Hardware and Software Requirements

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.

Using the VB-C50Fi with Windows XP SP2...

Note

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.

Before Using the VB -C50Fi

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