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Sony IPELA SNC-DF40N User Manual

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3-869-488-12 (1)

Network Camera

User's Guide
Software Version 1.1
SNC-DF40N/DF40P
© 2004 Sony Corporation

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  • Page 1: Network Camera

    3-869-488-12 (1) Network Camera User’s Guide Software Version 1.1 SNC-DF40N/DF40P © 2004 Sony Corporation...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Configuration of Administrator Menu ....26 Table of Contents Configuring the System — System setting menu ........27 System Tab ............27 Date & time Tab ..........28 Overview Initialize Tab .............29 Features ..............4 System log Tab ..........29 Camera section ........... 4 Access log tab ...........29 Network section, Control section .......
  • Page 3 Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Menu ........51 Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer setting Menu ..............51 Setting the Motion Detection Function — Motion detection setting Menu ...... 52 Setting the Motion Detection Area, Sensitivity and Threshold level ..........53 Others Using the Supplied Setup Program ....

  • Page 4: Overview

    OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER. • Supports PoE (Power of Ethernet). • If you lose data by using this unit, SONY accepts no • The camera is supplied with the IP Setup Program for responsibility for restoration of the data.

  • Page 5: Phenomena Specific To Ccd Image Sensors

    NOTICE TO USERS Phenomena Specific to © 2004 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. This manual or the software described herein, in whole or in CCD Image Sensors part, may not be reproduced, translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior written The following phenomena that may appear in images are approval from Sony Corporation.

  • Page 6: How To Use This User's Guide

    How to Use This User’s System Requirements Guide These are the requirements for the computer that displays the image or controls the camera. This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNC- DF40N/DF40P Network Camera from a computer. Processor The User’s Guide is written to be read on the computer Intel Pentium III, 1 GHz or higher (Intel Pentium 4, 2 display.

  • Page 7: Preparation

    If it does not appear automatically in the Web Preparation browser, double-click on the index.htm file on the CD-ROM. The Preparation section explains what the administrator When you are using Windows Vista, pop-up “AutoPlay” may appear. For details, “Installing has to prepare for monitoring the images after software”...
  • Page 8 Note When you select Obtain an IP address automatically, make sure that the DHCP server is operating on the network. Set the DNS server address. To obtain the DNS server addresses automatically: Select Obtain DNS server address automatically. To specify the DNS server addresses manually: Select Use the following DNS server address, and type the Primary DNS server address and Secondary DNS server address in the relevant...

  • Page 9: When Using Windows Xp Service Pack 2

    If “Setting OK” is displayed, the IP address is Example: In case of IP Setup Program correctly assigned. If message “Internet Explorer” appears, click Yes. To access the camera directly, double-click the camera name in the list. If message “File Download – Security Warning” appears, click Run.
  • Page 10 If message “Information Bar” appears, click OK. Select Windows Firewall and select Off in the Windows Firewall dialog. If the information bar appears, click on the bar and select Install ActiveX Control…. If “ Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Install.

  • Page 11: When Using Windows Vista

    In the Add Program dialog, select IP Setup If pop-up “AutoPlay” appears when a CD-ROM is Program and click OK. inserted into the CD-ROM drive, click Install or run program. Then the IP Setup Program is added to the Programs and Services list. Click OK.
  • Page 12 installation correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and If “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click click the Setup icon again. Install. If message “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” appears, click Run. The installation of ActiveX Control starts. When installation is completed, the main viewer or the Motion detection setting menu appears.

  • Page 13: Accessing The Camera Using The Web Browser

    The cameras will be displayed in the list. Accessing the Camera If you want to keep Windows Firewall On, continue with the following steps. Using the Web Browser Select the “Exceptions” tab. When the IP address has been assigned to the camera, Select Add Program….
  • Page 14 When using antivirus software, etc. on the computer • When you use antivirus software, security software, personal firewall or pop-up blocker on your computer, the camera performance may be reduced, for example, the frame rate for displaying the image may be lower. •...

