SONY SNC-DH160 (01) PDF Document

The following are the recommended system requirements to display images and control your SONY SNC-DH160 network camera.

Common Requirements:

OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit version only), Windows 7 (32-bit version, 64-bit version)

Authorized editions:

• Windows XP: Professional

• Windows Vista: Ultimate, Business

• Windows 7: Ultimate, Professional

Web Browser:

• Windows Internet Explorer Ver. 6.0, Ver. 7.0, Ver. 8.0, Ver. 9.0

• Firefox Ver. 3.5 (Plug-in free viewer only)

• Safari Ver. 4.0 (Plug-in free viewer only)

• Google Chrome Ver. 4.0 (Plug-in free viewer only)

For SONY SNC-DH160 Models:

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz or higher

• Memory: 1 GB or more

• Display: 1600 x 1200 pixels or higher

To assign a new IP address to your SONY SNC-DH160 for the first time, follow these steps using the SNC toolbox from the supplied CD-ROM.

1. Insert the CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. A cover page appears automatically in your Web browser. If it does not, double-click the index.htm file on the CD-ROM.

2. Click the Setup icon of SNC toolbox. The “File Download” dialog opens.

3. Click “File Open”. Follow the on-screen wizard to install the software. If you clicked “Save”, locate the downloaded file and click the “Setup” icon again.

4. After installation, agree to the Software License Agreement by clicking “Accept”.

5. Start the SNC toolbox. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, a “User Account Control” message may appear. In this case, click “Allow”.

6. Click “Search”. The SNC toolbox will detect the network cameras connected to the local network and list them.

7. Select the SONY SNC-DH160 you want to assign an address to from the list and click “Network”. The account settings screen is displayed.

8. Register the name and password of the administrator and click “OK”. The factory settings for both are “admin”. The Network Setting screen is displayed.

9. Set the IP address:

• To obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server: Select “Obtain an IP address automatically”.

• To specify the IP address manually: Select “Use the following IP address”, and type the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway in the relevant boxes.

10. Set the DNS server address:

• To obtain automatically: Select “Obtain DNS server address automatically”.

• To specify manually: Select “Use the following DNS server address”, and type the Primary DNS server address and Secondary DNS server address in the relevant boxes.

11. Set the HTTP port No. Normally, select 80. If you use a different port number, check with your network administrator.

12. Confirm that all items are set correctly, then click “OK”. If “Setting OK” is displayed, the IP address is correctly assigned.

13. When finished, to access the camera directly, double-click the device name in the list. The viewer screen will be displayed on the Web browser.

Note: The factory setting of the camera network is DHCP mode.

When using software such as SNC toolbox or accessing the camera viewer, you may need to adjust browser settings and configure your Windows Firewall.

Installing ActiveX Control:

When you first access the camera, various security warnings or information bars may appear in Internet Explorer. To install the required ActiveX Control, follow these steps:

1. If a message about active content appears, click “Yes” to allow it.

2. If a “File Download – Security Warning” appears, click “Run”.

3. If an “Internet Explorer – Security Warning” about an unverified publisher appears, click “Run”.

4. If the information bar appears, click on it and select “Install ActiveX Control…”. In the subsequent security warning, click “Install”.

5. If “User Account Control” appears (Windows Vista/7), click “Continue” or “Allow”.

The installation of ActiveX Control will then start.

Configuring Windows Firewall:

SNC toolbox may not operate correctly if the Windows Firewall is on. You need to add it as an exception.

