3-863-987-11 (1) Network Camera User’s Guide Software Version 1.
Owner's Record Caution for other countries The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. CAUTION Use a power supply rated 24 V AC or 12 V DC which meets the requirements for SEL V (Safety Extra Low Voltage) and complies with Limited Power Source according to IEC 60950. Model No. Serial No. For customers in the U.S.A.
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Table of Contents Overview Features .................................................................. 6 Camera section ................................................... 6 Network section, Control section ....................... 6 Others ................................................................. 6 How to Use This User’s Guide .............................. 7 Precautions ............................................................. 7 Operating Precautions ........................................
Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Menu ................................... 50 Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer setting Menu ..................................................................... 51 Setting the Motion Detection Function — Motion detection setting Menu ........................................ 52 Setting the Motion Detection Area, Sensitivity and Threshold level ............................................... 52 Others Using the Supplied Setup Program ....................
Overview Others • Corresponding to PoE (Power of Ethernet). • The camera is supplied with the IP Setup Program for easy performance of the network setting. Overview Features This is dome-shaped color video camera for which the 1/4 type Super HAD CCD® is adopted. It has the following features. Camera section • Day/Night function automatically switches between color and monochrome modes. You can control this function through an external source also.
How to Use This User’s Guide Jumping to the related page When you read the User’s Guide on the computer display, click on the sentence to jump to the related page. This Sony product has been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly electrical products can cause fires which may lead to serious body injury. To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following. Overview This User’s Guide explains how to operate the SNCDF70N/DF70P Network Camera from a computer.
System Requirements These are the requirements for the computer that displays the image or controls the camera. Overview Processor Pentium III, 1 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher recommended) RAM 256 MB or more OS Windows 2000/XP Web browser Internet Explorer Ver. 5.5 or Ver.6.
Preparation The Preparation section explains what the administrator has to prepare for monitoring the images after installation and connection of the camera. 4 Install the IP Setup Program to your computer following the wizard displayed. If the Software License Agreement is displayed, read it carefully and accept the agreement to continue the installation. 5 Start the IP Setup Program.
To specify the IP address manually: Select Use the following IP address, and type the IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway in the relevant boxes. Note You cannot change the Administrator name and Administrator password in this step. To change these items, See “Setting the User — User setting Menu” on page 36. 11 Confirm that all items are correctly set, then click OK. Preparation 8 Set the DNS server address.
Accessing the Camera Using the Web Browser When the IP address has been assigned to the camera, check that you can actually access the camera using the Web browser installed in your computer. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. Start the Web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera in the URL box. The welcome page of “Network Camera SNCDF70N” or “Network Camera SNC-DF70P” is displayed.
Basic Configuring by the Administrator Preparation You can monitor the image of the camera only logging in with the initial condition of this network camera. You can also set various functions according to the install position, network condition or purpose of the camera. We recommend you configure the following items before monitoring the image from the camera. 12 Setting contents Setting menu Set the camera function suitable for the installation place.
Operating the Camera Function The Operating the Camera section explains how to monitor the image from the camera using the Web browser. Use Internet Explorer as the Web browser. The functions of the camera should be set by the Administrator. For setting the camera, see “Administrating the Camera” on page 23.
Logging in to Homepage 4 Click Enter. The main viewer appears. With the ActiveX viewer — Welcome Page Logging in as a User 1 Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor. Operating the Camera The welcome page of Network Camera SNCDF70N/DF70P is displayed. 2 Select the viewer. The usable viewers differ depending on the video mode (page 28) of the camera.
2 Enter the user name and password for Administrator, then click OK. The user name “admin” and the password “admin” are set at the factory for the Administrator. You can change them on the User setting menu in the Administrator menu (see page 36). The Administrator menu appears.
Configuration of Main Viewer Camera Control Section Frame rate 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. (Displayed only when the camera Video mode (page 28) is set to JPEG.) Main viewer Selects the frame rate to transmit images. View size Operating the Camera Selects the view size to be displayed.
The last selected mode is saved in the computer, and it will be selected at the next starting. (Volume) (Displayed when the Microphone (page 29) is set to On.) Drag the bar of icon to adjust the volume. When you click icon, the icon changes to and the audio output stops. To output the audio, click again. Note Controlling the Monitor Image You can monitor the camera image on the monitor window of the main viewer. Monitoring the camera image 1 Log in to the home page to display the main viewer.
