Sony Security Camera SNC RZ30N User Manual

Configuring the Network

— Network (Ethernet) setting

Page

OK/Cancel

When you click Network on the Administrator menu,

the Network (Ethernet) setting page appears.

Use this page to configure the network to connect the

camera and the computer through the Ethernet.

DHCP

Select On to assign the IP address to the camera

automatically. When you have assigned a proper IP

address to the camera, select Off.

Note

When you set DHCP to On, make sure that there is an

DHCP server on the network.

DNS auto acquisition

When DHCP is set to On, select if the IP address of the

DNS server is assigned automatically or not. Select On

to assign the IP address of the DNS server automatically.

IP address

Type the IP address of the camera.

Subnet mask

Type the subnet mask.

Default gateway

Type the default gateway.

MAC address

Displays the MAC address of the camera.

Primary DNS

Type the IP address of the primary DNS server.

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Secondary DNS

Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if

necessary.

Setting the User

— User setting Page

Bandwidth control

Limits the bandwidth of the data communication of the

camera.

You can select from among the following:

Unlimited, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0,

6.0, 7.0, 8.0 (Mbps)

When you click User on the Administrator menu, the

User setting page appears.

Use this page to set the user names and passwords of

Administrator and up to 9 kinds of users (User 1 to User

9), and the access right of each user.

Select Unlimited when you do not want to limit the

bandwidth.

Notes

• If you limit the bandwidth, the camera performance

may be affected, for example, the frame rate of image

display may be reduced.

• The actual bandwidth may differ from the selected

option depending on the network environments.

OK/Cancel

Administrator, User 1 to 9

Specify User name, Password, Re-type password and

Access right for each user ID.

User name

Type a user name between 4 and 16 characters.

Password

Type a password between 4 and 16 characters.

Re-type password

To confirm the password, type the same characters as

you typed in the Password box.

Note

If you type an incorrect character in the User name,

Password or Re-type password box, a message like the

following appears. In this case, click OK to cancel the

message and re-type the correct character.

Access right

Select the access right for each user from the drop-down

list. You can select from Level 1 to Level 4. The rights

afforded to each access right are as follows:

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Level 1: Allows monitoring of the camera image

(including some operations for monitoring)

Setting the Security

— Security setting Page

Level 2: Allows monitoring of the camera image and

camera operations.

When you click Security on the Administrator menu,

the Security setting page appears.

Use this page to limit the computers that can access the

camera.

Level 3: Allows monitoring of the camera image,

camera operations and manual application

operations.

Level 4: Allows all the access right as Administrator.

Activating/Deactivating the

Security Function

No access right: Use this option when you want to

prohibit access to the camera temporarily.

— Security usage setting Page

User access right

Select the level of the access right to require user

authentication.

The authentication dialog will appear where user

authentication is required.

To activate the security function, select Use security

function, then click OK. The Security setting page

appears.

If you do not use the security function, select Do not use

security function, then click OK.

Level 1: Performs user authentication when a user

accesses the following pages: main viewer page

(page 9), Camera control parts (page 11), Trigger

control parts (page 13) or Administrator menu page

(page 15).

Setting the Security Function

—Securing setting Page

Level 2: Performs user authentication when a user

accesses the following pages: Camera control parts,

Trigger control parts or Administrator menu page.

No user authentication is required to display the

main viewer page.

Level 3: Performs user authentication when a user

accesses the following pages: Trigger control parts

or Administrator menu page.

No user authentication is required to display the

main viewer page or the Camera control parts.

Level 4: Performs user authentication when a user

accesses the Administrator menu page only.

No user authentication is required to display the

other pages.

Default policy

Select the basic policy of the limit from Allow and

Deny.

If you select Allow, you will basically allow access to

the camera and only deny access from the computers

specified on the Network address/Subnet 1 to Network

address/Subnet 10 menus below.

OK/Cancel

If you select Deny, you will basically deny access to the

camera, and only allow access from the computers

specified on the Network address/Subnet 1 to Network

address/Subnet 10 menus.

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Network address/Subnet 1 to Network

address/Subnet 10

Type the IP addresses and subnet mask values you want

to allow or deny access to the camera.

You can specify up to 10 IP addresses and subnet mask

values. For a subnet mask, type 8 to 32.

To temporarily cancel the Default Policy for a specified

IP address/subnet mask, select Allow or Deny from the

drop-down list on the right.

Setting the Camera

Position and Action

— Preset position setting Page

When you click Preset position on the Administrator

menu, the Preset position setting page appears.

