Canon network camera VBC500VD User Manual

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
VBAdmin Tools
(6) Motion detection area frame The range in which motion detection is performe d is shown by a dotted-line frame. You can 
drag the mouse to resize/move the frame. 
(7) [Start recording
] button
Clicking this button starts recording video. 
(8) [Enable motion detection of the camera] Select this check box if you want to enable the motion detection function. 
(9) Settings tabs (Camera/Area)  Set the frame rate (  P. 2-10). 
 [Area] Select the motion...

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
5. Save the settings. 
„Setting Motion Detection 
How to Set 
1. Enable motion detection.
Select the [ Enable motion detection of the camera ] check box.
2. Set the frame rate for motion detection ([Camera] tab). When this check box is selected, the cameras frame rate for motion detection can be 
changed. Enter a desired value from 0.5 up to 30.0 fps.
Tip
zThe Motion Detection Setting Tool viewer window shows 160 x 120 black & white image 
regardless of the camera...

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
VBAdmin Tools
3. Set the motion detection area ([Area] tab). Up to four motion detection areas can be created, where the frame of each area can be 
resized/moved by dragging. To resize the frame, drag 
„ at four corners/on four sides. To 
move the frame, drag a point inside the fram e. You can also set a separate motion detection 
level for each area. This camera lets you set the motion detection level while playing the video 
recorded in the [ Live] tab (  P. 2-16)....

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Motion Detection Setting Tool(2)[Selected Area]If multiple motion detection area frames have been created, a separate motion detection 
level can be set for each area frame. 
Set the area name for the selected area below. (Area name can also be omitted.)
Up to 15 ASCII characters (spaces or printable characters) can be used for the [ Area 
name].
(3)[Sensitivity] Set the sensitivity of motion detection in a  range of 1 to 256. Set a desired value by 
dragging the slide bar. The greater the value,...

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
VBAdmin Tools
(8)[Details]When this check box is selected, you can enter [ Sensitivity], [Size] and [ Duration] values. 
If the check box is not selected, [ Duration (sec.)] is fixed to [0.2].
4. Check the motion detection status of the camera.  To check the level of motion detection operation  based on the specified settings, select the 
[ Display motion detection status of the camera ] check box. The motion detection status will be 
shown by the icons specified below....

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
5. Click [Save Motion Detection Settings] to save the settings.
Tip
zThe status of the detection in peak block view and [ Display motion detection status of the 
camera ] in this tool may not match the actual motion detection status of the camera.
z When the motion detection function of the cam era is enabled, the video frame rate may 
drop compared to when the function is disabled.
z Clicking [ Edit] in the menu bar and selecting [ Copy sensitivity settings] copies the...

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
VBAdmin Tools
If a change occurred in the image, the 
value set in [Size] is shown by a vertical 
bar on the indicator. The following two 
indicator colors are used. 
Green : The area of the motion 
detected by the camera does not meet 
[Size ]. 
Yellow  : The area of the motion 
detected by the camera meets [ Size]. 
Peak block
A red peak block will be displayed when 
both the [ Size] and [ Duration]  conditions 
are satisfied and the camera mode 
changes to [...

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
Tip
Setting the Motion Detection Sensitivity While Checking the Recorded Video 
To set the motion detection level at which the camera mode will change to [Detected], you 
can adjust the settings while checking the actual motion in the viewer. The camera lets you 
set a desired motion detection level while playing the live video recorded in the Live tab 
(  P. 2-8), so you need not repeat the actual motion in front of the camera. 
* If you are using Windows Vista...

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Motion Detection Setting Tool
VBAdmin Tools
3. Adjust the motion detection sensitivity in the [Area] tab while checking the video in the 
[Video] tab.
(1)List of recorded video 
A list of recorded video is shown. 
(2)[Delete] button Clicking this button deletes the video sel ected from the list of recorded videos. 
(3)[Delete All] button  Clicking this button deletes all videos shown in the list of recorded videos. 
(4)Control buttons  The available buttons are Move to Star t, Rewind, Play, Fast...

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Log Viewer
This viewer lets you view the operating condition log of the camera. 
Downloading Log Files 
How to Download 
Launch Log Viewer from VBAdmin Tools, and the latest log files will be downloaded and 
displayed automatically. To download a new log file list, select [ Download] from [File] in the menu 
bar. 
When the list has been downloaded, a dialog box  showing the log file list opens. Select the log 
file you want to view and click [ Download], and the selected log file will be...