Canon VC-C50i- User Manual

Canon VC-C50i

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – ii; Introduction; Exclusion of Liability
  • Page 3 – Usage Notice of Audio
  • Page 4 – iv; Package Contents
  • Page 5 – Contents; Chapter 2 Setting Up; Setting Up the Administrator Password and Ethernet etc.
  • Page 6 – Chapter 4 VB Administration Tools
  • Page 7 – vii; Chapter 5 Creating Web Pages for Video Distribution; Using the Still Picture Recording Function
  • Page 8 – viii; Chapter 7 Appendix
  • Page 9 – ix; How to Read This Manual; For information about setting
  • Page 10 – Safe Use of Equipment; Important Operational Instructions
  • Page 11 – xi; FCC NOTICE; Canadian Radio Interference Regulations; Réglementation canadienne sur les intérferences radio
  • Page 12 – xii; IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
  • Page 13 – xiii
  • Page 14 – xiv
  • Page 15 – xv; Maintenance; Cleaning the Equipment; Unplug the AC adapter from the wall outlet.; Do not use flammable solvents such as alcohol, benzene or thinners.; Cleaning the Lens; Icons Used in This Instruction Manual
  • Page 16 – xvi
  • Page 17 – Before Using the; C50iR, the hardware and software requirements, and the; Chapter
  • Page 20 – Hardware and Software Requirements; Viewer Software User’s Manual)
  • Page 21 – VB Initial Setup Tool; VBCollector; From the Windows “Start” menu, launch the “Control Panel”.; Continued on the following page.
  • Page 22 – Select a program you wish to restore and click “Delete”.
  • Page 23 – Viewer Software for Monitoring Use (Sold separately)
  • Page 24 – System Components and Their Operation; Camera head; Front; Infrared light
  • Page 26 – Bottom
  • Page 27 – Example of Use; Sensor A
  • Page 29 – Setting Up; run initial checks, and confirm that the camera’s images are
  • Page 30 – LAN cable; Setup Workflow
  • Page 31 – I n s t a l l t h e s o f t w a r e
  • Page 32 – Install the camera securely.; Do not overtighten the mounting screw.
  • Page 33 – Setup is now complete.
  • Page 34 – Turning the Power ON and OFF; Connect the Camera to the Network; The network connection is now complete.
  • Page 35 – Perform Initial Settings for the Camera; Installation Example
  • Page 36 – The camera connected to the network; Enter the user name “root” and the
  • Page 37 – Initial settings are now complete.
  • Page 38 – Your Web browser starts up and the; Check Operation of the Camera; Select the MAC address you want to; Camera Selection box; Check of operation is now complete.
  • Page 39 – Install the Software; O n c e t h e s t a r t i n g s c r e e n h a s; Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.
  • Page 40 – Viewer Software Overview; Viewer for PC; Viewer Software Types; Viewer for Java; Features of the Viewer Software; Pan, tilt and zoom control
  • Page 41 – Basic Settings; This chapter describes the basic settings for the VB-C50i/
  • Page 42 – What Can I Do on Each of the Settings Pages?
  • Page 43 – Accessing the Settings Title Page; Settings Title Page; The Setting Title Page appears.
  • Page 44 – “Back to top” button; “Japanese” or “English” button
  • Page 45 – Root Account; “Password”
  • Page 46 – Ethernet; Connection Keeping
  • Page 47 – Setting Camera Control, Image Size and Quality (Camera and Video); Video Capture; “Video Capture Size”
  • Page 48 – Camera Control; “Shutter Speed”; “Focus Mode”; “Use External Video Input”
  • Page 51 – Camera Names; “Camera Name”
  • Page 52 – Common Settings
  • Page 56 – “Maximum Number of Clients”
  • Page 57 – HTTP Server; “HTTP Port”
  • Page 58 – Camera Server; “Video Transmission Port”
  • Page 59 – Audio Server; “Audio Reception”; “Output Volume”; Audio Reception
  • Page 60 – Setting User Access Privileges (Access Control); Authorized User Account; “User List”
  • Page 61 – Authorized/Restricted Host Specification
  • Page 62 – Listing Format; Listing Guidelines
  • Page 63 – Setting the Date and Time (Date and Time); Current Camera Time; “Date” and “Time”
  • Page 64 – New Camera Time; “Synchronize with computer time”; Time Zone; “Time Zone”
  • Page 65 – DNS; “Name Server Address 1-2”; “Register Host Name”
  • Page 66 – Mail; “Mail Server Host”; “POP before SMTP”; “User Name” and “Password”
  • Page 67 – External Device Names; “External Input Device 1-2”; “External Output Device 1-3”; LED; “LED Setting”
  • Page 68 – Setting Up the Administration Tools (Administration Tools); On-board File System Information; “On-board File System Information”; Recorded Picture Information and Manipulation; “Recorded Picture Information and Manipulation”