Use this page to store the pan, tilt and zoom positions of

the camera (Preset position) in memory and program the

sequenced action of the camera (Tour).

Tip

The subnet mask value represents the bit number from

the left of the network address.

For example, the subnet mask value for 255.255.255.0 is

24.

If you set “192.168.0.0/24, Allow,” you can allow access

from the computers having an IP address between

192.169.0.0 and 192.168.0.255.

Storing the Pan, Tilt and Zoom

Positions

— Position preset Section

You can store up to 16 setting of the pan, tilt and zoom

positions (Preset positions) of the camera in memory.

OK/Cancel

“Setting the Camera — Camera setting Page” on page

Note

For a Preset position setting, you can store the pan, tilt

and zoom positions only. Set the Focus mode, Exposure

mode and White balance mode menu to Auto. (See

19.)

Preset No.

Select a preset number 1 to 16 from the drop-down list.

Click Preset call to move the camera to the pan, tilt and

zoom positions stored in the selected preset number.

Preset position name

Type a preset position name for the selected preset

number up to 32 characters.

Apply

Use this button to store the camera position in a preset

number.

To store, proceed as follow:

Display the monitor image on the main viewer

page, and pan, tilt and zoom the camera to the

position you want to store as a Preset position.

Select the Preset No. from the drop-down list and

enter the Preset position name.

Click Apply.

The camera position is stored in memory.

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Clear

Checking the Preset Position

Settings

Deletes the Preset position data in the selected preset

number.

— Preset position table Section

Moving the Camera to the Preset

Position by the Alarm

— Position at alarm Section

You can move the camera to the preset position by

synchronizing with an external sensor input 1, 2 or 3 or

the activity detection function. If an alarm occurs by the

external sensor input or the activity detection function,

the camera automatically moves to the preset position.

Sensor 1/Sensor 2/Sensor 3

The table shows the preset position name and preset

position setting for each preset number.

Select from the drop-down list the preset number in

which the preset position you want to move the camera

to is stored. The camera moves to the preset position

when an alarm occurs via the corresponding sensor

input.

Programming the Tour

— Tour setting Section

You can program up to 16 preset positions so that the

camera moves to multiple preset positions in sequence

(Tour).

Select None if you do not want to move the camera to

any preset position.

Activity detection

Select from the drop-down list the preset number in

which the preset position you want to move the camera

to is stored. The camera moves to the preset position

when an alarm occurs by the activity detection function.

Click Activity detection to display the Activity

detection setting page. (See “Setting the Activity

Detection Function — Activity detection setting Page”

on page 40.)

Tour name

Select a tour name from among A, B, C, D and E.

Apply/Cancel

Stay time

Type a period of time for which the camera is to stay at

each preset position, between 1 and 3600 seconds.

Pan speed

Select the pan speed from the drop-down list. You can

select the pan speed from 1 to 19 and Fastest. The

camera pans faster with a higher number setting. With

Fastest, the camera pans at the maximum speed.

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Tilt speed

Activating the Tour

— Tour selection Section

Select the tilt speed from the drop-down list. You can

select the tilt speed from 1 to 15 and Fastest. The

camera tilts faster with a higher number setting. With

Fastest, the camera tilts at the maximum speed.

You can activate the tour according to the schedule.

Sequence

Select the preset number 1 to 16 for each of 16 list boxes.

The camera moves to the preset positions stored in the

selected preset numbers in sequence. The sequence of

camera movement starts from the preset position

specified in the upper-left list box to the right, then to the

lower list boxes from left to right. After the preset

position specified in the last list box, the camera returns

to the first preset position. This sequence is cyclical.

To determine the end of the program, select end in a list

box. When the camera reaches the preset position

specified in the list box before the end, it returns to the

first preset position, and the sequence recycles.

Selected tour name

Select the tour name A to E you want to activate.

Select None if you do not want to activate any tour or if

you want to stop the tour in action.

Available period

Select the period for which you can activate the tour.

Always: The tour can be activated any time.

Use scheduler: The tour is activated according to the

schedule selected on the Schedule No. menu below.

Apply/Cancel

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want to activate the tour

(program).

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

Checking the Tour Settings

— Tour table Section

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

“Controlling the Application Manually” on page 13.)

Notes

• If you operate the camera using the image control

section on the main viewer page, the tour in action

stops.

• The camera settings (see page 19) you made during

zooming are not valid.

Sequence

Shows the preset numbers in the programmed order for

each tour A to E.