On Windows XP:

1. Select “Control Panel” from the “Start” menu of Windows.

2. Select “Security Center”.

3. Select “Windows Firewall”.

4. In the “Exceptions” tab, click “Add Program…”.

5. In the Add Program dialog, select “SNC toolbox” and click “OK”.

6. Click “OK” again.

On Windows Vista:

1. Select “Control Panel” from the “Start” menu.

2. Click “Windows Firewall”.

3. Select “Turn Windows Firewall on or off”. Provide permission to continue if prompted.

4. Select “Off” in the “General” tab.

5. If you need the firewall on, go to the “Exceptions” tab, click “Add Program…”, select “SNC toolbox”, and click “OK”.

On Windows 7:

1. Select “Control Panel” from the “Start” menu.

2. Click “Windows Firewall”.

3. Select “Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall”.

4. Click “Allow another program…”.

5. Click “Add program” and select “SNC toolbox” from the list, then click “OK”.

1. Start the Web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera in the URL address bar. For example: http://192.168.0.100

2. The viewer window is displayed.

Notes on Accessing:

• When accessing, the camera images will not be displayed in the following conditions:

– When the maximum number of viewers exceeds 5. However, if the e-Mail (SMTP) function or the FTP client function is set to On, the maximum number of viewers will be 4.

– The bit rate including new requests exceeds 16Mbps.

– Depending on the setup environment, video may become unstable even when being viewed by less than the maximum number of viewers. If this occurs, reduce the number of viewers, lower the bit rate, or increase the size of the picture.

Using the SSL function:

When using a secure connection (HTTPS), certificate warnings may appear:

• Internet Explorer 6: A “Security Alert” dialog may appear. Click “Yes” to continue. The viewer is displayed in SSL communication.

• Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9: A “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate” page may appear. Click “Continue to this website (not recommended)”.

To use HTTP and SSL connections separately, access the camera using the following addresses:

• For HTTP connection: http://192.168.0.100/en/index.html

• For SSL connection: https://192.168.0.100/en/index.html

To operate the viewer correctly, the security level of Internet Explorer needs to be set to “Medium” or lower, as follows:

1. Select “Tools” from the menu bar for Internet Explorer, then select “Internet Options” and click the “Security” tab.

2. Click the “Internet” icon (when using the camera via the Internet), or “Local intranet” icon (when using the camera via a local network).

3. Set the slider to “Medium” or lower. (If the slider is not displayed, click “Default Level”.)

We recommend you configure the following items before monitoring images from the camera:

Your SONY SNC-DH160 identifies those who log in as either an Administrator or a User. The User mode has five types of users with different access rights. The access rights of the administrator and the user can be set in “Setting the User — User Menu”.

● Usable function

– Not usable function

You can control the camera’s direction, zoom, and focus using the on-screen controls.

Controlling via the control panel

• Pan/Tilt control: Click the arrow button in the direction in which you want to move the camera. Keep it pressed to move the camera continuously. To return to the home position, click the home icon.

• Zoom control: Click ‘W’ to zoom out, and click ‘T’ to zoom in. Zooming continues while the button remains pressed.

Panning and tilting by clicking the monitor image (Area zoom mode only)

Click on the monitor image, and the camera moves so that the clicked portion is positioned at the center of the display.

Panning, tilting and zooming by specifying the area (Area zoom mode only)

Click and hold the left button of the mouse on the monitor image, and drag the mouse diagonally to draw a red frame around the portion you want to enlarge. The camera moves so that framed portion is positioned at the center of the display and is zoomed in.

Panning and tilting by dragging the screen (Vector dragging mode only)

When you click on the starting point on the image and drag to the end point, the camera pans/tilts in the direction of the arrow from the starting point to the end point. The speed of rotation is determined by the length of arrow. Releasing the button on the mouse stops the panning/tilting of the camera.

You can execute various functions by clicking their respective buttons on the Trigger panel in the main viewer. These functions must first be enabled in the Administrator menu.

Sending a monitor image via e-mail

You can send a captured still image by attaching it to an e-mail. To use this function, you need to make e-Mail (SMTP) active and set the address in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu properly.

1. Click “e-Mail (SMTP)” on the Trigger panel. The still image of the time you click is captured, and your e-mail with the image file attached is sent to the specified mail address.

Sending a monitor image to an FTP server

You can send a captured still image to the FTP server. To use this function, you need to make FTP active and set the address in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu properly.

