Canon network camera VBM40 User Manual

[Camera] Camera Control and External Device Name Settings
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Setting Page
 Focus ranges (rough guide) are shown in the following table 
according to the settings of [Day/Night] (P. 4-11), etc.
Camera Control 
1[Digital Zoom] 
Set digital zoom to [Enable] or [Disable]. 
* The higher the digital zoom ratio, the lower the image 
quality becomes. 
2[Image Stabilizer] 
Select [Disable], [On1] or [On2] for image stabilizer. 
Image stabilizer has the effect of correcting blurry 
images. Try [On2] if the...

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Installation Conditions
1[Dome] 
Select whether or not a dome is used. To use the 
camera with a dome housing unit, select [Use]. 
2[LED Setting] 
Select [Turn Off] or [Turn On] for the LED operation 
status on the camera. Set to [Turn Off] if the optional 
indoor dome housing (DR40-C-VB/DR40-S-VB) will be 
used, if reflected LED light enters the capture area or 
otherwise interferes with image capture, or if you do not 
want to turn on the LED. 
3[Image Flip] 
Select the orientation of the camera...

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Setting Page
Initial Camera Settings
1[Intelligent Function Information] 
Select from [Add] or [Do not add] for intelligent function 
information other than volume detection in JPEG 
header information. 
JPEG
1[Image Quality] 
Select a desired image quality from 1 to 5 (5 levels) for 
images transmitted at each image size in JPEG. 
Greater values have higher quality. 
2[Image Size: Image Transmission] 
Select [160 x 120], [320 x 240], [640 x 480] or 
[1280 x 960] for the size of images...

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On-screen Display
1[Date display] 
Select whether to enable date display over images. If 
[Enable] is selected, date information will be displayed 
over images. 
2[Position of date display] 
Select [Upper left], [Upper right], [Lower left] or [Lower 
right] for the position of date display information. 
3[Format of date display] 
Select [YYYY/MM/DD], [DD/MM/YYYY] or [MM/DD/
YYYY] for the format of the date display. 
4[Time display] 
Select whether to enable time display over images. If 
[Enable] is...

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Setting Page
General Upload
[Upload] 
Select [Upload Disabled], [HTTP Upload] or [FTP 
Upload] for the upload method. 
Note
To lower the upload or e-mail notification load, try the following 
measures. Also check the settings including the network to the 
server. 
 Reduce the image file size:
– Set a lower value under [Image Quality] for JPEG (P. 4-13). 
– Set a lower value for [Image Size: Upload] for JPEG 
(P. 4-13). Reduce the uploading frequency: 
– Reduce the value in [Pre-event Buffer...

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8[HTTP Upload Test] 
Clicking [Exec] initiates an upload test based on the 
settings currently entered. It is not necessary to click 
[Apply].
For a password, first click [Exec] to send a test e-mail 
notification, then [Apply] the password.
FTP Upload
1[Notification] 
The content of notification is set to [Image data upload 
with FTP]. 
2[FTP Server] 
Enter the host name or IP address of the FTP server 
(using up to 63 characters). 
3[User Name], [Password] 
Enter the user name and password...

[Upload] Setting HTTP/FTP Upload and E-mail Notification
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Setting Page
E-mail Notification
1[Notification] 
Select [Text Only] or [Text with Image] as the content of 
notification. If [Upload] is set to [Upload Disabled], 
[Text with Image] will not be available. 
2[Mail Server Name] 
Enter the host name or IP address of the SMTP server 
(using up to 63 characters). 
3[Mail Server Port] 
Enter the port number of the SMTP server (factory 
default setting is [25]). 
4[Sender (From)] 
Set the e-mail...

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Image Server
1[Maximum Number of Clients] 
Set the maximum number of clients that can be 
connected to the camera at the same time. Up to 30 
clients can be set. 
If 0 is set, connection is prohibited except for 
Administrator. 
2[Camera Control Queue Length] 
Set the maximum queue length for clients requesting 
camera control privilege from the viewer. The maximum 
number is 30. Enter an integer from 0 to 30. If 0 is set, 
camera control is prohibited except for the 
administrator. 
3[Maximum...

[Server] Image Server, Audio Server and HTTP Server Settings
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Setting Page
HTTP Server
1[Authentication Method] 
Set the authentication method used with the HTTP 
server to [Basic Authentication] or [Digest 
Authentication]. 
2[HTTP Port] 
Set the HTTP port number to 80 or in the range of 1024 
to 65535. 
Normally [80] (factory default setting) is used. 
3[HTTPS Port] 
Set the HTTPS port number to 443 or in the range of 
1024 to 65535. 
Normally [443] (factory default setting) is used. 
4[Global...

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Image Buffer
1[Frame Rate] 
Set the frame rate that applies when images are 
temporarily saved in the image buffer at the moment an 
event occurs. 
2 [Pre-event Buffer (number of image frames)] 
Set the number of images to be buffered before the 
event. 
3[Post-event Buffer (number of image frames)] 
Set the number of images to be buffered after the 
event. Volume Detection
1 [Volume Detection Event] 
Set volume detection to [Enable] or [Disable]. 
2 [Detection Criteria] 
Set the criteria for...