3 Select the view size. Capturing a Monitor Image Click View size box list box to select the view size from among Auto, 640 × 480, 320 × 240 and 160 × 120. Auto is determined by the image size specified with Image size on the Camera setting menu (page 28). Zooming in the monitor image Operating the Camera 1 Click 2 Click the point you want to zoom in. The image is expanded by about 1.5 times with the clicked point at the center.
Saving the captured image With the ActiveX viewer 1 Capture the monitor image. 2 Click Save. Save As dialog appears. Sending an Image File You can send a captured still image with an attached mail or to the FTP server. To use this function, you need to make the eMail(SMTP) and FTP client active, and set the address properly in the Trigger setting menu on the Administrator menu (page 48). Sending a Monitor Image via e-Mail Select JPEG or Bit map as Save as type.
Recording a Still Image in the Built-in Memory of the Camera You can capture a camera image as a still image and record it in the built-in memory of the camera. To use this function, you need to make Image memory active and to set details of the image memory in the trigger setting menu on the Administrator menu (page 48). Operating the Camera 1 Monitor the image on the monitor window. 2 Select Image memory from the Trigger list box. 3 20 Click Trigger icon.
Controlling Day/Night Function Switching TCP/UDP Transmission Mode You can control the Day/Night On (night mode) and Off (day mode). To use this function, you need to make Day/ Night active in the Trigger setting menu on the Administrator menu (page 48). You can select the communication port of the video/ audio data as TCP or UDP. This function can be used when the Video mode (page 28) is set to MPEG4 and the ActiveX viewer is used. 1 Monitor the image on the monitor window.
a router which does not correspond to the multicast or the fire-wall is installed between the camera and the computer, the video/audio may not played properly. In this case, select TCP or UDP (Unicast). 4 Click OK to close the dialog. If you do not change the transmission setting, click Cancel.
Administrating the Camera The Administrating the Camera section explains how to set the functions of the camera by the Administrator. For monitoring the camera image, see “Operating the Camera” on page 13. Basic Operations of Administrator Menu You can set all functions to suit the user's condition in the Administrator menu. Click Setting in the welcome page to display the Administrator menu. This section explains the basic operations and each option.
Example: System setting menu General note on setting menus After changing a setting on a setting menu, wait at least 10 seconds before turning off immediately the power of the camera. If the power is turned off immediately, the changed setting may not be stored correctly. Configuration of Administrator Menu 4 Select the tab above the setting menu, and set each setting option in the tab. Example: “System” setting menu “Date & time” tab Administrating the Camera System Displays the System setting menu.
FTP client Displays the FTP client setting menu for sending an image file to FTP server. (“Sending Images to FTP Server — FTP client setting Menu” on page 41) Image memory Displays the image memory setting menu for recording a video/audio file in the built-in memory of the camera. (“Recording Images in Memory — Image memory setting Menu” on page 43) FTP server Displays the FTP Server menu for setting the FTP server function of the camera.
Custom Homepage Installer included in the supplied CD-ROM. For use of the Custom Homepage Installer, see page 59. Adjust 1 Select User Setting/user/. 2 Type the path of the HTML file in the text box up to 64 characters. Keep current setting: Select when you do not need to set the date and time. Synchronize with PC: Select when synchronizing the camera's date and time with those of the computer. Manual setting: Select when you want to set the camera's date and time manually.
Initialize Tab Firmware upgrade Use this when upgrading the camera software. Click Browse and specify the file for upgrading, then click OK. “Upgrade firmware? Are you sure?” is displayed. Click OK and upgrading starts. After completion, the camera starts again. Notes • Use only the upgrade file special to this camera. If you do not, a problem may occur. • Do not turn off the camera until the upgrading will be completed. System log Tab Reboot Administrating the Camera Reboots the camera.
Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Camera setting Menu When you click Camera on the Administrator menu, the Camera setting menu appears. Use this menu to set the functions of the camera. The Camera setting menu consists of 6 tabs: Common, Picture, Day/Night, MPEG4, JPEG and Reset. When you select On, set Multicast address, Multicast video port number and Multicast audio port number properly. Multicast address: Type the multicast address used on the Multicast streaming.
