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Using the Picture Recording Function
Using the Still Picture Recording Function with a Predetermined Schedule\
○○○○○○○○○Sample Still Picture Recording Settings
Settings specified on the “Camera and Video” page ( → P.3-7)
Specify the appropriate settings for the VB-C50iR being used.
Settings specified on the “Preset” page ( → P.3-13)
Set the camera angle focusing on the object to Preset 1.
Photographic conditions specified in “Timer Setting Tool” ( → P.4-39)
Note
● The number of still pictures that can be recorded depends on size of the\
 pictures.
Check the average file size per still picture in advance ( → P.3-7 and 3-29).
● Still pictures beyond VB-C50i/VB-C50iR’s capacity can be recorded if \
VBCollector
is used to download still pictures recorded by the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR ( → P.6-11).
●
In the “Normal Schedule Setting” screen ( → P.4-30), select a schedule and then select “Always”
in the “Schedule” tab.
● In the “Service” tab, select “Timer”, then select ”Settin\
g Number” and click the “Detail” button.
● Select “Capture still image”.
● Set “Camera Preset” to “Preset1”.
● To take a photograph after the position of the camera has stabilized, se\
t “Camera Stabilization
Time” to “5” seconds.
● Set “Repetition Interval” to “10” minutes.
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Using the Motion Detection Function with a Predetermined Schedule
By running the motion detection function according to a schedule, you ca\
n construct a monitoring
system that records pictures in accordance with a preset schedule and th\
at operates in response
to variations in the video image from the area covered by the camera. Th\
e recorded pictures are
stored in the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR’s memory (→ P.3-29).
Sample application in combination with a warning device
In this monitoring system, a warning tone is emitted when someone enters\
 through the door and
the VB-C50iR camera mounted on the ceiling captures a still picture. Con\
nect the devices below
to each connector of the Multi-Terminal Module and set up.
○○○○○○Installation Example
When the camera shooting
the area inside the door
detects a change, an ON
event occurs.
In response to that event,
a warning tone is issued by
the Out1 control, the
camera shoots a picture of
the entrance.
Tip
Please refer to the Multi-Terminal Module User’s Manual for how to co\
nnect the Multi-
Terminal Module to the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR.
Ethernet
Motion 
detected
Wa
rning 
device
VB-C50iR Power
supply
unit
War ni
ng device
ON/OFF
Multi-Terminal
Module VB-EX50
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○○○○○○○○○○Sample Still Picture Recording Settings
Settings specified on the “Camera and Video” page ( → P.3-7)
Specify the appropriate settings for the VB-C50iR being used.
Settings specified on the “Preset” page ( → P.3-13)
Set the camera angle for the area just inside the door as Preset 1.
Settings specified in the “Motion Detection Setting Tool” ( → P.4-42)
●  In the “Normal Schedule Setting” screen ( → P.4-30),
select a schedule and then select “Weekly” in the
“Schedule” tab. Set the start on “Friday” at “22:00” a\
nd
the end on “Monday” at “07:00”.
●  In the “Service” tab, select “Motion Detection”, then
select “Setting Number” and click the “Detail” button.
● In the “Camera” tab ( → P.4-44), set the place of motion
to “Preset 1”.
● In the “Area” tab ( → P.4-45), select “Area [1]” in “Used
Area”.
● To set the level of motion detection sensitivity that will
trigger an ON event, shoot a simulation of the actual
event and reproduce the amount of change that is
acknowledged as an incursion. In this situation, in order
to capture the picture variation that is recognized as
the door opening and someone entering the room, first
position the motion detection frame on the center of
the door.
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●Next, set the sensitivity, area ratio and duration.
To ensure that the event is not triggered by unrelated
lighting changes or small movements, set the
“Duration” parameter so that picture changes lasting
a second or less are ignored and then set the “Area
Ratio” parameter so changes that occupy 30% or less
of the total picture are also ignored.
● Reproduce the intrusion, or using the recorded image,
check whether the change in the image has been
captured in the yellow rectangle in the Viewer. If the
change is not recognized, increase the sensitivity.
On the other hand, if yellow or red rectangles are
displayed even if there is no change in the image,
reduce the sensitivity.
● Once the yellow rectangle in the viewer reliably
captures the intruder, check that the peak display in
the detection indicator gives a “Motion detected” result.
“Motion detected” is displayed in the viewer in a red
rectangle. If there is no “Motion detected”, adjust the
sensitivity, area ratio and duration settings.
Check “Display motion detection status of the server”
and the results of motion detection are displayed as
an icon ( → P.4-49).
