CANDY VB-M46 Mobile Camera Viewer User Manual
- June 9, 2024
- Candy
Table of Contents
VB-M46 Mobile Camera Viewer
Mobile Camera Viewer
Operation Guide
How to Read This Manual
This manual contains instructions on Mobile Camera Viewer operations. For
details on camera settings, camera precautions and limitations, refer to the
camera Operation Guide. Available functions will differ depending on the
camera. Some operations will not be available on unsupported cameras even when
functions are mentioned in this manual. The following icons are used to
represent tap gestures in this manual.
Tap
Touch and hold
The screen images used in this manual are samples used for explanation purposes. They may differ from the actual screens that are displayed. Screens from iOS are used as an example.
Be sure to read this Operation Guide before using the network camera.
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Table of Contents
About Mobile Camera Viewer ………………….3
Operating Environment ………………………………… 3 Trademarks ………………………………………………… 3
Connecting to the Camera ………………………4
Main Screen……………………………………………7
Operating the Camera …………………………….9
Operations in the Video Display Area …………….. 9 Magnify and Display Part of
Video
(Viewer PTZ)………………………………………… 12 Main Screen Control Panel …………………………. 13 (1)
Preset button ……………………………………….. 15 (2) Home Position button ……………………………. 15
(3) Recording Started/Stopped button ………….. 16 (4) PTZ Control button
……………………………….. 17 (5) Control/Release button ………………………….. 19 (6) Disconnect
button …………………………………. 19 (7) Settings button……………………………………… 20 (8) Control for
Admin button………………………… 24 (9) Snapshot button……………………………………. 28
Troubleshooting…………………………………… 30
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About Mobile Camera Viewer
Mobile Camera Viewer is a viewer for Canon network cameras that runs on mobile
devices (iOS, Android). Note that some functions may not be available
depending on your user privileges. For details, consult the camera’s
administrator.
Operating Environment
Refer to the camera’s Operation Guide.
Note
3D Touch on iOS devices is not supported.
Trademarks
O IOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other
countries and is used under license.
O 3D Touch is a trademark of Apple Inc. O Android is a trademark of Google
LLC.
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Connecting to the Camera
Use the device’s web browser to connect to the camera and launch Mobile Camera
Viewer.
1 Launch browser and enter the
camera’s IP address. One of the following screens appears. To log into an
account that requires user authentication (left screen), enter the user name
and password.
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Note
O The following authentication dialog box appears when [Default Page] is set
to [Display Settings Page] in the viewer settings of the camera’s Settings
page. Consult the camera’s administrator and verify whether [Default Page] is
set to [Display Viewer].
O Even if the screen on the right of the previous page appears, you can
connect as an account that requires user authentication by setting [User
Authentication] to [ON] and entering the user name and password.
O Set [Remember user name and password] to [Yes] to remember the user name and
password.
O When you tap [Camera Viewer], the camera viewer appears. When you tap
[Settings Page], the camera setting page appears.
2 Tap [Connect].
The main screen will appear.
Note
O To disconnect from the camera, tap the Disconnect button (P. 19).
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O If you open another window or tab to access the camera while an
authenticated web page is displayed, the authentication information of the
displayed web page may be discarded. In this case, enter the authentication
information again.
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Main Screen
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1) Video Display Area Displays video received from the camera.
(2) Information bar Displays information, warnings, and error messages.
(3) Control panel (P. 13) Displays buttons for controlling the camera.
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Note
The Mobile Camera Viewer’s video cannot rotate even when [Rotate Video
Display] is set to [Rotate clockwise 90 degrees] or [Rotate counterclockwise
90 degrees] in the viewer settings of the camera’s Settings page. If you want
to display video in portrait orientation, turn off your mobile device’s auto
rotate function, and then rotate your device.
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Operating the Camera
Camera control privileges are required to operate the camera.
You have camera control privileges when [Release] is displayed.
When [Control] is displayed, tap it to obtain camera control privileges.
Operations in the Video Display Area
OScroll Bar Controls
(1)
(3)
(2)
(1) Scroll bar for tilt (2) Scroll bar for pan (3) Scroll bar for zoom
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Digital Zoom When a digital zoom range is available, the scroll bar for zooming will appear as follows.
Without an enhanced digital zoom range
With an enhanced digital zoom range
(i)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(i) Digital zoom range The higher the zoom ratio, the lower the video quality
becomes.
(ii) Position where zooming pauses (iii) Enhanced digital zoom range
OScreen Tap Operations When you tap the video display area, the camera will
move so that the location that was tapped is centered in the screen.
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Note
O You can also operate the camera with the PTZ control panel (P. 17).
O If the video is not displayed, tap the video display area to try
reconnecting to the camera.
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ODrag to Move In the video display area, swipe in the direction you would like
to change the camera angle. An arrow will appear and the camera angle will
change in the direction of the arrow.
Increasing the length of the arrow will increase the movement speed.
Note
This function is not available while using Viewer PTZ (P. 12).
Magnify and Display Part of Video (Viewer PTZ)
O Double-tapping the video display area will magnify the video approximately
3x.
O In the video display area, pinch-out/pinchin to zoom in/zoom out video.
O Dragging on the screen when zoomed in, moves the display position.
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O Double-tapping while viewing magnified video cancels magnified display.
O will appear in the upper part of the video display area while viewing
magnified video.
Main Screen Control Panel
(1)
(2) (3) (4)
(9)
(5)
(8)
(6)
(7)
(1) Preset button (P. 15) Camera settings, such as the camera angle or
exposure, are changed to presets registered in advance.
(2) Home Position button (P. 15) Camera settings, such as the camera angle or
exposure, are returned to the home position registered in advance.
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(3) Recording Started/Stopped button (P. 16) Starts or stops recording.