3 Specify the cropping area. Click the left button of the mouse on the still image and drag it diagonally. The red frame that appears as you drag indicates the cropping area. Still image Speaker output Set whether you output the audio which is input to the audio input connectors of your computer to the speaker (active speaker for example) connected to the camera line output connectors by using SNC audio upload tool included in the supplied CD-ROM.
AGC (Automatic Gain Control) Adjusts the gain automatically according to the lighting conditions of the subject. OK/Cancel Back light compensation Select On to activate the backlight compensation, or Off to deactivate it. User preset Lens adjust Select the iris convergence level for the auto-iris lens from 0 to 255. Shutter mode Select the electronic shutter mode, Auto or Manual. The setting items required for each setting appear. See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page 24.
Sensor Controls day/night mode by synchronizing with the sensor input. The camera works in night mode while the sensor input is being detected. Note The selected frame rate and bit rate are a tentative value. The actual frame rate and bit rate may be different according to the image size, the shooting scene or the network condition. Note When a signal is input from the 1 pin (sensor input +) and 2 pin (sensor input - (GND)) of the I/O cable, the camera works in night mode regardless of the set mode.
SNC-DF70P: 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25 The numbers indicate “fps” (the number of frames transmitted per second). Image quality Set the quality of JPEG image. Selectable values are from Level 1 to Level 5. Selecting level 5 gives the image with the highest quality. Configuring the Network — Network setting Menu When you click Network on the Administrator menu, the Network setting menu appears. Use this menu to configure the network to connect the camera and the computer.
Default gateway Type the default gateway. Obtain DNS server address automatically Select this to obtain the address of DNS server automatically. It can be set only when Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is selected. PPPoE Tab - Setting of PPPoE Connection Use it when you connect the camera with PPPoE (Pointto-Point Protocol over Ethernet). PPPoE connection is the protocol that is widely used in xDSL (digital affiliate line such as ADSL, VDSL or SDSL) as the authentication and connection system.
Primary DNS server Type the IP address of the primary DNS server. Secondary DNS server Type the IP address of the secondary DNS server. OK/Cancel Dynamic IP address notification Tab — Notifying the IP Address When the DHCP setting is set to On or PPPoE setting is set to On on the Network tab, you can send notification of the completion of the network settings using the SMTP or HTTP protocol. See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page 24.
User name, Password Proxy port number Type the user name and Password of the user who has the mail account. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server which sends e-Mails performs authentication. Specify the port number when you send HTTP commands via the proxy server. Set a port number between 1024 and 65535. Method Recipient e-Mail address Select the HTTP method GET or POST. Type the recipient e-Mail address up to 64 characters. You can specify only one recipient e-Mail address.
Setting the User — User setting Menu When you click User on the Administrator menu, the User setting menu appears. Use this menu 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. Administrating the Camera Administrator, User 1 to 9 Specify User name, Password, Re-type password, FTP user and Viewer mode for each user ID. User name Type a user name between 5 and 16 characters.
Setting the Security — Security setting Menu When you click Security on the Advanced mode menu, the Security setting menu appears. Use this menu to limit the computers that can access the camera. Note You can access the camera even from a computer having an IP address whose access right is set to Deny, if you enter the user name and password set for the Administrator boxes in the User setting menu. OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page 24.
Sending an Image via mail — e-Mail (SMTP) setting Menu When you click SMTP on the Administrator menu, the SMTP setting menu appears. By using Mail (SMTP) function, you can send a mail with attached image which has been shot linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function. The image file can also be sent periodically. e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu is composed of three tabs: Common, Alarm sending and Periodical sending.
OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page 24. Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 is added to the Image file name. Tip Alarm sending Tab — Setting the mail sending mode when detecting the alarm A consecutive number added to Date & time and Sequence number is used to identify each of multiple files created with one alarm event.
Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical mail sending mode You can set to send mails periodically. Effective period Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period when the periodical sending is effective in the schedule setting in the other section. Click Schedule and the setting menu for the effective period is displayed.
Sending Images to FTP Server — FTP client setting Menu When you click FTP client on the Administrator menu, the FTP client setting menu appears. Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending still images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send the image and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function to FTP server. The image file can also be sent periodically.
Suffix OK/Cancel Select a suffix to add to the file name. Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the Image file name. 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), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit number is added to the file name.
