16.2.2 Configure the settings related to FTP transmission
FTP
[Alarm image FTP transmission]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to transmit the alarm image to the FTP server.
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Default: Off
[Directory name]
Enter the directory name where the alarm images are to be saved.
For example, enter “/ALARM” to designate the directory “ALARM” under the root directory of the FTP server.
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Available number of characters: 1 - 256 characters
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Unavailable characters: " & ;
[File name]
Enter the file name used for the alarm image to be transmitted to an FTP server. The file name will be as follows.
File name: [“Entered file name” + “Time and date (year/ month/ day/ hour/ minute/ second)”] + “Serial number”
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Available number of characters: 1 - 32 characters
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Unavailable characters: " & * / : ; < > ? \ |
[FTP transmission retry]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to resend failed FTP transmissions.
On: If transmission fails, transmissions are resent until they are successfully sent.
Off: If transmission fails, the image that failed to be sent is discarded and the next image is sent.
Default: Off
[Pre alarm]
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Transmission interval
Select the update interval of images before an alarm occurs from the following.
0.1fps/ 0.2fps/ 0.33fps/ 0.5fps/ 1fps
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Default: 1fps
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Maximum number of images
Select the number of images to be transmitted from the following.
0pics/ 1pic/ 2pics/ 3pics/ 4pics/ 5pics/ 6pics*/ 7pics*/ 8pics*/ 9pics*/ 10pics*/ 20pics*/ 30pics*/ 40pics*/ 50pics*
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Default: 0 pics
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Recording duration
The recording duration, which changes according to the configured “Transmission interval” and “Maximum number of images”, of images recorded before an alarm occurs is displayed.
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When “JPEG(1)” is selected for the capture size of the image to be transmitted, pre alarm is unavailable if the image capture size of “JPEG(1)” is either “2048x1536”, “1920x1080”, or “1600x1200”.
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When “On” is selected for “Image compression rate upon alarm detection”, only post alarm recorded images are compressed. Compression is not applied to pre alarm recorded images.
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When a selection with an asterisk (*) on the right of it is selected for “Maximum number of images” of “Pre alarm”, the specified number of images may not be able to be sent depending on the image capture size and image quality. The following table shows the maximum number of images that can be sent for pre alarm.

| Image quality
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Image capture size | 1280x960 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40
1280x720 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50
800x600 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 50 | 50 | 50
VGA | 10 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50
640x360 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50
400x300 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50
QVGA | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50
320x180 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50
160x120 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50
160x90 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50

[Post alarm]
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Transmission interval
Select the transmission interval for the alarm image transmission to the FTP server from the following.
0.1fps/ 0.2fps/ 0.33fps/ 0.5fps/ 1fps
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Default: 1fps
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Number of images
Select the number of images to be transmitted from the following.
1pic/ 2pics/ 3pics/ 4pics/ 5pics/ 6pics/ 7pics/ 8pics/ 9pics/ 10pics/ 20pics/ 30pics/ 50pics/ 100pics/ 200pics/ 300pics/ 500pics/ 1000pics/ 1500pics/ 2000pics/ 3000pics
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Default: 100pics
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Recording duration
Approximate time to be taken to save the set “Number of images” with the set “Transmission interval” will be displayed.
[Image capture size]
Select the image capture size of images transmitted when an alarm occurs from the following.
JPEG(1)/JPEG(2)/JPEG(3)
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Default: JPEG(2)
FTP periodic image transmission
[FTP periodic image transmission]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to transmit images using the FTP periodic image transmission function.
When “On” is selected, it is necessary to configure the settings of the FTP server.
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Default: Off
IMPORTANT
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When using FTP periodic image transmission, it is necessary to configure the schedule settings of FTP periodic image transmission on the [Schedule] tab of the “Schedule” page. (→Section 17 Configure the settings relating to the schedules [Schedule])
[Directory name]
Enter the directory name where the images are to be saved.
For example, enter “/img” to designate the directory “img” under the root directory of the FTP server.
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Available number of characters: 1 - 256 characters
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Unavailable characters: " & ;
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Default: None (blank)
[File name]
Enter the file name (name of the image file to be transmitted) and select the naming option from the following.
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Name w/time&date: File name will be [“Entered file name” + “Time and date (year/ month/ day/ hour/ minute/ second)” + “Serial number (starting from 00)”].
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Name w/o time&date: File name will be the characters entered for “File name” only. When “Name w/o time&date” is selected, the file will be overwritten each time a file is newly transmitted.
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Available number of characters: 1 - 32 characters
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Unavailable characters: " & ; : / * < > ? \ |
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Default: None (blank)
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When “Name w/time&date” is selected, the file name will be [“Entered file name” + “Time and date (year/ month/ day/ hour/ minute/ second)” + “Serial number (starting from 00)”] + “s” during summer time.
[Transmission interval]
Select the interval for the FTP periodic image transmission from the following.
1s/ 2s/ 3s/ 4s/ 5s/ 6s/ 10s/ 15s/ 20s/ 30s/ 1min/ 2min/ 3min/ 4min/ 5min/ 6min/ 10min/ 15min/ 20min/ 30min/ 1h/ 1.5h/ 2h/ 3h/ 4h/ 6h/ 12h/ 24h
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Default: 1s
[Image capture size]
Select the image capture size of images to be transmitted from the following.
JPEG(1)/JPEG(2)/JPEG(3)
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Default: JPEG(2)
[FTP server address]
Enter the IP address or the host name of the FTP server.
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Available number of characters: 1 - 128 characters
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Available characters: Alphanumeric characters, the colon (:), the period (.), the underscore (_), and the hyphen (-).
IMPORTANT
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When entering the host name for “FTP server address”, it is necessary to configure the DNS settings on the [Network] tab of the “Network” page. (→16.1 Configure the network settings [Network])
[User name]
Enter the user name (login name) to access the FTP server.
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Available number of characters: 1 - 32 characters
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Unavailable characters: " & : ; \
[Password]
Enter the password to access the FTP server.
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Available number of characters: 0 - 32 characters
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Unavailable characters: " &
[Control port]
Enter a control port number to be used for the FTP server.
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Available port number: 1-65535
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Default: 21
The following port numbers are unavailable since they are already in use.
20, 23, 25, 42, 53, 67, 68, 69, 80, 110, 123, 161, 162, 443, 995, 10669, 10670
[FTP mode]
Select “Passive” or “Active” for the FTP mode.
Normally, select “Passive”. When it is impossible to connect after select “Passive”, try to connect after selecting “Active”.
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Default: Passive