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- Page 1 High-performance Monitoring System User's Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction Introduction ................4 Overview ..................5 System Configuration ..............6 Hardware and Software Requirements ........8 WebView Livescope MV Manager ..........8 WebView Livescope MV Station ............. 8 WebView Livescope Viewer Software ..........8 Chapter 1 Installation Before Installing the Software ..........10 Checking the System Configuration .......... - Page 3 Positioning the Icons ..............35 Changing the Appearance of Icons ..........36 Saving Edited Screens ..............37 Chapter 5 Monitoring Launching MV Station ............. 40 Screen Configuration ..............40 Using the Monitoring Screens ..........41 Choose from List ................41 Choose from Map .................
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Page 4: Introduction
Every effort has been made to ensure that content of this manual is free from errors. If you encounter any errors, omissions or apparent inaccuracies, contact the manufacturer. E-mail: webview-support@cis.canon.co.jp Notwithstanding above, the manufacturer accepts no liability whatsoever arising from the results of using this product. -
Page 5: Overview
Overview The WebView Livescope MV software monitors video images shot using a Network Camera Server VB101/VB100 (referred to hereafter simply as a camera server) and distributed via an intranet or over the Internet. This product consists of 2 software applications. These are the WebView Livescope MV Manager, which can be used to create monitoring screens and collectively manage multiple camera servers, and the WebView Livescope MV Station, which you can use to monitor camera images from multiple locations. -
Page 6: System Configuration
System Configuration MV Manager and MV Station use a TCP-IP connection to the camera servers. The connection can be via a LAN or via a direct connection using ISDN Lines. Video transmission Pictures recorded according to a schedule. Video transmission VC-C4 VC-C4R VB101/VB100... - Page 7 L A N Transmission of camera server settings Monitoring screen creation and modifications and remote maintenance MV Station Transmission of settings data such as camera angles and zoom settings Web browser Internet Explorer 5 or 5.01 Monitoring MV Station Web browser Internet Explorer 5 or 5.01 Live video such as...
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Page 8: Hardware And Software Requirements
G After installing Internet Explorer, nominate it as your default browser. G If you are using a Network Camera Server VB100, upgrade the firmware to version 2.0 before using the server. For the latest information on new firmware updates, visit our web page: http://www.x-zone.canon.co.jp/WebView/index.htm... -
Page 9: Chapter 1 Installation
Chapter 1 Installation First, install the WebView Livescope MV Manager and MV Station software. -
Page 10: Before Installing The Software
Before Installing the Software Checking the System Configuration Monitoring with one server M o n i t o r i n g s c r e e n c r e a t i o n a n d r e m o t e m a i n t e n a n c e MV Manager M o n i t o r i n g MV Station... -
Page 11: Using Multiple Mv Stations When The Work Folder Is Not Held On The Mv Manager Machine
Using multiple MV stations when the work folder is not held on the MV Manager machine Camera server settings M o n i t o r i n g s c r e e n c r e a t i o n and modifications a n d r e m o t e m a i n t e n a n c e MV Manager... -
Page 12: Installation Procedure
Installation Procedure Launching the Installer When you position the mouse cursor over a button, an explanation of the button appears in the box below. When you load the WebView Livescope MV Ver. 1.0 installer CD-ROM into your computer, the installer's main panel automatically appears. If it does not appear, Use Explorer to double-click "\mvsetup.exe"... -
Page 13: Installing Mv Manager
Installing MV Manager When you press the "Install MV Manager" button in the main panel, the installer starts up and MV Manager installation begins. Click the "Next" button to proceed with the installation. If the machine on which you are performing the installation is running an old version of Microsoft VM for Java, MV Manager will not run. - Page 14 A dialog box then appears in which you select the work folder for MV. To specify a different folder, click the "Browse" button and select the desired folder. When you have selected the folder, click the "Next" button. Specify the name to be listed under "Programs" in the Start button menu and then click the "Next"...
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Page 15: Installing Mv Station
Installation Procedure Installing MV Station When you press the "Install MV Station" button in the main panel, the installer starts up and MV Station installation begins. Click the "Next" button to proceed with the installation. Enter the serial number and click the "Next" button. The serial number is printed on a sticker on the outside of the software package or is printed on the User Registration card. - Page 16 Set up the work folder. If you selected "Select a folder from directory" on the previous page, enter the directory name or click the "Browse" button and select the directory. If you selected "Select a folder from Web server", enter the URL.