1. Click “FTP client” on the Trigger panel. The still image of the time you click is captured, and the image file is sent to the FTP server.

Controlling Alarm out 1

You can control Alarm out 1. To use this function, you need to make “Alarm out 1” active in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu.

1. Click “Alarm out 1” on the Trigger panel. The alarm output is switched by clicking. The alarm output mode can be selected from “Toggle” or “Timer” of Alarm out 1 in the Trigger menu.

Controlling the Day/Night function

You can set the Day/Night function to On (night mode) and Off (day mode). To use this function, you need to make “Day/Night” active in the Trigger menu of the Administrator menu.

1. Click “Day/Night” on the Trigger panel. Each click switches the Day/Night function alternately between On (night mode) and Off (day mode).

You can select the Transmission mode for video/audio data. This function can be used when Mode (video codec mode) is set to MPEG4 or H.264 and the ActiveX viewer is used.

1. Select “TCP Unicast” or “Multicast” from the “Connection” drop-down list in the “Other” panel of the main viewer.

• TCP: This is normally selected. When TCP is selected, HTTP communication is adopted for video communications. HTTP is the protocol used for reading the usual Web pages.

• Unicast: When Unicast is selected, RTP (Realtime Transport Protocol) is adopted for video. Since RTP is the protocol for running video on IP, the video playback is smoother than when TCP (HTTP) is selected.

• Multicast: This protocol is selectable when “Multicast streaming” is “On”. It is used for video transmission. By selecting it, the network transmission load of the camera can be reduced. If a router that does not correspond to a multicast or firewall is installed between the camera and the computer, video may not play back properly.

You can download system utility tools from the main menu of the camera viewer.

SNC viewer

SNC viewer is an application which allows you to set the initial state of the viewer.

1. In the viewer’s “Tool” tab, click “Download” for the SNC viewer.

2. Execute the downloaded SNCViewer.msi file.

3. Install the SNC viewer following the instructions on the wizard. After reading them carefully and install the SNC viewer.

Once installed, you can click “SNC viewer” in the control panel to configure properties like Connection (TCP/Unicast/Multicast, Proxy), View (Screen mode, View size, JPEG framerate), Audio, and where to Save still images.

SNC Desktop viewer

The gadget that displays the camera image on the side bar of Windows Vista or Desktop in the case of Windows 7.

1. Click “Download” for the SNC desktop viewer.

2. Click “Save”.

3. Click “Open files”.

4. Click “Run”.

5. Click “Install”.

When installation is finished, SNC desktop viewer is displayed. You can then configure the camera address, frame rate, image size, and how to control PTZ directly in the gadget settings.

The Administrator menu allows you to set all functions to suit the user’s needs.

1. Log in to the homepage to display the viewer.

2. Click “Setting” on the main menu. The authentication dialog appears. Enter the user name and password for Administrator. The user name “admin” and password “admin” are set at the factory for the Administrator.

3. The Administrator menu appears on the left side. Click the menu name you want to access (e.g., System). The clicked menu appears.

4. Select the required tab above the menu, and set each setting option in the tab.

5. After setting, click “OK”. The settings you have made become active. Click “Cancel” to nullify the set values and return to the previous settings.

General notes on menus:

• One-byte katakana character is not valid for any text field, such as User name.

• After changing a setting on a menu, wait at least 30 seconds before turning off the power of the camera. If the camera is turned off immediately the new setting may not be stored correctly.

• If the camera settings are changed while watching the main viewer, some settings cannot be reflected. To reflect the change on the opening main viewer, click “Refresh” on the Web browser.

In the Administrator menu, click “System”. This menu has seven tabs: System, Date & time, Superimpose, Installation, Initialize, System log, and Access log.

System Tab:

• Title bar name: Type a name of up to 48 characters to be displayed on the title bar of the Web browser.

• Exclusive control mode: Set to On to allow only one user to control pan, tilt, and zoom at a time. Set to Off for multiple users to control functions at the same time.

