Panasonic Admin Console Wj Mpu955 Users Guide

							 
 
 
Admin Console 
User’s Guide 
Model No. WJ-MPU955 
 
 
 
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WJ-MPU955  
Admin Console 
 
 
 
Installation and Configuration 
For System Administrators and Operators  
						

							 
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							Table of Contents 
 
 
i  Welcome ............................................................................................................... 1 
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 3 
Control of the System ........................................................................................ 3 
How It Works ..................................................................................................... 4 
Configuration Management ........................................................................... 4 
User Control................................................................................................... 4 
What Happens Next .......................................................................................... 4 
Installation............................................................................................................. 5 
System Requirements ....................................................................................... 5 
Minimum Hardware Requirements ................................................................ 5 
Minimum Video Display Setting Requirements .............................................. 5 
Operating System Requirements ................................................................... 5 
Installing MPU955 Admin Console .................................................................... 6 
What Happens Next .......................................................................................... 6 
Configuration ........................................................................................................ 7 
Worksheet Tasks............................................................................................... 7 
Instructions ........................................................................................................ 8 
Checklist............................................................................................................ 8 
Starting the Program ......................................................................................... 9 
Logging In ......................................................................................................... 9 
First Time Operation........................................................................................ 10 
CPU Setup ................................................................................................... 10 
Scheduled Modes ........................................................................................ 13 
Main Window ................................................................................................... 15 
Database Management................................................................................... 16 
At Installation............................................................................................... 16 
Database Archive ........................................................................................ 16 
Creating a Database .................................................................................... 17 
Selecting a Database................................................................................... 18 
Renaming a Database ................................................................................. 20 
Deleting a Database .................................................................................... 21 
Backing up or Restoring a Database ........................................................... 22 
System Configuration .................................................................................. 28 
Input to Screen................................................................................................ 36 
Switch Nodes ............................................................................................... 37 
Components ................................................................................................ 40 
Alarms......................................................................................................... 41 
Cameras ...................................................................................................... 53 
System Controllers ...................................................................................... 62 
Alarm Input/Output....................................................................................... 66 
Monitors ....................................................................................................... 69 
Operators..................................................................................................... 73 
Automate ......................................................................................................... 79 
Tour Sequences .......................................................................................... 80 
Group Presets (not currently supported)...................................................... 86 
Group Sequences (not currently supported)................................................ 92  
						

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ii  Event Scheduler.......................................................................................... 98 
Tools............................................................................................................. 101 
Log Manager.............................................................................................. 102 
AC Log....................................................................................................... 107 
Areas......................................................................................................... 109 
Account Manager....................................................................................... 110 
Help........................................................................................................... 113 
Uninstalling....................................................................................................... 113 
Appendix A ....................................................................................................... 114 
Appendix B ....................................................................................................... 124 
Glossary............................................................................................................ 125 
Acronyms ...................................................................................................... 125 
Terms ............................................................................................................ 126 
Index ............................................................................................................... 131 
Worksheets ....................................................................................................... 135 
Instructions .................................................................................................... 135 
Teamwork ..................................................................................................... 136 
Checklist........................................................................................................ 136  
						

							Welcome 
 
 
1 
 
Welcome 
 
 
 
Welcome to the MPU955
* Admin Console Installation and Configuration manual.  This 
guide is organized in a logical step-by-step sequence that will allow for both an easy and 
accurate configuration.   
 
First, an explanation of what MPU955 Admin Console is and how it works in a Network 
Security System (NSS) is presented in general terms.  Next, you will be guided through 
installing the software, creating a configuration database, and loading the database into 
the Network Security System’s CPU. 
 
While creating the configuration database, you will find that many components interact 
with each other, and are dependent on specific values.  It will be important to utilize the 
worksheets provided at the end of this manual to gather the data necessary to create the 
configuration database, and to develop an understanding of your Network Security 
System.  These worksheets, once completed, should also be utilized when making 
updates or changes to the system’s configuration, to ensure accurate results. 
 
