Canon network camera VBM50B User Manual

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Export item
ItemDescriptionRemarks
uuid Unique identifier of the 
camera
Group Group name The content entered in the camera list of this tool.
CameraName Camera name Within 15 characters
Status Connection status of the 
camera
0: Not connectable
1: Connectable
2: Authentication required
3: Connectable (error)
4: Admin Required
SettingStatus Last performed operation
IPv4Address IPv4 address
AutoIP IPv4 address (AutoIP)
IPv6Address IPv6 address Link local address only
(An address that was se
t manually or set automatically using RA 
or DHCPv6 is not exported.)
Model Model name of the camera
FirmVer Firmware version
Serial Serial number
MACAddress MAC address Described in uppercase.
Word Administrator password 
for the camera This is blank if [Save password] was not selected in the [Export 
Camera List] dialog box at the time of saving or passwords were 
not entered individua
lly for the cameras.
If you select [Save password.] but do not select [Encrypt 
password.], the password is out putted without being encrypted.
If you select both [Save passwor d.] and [Encrypt password.], the 
password is encrypted when outputted.
Port HTTP/HTTPS port for the 
camera The HTTP port number if [SSL] is
 set to “0: Disabled”. The HTTPS 
port number if [SSL] is  set to “1: Enabled”.
SSL Whether SSL 
communication
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Notes Remarks The content entered in the camera list of this tool.
BuildNo Build number
Bkup Save location for the 
settings backup file This is blank if it is the same as the save location of the backup file 
specified in the [Environmental Settings] dialog box.
HWID Hardware ID
SubnetMask Subnet mask (IPv4)
DefaultGateway Default gateway address 
(IPv4)
FirmPath The firmware file path
RestoreDefault Restores the initial settings 
when the firmware is 
upgraded.
0: Do not restore
1: Restore Sets whether or not to restore t
he camera to the initial settings 
when updating the firmware.
User Administrator name Blank if an administrator name is not set for each camera and 
common authentication information is used.
DHCP Whether DHCP(IPv4) is 
enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled 
						

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IPv4FirstIPv4 address (when 
adding manually) The IPv4 address specified when adding a camera via [Camera 
List] > [Add Camera] (P. 46), or adding a camera by loading a 
camera specification file (P. 48).
PortFirst Camera HTTP/HTTPS port 
number (when adding 
manually) The port number specified when adding a camera via [Camera 
List] > [Add Camera] (P. 46), or adding a camera by loading a 
camera specification file (P. 48).
ItemDescriptionRemarks 
						

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You can load a saved camera specification file after starting this tool, or config ure it to be automatically loaded when this 
tool is started.
Importing When This Tool Starts
After starting this tool, the follo wing two methods are available for  loading the camera specification file.
 Select the [File] > [Open], and load the camera  specification file from the [Open] dialog box.
 Drag and drop the camera specifi cation file to the camera list.
If you load a camera specification file , its content is displayed in the camera li st, and a message is displayed confirming 
whether to update the information in the camera list. If you cl ick [Yes], authentication with the camera is performed, and the 
information is updated. To display  the loaded file in the camera list without updating, click [No].
Note
 Even if you did not update the information in the camera list  when loading, you can update it afterward by selecting the camer a in the 
camera list and clicking   (Update Camera Information).
 If the common authentication information saved in the camera sp ecification file satisfies both of the following conditions, it can be loaded 
by the [Common Authentication Informati on Setting] dialog box of this tool.
– No cameras are displayed in the camera list before loading.
– The [Common Authentication Information Setti ng] dialog box is at default settings.
Automatically Importing When This Tool Starts
You can set specified camera specification files to be automatically loaded when starting this tool from the [Environmental 
Settings] dialog box.
The [Environmental Settings] dialog box appears.
Note
 The path for the camera specification file in the [Environmental  Settings] dialog box is overwritten if you perform one of the 
following. – If you set to load the camera specification file the next time  you start this tool when saving the camera specification file (P. 38)
– If you loaded the camera specifica tion file from the [File] > [Open], or by dragging and dropping
 The [Enable camera specification file] checkbox is also selected, if you click [Yes]  in the [Load this camera specification fi le on 
next restart?] message displayed when you click [File] > [Save As] (P. 39).
Loading a Camera Specification File
1Select [File] > [Environmental Settings].
2Select [Enable camera specification file], then specify  the location and name for the camera specification file.
3Click [OK]. 
						

