Sanyo VA-SW3050LITE User manual

Brand: Sanyo

Model: VA-SW3050LITE

Category: Security cameras

Type: User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

VA-SW3050LITE

Network Recorder (LITE version)

When you need to record and play the video, use the VA-SW3050 software.

The VA-SW3050 is the full-featured version of the VA-SW3050LITE and optionally available.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................... 2

■ Features .................................................. 2

■ System requirements ............................ 2

Software Setup Procedure ................... 3

Installing the VA-SW3050LITE Software

.... 4

Starting and Logging in to the

VA-SW3050LITE Software .................... 5

■ Logging off.............................................. 6

■ Closing the screen ................................ 6

■ Opening the screen ............................... 6

■ Exiting from the software ..................... 6

Registering the Cameras with the

Software ................................................. 7

■ Using the Camera Search function ...... 8

■ Specifying the camera title ................... 9

Viewing the Live Video ....................... 10

■ Menu bar functions and operating

privileges .............................................. 11

■ Tool bar functions ............................... 13

Operating the Cameras ....................... 15

■ Changing the configuration stored on

the camera............................................. 16

Registering Users Accessing the

Camera ................................................. 17

■ User registration .................................. 17

■ Changing the user password ............. 18

■ Deleting the registered user ............... 19

■ Setting the user privileges for

operating the camera .......................... 20

Split Screen Layout .............................21

■ Changing image layout on the

16-part split screen............................... 22

■ Setting the image layout pattern

on the 4-part split screen..................... 22

Configuring Other Options .................23

■ [Proxy] setting ..................................... 23

■ [Clock] setting ...................................... 23

■ [Start Up] setting ................................. 24

■ [Buzzer] setting .................................... 24

■ [Display] setting ................................... 25

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Introduction

The VA-SW3050LITE is a monitoring software for use with Sanyo’s CCD cameras.

Attaching the option board (VA-50LAN) to your camera and installing the software enable you to view

live video images from multiple cameras on your PC.

■ Features

• Views live video from up to 128 cameras

• Switches screen display between a single screen, 4-part split screen or 16-part split screen

• Operates the camera(s) remotely and configures the settings stored on the camera

• Prints the video image displayed on your monitor display

• Registers up to 10 users and sets operating privileges for each camera

■ System requirements

The system requirements for the VA-SW3050LITE are as follows:

•PC: IBM PC/AT and compatibles

•OS: Windows 2000 Professional SP4,

Windows XP Home Edition SP2, Windows XP Professional SP2

• CPU/Memory:

For configuration with 4 cameras:

CPU: Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz or higher, Memory: 512 MB or more

For configuration with 16 cameras:

CPU: Pentium 4, 3.0 GHz or higher, Memory: 1 GB or more

• Network interface: 100Base-TX

• Display card: 1024 x 768 pixels or higher, 16 million colors or higher

AGP graphics card supporting hardware overlay

Or PCI Express graphics card (Requires the latest DirectX 9.0c compatible driver. )

• Recommended graphics chip

ATI : RADEON9000 series or higher

nVidia : GeForce4 series or higher

: Quadro4 series or higher

Matrox : MillenniumP series or higher

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Software Setup Procedure

Perform the following procedures before using the VA-SW3050LITE software. For detailed instructions

on individual procedures, refer to the respective pages shown below.

1 Install the option board (VA-50LAN) on the camera(s)

Refer to the separate “INSTALLATION MANUAL” for how to install the option board on the

camera(s) and make connection using LAN cables.

Configure the TCP/IP settings on PC

To change the IP address for a camera, you must first change the subnet mask and

default gateway values (for the IP address) on the PC, according to the camera. Note that

you must use the same subnet mask and the default gateway values as those for the

camera.

2 Install the VA-SW3050LITE software

Page 4

3 Start the VA-SW3050LITE software and perform the login

procedure

When you log in to the VA-SW3050LITE for the first time, the [Camera

Setting] screen appears.

Page 5

4 Register the camera(s) with the software

IP address and camera title. After registering the camera(s), the live video is

displayed on the main screen.

Page 7

5 View the live video

You can customize how the video is displayed using the controls on the main

screen.

Page 10

6 Register users accessing the camera

Page 17

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Installing the VA-SW3050LITE Software

Install the VA-SW3050LITE software on your PC. Start the installation program, and use the interactive

dialog boxes to advance the installation.

MEMO:

• When you use the non-Japanese version of

Windows, English is used for the display

language during installation.

• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and Service

Pack 1 are required to use the

VA-SW3050LITE software. If these

applications are not installed on your PC, the

install confirmation dialog appears, and the

files are installed automatically (steps 1,

9).

