V.NETWOKS MULTI CAMERA BROWSER VN-S200U/S100U INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Serial No. which is located on the body. Retain this information for future reference. Model No. Serial No. VN-S200U/S100U This instruction book is made from 100% recycled paper.
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INTRODUCTION This application entitled "MULTI CAMERA BROWSER" (VN-S100U, VN-S200U) is used to display images from multiple V.NETWORKS units on the operator terminal equipment. (The V.NETWORKS series products include the VN-C1U, VN-C2U and VNC3U. Verify that your V.NETWORKS unit is the VN-C1U, VN-C2U or VN-C3U. Operating Environment The following environment is required to run this application.
Main Functions 1. Multi-browsing • Simultaneous connections to multiple V.NETWORKS units. • Simultaneous browsing of up to 16 units (With the VN-S100U, up to 4 cameras can be browsed.) 2. Recording • The displayed V.NETWORKS images can be saved as successive still images. • Variable saving interval. • Timer recording. (This function is for exclusive use with the VN-S200U.) 3. PLAY BACK • Playback of recording by simply specifying the time and date. • Simultaneous display of saved time. 4.
Menu Function List Menu Item Pull-Down Item File New Work space Open Work space Save Work space Save Work space as Close Work space (History) Exit View Controller REC/Play Controller View window Tool Tip Management Explorer New View Window Add View Window Delete View Window Start Recording Stop Recording Timer Recording Start Playback Stop Playback Properties Accent Frame V.Networks Register V.Networks Delete V.
Construction of MULTI CAMERA BROWSER Work space (*.vnw) View window No.1 V.NETWORKS No.1 V.NETWORKS No.2 V.NETWORKS No.16 View window No.2 V.NETWORKS No.17 V.NETWORKS No.18 V.NETWORKS No.32 View window No.16 V.NETWORKS No.241 V.NETWORKS No.242 V.NETWORKS No.256 *The figure above shows the construction of the VN-S200U. With the VN-S100U, the following restrictions are applied. • Number of View windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 • Number of cameras per View windows . . . .
INSTALLATION This section describes the installation procedure of the application. 1. Insert the "VN_S200U" CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive (* with the VN-S200U). 2. Double-click \Jvc\setup.exe of the CD-ROM in order to run it. In advance, set the IP addresses of the VN-C1U/C2U/C3U cameras to be used sing the provided setup tool. For the operating procedure of the setup tool, refer to the cameras' instruction manuals.
3. Perform operations in accordance with the displayed instructions. Click here to change the installation destination. * Enter the "SERIAL NUMBER" shown on the sticker attached to the back of the CD-ROM case.
VIEWING V.NETWORKS IMAGES This section describes the operations procedure for displaying V.NETWORKS images on your PC. 1. Start the Multi Camera Browser. 1-1. From "Start" on the taskbar, select [Programs] - [V.NETWORKS] - [vns200u Multi Camera Browser] to start it. 2. Create a workspace 2-1. On the menu bar, select [File] - [New Workspace] to create a new workspace. 3. Register V.NETWORKS in the workspace 3-1. On the menu bar, select [V.Networks] - [Add V.Networks] 3-2. Enter the V.
4. Create a View window 4-1. On the menu bar, select [View Window] - [New View Window]. 4-2. When a window is displayed, enter the View window name in it. 4-3. On the "View Window Setup" item, select the View window where you want to add the V.NETWORKS and click the button. 4-4. When the "Add V.Networks" window is displayed, click the displayed contents in order to display all the V.NETWORKS units registered for the workspace. Select the V.
4-5. Set the View window switching interval and image size, then click the button. * Multiple View windows can be registered in the workspace by repeating steps 4-1 to 4-5 for each View window. Also, multiple V.Networks can be registered for a single View window by repeating steps 4-3 and 4-4 for each V.Networks.
CONTROLLING THE V.NETWORKS This section describes how to pan, tilt or zoom the connected V.NETWORKS using the controller and set it to the condition in which viewing is required. Procedure 1. On the menu bar, select [View] - [Controller]. 2. Among the currently displayed View windows, click the one where the V.NETWORKS to be controlled is registered in order to make it active. 3. If more than one V.
