Canon Vb-C50fi - Manual (Page 21)

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Bef
ore Using the
VB-C50Fi
VBCollector Ver. 2.1 (
→ P.6-9)
This tool is for collecting and viewing still pictures recorded by the VB-C50Fi on a PC.
Operating System Windows 2000 (SP4)/Windows XP (SP1a or SP2)
Web Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or SP2), Netscape 7.1 or 7.2
Hard Disk 20 GB HDD or greater required (NTFS formatted)
* Must be installed from the supplied CD-ROM (
→ P.2-11).
* If you configure your system to record pictures per second with camera servers and perform the maximum
of 16 tasks (
→ P.6-15) at the same time, it is recommended that you use a desktop PC with Pentium 4 2.2
GHz and 512 MB RAM or greater.
* It is recommended that you configure to collect up to 10,000 still pictures/day per a camera server. If the
total amount of still pictures exceeds this value, it may take several minutes to display all the pictures.
Hardware and Software Requirements
Note
Using the VB-C50Fi with Windows XP SP2...
If you use the VBCollector, VB Admin Tools or VB Initial Setup Tool with Windows XP SP2, you
will need to change your Windows firewall settings on your PC.
VBCollector
If you installed the VBCollector on a PC with Windows XP SP2 and used the Automatic Download
by Notification function, please follow the procedures as described below.
After installation of the VBCollector:
1. From the Windows Start menu, launch the Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, select Windows Firewall.
If Windows Firewall is not shown, select “Security Center” and then select “Windows
Firewall”.
3. In the Windows Firewall dialog box, select the Exception tab and then
click Add Program.
4. In the Add a Program dialog box, click Browse.
In the Browse dialog box, select the location where you installed the VBCollector and
enter the file name as “VBCICSM.exe”.
5. IIn the Windows Firewall dialog box, your program is now listed. Make
sure it is enabled (checked). Click OK to close the dialog box.
Settings are now complete.
VB Admin Tools and VB Initial Setup Tool
If you installed the VB Admin Tools and VB Initial Setup Tool on a PC with Windows XP
SP2 and try to specify any of the following operations, you may encounter a Windows
Security Alert dialog.
• Click to launch the Log Viewer in the VB Admin Startup Panel
• Launch the VB Initial Setup Tool
If the Windows Security Alert dialog appears, click Unblock. Once you click Unblock button,
the dialog box is closed.
Settings are now complete.