Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VN-S200U/S100U JVC
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1 VN-S200U/S100U INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Serial No . which is located on the body . Retain this information for future ref erence.
2 CUA TION • It is strictly prohibited to duplicate or copy any part or whole of this document. • The information in this document is subject to changes without prior notice. • Bear in mind not to violate the copyright when using either the product or this document.
3 This application entitled "MUL TI CAMERA BROWSER" (VN-S100U, VN-S200U) 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 VN- C3U. V erify that your V .
4 Main Functions 1. Multi-browsing • Simultaneous connections to multiple V .NETWORKS units. • Simultaneous browsing of up to 16 units (W ith the VN-S100U, up to 4 cameras can be browsed.) 2. Recording • The displayed V .NETWORKS images can be saved as successive still images.
5 Menu Function List Pull-Down Item Outline File View View window V .Networks Alar m Window Help New Work space Open Work space Save Work space Save Work space as Close Work space (Histor y) Exit Cont.
6 V .NETWORKS No.1 V .NETWORKS No.2 V .NETWORKS No.16 V .NETWORKS No.17 V .NETWORKS No.18 V .NETWORKS No.32 V .NETWORKS No.241 V .NETWORKS No.242 V .NETWORKS No.256 Construction of MUL TI CAMERA BROWSER Work space (*.vnw) View window No.1 View window No.
7 This section describes the installation procedur e of the application. 1. Insert the "VN_S200U" CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive (* with the VN-S200U). 2. Double-click Jvcsetup.exe of the CD-ROM in or der to run it. INST ALLA TION In advance, set the IP addresses of the VN-C1U/C2U/C3U cameras to be used sing the provided setup tool.
8 Installation has completed 3. Perfor m operations in accordance with the displayed instructions. Click here to change the installation destination. * Enter the "SERIAL NUMBER" shown on the sticker attached to the back of the CD-ROM case.
9 VIEWING V .NETWORKS IMAGES This section describes the operations pr ocedure 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] - [vn- s200u Multi Camera Browser] to start it.
10 4. Create a View window 4-1. On the menu bar , select [View Window] - [New V iew 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 wher e you want to add the V .
11 4-5. Set the View window switching interval and image size, then click the <OK> button. * Multiple View windows can be r egistered in the workspace by r epeating steps 4-1 to 4-5 for each View window . Also, multiple V .Networks can be r egistered for a single V iew window by repeating steps 4-3 and 4-4 for each V .
12 Procedure 1. On the menu bar , select [View] - [Contr oller]. 2. Among the currently displayed View windows, click the one wher e the V .NETWORKS to be controlled is register ed in or der to make it active.
13 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".
14 RECORDING V .NETWORKS IMAGES • The recor ding function saves images displayed in the curr ently active window onto a disk. • Images are r ecor ded on a per -window basis. The recor ding file is stored in the folder specified by "Save in" under [View Window] - [Pr oper ties] - [Details].
15 DELETING RECORDING FILES • Recording files ar e saved with file names "<r ecording start time>.rec". • T o delete r ecording files, open the Explor er and delete files "*.
16 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 recor ding. 4. T o set timer r ecording, check one of the [Timer 1 to 5] check boxes and set the [Recording start time], [Recording end time], and [Daily] or [W eekly].
17 Procedure (* The following procedure is applicable to 2 screen playback.) 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 V iew window to be played and the time.
18 Other 1.The PlayBack Controller pr ovides the "image movement amount specification" facility . This function enables to set up PlayBack step per 1 left click. Enter a value between 1 and 3600. 2.The following box is displayed when [Alarm List] is clicked.
19 Procedure 1. Click the View window wher e the images that you want to include as snapshots are displayed. 2. Click the Snapshot button of the Record/Play Contr oller . If the Record/ Play Controller is not displayed, select [V iew] - [REC/Play Controller] to display it.
20 MANAGEMENT EXPLORER • This window has a similar appearance to Windows Explor er and facilitates the window management operations such as changing the settings of the [View window] and [V .Networks] windows as well as enabling their addition and deletion.
21 2-2. When a box as shown below appears, per for m registration of V .Networks in this box. (* For details of the V .Networks registration procedur e, see [3-2] on page 9.) 3. Creating a View W indow 3-1. Right click the root item (item at the top) in the View window list (on the left of the Management Explorer) and select [New V iew Window].