Operations Panning/tilting operation Click one of the eight arrow buttons to pan/tilt the V.NETWORKS in the indicated direction by the angle set in "Angle Step". (The angle is freely variable in steps between 1˚and 40˚.) Lens operation In the pull-down menu in the LENS field, select the item to be controlled from IRIS, ZOOM and FOCUS. • When the Zoom operation is selected, the "Fast" check-box is displayed. Checking this box enables zooming in and out at high speed.
RECORDING V.NETWORKS IMAGES recording function saves images displayed in the currently active window • The onto a disk. are recorded on a per-window basis. The recording file is stored in • Images the folder specified by "Save in" under [View Window] - [Properties] - • • • [Details]. The default folder is the folder having the same name as the View window name under the folder where the application is installed. i.e.: (Application installation folder) \ (View window name).
DELETING RECORDING FILES • • Recording files are saved with file names ".rec". To delete recording files, open the Explorer and delete files "*.rec". * A recording file can also be deleted by clicking the [Delete] button in step 2 of the Procedure on page 17. CAUTION !! As a recording file cannot be restored once it has been deleted, make sure that the file is unnecessary by checking the contents before deletion. JVC cannot assume liabilities for the loss of recording files.
TIMER RECORDING (*This function is for exclusive use with the VN-S200U.) timer recording function starts and stops recording automatically at the • The set time of day. For detailed recording setup, see "5. Recording setup" in "CHANGING THE • VIEW WINDOW SETUP" on page 29. Procedure 1. Select [View Window] - [Timer Recording]. 2. The [Timer Recording] window appears. 3. In the View window column, select the View window you want to set timer recording. 4.
PLAYING RECORDING IMAGES (*VN-S100U : 1 image play back, VN-S200U : up to 4 images play back simultaneously.) • This section describes how to play back a recorded file. Procedure (* The following procedure is applicable to 2 screen playback.) 1. Click the Play button of the Record/Play Controller. When a window as shown below appears, select the size and number of played windows. "Standard" : Searches the files for play back without affecting the images on View window.
Other 1.The PlayBack Controller provides the "image movement amount specification" facility. This function enables to set up PlayBack step per 1 left click. Enter a value between 1 and 3600. 2.The following box is displayed when [Alarm List] is clicked. This list shows the alarms occurred in the selected recorded file and will help specify the played time period according to the alarm occurrence situation.
SNAPSHOT RECORDING snapshot function saves the currently displayed View window as a still • The image in a file. • Up to 16 images can be acquired at once. Procedure 1. Click the View window where the images that you want to include as snapshots are displayed. 2. Click the Snapshot button of the Record/Play Controller. If the Record/ Play Controller is not displayed, select [View] - [REC/Play Controller] to display it.
MANAGEMENT EXPLORER window has a similar appearance to Windows Explorer and facilitates • This the window management operations such as changing the settings of the [View window] and [V.Networks] windows as well as enabling their addition and deletion. 1. Displaying the Management Explorer On the menu bar, select [View] - [Management Explorer]. 2. Registering V.Networks 2-1.Right click the root item (item at the top) or Group in the V.
2-2.When a box as shown below appears, perform registration of V.Networks in this box. (* For details of the V.Networks registration procedure, see [3-2] on page 9.) 3. Creating a View Window 3-1.Right click the root item (item at the top) in the View window list (on the left of the Management Explorer) and select [New View Window]. 3-2.When a box as shown below appears, enter the desired View window name. Click [OK] to create the named View window.
4. Creating a Camera Group A camera group can be created in the V.Networks list (on the right of the screen) for subject management use. Right click the root item or a camera group and select [New] - [Group]. (Camera groups can be created in up to two layers.) 5. Adding V.Networks to a View Window To add V. Networks to a View Window, "drag-and-drop" it to the desired View window.