Speed

Shows the stay time, pan speed and tilt speed settings for

each tour.

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User name

Type the user name for the FTP server.

Sending Images to FTP

Server

— FTP client setting Page

Password

Type the password for the FTP server.

When you click FTP client on the Administrator menu,

the FTP client setting page appears.

Re-type password

To confirm the password, type the same characters as

you typed in the Password box.

Use this page to set up for capturing and sending still

images to an FTP server. You can capture a still image

at the moment when a trigger occurs by an external

sensor input, the built-in activity detection function or a

manual trigger button, or capture sequenced still images

before and after the trigger. The captured still image(s)

is sent to the FTP server (FTP client function). You can

also send still images periodically.

Remote path

Type the path to the destination up to 64 characters.

Image file name

Type the basic file name you want to assign to the

images when sending to the FTP server. You can use up

to 6 alphanumeric, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for

naming.

Activating/Deactivating the FTP

Client Function

— FTP client usage setting Page

Suffix

Select the suffix to add to the file name.

None: No suffix is added. The basic file name is

assigned to the image to be sent to the FTP server.

Date/Time: The date/time suffix is added to the file

name.

To activate the FTP client function, select Use FTP

client function and click OK. The FTP client setting

page appears.

When you do not use the FTP client function, select Do

not use FTP client function and click OK.

The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of

year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour

(2 digits), minute (2 digits), second (2 digits) and

consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit number

is added to the file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number is added to

the basic file name. A number of up to 10 digits

between 0000000000 and 4294967295 is added to

the file name.

Note

The frame rate and operability on the main viewer page

may decrease while a file is being transmitted by the

FTP client function.

Tip

When the Mode menu is set to Alarm, the type of alarm

and the capture timing to the alarm are added to the

suffix.

Type of alarm: S1 (Sensor 1), S2 (Sensor 2), S3 (Sensor

3), AD (Activity Detection)

Setting the FTP Client Function

— FTP client setting Page

Capture timing: PR (Pre-alarm), JT (Just alarm), PT

(Post-alarm)

Sequence No. clear

Click Apply to reset the Sequence number suffix to 0.

Mode

Select the mode of the FTP client function.

FTP server name

Type the FTP server name to upload still images up to 64

characters, or the IP address of the FTP server.

Manual: Sends still images to the FTP server manually.

After selecting Manual, click OK. The FTP client

function mode is set to Manual.

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In this mode, when you click the

button on the main viewer page, a still image is

captured and sent to the FTP server. (See

(Trigger)

Available period

Select the period for which the selected alarm mode is

available.

Always: The selected alarm mode is available any time.

Use scheduler: The selected alarm mode is available

according to the schedule selected in Schedule No.

below.

Alarm: Sends still images to the FTP server by

synchronizing with an external sensor input or the

built-in activity detection function. When you select

Alarm, the Alarm mode setting section appears (see

page 29).

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the selected alarm

mode being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Note

If the Suffix menu is set to None, you cannot select

the Alarm mode. When you want to use the Alarm

mode, set the Suffix menu to Date/Time or

Sequence number.

Periodical sending: Sends still images to the FTP

server periodically. When you select Periodical

sending, the Periodical sending mode setting section

appears (see page 29).

Alarm buffer configuration

Click Alarm buffer to display the Alarm buffer setting

page.

For details, see “Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm

buffer setting Page” on page 38.

Back/OK

See “Operating the Digest Viewer” on page 30.

Note

If an alarm occurs during the Alarm buffer processing,

that alarm is ignored.

Alarm mode setting Section

Digest viewer

If you select On, an HTML file (.html) and a Java Script

file (.js) are added each time the selected alarm is

detected.

When you open the added HTML file using a general

browser, the digest viewer runs and you can view the

still pictures in the alarm buffer in sequence (quasi-

animation).

Alarm

Select the alarm to link the FTP client function. If the

selected alarm is detected, the still images before and

after the alarm are captured sequentially and sent to the

FTP server.

Periodical sending mode setting

Section

Sensor 1: External sensor connected to sensor input 1 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 2: External sensor connected to sensor input 2 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 3: External sensor connected to sensor input 3 of

the camera I/O port

Activity detection: The activity detection function built

in the camera

Interval time

Type the interval at which you want to send images to

the FTP server periodically. You can set the hour (H),

minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and 24

hours (one day).

To set the activity detection function, click Activity

detection. The Activity detection setting page

appears (see page 40).