  • Page 69 – Miscellaneous; “View Log Events”; “Reboot”
  • Page 71 – VB Administration Tools
  • Page 72 – Overview of VB Administration Tools; Installing the VB Administration Tools
  • Page 73 – VBAdmin Startup Panel (
  • Page 74 – Schedule Setting Tool (
  • Page 75 – Starting Up VB Administration Tools; Double-click the “VB Admin Tools” desktop; The Server Setting dialog box appears.
  • Page 77 – Panorama Creation Tool; The Panorama Creation Tool is used to take and
  • Page 78 – Panorama Creation Tool Display Screen
  • Page 79 – VB-C50i panorama picture; Capturing Panorama Pictures; In the Camera Selection box, select the camera
  • Page 80 – When capturing ends and the picture is; Updating/Deleting Panorama Pictures; Click the “Update Panorama Image” button.
  • Page 81 – Reconnecting; Choose “Reconnect” from the “File” menu; Displaying Connection Information; . C h o o s e “ C o n n e c t I n f o r m a t i o n ” f r o m t h e
  • Page 82 – View Restriction Tool
  • Page 83 – View Restriction Tool Display Screen; “Load Settings” button
  • Page 85 – Setting View Restrictions; Changing Settings from the View Restriction Preview Frame; Set the view restrictions by using the mouse
  • Page 86 – Retrieving Values from the Camera Angle of the Admin Viewer and; Click the “Admin Viewer” button to start it up.
  • Page 88 – Preset Setting Tool; After setting presets, set the preset tour.
  • Page 89 – Preset Setting Tool Display Screen; Preset Setting Area Display Screen; Preset Setting Area
  • Page 91 – Setting Presets; Changing Settings from the Preset Preview Frame; From the Preset Selection box, select the
  • Page 92 – Start up Admin Viewer and set the camera angle as a preset.
  • Page 94 – Preset Tour; Preset Tour Settings Area Display Screen
  • Page 96 – Select the preset number you want to add to; Setting Preset Tour; Setting up; Select an option from Auto Preset Tour.; Select a preset in the Tour Schedule list and
  • Page 97 – Schedule Setting Tool; External Device Input:; External Device Output:; settings, and close the setting screen for the services.
  • Page 98 – Schedule Setting Tool Display Screen (Toolbar)
  • Page 99 – Normal Schedule Display Screen; Schedule selection checkbox; Weekly Calendar; Schedule track
  • Page 100 – Setting Up a Normal Schedule; With the Normal Schedule displayed, select; Display the Schedule tab and enter settings; Always; Weekly; Weekly on
  • Page 101 – Display the Service tab and enter settings for; Timer
  • Page 102 – When you have completed setting the sub-; This completes the settings for the normal schedule.
  • Page 103 – Special Schedule Display Screen; Set Special Day selection box; Special Day Schedule
  • Page 104 – Setting Up a Special Schedule; box the Special Day you want to register in the Schedule.
  • Page 106 – When you have completed setting the sub-
  • Page 107 – This completes the settings for the special schedule.; Schedule Setting screen to save the schedules.; Resetting Schedule Settings
  • Page 108 – Setting Up Service
  • Page 109 – Timer Setting Tool; Timer Setting Tool Display Screen
  • Page 110 – Setting Up Picture Recording; Setting Up Audio Playback; With the Schedule Setting Tool, open the Timer Setting Tool.
  • Page 111 – Motion Detection Setting Tool; Notes on Using This Function; Motion Detection Setting Tool Display Screen (Live Mode)
  • Page 113 – Flow of Motion Detection Settings
  • Page 114 – Setting Up Motion Detection; Set the camera frame rate and the camera
  • Page 117 – Enter picture recording settings when the
  • Page 118 – Enter the settings for output to an external; Set audio playback and automatic tracking
  • Page 119 – This completes the settings for motion detection.; Check motion detection status in the server.
  • Page 120 – Motion detection status and screen display
  • Page 121 – Adjust the motion detection level in; Recording Options setting dialog box is displayed.; Video Recording Options setting dialog box
  • Page 122 – Night Mode Setting Tool; Night Mode Setting Display Screen
  • Page 123 – Setting Up Night Mode; With the Schedule Setting Tool, open the Night Mode Setting Tool.
  • Page 124 – External Device Input Setting Tool; External Device Input Setting Tool Display Screen
  • Page 125 – Setting Up External Device Input; Specify the audio playback operation settings.
  • Page 126 – External Device Output Setting Tool; External Device Output Settings Tool Display Screen
