Panasonic Admin Console Wj Mpu955 Users Guide

							Installation 
 
 
6   
Installing MPU955 Admin Console 
 
1.  Insert the MPU955 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your computer – an  
installation menu will appear 
 
2.  Select Admin Console and click the Next button – MPU955 Admin Console will 
begin installing automatically 
 
3.  Respond to the dialog boxes by following the directions given 
 
 
What Happens Next 
 
The next section will guide you through the phases involved with the setup and 
configuration of MPU955 Admin Console. 
  
						

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7 
Configuration 
 
 
 
MPU955 Admin Console configuration is a three-step process: 
 
1.  Mark copies of drawings of the facility under surveillance. 
 
2.  Fill in the appropriate worksheets provided at the end of this manual.  (This will 
result in a survey of all the components in your system, and how they interact 
with one another.)  
 
3.  Enter the values collected on the worksheets into MPU955 Admin Console.  (The 
values entered determine the operation of the Network Security System (NSS) in 
complete detail by creating relationships among all of the components, including 
the users.) 
 
Once existing copies of the facility’s drawings are marked, there is a basis for assigning 
logical or area/local numbers, titles, and practical names for the various components of 
the surveillance system.  With this information, you can then continue with the MPU955 
Admin Console worksheet tasks indicated below. 
 
 
Worksheet Tasks 
 
The MPU955 Admin Console worksheets aid in the collection and organization of 
information needed to configure the NSS.  One person can complete all of the worksheets 
in a smaller system, but to speed up any installation, consider assigning a team of several 
individuals to complete different worksheets concurrently. 
 
Perhaps the surveillance system you are working with is small enough for you to collect 
the required information, and input those values directly on to the MPU955 Admin 
Console screens. 
 
However, if the system is more complex, it is best to gather and write down the 
information needed for the initial configuration of MPU955 Admin Console.  
 
If settings need to be modified or updated in the future because of a change in 
surveillance needs, or changes made in the components of the system, the worksheets can 
be used to track past, current, and future configurations.  The worksheets make it very 
easy to do this, regardless of the size of your system. 
  
						

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8  As with any system configuration, it is wise to keep initial and updated worksheets on file, 
just in case there is ever a need to re-enter the data, or troubleshoot the system. 
 
 
Instructions 
 
The title of each worksheet is the same as the title of the MPU955 Admin Console 
window it supports.  For example, the “Operators” worksheet supports the “Operators” 
window.  The fields that need to be filled in on the various MPU955 Admin Console 
windows correspond to the sequence presented on the worksheets. 
 
Reproduce the worksheets supplied with the system. 
 
Copy pages from the actual worksheets located in the back of this manual. 
 
You may only need a single copy of a certain worksheet, but dozens of copies of others, 
depending on the components that make up your surveillance system. 
 
 
Checklist 
 
Worksheets are arranged alphabetically to make them easy to find.  However, you can 
follow the checklist below vertically for a workable sequence. 
 
For a team approach to information collection, use best judgment to decide how to 
distribute the worksheet among several individuals. 
 

						

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9 
Starting the Program 
 
To start MPU955 Admin Console: 
 
1.  On the taskbar, click the Start button, click on Programs, click on Panasonic, 
and then click MPU955 Admin Console 
 
 
Logging In 
 
Each time MPU955 Admin Console is run, this login screen will appear. 
 
 
 
1.  Enter the user login name (default = admin) and click the green check mark 
(or press 
ENTER on your computer’s keyboard)  
 
By default, there is no password defined. 
 
Both the user login name and password fields are case sensitive. 
 
It is recommended that after entering MPU955 Admin Console the first time, 
that the user login name is changed, and a login password is defined, in order 
to control administrative access.  
 
During the configuration, add user names and passwords at various access levels as 
needed.  See the Account Manager section on page 110. 
  
						

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10   
First Time Operation  
 
CPU Setup 
 
When MPU955 Admin Console is run the first time, the following window will appear 
after you enter the default login name. 
 