  • Page 15: Basic Configuration By The Administrator

    Basic Configuration by the Administrator You can monitor the image of the camera by logging in with the initial condition of this network camera. You can also set various functions according to the install position, network condition or purpose of the camera. We recommend you configure the following items before monitoring the image from the camera.

  • Page 16: Operating The Camera

    User Operating the Camera Function Administrator Full Light View Switch the TCP/ – – UDP transmission The Operating the Camera section explains how to mode (Available in monitor the image from the camera using the Web MPEG4 mode browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. only) The functions of the camera should be set by the Control the audio...

  • Page 17: Logging In To Homepage - Welcome Page

    Select the viewer language. Logging in to Homepage Click English or Japanese at the bottom of the welcome page. — Welcome Page Click Enter. The main viewer appears. Logging in as a User With the ActiveX viewer Start the Web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor.

  • Page 18: About Viewers

    Java applet viewer You can select this viewer when the camera video mode is set to JPEG. The frame rate is lower than the ActiveX viewer. The Java applet viewer operates only when Java is installed and Java (Sun) is enabled. If it does not operate correctly, check whether the effective Java version has been installed successfully and Java (Sun) is enabled.

  • Page 19: Configuration Of Main Viewer

    Camera Control Section Configuration of Main Viewer Frame rate This section explains the functions of the parts and controls of the main viewer. For a detailed explanation on each part or control, see the specified pages. (Displayed only when the camera Video mode (page 30) Main viewer is set to JPEG.) Selects the frame rate to transmit images.

  • Page 20: Monitor Image

    Click the Frame rate list box to select the frame rate for transmitting the image. The selectable frame rates are the following: SNC-DF40N: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 fps SNC-DF40P: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25 fps “fps”...

  • Page 21: Zooming In The Monitor Image

    Select the view size. Capturing a Monitor Image You can capture a monitoring image as a still image and save it in the computer. Click View size list box to select the view size from among Auto, 640 × 480, 320 × 240 and 160 × 120. Auto is determined by the image size specified in Capturing a monitor image the Camera setting page (page 30).

  • Page 22: Saving The Captured Image

    Saving the captured image Sending an Image File With the ActiveX viewer You can send a captured still image with an attached mail or to the FTP server. Capture the monitor image. To use this function, you need to make the e- Mail(SMTP) and FTP client active, and set the address Click Save.

  • Page 23: Recording A Still Image In The Built-In Memory Of The Camera

    Recording a Still Image Controlling Alarm output in the Built-in Memory of You can control the Alarm output On (short-circuit) and Off (open). the Camera To use this function, you need to make Alarm output active in the Trigger setting menu on the Administrator You can capture a camera image as a still image and menu (page 50).

  • Page 24: Switching Tcp/Udp Transmission Mode

    fire-wall is installed between the camera and the Switching TCP/UDP computer, or depending on the network environment, the video/audio may not play Transmission Mode properly when UDP (Unicast) is selected. In this case, select TCP. You can select the communication port of the video/ UDP (Multicast): This is selectable when the audio data as TCP or UDP.

  • Page 25: Administrating The Camera

    The following steps also display the Administrator Administrating the Camera menu. 1 Click Enter in the welcome page to display the main viewer. The Administrating the Camera section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. 2 Click in the main viewer.

  • Page 26: Configuration Of Administrator Menu

    Buttons common to every setting menu Network Displays the network setting menu for setting the The following buttons are displayed on the setting network connection. (“Configuring the Network — menus where they are necessary. The functions of the Network setting Menu” on page 34) buttons are the same on every setting page.

  • Page 27: Configuring The System

    Alarm buffer Configuring the System Displays the alarm buffer setting menu for the buffer which records the image and audio on the alarm — System setting menu detection. (“Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer setting Menu” on page 51) When you click System on the Administrator menu, the Motion detection System setting menu appears.

  • Page 28: Date & Time Tab

    To display your individual homepage hh:mm:ss (month-day-year hour:minute:second), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss (day-month-year You can display your favorite homepage. Store the hour:minute:second). HTML file in the built-in flash memory using the Custom Homepage Installer included in the supplied Adjust CD-ROM. For use of the Custom Homepage Installer, see page 63. Select to set the day and time.