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When you select Auto, the image is displayed in the size

specified with the Image size menu on the Camera

setting page (see page 19).

Available period

Select the period for which the periodical sending mode

is available.

Always: The periodical sending mode is available any

time.

Play speed

Use scheduler: The periodical sending mode is

available according to the schedule selected in

Schedule No. below.

Select the play speed from 1 to 5. 5 is the highest speed.

Note

Whether you can play the image at a high speed depends

on the performance of your computer. You may need to

select a lower speed.

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the perdiodical

sending mode being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Play

Click this button to start playing. Playing stops when the

last still image is displayed.

When a still image is displayed, click this button to

display the next numbered still image.

Operating the Digest Viewer

Prev (previous)

When a still image is displayed, click this button to

display the previous numbered still image.

If you download the HTML file, the Java Script file and

the JPEG image files to your computer and open HTML

file using a general browser, the digest viewer is

displayed on the screen.

Still

Digest viewer

Click this button to stop playing temporarily.

Stop

Click to stop playing. The still image of number 1 is

displayed.

Number

Displays the consecutive still image number.

Date

Displays the date and time when the image is captured.

Image view size

Select the image size to be displayed on the digest

viewer from among the following: Auto, 160 × 120, 320

× 240, 640 × 480

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Setting the FTP Server Function

— FTP server setting Page

You can register up to 10 user names and passwords to

allow logging in the camera using the FTP client

software of the computer.

Downloading Images

from the Camera

— FTP server setting Page

When you click FTP server on the Administrator menu,

the FTP server setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for the FTP server function which

finds a specified still image file stored in the built-in

memory of the camera (about 8 MB) or the ATA

memory card inserted into the PC card slot, or download

the still image file from the card.

Activating/Deactivating the FTP

Server Function

— FTP server usage setting Page

Built-in memory

Displays the free space of the built-in memory of the

camera.

To activate the FTP server function, select Use FTP

server function and click OK. The FTP server setting

page appears.

When you do not use the FTP server function, select Do

not use FTP server function and click OK.

A-slot (adrv)/B-slot (bdrv)

Displays the type of the PC card inserted into the PC

card slot and its free card space. The PC card slot located

on the lens side is “A-slot,” and that on the camera

bottom side is “B-slot.”

Note

The frame rate and operability on the main viewer page

may decrease when the FTP server function is used.

Selected root directory

Select from the drop-down list, the directory under

which the image file you want to find or download is

stored.

Built-in memory: Built-in memory of the camera

ATA memory card (A-slot): ATA memory card

inserted into A slot of the camera

ATA memory card (B-slot): ATA memory card

inserted into B slot of the camera

User ID

Type a user name between 4 and 16 characters.

Password

Type a password between 4 and 16 characters.

Re-type password

To confirm the password, type the same characters as

you typed in the Password box.

Back/OK

the Application Manually” on page 13.)

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SMTP server name

Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the

IP address of the SMTP server.

Sending an Image via E-

mail — SMTP setting Page

Recipient e-mail address

Type the recipient E-mail address up to 64 characters.

You can specify up to three recipient e-mail addresses.

When you click SMTP on the Administrator menu, the

SMTP setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for the SMTP function that can

capture and send a still image attached to an E-mail. You

can capture a still image at the moment when a trigger

occurs by an external sensor input, the built-in activity

detection function or a manual trigger button. The

captured still image is sent as an atttachment of the E-

mail. You can also send a still image periodically.

Administrator e-mail address

Type the Administrator e-mail address up to 64

characters.

This address is used for reply mail and sending error

messages from the camera.

Subject

Activating/Deactivating the SMTP

Function — SMTP usage setting

Page

Type the subject/title of the E-mail up to 64 characters.

Message

Type the text of the E-mail up to 384 characters. (A line

break is equivalent to 2 characters.)

Image file name

Type the basic file name you want to assign to the image

to attach an E-mail. You can use up to 6 alphanumeric,

- (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.

To activate the SMTP function, select Use SMTP

function and click OK. The SMTP setting page

appears.

When you do not use the SMTP function, select Do not

use SMTP function and click OK.

Suffix

Select the suffix to add to the file name.

None: No suffix is added. The basic file name is

assigned to the image to be sent via an E-mail.

Date/Time: The date/time suffix is added to the file

name.

Note

The frame rate and operability on the main viewer page

may decrease while an image file is being transmitted

via an E-mail.

The date/time suffix consists of lower two-digits of

year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour

(2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits) ,

thus 12-digit number is added to the file name.