• Operation time: Set the time length for a user who has control authority (10 to 600 seconds).

• Maximum wait number: Sets the number of users who are permitted to wait for their turn for control authority (0 to 5).

• PTZ mode: Select “Normal” or “Step” mode for pan/tilt/zoom operation.

Date & time Tab:

• Adjust: Select how to set the date and time. You can “Synchronize with PC”, perform a “Manual setting”, or “Synchronize with NTP” using up to three NTP server addresses.

• Time zone: Select the time zone where the camera is installed.

Superimpose Tab:

Select whether to superimpose the camera ID, date/time and other information on an image. You can superimpose Text or a Logo (gif89a format, up to 640×120 pixels).

Installation Tab:

• Maximum image size: Sets the maximum image size. For the SONY SNC-DH160, this is 1280 x 1024.

• Camera operating mode: Switch the operating modes of the camera. You can select either 25 fps or 30 fps.

• Monitor out: Set to On to output an NTSC or PAL signal from the monitor output terminal.

Initialize Tab:

• Reboot: Reboots the camera.

• Factory default: Resets the camera to factory settings. Check “Retain current network settings” to keep network configuration.

• Backup/Restore setting data: Save or load the camera’s configuration settings to a file.

• Delete: Delete custom homepages, images, thumbnails, or logos.

System log / Access log Tabs:

These tabs display the software activity and access record of the camera. Click “Reload” to load the latest data.

In the Administrator menu, click “Camera”. This menu consists of several tabs to control the camera image.

Focus tab:

Adjust the focus and zoom position by looking at the image. Click the “Start” button in “Easy Focus” to set the focus to the optimum position automatically. Use the focus buttons (-20, -5, -1, +1, +5, +20) for manual adjustment.

Picture Tab:

• Exposure: Turn “Backlight compensation” On to enable. Adjust “Exposure compensation” from +2.0 to -2.0 (EV).

• AGC: Select the maximum gain value of the automatic exposure setting (6 to 42 db, or Off).

• Shutter speed: Set auto-controlled shutter speed or select from 1/2 to 1/10000 sec.

• White balance: Select a mode that suits the light source (e.g., ATW, Fluorescent lamp, One push WB, Manual).

• NR (Noise Reduction): Image noise can be reduced by using the NR function. Select Off to disable the function.

• Gamma setting: Set the gamma curve (Normal, Scene 1 to Scene 6).

• Brightness / Saturation / Sharpness / Contrast: Adjust these settings in steps.

Day/Night Tab:

• Day/Night mode: Select from four modes: “Auto” (switches automatically), “Manual” (switched from viewer), “Timer” (switched at set time), or “Sensor input” (switched by sensor input).

• Easy Focus: When “Sync with Day/Night” is selected, Easy Focus will be executed when Day/Night mode is switched.

Using the privacy masking enables you to hide images by masking specified parts of the images when streaming. You can set up to four masks.

1. In the “Camera” menu, go to the “Privacy masking” tab.

2. Face the camera to the position where you want to set a privacy mask using the control button on the preview screen.

3. Specify the privacy mask area by dragging the mouse on the preview screen.

4. Select the color of the mask from the “Color” drop-down list. Available colors are Black, Gray1-6, White, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Magenta.

5. Click “OK”. The mask is displayed on the preview screen.

To delete masks, you can select them from the “Position” drop-down list and click “Clear”, or click “All clear” to delete all masks.

In the “Camera” menu, use the “Video codec” and “Streaming” tabs to configure these settings.

Video codec Tab:

• Cropping: You can crop a portion of the image to reduce data size and network load. Click “Area setting” to draw the crop area.

• Image 1 / Image 2: You can configure two separate image streams.

• Codec: Select JPEG, MPEG4, H.264 or OFF.

• Image size: Select the resolution of the video stream. The available sizes depend on the model and other settings. For the SONY SNC-DH160, maximum size is 1280×1024.

