VN-C30U ADDITIONS TO INSTRUCTIONS – Control from Web Browser – INSTRUCTIONS This instruction manual is printed on recycled paper. Thank you for purchasing the JVC VN-C30U. To gain maximum benefit from this product, read this instruction manual carefully befor use and retain it for future reference. The serial number is very important for maintaining quality of your product.
With VN-C30U Version 2, it has become possible to view images and to perform various controls and settings of operations configurations via the web browser. This manual has been compiled in order to describe this new facility, which is the “Control via Web Browser”. However, note that MPEG1 moving images cannot be viewed and the image up-down inversion function is unavailable via the web browser.
1. Setup 1-1 Changing the IP Address of the PC Select the [Start] button then select [Settings] – [Control Panel] – [Network] to display the [Network] settings panel. 1 Select item “TCP/IP” then click on . 2 Before making a change, always make a note of the original IP address. Change the IP address to: 192.168.0.3 Set [Subnet Mask] to a value suitable for the setting operation. If a suitable value is unknown, check with the network administrator. 3 Click on and then restart the PC.
Web Page Illustrations Used in This Manual Hereafter, the figures entitled VN-C30U Page show a display of the web page data of the VN-C30U (including images captured by the cameras) by the web page display function of the web browser. Due to this mechanism, the format and character font of the displayed web pages may be variable depending on the types and settings of the web browser in use.
1-2 Changing the internal settings Start the web browser. In the web browser, specify the factory-set web page address of the VN-C30U. (Direct specification of the factory-set web page address enables the web browser to display the VN-C30U Top Page.) http://192.168.0.2/index-e.html Caution If a proxy server is set for accessing the Internet, a direct specification may not be permitted. In this case, change the proxy setting to permit direct address specification.
The VN-C30U Top page appears. CAUTION • The background changes to blue when the image mode of the VN-C30U is set to the MPEG mode. • The Top page will not appear if the “HTTP Viewing” is set to “Disable” using the Setup Tool. Instead the message “403 Forbidden” will be displayed. VN-C30U Top page Click on . VN-C30U Settings page 6 VN-C30U_LWT0031-001D Page 6 03.10.17, 11:19 AM Adobe PageMaker 6.
The setup consists of changing the contents of [Other Settings]. (The same setup is also available using the Setting tool provided with the standard controller.) VN-C30U Settings page [Other Settings] Items in [Other Settings] Set this to “Enable” when the DHCP is used. To change to the IP address assigned to or approved for the network administrator. (This is can be changed only when DHCP is not used.
[Program Version] [Password] [Pan/Tilt Position] [Cache Control] [FTP Server Function] Program version of the firmware in the VN-C30U unit. * This cannot be changed. To set the password using up to 8 alphanumeric characters. The same password should be entered twice at each level for confirmation. To select whether the current pan/tilt positions are to be displayed in the control and configuration windows. (This is ineffective with the VN-C30U Ver. 2.
CAUTION • The allotted FTP user area is approximately 90 K bytes, however since this unit’s file system is generated dynamically, the actual storable capacity may be less than this in certain cases. • Folders cannot be created on this FTP server. Only file upload/delete/ rename are possible. [Default Page Set-up] If “invalid”, it will be set to the regular VN-C30U Top Page. If “valid”, the HTML file you set will be used as the default page.
Password protection Access protection using a password is provided with the VN-C30U to restrict other connecting browsers (users). The access protection function provides three security levels, each of which is allowed to access the kinds of pages as shown in the following table. (For the configuration of the VN-C30U web pages, see page 14.) Level User Operator Administrator Access Permission Image pages only. Web pages other than the configuration pages.
VN-C30U Configuration page [Other Settings] Click on to update the settings. Confirm the changed IP address again. Click on if the entry is correct. CAUTION The confirmation window above is displayed after [IP Address], [Subnet Mask], [Host Name] and/or [HTTP Port] have been changed. When in this window is clicked, the VN-C30U unit is reset internally to update the IP address, etc.
1-3 Restoring the IP address of the PC In the same way as section 1-1, select [Start] – [Settings] – [Control Panel] – [Network] to display the [Network] settings panel and change [TCP/IP Properties] to the original IP address that has been noted previously. After the change, restart the PC by following the displayed instruction message. 2. VN-C30U Access Test This test confirms that the VN-C30U web pages may be browsed and displayed via the web browser using the set IP address or DNS host name.
The [User Name and Password Entry] request window appears (for access authorization). The user name is not used. For the password, enter the one of the three passwords that have been set. Click on . It is recommended to register the browsing information connection location (URL: Uniform Resource Locator). To speed up the display of VN-C30U web pages from your web browser, it is recommended to register the URL information during the access test using the set IP address or DNS host name.
VN-C30U WEB PAGES – Display Items and Operation Description – The configuration of URLs inside the VN-C30U is as shown below. CAUTION Authorization of access (Security) right is required in the access of any URL. Security level Top page (index-e.html) Still image page (still-e.html) Moving image page (java-e.html) Still image URL (still.jpg) Pan/tilt controller (pan_tilt-e.html) Lens controller (lenz-e.html) Serverpush moving image URL (push.
Still Image Page: http://*****/still-e.html (*****: URL indicating the VN-C30U) This page displays only still images. The initial image is the camera image at the moment browsing starts. To update the image, perform the “Reload” or “Update” operation on the web browser. To save the image being displayed, perform the “Save As” operation on the web browser. VN-C30U Still Image page Hyperlink to the Home page Moving Image Page: http://*****/java-e.