• If you want to change the install destination

folder, click [Browse] to select the desired

folder (step 4).

• If you want to change the Start menu folder,

type the new folder name into the box, or

select the desired folder from the existing

folder list (step 5).

• Restarting the system may be required after

completing the installation. When restarting

the system is required, follow the instruction

displayed on the screen.

To uninstall the VA-SW3050LITE software, open

the [Add or Remove Programs] window from the

Control Panel, and select “Network Recorder” to

begin the uninstall procedure.

Double-click “Setup.exe” on the supplied

CD-ROM

The installer starts up.

1 Installation of the Microsoft

.NET Framework 1.1

(approximately 2 minutes)

2 [Welcome to the VA-SW3050 Setup

Wizard] dialog

Click [Next].

3 [License Agreement] dialog

Select the “I accept the agreement”

option and click [Next].

4 [Select Destination Location] dialog

Click [Next].

5 [Select Start Menu Folder] dialog

Click [Next].

6 [Ready to Install] dialog

Click [Install].

7 [Installing] dialog

8 [Completing the VA-SW3050 Setup

Wizard] dialog

Click [Finish].

After the installation is completed,

close the dialog

The shortcut icon for the

VA-SW3050LITE appears on the

desktop.

9 Installation of the Microsoft

.NET Framework Service Pack 1

To Uninstall the VA-SW3050LITE Software

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Starting and Logging in to the VA-SW3050LITE Software

Double-click the shortcut icon on the

desktop.

The VA-SW3050LITE starts and the login

screen appears.

MEMO:

The VA-SW3050LITE icon appears in the

task tray at the right bottom corner of the

screen.

Click the appropriate radio button to

select the display language.

Available display languages:

English, French, German, and Spanish

Enter the user ID and password.

When you log in to the software for the first

time, use the factory setting values below.

USER ID : admin

PASSWORD : admin

Note:

If an invalid user ID or password is entered

three consecutive times, the dialog

displaying the authorization error message

appears. Clicking [OK] closes the login

screen automatically.

Click [OK].

• When you start the software for the

first time or no cameras are

registered:

The [Camera Setting] screen appears.

Be sure to register the camera before

starting to use VA-SW3050LITE.

(Refer to “Registering the Cameras

with the Software” on page 7)

• When cameras are registered:

The live video is displayed on the main

screen.

(Refer to “Viewing the Live Video” on

page 10)

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The following operations are common to each

screen following login.

■ Logging off

Click [Log Off] in the [File] menu.

The login screen is returned to.

■ Closing the screen

Click the button in the top right corner of

the screen.

Alternatively, click [Close] in the [File] menu (the

[Close] button on the login screen).

This operation closes the screen and stores the

software in the task tray icon.

Since this is continually activated as permanent

software, the software remains operating and

functional.

■ Opening the screen

Right-click the icon in the task tray to display

the context menu, and click [Return].

Alternatively, double-click the task tray icon.

The screen appears again.

■ Exiting from the software

Right-click the icon in the task tray to display

the context menu, and click [Exit].

This exits from the software, and the task tray

icon disappears.

When Windows XP Firewall or some other

firewall program is active on your computer, the

computer is blocked from communicating with

the cameras and thus the system fails to operate

correctly. This means that you must disable the

firewall protection before you begin using the

VA-SW3050LITE software.

MEMO:

Note that, if you are using Windows XP SP2, its

firewall protection is enabled by default. When

the VA-SW3050LITE searches for cameras after

startup, the dialog confirming the firewall setting

appears. In this dialog, click [Unblock] to allow

the connection to the camera.

The camera can also be accessed concurrently

by multiple admin users via Web browsers.

However, when the user who uses the software

performs one of the following actions, other

Web-based concurrent admin users will be

disconnected:

• Camera registration

• Clock settings

Disabling the Firewall Protection

Concurrent Access via Web Browser

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Registering the Cameras with the Software

In order to view the live video after logging in, it is necessary to register the connected camera(s) with

the VA-SW3050LITE.

When starting for the first time, or in other cases where the camera is unregistered, the [Camera

Setting] screen appears automatically.

● When registering additional cameras or changing settings, select [Options] and then [Camera

Setting] from the menu bar.

Enter the IP address (or URL) for the camera.

If many cameras are connected or the

address is overlapping with another camera,

refer to "

Using the Camera Search

function

” on page 8.

Setting communication conditions.

When you use the proxy server or SSL

encryption to connect to the camera, select

the appropriate check box respectively.

Note:

• To use proxy server, complete the proxy

settings under the [Options] menu

(refer to “Configuring Other Options”

on page 23).

