Setting the Event — Event Menu .......32 Table of Contents Event settings ............32 Other settings — Application Menu ....35 Motion detection ..........35 Profile ...............35 Overview Sensor input ............35 Features ..............3 Camera tampering detection ......36 How to Use This User’s Guide ......4 Settings on the Recording System Requirements ..........
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How to Use This User’s System Requirements Guide The following computer environment is necessary for the computer to display images and the controls of the This User’s Guide explains how to operate the Network camera. Camera from a computer. (January 2014) The User’s Guide is designed to be read on the computer display.
The welcome page appears (in SSL communication). Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser After the IP address has been assigned to the camera, check that you can actually access the camera using the web browser installed on your computer. Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera in the URL address bar.
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To display the viewer correctly To operate the viewer correctly, set the security level of Internet Explorer to Medium or lower, as follows: Select Tools from the menu bar for Internet Explorer, then select Internet Options and click the Security tab. Click the Internet icon (when using the camera via the Internet), or Local intranet icon (when using the camera via a local network).
Basic Configuration by the Administrator You can monitor the camera image by logging in to this network camera. You can also set various functions according to the installing position, network conditions or purpose of the camera. We recommend you configure the following items before monitoring images from the camera.
Operating the Camera Administrator and User This network camera identifies those who log in as the Administrator or User. This section explains how to monitor the image from the The Administrator can use all the functions of this camera using your web browser. network camera, including camera settings.
Logging in to System Configuration of the Viewer Screen Logging in as a user 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. Start the Web browser on your computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor.
1O (Original view) mode: Control panel section Click to hide the detail setting menu or click it again to show the menu. View panel 180°Hemispheric You can change the display mode, image, screen mode and image size. Also, still images and movies can be saved (movie saving can also be stopped) from here.
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Zoom In 1R View Zoom Out Zoom In Zoom Out indicators Current screen selection Zoom in/out & all-directional navigation control Pan or tilt Click to bring into center of view 2P (Dual Panoramic View) mode: 4R (Four Regional) mode: In 2P mode, the hemispheric image is displayed as the The 4R mode displays four regional views.
two modes are identical to those described for the 1O- Volume 3R mode. Use the +/– buttons to adjust the PC’s audio output volume which is input from the camera’s microphone. 1080p Mode In the 1080p mode, the compensated image from the When you click , the icon changes to and the...
Zoom control Manual triggers Press to zoom out, and press to zoom in. When the manual trigger is set to the event trigger in the Event settings, you can enable the trigger by selecting Pano. (Auto Pano): Rotates 360° through a regional the checkbox.
Notes Switching Connection • When connecting via a proxy server, neither Unicast nor Multicast can be selected. You can change the connection for video/audio data. • Select HTTP to use the SSL function. Note The function may not operate correctly if you use personal firewall software or antivirus software on your computer.
Example: “Picture” tab of “Video/Audio” menu Administering the Camera This section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. See page 16 for details of the menu tabs and setting For details about monitoring the camera image, see options.
Network Configuring the System Displays the menu for setting the network connection. (“Configuring the Network — Network Menu” on page — System Menu When you click System in the Administrator menu, the Security Displays the menu for setting the login user name and submenus of the System menu expand.
OK/Cancel — Backup/Restore Setting Data Tab See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 15. — System Log Tab Backup setting data Describes the information of the camera software Saves the setting data of the camera in a file. function. Records useful information when a problem Click Backup Setting Data to save the setting data of occurs.
ATW: Adjusts the color automatically towards the Setting the Camera original color (approx. 2800 K to 10000 K) which is hard to be influenced by the illumination. Image and Audio Fix current value: Select On, the current white balance is fixed. —...
— Exposure Tab Night mode: Works in night mode at all times. Sensor input: Controls the day/night mode by the active Adjust the exposure settings. sensor input. While a sensor input is detected, the camera works in night mode. Timer: Switches between day and night modes at set times.
Delete privacy masking Frame rate To delete privacy masks, click on the right side of the Set the frame rate of the image. window name, then click OK. “fps” is a unit indicating the number of frames transmitted per second. Video codec I-picture interval (Only when H.264 is selected) Set the I-picture insertion interval in seconds.
Audio codec Configuring the Network Select the audio codec type. Select the bit rate from the pull-down menu when AAC is selected. — Network Menu Note When you click Network in the Administrator menu, the submenus of the Network menu appear. Movies recorded in G.711 cannot be played on Use this menu to configure the network to connect the QuickTime Player.
IP address To link to the IPv6 address, follow the procedure below. Type the IP address of the camera. Open your web browser. Subnet mask Enter the link-global or link-local IPv6 address in Type the subnet mask. the address bar of your web browser. Default gateway Memo Type the default gateway.