- Page 17 Installation Procedure When you have installed the MV Station software, check the 2 conditions shown below. If necessary, specify the required settings. Caution Registering trust sites If the work folder specified in MV Station is located on another machine, the security level must be set to "Low".
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Page 19: Chapter 2 Registering Camera Servers
Chapter 2 Registering Camera Servers Next, use WebView Livescope MV Manager to register and set up the camera servers. -
Page 20: Launching Mv Manager
To launch MV Manager, select "MV Manager" from "Programs" in the "Start" button menu. Launching from the Start menu You can also launch the MV Manager using the "Mvmgr.exe" program file (located in the \Program Files\Canon\WebView\MV\1.0 Note folder when the software is installed using the default settings). - Page 21 Screens Use this screen to create and edit screens used for monitoring. "Menus" "Toolbar" Delete/Edit Map/View "Monitoring screens" Displays the icons for created monitoring screens. "Use wizard to create screens" Allows you to use a wizard format to create new monitoring screens. Menus [Camera servers] Open...
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Page 22: Adding Camera Servers
Adding Camera Servers The first task is to register the camera servers to be used for monitoring in MV Manager. Additional camera servers can then be registered by following the instructions provided in interactive wizard-type screens. The procedure for adding camera servers consists of the following 4 steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3... -
Page 23: Step 3: Enter The Camera Server Name And Comments
Step 3: Enter the Camera Server Name and Comments You can assign any name to a camera server. Enter the camera server name in the "Camera server name" field. You cannot omit this by leaving the field blank. Also, you cannot assign the same name to more than one camera server. -
Page 24: Step 5: Test The Display
Adding Camera Servers Step 5: Test the Display The display test checks that the camera server is set up correctly. Check that the video image is displayed and that operations such as pan, tilt and zoom function correctly. The camera server is added. Adding multiple camera servers To add multiple camera servers, repeat steps 1 to 5. -
Page 25: Chapter 3 Creating Monitoring Screens
Chapter 3 Creating Monitoring Screens In WebView Livescope MV Manager, you can create monitoring screens tailored to your particular requirements. -
Page 26: Create Monitoring Screen Wizard
Create Monitoring Screen Wizard When you have completed camera server registration, the next step is to create the monitoring screens. Various types of monitoring screen can also be created by following the instructions provided in interactive wizard-type screens. The created monitoring screens (HTML) are stored in the work folder and used by MV Station for monitoring. -
Page 27: Step 3: Select The Camera Server
Step 3: Select the Camera Server In this step, you select the camera server to be displayed in the monitoring screen. The number of camera servers selected varies depending on the format type. (➡ P.30-32) The left-hand box shows a list of the available camera servers (the camera servers registered in Chapter 2). -
Page 28: Step 4: Set Auto Switch
For styles other than "Select from a list", "Select from a map" and "Fullscreen", limits apply to the number of camera servers that can be added Caution (➡ P.30-32). Once the number of camera servers in the "Camera servers" box reaches the limit, no further camera servers can be added. -
Page 29: Step 5: End Setup
Create Monitoring Screen Wizard Step 5: End Setup You can assign any name to a created monitoring screen. Enter the monitoring screen name in the "Name" field. You cannot omit this by leaving the field blank. You can use the "Comment" field to type in any comment for the monitoring screen. - Page 30 Format Types Note The software provides 8 types of style (63 formats). The number of camera servers that can be registered and the availability of the Auto Switch setting differs depending on the style. See the table below for details. Style Screen configuration/No.
- Page 31 Create Monitoring Screen Wizard Style Screen configuration/No. of camera servers Format G 6 controllable viewer screens G No. of camera servers, 6 screens The display up to 6 positions are as shown at G Auto Switch not left based on the camera available server...
- Page 32 Create Monitoring Screen Wizard Style Screen configuration/No. of camera servers Format Japan Kyushu G Map display in the left Hokkaido Metropolitan areas Tohoku Central Tokyo frame (up to 4 camera Kanto The World servers), 4 controllable Chubu Outline server map viewer screens in the 4 views Kinki...
