Date & time Tab ..........23 Table of Contents Installation Tab ..........24 Initialize Tab .............25 System log Tab ..........26 Access log Tab ..........26 Overview Setting the Camera Image and Audio Features ..............4 — Video / Audio Menu Setting the Camera Image How to Use This User’s Guide ......
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Face detection Tab — Set the face detection ..59 Network disconnection Tab — Monitoring the connection of a specified IP address ....60 Setting the Action output — Action output Menu ..............61 Execution Condition Tab ........61 Mail Transfer Tab — Setting the e-Mail (SMTP) Function ............
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. (Apr 2014) The User’s Guide is designed to be read on the computer display.
Function Chart High Sensor Alarm Edge Audio Serial Maximum framerate input output Storage (page 31) Illuminator control I/F Model name image size mode (page 53) (page 63) (page 64) (page 33) (page 52) (page 30)* (page 30)** SNC-VB635 Full HD –...
The live viewer window appears (in SSL Accessing the Camera communication). 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.
Set the user name and password of the Precautions for administrator of the camera. For details, refer to “Setting the Security — Preventing Access to Security Menu” in the Administrator menu on page the Camera by an Check the Referer check checkbox. Unintended Third Party For details, refer to “Setting the Security —...
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.
Plug-in free viewer Logging in to System This viewer enables a browser other than Internet Explorer to display images. Notes Logging in as a user • If Automatic configuration is enabled in the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings of Internet Explorer, Start the Web browser on your computer and type the camera image may not be displayed.
Control panel section Configuration of Live You can drag the panels to the monitor screen and Viewer configure them. To return to the control panel, drag the panel and This section explains the functions of the parts and configure the control panel. controls of the live viewer.
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, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, 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, click to adjust the camera direction to the center of the image.
There are three modes of camera operation: Area zoom Controlling via the control panel mode, Vector dragging mode and PTZ Control bar. (Operation common to Area zoom You can control pan/tilt and zoom in either mode. The available functions for the camera operation modes mode and Vector dragging mode) vary according to the live viewer display.
Panning, tilting and zooming by Using pan/tilt/zoom operations with specifying the area (Area zoom the displayed control bar (PTZ mode only) Control bar only) Click and hold the left button of the mouse on the monitor image, and drag the mouse diagonally to draw a red frame around the portion you want to enlarge.
Note Switching Transmission When connecting via a proxy server, neither Unicast nor Mode Multicast can be selected. You can change the transmission mode for video/audio data. This function can be used when the video codec mode is set to H.264 and the ActiveX viewer in the live viewer is used.
Search panel Playback viewer Supported models: SNC-VB635/VB630/VB600/ VB600B/VB632D/VM630/VM600/VM600B/VM631/ VM601/VM601B/VM632R/VM602R/XM637/ XM636/XM632/XM631/CX600W/CX600 You can play, save or delete the movies recorded in the memory card. Specify the search period. This function is available only in the following users. • Administrator • When Viewer mode is set to Full Start Select the start time for searching.
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Go to the previous search result Previous record Displays the previous search results. Jump to the previous movie. Save recorded movie Stop button Click this button to stop a movie playing. Save the selected movie to your computer. Click open the folder in which the movie is to be saved. Play button Play the movie.
Example: “Date & time” tab of “System” menu Administrating the Camera This section explains how to set the functions of the See page 23 for details of the menu tabs and setting camera by the Administrator. options. For details about monitoring the camera image, see “Operating the Camera”...
Network Configuring the System Displays the Network menu for setting the network connection. (“Configuring the Network — Network — System Menu Menu” on page 36) When you click System in the Administrator menu, the Security Displays the Security menu for setting the login user System menu appears.
You can select the format between yyyy-mm-dd For example: hh:mm:ss (year-month-day hour:minutes:seconds), In case of (UTC-06:00) Central Standard Time (USA mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss (month-day-year and Canada); hour:minutes:seconds), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss CentralStandardTime6DaylightTime1,M3.2.0,M11.1.0 (day-month-year hour:minutes:seconds). The name of the time zone is CentralStandardTime and Time setting the time difference is 6 hours.
Eflip Supported models: SNC-VM630/VM600/VM600B/ The camera can also be reset to the factory settings by VM631/VM601/VM601B/VM632R/VM602R/EM630/ turning on the power of this unit while pressing the reset EM600/EM631/EM601/EM632R/EM602R/XM637/ button on the camera. For details, refer to the supplied XM636/XM632/XM631 Installation Manual. You can display flip vertical images on the computer.
Focus refresh Access log Tab Supported models: SNC-VB632D/VM630/VM600/ The access record of the camera is displayed. VM600B/VM631/VM601/VM601B/VM632R/ Click Reload to reload the latest data. VM602R/EM603/EM600/EM631/EM601/EM632R/ Click Log level in the list box to adjust the importance EM602R/EB632R/EB602R of information to be recorded in the camera as a system Focus may move slightly due to large impacts to the log.
Picture Tab Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Video / Audio Menu Setting the Camera Image — Video Menu When you click Video / Audio Video menu in the Administrator menu, the Video / Audio menu or Video menu appears. Use this menu to set the functions of the camera.
