ction. Manual: Sends a still im age attac hed to an E-ma il manua lly . After select ing Manual , click OK . T he SMTP functio n mode is set to Manual .
Administ rating the Came ra Sett ing the Al ar m Out 1 o r 2 — Alar m ou t 1 or 2 setti ng Page 37 Settin g the Al arm Out 1 or 2 — Alarm out 1 o r 2 settin g P ag e When you cl ick Alarm ou t 1 on t he Administrator menu, the Ala rm out 1 set ting page appears.
Administ rating the Came ra Recording Im ages in Memory — Image memory setting P age 38 Schedule No. When Use schedule r is select ed on the A vailabl e period menu, sele ct the sched ule you want th e alarm mode being av ailable . Click to sel ect the che ck box(es) 1 to 6 .
Administ rating the Came ra Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setti ng P age 39 Memory Select the memory you w ant to store the image to, from the drop- dow n list .
Administ rating the Came ra Recording Im ages in Memory — Image memory setting P age 40 bui lt-in acti vity detec tion functi on. When you select Alarm , the Alarm mode sett ing section appears (see page 40). Note If the Suf f ix menu is s et to Non e , y ou cannot sel ect the Alarm mode.
Administ rating the Came ra Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setti ng P age 41 Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6 . Y ou can select multip le sched ules. T o chec k the cont ents of schedules, cl ick Schedu le check . (S ee “Setting t he Sche dule — Schedul e setting Page” o n page 43.
Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Alarm Buff er — Alarm buf f er sett ing P age / Communic ating Data v ia Serial P or t — Serial set ting P age 42 Setting th e Alar m Buff er — Alarm buff er setting P age When yo u click Alarm b uffer on the A dministrato r menu, the Alarm b uf fer Setting page appears.
Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Schedule — Schedule set ting P age / Setting the Schedu le — Schedule sett ing P age 43 Notes • When you control t he camera vi a th e serial port using the VISCA prot ocol, matc h the commu nication settings with tho se on the conn ected contro ller .
Administ rating the Came ra Setting the Activ ity Det ection Functi on — A ctivit y dete ction se tting P age 44 Setting th e Acti vity Detectio n Function — Activity detection setting P age When yo u click Activity detection on the Administrator menu, th e Acti vity dete ction setting page appears.
Administ rating the Came ra Showing the P op-up — P op-up s etting P age 45 Sho wing the P op-up — P op- up se tting P age When you cl ick Pop - u p on the Admini strator menu, the Pop-up sett ing page app ears.
Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Pr ogr am 46 Other s Using the Supplie d Setup Pr ogram T o conn ect the camera to a netw ork, you need to a ssign a ne w IP address to the camera when you i nstalled the camera for the f irst time.
Other s Us ing t he S uppl ied Setup Pr ogram 47 8 Set the primary DNS se rver address and , if necessary , seconda ry DNS serv er address. T o obtain the DNS server addr esses automatically: Select Obtain DNS server add ress automa tically .
Other s Using the Sup plied Setup Pr ogr am 48 Setting the Date and Time Y ou can set the date an d time on the camera. 1 Click the Da te time t ab to display the date/t ime setti ng windo w . 2 Clic k to select t he camera you want to set the date and ti me for .
Other s Assigning t he IP Address to t he Camera Using ARP Co mmands / Using the SNMP 49 Assigning the IP Addres s to the Camer a Using ARP Commands This section e xplains ho w to assi gn an IP addr ess to the camera usin g ARP (Address Resol ution Pro tocol) commands witho ut using the su pplied setup program.
Other s Using the SNMP 50 4 describes the inst ance of “mib-2.system. sysConta ct.0”. This f ield is used to desc ribe the informatio n on the admini strator of this c amera. Nothi ng is se t at t he f acto ry . 5 describes the inst ance of “mib-2.
Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-in Flash Memory 51 SNMP rest ar t comm and <Method> GET , POST <Command> http:/ /ip_adr/ snmpdconf/ snmpdconf.
Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-i n Flash Memory 52 5 Read the agreement carefully , select Ag ree if you accept i t, then cli ck Next . 6 T ype the IP address of the camera in the IP address box.
Other s Storing an HTML File in t he Built-in Flash Memory 53 The fol lo wing p age will ap pear afte r a while. The camera will be restarted automatically i n two min utes, and storin g to th e built-in fl ash memo ry is comp leted. 13 Click Finish to ex it th e pro gram .
Other s Inde x 54 Inde x Numerics 802.11 Ad h oc mode .................. .... 26 A access log . ............ ................. ......... 18 access right ...................... ........... .... 29 Activ eX vie wer...................... ........... 8 acti vity detection function .
Other s Inde x 55 schedule ............... ........... ............ ... 43 security function ............. ............ ... 2 9 security setting ..... ........... ............... 29 sending a st ill image ............. ......... 12 sending images ....
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