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Page 33: Chapter 4 Editing Maps
Chapter 4 Editing Maps This chapter describes how to edit the maps displayed in monitoring screens with maps. -
Page 34: Editing Maps
Editing Maps If you selected "Select from a map" and "2, 4 or 6 views with a map" as the monitoring screen style, you can use the Map Editor to edit the maps. The Map Editor allows you to change the background image, reposition the camera server (camera) icons, change the camera orientation in floor maps, and change the icon designs. -
Page 35: Changing The Background Image
Changing the Background Image You can import user-created image files as background images. When you select "Load Background Bitmap" from the "Tool" menu, an image file selection dialog box appears. The following file formats can be used as background images: G Bitmap files (.bmp extension) G JPEG files (.jpeg or .jpg extension) G PNG files (.png extension) -
Page 36: Changing The Appearance Of Icons
Changing the Appearance of Icons When you click on a camera icon to select it, the icon is marked in yellow. Selecting "Change icon" in the "Tool" menu opens the icon modification dialog box. Select the item you want to change and click "OK" to modify the camera server icon shown on the map. -
Page 37: Saving Edited Screens
Editing Maps Saving Edited Screens Select "Save and close" from the "File" menu to save the changes to the monitoring screen. To proceed without saving the changes, select "Discard Changes and Close". -
Page 39: Chapter 5 Monitoring
Chapter 5 Monitoring This chapter describes the procedures for viewing and monitoring images with WebView Livescope MV Station. -
Page 40: Launching Mv Station
Launching MV Station Registered monitoring screens are displayed in MV Station. To launch MV Station, select "MV Station" from "Programs" in the "Start" button menu. Launching MV Station from the Start menu Internet Explorer starts up and MV Station is launched as a full-screen image in the foreground. -
Page 41: Using The Monitoring Screens
Using the Monitoring Screens From a registered monitoring screen, you click one of the displayed images to select and monitor the image. "Server List" "Monitoring screens list" This list always appears in This list shows the names of the the initial screen shown monitoring screens created using MV when MV Station starts up. -
Page 42: Choose From Map
Choose from Map In this monitoring screen, the left frame shows a map. When you click one of the camera icons located on the map to select the camera, the image from the selected camera server appears in a viewer window in the right frame and the selected icon is marked in yellow. -
Page 43: Choose From Previews
Using the Monitoring Screens Choose from Previews A viewer with camera control is displayed in the center of this monitoring screen, surrounded by preview images from the other registered camera servers. When this screen is first opened, the image from the top-right camera server is displayed in the viewer window with camera controls. - Page 44 The "12 or 16 screens without camera controls" option displays viewers that do not provide camera control features. If you double-click one of the camera server screens, that image is displayed in a full-screen viewer with camera controls. Double-click in the screen "16 screens without camera controls"...
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Page 45: View 2 Or 4 Locales With Map
Using the Monitoring Screens View 2 or 4 Locales with Map In this monitoring screen, the left frame shows a map. The camera icons located on the map are marked in yellow and the images from the camera servers appear in viewer windows in the right frame. -
Page 46: Large-Screen Display
Large-screen Display This monitoring screen displays a full-screen viewer with an Auto Switch function that can be used to switch automatically between cameras. (➡ P.28) "Auto Switch" Use the Auto Switch to start and stop automatic switching. The frame rate differs depending on the network environment (LAN, ISDN, etc.) and settings such as the camera server image size and the image quality. -
Page 47: Using The Viewer
Using the Viewer Switching and Controlling Cameras "Camera selector bar" Selects the camera. "Tilt scroll bar" Controls the camera tilt. You can use this bar to change the angle of the camera in the up and down directions. "Zoom scroll bar" Controls the camera's zoom setting. Moving the button up zooms in (telephoto), while moving the button down zooms out (wide-angle). -
Page 48: Displays, Connections, Etc
Using the Viewer Displays, Connections, etc. "Panorama button" Displays the Panorama window. "Reconnect button" Attempts to acquire camera control privileges when you do not already hold them. "Automatic operation button" If an automatic operation function has been registered, clicking this button starts up automatic operation. -
Page 49: Chapter 6 Managing Camera Servers
Chapter 6 Managing Camera Servers This chapter describes how to use MV Manager to perform other camera server management tasks, such as setting up camera servers and updating firmware. -
Page 50: Setting Up And Managing Camera Servers
Setting Up and Managing Camera Servers MV Manager allows you to centrally manage all the registered camera servers. You can remotely perform management tasks such as changing camera server settings, checking camera server operation statuses and batch updating firmware. When you double-click the icon for a registered camera server in MV Manager, the browser starts up and accesses the camera server. -
Page 51: Updating The Firmware
To upgrade the firmware, you must first obtain the new firmware yourself. For the latest information on new firmware updates, visit our web page: http://www.x-zone.canon.co.jp/WebView/index.htm When you select "Firmware Upgrade", the Remote Firmware Upgrade Utility starts up. Enter your administrator user name and password. - Page 52 Updating the Firmware G If you are upgrading multiple camera servers and they have the same user name and password, upgrading of the next camera server begins Caution automatically after the completion of step in the upgrade procedure on the previous page. If a different user name or password is used, repeat the procedure from step to step...