Exposure Exposure compensation Select the exposure correction value from the list box to Adjust the settings of exposure. adjust the target brightness for the automatic exposure setting. A larger value brightens the image, and a smaller Wide dynamic range (View-DR) value darkens the image.
Mercury lamp: Sets a white balance suitable for OK/Cancel photography under a mercury lamp. See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 22. Sodium vapour lamp: Sets a white balance suitable for photography under a high-pressure sodium vapor lamp. Focus Tab — Adjusting the Focus Metal halide lamp: Sets a white balance suitable for photography under a metal halide lamp.
Adjust the focus and zoom position by looking at the • When Wide dynamic range (View-DR) in the image. Picture tab of the Video / Audio menu is set, you cannot select On. (SNC-VB635/VB630/VB632D/ VM630/VM631/VM632R) Preview screen Preview the image and adjust the focus/zoom. Image 1, Image 2 and Image 3 Up to three image codec modes can be set.
profile may not be available depending on the program Bandwidth control you use. Select the profile which is suitable for your Limits the network bandwidth for the JPEG image data program. output from the camera when you set Image codec to JPEG.
For details about the video codec mode, see the Video Note codec tab in the Video / Audio menu or Video menu. No audio is output if the Plug-in free viewer is used. Position Audio upload Select the number of the display position or logo, on the Using the SNC audio upload tool, you can output audio preview screen.
Events displayed Manual: Switch the day/night mode manually. When the checkbox of the night mode is selected, the Displays in the menu when the type is set to Event. camera works in night mode. Otherwise, the camera Select the type of superimpose to be displayed for the works in day mode.
Note Note Perform the following before setting the privacy The color is common to every privacy mask. The masking. color selected last is applied. • Set Image size1 in the Video codec tab of the Video / Audio menu or Video menu to the maximum rate. Click OK.
performing simultaneous multi-transmission, a different Multicast address 1, 2, 3 port number will be used for every transmission, based Type the multicast address used on the multicast on the port number specified here. streaming. The settings for Image 1, Image 2 and Image 3 apply to Video port number 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
RTSP port No. Configuring the Network Set the port number used for RTSP streaming. The default setting is 554. — Network Menu If you change the setting, the RTSP server will be rebooted. When you click Network in the Administrator menu, the RTSP time out Network menu appears.
IP address Host name Displays the current IP address. Type the host name of the camera to be transmitted to the DHCP server. This setting is valid only when Subnet mask Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) is Displays the current subnet mask. selected.
Wi-Fi Tab Type the IP-MTU value for the Ethernet port. Display sample: SNC-CX600W To obtain DNS server address automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically. The Primary DNS server and Secondary DNS server are assigned automatically. Note To obtain a DNS server address automatically, first enable Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) in the IPv4 setting, or Obtain IP address automatically in the IPv6 setting.
Security Note Displays the current setting method as either The connection may not be possible if you use the router authentication or encryption. that is not compliant with the Wi-Fi standard (802.11b/ g/n). None Connect to a Wi-Fi router without encryption. SSID This is the identification for the Wi-Fi network connection.
The automatic setting between the Wi-Fi router and Default gateway the camera starts. It takes up to two minutes to Displays the current default gateway. connect. Primary DNS server When the connection is complete, the status will be Displays the current primary DNS server. Connected.
IPv4 QoS Type the IP-MTU value for the Ethernet port. Enable To obtain DNS server address Select the checkbox to configure the QoS setting for automatically IPv4. Select Obtain DNS server address automatically. The Primary DNS server and Secondary DNS Rule server are assigned automatically.
Move up Setting the Security Increases the priority of the rule. Select a rule from the QoS table to prioritize and click — Security Menu Move Up. When you click Security in the Administrator menu, the Move Down Decreases the priority of the rule. Security menu appears.
Pan/Tilt: In addition to the Light mode, the user can Enable operate pan/tilt/zoom. Select the checkbox to enable the access limit. Light: In addition to the View mode, the user can select the image size of the viewer, select codec and capture Default policy a still image.
• Reload the window when you change the SSL setting. SSL Tab Press the F5 key on the keyboard to reload. Common setting SSL function Select Enable to use the SSL function. When Enable (Allow HTTP connection for some clients) is selected, both HTTP and SSL connections are allowed.
window from the browser. In this case, reload the Self-signed certificate generation window. Press the F5 key on the keyboard to reload. A self-signed certificate can be generated in the camera to be used when Use a self-signed certificate (For test use) is selected from Certificate options.
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Private key password Note Type the password for the private key information included in the certificate using up to 50 characters. This Import process will be invalid if the selected file is not a text box is active only when Certificate options is set to CA certificate.
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.
• When using the 802.1X authentication function, 802.1X Tab always configure the settings after setting the date and time of the camera. If the date and time are incorrect, port authentication may not be performed correctly. System configuration of 802.1X network The following figure shows a general system configuration of an 802.1X network.
EAP identity Status Type the user name to identify the client in the 802.1X Shows if the status of the client certificate is valid or authentication server up to 250 characters. invalid. Valid means the client certificate is correctly stored and EAP password set.
