• Monitoring at a maximum frame rate of 30 fps INFORMATION. (2688 x 1920) per sensor. • Three video compression technologies (video IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE codec) of H.265/H.264/JPEG are used. LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, • Selectable operating modes from among 3 CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, codecs.
How to Use This User’s Guide System Requirements This User’s Guide explains how to operate the The following computer environment is necessary Network Camera from a computer. for the computer to display images and the The User’s Guide is designed to be read on the controls of the camera.
– When the PC is connected to the same model Accessing the Camera Using cameras whose firmware versions are different This problem can be solved by removing the the Web Browser browser Cookie. • If the Compatibility View settings of Internet Explorer is enabled, the problem may be occurred in displaying setting menu or UI.
Using RTSP players Precautions for Preventing Access to the Camera by an Streaming image can be viewed using the video Unintended Third Party players that support RTSP streaming. The following is the step to view the stream using The camera may be accessed by an unintended VLC media player.
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Select the Enable Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection checkbox in “Security > Others”. For details, refer to “Security Menu” (page 29) in the Configuration menu. Deselect Enable FTP server checkbox in “Network > FTP”. Note If you use the FTP still image sending function, the SSL function will be disabled, and communication content will not be coded.
Zoom factor Operating the Camera Displays the digital zoom factor. Title & time Configuration of the Live The motion video title can be set in “Video settings” (page 17). The title will be followed by the Viewer current time. Time This section explains the functions of the parts and Displays the current time.
x1/2: displays a half size of the image. Control panel section x1: displays the image according to the frame size selected in “Frame size” (page 22) of the video Click to hide the detail setting menu or click it menu. again to show the menu.
Note Note When Half-duplex is selected in Client settings > The split-screen images that are not selected are Two way audio, either the microphone or speaker, also switched in the patrol mode. but not both, is enabled. Pan speed Set the pan speed. Camera control panel –5 is the slowest and 5 is the fastest.
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more information about e-PTZ operation, refer to “PTZ settings” (page 34). For more information about how to set up the viewing region of the current video stream, refer to “Media > Video” (page 21). Note The PTZ buttons on the panel are not operational unless you are showing only a portion of the full image.
Client settings TCP: The TCP communication is adopted for video/ audio communications. When TCP is selected, the video/audio is transmitted via the port number This section explains how to select the stream specified in “RTSP port” (page 26) of “Network > transfer mode and the saving options on the local Streaming protocols”...
Select the tab above the menu, and then set Camera configuration each setting option in the tab. This section explains how to set the functions of Example: For details of the menu tabs and the camera by the Administrator. setting options of the General settings tab For details about monitoring the camera image, of Media menu, refer to page 17.
Event System Menu Displays the menu for setting events. (“Event Menu” (page 35)) Applications When you click System in the Configuration menu, Displays the menu for setting all built-in detection the submenus of the System menu expand. functions. (“Applications Menu” (page 40)) Use this menu to perform the principal settings of the camera.
Note Time slip can readily occur in low or high The parameters may not be displayed depending temperature environments. In this case, select on the browser environment. Click Reload for that Automatic. case. Save Click Save to activate the settings when you complete the settings of this page.
ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in Note November. When the camera is restarted or reset to the factory settings, the alarm is output for about 40 seconds. Import/Export files Export files This feature allows you to save daylight saving time configuration, custom language file, configuration Update custom language file file, and server status report.
Video font (.ttf) Media menu Select True Type fonts for time stamps and video titles displayed in the live view. Also, select lower- case characters for the file name you specify. When you click Media in the Configuration menu, Color the submenus of the Media menu expand.
Image settings Contrast Adjust the image contrast level, which ranges from 0% to 100%. Saturation Adjust the image saturation level, which ranges from 0% to 100%. Sharpness Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from 0% to 100%. Gamma curve Adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from 0 to 0.45.
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Save Add inclusive window: Click to display the frame for the measurement window. Change the frame When completed with the settings on this page, position and size to set the measurement click Save to enable the settings. window. Add exclusive window: Click to display the Restore frame for the exclusive window.
passing by with their lights on can bring fast Zoom changes in light levels. Adjust the optical zoom by moving the slide bar or clicking <<, <, >, >>. Adjust to the optimized position by monitoring the WDR (Wide dynamic range) angle field of the 4 sensors.
Click on four points on the Preview screen to Select a stream for which you want to set up specify the privacy mask area. the viewing region. Select the Enable privacy mask checkbox. Select the frame size from the drop-down list of the Region of interest.
• The response of the camera to commands is Smart codec delayed. Smart codec effectively reduces the quality of the • When JPEG is selected, the audio data is not sent whole or the non-interested areas on a screen and to the client.
The bit rate then becomes the Average or Upper Muting bound bit rate number. The camera will strive to Select this option to disable audio transmission deliver video streams around or within the bit rate from the camera to all clients. Note that if muted, limitation you impose.
Secondary DNS: Enter the IP address of the Network menu secondary DNS server. Primary WINS server: Enter the IP address of the primary WINS server. Secondary WINS server: Enter the IP address of When you click Network in the Configuration the secondary WINS server.
IPv6 information Optional default router: Enter the default Click IPv6 information to obtain its information. gateway. Optional primary DNS: Enter the IP address of the Link-local IPv6 address/ primary DNS server. network mask Refer to Ethernet Save When completed with the settings on this page, click Save to enable the settings.