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Environmental Settings and Other Items
[Do Not Add new camera(s)]
Select this when you want to limit cameras displayed in the list to those described in the camera specification file.
If you select this, you cannot  add cameras to the camera list by detection, or manually add or delete cameras. If you 
read a different camera specification file, the current camera list and co mmon authentication information are 
discarded and replaced with the camera list and common  authentication information of the newly read camera 
specification file.
This setting is only enabled when the [Enable camera specification file] checkbox is selected. When this checkbox is 
selected, [Enable camera specifica tion file] is grayed out and the setting cannot be changed.
[Do not save on exit]
If you select this, the [Export Camera List] dialog box is  not displayed, and the camera specification file is not output 
or saved when exiting this tool. This is available wh en [Enable camera specification file] is selected.
Camera specification file input field
Enter the save location and file name of the camera specification file in the input field.
[Default file location]
Specify a default location to save files, such as camera sp ecification files and backup files, created with this tool. 
						

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Camera Detection/Configuration Techniques
This chapter covers the procedure for assigning IP addresses using a camera specification file. It also 
explains how to load the settings of a camera and then copy them to another camera, or save them to a file 
and then apply them to multiple cameras. 
						

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Specify the IPv4 address to detect cameras in your currently operating system, and add them to the camera list. You can 
either detect them one by one manually, or load t he CSV file to detect multiple cameras at once.
Note
A maximum of 64 detected cameras can be added to the camera lis t. If you exceed the maximum number of cameras (64) when you try to 
add cameras, an error message is displayed.  In this case, a camera cannot be added until you delete cameras from the camera list 
(P. 23).
Detecting a Single Camera
Specify an IPv4 address to manually detect a  camera connected to a different network segment.
The [Add Camera] dialog box is displayed.
(1) [IPv4 Address] Enter the IPv4 address of the camera to add.
(2) [Administrator Name] Enter the camera’s administrator information. The fi eld will be grayed out and cannot be filled in if 
[Authenticate using common authenticatio n information] checkbox is selected.
(3) [Administrator password] Enter the administrator password for the camera. The fi eld will be grayed out and cannot be filled in if 
[Authenticate using common authenticatio n information] checkbox is selected.
(4) [Authenticate using common authentication information] Select this checkbox to perform authentication using t he common authentication information (P. 24). If you 
select this checkbox, the administra tor name and administrator password specified in the above (2) and (3) 
are canceled and grayed out.
(5) [Enable SSL communications] Select this to connect to the camera using SS L communication. If you select the [Enable SSL 
Communications] checkbox, the self-signed certificat e is checked. A message is displayed if you 
authenticate a camera that has a problem with its se lf-signed certificate and has not been connected before.
(6) Port number input field Specify the port number to be used for camera conne ction. Normally, leave this set to the default.
The camera is added to the camera list.
Specifying an IP Address to Detect a Camera
1
Select [Camera List] > [Add Camera].
2Enter the authentication information.
3Click [OK].
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Detecting Multiple Cameras
Import a CSV file with the IPv4 address column edited to detect a batch of cameras.
The header on the first line and the item name on the  second line are required. Do not change the strings.
Edit the items in the third and the lowe r lines except the IPv4 address parts.
Note
You can specify SSL and the port number as a set along with the IPv4 address.
The [Open] dialog box is displayed.
The cameras with the specified IPv4 addresse s are detected and added to the camera list.
Note
 If you load a camera specification file in which only the IPv4 address is written be low the third line, authentication is performed 
with the settings you specified in the [Common Authentication In formation Setting] dialog box. If you load a camera specificati on 
file when the [Common Authentication Information Setting] dial og box is unspecified (default settings) and no cameras are 
displayed in the camera list, authentication  is performed using the common authentication information on the first line of the 
camera specification file (P. 40).
You can also list the administrator name and administrator passwor d along with the IPv4 address. In this case, authentication is 
performed with the listed administrator name and administrator password.
 The camera is not added to the list of cameras if the IPv4  address is incorrect, authentication failed, or the camera did not 
connect correctly.
 Since the connectable cameras are added to the camera list fi rst, the order of the cameras may differ from the camera 
specification file you edited.
1Save the camera specification file (P. 38).
2Edit the camera specification file (P. 40).
3Save the camera specification file in the CSV format.
4Select [File] > [Open].
5In [File Name], enter the camera specification file you saved, and click [OK].
First lineSecond line
Enter the IPv4 address of the cameras to be added 
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You can batch configure multiple cameras by loading a “setting file” based on camera specification files for each camera 
displayed in th e camera list.
Creating a Setting File
For the setting file, specify the parameters such as the MAC addr ess, IPv4 address, or camera name. It is most efficient if 
you save a camera list detected using the search function (P. 16) as a came ra specification file, and edit it to use as a base 
for creating the setting file.
The header on the first line and the item names on the  second line are required. For the third line and onward, 
specify the [MACAddress] (MAC address)  that identifies the camera, and the values that you want to specify for 
the cameras. The following values can be set.
[IPv4Address] (IPv4 address)
[SubnetMask] (subnet mask)
[DefaultGateway] (default gateway address)
[CameraName] (camera name)
[Port] (HTTP/HTTPS port number)
[User] (administrator name)
[Word] (administrator password)
[DHCP] (whether to use DHCP)
Note
 [MACAddress] (MAC address) is required for the setting file.
 If the [DefaultGateway] (default gateway) column is left blank,  an empty value is set for the camera. If you do not want to set this 
value, delete the [DefaultGateway] (default gateway) column.
Save the edited setting file in CSV format.
Configuring Cameras Using a Setting File
1
Save a camera specification file (P. 39).
2Edit a camera specification file (P. 40).
Important
If the header on the first line is “ContainsPass=2”, the value for [Word] (administrator password), is handled as an encrypted 
value. Therefore, when editing [Word] (administrator pass word), change the header to “ContainsPass=1”. However, the 
administrator password information of the camera is saved in  the file without being encrypted. Take care when handling the file  to 
maintain security.
3Save the setting file.
The [MACAddress] values are required. 
						