Sequence number: A consecutive number is added to

the basic file name. A number of up to 10 digits

between 0000000000 and 4294967295 is added to

the file name.

Setting the SMTP Function

— SMTP setting Page

Sequence No. clear

Click Apply to reset the Sequence number suffix to 0.

Mode

Select the mode of the SMTP function.

Manual: Sends a still image attached to an E-mail

manually. After selecting Manual, click OK. The

SMTP function mode is set to Manual.

In this mode, when you click the

(Trigger)

button on the main viewer page, a still image is

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captured and sent via an E-mail. (See “Controlling

Use scheduler: The alarm mode is available according

to the schedule selected on the Schedule No. menu

below.

Alarm: Sends a still image via an E-mail by

synchronizing with an external sensor input or the

built-in activity detection function. When you select

Alarm, the Alarm mode setting section appears (see

page 33).

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the alarm mode

being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Periodical sending: Sends a still image via an E-mail

periodically. When you select Periodical sending,

the Periodical sending mode setting section appears

(see page 33).

Back/OK

Periodical sending mode setting

Section

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Alarm mode setting Section

Interval time

Type the interval at which you want to send an E-mail

with a still image periodically. You can set the hour (H)

and minutes (M) between 30 minutes and 24 hours (one

day).

Alarm

Available period

Select the period for which the periodical sending mode

is available.

Always: The periodical sending mode is available any

time.

Use scheduler: The periodical sending mode is

available according to the schedule selected on the

Schedule No. menu below.

Select the alarm to link the SMTP function. If the

selected alarm is detected, a still image is captured and

sent via an E-mail.

Sensor 1: External sensor connected to sensor input 1 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 2: External sensor connected to sensor input 2 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 3: External sensor connected to sensor input 3 of

the camera I/O port

Activity detection: The activity detection function built

in the camera.

To set the activity detection function, click Activity

detection. The Activity detection setting page appears

(see page 40).

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the perdiodical

sending mode being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Note

The image that can be attached to an E-mail is the one

captured at the moment when an alarm is input. If the

next alarm occurs while the captured image is being

processed, that alarm is ignored.

Available period

Select the period for which the alarm mode is available.

Always: The alarm mode is available any time.

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appears. Click the button, and the Camera setting

page appears and you can set the Day/Night function

(see page 21).

In the Night mode, the relay corresponding to the

alarm out 1 is short-circuited. In the Day mode, it is

open.

Setting the Alarm Out 1

or 2

— Alarm out 1 or 2 setting Page

When you click Alarm out 1 on the Administrator

menu, the Alarm out 1 setting page appears. When you

click Alarm out 2 on the Administrator menu, the

Alarm out 2 setting page appears.

Alarm: Controls alarm out 1 by synchronizing with an

external sensor input or the built-in activity detection

function. When you select Alarm, the Alarm mode

setting section appears (see page 34).

Use these pages to set up for the Alarm out function that

controls the alarm out 1 or alarm out 2 of the I/O port

located on the rear the camera. You can control the

alarm out when a trigger occurs by an external sensor

input, the built-in activity detection function, a manual

trigger button, the Day/Night function or the timer.

The setting items for alarm out 1 and alarm out 2 are the

same. This section explains how to set alarm out 1 as an

example.

Timer: Controls alarm out 1 by the timer. When you

select Timer, the Timer mode setting section appears

(see page 35).

Alarm mode setting Section

Activating/Deactivating the Alarm

Out 1 Function

— Alarm out 1 usage setting Page

Alarm

Select the alarm to link the alarm out 1 function. If the

selected alarm is detected, the alarm out 1 status

changes.

Sensor 1: External sensor connected to sensor input 1 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 2: External sensor connected to sensor input 2 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 3: External sensor connected to sensor input 3 of

the camera I/O port

To activate the Alarm out 1 function, select Use alarm

out 1 function and click OK. The Alarm out 1 setting

page appears.

When you do not use the Alarm out 1 function, select Do

not use alarm out 1 function and click OK.

Activity detection: The activity detection function built

in the camera.

Setting the Alarm Out 1 Function

— Alarm out 1 setting Page

To set the activity detection function, click Activity

detection. The Activity detection setting page

appears (see page 40).

Available period

Select the period for which the alarm mode is available.

Always: The alarm mode is available any time.

Use scheduler: The alarm mode is available according

to the schedule selected on the Schedule No. menu

below.

Mode

Select the mode of the Alarm out 1 function.

Manual: Controls the alarm out 1 manually.