• Frame rate: Select the frame rate for the codec. This can be changed by the setting of Image quality.

• Bit rate: Set the bit rate of MPEG4 or H.264 image transmission. When the bit rate is set to a high level, better image quality can be enjoyed.

• Adaptive rate control: If “On” is selected, the MPEG4 or H.264 image rate is automatically adjusted.

• Image quality: Selectable values are from Level 1 to Level 10. When Level 10 is selected, the best image quality is achieved.

Streaming Tab:

Use this tab to set the items for the transmission by unicast or multicast.

• Unicast streaming: Specify the transmission port numbers of the MPEG4/H.264 video data.

• Multicast streaming: Select “On” to allow multicast sending. Set the multicast address and video port numbers.

In the Administrator menu, click “Network”. This menu consists of three tabs: Network, QoS, and Dynamic IP address notification.

Network Tab:

This section provides the menus for connecting the camera through the network cable.

• IPv4 setting: Choose to “Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP)” or “Use the following IP address” to set a static IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

• DNS server: Choose to “Obtain DNS server address automatically” or set Primary and Secondary DNS servers manually.

• Host name: Type the host name of this unit to be transmitted to the DHCP server.

• HTTP port number: Normally set to 80. Use a port number other than 80 only if required by your network environment.

• IPv6 setting: Enable IPv6 and configure settings if your network supports it.

QoS Tab:

This tab lets you mark data traffic packets sent from the device for Quality of Service control. You can create up to 10 rules for IPv4 and IPv6 based on network address, port number, protocol, etc., and set a DSCP value (0-63).

Dynamic IP address notification Tab:

If you use DHCP, you can configure the camera to send a notification e-mail using SMTP if its IP address changes. You must configure the SMTP server name, port, authentication, recipient e-mail address, and message content.

In the Administrator menu, click “SSL” to configure secure communication. This menu consists of the Common tab and CA certificate tab.

Common tab

• SSL function: Set to “On” to use the SSL function. When selected, both HTTP and HTTPS connections are allowed. When “Allow HTTP connection for some clients” is not selected, only SSL connection is allowed.

• Certificate options:

– Use an external certificate: Uses a certificate including private key information issued by a CA. The PKCS#12 and PEM formats are supported. Click “Browse…” to import the certificate.

– Use a self-signed certificate (For test use): Generates a self-signed certificate in the camera. Click “Generate” to create it.

• To display certificate information: Information on the current certificate appears on Status, Issuer DN, Subject DN, Validity Period and Extended Key Usage.

• Private key password: Type the password for the private key information included in the certificate (up to 50 characters). This box is active only when “Certificate options” is set to “Use an external certificate”.

CA certificate tab – Adding the CA certificate for client authentication

In this tab, you can manage the CA certificate needed for the camera to use the client authentication of the SSL function.

• SSL client authentication: Set to “On” to enable client authentication.

• Trusted CA certificate 1 to 4: You can import a trusted CA certificate (route certificate, etc.) to the camera. Up to four certificates from trusted CAs can be imported. Only PEM format is supported.

In the Administrator menu, click “User”. This menu allows you to set the user names and passwords of Administrator and up to 9 kinds of users (User 1 to User 9), and the access right of each user.

• Administrator: Specify User name, Password and Re-type password for the main administrator account.

• User 1 to 9: For each user ID, specify User name, Password, Re-type password and Viewer mode.

– User name: Type a user name between 5 and 16 characters.

– Password: Type a password between 5 and 16 characters.

– Viewer mode: Select the user’s access rights. The available modes are:

– Full: The user can operate all functions in this mode.

– Pan/Tilt: In addition to the Light mode, the user can operate pan/tilt/zoom.

– Preset position: In addition to the Light mode, the user can perform the camera’s preset position settings.

– Light: In addition to the View mode, the user can select the image size of the main viewer, select codec and capture a still image.

– View: The user can only monitor the camera image.