This part of the process will be explained in the Configuration section of this manual, 
which is divided into three phases: physical planning, worksheet tasks, and keying in the 
data. 
 
 
                                            
 * Throughout this document, MPU955 refers to WJ-MPU955.  
						

							 
 
 
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							Introduction 
 
 
3   
 
Introduction 
 
 
 
MPU955 Admin Console enables an administrator and other users to closely control the 
operation of a Network Security System (NSS).  Such a system can include as many as 
1,024 cameras and 256 monitors.  You will be guided through the process of installing 
MPU955 Admin Console to manage an NSS, creating the databases that dictate the 
operation of the NSS, and allowing an administrator to easily change the system’s 
configuration when necessary. 
 
 
Control of the System 
 
MPU955 Admin Console enables an administrator to utilize an NSS’s performance 
capabilities to meet the surveillance needs of a facility during initial installation, as well 
as when conditions change. 
 
The NSS can be configured to help security personnel respond in different ways using 
MPU955 Admin Console.  For example, based on: 
 
• Time of day - such as when open to the public, closed, and after-hours cleaning 
and maintenance. 
• Night quiet time. 
• Quiet day of the week - which would be a 24-hour period of quiet time without 
any activity except security personnel doing rounds. 
• Special business activity - such as taking physical inventory, restocking, and 
doing routine maintenance of special equipment. 
• Visits by celebrities, dignitaries, or officials. 
 
In addition, the NSS can be configured using MPU955 Admin Console to allow for quick 
responses to unexpected disruptions of normal activity that could be caused by power, 
fire, police, health, or other emergencies.  
						

							Introduction 
 
 
4 
 
How It Works 
 
MPU955 Admin Console is a management tool that maintains tracking, reporting, and 
functional relationships between the various components in a network security system. 
 
 
Configuration Management 
 
It is possible for MPU955 Admin Console to maintain several separate configurations for 
a given system.   
 
One configuration, for example, could differ greatly from the typical configuration used, 
because its purpose may be to watch over a particular activity, such as the taking of an 
equipment and supplies inventory when the facility is closed to the public. 
 
 
User Control 
 
In addition to controlling individual cameras, MPU955 Admin Console provides the user 
with selections from lists of presets and sequences. 
 
• If the user chooses a group preset (not currently supported), a group of monitors 
will display a set of video outputs from a group of cameras at preset positions. 
 
• A sequence, on the other hand, is a system-controlled series of views - one of 
several cameras on one monitor (a Tour Sequence) or of group presets (a Group 
Sequence on several monitors – not currently supported). 
 
 
What Happens Next 
 
Installing the MPU955 Admin Console software only takes a few minutes and is very 
simple to complete.  A series of Windows dialog boxes guide the installation onto the PC. 
 
The subsequent task of configuring the software, once installed, can range from modest, 
for a small system, to complex, for a very large system, such as in an airport. 
 
When it comes to security surveillance, all potential contingencies should be considered 
when planning a system’s functionality.  MPU955 Admin Console is the tool that 
simplifies this process. 
						

							Installation 
 
 
5 
Installation 
 
 
 
Part of installing MPU955 Admin Console means copying program files from a CD-
ROM onto the hard drive of a dedicated PC.  MPU955 Admin Console is a tool that 
allows an administrator to configure the NSS (Network Security System) with 
information compiled about components and users, and to use well-planned presets and 
sequences. 
 
 
System Requirements  
 
As with any PC application that must be reliable, MPU955 Admin Console should be the 
primary program running on the computer it is installed on.  There should be little other 
than MPU955 Admin Console running on the same computer. 
 
 
Minimum Hardware Requirements 
 
• PC with an Intel® Pentium® III processor  
 
• 64 MB memory  
 
• 80 MB free hard drive space   
 
• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network interface card 
 
 
Minimum Video Display Setting Requirements 
 
• 256 colors  
 
• 800 x 600 resolution 
 
 
Operating System Requirements 
 
• Microsoft® Windows® (English Version)  
98SE, 2000 Professional SP4, XP Professional SP1a