• Configure the SSL according to the

camera settings.

Enter the port number set in the camera.

The default value depends on the [SSL] setting.

•SSL (OFF) : 80

• SSL (ON) : 443

Enter the password.

Enter the password for

guest

user (Factory

setting value: guest) configured on the camera.

Set the picture quality and resolution of

live images.

In order to make the settings valid,

select the check box corresponding to

the camera.

Click [SET].

This completes the setting procedure and

the configuration is transferred to the

camera.

When you register multiple cameras, repeat

steps 1 to 7.

Specify the camera title.

Set while viewing image(s) for the

registered camera(s).

For details, refer to “Specifying the

camera title” on page 9.

Click [Close].

The [Camera Setting] screen closes, and

the main screen opens with the live video

from the camera registered.

186 3 4 7

(see page 9)

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■ Using the Camera Search function

This function automatically searches all cameras connected to the network.

• All of the IP addresses for the detected cameras are listed on the [Camera Setting] screen.

• When there are overlapping IP addresses, you can specify the new IP address on the [Camera

Setting] screen.

MEMO:

At the time of factory shipment, the IP address for every camera is set to “192.168.0.2”. When you

connect multiple cameras with the factory setting, use the Camera Search function to configure the

unique IP address to the cameras.

Click [Search Camera].

The MAC and IP addresses for the cameras

detected are listed in the [Search Camera]

dialog. The addresses are displayed in

ascending order for the MAC address.

If there are any overlapping IP

addresses, in the [Search Camera]

dialog, select the camera(s) for which

the IP address needs to be changed and

click [Edit].

The [Edit IP Address] dialog appears.

Enter new IP address.

To change the IP address for a camera, you

must first change the subnet mask and

default gateway values (for the IP address)

on the PC, according to the camera. Note

that you must use the same subnet mask

and the default gateway values as those for

the camera.

Click [OK].

The new IP address is transferred to the

camera(s).

The [Edit IP Address] dialog closes, and the

IP address in the [Search Camera] dialog is

also updated.

Use the same procedure (steps 2 to 4) until

there are no overlapping addresses

remaining.

Click [OK] in the [Search Camera] dialog.

All the IP addresses displayed in the

[Search Camera] dialog are automatically

reflected in the [Camera Setting] screen.

Note:

If there are any overlapping IP addresses,

the “Duplication Error” message is

displayed. When this error occurs, configure

the IP address again.

Registering the Cameras with the Software

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■ Specifying the camera title

Name cameras according to their installed locations, etc. for easy tracking on screen.

Select the camera for which you want to

specify the title by clicking the

corresponding row.

The color of the row you selected changes.

Click [View Camera (4)].

The still image from the camera(s) you

selected is displayed in the dialog.

A message appears when an error occurs.

A [Reload] button

Updates the still image in the dialog.

B [Close] button

Closes the dialog.

Enter the camera title.

The title can be up to 16 alphanumeric

characters.

In order to make the settings valid,

select the check box corresponding to

the camera.

Click [SET].

This completes the setting procedure and

the camera title is transferred to the

camera(s).

Selecting the check box in the title row

selects all the check boxes corresponding to

the cameras listed on the [Camera Setting]

screen.

2 [Set All] button

Executes the [SET] command for all cameras.

3 [Reload] button

Reloads the setting information (Camera

Title, Quality, Resolution) to display.

4 [View Camera] button

Displays the still image for the selected

camera(s).

5 [Copy] button

Copies the setting for the selected camera(s)

and retains it in memory.

6 [Paste] button

Overrides the settings for a specified camera

with the copied contents.

7 [Paste All] button

Overrides the settings for all cameras with the

copied contents.

1 2

Other Buttons in the [Camera Setting]

Screen

3 4 5 6 7

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Viewing the Live Video

After registering the camera(s), the live video is displayed on the main screen.

The main screen appears immediately after login when a camera has already been registered.

1 Menu bar (see page 11)

You can access various commands for the

VA-SW3050LITE from the menu bar.

Clicking the menu on the menu bar displays

the pull-down menu. Select the desired

command from the pull-down menu to

execute.

2 Tool bar (see page 13)

The tool bar contains the commands and

information display buttons that are frequently

used.

3 Camera title

The camera title that was set on the [Camera

Setting] screen is displayed.

4 Current date and time

Date and time are displayed according to the

Windows setting.

5 Video display area

Displays the live video.

You can use the button on the tool bar to

select the number of cameras to be displayed

(single screen, 4-part split screen and 16-part

split screen) (see page 13 2).

6 Close button

Clicking the button closes the screen and

stores the software in the task tray icon

(refer to “Closing the screen” on page 6).

