1.2 About the “Live” page
Note
SW155, SW152, SW115, SF135, SF132, SP105, and SP102 do not support MPEG-4.
[select language] pull-down-menu
The camera’s display language can be selected. The default language can be set in the [Language] in the [Basic] settings. (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic])
[Setup] button*1
Displays the setup menu. The button will turn green and the setup menu will be displayed.
[Live] button
Display the “Live” page. The button will turn green and the “Live” page will be displayed.
[Multi-screen] buttons
Images from multiple cameras can be displayed on a multi-screen by registering cameras on the setup menu. (→1.3 Monitor images from multiple cameras)
[Compression] buttons
[H.264]/[MPEG-4] button: The letters “H.264” (or “MPEG-4”) on the button will turn green and an H.264 (or MPEG-4) image will be displayed. When “On” is selected for “H.264 transmission” (or “MPEG-4 transmission”) of “H.264(1)”, “H.264(2)” (or “MPEG-4(1)”, “MPEG-4(2)”), the [H.264] (or [MPEG-4]) button will be displayed. (→H.264(1)/H.264(2), MPEG-4(1) / MPEG-4(2))
[JPEG] button: The letters “JPEG” on the button will turn green and JPEG image will be displayed.
[Stream] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when an H.264 (or MPEG-4) image is displayed.
[1] button: The letter “1” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting of “H.264(1)” (or “MPEG-4(1)”). (→H.264(1)/H.264(2), MPEG-4(1) / MPEG-4(2))
[2] button: The letter “2” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting of “H.264(2)” (or “MPEG-4(2)”). (→H.264(1)/H.264(2), MPEG-4(1) / MPEG-4(2))
[Image capture size] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
[VGA]
The letters “VGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in VGA size.
[QVGA]
The letters “QVGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in QVGA size.
[640x360]
The letters “640x360” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 640 x 360 (pixels).
[320x180]
The letters “320x180” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 320 x 180 (pixels).
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[1280x960]
The letters “1280x960” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1280 x 960 (pixels).
[1280x720]
The letters “1280x720” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1280 x 720 (pixels).
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[800x600]
The letters “800x600” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 800 x 600 (pixels).
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[2048x1536]
The letters “2048x1536” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 2048 x 1536 (pixels).
[1920x1080]
The letters “1920x1080” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1920 x 1080 (pixels).
Note
When “1280x960”*2, “1280x720”*2, “2048x1536”*3, or “1920x1080”*3 is selected for the image capture size, it may become smaller than the actual size depending on the window size of the web browser.
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The buttons [VGA], [QVGA], [1280x960]*2, and [800x600]*4 are displayed only when “4:3” is selected for “Aspect ratio”.
The buttons [640x360], [320x180], and [1280x720]*2 are displayed only when “16:9” is selected for “Aspect ratio”.
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The buttons [VGA], [QVGA], [1280x960], [800x600], and [2048x1536] are displayed only when “1.3 mega pixel (VGA) [4:3]”, “1.3 mega pixel (800x600) [4:3]”, or “3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Picture (Camera) mode”.
The buttons [640x360], [320x180], [1280x720], and [1920x1080] are displayed only when “1.3 mega pixel [16:9]” or “3 mega pixel [16:9]” is selected for “Picture (Camera) mode”.
[Image quality] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
[1] button: Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality1” of “Image quality setting”. (→11.3 Configure the settings relating to JPEG images [JPEG/H.264] (or [JPEG/MPEG-4]))
[2] button: Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality2” of “Image quality setting”. (→11.3 Configure the settings relating to JPEG images [JPEG/H.264] (or [JPEG/MPEG-4]))
[Zoom] buttons
Images will be zoomed in on with the electronic zoom by the viewer software “Network Camera View 4S”.
[x1] button: The letter “x1” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x1.
[x2] button: The letter “x2” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x2.
[x4] button: The letter “x4” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x4.
[Brightness] buttons*5
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The brightness is adjustable from 0 to 255.
: The brightness is adjustable from 0 to 127.
(darker) button: The displayed image will be darker.
button: The adjusted brightness will return to the default brightness.
(brighter) button: Image will be brighter.
Note
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In the following situations, the brightness may not change even if the [Brightness] button is clicked.
when capturing images of bright subjects, such as outdoor subjects
when “Light control mode” is set to “Indoor scene”
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when “ELC(Maximum exposure time)” is set to “ELC(1/2000s)” or a lower value in “Light control mode”
[AUX] buttons*5
[Open] button: The letters “Open” on the button will turn green and the status of AUX connector will be open.
[Close] button: The letters “Close” on the button will turn green and the status of the AUX connector will be closed.