Control windows [Pan/Tilt/Zoom] control window The sub-window shown below can be used for the control of panning, tilting, zooming and position movement. The VN-C30U unit incorporates a position memory storing up to 10 pan/tilt positions used in image capturing. Clicking one of the 10 (No.) buttons enables the camera to start the pan/tilt operation to the corresponding position stored in the memory.
[Lens] control window [Zoom] This setting controls zooming. Change the value and click on the button to enable the lens to zoom in or out. [Focus] This setting controls focusing. When it is set to [Auto], the focusing is adjusted automatically. (Autofocusing) When it is set to [Manual], the focusing position can be specified as required. (Change the value on the right and click on the button to set the lens to the specified focusing position.
Configuration Page: http://*****/javaconfig-e.html (*****: URL indicating the VN-C30U) This page is used for settings related to images and connections (setup). (A camera image updates automatically to be displayed as a moving image.) Moving image VN-C30U Settings page Hyperlink to the Home page Click on the desired setting button to display a sub-window for the setting item. 18 VN-C30U_LWT0031-001D Page 18 03.10.17, 11:20 AM Adobe PageMaker 6.
[Control] and [Lens] control windows See the descriptions in “Control windows”. [Position Memory Configuration] window Positions currently set in the position memory. VN-C30U Control page [Position Memory] Click on to set the current pan/tilt position as a position stored in the position memory. [Image Quality Configuration] window Click on to reset all of the settings in the image quality-related menu to the factory-set values. Image quality-related setting items.
Item Effect Compression Rate The compression rate is inversely proportional to the image quality. When the compression rate is small, the image quality can be improved but the data quantity increases. Saturation This adjusts the development of colors. Increasing this value increases color saturation. White Balance When [AWB] is checked, the auto white balance circuit controls the white balance automatically. When [AWB] is not checked, the R Gain and B Gain settings are activated.
[Alarm Configuration] window This window sets the action to be performed when an alarm signal is input. Alarm 1 or 2 [On/Off] [Settings] Check [On] when using the corresponding alarm input (1 or 2) and check [Off] when not using it. An alarm input enables the camera movement to one of the positions stored in the position memory and an alarm signal output. • [Go to a Preset Position] Select one of the positions 1 to 10, which have been set in the VN-C30U [Position Memory Configuration] window.
Relay Alarm When alarm signals are input one after another with an interval of a few seconds, an interlocked alarm input can be identified and enable another operation. Alarm Out [Enable/Disable] Check [Enable] to use the alarm output and [Disable] to not use it. [Configuration Items] These items are used to set the signal output from the alarm output terminal. • [Momentum] Set the time period for which the alarm output is to be continued.
[FTP Client Configuration] window ● FTP client function This function uploads the VN-C30U images (still images) periodically to an existing FTP server. This makes possible an image distribution service from a server and greatly increases the number of clients to whom images may be distributed. [FTP function] • [Available]: ........... Check to enable the FTP function. • [Not available]: ..... Check to disable the FTP function.
[Password] Enter the password to be used in authentication with the FTP server. (The entered characters are displayed as “*”.) [Host IP Address] Enter the IP address of the upload destination FTP server. [FTP Port] Enter the upload destination FTP port number. [FTP Folder] Enter the upload destination folder name in the FTP server. If this is not entered, the images will be uploaded in the default folder. [Upload Interval] Enter the interval for image uploading to the FTP server.
• If [Stop Uploading] ...................... is not checked: The FTP function of the VN-C30U is not disabled in case of a transfer error. In this case, upload will be retried at every uploading interval. [Filename] ● [*.jpg] Enter the file name to be assigned to the uploaded image. (The latest image will overwrite this file.) * As the images are uploaded in the same file names, the FTP server retains only one image file.
Note: • An NTP server is required for the NTP setting. • With Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional, NTP sever functions become enabled when they are installed in the standard procedure. • For Windows 2000, follow the procedure below to enable NTP server functions. 1. Set the value for the following registry to “1.” (The default value is “0.”) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\LocalNTP Registry editing is a highly risky operation.
LINK OF VN-C30U IMAGES – Pasting VN-C30U output images on separately created web pages – Images (still and moving images) captured using the VN-C30U can be incorporated and displayed on web pages created by the user. CAUTION • Images cannot be displayed when the VN-C30U unit is in the MPEG mode. • When the “HTTP Viewing” is set to “Disable” using the Setup Tool, it will not be possible to display images.
Display of a Java applet image Create a web page including the following description to display a moving image in the web page of a Java-compatible web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, etc.). (****: URL indicating the VN-C30U) CAUTION • Both the displayed still images and moving images are displayed in the image sizes and compression rates set in the configuration.
Link Methods for Various Java Applets Since the Java applets listed below are used to run the functions in this unit’s factory-set web page, it is possible to easily incorporate them into your original HTML pages (*1). • Pan/Tilt/Zoom Button • Position Button • Current Location Display (Control.class) (MemoryPositions.class) (Location.class) *1...Requires a basic knowledge of HTML. [Applet Common Coding] (Example when 192.168.0.2 is IP address of this machine)
[Parameter Descriptions] 5 Position Button (MemoryPositions.class) — Applet to move camera position to the preset position. Parameter name Description Default setting bgcolor Sets background color in 16-step 24-bit color Gray timer Memory position sampling cycle (10-step integer, millisecond specification) 60000 msec cache Cache Prohibited/Allowed setting 1[Prohibited] or 0 [Allowed] 1[Prohibited] 5 Current Location Display (Location.
Regarding HTTP Port Change Function This version has been equipped with an HTTP Port change function. The port can be checked/selected using the provided Setup tool, in addition to via web browser. If you forget the HTTP Port number and cannot connect using a web browser, perform the following steps. [PROCEDURE] Input the IP address in the Setup tool, and check the “HTTP Port” while connected to the VN-C30U.
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