To import the CA certificate Click Browse… to select the CA certificate to be Register the values of the Host name and Port No. you imported. typed to the list of the selected number. Click the OK button appearing on the dialog, and the selected file will be imported to the camera.
Press the Set button. Setting the PTZ control Note — PTZ control Menu The shooting range memorized in the Home position setting is displayed after turning on the power. When you click PTZ control in the Administrator menu, the PTZ control menu appears. OK/Cancel The PTZ control menu consists of the following tab: See “Buttons common to every menu”...
Event condition Tab Setting the Sensor input/ Camera tampering detection/Motion detection — Action input Menu Action input When you click in the Administrator menu, the Action input Menu appears. The Action input Menu consists of the following tabs: SNC-VB635/VB630/VB600/VB600B/VB632D/ VM630/VM600/VM600B/VM631/VM601/ VM601B/VM632R/VM602R/XM631: Event condition, Sensor input, Camera tampering detection, Motion detection, Face detection and...
Camera tampering detection Tab — Note Set the camera tampering detection You cannot set more than two functions for Presence sensor, Camera tampering detection or Network disconnection in the same event condition. Interval Specify the interval time used when condition is set to and, then.
For security, be sure to change the password from the • Even when privacy masking is used, the motion factory setting before using the camera. detection function operates based on the images before masking is processed. Note Perform the following before setting the motion Setting items for motion detection detection.
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Use the following buttons to specify the active Detection sensitivity area(s) and inactive area(s). Set the sensitivity of motion detection. Add detection area 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.
Face detection responds to faces in the camera image OK/Cancel and triggers an alarm. Click OK to finalize any changes made to the settings When you click the Face detection tab, a dialog appears. and send them to the camera. Enter the user name and password.
Voice alert 3: Set the condition of Voice alert 3 recorded Setting the Action in the camera. HTTP alarm notification 1: Set the condition for the output — Action output HTTP alarm notification to recipient 1. HTTP alarm notification 2: Set the condition for the Menu HTTP alarm notification to recipient 2.
SMTP server name Authentication mode Type the SMTP server name using up to 64 characters, Select Login or CRAM-MD5 as the authentication or the IP address of the SMTP server. method for SMTP authentication. SMTP port number Note Enter a port number from 1 to 65535. The model on sale in China does not support the CRAM- The standard port number is 25.
Event triggered execution Trouble sending Supported models: SNC-VB635/VB630/VB600/ File attachment VB600B/VB632D/VM630/VM600/VM600B/VM631/ Set whether an image file (JPEG file) is to be attached to VM601/VM601B/VM632R/VM602R/EM632R/ the e-mail or not. EM602R/XM637/XM636/XM632/XM631/CX600W/ When the checkbox is selected, the image file made CX600 using the settings below is attached. When the checkbox Set to send an e-mail if a problem with a built-in fan or is deselected, only the message is sent.
Overwrite is selected when the number of records Edge Storage Tab — Setting the reaches 4000, the unit will begin to overwrite old Edge Storage movie and still image records in ascending chronological order. • Overwrite is not available for a memory card of less function than 4 GB.
/sdcard/EdgeStoragePicture/00000000-999999999/ Recording target 00000000-99999999/ Video: Select the video codec mode you want to record. (Prefix)YYYYMMDDhhmmss00000001.jpg For detailed settings of video codec mode, see the Path: Displays the path name of the recording still Video codec tab in the Video / Audio menu. image file.
Type the user name for authentication using up to 64 tool. You can download the application guide and SNC characters. audio upload tool from the following URL. http://www.sony.net/ipela/snc Password Type the password for authentication using up to 64 Voice alert 1, 2, 3 characters.
Password Type the recipient of the alarm. Type the password for the FTP server using up to 64 characters. Test If you click Execute, the alarm will be notified Passive mode manually regardless of whether an event is detected. Set whether to use the passive mode of the FTP server when you connect to the FTP sever.
Set the details of the video codec mode in the Video / Suffix Audio menu or the Video codec tab in the Video menu. Select a suffix to be added to the file name used when the image is sent. None: The name of the sent file will be the image file Remote path name.
Illuminator level – when moving objects approach from the front of the camera slowly Select the White LED Illuminator level from 1 to 6. • The camera automatically switches to its built-in 1 is the weakest and 6 is the strongest one. optical filter in sync with the White LED.
Action Setting the Schedule Displays an action name to set the schedule. — Schedule Menu Always Select the checkbox to always enable the specified When you click Schedule in the Administrator menu, condition for each action. the Schedule menu appears. Always is not available for Day/Night.
The CLOUD menu consists of the Setting tab. Organization Note The registered organization information appears. The CLOUD service is not available in some regions. For details, contact an authorized Sony dealer. Customer code The registered customer code appears. Setting Tab Site code The registered site code appears.
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...
Network address Subnet mask The portion that identifies the local network (subnet) in 32-bit stream used to distinguish the subnet address an IP address. from an IP address. Network bandwidth Bit rate that can be used for networking. Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol. A standard protocol used for Internet connection.