Panasonic Admin Console Wj Mpu955 Users Guide

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Input to Screen 
 
You will begin configuring the database using the Domain and Components menus on 
the main window: 
 
 
 
 
 
The title bar of each option window you enter will show the name of the main 
menu option being displayed, followed by the name of the current default 
database (.adm) file being viewed or edited.  In the case below, the option being 
displayed is controllers, and the database file being used is standard.adm.  
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Main menu 
option...

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Switch Nodes 
 
Digital (GX) – GX Devices 
 
GX devices include both encoders and decoders. Encoders convert analog video signals 
to digital data (MPEG2). Decoders convert digital data (MPEG2) to analog video signals. 
 
Definition 
 
1.  Select the Switch Nodes command from the Domain menu, and then select 
Digital (GX) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.  Click the Add Record button 
 
  

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38  3.  Enter all information required about each GX Device 
 
 GX DEVICES - Definition 
Field Data 
ID Unique record ID assigned by MPU955 Admin Console as a device is added, in order to 
identify one device to the system.  1 to 1,024. 
MPU955 Admin Console automatically generates this number in consecutive order.  Upon 
adding devices, the system will automatically assign the next available number. 
Component ID and sequence ID numbers are used primarily in the permission tabs to...

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39  8.  Click the green check mark to save and exit the edit mode, or click the red X 
to cancel 
 
9.  To delete a device, highlight a device ID and click the Delete Record 
button 
 
A confirmation message will appear. 
 
 
 
10. Click No to cancel, or click Yes to delete the selected device 
 
 
11. To view details about a device, highlight the device ID and click the 
Advanced Config button (see warning below) 
 
A message window appears asking you to confirm that you want to...

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Components 
 
Selecting any of the components listed on the Components menu opens a window that 
requires information from one or more of the Setup Worksheets that you have completed. 
 
 
 
Input the required information for each of these components separately: alarms, cameras, 
system controllers, alarm I/O ports, monitors, and operators. 
 
 
  

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Alarms  
 
Alarms play an important role within an NSS.  Alarms can automatically trigger up to ten 
actions, such as camera spots, tour sequences, or group sequences (not currently 
supported), in any combination.  These actions allow the system to open or close a 
contact connected to an I/O port that will start a siren or possibly turn on a spotlight.  
They also can alert the operator by displaying cameras on a monitor during a triggered 
alarm. 
 
In order to configure alarms...

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42  Alarm Target 
 
An alarm target is an ID number that defines a group of one or more monitors. 
 
Alarm targets are assigned to alarms in order to link alarm actions to specific monitors.  
At least one alarm target must be created before you can create an alarm.  
 
When an alarm is triggered, an action will occur.  For example, causing a camera spot 
(configured in the alarm definition) to display on an array of monitors assigned to a 
specific target. 
 
Be careful when assigning...

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3.  Double-click on each monitor ID that you wish to add to this target record 
 
As you double-click on a monitor ID number’s corresponding box, the representative box 
will turn green, indicating that it is now part of this record. 
 
First row = monitor IDs 0-9, second row = monitor IDs 10-19, etc.   
 
Besides choosing which monitors will be part of a specific target ID, you must also 
choose either Hold or Sequence from the Display Mode section of this window to define...

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4.  Click the green check mark to add the series of monitors, or click the red X 
to cancel 
 
The permission grid is shown by monitor ID only.   
 
A monitor can only be a member of one target.  Therefore, when adding 
additional targets, monitors that are already assigned to a different target 
appear as yellow blocks.  Green blocks indicate monitors assigned to the 
highlighted target ID.  White blocks are either unassigned or undefined 
monitor IDs. 
 
To re-assign a monitor...

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Alarm Definition 
 
To define an alarm record, select Alarms from the Components menu, and then select 
Records. An Alarm Target must be created before an alarm can be defined. 
 
 
 
Add, edit, or delete alarm records as needed using the three icons at the bottom of this 
window.