10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic]
The settings such as the camera title, time and date, etc. can be configured on this page.
[Camera title]
Enter the title of the camera. Click the [Set] button after entering the title of the camera. The entered title will be displayed in the “Camera title” field.
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Available number of characters: 0 - 20 characters
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Unavailable characters: " &
[Date/time]
Enter the current time and date. When “12h” is selected for “Time display format”, “AM” or “PM” can be selected.
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Available range: Jan/01/2010 00:00:00 - Dec/31/2035 23:59:59
[Time display format]
Select the time display format from “24h”, “12h” and “Off”. Enter the current hour reflecting this setting when entering the current time and date for “Date/time”. To hide time and date, select “Off”.
[Date/time display format]
Select a date/time display format. When “2013/04/01 13:10:00” is set for “Date/time” after selecting “24h” for “Date/time display format”, time & date will be respectively displayed as follows.
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DD/MM/YYYY: 01/04/2013 13:10:00
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MM/DD/YYYY: 04/01/2013 13:10:00
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DD/Mmm/YYYY: 01/Apr/2013 13:10:00
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YYYY/MM/DD: 2013/04/01 13:10:00
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Mmm/DD/YYYY: Apr/01/2013 13:10:00
[Summer time (daylight saving)]
Select “In”, “Out” or “Auto” to determine whether or not to apply daylight saving time. Configure this setting if the summer time (daylight saving time) is applied in the location where the camera is in use.
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In: Applies summer time. An asterisk (*) will be displayed on the left side of the displayed time and date.
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Out: Does not apply summer time.
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Auto: Applies summer time in accordance with the settings for “Start time & date” and “End time & date” (month, week, day of the week, time).
[Start time & date] [End time & date]
When “Auto” is selected for “Summer time (daylight saving)”, select the time & date for the start time and the date time (month, week, day of the week, time).
[Camera title on screen]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to display the camera title on the screen. When “On” is selected, the character string entered for “Camera title on screen (0-9, A-Z)” will be displayed at the position selected for “OSD”.
[Camera title on screen (0-9, A-Z)]
Enter a character string to be displayed on the image.
When “VGA Quad streams [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”, the characters configured for “Ch1” to “Ch4” are displayed on each stream screen.
When “VGA Quad streams [4:3]” is not selected for “Image capture mode”, only “Ch1” can be configured, and the characters configured for “Ch1” are displayed on all the images.
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Available number of characters: 0 - 20 characters
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Available characters: 0-9, A-Z and the following marks.
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; = ?
[OSD] - [Position]
Select the position where the time and date and a character string to be displayed on the image of the “Live” page.
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Upper left: The above information will be displayed at the upper left corner of the main area on the “Live” page.
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Lower left: The above information will be displayed at the lower left corner of the main area on the “Live” page.
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Upper right: The above information will be displayed at the upper right corner of the main area on the “Live” page.
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Lower right: The above information will be displayed at the lower right corner of the main area on the “Live” page.
[Brightness status display]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to display the status of brightness on images displayed on the “Live” page when adjusting brightness.
[Upside-down]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to turn the image upside-down.
IMPORTANT
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If the “Upside-down” setting is changed when the following area settings are configured, perform the area setting again.
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The upside-down function can be used when “<Ceiling>” is selected for “Image capture mode” (2M Double Panorama [16:9]/ 1M Double Panorama [16:9]/ 1.3M Quad PTZ [4:3]/ 1.3M Single PTZ [4:3]/ Double Panorama + Quad PTZ/ Double Panorama + Single PTZ). (→
11.1 Configure the settings relating to images [JPEG/H.264])
[Indicator]
Determine whether or not to use the following indicators. Select “On” to use the following indicators to check the operational status by lighting them. Select “Off” to turn off the indicators at all times.
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SD memory card error indicator
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Link indicator (orange): This indicator will light when communication with the connected device is available.
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Access indicator (green): This indicator will light when accessing a network.
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SD memory card error indicator (red): Lights when an error occurred in the SD memory card.
[Alarm status update mode]
Select an interval of the camera status notification from the following.
When the status of the camera changes, the alarm occurrence indication button, the [AUX] button or the SD saving status indicator will be displayed to notify of the camera status.
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Polling(30s): Updates the status each 30 seconds and provide notification of the camera status.
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Real time: Provide notification of the camera status when the status has changed.
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Depending on the network environment, notification may not be provided in real time.
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When multiple cameras are using the same “Alarm status reception port”, even if “Real time” is selected for “Alarm status update mode”, status notification is not provided in real time. In this case, change the “Alarm status reception port” settings.
[Alarm status reception port]
When selecting “Real time” for “Alarm status update mode”, designate a port number to which the status change notification is to be sent.
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Available port number: 1 - 65535
The following port numbers are unavailable since they are already in use.
20, 21, 23, 25, 42, 53, 67, 68, 69, 80, 110, 123, 161, 162, 443, 995, 10669, 10670
[Automatic installation of viewer software]
Determine whether or not to install the viewer software from this camera.
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On: Installs the viewer software from the camera automatically.
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Off: The viewer software cannot be installed from the camera.
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It is impossible to display images and to receive/transmit audio between the camera and the PC when the viewer software “Network Camera View 4S” is not installed on the PC.
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The number of the viewer software installations can be checked on the [Upgrade] tab of the “Maintenance” page.
[Language]
Select the language to initially display when the camera is accessed from the following.
English/Japanese/Italian/French/German/Spanish/Chinese/Russian