Canon VB-M640VE Camera Management Tool User Manual - Page 56

Back Up Setting Values, Specifying the Save Location for Backup Files, Performing a Backup

Page 56 highlights

Back Up Setting Values You can batch back up the settings of multiple cameras. The camera setting information can be loaded and then exported as a backup file. A backup file can be used to restore the same settings as when the cameras were backed up or to apply the same settings to other cameras. Important • Do not disconnect a network cable or turn off the power of a camera during the backup process. Doing so may cause a camera to malfunction. • Do not launch this tool on multiple computers and then perform a backup simultaneously from multiple computers. Doing so may cause a camera to malfunction. • Back up cameras while there is no connection to them. If, for example, a camera's Admin Viewer/VB Viewer or an Admin Tools is open, close it. Specifying the Save Location for Backup Files Before performing a backup, specify the save location for backup files. 1 Select [File] > [Environmental Settings]. The [Environmental Settings] dialog box appears. 2 Set the default save location for backup files on the [File] tab. Click [Browse] and specify the save location for backup files in the dialog box that appears. The specified folder is displayed in [Default file location]. 3 Click [OK]. Performing a Backup 1 In the camera list, select a camera whose settings you want to back up. 2 Click on the toolbar. Or click [Maintenance] > [Back Up Settings]. The [Back Up Settings] dialog box appears. 56

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72

56
You can batch back up the settings of multiple cameras. The camera setting information can be loaded and then exported
as a backup file. A backup file can be used to restore the same settings as when the cameras were backed up or to apply
the same settings to other cameras.
Specifying the Save Location for Backup Files
Before performing a backup, specify the save location for backup files.
The [Environmental Settings] dialog box appears.
Click [Browse] and specify the save location for backup files in the dialog box that appears. The specified folder
is displayed in [Default file location].
Performing a Backup
The [Back Up Settings] dialog box appears.
Back Up Setting Values
Important
Do not disconnect a network cable or turn off the power of a camera during the backup process. Doing so may cause a camera to
malfunction.
Do not launch this tool on multiple computers and then perform a backup simultaneously from multiple computers. Doing so may cause
a camera to malfunction.
Back up cameras while there is no connection to them. If, for example, a camera’s Admin Viewer/VB Viewer or an Admin Tools is open,
close it.
1
S
elect [File] > [Environmental
S
ettings].
2
S
et the default save location for backup files on the [File] tab.
3
Click [OK].
1
In the camera list, select a camera whose settings you want to back up.
2
Click
on the toolbar.
Or click [Maintenance] > [Back Up
S
ettings].