  • Page 127 – Setting Up External Device Output; Device Output Setting screen.
  • Page 128 – Relationship between ON and OFF events and picture recording
  • Page 129 – E-mail Notification Settings dialog box
  • Page 130 – Audio Playback Setting dialog box; “Unregistered” item and click the “Edit” button.
  • Page 131 – Downloading Log Files; How to download; When Log Viewer is started up from the; Log Viewer
  • Page 132 – Viewing the Log; Code; Saving a Log to a File/Opening a Saved File; Choose “Save” from the “File” menu bar.; Copying and searching a log; Select the log you want to copy by clicking
  • Page 133 – Using Selection Criteria to Display Logs; Choose “Filter” from the “View” menubar.
  • Page 134 – Admin Viewer; “Control” button; About the special privileges of administrators
  • Page 135 – Starting Up Admin Viewer; “Admin Viewer” icon on the desktop.; Operating External Devices and Motion Detection; Detection Status; Choose Setup Properties from the View
  • Page 136 – C h o o s e E x t e r n a l D e v i c e I n p u t f r o m t h e; Operating External Device Output; Click the “Start Control” button to get camera
  • Page 137 – Enabling/Disabling View Restrictions; Choose either “ON” or “OFF” from View; Operating a Camera; Advanced Camera Control; Click the “Advanced camera control” button; “Speed” button
  • Page 138 – Clicking the Screen to Control the Camera
  • Page 139 – Camera-Specific Functions; Click the “Camera-specific features” button
  • Page 140 – Sending audio; Sending Audio; How to operate and set up; Click the “Microphone setting” button on the; The Microphone setting dialog box appears.; Microphone button; “Use silence detection to reduce network traffic”; Set the sensitivity manually:
  • Page 141 – Click the “Shade Correction” button on the; Shade Correction; Shade Correction slide bar
  • Page 143 – Picture data can be distributed in various ways, including
  • Page 144 – Internet; Web Pages for Video Distribution
  • Page 146 – Viewer Overview; LiveApplet; Glimpse
  • Page 148 – Examples of sample pages; JavaApplet sample 1; Launch your Web browser and enter the following URL:; Viewing Sample Pages; The following pages appear. Click the sample
  • Page 149 – Using the Viewer for Java to Distribute Videos; Using the Viewer for Java to Create a Web Page
  • Page 150 – Saving Web Page Data
  • Page 151 – Example of Using the Viewer for Java to Create a Web Page; Embed the Viewer for Java, and Display a Text in a Separate Frame
  • Page 153 – Using Glimpse and LiveApplet Together; Glimpse embedded in the
  • Page 155 – Providing “LiveApplet” without Camera Control; Nothing Specified; Startup screen
  • Page 156 – Certain Images Specified
  • Page 158 – Displaying Bitmap Images on the Video Screen; Sample transparent GIF; Specifying the Background Color
  • Page 159 – Viewer for Java Parameters
  • Page 162 – Applet Tag Descriptions
  • Page 163 – Using the Viewer for PC to Distribute Videos; Setting Up the Web Server
  • Page 164 – following type of code in the file:; by changing the file name and extension.; Creating wvh Files
  • Page 165 – Example of a Web page Using the Viewer for PC
  • Page 166 – Distributing Videos Using a Browser Only; Displaying the Live Video at Access as a Still Picture
  • Page 167 – Displaying Live Video from a Specified Angle as Still Pictures
  • Page 168 – Example of Video Distribution Using One Global Address; Set the Viewer for Java description
  • Page 169 – Distributing Still Images to a Mobile Phone; Start up your browser and enter the following URL.
  • Page 170 – Camera Control by Position Specification; C50iR, referring to the section “Saving Web Page Data” (; Overwriting Sample Pages
  • Page 173 – This chapter describes a couple of specific examples of the
  • Page 174 – Sample Application Combining a Door-opening Sensor
  • Page 175 – Sample Still Picture Recording Settings
  • Page 176 – Sample Application Using Sequential Mode
  • Page 178 – Sample application in combination with a warning device
  • Page 181 – Using VBCollector; Downloaded image displays; Pictures recorded
  • Page 182 – Starting Up VBCollector; Registering a Server; Adding a Server; To add a server, choose “Add” from the; Installing VBCollector
  • Page 184 – Downloading images to a shared folder on the network
  • Page 185 – Editing Server Information; Choose “Edit” from the “Server” menu bar,; As with the procedure for adding servers,
  • Page 186 – Registering Tasks; Adding a Task; To add a task, choose “New Task” from the; Enter each item in the various items and click