22 A camera group can be cr eated in the V .Networks list (on the right of the screen) for subject management use. Right click the root item or a camera gr oup and select [New] - [Group]. 5. Adding V .Networks to a View Window 4. Creating a Camera Group (Camera groups can be cr eated in up to two layers.
23 6. Changing the Setting of a V iew Window 7. Changing the V .Networks Setting Double-click the V iew window for which the setting is to be changed, or right click it and select [Pr oper ties]. The [V iew Window Setup] box will appear . Double-click.
24 9. Deleting an Item 8. Setting the Alarm T o delete a "V iew Window", "V .Networks", "Group" or "V .Networks registered in a View Window", select the item to be deleted and pr ess the Delete key on the keyboard, or right click the item to be deleted and select [Delete].
25 10. Importing/Exporting V .Networks Registration Information into/from an External File Procedure 1. In a workspace that already has V .Networks register ed in it, execute [Export] to compile the V .Networks r egistration data to file. 2. Create a new workspace, open the [Management Explor er] and execute [Import].
26 1-1. When [View Window] - [Pr operties] 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 r egistered V .
27 1-4. Click the [Add] button. When the [Add V .Networks] window appears showing the list of V .NETWORKS currently register ed 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 .
28 3. Changing the window size This function changes the size of the View window . Select the window size from thr ee options of 160x 120, 320x 240 and 640x 480. 4. Setting the information display This function displays information on the currently displayed V .
29 This function will change the settings related to r ecording. The settings made here ar e also r eflected in timer recor ding. [Storage period] • Specifies the period for which the recor ded file is to be saved in the save destination. "No limit" The recor ded file will be saved without any storage limit.
30 [Recording Interval] • Specifies the interval of recor ding 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 r ecording file. • Can be set for each View window . [REC mark] • Displays characters "REC" at the top right of the V iew window during recor ding.
31 SETTING ACCENT FRAME OF VIEW WINDOW An Accent Frame makes it easy to identify the active (curr ently selected) View window . Procedure 1. In the menu bar , click [View Window] - [Accent Frame]. 2. Check the check box in the following box to set the Accent Frame.
32 [Compression Rate] • Specifies the level of image compression. [Quality] *Specifies the image quality . Saturation Adjusts the color depth of colors. Color Balance Adjusts the balance blue and red. Gain (*) Adjusts the sensitivity . Exposure (*) Adjusts the iris.
33 *In this context, the frame rate refers to the transmission frame rate of the V .NETWORKS unit. The image display rate shown on the PC is variable depending on the PC perfor mance and the LAN envir onment. [Image size] • Sets the sizes of the images sent from V .
34 Procedure 1. In the menu bar , click [V .Networks] - [Position Memor y]. 2. Select the V .NETWORKS for which you want to change the position memory . * The current r egistration information is displayed in the [P AN/TIL T/ZOOM] field. 3. Operate the panning, tilting and zooming to set the conditions you want to register .
35 The following pr ocedur e sets the operation to be performed when an alarm signal is triggered. (It is requir ed to set up the V .Networks alarm in advance. For the setup of V .Networks, refer to the "Setup for the Alarm Function" in the manual provided with the V .
36 Operation Items 1.Start Recording Starts the recording of the V iew window for which the alar m occurred. When the [Stop recording after] check box is checked, recor ding of the View window stops after the specified time period has elapsed. (* Other recor dings such as timer r ecording also stops.
37 6.Popup Message Pop-up a message which is entered in advance. (* Up to 64 characters and 32 pop-up message.) 7.Change View Size Changes the size of the View Window for which the alarm occurs. (* The size of the images transmitted fr om the V .Networks is not changed.
38 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.
39 Clicking the right button of the mouse on the V iew window displays the right- click menu as shown below . The right-click menu can be used to control the following functions. • T ele • Zooms into an image.(VN-C3U only) • Wide • Zooms out from an image.
40 UNINST ALLA TION (Procedure for W indows98) Use the following procedur e 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".
41 The list of the IP addresses of the V .NETWORKS cameras connected to the network can be acquired using the [Search] button of the V .NETWORKS setup tool provided with the VN-C1U/C2U/C3U. The history of modifications with the V .NETWORKS setup tool is stored in file "Vnetst.
42 • Check the color adjustments of the display and video card. The hues of displayed colors may be variable depending on the video card and monitor display of the PC system. This may sometimes be corrected by adjusting the color contr ol of the display .
43 MEMO.
44 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED © 2001 VICT OR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED Printed in Japan SS961541-002 VN-S200U/S100U V.NETWOKS MULTI CAMERA BROWSER.
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