● In the “Recording” tab ( → P.4-47), select “Recording
at ON event”.
● Set “Pre-event Recording time (sec.)” to “4”, and “Pre-\
event Recording interval (sec.)” to “1.0”. An image will
then be recorded every second for 4 seconds before
motion is detected.
● Set “Post-event Recording time (sec.)” to “8” and “Post\
-
event Recording interval (sec.)” to “1.0”. An image will
then be recorded every second for 8 seconds from the
moment motion is detected.
● Select “Recording between ON event and OFF event”
and set “Recording interval between events (sec.)” to
“10”.
* During “Motion detected”, images are recorded at
intervals of 10 seconds.
● In the “Output” tab ( → P.4-48), select “Output to
External Device 1” and set “Output duration after OFF
event (sec.)” to “10” seconds.
* Set the Warning device (external device 1) to
simultaneously signal with “Motion detected” and turn
off 10 seconds after the OFF event.
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Using the Picture Recording Function
Using VBCollector
Downloaded data displays
Pictures and audio
recorded with the
VB-C50i/ VB-C50iR’s
recording function Data periodically and
automatically collected
for each task
VBCollector is a tool for collecting, display and playback still images \
and audio recorded using the
VB-C50i/VB-C50iR recording function. The images and audio are recorded i\
n response to input
from external devices, timer settings or detected motion. VBCollector ac\
cesses the server at specific
times on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, and then downloads the record\
ed pictures and audio.
The recorded pictures and audio are in turn saved on the PC on which VBC\
ollector is installed,
making it easy to view and play back the downloaded pictures and audio i\
n VBCollector. This also
means that data can still be saved when the allowable limit on the numbe\
r of pictures and the
duration of audio that the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR can record and save has been\
 exceeded. VBCollector
also allows you to export logs containing information relating to task e\
xecution.
Note
All audio-related features available using the VBCollector can only be u\
sed with two
particular models of the VB-C50i/VB-C50iR (
→ P.iii).
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Using VBCollector
Installing VBCollector
As described in “Install the Software” in Chapter 2 “Setting up\
” (→ P.2-11), select Custom Installation
to  install VBCollector.
Select “Programs” from the Start menu, then “WebView Livescope”\
 and a shortcut will be created.
Note
When Using Older Versions of VBCollector
● Images downloaded using VBCollector version 2.1 or earlier cannot be vie\
wed in
VBCollector 3.0. If you have VBCollector version 2.1 or earlier already \
installed, a
dialog box appears giving you the option of choosing whether you want to\
 uninstall
the old version. If you wish to view images saved in the old version, se\
lect “Yes”.
If you select “No” to uninstall the old version, the old version i\
s uninstalled and
VBCollector 3.0 is then installed.
[Before uninstalling the old version]
Uninstalling the old version of VBCollector does not delete images recor\
ded using
that version and the images cannot be deleted from VBCollector 3.0. Use \
the old
version to delete the images before installing VBCollector 3.0.
[Retaining your settings]
Regardless of whether you uninstall the old version of VBCollector, the \
settings
are retained and applied in VBCollector 3.0, with the following exceptio\
ns. Specify
these settings after VBCollector 3.0 is installed.
•“What to do when the free space falls below the specified value” (\
 → P.6-36)
• “Set max. number of data per download” ( → P.6-36)
After specifying the settings, conduct thorough testing beforehand to en\
sure that
tasks run normally before commencing operation.
[If you retain an old version]
• You can launch the old version from “VBCollector Task View” in the\
 Start menu.
• Launching the old version will not make tasks for that old version run.
• To uninstall an old version, relaunch the VBCollector 3.0 Installer and \
use the
Installer for the uninstallation. You cannot uninstall old versions of V\
BCollector
properly using the Windows “Add or Remove Programs” feature.
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Using the Picture Recording Function
Using VBCollector
Starting Up VBCollector
VBCollector is started up by choosing it from Start menu.
○○○○○○To Start Up VBCollector...
Choose [Program]-[WebView Livescope]-
[VBCollector  Task View Ver.  3.0] from the Start menu
to start up VBCollector.
Registering a Server
To use VBCollector to download pictures and audio recorded on the networ\
k camera server
(hereafter referred to as the “server”), the server must first b\
e registered.
Adding a Server
Add a new server for downloading data in VBCollector.
○○ ○○○○To Add a New Server...
1.To add a server, choose “Add” from the
Server menu bar, or click the “Add” button
on the Server List dialog box that appeared
when “Edit” from the Server menu bar was
selected.