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Importing a Configuration File
Match the MAC address in the camera list and the MAC address in the setting file edited in the “Creating a Setting File” 
section above, and apply the  values of the setting file to the camera that matched.
Enter the folder in which the setting f ile is saved and the file name in the input field. Alternatively, you can click 
[Browse] and specify the setting file  in the dialog box that appears.
Select [Do not set an IP address already in use] to ensu re the IP address is not the same as an IP address that 
has already been assigned.
Note
Cameras with the [Connection Status] set to [Admin Required] in t he camera list are not configured if the setting file does not have 
an administrator name and an administrator password.
1Select [Camera Settings] > [Set from file],  and specify the edited configuration file.
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You can load advanced camera settings and when necessary change settings and save them to the camera. You can also 
save advanced settings as a file and load  the settings on a camera from that file.
Note
Copying advanced settings is only available for cameras that  are the same model and use the same firmware version.
Loading Advanced Settings From a Camera and Save to a Camera
Advanced settings saved to a camera can be loaded using the following procedures.
[Advanced Camera Settings]  can only be set for cameras in the camera list whose [Connection Status] is 
displayed as [Connectable] or [Connectable (error)].
The [Select Source] dialog box appears. Only cameras that fulfill the following requirements are displayed in the 
dialog box.
 Cameras selected in step 1 whose [Model  Name] and [Firmware Version] are the same
 Whose [Connection Status] is [C onnectable] or [Connectable (error)]
Note
You can sort the data by clicking a header such as [Camera Name].
Loading of the setting information from the selected cam era begins. It takes a while for loading to finish. When 
loading is finished, the [Advanced Ca mera Settings] dialog box appears.
Advanced Camera Settings
1
In the camera list, select the came ra to configure advanced settings.
2Click   on the toolbar.
Alternatively, you can select [Camera Settings] > [Advanced Camera Settings].
3Select the camera to load advanced settings to and click [Load from camera].
4Editing the Advanced Setting Information (P. 52)