In this mode, you can short-circuit and open the

alarm out 1 by clicking the

the main viewer page. (See “Controlling the

Application Manually” on page 13.)

(Trigger) button on

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the alarm mode

being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

Day/Night: Controls alarm out 1 by synchronizing with

the Day/Night function of the camera. When you

select Day/Night, the Day/Night setting button

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To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

“Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP server

Recording Images in

Memory

— Image memory setting Page

Alarm duration

Select the duration for which the alarm output is short-

circuited between 1 and 60 sec.

When you click Image memory on the Administrator

menu, the Image memory setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for the image memory function

which captures a still image and records it in the built-in

memory of the camera (about 8 MB) or the ATA

memory card. You can capture a still image at the

moment when a trigger occurs by an external sensor

input, the built-in activity detection function or a manual

trigger button. The captured still image is recorded in

the built-in memory or the ATA memory card. You can

also record a still image periodically.

Timer mode setting Section

Schedule No.

Select the schedule you want to activate the alarm out 1

timer mode.

The recorded image file can be found or downloaded to

the computer using the FTP server function. (See

setting Page” on page 31.)

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

The alarm out 1 is short-circuited at the start time of the

selected schedule, and it switches to open at the end

time.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Activating/Deactivating the Image

Memory Function — Image memory

usage setting Page

Built-in memory

Displays the free space of the built-in memory of the

camera.

A-slot/B-slot

Displays the type of the PC card inserted into the PC

card slot and its free card space. The PC card slot located

on the lens side is “A-slot,” and that on the camera

bottom side is “B-slot.”

Use image memory function/Do not use

image memory function

To activate the Image memory function, select Use

image memory function and click OK. The Image

memory setting page appears.

When you do not use the Image memory function, select

Do not use image memory function and click OK.

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Type of alarm: S1 (Sensor 1), S2 (Sensor 2), S3 (Sensor

3), AD (Activity Detection)

Capture timing: PR (Pre-alarm), JT (Just alarm), PT

(Post-alarm)

Memory

Select the memory you want to store the image to, from

the drop-down list.

Built-in memory: Built-in memory of the camera

(about 8 MB)

ATA memory card (A-slot): ATA memory card

inserted into A slot of the camera

ATA memory card (B-slot): ATA memory card

inserted into B slot of the camera

Sequence No. clear

Click Apply to reset the Sequence number suffix to 0.

Overwrite

Select if you overwrite the file or not when there is

insufficient memory space to record the image.

Select On to allow overwriting. The oldest file or folder

is overwritten first.

Select Off to prohibit overwriting. In this case, a new

file cannot be stored.

Notes

• The image recorded in the built-in memory will be

erased when the power of the camera is turned off.

• The frame rate and operability on the main viewer

page may decrease during image storage.

Mode

Recording an Image in the Selected

Memory — Image memory setting

Page

Select the mode of the Image memory function.

Manual: Records a still image in the selected memory

manually.

In this mode, when you click the

(Trigger) button

on the main viewer page, a still image is captured and

recorded in the selected memory. (See “Controlling

the Application Manually” on page 13.)

Alarm: Records a still image in the selected memory by

synchronizing with an external sensor input or the

built-in activity detection function. When you select

Alarm, the Alarm mode setting section appears (see

page 36).

Image file name

Type the basic file name you want to assign to the

images when saving in the memory. You can use up to

6 alphanumeric, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for

naming.

Note

If the Suffix menu is set to None, you cannot select

the Alarm mode. When you want to use the Alarm

mode, set the Suffix menu to Date/Time or

Sequence number.

Suffix

Select the suffix to add to the file name.

None: No suffix is added. The basic file name is

assigned to the image to be recorded in memory.

Date/Time: The date/time suffix is added to the file

name.

Periodical recording:Records still images in the

selected memory periodically. When you select

Periodical recording, the Periodical recording

mode setting section appears (see page 37).

The date/timer suffix consists of lower two-digits of

year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour

(2 digits), minute (2 digits), second (2 digits) and

consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit number

is added to the file name.

Alarm mode setting Section

Sequence number: A consecutive number is added to

the basic file name. A number of up to 10 digits

between 0000000000 and 4294967295 is added to

the file name.

Tip

When the Mode menu is set to Alarm, the type of alarm

and the capture timing to the alarm are added to the

suffix.

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Alarm

Periodical recording mode setting

Section

Select the alarm to link the Image memory function. If

the selected alarm is detected, a still image is captured

and recorded in the selected memory.

