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Owner's Record 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. Model No. Serial No. WARNING To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet.
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 ... 7 System Requirements ... 8 Preparation Assigning the IP Address to the Camera ...
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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 ...
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Be sure to read the Installation Manual before operating. Precautions 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.
System Requirements These are the requirements for the computer that displays the image or controls the camera. Processor Pentium III, 1 GHz or higher (Pentium 4, 2 GHz or higher recommended) 256 MB or more Windows 2000/XP Web browser Internet Explorer Ver. 5.5 or Ver.6.0 System Requirements...
Preparation The Preparation section explains what the administrator has to prepare for monitoring the images after installation and connection of the camera. Assigning the IP Address to the Camera To connect the camera to a network, you need to assign a new IP address to the camera when you install the camera for the first time.
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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. 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...
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 SNC- DF70N” or “Network Camera SNC-DF70P” is displayed. Click Enter. The main viewer is displayed.
Basic Configuring by the Administrator 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.
Operating the Camera 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”...
Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page Logging in as a User Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor. The welcome page of Network Camera SNC- DF70N/DF70P is displayed. Select the viewer.
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 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. Main viewer Camera control Monitor image section section Main menu Setting Click this button to display the Administrator menu.
Select the view size. 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 Click Digital zoom icon.
Saving the captured image With the ActiveX viewer Capture the monitor image. Click Save. Save As dialog appears. Select JPEG or Bit map as Save as type. Type on File name and specify Save in, then click Save. With the Java applet viewer Capture the monitor image.
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).
Controlling Day/Night Function 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). Monitor the image on the monitor window. Select Day/Night from the Trigger list box.
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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). 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. This section explains the basic operations and each option.
Example: System setting menu Select the tab above the setting menu, and set each setting option in the tab. Example: “System” setting menu “Date & time” See page 25 to 52 for details of setting menu tabs and setting options. After setting, click OK.
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 —...
Custom Homepage Installer included in the supplied CD-ROM. For use of the Custom Homepage Installer, see page 59. Select User Setting/user/. Type the path of the HTML file in the text box up to 64 characters. Even when you select User Setting/user/, the home page inside the camera can be displayed by typing the following URL in the address box of the browser.
Initialize Tab Reboot Reboots the camera. Click Reboot, and “The SNC-DF70 will be rebooted. Are you sure?” appears. Click OK to reboot the camera. It takes about two minutes to start again. Factory default Resets the camera to the factory settings. Click Factory default, and “Set up data will be initialized.
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.
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 Red trimming Click the left button of the mouse on frame the still image and drag it.
Select the electronic shutter speed from among the following: SNC-DF70N: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/100, 1/60 (seconds). SNC-DF70P: 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/120, 1/50 (seconds). Flicker from fluorescent lamps or similar can be reduced by setting the Shutter mode to Manual and Shutter speed to 1/100.
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.
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. Note When you select “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, make sure that DHCP server is active on the network.
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 See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page Configuring the Network — Network setting Menu Dynamic IP address notification Tab —...
User name, Password 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. Recipient e-Mail address 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.
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. Security function To activate the security function, select On. If you do not wish to use the security function, select Off.
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.
OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page Alarm sending Tab — Setting the mail sending mode when detecting the alarm Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function.
Periodical sending Tab — Setting the periodical mail sending mode You can set to send mails periodically. Periodical sending Select On when you want to send mails periodically. If you select Off, Periodical sending is not executed. Image file name Type the file name of the image attached to the mail up to 10 alphanumeric, - (hyphen) and _ (under score).
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...
Suffix 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.
Overwrite 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.
consecutive 2 digits number is added to the Image file name. A consecutive number added to Date & time and Sequence number is used to identify each of multiple files created with one alarm event. Sequence number clear Click Clear to reset the Sequence number suffix to 1. Alarm Select the connected alarm.
Interval 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). Note The actual interval may be longer than the set value, depending on the image size or the network environments.
Downloading Images from the Camera server setting Menu When you click FTP server on the Administrator menu, the FTP server setting menu appears. Use this menu to set up for the FTP server function which finds a specified image and audio file stored in the built-in memory of the camera (about 8 MB) or download the still image file from the camera.
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 short- circuited between 1 and 60 sec.
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. FTP client After checking this, you will be able to select FTP client in the Trigger setting menu.
procedures are the same as those of the Camera setting menu (page 28). Note The day/night function is invalid when its mode is set to Disable or Auto in the day/night tab even when you select day/night in the Trigger setting menu. OK/Cancel See “Buttons common to every setting menu”...
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.
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...
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• 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 –...
Others This section explains how to use the application software and commands, including the supplied CD- ROM. 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”...
Date time Tab You can set the date and time on the camera. Click the Date time tab to display the date/time setting window. Click to select the camera you want to set the date and time for. You can select multiple cameras and set the date and time simultaneously.
Retype the password for the user ID in the Re-type password box. 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 Connect a speaker to the line output jack on the camera. 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 User Set the User ID and Password for the administrator. The default setting of the User ID for the Administrator is “admin,” and the Password is “admin.” Camera address Type the IP address or host name of the camera you want to transmit sound.
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.
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Read the notes carefully, and click Next>. The Software License Agreement is displayed. Read the agreement carefully, select Agree if you accept it, then click Next. Type the IP address of the camera to be uploaded in the IP address box. Specify the HTTP port No.
Note Do not turn off the camera until the camera is rebooted after uploading the homepage file. The following page will appear after a while. After displaying this page, the camera will be adjusted and rebooted automatically in two minutes. Click Finish to exit the program.
(standard format) With the above inquiry, you can obtain the following setting information. The following explains the setting information using the inqjs=snmp (JavaScript parameter) format. var sysDescr=“\“SONY Network Camera SNC- DF70\”” var sysObjectID=“1.3.6.1.4.1.122.8501” var sysLocation=“\“\”” var sysContact=“\“\”” var sysName=“\“\””...
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sysName=<string> Set the case of “mib-2.system.sysName.0” in the <string> position. The maximum length of <string> is 255 characters. enaAuthTraps=<value> Set the case value of “mib-2.snmp.snmp EnableAuthenTraps.0”. Type “1” (enable) or “2” (disable) in the <value> position. community=<ID>,<rwAttr>, <communityName>,<IpAddressString> Set the community name and the reading/writing attributes.
Index Access log ...27 access right ...37 ActiveX viewer...15 activity detection function ...52 Administrator ... 13 administrator ... 13 Administrator Menu ...23 administrator menu page ...24 Alarm...42 alarm... 41 Alarm buffer ... 25 alarm buffer ... 25 Alarm buffer setting Menu ...51 Alarm output ...
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Trigger setting Menu... 48 UDP (Multicast)... 21 UDP (Unicast)... 21 URL ... 25 User ...13 user...13 Sony Corporation User name ... 36 user name ... 36 user setting ... 36 User setting Menu ... 36 View size ... 16 view size... 16 viewer...