MEMO:

• Clicking the video displays the red frame

around it showing that the camera is

selected.

You need to select a camera before using the

camera controller (see page 15).

Clicking the video again cancels the selection

and the red frame disappears.

• In the following cases, only the message is

displayed with no video.

When image signals are interrupted for

approximately 30 seconds or more:

Communication Error

When no camera is registered:

SANYO

Viewing the Live Video

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■ Menu bar functions and operating privileges

• Certain features such as recording and playing the video are not available for the VA-SW3050LITE.

Those features (shaded in the table below) are grayed out and cannot be selected. If you need these

features, use the VA-SW3050 software, which is optionally available.

• The necessary privilege for executing individual operation is shown enclosed with the parentheses in

the Sub-menu column of the table below (ex. “Live View, Camera Control and Menu Setup”).

Configure user privileges on the [Edit Authentication] screen accessible from the [User Registration]

screen (see page 20).

Menu Sub-menu Description Refer to

1 File

Backup Backs up recorded data. –

◆ Print (Live View) Prints the live video. Page 13 - 7

Log Off

Logs off the software and

displays the login screen.

Page 6

Closes the screen and stores

the software in the task tray

icon.

Page 6

2 Edit Search Image Searches images. –

3 View

◆ Full Screen (Live View)

Displays the video in full

screen mode.

Page 13 - 1

◆ 4 x 4 (Live View)

Displays videos in the 16-part

split screen.

Page 13 - 2◆ 2 x 2 (Live View)

Displays videos in the 4-part

split screen.

◆ 1 x 1 (Live View)

Displays video from a single

camera.

Controller

◆ Camera

(Camera Control)

Displays the camera controller.

Page 15

Play/Record

Displays the recording and

playback controller.

–

4 Playback Plays the recorded video. –

5 Record Records live videos from all

cameras simultaneously.

–

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Menu Sub-menu Description Refer to

6 Options

Camera Setting (Menu Setup)

Registering the cameras with

the software.

Page 7

Camera Layout Setting

(Menu Setup)

Changes the layout of split

screen images.

Page 21

Timer Setting Sets the timer record. –

Alarm Setting Sets the alarm record. –

Delete Data Deletes recorded data. –

Others

Data Storage Stores recorded data. –

Proxy (Menu Setup) Sets the proxy server. Page 23

Clock (Menu Setup) Automatically adjusts the time. Page 23

User Registration

(Menu Setup)

Registers the user.

Page 17

Start Up

(Menu Setup)

Automatically activates this

software.

Page 24

Popup

Automatically displays the

alarm image.

–

Buzzer (Menu Setup) Sets the alarm buzzer. Page 24

Display (Menu Setup) Sets display information. Page 25

7 Version Web Page Displays Sanyo’s homepage. –

About

Displays the version

information of the

VA-SW3050LITE.

–

MEMO:

The menu item with the ◆ mark can be operated using the tool bar buttons (see page 13).

Viewing the Live Video

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■ Tool bar functions

In the VA-SW3050LITE, the buttons used for record and playback operations (5, 6, 9) are grayed out

and cannot be operated.

If you need these features, use the VA-SW3050 software, which is optionally available.

1 Screen mode selection button

When selecting the full screen mode, the live

video is maximized across the display without

the title and menu bars displayed.

2 Split screen mode selection button

The three modes are available for split screen

display.

MEMO:

In 4-part or 16-part split screen mode,

double-clicking a specific video will display

the video in single screen mode.

3 Auto screen change button

Use this button to display all the pages

sequentially at specified intervals in the order

of the page number.

MEMO:

The total number of pages depends on the

number of the cameras and the split screen

mode.

4 Screen change buttons

Switches the displayed page forward or

backward.

5 [Live All] button

Not available for the VA-SW3050LITE.

6 [Alarm] button

Not available for the VA-SW3050LITE.

7 Print button

Prints the image at the moment when you

click the live video.

8 Button for displaying the camera

controller (see page 15)

Displays the camera controller to operate the

camera remotely from PC.

Note:

Cannot be operated when no camera is

selected.

1 2 3 4 5 6 F G7 8 9

Full screen

Normal screen

4-part split screen mode

16-part split screen mode

Single screen mode

Enables or disables the auto

screen change function.

Sets the page switching

intervals as 1, 2 or 3 seconds.

Goes back to the page before.

Goes to the next page.

The currently displayed page and

total number of pages

Click this button to open the [Print]

dialog and configure the printing

preferences.

Displays the camera controller.

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9 Button for displaying the recording and

playback controller

Not available for the VA-SW3050LITE.

