Basic Administration

If You Suspect a Problem

If you notice a symptom that leads you to suspect the video network station may be broken, please check the following items before contacting your Sony Service Center.

Symptom

Possible

Remedy

 

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

No access

The IP

Use the following procedure to

 

from Web

address

check for unique IP address

 

browser

assigned to

assignments:

 

 

this unit may

1 Enter the following at an MS-

 

 

have

 

DOS prompt (command

 

 

already

 

 

 

 

prompt):

 

 

been

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

assigned to

 

 

 

 

 

another

 

ping <host name or

 

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

IP address of video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network station>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 The cause of the problem

 

 

 

 

can be determined from the

 

 

 

 

response received:

 

 

 

 

• bytes=32 time=2ms …

 

 

 

 

The IP address has already

 

 

 

 

been assigned. Please

 

 

 

 

obtain and set another IP

 

 

 

 

address.

 

 

 

 

• destination host

 

 

 

 

unreachable

 

 

 

 

The video network station

 

 

 

 

is not on a reachable

 

 

 

 

network node. Please

 

 

 

 

obtain and set another IP

 

 

 

 

address.

 

 

 

 

• request timed out

 

 

 

 

The IP address has not

 

 

 

 

been assigned to any

 

 

 

 

users. It can be assigned to

 

 

 

 

the video network station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When

The “arp” command cannot be

 

 

attempting

used in Windows 95 when the

 

 

to set the

ARP table is empty. Enter “arp

-

 

ARP

a” at an MS-DOS prompt

 

 

address in

(command prompt) to display

 

 

Windows

the ARP table contents. If it is

 

 

95, the ARP

empty, execute a “ping”

 

 

table might

command to an existing host

 

 

have been

on the network, and then

 

 

empty.

download an IP address to the

 

 

 

video network station with the

 

 

 

“arp” command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

A problem

Confirm that the supplied AC

 

POWER

may be

adapter is connected.

 

indicator

present in

 

 

 

 

does not

the power

 

 

 

 

light steadily

supply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Possible

Remedy

 

Cause

 

 

 

 

The

A problem

Confirm that the network cable

NETWORK

may be

is connected correctly by the

indicator

present in

following procedure:

lights red

the network

1 Execute a “ping” command

 

connection

 

to an existing host on the

 

cable.

 

network.

 

 

 

 

2 If a response such as

 

 

“…bytes=32 time=2ms” is

 

 

received, the cables are

 

 

connected properly.

 

 

 

The server

A protective

Contact your system

operates

firewall may

administrator.

locally, but

be installed.

 

not beyond

 

 

A default

Check whether a default router

the router

router is

setting is required.

 

 

needed.

 

 

 

 

 

The Web

Prepare a script to run on the

 

server may

Web server and replay images

 

be

sent from the video network

 

overloaded.

station to the Internet.

 

 

 

The image

Because

If several clients attempt to

does not

distributed

access the same image at the

refresh even

images are

same time, memory limitations

when the

large and

may degrade server

“Reload” or

complex

throughput. Try reducing the

“Refresh”

(with many

number of clients.

button in the

contrast

 

Web

levels), a

 

browser is

large

 

pressed, or

amount of

 

the image

memory is

 

refreshes

required for

 

slowly (or

the file in the

 

both)

video

 

 

network

 

 

station.

 

 

 

 

Poor image

Display

Change the computer display

quality

settings may

setting to a minimum of 65,000

 

be incorrect.

colors (16 bits). Poor image

 

 

quality will result if the display

 

 

is set to 256 colors or less.

 

 

 

Lithium Battery Replacement

The lithium battery lasts about two years with normal use.* When the battery is depleted, the data and time settings are lost. Contact your Sony Service Center to have the battery replaced (for a charge).

*Presuming the power is normally kept on. If the power is regularly turned off, battery life can be expected to be about one year. Actual battery life depends on the operating conditions.

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