Sensor 1: External sensor connected to sensor input 1 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 2: External sensor connected to sensor input 2 of

the camera I/O port

Sensor 3: External sensor connected to sensor input 3 of

the camera I/O port

Activity detection: The activity detection function built

in the camera.

Interval time

Type the interval at which you want to record an image

periodically. You can set the hour (H), minutes (M) and

seconds (S) between 1 second and 24 hours (one day).

To set the activity detection function, click Activity

detection. The Activity detection setting page

appears (see page 40).

Available period

Select the period for which the periodical recording

mode is available.

Always: The periodical recording mode is available any

time.

Use scheduler: The periodical recording mode is

available according to the schedule selected in the

Schedule No. menu below.

Available period

Select the period for which the alarm mode is available.

Always: The alarm mode is available any time.

Use scheduler: The alarm mode is available according

to the schedule selected in the Schedule No. menu

below.

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the alarm mode

being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

check. (See “Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting

Schedule No.

When Use scheduler is selected on the Available period

menu, select the schedule you want the periodical

recording mode being available.

Click to select the check box(es) 1 to 6. You can select

multiple schedules.

To check the contents of schedules, click Schedule

See “Operating the Digest Viewer” on page 30.

Alarm buffer configuration

Click Alarm buffer to display the Alarm buffer setting

page.

For details, see “Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm

buffer setting Page” on page 38.

Digest viewer

If you select On, an HTML file (.html) and a Java Script

file (.js) are added every 100 files.

When you open the added HTML file using a general

browser, the digest viewer runs and you can view the

still pictures in the alarm buffer in sequence (quasi-

animation).

Note

If an alarm occurs during the Alarm buffer processing,

that alarm is ignored.

Note

Digest viewer

If you select On, an HTML file (.html) and a Java Script

file (.js) are added each time the selected alarm is

detected.

If the Suffix menu is set to None, you cannot select On.

When you want to use the digest viewer, set the Suffix

menu to Date/Time or Sequence number.

When you open the added HTML file using a general

browser, the digest viewer runs and you can view the

still pictures in the alarm buffer in sequence (quasi-

animation).

Back/OK

See “Operating the Digest Viewer” on page 30.

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Directory Structure of Image

Memory

The images are recorded in the memory with the

following directory structure.

Setting the Alarm Buffer

— Alarm buffer setting Page

When you click Alarm buffer on the Administrator

menu, the Alarm buffer Setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for the alarm buffer used in the

FTP client function (see page 28) and the Image

memory function (see page 35).

ATA memory card (A-slot): Slot A

ATA memory card (B-slot): Slot B

Built-in memory: Drive C

Each slot or drive has the following directory structure.

Drive root

Date

Alarm

Sensor 1

xxxxxxx.jpg

aaaaaa.html

aaaaaa.js

Sensor 2

Sensor 3

ActDet

yyyyyyy.jpg

bbbbbb.html

bbbbbb.js

Recording interval

Select the interval (in seconds) at which you want to

record an image in the alarm buffer.

You can select from among the following intervals:

SNC-RZ30N:

1/30, 1/15, 1/10, 1/5, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

(seconds)

SNC-RZ30P:

1/25, 1/12, 1/8, 1/5, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

(seconds)

Timer

Manual

zzzzzzz.jpg

cccccc.html

cccccc.js

Pre-alarm images

Type the number of images to be recorded before

detecting an alarm (Pre-alarm).

ddddddd.jpg

eeeeeee.jpg

ffffffff.jpg

Post-alarm images

Type the number of images to be recorded after

detecting an alarm (Post-alarm).

represents a folder created automatically. The

Date folder has a 6-digit folder name consisting of the

lower two digits of year (2 digits), month (2 digits) and

date (2 digits) . The Sensor 1, Sensor 2, Sensor 3 and

Act Det (activity detection) folders correspond to alarm

modes. The Timer folder corresponds to the periodical

recording mode. And, the Manual folder corresponds to

the manual mode.

Maximum alarm images

Displays the maximum number of images that can be

recorded in the alarm buffer with the current image size

and image quality.

JPEG image files are stored in each folder. If the digest

viewer is allowed, an HTML file (.html) and a Java

Script file (.js) are created automatically at the time of

each alarm event. For the periodical recording mode, an

HTML file (.html) and a Java Script file (.js) are created

automatically every 100 JPEG image files.

Note

The number of Maximum alarm images differs

depending on the Image size and Image quality settings

on the Camera setting page.