  • Page 29: Initialize Tab

    Firmware upgrade Initialize Tab Use this when upgrading the camera software. Click Browse and specify the file for upgrading, then click OK. The message “Upgrade firmware? Are you sure?” is displayed. Click OK and upgrading starts. After completion, the camera starts again. Notes •...

  • Page 30: Setting The Camera Image And Audio

    Multicast address: Type the multicast address used on Setting the Camera the Multicast streaming. Multicast video port number: Specify the video Image and Audio transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming. — Camera setting Menu Multicast audio port number: Specify the audio transmission port number used for the Multicast When you click Camera on the Administrator menu, streaming.

  • Page 31: Picture Tab

    Specify the cropping area. Speaker output Click the left button of the mouse on the still image Set whether you output the audio sent from the computer and drag it diagonally. The red frame that appears connected with the audio input connector to the speaker as you drag indicates the cropping area.

  • Page 32: Mpeg4 Tab

    Load: Click to load the saved settings. To use them, Shutter speed click OK. Select the electronic shutter speed from among the following: SNC-DF40N: MPEG4 Tab 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/100, 1/60 (seconds). SNC-DF40P: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/120, 1/50 (seconds).

  • Page 33: Jpeg Tab

    SNC-DF40N: Note 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 fps The selected frame rate and bit rate are a tentative value. SNC-DF40P: The actual frame rate and bit rate may be different 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25 fps according to the image size, the shooting scene or the “fps”...

  • Page 34: Configuring The Network - Network Setting Menu

    Default gateway Configuring the Network Type the default gateway. — Network setting Menu Obtain DNS server address automatically Select this to obtain the address of DNS server When you click Network on the Administrator menu, automatically. It can be set only when Obtain an IP the Network setting menu appears.

  • Page 35: Pppoe Tab - Setting Of Pppoe Connection

    Example: when HTTP port number is set to 8000 Obtain DNS server address automatically Select to obtain the address of DNS server automatically. Use the following DNS server address Select to set the fixed address as the IP address of DNS OK/Cancel server.

  • Page 36: Http Notification

    SMTP authentication: Select if authentication is [:port]: Specify the port number to which you want to required when an e-Mail is sent. connect. If you want to use the well-known port POP before SMTP: Select if POP before SMTP is number 80, you do not need to input this value.

  • Page 37: Setting The User

    Viewer authentication Setting the User Set whether the user is authenticated or not when the main viewer is displayed. — User setting Menu When you select On, the main viewer is displayed to suit the authenticated user. When you select Off, select the When you click User on the Administrator menu, the view mode of the main viewer page which is displayed User setting menu appears.

  • Page 38: Setting The Security

    Note Setting the Security You can access the camera even from a computer having — Security setting Menu an IP address whose access right is set to Deny, if you enter the user name and password set for the Administrator boxes in the User setting menu. When you click Security on the Advanced mode menu, the Security setting menu appears.

  • Page 39: Sending An Image Via Mail - E-Mail (Smtp) Setting Menu

    Authentication Sending an Image via Select the authentication required when you send an e- mail. mail — e-Mail (SMTP) setting None: Select if no authentication is required when an e- Mail is sent. Menu SMTP authentication: Select if authentication is required when an e-Mail is sent.

  • Page 40: Alarm Sending Tab - Setting The Mail Sending Mode When Detecting The Alarm

    Alarm sending Tab — Setting the mail sending mode when detecting A consecutive number added to Date & time and Sequence number is used to identify each of multiple the alarm files created with one alarm event. Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in Sequence number clear motion detection function.

  • Page 41: Periodical Sending Tab - Setting The Periodical Mail Sending Mode

    Effective period Periodical sending Tab — Setting Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. the periodical mail sending mode Always: The periodical sending is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period when the You can set to send mails periodically. periodical sending is effective in the schedule setting in the other section.