• Viewer authentication: Set whether the user is authenticated or not when the main viewer is displayed. “On” requires authentication. “Off” displays the main viewer which is selected in “Viewer mode for user who is not authenticated”.

In the Administrator menu, click “Security”. This allows you to control which computers can have access to the camera.

1. Security function: To activate the security function, select “On”.

2. Default policy: Select the basic policy of the limit from “Allow” and “Deny”.

3. Network address/Subnet 1 to Network address/Subnet 10: You can specify up to 10 network addresses and subnet mask values. For each entry, specify the network address and subnet mask, then select “Allow” or “Deny” from the drop-down list for that rule.

For example, if the default policy is “Deny”, you can create specific “Allow” rules for the IP addresses of computers that should have access. If you set 192.168.0.0/24 and “Allow”, you can allow access from computers having an IP address between “192.168.0.0” and “192.168.0.255”.

In the Administrator menu, click “Preset position”. This menu consists of two tabs: Position and Preset tour.

Position Tab — Saving pan/tilt/zoom position

You can save up to camera positions (pan, tilt and zoom positions).

1. Move the camera to the position to be saved, while checking the image with the preview viewer.

2. Select a preset number from 1 to 8 from the “No.” drop-down list.

3. Type the preset position “Name” using up to 32 characters.

4. Click the “Set” button. The camera position is saved.

You can also use “Call” to move to a preset position, and “Clear” to delete it. You can also associate presets with alarms from a Sensor input or Camera tampering detection.

Preset tour Tab — Setting a position tour

The camera moves to the programmed positions sequentially (Tour). Up to five programs can be set as Tours A to E.

1. Tour: Select “On” to enable the tour function.

2. Tour A to Tour E: Configure each tour respectively. Each tour setting consists of 5 items: On/Off, Sequence, Speed, Stay time, Effective period.

3. Sequence: The preset positions saved on the Position tab are displayed in the “Preset position list”. Select the preset position from the list, then click “Add”. Repeat the procedure to specify the preset positions in sequence. Use “Up” or “Down” to change the order.

4. Speed: Select the speed of camera movement between 1 and 23, 23 is fastest.

5. Stay time: Type a period of time during which the camera is to stay at each preset position, between 1 and 3600 seconds.

6. Effective period: Select the period during which the tour in activated.

You can configure the camera to send images upon an alarm or on a periodic schedule.

Sending an Image via e-Mail (SMTP)

In the Administrator menu, click “e-Mail (SMTP)”.

1. Common Tab:

– Select “On” for “e-Mail (SMTP)”.

– Enter the “SMTP server name” and “SMTP port number”.

– Configure “Use TLS” or “STARTTLS” for encryption if required.

– Set up “Authentication” if your server requires it (e.g., POP before SMTP).

– Enter the “Recipient e-mail address”, “Administrator e-mail address”, and “Subject”.

2. Alarm sending Tab:

– Set “Alarm sending” to “On”.

– Configure the “Image file name” and “Suffix” (e.g., Date & time, Sequence number).

– Under “Alarm”, select the trigger: “Sensor input 1”, “Camera tampering detection”, or “Motion detection”.

– Set the “Effective period” (Always or Schedule).

3. Periodical sending Tab:

– Set “Periodical sending” to “On”.

– Configure the “Image file name” and “Suffix”.

– Set the “Interval” at which you want to send an e-mail.

– Set the “Effective period”.

Sending Images to FTP Server

In the Administrator menu, click “FTP client”.

1. Common Tab:

– Select “On” for “FTP client function”.

– Enter the “FTP server name”, “User name”, and “Password”.

– Select “Passive mode” On or Off.

2. Alarm sending / Periodical sending Tabs:

– The settings are similar to the e-mail tabs. You will also need to specify the “Remote path” on the FTP server where images should be saved.

In the Administrator menu, click “Event detection”. This menu allows you to set up alarms based on external sensors or video analytics.