F Indicator for available hard disk space

Not available for the VA-SW3050LITE.

G Lock button

This button can be used to lock the buttons

and controls for avoiding operation mistakes.

If the camera has a panning-tilting function, in

the single screen mode, clicking the video image

changes the camera orientation so that the point

where you click is located at the center of the

image.

AChanging the camera orientation

Click on the video.

BChanging the camera orientation and

zooming-in

Double-click on the video.

CChanging the camera orientation and

zooming-out

Pressing down and holding the [Shift] key,

double-click on the video.

All screen operations are locked.

Releases the lock function.

Adjusting the Camera Orientation

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Operating the Cameras

You can operate the camera remotely from your PC.

Click on the video from the camera you

want to operate.

The red frame appears on the selected

video.

Click in the tool bar.

Displays the camera controller.

If the camera is not equipped with panning-tilting

functions, certain buttons do not work (only the

shaded buttons are usable).

1 Close button

2 Control buttons

3 Preset position buttons

Camera Controller Functions

Closes the camera controller.

Changes the camera orientation

horizontally and vertically.

Changes the camera orientation

diagonally.

Scans the monitored area end to

end vertically or horizontally, and

stops at the current camera

position.

Starts or stops the sequence,

auto-panning or tour action mode,

respectively.

• The tour action mode is not

available for some models.

Displays the configuration menu

for the camera.

Applies the registered configuration

for camera orientation, zoom status

and focusing position.

• Select the number for registered

configuration from the pull down

menu and click the [GO] button.

Registers the current camera

orientation along with the zoom and

focus positions as the preset

configuration.

• Select the number to be used for

preset configuration from the pull

down menu and click the

[Memory] button.

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4 The shooting function buttons

5 AUX

■ Changing the configuration stored on

the camera

You can change the shooting preferences stored

on the camera using the control buttons (2).

Note:

• “Camera Menu Setup” operating privilege is

required.

• The menus displayed depend on the camera

model. For details, refer to the instruction

manual supplied with the camera.

Zooms in or out.

Adjusts the focus.

Performs automatic focus

adjustment.

Adjusts the iris level.

Used for extended settings.

Select an appropriate AUX

output from the pulldown menu

and then select the setting

between ON and OFF.

Displays the configuration menu for

the camera.

Moves the cursor up/down in the

configuration menu.

Moves the cursor to the left/right in

the configuration menu or changes

the setting value.

Switches to the next screen or

confirms the setting value specified.

·SYNC

BLC

IRIS

WHITE BALANCE

AGC GAIN

GAMMA

SHUTTER

APERTURE

DAY/NIGHT

OPTION

PRESET

INT

OFF

SET y

ATW

NORM

0.45

HIGH

AUTO y

SET y

OFF

END

The configuration menu

example

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Registering Users Accessing the Camera

You can register up to ten users (including “admin” user) to log in to the VA-SW3050LITE.

■ User registration

● In the menu bar, click [Options] and select [Others]. Then select [User Registration].

The [User Registration] screen appears.

Enter the user ID.

The user ID can be up to 16 alphanumeric

characters. The user ID is case sensitive.

Enter the password.

The password can be from 4 to 16

alphanumeric characters. The password is

case sensitive.

Enter the same password again for

confirmation.

Click [Add].

The new user is added to the [User ID] list

(A).

When you register multiple users, repeat

steps 1 to 4.

MEMO:

To configure the operating privileges for

individual users, select the user in the [User ID]

list (A) and click [Edit] (B).

The [Edit Authentication] screen appears (see

page 20).

Click [OK].

Click the [OK] button to complete the

registration and close the [User

Registration] screen.

MEMO:

The notations which can be used for user ID and

password are colon (:), period (.), slash (/) and

asterisk (*).

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■ Changing the user password

Double-click the user ID for which you

want to change the password in the

[User ID] list.

The user ID is highlighted in the [User ID]

list and is displayed in the [User ID] box

(A).

Enter the new password.

Enter the same password again for

confirmation.

Click [Change].

The [Change Password] dialog appears.

Enter the current password.

Click [OK].

Complete the password change.

Registering Users Accessing the Camera

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■ Deleting the registered user

Click the user you want to delete from

the [User ID] list.

The user ID is highlighted in the [User ID]

list.

MEMO:

Even when another user ID is displayed in

the [User ID] box (A), the user selected in

the [User ID] list is targeted for deletion.

Click [Delete].

The dialog confirming deletion of the user

ID appears.

Click [OK].

The user ID is deleted from the [User ID] list

(1).

Note:

The user “admin” cannot be deleted. Only the

password can be changed.

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