Setting the Camera Image and Audio Table of Contents — Video / Audio Menu Setting the Camera Image — Video Menu ............22 Picture Tab ............22 Focus Tab — Adjusting the Focus ....23 Overview Video codec Tab ..........23 Features ..............4 Audio Tab ............24 How to Use This User’s Guide ......
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Setting the Schedule — Schedule Menu .... 50 Schedule Tab ............ 50 Setting the CLOUD service — CLOUD Menu ..............51 Setting Tab ............51 Others Glossary ..............52 Index ..............54 Table of Contents...
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. (November 2013) 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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The software is optimized for Internet Explorer using medium font. 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.
Basic Configuration by the Administrator You can monitor the camera image by logging in with the initial conditions set for 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.
Notes Logging in to System • If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings of Internet Explorer, the camera image may not be displayed. In that case, Logging in as a user disable Automatic configuration and set the proxy server manually.
Control panel section Configuration of Live You can drag the panels to the monitor screen and Viewer configure them. To return to the operation panel, drag the panel and This section explains the functions of the parts and configure the operation panel. controls of the live viewer.
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Capture Camera control panel Click to capture a still image shot by the camera and to store it in the computer. Click to open the folder to be saved. Note In the case of Windows VISTA, Windows 7 or Windows 8, if “Enable Protected Mode”...
Monitor screen Monitor image There are two modes for on-screen pan/tilt/zoom operation using a mouse: Area zoom mode and Vector dragging mode. A control bar is displayed on the screen. In the Area zoom mode, clicking on the monitor image will move the camera so that the clicked portion is positioned at the center of the monitor.
Zoom control Plug-in free viewer ActiveX Click to zoom out, and click to zoom in. viewer JPEG MJPEG Zooming continues while the button remains pressed. × × Operation from Note control panel The four edges of the image may be dark depending on Area zoom the zoom position.
Panning and tilting by dragging the Switching Transmission screen (Vector dragging mode Mode only) When you click on the starting point on the image and You can change the transmission mode for video/audio drag to the end point, the camera pans/tilts in the data.
Search panel Playback viewer You can play, save or delete the movies recorded in the memory card. This function is available only in the following users. • Administrator • When Viewer mode is set to Full Specify the search period. Start Select the start time for searching.
Control panel (Basic) Fast forward Click this button to fast forward the moving being played. Next record Jump to the next movie. Still image capture Save the capture of a recorded movie as a still image file You can play, pause, stop, fast forward or jump the to your computer.
Example: “Date & time” tab of “System” menu Administrating the Camera This section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. See page 19 for details of the menu tabs and setting For details about monitoring the camera image, see options.
Menu Setting the Camera Image — Video Menu” on Configuring the System page 22) — System Menu Network Displays the Network menu for setting the network When you click System in the Administrator menu, the connection. (“Configuring the Network — Network Menu”...
Adjust • The stabilizer may not respond, depending on the amount of vibration. Select how to set the day and time. • Be sure to set this function during the installation. Keep current setting: Select if you do not need to set •...
• Do not activate the Format memory card function System log Tab when no card is inserted into the card slot. The data of the software activity of the camera is recorded in this log. It includes data that is useful if a Backup setting data problem occurs.
Wide dynamic range (View-DR) Setting the Camera In high-contrast scenes such as against a back light, this function reduces overexposure and underexposure. Image and Audio Select the checkbox to turn on the Wide dynamic range (View-DR) function. — Video / Audio Menu Setting the Camera Notes •...
ATW: Eliminating the influences caused by OK/Cancel environmental illumination or lights, adjust the white See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 18. balance automatically to reproduce original colors of the objects (approximately 2000 K to 10000 K). Focus Tab — Adjusting the Focus ATW-PRO: Automatically adjusts the color to be closest to the image you are viewing (approximately Preview screen...