Sensor input tab — Set the sensor input

• Sensor input mode: Set the function of the detected input signal to the sensor input terminal of the camera.

– Normally open: Detects the alarm when the sensor input is short-circuited.

– Normally closed: Detects the alarm when the sensor input is open-circuited.

Camera tampering detection tab — Set the camera tampering detection

• Camera tampering detection: Select “On” to activate. You can also select the “Sensitivity” of camera tampering detection to High, Middle or Low.

Motion detection tab — Set the motion detection

1. Add detection area: In the monitor screen, click the “Add detection area” icon. Click and drag within the preview window to define an active area for motion detection. You can add multiple areas.

2. Add non-detection area: If needed, click the “Add non-detection area” icon and draw an inactive area inside a detection area to exclude it from detection.

3. Detection sensitivity: Set a value from 1 to 100. Clicking “Return to the default” changes the value to the default value.

4. Detection response: Set a value from 1 to 5. This sets the response velocity of motion detection.

5. Detection size: Specify the minimum and maximum detection size of motion detection. To specify the detection size, you can either enter values or drag the vertexes of the area.

In the Administrator menu, click “Schedule”. The Schedule menu consists of 6 tabs. This is the same menu that is displayed when you click “Schedule” to set the “Effective period” in the following menus:

• Day/Night: Schedule in the Day/Night tab of the Camera menu.

• Preset position (Image 1 or 2): Schedule in the Preset position tour of the Preset position menu.

• e-Mail: Schedule in the Alarm sending or Periodical sending tab of the e-Mail (SMTP) menu.

• FTP: Schedule in the Alarm sending or Periodical sending tab of the FTP client menu.

• Alarm out: Schedule in the Alarm out 1 tab of the Alarm output menu.

To set a schedule:

1. Go to the tab corresponding to the function you want to schedule.

2. Select the day of the week, from Mon (Monday) to Sun (Sunday).

3. Specify the “Start time” and “End time” for that day. The time period on the right of the checked day is the effective period of the schedule.

4. To use the same time schedule every day, check the “Use the same time schedule every day” box. When this item is checked, the same Start time and End time are applied to all days.

5. Click “OK” to save the schedule.

The SNC toolbox is a software application that allows you to manage and configure your SONY SNC-DH160 and other network cameras.

Main Functions:

• Search: Detects cameras connected to the local network.

• Network Setting: Modifies the network address settings for a selected device.

• Device Setting: Displays the screen for configuring advanced settings for a device.

• Privacy Masking: Allows you to set up to four privacy masks on the camera image.

• Custom Homepage: Allows you to upload a custom HTML homepage to the camera.

• Firmware Upgrade: Displays the Firmware Upgrade screen to update the camera’s firmware.

• Initialize Device: Restarts the device or initializes it back to factory defaults.

• Schedule Task: Allows you to schedule tasks like firmware upgrades or setting changes for one or more devices.

• Registering Devices: You can add devices to folders in the “My device” tree for easy management. This can be done by dragging and dropping from the search results, using the “Add Device Entry” dialog, or by copy and paste.

• Changing Views: You can change the device list display to show details, details with thumbnails, or large thumbnails.

Using the Firmware Upgrade function of the SNC toolbox allows you to upgrade the firmware of the camera.

1. Start the SNC toolbox and find your device.

2. Select the device or devices to upgrade from the Device list. You can select multiple devices at the same time.

3. Right click the mouse. Click “Firmware Upgrade” from the displayed menu. The Firmware Upgrade screen is displayed.

4. To change the order of devices to upgrade, select a device and use the “Up” and “Down” buttons.

5. Click “Browse” and select an upgrade file for each model.

6. Select how many devices to upgrade in “Paralleled upgrade quantity”.

7. To back up the device setting, check “Backup device setting”.

8. Click “Start upgrading”. Upgrading starts.

Notes:

• To stop upgrading, click “Stop upgrading”.

• Do not turn off the power until the device restarts after upgrading.