User manual CANON VB-C300

[. . . ] Network Camera VB-C300/VB-C300B Backup Tool & Restore Tool User's Manual Note 1. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. Notwithstanding above 2 items, Canon accepts no responsibility for any effects resulting from use of this manual ENG Contents Contents 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 1. 1. 2. Intoroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Backup Tool Operating Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 1. Backup Process Flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Boot-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Selection of Camera to be Backed Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Enter Camera Information One by One in [Camera Information Entry Dialog] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Read Camera Information from Camera Specification File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Deletion of Camera Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Log List and Log File Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Backup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Version Information of Backup Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 2. [. . . ] The log file is automatically saved in a folder, where Backup Tool exe file [VBC300BK. exe] is located. The log file is automatically saved as [VBC300BK. log]. If the log file fails to be saved, the [Save] button will appear in the log list dialog, which enables you to save the file manually. Also a failure notification message will be displayed. [The log file has been successfully saved. ] The [Save] button appears when the log list fails to be saved automatically. [The log file has failed to be saved. ] [Failed to save the log file] 14 Backup Tool Operating Procedure The following message is displayed when you operate as mentioned below with the log file unsaved, after the log file fails to be saved. If you need to save the log file, press [No] in the message dialog then press [Save] in the log list to save the file manually. [The Close button was pressed to close the log list dialog. ] [The Start button was pressed to restart the backup process before closing the log list dialog. ] [The close button was pressed to close Backup Tool. ] If the log file already exists, new logs will be added to the file. If you specify the existing log file to save a log file manually after the log file failes to be saved, the file will be overwritten. If the log file fails to be saved automatically, you need to close Backup Tool before retrying the backup. Otherwise, the [Save] button will keep being displayed in the log list dialog, even if the log file is successfully saved after retrying backup process. The date format is YYYY/MM/DD. 15 Backup Tool Operating Procedure 2. 8. Backup File Backup file creation information can be checked using editor, like Notepad. [Information can be checked using editor] Model No. and whole version Camera's Firmware Version Backup File Creation Date & Time Host Name or IP Address Note Setting values cannot be restored if the backup file was changed or edited. The above feature is only for checking the contents of a backup file, so be sure not to edit or change the contents when opening a backup file using editor. The date format is YYYY/MM/DD. 2. 9. Version Information of Backup Tool Click the icon on the upper left corner of the Backup Tool dialog to display the menu. Choose [About VB-C300 Backup Tool Version] from the menu, and the information dialog box appears, which shows the version of Backup Tool 16 Restore Tool Operating Procedure 3. Restore Process Flow Following is the restore process flow. Booting Restore Tool Selecting camera to be restored and backup file Executing Restoration Log to be generated 3. 2. Boot-Up Double Click on exe file [VBC300RS. exe] to boot Restore Tool. [Camera Information Entry Dialog] 17 Restore Tool Operating Procedure 3. 3. Restore Process Enter information of camera to be restored and specify a backup file name in the Restore Tool dialog. Host Name Enter camera's host name and IP address. HTTP Port (Default: 80) Enter camera's HTTP port number. Administrator Account Enter camera's administrator account [root] Administrator Password Enter camera's administrator password. Backup File Name Enter the name of a backup file to be restored in the absolute path. Click the [Browse] button to select and add a backup file from the dialog Note Setting values cannot be restored to multiple cameras at one time. Only backup files, which have been created by VB-C300 Backup Tool, can be restored. [. . . ] The backup file already exists in the specified location and the file is not set to be overwritten. The specified backup file cannot be found. Failed to read the camera specification file. Please The file cannot be found in the specified path. There are a problem in the file, such as the file 408 check the contents of the file. format is not correct, the file is a read-protect file etc. [. . . ]