Note Selectable bit rates are CBR and VBR. Select CBR if The selectable size of images and frame rate for Image you want to compress an image by constant bit rate. 2 and Image 3 may be limited, depending on the setting Select VBR if you want to maintain image quality.
Audio codec Note Select the codec type of audio from the m microphone input connector. The bit rate may differ, depending on Permissible logo file specifications; the codec type. File format: PNG8 with alpha channel Image size: 160 × 120 or smaller Width (pixels): multiples of 16 Note No audio is output if the Plug-in free viewer is used.
Preview screen Day/Night Tab This screen is for monitoring images and configuring Use this tab to set the day/night function of the camera. privacy masking. You can move the position of the privacy mask displayed Day/Night on the preview screen by drag and drop. Mode Effect Select the day/night mode.
Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Two port Streaming Tab numbers (the number specified here and an odd number Use this tab to set the items for the transmission by with 1 added to the specified number) are actually used unicast or multicast.
1024 to 65534. Two port numbers (the number specified Configuring the Network here and an odd number with 1 added to the specified number) are actually used for video data communication — Network Menu and control. When performing simultaneous multi- transmission, a different port number will be used for every transmission, based on the port number specified When you click...
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IPv4 setting Note Configure the IPv4 network setting. If you select Obtain IP address automatically, ask the network administrator whether an IPv6 address To obtain the IP address automatically from can be assigned. a DHCP server This function is not available in a multi-prefix Select Obtain an IP address automatically environment.
Secondary DNS server Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if Used when registering on the QoS table. necessary. QoS is set according to the following procedure: Select No. from No. and enter the necessary OK/Cancel conditions for Network address, Subnet, Protocol See “Buttons common to every menu”...
Setting the Security For the functions available for each viewer mode, see “Administrator and User” on page 9. — Security Menu Viewer authentication When you click Security in the Administrator menu, the Set whether the user is authenticated or not when the Security menu appears.
Refer to “Using the SSL function” on page 6 for Note connection. You can access the camera even from a computer having an IP address whose access right is set to Deny, if you After confirming that SSL connection is possible, enter the user name and password set for the set the SSL function to Enable.
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For reasons of security, we recommend using this – Use an external certificate is selected and the mode only when there is no problem even if perfect private key password included in the certificate is security is not saved. not specified correctly. –...
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client authentication. Make sure that the personal Notes certificate on your PC is successfully installed. • When using the client authentication, the personal OK/Cancel certificate must be successfully installed on the PC to use it. If this preparation cannot be performed, do not See “Buttons common to every menu”...
Click Next. How to install the CA certificate The camera may not be connected because the browser (Internet Explorer) does not display whether the certificate will be accepted or not due to the type of certificate. In this case, install the CA certificate as follows.
Select Certificates from the list, then click Add. To remove an installed CA Certificate Snap-in is displayed. certificate Select Computer account as the certificate administrated in this Snap-in, then click Next. In Internet Explorer, click in the order Tools, Internet options, Content tab and Certificates. Select Local Computer as the computer The Certificates dialog appears.
Common setting System configuration of 802.1X network Enable Select the checkbox to enable the 802.1X authentication The following figure shows a general system function. configuration of an 802.1X network. EAP identity Type the user name to identify the client in the 802.1X Supplicant (camera) authentication server up to 250 characters.
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To display the information of the client CA certificate certificate You can import a trusted CA certificate (server When the client certificate has been saved in the camera certificate or route certificate) to the camera. Up to four correctly, its information appears on Status, Issuer DN, certificates from trusted CAs can be imported to the Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key camera.
Setting the PTZ control Setting the Sensor input/ Camera tampering — PTZ control Menu detection/Motion When you click PTZ control in the Administrator menu, the PTZ control menu appears. detection PTZ control Tab — Action input Menu Solid PTZ Action input When you click in the Administrator menu, the Action input Menu appears.
