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- Page 1 3-869-357-11 (1) Network Camera Recorder User’s Guide Software Version 1.0 © 2004 Sony Corporation...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Setups Table of Contents Setting a Camera ..........24 Camera Manager Window ........24 Registering a Camera ........24 Introduction Setting the Camera Properties ......25 Changing the Camera Properties ......27 Features ..............4 Deleting a Camera ..........27 System Configuration ..........4 Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window ..28 System Requirements .......... -
Page 4: Introduction
Network Camera Recorder installed. Features Network Camera Network Camera Recorder is software exclusively SNC-M1/M1W/M3/M3W designed for use with Sony SNC-M1/M1W/M3/M3W Network Cameras. Network Camera Recorder allows you to monitor images of the cameras, record them and Network Camera play back the recorded data. -
Page 5: System Requirements
System Requirements Installing Network Camera Recorder Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, To install Network Camera Recorder, open the software Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, package and perform the following procedure. Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 For installation, you should log in the computer as the Power User or Administrator. - Page 6 The Choose Destination Location dialog appears. The default destination location is set to “C:\...\Sony\Network Camera Recorder”. To change to another location, click Browse... , navigate to a folder in which to install the program, To create the icon on the desktop, select Register and click OK.
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Page 7: Let's Use Network Camera Recorder
The InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog Let’s Use Network appears. Camera Recorder This section introduces the basic operations of Network Camera Recorder step by step for a user using the software for the first time after installation. For detailed operations, read the “Operations” and “Setups”... -
Page 8: Register The Camera
Network Camera Recorder starts and the main Click (Add Camera). window appears. Add Camera If the icon is not green, click Cameras. The (Add Camera) icon turns green and is enabled. Cameras The Add Camera dialog appears. To exit the program Select or enter the parameters in the Add Camera Click in the upper right corner of the main window. -
Page 9: Assign A Camera To The Monitor Window
Click OK, Click Select Camera... in the pop-up menu. The camera is now registered. The Select Camera dialog appears. Registered Properties of the camera name registered camera Click in the upper right corner to close the Camera Manager window. Click on the name of the camera you want to monitor. -
Page 10: Control The Camera
“Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window” in the • The default storage location of recordings is set to “Setups” chapter (page 28). “C:\Program Files\Sony\Network Camera Recorder\Recordings\”. For changing the storage location, see “Assigning a Storage Location” in the 4. Control the Camera “Setups”... - Page 11 Click on the camera name on the camera tree. Click N (Play) on the Playback toolbar. The properties of the recordings are displayed in the Playback starts. By clicking x (Cue to Begin), the display goes list view. back to the image at the beginning of the recording and playback stops.
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Page 12: Operations
Toggle Pan & Tilt Presets Toolbar (page 15) Operations Audio Mute (page 14) 3 Functional Toolbars Allows control of the camera. Main Window of Network The display of each functional toolbar is enabled or disabled by the specific toggle button on the main Camera Recorder toolbar. -
Page 13: Monitoring
Using the Pop-up Menu in the Monitoring Monitor Window This section explains the procedure of monitoring from Right-clicking in the monitor window with a camera the selected camera. image displays a pop-up menu. The pop-up menu allows Before monitoring, you need to register the camera(s) in you to change the monitoring camera and the display the Network Camera Recorder application and assign items in the monitor window, etc. - Page 14 To turn off the image of the camera from Display in the monitor window the monitor window Camera name Select Remove Camera(s) from the pop-up menu. The image of the selected camera disappears from the monitor window and the message “NO CONNECTION”...
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Page 15: Controlling The Camera
Note Controlling the Camera During digital zooming, the pan & tilt function of the camera does not operate properly. The camera only pans You can control pan, tilt and digital zoom of the camera and tilts within the ×1 image area using the pan and tilt during monitoring, or move the camera to the preset direction buttons. - Page 16 To store new preset positions To edit or delete a preset position You can store up to 8 preset positions. Click the (Customize Presets) button on the Pan & Tilt Presets toolbar. Click the (Customize Presets) button on the The Pan & Tilt Presets dialog appears. Pan &...
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Page 17: Recording The Camera Image (Manual Recording)
Recording the Camera Playing Back Recorded Image (Manual Images Recording) You can search for recorded data and view playback either in the preview window of the Search Recording You can record the current images during monitoring or window or in the monitor window of the main window. take a snapshot. - Page 18 View Recording List To search by date and time To search for a recording made on a specified date and Previous Date time, select the date and time with the calendar or date Date Picker box picker. The data recorded on the specified date and time Next Date are shown on the list view or timeline in the Search Recording window.
- Page 19 To select the previous or next timeline To search for a recording using the timeline Indicator (red line) To move forward the date and time displayed in the date picker box, click the (Next Date) button. To move backward the date and time, click the (Previous Date) button.