●To uninstall VBCollector 3.0, use the VBCollector 3.0 Installer to unins\
tall the
currently installed copy of VBCollector 3.0 and then cancel the subseque\
nt
installation process. If you use the Windows “Add or Remove Programs”\
 feature to
uninstall VBCollector 3.0, you will no longer be able to install VBColle\
ctor version
2.1 or earlier.
● VBCollector cannot be installed on a PC where MV Ver. 2.0 or a later ver\
sion is
already installed.
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Using VBCollector
Note
●Operate VBCollector with an authority greater than PowerUsers.
● NTFS is recommended for such file systems containing the installation fo\
lder and
Data Directory.
● When NTFS is used as the file system, set the permissions to allow readi\
ng and
writing to the installation folder and the Data Directory. Functionality\
 is limited if
you do not have access privileges.
2. Enter each item in the various fields and click
the “OK” button.
qServer Name
Assign a name for recognizing the Server (optional).
w Data Directory
Enter the name of the folder in which downloaded
data is to be saved, or click the “Browse” button to
select a folder. Refer to the next page for information
on downloading data to a shared folder on the
network.
“Delete data on the server”
Ticking this checkbox deletes the downloaded data from the server.
e Server Information
“Host Name” ( → P.3-6)
Specify an IP address or a host name.
“HTTP Port” ( → P.3-17)
Enter the HTTP port number set in the server.
“Administrator Account”
Enter an administrator account registered in the server (root).
“Administrator Password” ( → P.3-5)
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).
r Proxy
“Use Proxy Server”
Select this if the connection is to be made via a proxy server.
“Host Name”
Specify the proxy server host name or IP address.
“Port”
Enter the proxy server port number. (The default value is 8080.)
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Tip
Downloading data to a shared folder on the network
●You cannot specify a path name that uses a network drive in the “Data\
 Directory”
setting. Use UNC notation to specify the path name.
\\PC name\shared directory name[\path]
E.G.) \\Server\Share\path
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Note
Downloaded data is not deleted when a server is deleted. To delete downl\
oaded
data, first use the “Deleting Files” procedure in the VBCollector \
Image Viewer ( →
P.6-31) and then delete the server.
Editing Server Information
Content of the registered server information can be edited.
○○ ○○○○To Edit Server Information...
1. Choose “Edit” from the “Server” menu bar,
and when the Server List dialog box appears,
select the server name to be edited and click
the “Edit” button.
To delete a registered server, click the “Delete” button.
2. As with the procedure for adding servers,change all desired items and click the “OK”
button.
Using VBCollector
●Set the folder access privileges for the “Data Directory” folder s\
o that read/write
operations can be performed from PC with VBCollector installed.
● Make the logon account setting for VBCollector task scheduler service in\
 the
following procedure ( → P.6-36). Administrator privileges are required to perform
these settings.
1. Choose “Options” from the “Tools” menu bar.
2. Select [Specify an account for downloading] under [Details] in the optio\
n dialog.
3. Enter your user name and password.
4. Click the “OK” button. *Specify an account from which you can log on to the download destination\
 PC.
* Set the folder access privileges so that read and write operations can b\
e performed
from the download execution account to the folder in which VBCollector i\
s installed
(the default setting is  C:\Program Files\Canon\WebView\VB\VBCollector\3.0).
* Only users who have Administrator privileges can be registered.
5. Restart the service ( → P.6-20).
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2.Enter each item in the various items and click
the “OK” button.
qTask Name
Assign a name to the task.
“Enable this setting”
Select “Enable this setting” if the task is to be
performed according to the schedule. If not
selected, the added task will not be executed.
w Server Name
Select the server from which the VBCollector downloads recorded pictures\
. If there are no
servers registered in the list, you can register servers by selecting a \
blank column and
clicking the “Server Settings” button.
“Server Settings”
Any download server name can be registered ( → P.6-13). After registration, it can be selected
from the “Server Name” column.
e Schedule
“Start Date”
Set the date which is to be the starting point of the schedule. The task\
 will be executed after
the specified start date according to the criteria specified below.
“Start Time”
Set the time when the task is to start up (in 24-hour format).
“Once”
Select if the task is to be executed only once. The task will be execute\
d only once at the
start time on the start date.
“Daily”
Select if the task is to be executed once every certain number of days. \
This number of days
can be specified between 1 and 31.
“Weekly”
Select if the task is to be executed every certain number of weeks on a \
certain day of the
week. Set the number of weeks between 1 and 53, and specify the day of t\
he week.
Registering Tasks
Adding a Task
Add a new task for downloading images and audio.
○○ ○○○○To Add a New Task...
1. To add a task, choose “New Task” from the
“Task” menu bar.
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