Canon VBCollector User manual

VBCollector

User’s Manual

ENGLISH

Introduction

This manual describes the installation, configuration and operational procedures for VBCollector.

Please read this manual prior to use to ensure that you will be able to use the VBCollector effectively.

Exclusion of Liability

If the Product is connected to a recording device (for example a VCR), Canon Inc. accepts no

responsibility whatsoever for any financial losses that may be incurred as a result of the loss of

recorded information or images, regardless of the internal or external cause of the loss.

Video or still pictures recorded using your Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR, VB-C10/VB-C10R

and Network Camera Server VB150 cannot be used in ways that infringe copyright laws or without

the consent of the owner, unless intended for personal use only.

Notes

1. The unauthorized transfer of all or any part of the contents of this Manual is forbidden.

2. The contents of this Manual are subject to change without notice.

3. Every effort has been made to ensure that this Manual is flawless. However, if you find any

oversights, please let us know.

4. Notwithstanding the above, Canon accepts no liability for any results arising from the operation

of this product.

Trademark Notices

●Canon and Canon logo are registered trademarks of Canon Inc.

●Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States

and other countries.

●Windows is legally recognized as Microsoft Windows Operating System.

●Other brand or product names in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of

their respective companies.

Contents

Introduction .................................................................. 1

Contents ....................................................................... 2

Overview of VBCollector ............................................. 3

Operating Environment and Installation .................... 4

Operating Environment .............................................................. 4

Installing VBCollector................................................................. 4

Configuring and Operating the VBCollector.............. 6

Starting Up VBCollector ............................................................. 6

Registering a Server ................................................................... 6

Registering Tasks ....................................................................... 9

Executing and Canceling Tasks .............................................. 11

Details Displayed on the Task View......................................... 13

Starting/Stopping the Service ................................................. 14

Automatic Downloading by Notification ................................ 14

Viewing Recorded Images ....................................................... 16

Viewing Logs ............................................................................. 20

Setting Download Capacity ..................................................... 23

Downloaded image displays

Pictures recorded with

the Server’s picture

recording function

Pictures periodically collected

according to the task

Overview of VBCollector

VBCollector is used to view pictures recorded by the Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR, VB-C10/VB-

C10R and Network Camera Server VB150 (hereinafter referred to as Server). With VBCollector, you can

collect and display still pictures recorded by the Sever based on inputs from an external device, motion

detection or schedules. VBCollector accesses the Sever at specific times expressed in units such as dates,

weeks, or months, and then downloads the recorded pictures. Since the recorded pictures are saved one

after another in the PC on which VBCollector is installed, pictures can still be securely saved when the

allowable limit on the number of pictures that the Server can record and save has been exceeded.

Downloaded images can also be easily viewed in the Web browser. Information related to task execution

can also be recorded in a log.

Note

VBCollector cannot be installed on a PC where MV Ver. 2.0 or later, optional

software sold separately, has already been installed.

To Install...

If any other applications are running, please exit

them before installation. Please also be sure to

close the Windows Service Panel.

Double-click “CltSetup.exe” on the CD-ROM to start

up the installer. Click Next.

2If you agree to the clauses in the licensing

agreement, click Yes.

Installing VBCollector

Operating Environment and Installation

Operating Environment

Windows 2000 (SP4 or later)/Windows XP (SP1a or later)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

Operating System

Web Browser

20GB HDD or greater (NTFS formatted)

Hard Disk

* If you configure your system to record pictures per second with servers and perform the maximum of 16 tasks (→P.11)

at the same time, it is recommended that you use a desktop PC with Pentium 4 2.2 GHz and 512MB RAM or greater.

* It is recommended that you configure to collect up to 10,000 still pictures/day per a camera server. It the total

amount of still pictures exceeds this value, it may take several minutes to display all the pictures.

•Network Camera VB-C50i/VB-C50iR

•Network Camera VB-C10/VB-C10R with Firmware Ver. 1.0 Rev. 25 or later

• Network Camera Server VB150 with Firmware Ver. 1.1 Rev. 30 or later

• Network Camera Server VB101 with Firmware Ver. 3.0 Rev. 68 or later

You should ensure the firmware version used is the latest one.