Sequence number: A consecutive number of 10 digits between 0000000001 and 4294967295 and two fixed digits 00 is added to the Image file name. Sequence number clear Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1. Interval 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).
Overwrite Administrator e-Mail address Select to 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. Type the e-Mail address of the recipient of the warning mail (e-Mail address of the camera Administrator), up to 64 characters.
consecutive 2 digits number is added to the Image file name. Tip A consecutive number added to Date & time and Sequence number is used to identify each of multiple files created with one alarm event. Periodical recording Tab — Setting the Periodical recording mode You can set to record the image file to the built-in memory periodically. Sequence number clear Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1. Alarm Select the connected alarm.
Interval About the extension of a file Type the interval at which you want to record an image in the built-in memory periodically. You can set the hour (H), minutes (M) and seconds (S) between 1 second and 24 hours (one day). A file to be recorded/sent using the image memory function or the FTP client function has one of the following three extensions depending on the video mode setting and the recording/sending settings of the camera.
Downloading Images from the Camera — FTP Setting the Alarm Output server setting Menu When you click Alarm output on the Administrator menu, the Alarm output setting menu appears. You can set in this menu to control the alarm out of I/O port on the rear of the camera linked to the alarm detection, the timer and day/night. When you click FTP server on the Administrator menu, the FTP server setting menu appears.
Note The motion detection function can activate or be set only when the Video mode of the camera is set to MPEG4 and the Cropping is set Off. Alarm duration Select the duration for which the alarm output is shortcircuited between 1 and 60 sec. Effective period Setting the Operations from the Viewer Page — Trigger setting Menu Click Trigger on the Administrator menu to display the Trigger Setting menu. You can set the activities of when you click Trigger icon of the main viewer in this menu.
Note While the Video mode is set to MPEG4, the image of the composite video signal output from the video output connector of the camera may be distorted during mail transmission. Image memory After checking this, you will be able to select Image memory in the Trigger setting menu. You can record an image file to the built-in memory by selecting Image memory and clicking the Trigger icon. When you click Image memory button, the Trigger (setting) Image memory menu is displayed.
procedures are the same as those of the Camera setting menu (page 28). Setting the Schedule — Schedule setting Menu When you click Schedule on the Administrator menu, the Schedule setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting menu which is displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective period and Schedule in FTP client setting menu, e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu, Image memory setting menu, Alarm output 1, 2 setting menu and so on.
Setting the Alarm Buffer — Alarm buffer setting Menu When you click Alarm buffer on the Administrator menu, the Alarm buffer Setting menu appears. You can set the Pre-alarm image and audio (the image and audio before the alarm detection) and the Post alarm image and audio. These can be set when Alarm sending or Alarm recording of FTP client setting menu or Image memory setting menu is set to On, and besides when Use alarm buffer is selected.
Setting the Motion Detection Function — Motion detection setting Menu When you click Motion detection on the Administrator menu, the Motion detection setting menu appears. You can set the conditions to activate the built-in motion detection function in this menu. This is the same menu with the setting menu which is displayed when you click Motion detection in Alarm sending of e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu, Alarm sending of FTP client setting menu, Alarm recording of Image memory setting menu and so on.
• The Motion detection may not operate correctly in the following cases: – while changing a setting on the Camera setting menu – when the object is dark – when the camera is installed in an unstable place that causes vibration to the camera – when a small bit rate (64 kbps, 128kbps) is selected in Bit rate setting of MPEG4 Administrating the Camera Setting the Motion Detection Function — Motion detection setting Menu 53
The current bandwidth is displayed in Current bandwidth. Others This section explains how to use the application software and commands, including the supplied CDROM. Using the Supplied Setup Program Explains the functions except the Network tab in the Setup Program. To install the Setup Program, to assign the IP address and to set the network, see “Assigning the IP address to the Camera” on page 9 in “Preparations”.
Date time Tab You can set the date and time on the camera. 1 Click the Date time tab to display the date/time setting window. Note Due to network properties, there may be a slight difference between the displayed computer's date and time and those set on the camera. PPPoE Tab PPPoE is used to connect to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) via the Internet. Using PPPoE, you can automatically obtain an IP address to connect to the Internet from the ISP.
6 Retype the password for the user ID in the Re-type password box. 7 Set the DNS server address. To obtain the DNS server addresses automatically: Select Obtain DNS server address automatically. To specify the DNS server addresses manually: Select Use the following DNS server address, and type the Primary DNS server address and Secondary DNS server address in each box.