Check the Maximum alarm images setting and set so

that the total number of Pre-alarm images and Post-

alarm images does not exceed the Maximum alarm

images.

If you set both Pre-alarm images and Post-alarm images

to 0, only one image is recorded at the moment when an

alarm is detected.

OK/Cancel

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TCP port No.

When you select TCP on the Transparency type menu,

type the port number for the TCP port (TCP Generic

Driver). Set a port number other than Well-Known port

numbers (0 to 1023).

Communicating Data via

Serial Port

— Serial setting Page

Baud rate

When you click Serial on the Administrator menu, the

Serial setting page appears.

Select the communication baud rate for the peripheral

device connected to the serial interface. You can select

from among the following baud rates:

Use this page to set up for the date communication via

the serial interface. You can input data from a computer

via the network to the camera, and output it to an

external serial interface for controlling a peripheral

device, or, vice versa, input data from a peripheral

device to the camera via the external serial interface and

output it to the computer via the network.

38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 (bps)

Parity bit

Select the parity bit for the peripheral device connected

to the serial interface: None, Odd or Even.

Perform the setting to match the peripheral device you

connect to the camera.

Character length

Select the character length for the peripheral device

connected to the serial interface: 7 or 8 (bits).

Stop bits

Select the stop bit for the peripheral device connected to

the serial interface: 1 or 2 (bits).

OK/Cancel

Standard

Select the serial standard used to connect a peripheral

device via the serial interface: RS232C or RS485.

Note

If RS485 is selected on the Standard menu, the data

communication is semi-duplex. Connect a peripheral

device supporting semi-duplex communication.

Transparency type

Select the port through which you send and receive data

via the network: HTTP (HTTP Generic Driver) or TCP

(TCP Generic Driver).

HTTP: When you select HTTP, you can realize data

communication by creating an HTML program with

CGI commands embedded in the computer.

For the CGI commands, consult your authorized

Sony dealer.

TCP: When you select TCP, specify the TCP port

number on the TCP Port No. menu, and you can send

and receive data that is input to or output from the

external serial communication port. You can check

the connection to the camera using a DOS command

“telnet [host name] [assigned port number]”.

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Setting the Schedule

Setting the Activity

Detection Function —

Activity detection setting Page

— Schedule setting Page

When you click Schedule on the Administrator menu,

the Schedule setting page appears.

When you click Activity detection on the Administrator

menu, the Activity detection setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for the activity detection to link

various applications.

Use this page to set up to six schedules used for the

preset position function, Day/Night function, FTP client

function, SMTP function, Alarm out 1 or 2 function and

Image memory function.

Schedule No. 1 to Schedule No. 6

For each schedule, specify Start time (hour and minutes)

and End time (hour and minutes), and check the days of

the week that you want to activate the function.

Sensitivity

Select the sensitivity of the activity detection from the

drop-down list. You can select the sensitivity between

Level 1 and Level 9. Level 9 is the maximum

sensitivity.

OK/Cancel

Tip

The Sensitivity of the activity detection means a

proportion of the changed area (pixels) to the whole

activity detection area.

OK/Cancel

Setting the Activity Detection Area

Set the activity detection working area as follows:

Determine the view angle of the camera at which

you want to perform activity detection, using the

pan, tilt and zoom.

Click Activity detection on the Administrator

menu.

A still picture is captured and the Activity detection

setting page appears.

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Hold down the mouse left button and drag it

diagonally.

The portion marked with a red frame determines the

activity detection working area.

As the default setting, the whole area is set as the

activity detection working area.

Showing the Pop-up

— Pop-up setting Page

When you click Pop-up on the Administrator menu, the

Pop-up setting page appears.

Use this page to set up for displaying a pop-up with your

favorite message on the computer screen. You can

display the pop-up on all the computers monitoring the

camera image by the Administrator's manual operation.

The pop-up can also be displayed on the computer

logged in as the Administrator when there is an alarm

input.

Manual pop-up text

Type the text to be displayed on a pop-up between 1 and

64 characters.

Click Apply to display the pop-up on all the computers

monitoring the camera.

Alarm pop-up text

Sensor 1/Sensor 2/Sensor 3/Activity detection

Set a pop-up to be displayed when an alarm is input.

This pop-up is only displayed on the computer

monitoring the camera as the Administrator.

Select On to show a pop-up when an alarm occurs by the

corresponding sensor. Select Off not to show it.

On each text box, type the text to be displayed on the

pop-up between 1 and 64 characters.

OK/Cancel