FS Camera Function
Instruction Manual
Ver. 1.2

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the FS Camera function (called the camera function below). This document
describes how to use the camera function.
The camera function allows you to perform monitoring and management using the camera in Flex Signal(*1).

(*1) For details on Flex Signal, see the Flex Signal Instruction Manual.

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Revision HistoryVer.
1.0
1.1
1.2

DateMay 9, 2018Oct. 22, 2018
Oct. 29, 2018

Systemversion
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.1

Revision details
First edition
Added the movie list and movie download functions.
Added FAQs.

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Table of Contents
1.

Screen Description ............................................................................................................................... 5
1-1.
(1)

IP address ................................................................................................................... 5(2)

Signal tower No. ......................................................................................................... 5(3)

General monitor .......................................................................................................... 5(4)

Record start target ...................................................................................................... 5(5)Invalid characters........................................................................................................ 51-2.
(1)

2.

Terminology ................................................................................................................................... 5

Accessing the camera function...................................................................................................... 6
Accessing the function ................................................................................................ 6

1-3.

Camera settings............................................................................................................................. 71-4.

Checking the display...................................................................................................................... 9(1)General monitor screen .............................................................................................. 9(2)Single device screen ................................................................................................ 10FAQs ................................................................................................................................................... 11(1)I want to set multiple events to a single camera....................................................... 11(2)Camera video is not displayed on the general monitor screen. ............................... 11(3)Movie of events that occurred during recording does not play. ................................ 114

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1. Screen Description
1-1. Terminology
This section introduces the terms related to the camera function. These terms are used for description
purposes in this manual.

(1) IP address
IP address of the camera to be used

(2) Signal tower No.
Number of the signal tower managed by Flex Signal(3) General monitor
Andon display screen in Flex Signal(4) Record start target
Event at which to start recording(5) Invalid characters*;&"'$#@\<>
These characters cannot be entered on the screen.

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1-2. Accessing the camera function(1) Accessing the function
Select "MENU" - "Common" - "Options - Camera settings" at the top of the "Flex Signal" page.

Figure 1: Flex Signal menu screen

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1-3. Camera settings
This screen is used to save or edit camera settings.
On this screen, you can display video from the camera on the general monitor or save or edit settings forthe event at which to start recording or other items.
* Up to three cameras can be connected.
* The same signal tower No. cannot be specified for multiple cameras.

Figure 2: Camera settings

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Table 1: Description of camera settings
No.
12345678Item
Camera IP address
Camera UserName
Camera Password
PC IPaddress
PC UserName
PC Password
Signal No.
Display on the Andon screen

9Recording start event

1011
12
13
14

Range before recording
Range time to record
SaveCancel
Initialize

Description
Enter the camera IP address.
Enter the camera user name.
Enter the camera password.
Enter the PC IP address.
Enter the PC user name.
Enter the PC password.
Enter the target signal tower No.
Specify whether to display video from the camera on thegeneral monitor.
* If the "Display" check box is cleared, the general monitor does
not display video from the camera.
Select the event at which to start recording.
* Recorded movies can be watched on the Flex Signal single
device screen.
Enter the first half of the time range in which to start recording.
Enter the last half of the time range in which to start recording.
Save the settings for the target camera.
Cancels the edited settings for the target camera.
Changes the settings for the target camera to the initialsettings.

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1-4. Checking the display(1) General monitor screen
Check the display of the video from the specified camera.
* Video is not displayed if the PC where Flex Signal is installed cannot communicate with the camera.

Figure 3: General monitor screen

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View or download recorded movies.
Click a recorded event in the operation chart or a date/time in the movie list to play a recorded movie.
Clickin the movie list to download the relevant recorded movie.

* There is no movie if the specified event did not occur.
* Events that occur during recording are discarded.

Figure 4: Single device screen

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2. FAQs(1) I want to set multiple events to a single camera.
Only one event can be set to a single camera.

(2) Camera video is not displayed on the general monitor screen.
The camera may not be connected to the PC on which Flex Signal is installed (called the PC below).

(i)

Be sure to use Chrome as your browser.

(ii)

Directly enter the IP address of the camera in the browser to display the following screen (thesettings screen of the camera). If the following screen does not appear, the PC is notcommunicating with the camera. Double check the IP addresses of the camera and PC.

2018-10-01 10：05：03(iii) Check that the "General monitor display" check box is selected under Flex Signal camera
settings.
(iv) Review all the Flex Signal camera settings to confirm that they are correct.

(3) Movie of events that occurred during recording does not play.
Events that occur during recording are not recorded but are discarded.

11FS Camera Function Instruction ManualEventoccurred.

: During recording

Eventoccurred.

Event
discarded.

Eventoccurred.

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