(4) PTZ Control button (P. 17) Displays the PTZ Control panel.
(5) Control/Release button (P. 19) Enables or disables camera control
privileges.
(6) Disconnect button (P. 19) Disconnects from the camera.
(7) Settings button (P. 20) Allows you to configure preset, video capture
size, and maximum frame rate settings.
(8) Control for Admin button (P. 24) Allows you to configure focus, exposure,
Clear IR Mode, day/night, and external device output settings.
(9) Snapshot button (P. 28) Captures a snapshot.
Note
Some functions may not be available depending on your user privileges.
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(1) Preset button
Camera settings, such as the camera angle or exposure, are changed to presets
registered in advance.
(2) Home Position button
Camera settings, such as the camera angle or exposure, are returned to the
home position registered in advance.
Note
Register the preset or home position beforehand using [Register Preset] (P.
21).
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(3) Recording Started/Stopped button
Tap the button to start recording to the memory card. Tap again to stop
recording.
Displayed when
recording
Note
O When there is 20 MB or less available space on a memory card, a message
appears and recording stops.
O The recorded video cannot be viewed in Mobile Camera Viewer. To view the
video, use the Recorded Video Utility.
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(4) PTZ Control button
Displays the PTZ Control panel.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv) (v)
(i) Scroll Bar button Displays/hides scroll bars in the video display area for
controlling pan, tilt, and zoom operations (P. 9).
(ii) Center Position button Moves the camera position to the center of the pan
and tilt range.
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(iii) Pan/Tilt control button
Touch and hold
to pan in that
direction. Release your finger to stop.
Touch and hold
to tilt in that
direction. Release your finger to stop.
(iv) Zoom control button Touch and hold to zoom in (telephoto), and touch and hold to zoom out (wide angle). Release your finger to stop.
(v) Home Position button Moves to the position set as the Home Position (P. 21).
Note
The Pan/Tilt and Zoom control buttons cannot be used when [HTTPS Connection
Policy] is set to [HTTPS] or [HTTP and HTTPS] in the SSL/ TLS settings of the
camera’s Settings page, and an HTTPS connection is established. Use the
pan/tilt/zoom scroll bars that appear in the video display area.
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(5) Control/Release button
Tap to obtain control. Tap again to release control.
Displayed when camera control privileges have been obtained
Note
The camera cannot be controlled by multiple users simultaneously. Only the
user with control privileges can control the camera.
(6) Disconnect button
Disconnects from the camera. The login screen will appear when you disconnect.
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(7) Settings button
Allows you to configure preset, incoming video size, and maximum frame rate
settings.
OPreset Settings You can register current camera settings, such as the camera
angle or exposure, as presets. Presets can also be deleted.
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[Register Preset] Select a preset number from [Register to], select
[Registered Content], enter a preset name, and then tap [Register].
Note
If you select [Home Position] in [Register to], you can set the home position.
21 [Delete Preset] Select a preset to delete and then tap [Delete].
OIncoming Video Settings Select whether to receive digital PTZ cropped video
and select the size of the received video.
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OMaximum Frame Rate Settings You can set a maximum frame rate for video
received from the camera.
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(8) Control for Admin button
Allows you to configure focus, exposure, Clear IR Mode, day/night, and
external device output settings.
OFocus [Auto] Automatically focuses on the subject.
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[Manual]
Tapping the
button automatically
adjusts the focus once, and then switches to
the manual mode.
You can touch and hold the (Far) and
(Near) buttons to adjust the focus position in
the far and near directions, respectively.
[Fixed at infinity] Move the focus position to near infinity. When needing to focus more precisely, select [Manual] setting and adjust the focus.
OExposure
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To darken the video, set a negative value. To brighten the video, set a
positive value.
Note
This cannot be configured when [Exposure] is set to [Manual] or [Smart Shade
Control] is set to [Auto] in the exposure settings of the camera’s Settings
page.
OClear IR Mode Select whether to use Clear IR Mode. Selecting [ON] changes the
video to monochrome and reduces distant haze or shimmering of hot air.
ODay/Night
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[Auto] Automatically switches between [Day Mode] or [Night Mode] to match the
brightness. [Day Mode] Color video can be viewed in the normal mode. [Night
Mode] Video is shown in black and white, due to the disabling of the infrared
filter.
Note
This can only be configured when [Clear IR Mode] is set to [OFF].
OExternal Device Output You can control the output to an external device
connected to the camera.
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(9) Snapshot button
Captures the image in the video display area, and saves the still image to the
device.
Snapshot panel
28
OSaving a Snapshot
OClosing the Snapshot Panel Tap .
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Troubleshooting
Cannot connect to camera O Check to make sure the user name and password are
correct. O Check to make sure upper-case letters have not been used in place
of lowercase letters. O Restart the web browser and connect again. O When the
browser authentication screen appears, select [Cancel], and then connect to
the camera again. O Reboot the device and connect.
Cannot control the camera O Multiple users cannot obtain control privileges
simultaneously. O Control privileges may be revoked by users connecting with
elevated privileges, such as administrators. Check with the camera’s
administrator for details on privilege settings.
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Viewer disconnects O If the video is not displayed, tap the video display area
to try reconnecting to the camera. O Connections from authorized users and
guest users are disconnected while creating a panorama image. O Check the
camera, network and device for any abnormality. O Reboot the device and
connect.
Cannot register settings O Only the admin user can register settings. O
Relaunch the web browser, reconnect to the camera, and register again.
Auto lock is activated or the screen has turned off.
O Even when using the viewer, the mobile device’s auto lock or auto screen
timeout settings are still active. To deactivate these features, change the
device’s settings.
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Display is slow O The display may be slow for approximately the first minute using an SSL connection.
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