Using The Still Picture Recording Function Linked To An External Device; Sample Application In Combination With A Door-Opening Sensor And Lighting Unit - Canon VB101 User Manual

Using the Still Picture Recording Function Linked to an External Device

By using the "External Device Input 1/2" setting and connecting devices such as sensors and switches to
the VB101, you can construct a monitoring system that operates in response to external changes. The still
images captured in this way are recorded on a memory card inserted into the VB101.

Sample application in combination with a door-opening sensor and lighting unit

This is a monitoring system in which the lighting unit needed to take pictures switches on when the
door opens and the VC-C4R camera mounted on the ceiling captures still images. The equipment
shown in the figure below is connected to the terminals on the back of the VB101 at installation.
Installation Example
Sensor A
VC-C4R
Lighting unit
Sensor B
Camera
VB101 Connection Example
RS-232C
cable
Slot-B
RS232C
Slot-A
CC1 CC2
Dc In
1 2 1 2
Ethernet
In Out
100/10BT
LAN
cable
Sensor Relay Ethernet
input output
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When the door opens and
Sensor B moves away from
sensor A, connection input
In1 generates an ON event.
Power
In response to this event,
supply
unit
Out1 is controlled to switch
on the lighting unit and
images of the entrance are
captured and recorded by
Ethernet
the camera.
VB101
Video cable
(RCA)
Connector Attached Cable
In1 Sensors mounted on the door
Out1 Lighting unit via the power supply unit
Video In
V1 V2 V3 V4
V1
Video cable for the VC-C4R camera
CC1 Control cable for the VC-C4R camera
c
Do not directly connect the power cord for the
lighting unit to OUT1 or OUT2.
Note
Using the Still Picture Recording Function Linked to an External Device
Sample Settings
Photography settings specified on the "Camera and Video" page (
Specify the appropriate settings for the camera 1 being used.
Photography settings specified on the "Preset" page (
Set a camera angle that shoots the open doorway as preset 1.
Photography settings specified in "External Device Input 1/2" (
Set the photography operation time from 17:00 to 6:00.
Give priority to "Recording triggered by external device".
Set the camera position for shooting to preset 1.
Set the light to switch on when the door opens and to switch off 20 seconds after the door closes.
Begin recording pictures 4 seconds before the door opens. The light is not switched on at that point.
Continue to record pictures for 8 seconds after the door closes.
Record pictures at 10-second intervals while the door is open.
Delete the recorded pictures at 12:00 on the next day. In this case, delete the pictures recorded in the
morning at 12:00 on the next day, and delete the pictures recorded in the afternoon at 12:00 two days later.
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