  • Page 188 – Editing Tasks; In the Task View, select the task to be edited; Executing and Canceling Tasks; Executing a Task; As with procedure to add a new task, change
  • Page 189 – Display Task Status; D u r i n g t h e e x e c u t i o n o f a t a s k , c h o o s e; Check the download status and click the
  • Page 190 – Task Name; Refresh Task View Display Content
  • Page 191 – Automatic Downloading by Notification; Choose “Automatic Download by Notification” in the “Tools” menu bar.
  • Page 192 – the server to give a low server capacity notification.; “Send notification when server space gets low”
  • Page 193 – Display Format; Viewing Recorded Images; Displaying Images; Choose “Display Images” from the “Tools”
  • Page 195 – Animate Images; Image display area; Status bar
  • Page 196 – Animation
  • Page 197 – Deleting Images; Choose “Delete Image” from the “Tools”
  • Page 198 – Viewing Logs
  • Page 199 – Displaying Logs According to Selection Criteria; Choose “Filter” from the “View” menu bar.
  • Page 200 – Search Logs; Choose “Search” from the “Edit” menu bar.; Enter the character string you want to search; “Match case”; A line containing the relevant character string
  • Page 201 – Selecting Log Files; Choose “Open” from the “File” menu bar.
  • Page 202 – Setting Download Capacity; Choose “Options” from the “Tools” menu bar.
  • Page 203 – Appendix
  • Page 204 – Troubleshooting; The video does not appear.
  • Page 205 – I forgot the password.; The viewer is disconnected
  • Page 206 – A007 View restriction setting error (warning); Log Messages; A001 Camera server startup failure (crit); Camera Server-related Log Messages
  • Page 207 – A011 Camera control device error (warning); A012 WebView Livescope client start and stop (info); A014 Access prohibited due to host restriction (notice)
  • Page 208 – A015 WebView Administrator Viewer start (info)
  • Page 209 – Password mismatch when restricting user access (notice); Audio Server-related Log Messages; Audio server startup and shut down (info)
  • Page 212 – Audio device initialization failed (crit); Audio server initialization failure (crit)
  • Page 213 – System-related Log Messages; S028 POP authentication failure (warning)
  • Page 214 – The VBCollector Log Messages; Log messages output by Task Scheduler Service
  • Page 216 – Log messages while downloading
  • Page 219 – Log messages at dial-up connection
  • Page 220 – AC Adapter; Specifications
  • Page 221 – External Device I/O Terminals; External Device Input Terminals (IN; Rating across the output terminals: Up to 50 V DC; Internal Connection Chart
  • Page 222 – System Configuration; Viewer Software Functions
  • Page 223 – Sample Network Configurations; Sample Configuration in an ISP Environment; Client receiving
  • Page 224 – Upgrading the Firmware Remotely; Specify the folder containing the firmware.
  • Page 225 – Restoring the Factory Default Settings; Launch the Web browser and display; C l i c k t h e “ R e s t o r e ” b u t t o n f o r
  • Page 226 – Resforing the Factory Default Settings from the Reset Switch; pressed from more than 5 seconds.
  • Page 227 – Factory Default Settings; Item
  • Page 229 – Index
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Page 2 - ii; Introduction; Exclusion of Liability

ii Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Canon Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR (referred to hereafteras the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR).This User’s Manual describes how to set up and use the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR. Read this manual carefullybefore using the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR to ensure effective operation. In par...

Page 3 - Usage Notice of Audio

iii Request concerning disclosure of live videos With respect to the disclosure of live videos, we request that sufficient consideration begiven to matters of privacy and rights not to be photographed. Canon considers the followingpoints concerning such matters when it operates camera sites for whic...

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iv Package Contents The VB-C50i/VB-C50iR package contains the following items. If any of these items is missing, please contact the retailer from which you purchased the product. * The cable length may differ depending on the country in which the product was purchased. 1. VB-C50i main unit (or VB-C5...

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