Connecting the Camera to the Computer 1 2 Connect a speaker to the line output jack on the camera. Using the SNC audio upload tool When you start the SNC audio upload tool, the following window is displayed. Menu tab Connect a microphone to the microphone input jack on the computer. Note If the microphone input jack of the computer is not set correctly, no sound is transmitted from the computer and nothing is output from the speaker connected to the camera.
Setting tab Using the SNC video player — Playing Video/ Audio File Recorded on Camera The supplied SNC video player allows you to play video/audio data recorded on the camera with your computer. This section explains the setup and operations of the SNC video player. Downloading the SNC video player To download the SNC video player, click the Player icon located on the upper part of the main viewer of the camera. Input the Administrator name and Administrator password on the download dialog.
Information boxes on the selected file are displayed on the left side of the window as follows: Each click on the (information) icon switches between “display” and “Not to display” of the file information. Model name: Model name of the camera with which the file is recorded. IP address: IP address of the camera with which the file is recorded. Serial number: Serial number of the camera with which the file is recorded.
4 When using an HTTP proxy server: Select Use HTTP proxy server, and type your settings in the Proxy server address and Proxy server port No. boxes. Read the notes carefully, and click Next>. The Software License Agreement is displayed. When using an FTP proxy server: Select Use FTP proxy server, and type your settings in the Proxy server address and Proxy server port No. boxes.
Note Do not turn off the camera until the camera is rebooted after uploading the homepage file. Assigning the IP Address to the Camera Using ARP Commands This section explains how to assign an IP address to the camera using ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) commands without using the supplied setup program. Note Enter the ARP commands within 5 minutes of the power of the camera being turned on. 1 Open the DOS window on the computer.
Using the SNMP This unit supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). You can read MIB-2 objects and write some MIB-2 objects using software such as SNMP manager software. This unit also supports the coldStart trap which occurs when the power is turned on or the unit restarts, and the Authentication failure trap which informs of an illegal access using SNMP. Using CGI commands, you can set community name and access limitation, reading/writing right, host to send traps, and some MIB-2 objects.
3) sysName= Set the case of “mib-2.system.sysName.0” in the position. The maximum length of is 255 characters. 4) enaAuthTraps= Set the case value of “mib-2.snmp.snmp EnableAuthenTraps.0”. Type “1” (enable) or “2” (disable) in the position. 5) community=,, , Set the community name and the reading/writing attributes.
Specifications System/network Protocol TCP/IP, ARP, ICMP, HTTP, FTP (server/client), SMTP (client), DHCP (client), DNS (client), NTP (client), SNMP (MIB-2), RTP/ RTCP, PPPoE Compression Others Video compression format MPEG4/JPEG Audio compression format G.711/G.726 (40, 32, 24, 16 kbps) Image size 640 × 480, 480 × 360, 384 × 288, 320 × 240, 256 × 192, 160 × 120 Maximum frame rate MPEG4:30 fps (QVGA) JPEG:30 fps (QVGA) Web browser Internet Explorer Ver. 5.5 or 6.
Video output BNC connector, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ohms, unbalanced, sync negative Monitor output 2 Pin connector, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ohms, unbalanced, sync negative Microphone input Sensitivity: -40 ±3.5dB Freguency range: 50-15,000Hz Plug: φ3.5mm (5/32 inches), Mini-plug, plug-in power system Line output Type: Active speaker Input impedence: 4.7 kohms or more Plug: φ3.5mm (5/32 inches), Mini-plug Others Power supply Others 24 V AC ±10% 50/60 Hz, 12 V DC ±10%, PoE Power consumption 8 W max.
Index A Others Access log ......................................27 access right .....................................37 ActiveX viewer...............................15 activity detection function ..............52 Administrator ..................... 13, 23, 36 administrator ............................ 13, 36 Administrator Menu .......................23 administrator menu page ................24 Alarm..............................................42 alarm...................................
Schedule................................... 25, 50 schedule ................................... 25, 50 Schedule setting Menu................... 50 Security .......................................... 24 security........................................... 24 security setting ............................... 37 Security setting Menu .................... 37 sending images............................... 41 Serial number ................................. 25 serial number..................................