Audio Port Notes Type the port number (from 1025 to 65535) for the audio port. • Specify different numbers for the video port number and the audio port number. • Software Version 1.1 or later is required for Unicast OK/Cancel streaming.
RTSP streaming Multicast image 1-3 (RTSP) Click the items to configure the settings for multicast image 1-3. Enable Select the checkbox to allow RTSP multicast sending. Access name for image 1-3 Multicast address Type access names for image 1-3. The multicast address used for RTSP multicast streaming.
Enable QoS/DSCP Encryption password Select the checkbox to configure the QoS/DSCP. Enter a password for encryption (at least 8 characters). Set values (0-63) to mark the data traffic. Read only security name Enter the name of Read/Write security name. Authentication type Select the authentication method.
Streaming user authentication Setting the Security Select the checkbox to enable streaming user authentication. — Security Menu If the checkbox is selected, user authentication will be required in order to watch video streaming by the others When you click Security in the Administrator menu, the viewers.
Click OK to save your configuration. The camera Set the password which is included in the certificate. changes to the encrypted connection. Click the Upload button to upload the file to the camera. Notes Note • Make sure to set the date and time on the camera The upload will fail if the selected file is not a certificate correctly before performing this operation.
Network System configuration of IEEE You can assign the network mask corresponding to a 802.1X network network address. The following figure shows a general system Range configuration of an IEEE 802.1X network. You can assign a range of addresses. Note Supplicant (camera) Range is only applied to IPv4.
certificate. This mode requires a CA to issue the To upload the client certificate certificate. Click Browse… to select the client certificate to be uploaded. Click the Upload button, and the selected file will be IEEE 802.1X uploaded to the camera. Enable Note Select the checkbox to enable the IEEE 802.1X...
Preset and tour settings Setting the PTZ control To configure preset positions — PTZ Menu When you click in the Administrator menu, the submenus of the PTZ menu expand. The PTZ menu consists of PTZ settings. You can make settings for the camera’s pan/tilt/zoom positions and for preset tour actions.
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To configure preset tour OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 15. 1 Select one of the preset tour positions listed in User preset locations, then click the move button (>>). The list is displayed in the Sequence of the tour. Memo Sequence of the tour is from top to bottom.
To set the event Setting the Event Set each item of Schedule, Trigger, Action in the Event settings screen to set the event. — Event Menu 1. Schedule When you click Event in the Administrator menu, the Set the day(s) of the week or the period of time for submenus of the Event menu expand.
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Sensor Input Memo The sensor input is set as the trigger for performing the event. If the file is to be saved in a microSD memory card, Active: Performs the event while the sensor input is select the Edge storage checkbox. active.
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You can set up to 5 file formats. Setting name Input the name of the file format setting. Source Select the image for making the video clip from Stream 1 to Stream 3. Pre-event recording: When the trigger is activated, you can record the image before being activated the trigger.
5 Select the Enable motion detection checkbox. Other settings — 6 Click OK to enable the setting. Application Menu Memo Applications When you click in the Administrator menu, You can confirm the status of the motion detection by the submenus of the Applications menu appear. the indicator.
Camera tampering detection Settings on the Recording — Recording Menu Enable To detect tampering, such as spraying, select the When you click Recording in the Administrator menu, checkbox. the submenus of the recording menu expand. The recording menu consists of the Recording Settings. OK/Cancel Recording Settings See the “Buttons common to every menu”...
1. Trigger functions. the recorded video or audio data. For details on Maximum file size supported applications, contact an authorized Sony Input the maximum file size (100 to 2000 MB) when the dealer. trigger set in the 1. Trigger functions.
SD Memory Card Control Note It may take several tens of minutes for View or Enable cyclic storage Download to respond depending on the file size or When the micro SD card does not have the enough free network environment. space, select whether the data should be overwritten or not.
network is numerical and difficult to remember, the Others Domain Name System was established. A domain name is alphabetic and is easier to remember. When a client computer uses a domain name to connect to another computer, it asks a DNS server to translate the name into the corresponding IP address.
Proxy server A server or software that acts as an intermediary between a local network and the Internet so that it can connect to the Internet in place of a computer on a local network. Saturation The degree to which a color is pure. Secondary DNS server Subsidiary DNS server used when a primary DNS server cannot be used.
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Zoom speed ........13 System configuration of IEEE 802.1X network ........28 System Log Tab......17 System Menu........16 TCP .......... 14 Tilt speed ........13 Time zone ........16 Trigger time........38 Tuor speed ........13 UDP..........40 Unicast........14 Unicast streaming......23 User ..........8 User name........26 Sony Corporation Index...