  • Page 42: Sending Images To Ftp Server

    Password Sending Images to FTP Type the password for the FTP server. Server Re-type password — FTP client setting Menu To confirm the password, type the same characters as you typed in the Password box. When you click FTP client on the Administrator menu, the FTP client setting menu appears.

  • Page 43: Periodical Sending Tab - Setting The Periodical Ftp Client Activity

    Suffix OK/Cancel Select a suffix to add to the file name. See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the Image file name. The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of Periodical sending Tab —...

  • Page 44: Recording Images In Memory

    Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits Recording Images in between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 is added to the Image file name. Memory Sequence number clear — Image memory setting Menu Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number When you click Image memory on the Advanced mode returns to 1.

  • Page 45: Alarm Recording Tab - Setting The Image Memory Function When Detecting The Alarm

    Overwrite Alarm recording Tab — Setting the Select to overwrite the file or not when there is Image Memory Function when insufficient memory space to record the image. Detecting the Alarm Select On to overwrite the oldest file or folder. Select Off to prohibit overwriting.

  • Page 46: Periodical Recording Tab - Setting The Periodical Recording Mode

    Sequence number clear Periodical recording Tab — Setting Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1. the Periodical recording mode You can set to record the image file to the built-in Alarm memory periodically. Select the connected alarm. Sensor input: The external sensor which is connected to the sensor input of the camera I/O port.

  • Page 47: Folder Structure Of Image Memory

    Interval following three extensions depending on the video mode setting and the recording/sending settings of the camera. Type the interval at which you want to record an image in the built-in memory periodically. You can set the hour .m4f: Represents the MPEG4 video mode. (H), minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and .jpf: Represents the JPEG video mode when Use alarm 24 hours (one day).

  • Page 48: Downloading Images From The Camera

    Downloading Images Setting the Alarm Output from the Camera — FTP — Alarm output setting Menu server setting Menu When you click Alarm output on the Administrator menu, the Alarm output setting menu appears. When you click FTP server on the Administrator menu, You can set in this menu to control the alarm out of I/O the FTP server setting menu appears.

  • Page 49: Setting The Operations From The Viewer Page

    Note Setting the Operations The motion detection function can activate or be set only from the Viewer Page — when the Video mode of the camera is set to MPEG4 and the Cropping is set Off. Trigger setting Menu Alarm duration Click Trigger on the Administrator menu to display the Select the duration for which the alarm output is short- Trigger Setting menu.

  • Page 50: Ftp Client

    Image memory Note Checking this box allows you to select Image memory While the Video mode is set to MPEG4, the image of from the trigger drop-down list in the main viewer. the composite video signal output from the video output By selecting Image memory and clicking the Trigger connector of the camera may be distorted during mail icon, a still image of the moment you click is captured,...

  • Page 51: Setting The Schedule

    Setting the Schedule Setting the Alarm Buffer — Schedule setting Menu — Alarm buffer setting Menu When you click Schedule on the Administrator menu, When you click Alarm buffer on the Administrator the Schedule setting menu appears. menu, the Alarm buffer Setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting menu which is You can set the Pre-alarm image and audio (the image displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective...

  • Page 52: Setting The Motion Detection Function

    Note Setting the Motion The value of Recording capacity differs depending on Detection Function — Image size, Bit rate (for MPEG4) and Image quality (for JPEG) in the camera setting menu. Motion detection setting Menu OK/Cancel When you click Motion detection on the Administrator See “Buttons common to every setting menu”...

  • Page 53: Setting The Motion Detection Area, Sensitivity And Threshold Level

    Motion detection indicator memory and Alarm output function will not work. Make sure to close Motion detection setting menu The moving level of the present shooting image inside after setting. the specified Window is shown in the graph. The even •...

  • Page 54: Using The Supplied Setup Program

    Others Note When the Video mode of the camera is set to MPEG4, the bandwidth cannot be changed. This section explains how to use the application software and commands, including the supplied CD- Click the Bandwidth control tab to display the ROM.

  • Page 55: Date Time Tab

    IP address to connect to the Internet from the ISP. The following PPPoE setting items are provided for the SNC-DF40N/DF40P. • User ID assigned by your ISP • Password for the user ID • DNS setting (automatic/manual setting) Click the PPPoE tab to display the PPPoE setting window.

