Canon VB-C60 - Manual (Page 11)

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Important: Before Starting Operation
Please be sure to perform operational tests in the actual environment before starting operation.
Be aware of the following points prior to operation.
z Video recording and live viewing may not be done as your settings, depending on the network environment
and the PC's performance.
z Under a heavy load on the CPU or disk of the PC, the recording may not be done at the specified frame rate,
recording may be suspended temporarily, or you may receive slow responses to the viewer operation. Also,
when the amount of free disk space become low, recording may be suspended temporarily, because the
disk load increases due to deleting process of recorded video files.
z Operation and performance of storage servers and viewers may be affected on PCs, where anti-virus
software or firewall software is running.
z When using a proxy server, video recording may not be done at the specified frame rate, or live viewing may
become interrupted. Also, communication between a storage server and viewer may be interrupted. In those
cases, audio cannot be recorded.
z Please be sure to read the following reference page for notes on each version of Windows OS.
z When using a NAS server, take note of the following points.
• Use recommended NAS servers with Windows Storage Server 2003 or Windows Storage Server 2003
R2.
• To record video to a NAS server, it is recommended that the network for communicating with a
camera server be separated from the network for communication with the NAS server.
z When using audio functions, take note of the following points.
Audio functions are available on VB-C500VD, VB-C500D, VB-C60, VB-C300, VB-C50i, VB-C50iR,
VB-C50FSi.
• Audio can be sent and received using VK Viewer.
• Audio recording is available. However, it is not possible to record audio without video. Video and
audio must be recorded together.
• Video and audio may be asynchronous.
• Audio data may be interrupted depending on the PC's performance and the network environment.
• Audio data may be interrupted on the PC, where antivirus software is running.
• Audio functions cannot be used via a proxy server.
Reference
Details on proxy server in Administrator’s Manual ("How to set the [Settings] Tab", "Launch Storage
Server by Specifying the IP address")
Reference
"Notes on Operating Environment" in Administrator’s Manual