Sensor input 1: The external sensor that is connected to If you adjust focus/zoom with the camera tampering sensor input 1 of the camera I/O port. detection function activated, detection may not be Sensor input 2: The external sensor that is connected to effective.
area or inspection line. Video/audio recording and/or Setting items for motion detection audio file playback can be synchronized with this alarm. You can set the inspection methods to execute Use the settings tab to set the conditions for the motion independently.
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Add detection area Detection sensitivity Set the sensitivity of motion detection. Clicking this button will add an active area window in the center of the screen. When you place the cursor on the area, the cursor changes to a crossed arrow, which you can drag to move the area.
Moving shadow exemption Intrusion Set ON/OFF for the moving shadow exemption function of motion detection. Selecting Do not respond to shadows will prevent the shadows of a moving object from being recognized as moving objects. Deselect the checkbox to disable the shadow removal function of motion detection.
Placing the cursor on the vertex will turn the cursor into Removed object n, and when you drag the line, the vertex will move. The arrow displayed in the center of the passing object trigger line shows the direction of inspection. Trigger is performed when an object passes the passing object trigger position in this direction.
• Placing the cursor on the vertex of the minimum e.g., If you click the button between 1 and 2, they will trigger size area or maximum trigger size area will switch order. If you click the button between 2 and 3, change the cursor to n, then you can drag the vertex they will switch order.
– Deselect the checkbox of Stabilizer in the Setting the Action Installation tab of the System menu. • An inactive area cannot be specified. output — Action output • A horizontal face (leaning too far sideways) cannot be detected. Menu •...
Authentication Address Select whether authentication is required when you send an e-mail. Recipient e-mail address 1, 2, 3 Type the recipient e-mail address using up to 64 None: No authentication is required when an e-mail is characters. sent. You can specify up to three recipient e-mail addresses. SMTP: Select when SMTP authentication is required.
• The supplied ActiveX viewer is not used for streaming the recorded video or audio data. For details on Recipient e-mail address supported applications, contact an authorized Sony Type the recipient's e-mail address within 64 characters. dealer. • A maximum of 500 movie records can be saved to an OK/Cancel memory card.
Common setting The local time will be used in the file name. The extension is .jpg. memory card Edge Storage movie Display the available free space of external memory. Overwrite Recording status Select On to overwrite the file when there is insufficient Display the current recording status.
Voice alert Tab Setting the Schedule Set the voice alert function, to output audio from the — Schedule Menu speaker connected to the line output jack of the camera, when an alarm is triggered by the sensor input or detection functions. When you click Schedule in the Administrator menu,...
The CLOUD menu consists of the Setting tab. See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 18. Note The CLOUD service is not available in some regions. For details, contact an authorized Sony dealer. Setting Tab Set the CLOUD service setting. Connection to the CLOUD server Check the status of the connection to the server.
DNS server Others Acronym for Domain Name System server. As an IP address required for connecting to the device on an IP network is numerical and difficult to remember, the Domain Name System was established. A domain name Glossary 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 ActiveX control...
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Network bandwidth Bit rate that can be used for networking. Acronym for User Datagram Protocol. A standard protocol used for Internet connection. Compared with the other protocol, TCP, UDP can transmit data faster, NTP server but reliable communication is not guaranteed. Network time server that transmits and receives time information over the networks.
Codec ..........52 File ..........50 Index Color ..........26 File attachment ......47 Common setting ..29, 32, 37, 49 Filter settings .........43 Connection to the CLOUD Filter type ........43 server ...........51 Focus ..........23 Numerics Content ..........47 Focus reset ........23 802.1X Tab ........36 Contrast .........52 Focus Tab ........23 Control bar ........13 Format memory card .....20...
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System log Tab ......21 System Menu ......... 19 MAC address ......28, 52 QoS Tab ......... 30 Mail Transfer Tab ......46 Main menu ........11 TCP ......... 15, 53 Matching decision ......45 Reboot ........... 20 Text color ........25 Memory card .........