6. Changing the Setting of a View Window Double-click the View window for which the setting is to be changed, or right click it and select [Properties]. The [View Window Setup] box will appear. Double-click. (* For details of the View window setting operation, see [CHANGING THE VIEW WINDOW SETUP] on page 26 and on.) 7. Changing the V.Networks Setting Double-click the V.Networks setting that is to be changed, or right click it and select [Properties]. The [V.Networks Setup] box will appear. Double-click.
8. Setting the Alarm Right click the View window for which you want to set or change the alarm setup and select [Alarm Setting]. The [Alarm Setting] box will appear. (* For details on the alarm setting operation, see [SETTING ALARM] on page 35 and on.) 9. Deleting an Item To delete a "View Window", "V.Networks", "Group" or "V.Networks registered in a View Window", select the item to be deleted and press the Delete key on the keyboard, or right click the item to be deleted and select [Delete].
10. Importing/Exporting V.Networks Registration Information into/from an External File Use this function when it is required to create a new workspace and to register in it a V.Networks that has already been registered elsewhere. This registers all the data contained in the V.Networks (including its name and IP address). Procedure 1. In a workspace that already has V.Networks registered in it, execute [Export] to compile the V.Networks registration data to file. 2.
CHANGING THE VIEW WINDOW SETUP 1. Adding or deleteing V.NETWORKS to or from a View windows 1-1. When [View Window] - [Properties] in the menu bar is selected, the following window appears.Use this window to change the setup of the View window. 1-2. Select the View window you want to change the setting. 1-3. The list of currently registered V.NETWORKS names is shown under item [Currently Registered V.Networks]. To add V.NETWORKS, go to step 1-4 To delete V.
1-4. Click the [Add] button. When the [Add V.Networks] window appears showing the list of V.NETWORKS currently registered in the workspaces select the V.NETWORKS you want to add and click the [Add] button. The addition is complete when the name of the added V.NETWORKS is displayed in the [Currently registered V.Networks] field. *Up to 16 V.NETWORKS units can be registered per View window. It is not permitted to register more than 16 V.NETWORKS. 1-5. In the [Currently registered V.
3. Changing the window size This function changes the size of the View window. Select the window size from three options of 160x 120, 320x 240 and 640x 480. REMARK : If the view window size is increased more than the camera image size, the image quality becomes coarse due to image magnification. 4. Setting the information display This function displays information on the currently displayed V.NETWORKS. 1. Display no information. 2. Display the V.NETWORKS name. 3. Display the V.NETWORKS name and V.
5. Recording setup This function will change the settings related to recording. The settings made here are also reflected in timer recording. [Storage period] Specifies the period for which the recorded file is to be saved in the save destination. • "No limit" The recorded file will be saved without any storage limit. "XXX Days" (The setting range is between 1 and 180 days.) The recorded file will be saved for the set number of days, after which it will be erased automatically.
[Recording Interval] Specifies the interval of recording of each frame in seconds. Set in the range from 0 to 120 seconds. • (* If "0 s" is set, all of the images from the V.Networks will be recorded.) [Save in] Sets the folder where you want to save the recording file. Can be set for each View window. • • [REC mark] Displays characters "REC" at the top right of the View window during recording.
SETTING ACCENT FRAME OF VIEW WINDOW An Accent Frame makes it easy to identify the active (currently selected) View window. Accent frame Procedure 1. In the menu bar, click [View Window] - [Accent Frame]. 2. Check the check box in the following box to set the Accent Frame. (* The color and thickness of the Accent Frame can be changed.
CHANGING THE V.NETWORKS SETUP Details of V.NETWORKS including the image quality can be set. [Compression Rate] Specifies the level of image compression. • [Quality] *Specifies the image quality. Saturation Adjusts the color depth of colors. Color Balance Adjusts the balance blue and red. Gain (*) Adjusts the sensitivity. Exposure (*) Adjusts the iris. Contrast (*) Adjusts the contrast. Brightness Adjusts the brightness. AGC (*) Automatically adjusts the sensitivity.
