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  • Page 1 VBCollector User’s Manual ENGLISH...

  • Page 2: Introduction

    Please read this manual prior to use to ensure that you will be able to use the VBCollector effectively. Exclusion of Liability If the Product is connected to a recording device (for example a VCR), Canon Inc. accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any financial losses that may be incurred as a result of the loss of recorded information or images, regardless of the internal or external cause of the loss.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..............1 Contents ............... 2 Overview of VBCollector ..........3 Operating Environment and Installation ....4 Operating Environment .............. 4 Installing VBCollector ..............4 Configuring and Operating the VBCollector....6 Starting Up VBCollector ............. 6 Registering a Server ..............6 Registering Tasks ...............

  • Page 4: Overview Of Vbcollector

    Overview of VBCollector VBCollector is used to view pictures recorded by the Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR, VB-C10/VB- C10R and Network Camera Server VB150 (hereinafter referred to as Server). With VBCollector, you can collect and display still pictures recorded by the Sever based on inputs from an external device, motion detection or schedules.

  • Page 5: Operating Environment And Installation

    You should ensure the firmware version used is the latest one. The latest firmware can be downloaded for free from the following WebView Product web page: canon.com/webview Installing VBCollector VBCollector cannot be installed on a PC where MV Ver. 2.0 or later, optional software sold separately, has already been installed.
  • Page 6 Specify the target directory for the installation and click Next. If you have no special directory preference, just click Next. Specify the menu name to be registered in the Program menu of the Start button, then click Next. Check the settings and items you have selected thus far, and click Next to confirm.

  • Page 7: Configuring And Operating The Vbcollector

    Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Starting Up VBCollector VBCollector is started up by choosing it from Start menu. To Start Up VBCollector... Choose [Program]-[WebView Livescope]-[VBCollector Task View] from the Start menu to start up VBCollector. Registering a Server To use VBCollector, server from which the VBCollector downloads pictures must be registered. Adding a server Add a new server to which VBCollector will download pictures.
  • Page 8 Enter the various fields and click OK. ● Server Name Assign a name for recognizing the Server (optional). ● Image Directory Enter the name of the directory where downloaded images are to be saved, or click Browse to select a directory folder.
  • Page 9 * Specify an account from which you can log on to the download destination machine. * Set the folder access privileges so that read and write operations can be performed from the download execution account to the folder in which VBCollector is installed (the default setting is C:\ProgramFiles\ Canon\WebView\VB\VBCollector\2.0).

  • Page 10: Registering Tasks

    Editing Server Information Content of the registered server information can be edited. To Edit Server Information... Choose Edit from the Server menu, and when the Server List dialog box appears, select the server name to be edited and click Edit. To delete a registered server, click Delete.
  • Page 11 Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Enter each item and click OK. ● Task Name Assign a name to the task. Enable this setting Select “Enable this setting” if the task is to be performed according to the schedule. If not selected, the added task will not be executed.

  • Page 12: Executing And Canceling Tasks

    ● Up to 16 tasks can be executed by VBCollector simultaneously. Please be sure not to load a schedule with 17 or more tasks to be executed. Note VBCollector is also not able to execute multiple tasks simultaneously to the same server.
  • Page 13 Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Canceling a task To disable a registered task, clear “Enable this setting” at Task Settings. To abort the execution of a task, in the Task View, click on the task to be aborted, and choose Abort in the Task menu. Display task status During the execution of any task, the download status can be checked.

  • Page 14: Details Displayed On The Task View

    Details Displayed on the Task View The execution status can be checked on the Task View. ● Task Name The names that were specified at Task Settings are displayed here. The status of each task is displayed as an icon at the left of the name. Running This task is currently being executed.

  • Page 15: Starting/Stopping The Service

    Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Starting/Stopping the Service The task scheduler service can be started and stopped. To Make Settings... Choose Start Service or Stop Service from the Tools menu. If the service has started, Stop Service is enabled in the menu; if the service is stopped, Start Service is enabled.
  • Page 16 ● Free space (MB) Displays the setting value for available space on the server. When available space has fallen below this setting, the server sends a low server capacity warning message. ● Host Displays the name of the host which will send the low server capacity warning message. ●Port Displays the TCP port of the host.

  • Page 17: Viewing Recorded Images

    Configuring and Operating the VBCollector ● Where “Host” is displayed as “(Other)” or where the transmission port and the reception port are different, you cannot receive a low server capacity notification. ● “--------” is displayed where server information such as the host name or the HTTP port number has not been entered correctly, or in the case of servers other than the VB-C50i(R) which support the low server capacity notification function.
  • Page 18 When the confirmation dialog box appears, click OK. HTML for displaying the images is generated, the Web browser starts up, and thumbnail images of the selected date are displayed in 100-image units on the page. Click on the image to be viewed; it is displayed in the original saved dimensions.
  • Page 19 Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Image List dialog will be displayed. Select the name of the server where you want to browse and click to select the date of any image to be animated. Then, click Animation. Animation dialog will be displayed. As dialog size, large or normal size is available and is automatically selected depending on the original image size.
  • Page 20 ● Zoom in/out Images can be zoomed in/out. [Magnification] Shows the current magnification (10~500%). [Zoom in] button Enlarges images by 10%. [Zoom out] button Reduces images by 10%. [Move] button If any image size is greater than the display area, you can move the image display position.

  • Page 21: Viewing Logs

    Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Viewing Logs VBCollector outputs logs concerning the execution of tasks. To view a log, choose Display Log from the Tools menu. The following information about logs is displayed: ● Code Identification codes are displayed here. Four types of icons representing the level are also displayed with these codes.

  • Page 22: Search Logs

    The Filter dialog box appears. To display only the logs that match the specified criteria, enter the criteria below and click OK. If no changes are required, click Cancel. ● Specify Task Select if filtering by task name, then enter the task name. ●...
  • Page 23 Configuring and Operating the VBCollector Search dialog will be displayed. Enter the character string you want to search in Search for and click Search. Searching begins from the top of the logs. If you select any log, searching will be started from the selected log.

  • Page 24: Setting Download Capacity

    Setting Download Capacity In order to perform downloads based on a task schedule, you can set the upper limit on the number of pictures or specify the response to be made in the event the specified percentage on available space on the drive where pictures are to be saved is exceeded. To Make Settings...
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