Operating the Camera
Logging in to Homepage — Welcome Page
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software on your computer. In that case, disable
the software or select the TCP mode.
• If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 or
Windows Vista, disable “Windows Firewall.” For
details, see “Configuring Windows Firewall” in
“When using Windows XP Service Pack 2” on
page 8 or “Configuring Windows Firewall” in
“When using Windows Vista” on page 10.
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Click Enter.
The main viewer appears.
Display sample: SNC-DM160
With the ActiveX viewer (JPEG)
Control the camera from the main viewer.
Displaying the Administrator menu
directly
When the administrator sets the camera functions, the
Administrator menu can be opened directly from the
welcome page.
1
Select the viewer language on the welcome page.
Click English or Japanese at the bottom of the
welcome page.
2
Click Setting on the welcome page.
The following dialog appears.
3
Enter the user name and password for
Administrator, then click OK.
The user name “admin” and the password “admin”
are set at the factory for the Administrator. You can
change them using the User menu of the
Administrator menu (see page 54).
The Administrator menu appears in other window.
Display sample: SNC-DM160
About viewers
You can use the following viewers.
ActiveX viewer
This viewer can monitor the camera image in the JPEG
or MPEG4 video codec.
You must install this viewer when you access the main
viewer for the first time.
When you display the main viewer of the
camera for the first time
When you log in the network camera using ActiveX
viewer for the first time (by clicking Enter to enter the
main viewer), the Security Warning appears. Click Ye s
and install ActiveX Control. You can use all the
functions of the viewer with ActiveX Control.
Java applet viewer
You can select this viewer when the camera image is in
JPEG. The frame rate is lower than the ActiveX viewer.
The Java applet viewer operates only when Java is
installed and Java (Sun) is enabled. If it does not operate
correctly, check whether the Java has been installed
successfully and Java (Sun) is enabled.
When the Java applet viewer is displayed, the dialog
about digital-signature identification is also displayed.
Click Run to go on.
For the verified Java version, contact your authorized
Sony dealer.