 
 
On this window you must match the CPU configuration in the software with the actual 
CPU running the NSS.  
  
Unit ID is always “1” when using MPU955 Admin Console, as only a single system unit 
is supported. 
 
1.  Enter the IP address for the Main A CPU 
  
						

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11  Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main A CPU.  This 
will let the MPU955 Admin Console software know where to send the configuration 
database later.   
 
2.  If your system is equipped with a redundant CPU, then select the Redundant 
check box and enter the IP address for the Main B CPU 
 
 
 
Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main B CPU.  If the 
system has just a single CPU, leave the redundant check box blank.  The Main B CPU IP 
address will not
 be required. 
 
3.  Enter a Unit Name for the system unit 
 
It is best if the name is practical, and easy to understand by anyone using the system.   
 
4.  Decide on the operational mode for the NSS CPU by choosing the size of your 
system from the Size drop-down menu 
 
 
 
The Size Configuration section of this window is where you will see the details on the 
size the CPU you select.  As you choose Standard, Enhanced, or High-Speed, from the 
Size drop-down menu, the maximum capacities of each size will display.  The maximum 
capacity is the largest supported number of each of the components listed.  You must 
match the main CPU (MCPU) capacity with the capacity in this window.   
  
						

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12   
Standard 
 
If any of the components in your system exceed the maximum capacity listed, you must 
choose the next highest system type.  For example, if the number of each of your 
system’s components are less than the maximums listed for “Standard”, but you have 65 
monitors, you would need to select “Enhanced” as your system type. 
 
 
 
Enhanced 
 
This is the next NSS CPU type available.  Using the Enhanced CPU type will increase 
the capacity of the system.  This can be chosen as long as your system MCPU is the 
correct version for this type.   
 
 
  
						

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High-Speed 
 
This is the largest CPU type available, providing the capacity for handling the largest 
number of components. 
 
 
 
5.  After making your selection, click the green check mark to save.  
 
6.  You can then click on the EXIT button to leave this window 
 
 
Scheduled Modes 
 
If the Scheduled Modes check box is selected on the CPU System Configuration 
window’s Unit tab, an administrator can configure up to four different modes of 
operation that can then be scheduled to become active as desired.  The configuration of 
these modes are programmed or set by an administrator during the configuration of the 
system’s components through MPU955 Admin Console. 
 
  
						

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14  Viewing and Programming 
 
In each of the components’ permissions tabs that contain a section like the 
one shown to the left, modes can be viewed and programmed. 
 
Clicking the View option button allows you to view permissions for the 
mode chosen, and defaults to programming for the same mode.  In the 
case of the graphic to the left, mode 1 is set for viewing, and thereby 
programming. 
 
The permissions grid reflects the contents of the mode whose view is 
selected with the View option button.  In the image below, the permission 
grid is displaying the contents of mode 1. 
 
 
 
More than one mode can be programmed at the same time by clicking on 
the Prog check boxes of the other mode numbers that you wish to 
program simultaneously.  This will append, or add any permissions that 
are then changed on the permissions grid, but will not
 duplicate entire 
modes or overwrite existing permissions in the other modes. 
 
The image to the left indicates that the permissions grid would now be 
displaying the contents of mode 3 (which is also by default being 
programmed), and would simultaneously be programming any subsequent 
changes into modes 1 and 4 as well. 
 
It is not
 necessary to perform a Save for each mode viewed or programmed.  Saving 
permissions, when completed, automatically saves all four modes, regardless of the 
current View or Prog selection.  Permissions are described on page 56.  
						

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15 
Main Window 
 
After entering the CPU IP address, selecting your system’s size, and exiting, the 
following window will appear, which is the MPU955 Admin Console main window.  
This window will be the first one you see from now on whenever you enter MPU955 
Admin Console. 
 
The main window is the heart of the MPU955 Admin Console configuration software.  
Each component, sequence, setup, and management task will be accessed from the menus 
on this window. 
 
Each section will be utilized in order to configure and maintain the NSS.