Secondary HTTP port the RTCP port for video is set to 5557. There is RTCP The default setting is 8080. If you set to the other port for Audio in addition to Video. port, specify the port number from 1025 to 65535. The ports can be changed to values between 1025 and 65535.
Multicast audio port Audio Specify the audio transmission port number used for the multicast streaming. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Two port numbers (the number specified here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number) are used for audio data communication and control.
QoS settings Read/Write community Enter the name of Read/Write community. CoS (Class of Service) Read only community Enter the name of Read only community. CoS is a kind of QoS, and the eight levels of the frame priority can be set. CoS can be use when VLAN is used.
FTP port Security Menu By default, the FTP port is set to 21. The ports can be changed to values between 1025 and 65535. Note When you click Security in the Configuration menu, the submenus of the Security menu expand. The password will not be coded by FTP protocol, Disable the FTP if you need the security.
In Account management, you can also change a Certificate user’s access rights or delete user accounts. Create self-signed certificate The private key information corresponding to the Select an existing account to modify. certificate is stored in the camera in the Create self-signed certificate mode.
date and time are not correctly set, it may cause list, check Enable access list filtering and click browser connection problems. Save in the first column. • If the connection does not automatically change Disconnect: If you want to break off the current to an encrypted connection, click Viewer to connections, select the client and click Disconnect return to the viewer window.
Always allow the IP address to access this device Authenticator You can check this item and add the An authenticator forwards certificate request data Administrator’s IP address in this field to make sure or response data that the supplicant or the Administrator can always connect to the authentication server issues to the other party.
Click the Upload button, and the selected file will Security > Miscellaneous be imported to the camera. Note The upload will fail if the selected file is not a CA certificate. Click Delete, and the CA certificate stored in the Enable Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF) camera will be deleted.
Home location settings PTZ Menu When you click PTZ in the Configuration menu, the Set current position as home submenus of the PTZ menu expand. Set current position as home. Restore home position to default Return to home position to the default position. PTZ >...
Misc settings Event Menu Zoom factor display If you check this item, the zoom factor will be displayed in the live view when you zoom in/out When you click Event in the Configuration menu, the live viewing window. the submenus of the Event menu expand. The Event settings section explains how to Save configure the camera to respond to particular...
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Detect next motion detection or digital input Active: Performs the event while the sensor input after [ ] second(s). is active. Input the time in seconds before disabling the Normal to Active: Performs the event when the motion detection or sensor input after they have sensor input shifts to the active status from the activated.
Password: Enter the password of the email Note account if necessary. Server port: The default mail server port is set to When the camera is turned on, or the camera is re- started or reset to the factory settings, the alarm is 25.
transmission to pass through the firewall. The Test firmware default has the Passive mode checkbox To verify if the settings are correctly configured, selected. click Test. The result will be shown in a pop-up window. If successful, you will also receive a test.txt Test file on the Network storage.
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System log Memo Select to send a system log when a trigger is activated. A still image is saved every second. Save media When the settings on this page have been completed, click Save media to enable the settings. Click Close to close the settings page. Video clip Select to save the video clip when a trigger is activated.
On/Off of Event settings Applications Menu The configured servers and media are listed in the Event settings. Make sure that the event Status is ON to enable event trigger action. When you click Applications in the Configuration menu, the submenus of the Applications menu are expanded.
Click Save to enable your settings. Applications > DI and DO Configure the direction to detect the signal that is Memo input to the digital input (sensor input) of the You can confirm the status of the motion detection camera, the polarity of the signal that is output by the indicator.
Applications > Tampering detection Applications > Audio detection Set up the camera tampering detection. Set up the audio detection. The audio alarms can be triggered when breaching or falling below the preset threshold. To set the audio detection Follow the steps below to configure the audio detection function: Once the Audio detection window is opened, Channel...
Notes Recording menu • If the Alarm level and the received volume are set within a range of 20% on the wave diagram, frequent alarms will be triggered. It is When you click Recording in the Configuration recommended to set the Alarm level farther apart menu, the submenus of the Recording menu from the detected sound level.
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You can configure up to 2 recording settings. Channel Select the channel. Source Select the recording image (stream 1 to stream 3). Memo To enable recording notification, configure Event settings first. Follow the steps below to set up the recording. 1.
To remove a recording setting from the list, select a Storage menu recording name from the drop-down list and click Delete. Rec1 (Recording settings name): Click to open the When you click Storage in the Configuration menu, Recording settings page to modify. the submenus of the Storage menu expand.
Click Format to initialize the microSD card. The (For example: \\my_nas\disk\folder) saved files and folders in microSD card will be erased. Workgroup: Enter the workgroup. User name: Enter the user name. Password: Enter the password. Notes • When you use the microSD card for the first time, Test initialize it by clicking Format.
Search Search results You can set up the search criteria for recorded data. The search results are displayed. There are four columns: Recording name, Trigger type, Starting time, Ending time. Click title to sort the search results in either direction. Device target All devices: Search from all devices.
Primary DNS server Others One of the DNS servers that can first reply to a request by connected devices or other DNS servers. Frame rate Glossary The number of frames of a moving image that can be transmitted per a second. Capture Proxy server To send audio and video converted to digital data...
corresponding IP address. The client computer can then obtain the IP address of the computer to be Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol. A connected. standard protocol used for Internet connection. Compared with the other protocol, UDP, TCP H.264 provides reliable communication but communication speed is slower.
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