  • Page 56: Rebooting The Camera

    Retype the password for the user ID in the Re-type Using the SNC audio password box. upload tool — Transmitting Set the DNS server address. Audio to Camera To obtain the DNS server addresses automatically: Select Obtain DNS server address automatically. The supplied SNC audio upload tool allows you to transmit sound from the computer to the camera.

  • Page 57: Connecting The Camera To The Computer

    Select Sound from Control Panel. Note If you click “Save this program to disk” on the “File Open the Recording tab and check that Windows Download” dialog, you cannot install the tool has recognized the hardware correctly. correctly. Delete the downloaded file, and click the Setup icon again.
  • Page 58 OK. Target camera(s) (Camera list) When the SNC audio upload tool starts, it automatically detects Sony network cameras connected to the local network and displays them in the camera list. Up to 256 cameras can be displayed in the list.
  • Page 59 Type the IP address and port number for the camera to be added and click OK. Notes • An error dialog appears if the specified IP address already exists in the camera list, is assigned for a device other than the network camera, or does not exist in the network.

  • Page 60: Voice Alert Tab

    IP address: Displays the IP address of the network When you click it during playback, playback stops and camera. “DHCP” is shown at the end of the IP the progress bar display returns to the start position. address when the IP address is obtained with a DHCP server.
  • Page 61 The audio file name will be “RecordedFile” + “Voice Uploading the recorded audio file to the alert number” + “.vof” if you upload an audio file camera recorded using and not stored in the computer. Notes Before operating, create an audio file and set the camera •...

  • Page 62: Using The Snc Video Player - Playing Video

    Select the file you want to play. Using the SNC video Information boxes on the selected file are displayed on the left side of the window as follows: player — Playing Video/ Each click on the (information) icon switches between “display” and “Not to display” of the file Audio File Recorded on information.

  • Page 63: Using The Custom Homepage Installer

    Using the Custom Homepage Installer You can store the homepage that you have created in the camera and watch it. Notes on creating the homepage When you are creating the homepage, note the following points. • The file name should be typed up to 24 characters including the extension.
  • Page 64 Read the agreement carefully, select Agree if you Confirm that all items are correct, then click Next. accept it, then click Next. Type the path for the folder in which your homepage is stored in the Source folder box, then Type the IP address of the camera to be uploaded in click Next.

  • Page 65: Assigning The Ip Address To The Camera Using Arp Commands

    The following page will appear after a while. 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 IP Setup Program.

  • Page 66: Using The Snmp

    “ID=1”, information using the inqjs=snmp (JavaScript the community name “public”, and enables sending parameter) format. of traps to the host having the IP address “192.168.0.101”. var sysDescr=“SONY Network Camera SNC-DF40” ...1 var sysObjectID=“1.3.6.1.4.1.122.8501” ...2 2. Setting Commands var sysLocation=“”...
  • Page 67 sysName=<string> Set the case of “mib-2.system.sysName.0” in the <string> position. The maximum length of <string> is 255 characters. enaAuthTraps=<value> Set the case value of “mib-2.snmp.snmp EnableAuthenTraps.0”. Type “1” (enable) or “2” (disable) in the <value> position. community=<ID>,<rwAttr>, <communityName>,<IpAddressString> Set the community name and the reading/writing attributes.

  • Page 68: Index

    default gateway.......34 Index Default policy .........38 Java ..........18 DHCP ..........34 Java applet viewer ......18 Digital zoom......19 JPEG......... 30 digital zoom......19 DNS server ........34 Access log ........29 Domain suffix.........34 access right ........38 loading the setting data....29 Dynamic IP address notification ..35 ActiveX control ......
  • Page 69 27 System log........29 TCP ..........24 TCP/UDP ......... 19 time difference ....... 28 Time zone........28 time zone........28 title ..........36 title bar ........... 27 Title bar name ........ 27 Trigger......19 trigger......19 Trigger setting Menu...... 49 Sony Corporation...

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