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These buttons will be displayed only when “Terminal 3” of “Alarm” is set to “AUX output” on the setup menu. (→Alarm)
[Rec. on SD] button*5
This button will be displayed only when “Manual” is selected for “Save trigger” on the setup menu. (→Common)
Click this button to manually record images on the SD memory card. Refer to Section 3 Record images on the SD memory card manually (SW355, SW352, SF346, SF342, SF336, SF335, SF332, SW316L, SW316, SP306, SP305, SP302, SW155, SW152, NP502, NW502S, SW115) for descriptions of how to manually record images on the SD memory card.
[Log] button*1
[List] button will become available only when “On” is selected for “Save logs” on the setup menu. (→Alarm)
When this button is clicked, the log list will be displayed and images saved on the SD memory card can be played.
Camera title
The camera title entered for “Camera title” on the [Basic] tab will be displayed. (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic])
Alarm occurrence indication button*5
This button will be displayed and will blink when an alarm has occurred. When this button is clicked, the alarm output terminal will be reset and this button will disappear. (→Section 4 Action at an alarm occurrence)
Full screen button
Images will be displayed on a full screen. To return to the “Live” page, press the [Esc] key. The aspect ratio of displayed images will be adjusted in accordance with the monitor.
Snap shot button
Click this button to take a picture (a still picture). The picture will be displayed on a newly opened window. When right-clicking on the displayed image, the pop-up menu will be displayed. It is possible to save the image on the PC by selecting “Save” from the displayed pop-up menu.
When “Print” is selected, printer output is enabled.
Note
For the case of using windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista, the following settings may be required.
Open Internet Explorer, click [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [Security] → [Trusted Sites] → [Sites]. Register the camera address on [Website] of the displayed trusted widows.
Mic input button*6
Turns on/off the audio reception (hear audio from the camera on a PC). This button will be displayed only when “Mic input”, “Interactive(Full-duplex)” or “Interactive(Half-duplex)” is selected for “Audio transmission/reception” on the setup menu. (→11.15 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] (SW355, SW352, SF346, SF342, SF336, SF335, SF332, SW316L, SW316, SP306, SP305, SP302, NP502, NW502S))
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into the button and audio from the camera will not be heard.
Audio volume can be adjusted (Low/ Middle/ High) by moving the volume cursor .
Audio output button*6
Turns on/off the audio transmission (play audio from the PC on the unit speaker). This button will be displayed only when “Audio output”, “Interactive(Full-duplex)” or “Interactive(Half-duplex)” is selected for “Audio transmission/reception” on the setup menu. (→11.15 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] (SW355, SW352, SF346, SF342, SF336, SF335, SF332, SW316L, SW316, SP306, SP305, SP302, NP502, NW502S))
The button will blink during the audio transmission.
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into the button and audio from the PC will not be heard.
Audio output volume can be adjusted (Low/Middle/High) by moving the volume cursor .
Note
When a user is using the audio transmission function with “Interactive(Half-duplex)” selected, the receiver button and the transmission button will be inoperable for the other users. When “Interactive(Full-duplex)” is selected, the transmission button is inoperable for other users.
Possible duration of audio transmission is up to 5 minutes per transmission. When 5 minutes have passed, the audio transmission will automatically stop. To turn the audio transmission function on, click the [Audio output] button again.
When the camera is restarted, the adjusted volume level (for both the audio transmission and reception) will return to the level that had been set on the [Audio] tab on the setup menu. (→11.15 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] (SW355, SW352, SF346, SF342, SF336, SF335, SF332, SW316L, SW316, SP306, SP305, SP302, NP502, NW502S))
Actual volume level will change in three steps even though the volume cursor can be adjusted minutely.
SD recording status indicator
The status of the SD recording can be checked with this indicator.
When the SD recording starts, the SD recording status indicator will light red. It will go off when the SD recording stops.
Main area
Images from the camera will be displayed in this area.
The current time and date will be displayed according to the settings configured for “Time display format” and “Date/time display format”. (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic])
When clicking a desired point while displaying live images at x2 or x4 in the main area, the camera will move to locate the clicked point at the center of the main area.
The configured camera title on the screen (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic]) and brightness (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic]) will be displayed.
Electronic zoom can be preformed with the scroll wheel. With electronic zoom only, when an area of an image in the main area is clicked on, that area is zoomed in on.
Note
When operated by a lower access level user, images displayed on the screen may be changed temporarily. This does not affect operation of the camera.
A zoom operation can be performed using the mouse wheel.
Depending on the PC in use, screen tearing* may occur when the shooting scene drastically changes due to the GDI restrictions of the OS.
*A phenomenon in which portions of the screen are displayed out of alignment.
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Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator”.
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Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator” or “2. Camera control” when “On” is selected for “User auth.” (→15.1 Configure the settings relating to the user authentication [User auth.])
*6
Operable by users who belong to the access level selected for “Permission level of audio trans./recep.” on the [Audio] tab of the “Image/Audio” page. Refer to 11.15 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] (SW355, SW352, SF346, SF342, SF336, SF335, SF332, SW316L, SW316, SP306, SP305, SP302, NP502, NW502S) for the permission level of audio.