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Page 20: Displaying A Preview Image
Displaying a Preview Image Playing Back the Located Recording You can display a preview image of the selected recording in the preview window of the Search You can play back the located recording using the Recording window. You can also view the playback in Playback toolbar. -
Page 21: Deleting Recordings
Normal playback, reverse playback, pause and To play the previous or next recording If more than one recording is located, it is possible to Use the following buttons. play between recordings. Click the . (Previous Recording) button on the Playback toolbar to start play at the beginning of the recording previously made on the timeline. -
Page 22: Exporting To An Avi File
Cleanup all recording older than/until: Set the File conversion starts. Watch the progress bar to storage duration of recordings (days). The monitor the conversion. recordings older than the set days will be deleted automatically. When the conversion is completed, click Close. Note Click OK. - Page 23 Export Set the parameters relating to export execution. Video Codec: Enter the video codec used for export. If necessary, click the Settings… button to modify the properties of video codec. Show all available codecs: By selecting this checkbox, a wide choice of video codecs among from all the ones available for your computer is possible.
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Page 24: Setups
Registering a Camera Setups When you connect a new camera to the network, register the camera using the following procedure. Up to four cameras can be registered. Setting a Camera Click the (Add Camera) button on the Camera Manager toolbar. To set up a camera, display the Camera Manager The Add New Camera dialog appears. -
Page 25: Setting The Camera Properties
Network Settings – General tab Setting the Camera Properties Displays the port name in the Name box. After registration of the camera in the Camera Manager window, set the properties of the camera. To start the setting, select the camera from the camera tree or the camera list. -
Page 26: Camera Tab
Camera tab Video Codec Select the video codec, MPEG4 or JPEG. Perform the settings relating to communication, etc. Frame Rate Select the frame rate. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 fps are available. Notes •... -
Page 27: Changing The Camera Properties
Audio tab Deleting a Camera Perform the settings relating to the microphone To delete the registered camera, proceed as follows: connected to the camera. Select the camera you want to delete from the camera tree or the camera list in the Camera Manager window. -
Page 28: Assigning A Camera To The Monitor Window
Layout C: 2 cameras Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Window Network Camera Recorder provides eight types of monitor window layouts. Select one of the layouts according to the number of cameras you want to monitor and assign the camera(s) to the monitor window. Layout D: 3 cameras Selecting a Layout Select Layout box... -
Page 29: Assigning A Camera To The Monitor Window
Assigning a Camera to the Monitor Assigning a Storage Window Location Assign a camera to each monitor window of the selected layout as follows. You can specify the storage location for recorded video files and for snapshots. Right-click on the monitor window to which you want to assign a camera. -
Page 30: Scheduling Recordings
Old file overwriting: This function automatically Scheduling Recordings overwrites and deletes old files to secure a recording capacity. By selecting this checkbox, an old file is automatically Network Camera Recorder allows recording of camera overwritten by a new file when the remaining images according to the predetermined schedule for capacity becomes lower than the set value. -
Page 31: Creating Recording Schedules
2 Camera tree Set the parameters of the schedule in the Schedule Displays the cameras registered in Network Properties dialog. Camera Recorder in a tree configuration. For details of the setting, see “To set the schedule parameters” on page 31. 3 Week view or list view Displays the created schedules on a weekly The set event is displayed on the timeline and recording... - Page 32 To create a date/time event using the list Duration: Displays the recording duration (day, hours, minutes or seconds) view Weekdays: Displays the abbreviations of the days of the week for a recurrent event. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday To save the schedule Click the (Apply Schedule) button on the Schedule...
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Page 33: Others
Symptom Cause and solution Others The frame rate or the The wireless connection may image quality decreases provide a lower communication when the camera or the speed than that for the wired computer is used with connection, causing a lower frame wireless connection. -
Page 34: Glossary
TCP/IP Glossary TCP is an abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol. A standard protocol used for the Internet connection. AVI (Audio Video Interleave) The format developed by Microsoft Corporation to store a moving image and audio in a file. The data in the AVI file can easily be managed using Microsoft Windows. -
Page 35: Index
Index Fast-forward ........21 Pan & Tilt Presets toolbar ..15 Frame Rate ........26 Pan & Tilt toolbar..... 10 Frame Rate Priority......26 Panning........... 15 Functional Toolbars......12 Path of the storage location .... 29 Add Camera dialog ......8 Pause .......... - Page 36 Start Available ........19 Start the Program......7 Status bar ........12 Storage Location ......29 System Configuration.......4 System Requirements.......5 TCP/IP tab ........25 The Search Recording window ..10 Thumbnails........18 Tilting ..........15 Timeline..........19 timeline...........19 To create a date/time event .....32 To create a recurrent event .....31 To edit or delete a preset position...16 To mute the sound ......14 To scale the monitoring image ..14...
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