[Image size] Sets the sizes of the images sent from V.NETWORKS. Select the desired size from 160X120, 320X240 and 640X480. * This setup adjusts the size of the image sent from the V.NETWORKS. Note that it does not adjust the size of the displayed View window. • [Frame Rate] Sets the maximum frame rate of image transmission by V.NETWORKS. Set a rate in the range from 30 Frame/sec. to 1 Frame/sec. • *In this context, the frame rate refers to the transmission frame rate of the V.NETWORKS unit.
SETTING THE POSITION MEMORY This function changes the setting of the position memory for panning, tilting(VN-C2U • VN-C3U) and zooming (VN-C3U only). Procedure 1. In the menu bar, click [V.Networks] - [Position Memory]. 2. Select the V.NETWORKS for which you want to change the position memory. * The current registration information is displayed in the [PAN/TILT/ZOOM] field. 3. Operate the panning, tilting and zooming to set the conditions you want to register. 4.
ALARM SETTING The following procedure sets the operation to be performed when an alarm signal is triggered. (It is required to set up the V.Networks alarm in advance. For the setup of V.Networks, refer to the "Setup for the Alarm Function" in the manual provided with the V.Networks.) Procedure 1. In the menu bar, click [Alarm] - [Alarm Setting]. 2. Select the View window in which it is required to set up the alarm. 3. In the selected View window, select one of the V.
Operation Items 1.Start Recording Starts the recording of the View window for which the alarm occurred. When the [Stop recording after] check box is checked, recording of the View window stops after the specified time period has elapsed. (* Other recordings such as timer recording also stops.) 2.Stop Recording Stops recording of the View Window with which the alarm occurred. (* Other recording such as timer recording also stops.) 3.
6.Popup Message Pop-up a message which is entered in advance. (* Up to 64 characters and 32 pop-up message.) 7.Change View Size Changes the size of the View Window for which the alarm occurs. (* The size of the images transmitted from the V.Networks is not changed.) 8.Play Wave Plays back the specified Wave file. (* If a large Wave file is selected, the operation may become slow depending on the PC performance.To prevent this, it is recommended to select a smaller Wave file.) 9.
ARRANGING THE WINDOWS Windows • Arrange Arranges the View windows. • • • • (Arranging is sometimes not possible depending on the numbers and sizes of the windows.) Align with Grid • Arranges the View windows by automatically aligning them with the grid. Show All/Hide All • Show or hide all of the registered View windows. Window List • Display all the View windows registered in the workspaces. • A check mark is shown to the left of the currently displayed window.
RIGHT-CLICK MENU Clicking the right button of the mouse on the View window displays the rightclick menu as shown below. The right-click menu can be used to control the following functions. • Tele Zooms into an image.(VN-C3U only) Wide • Zooms out from an image.(VN-C3U only) • Larger Magnifies image without changing • • the resolution.Image size changes from 160X120 to 320 X240 and 640 X480. (The size of the images transmitted by each V.NETWORKS is not affected.
UNINSTALLATION (Procedure for Windows98) Use the following procedure to uninstall (Delete) the Multi Camera Browser from your PC. 1. In the taskbar, select [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] 2. In the Control Panel, double-click "Add/Remove programs". 3. When the [Add/Remove programs Property] window appears, select "vn-s200u Multi Camera Browser" under the [Install/Uninstall] tag and click the [Add/Remove] button.
TROUBLE SHOOTING You have forgotten the IP address of V.NETWORKS that has been changed using the V.NETWORKS setup tool. The list of the IP addresses of the V.NETWORKS cameras connected to the network can be acquired using the [Search] button of the V.NETWORKS setup tool provided with the VN-C1U/C2U/C3U. The history of modifications with the V.NETWORKS setup tool is stored in file "Vnetst.log" in the root directory using the following format.
The colors look unnatural. • Check the color adjustments of the display and video card. The hues of displayed colors may be variable depending on the video card and monitor display of the PC system. This may sometimes be corrected by adjusting the color control of the display. With some video cards, color adjustment is available in "Screen Properties" (which can be displayed by right-clicking the mouse on the desktop). • Set the True Color (24-bit) display.
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