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Page 53: Chapter 7 Advanced Operations
Chapter 7 Advanced Operations This chapter describes how to use advanced camera server features such as viewing recorded pictures and automatic operation. -
Page 54: Setting Up Automatic Camera Operation
Setting Up Automatic Camera Operation Automatic camera operation refers to specific camera control operations (panning, tilting, zooming, and switching backlight compensation on and off) that are performed repeatedly at specified intervals for each camera. For example, you can specify an automatic operation that photographs the cash register, the entrance and the product display cases every 10 seconds. -
Page 55: Running Automatic Operation
G Schedules are set for a specific camera, not for each camera server. G You can store up to 8 schedules. Caution G Once you specify the camera position or backlight compensation setting, the setting cannot be changed. To change either setting, remove the original schedule and add a new schedule. -
Page 56: Recording And Displaying Pictures
Recording and Displaying Pictures The camera servers provide a function for recording pictures (still images) according to a preset schedule or in response to on/off signals from a connected I/O unit. The recorded pictures can be searched and the search results viewed from MV Station by accessing the Picture Recording page on the camera server. -
Page 57: Displaying Recorded Pictures
Displaying Recorded Pictures Start up MV Station. Where a camera server has recorded pictures, a "Picture recording page button" is displayed to the right of the server name in the list. When you click this button, MV Station accesses the Picture Re- cording page and displays the page in the viewer display area. - Page 58 Recording and Displaying Pictures When you specify the search criteria and click the [Retrieve] button, a list of the photography dates and times that meet those conditions appears in the lower left frame. When you click on one of the listed items, the corresponding image and photography settings appear in the lower right frame.
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Page 59: Other Advanced Settings
Other Advanced Settings Changing the Work Folder To change the work folder, you have to reinstall MV Manager. Specify the new folder in the "Select work directory" option in the installation settings (➡ P.14). When you do this, the contents of the work folder are automatically copied to the new directory. -
Page 61: Appendix
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Page 62: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting I I can't install the software. For both MV Manager and MV Station Responses G Internet Explorer 5 or 5.01 is required. Also, when installing Internet Explorer, use the "Full" or "Standard" installation. If you select the "Minimum configuration" installation option, required mod- ules are not installed and the software will not run correctly. -
Page 63: Error Messages
Error Messages Installer Error Messages Installation failure: MV Manager/MV Station Message Cause Internet Explorer 5 or 5.01 is not installed. Solution Install Internet Explorer 5 or 5.01. Use the "Full" or "Standard" installation. Installation failure: MV Station Message Cause The work folder cannot be found. Specify the work folder created using MV Manager. - Page 64 Camera server addition error [01] Message Cause The specified camera server network address could not be found. Check that the camera server network address was entered correctly. Alternatively, Solution check that the DNS is set correctly for the PC on which MV Manager is installed. Camera server addition error [02] Message A time-out occurred during connection.
- Page 65 Error Messages Camera server addition error [04] Message Cause Camera server information retrieval failed. Check that you are using a camera server that can be used with WebView Livescope Solution MV and that the network address was entered correctly. Camera server addition error [05] Message Cause The camera server firmware version is old.
- Page 66 Confirmation message box at camera server removal Message The camera server you are attempting to remove may be registered in an existing Cause monitoring screen. Start up the creation wizard for the monitoring screen that is using the camera Solution server to be removed and add another camera server that can be used.
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Page 67: Mv Station Error Messages
Error Messages When a background image cannot be imported Message Cause An unsupported file format was selected. Solution The 3 file formats supported by WebView Livescope MV are jpeg, png and bmp. MV Station Error Messages Startup error: MV Station [01] Message Internet Explorer 5 or 5.01 is not installed or has not been nominated as the default Cause... - Page 68 Loading error: MV Station [04] Message Data for camera server "###" could not be retrieved. Check the following: (* The camera server name is displayed in the "###" field.) - That the camera server is switched on. - That the network is connected correctly. Cause The camera server is not connected to the network correctly or is not switched on.
- Page 69 Error Messages Connection Errors The following are errors that occur during or after connection to the camera server. The error messages are displayed in the viewer image display area. Message Could not connect to the image server. Cause Connection to the camera server failed. Check that the description of the image distribution website is correct and that the Solution camera server is connected to the network correctly.
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