The latest firmware can be downloaded for free from the following WebView Product web page:

canon.com/webview

VBCollector Ver. 2.02

Supported Camera Servers

5Check the settings and items you have selected thus

far, and click Next to confirm. The installation will

proceed by copying files and making registry

settings, etc.

Click Finish to complete the installation.

When installation is complete, “VBCollector Task

View” is added to the Start menu.

4Specify the menu name to be registered in the

Program menu of the Start button, then click Next.

3Specify the target directory for the installation and

click Next.

If you have no special directory preference, just click

Next.

VBCollector is started up by choosing it from Start menu.

To Start Up VBCollector...

Choose [Program]-[WebView Livescope]-[VBCollector

Task View] from the Start menu to start up VBCollector.

Starting Up VBCollector

To use VBCollector, server from which the VBCollector downloads pictures must be registered.

Registering a Server

To Add a New Server...

To add a server, choose Add from the Server menu,

or click Add on the Server List dialog box that

appeared when Edit from the Server menu was

selected.

Adding a server

Add a new server to which VBCollector will download pictures.

Configuring and Operating the VBCollector

2Enter the various fields and click OK.

●Server Name

Assign a name for recognizing the Server (optional).

●Image Directory

Enter the name of the directory where downloaded images are to be saved, or click Browse to select a

directory folder. Refer to the next page for how to download images to a shared folder on the network.

Delete images on the server

When this check box is selected, pictures that VBCollector downloaded from the server will also be deleted

from the server.

●Server information

Host Name

Specify an IP address or a host name.

HTTP Port

Enter the HTTP port number set in the server. (The default setting is 80.)

Administrator Account

Enter an administrator account registered in the server (root).

Administrator Password

Enter the administrator password registered in the server. (The default setting is VB-C50i.)

Settings Page URL

Enter the “Path” to the setting title page set in the server (admin).

●Proxy

Use Proxy Server

Select if connecting through a proxy server.

Host Name

Specify a host name or IP address for the proxy server.

Port

Enter a port number for the proxy server. (The default setting is 8080.)

●PPP

Use PPP connection

Select if connection will be established by dialing up.

PPP Connection Name

Select a phone number from the phone book entry. A dialup network will need to have been installed and

the phone number will need to have been registered in the phone book.

Account

Enter the PPP account to be used for the dialup connection.

Password

Enter the PPP password to be used for the dialup connection.

Configuring and Operating the VBCollector

Tip

Downloading images to a shared folder on the network

●You cannot specify a path name that uses a network drive in the “Image

Directory” setting. Use UNC notation to specify the path name.

\\PC name\shared directory name[\path]

Eg) \\Server\Share\path

●Set the folder access privileges for the “Image Directory” folder so that read/

write operations can be performed from machines with VBCollector installed.

●In case of using VBCollector in Windows 2000/XP, make the logon account

setting for VBCollector task scheduler service in the following procedure

(→P. 23).

1. Choose Options from Tools menu.

2. Select [Specify an account for downloading] under [Details] in the

option dialog.

3. Enter your user name and password.

4. Click OK.

*Specify an account from which you can log on to the download

destination machine.

*Set the folder access privileges so that read and write operations can

be performed from the download execution account to the folder in

which VBCollector is installed (the default setting is C:\ProgramFiles\

Canon\WebView\VB\VBCollector\2.0).

Note

●If using Windows 2000 or Windows XP, operate VBCollector with an

authority greater than PowerUser.

●NTFS is recommended for such file systems containing the installation

folder and the folder where images are saved.

●When using NTFS in the file system, set to permit reading and writing of

the installation folder and the folder where images are saved.

Functionality is limited if you do not have authority.

To Edit Server Information...

Editing Server Information

Content of the registered server information can be edited.

Choose Edit from the Server menu, and when the

Server List dialog box appears, select the server

name to be edited and click Edit.

To delete a registered server, click Delete.

2As with the procedure for adding servers, change all

desired items and click OK.

Note

Downloaded images are not deleted when a server is deleted. To delete

downloaded images, first follow the procedure in “Deleting Images” (→P.

19) and then delete the server.

Registering Tasks

To Add a New Task...

To add a task, choose New Task from the Task

menu.

Adding a task

Add a new task for downloading images.

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