Panasonic Admin Console Wjmpu955a Operating Instructions

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Configuration 
 
 
 
MPU955A 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 MPU955A Admin Console.  
(The values entered determine the operation of the Network Security...

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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 MPU955A 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 MPU955A Admin Console 
windows correspond to the sequence...

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Starting the Program 
 
To start MPU955A Admin Console: 
 
1. On the taskbar, click the Start button, click on Programs, click on Panasonic, 
and then click MPU955A Admin Console 
 
 
Logging In 
 
Each time MPU955A 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...

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First Time Operation  
 
 
CPU Setup 
 
When MPU955A Admin Console is run the first time, the following window will appear 
after you enter the default login name. 
 
 
 
 
1. Click the Add Record button   
  

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2. Enter a Unit Number for the system unit 
 
Unit ID automatically begins with “1”, however any two-digit number may be entered.  
Several separate units may be configured with a single MPU955A Admin Console, 
however, Admin Console must be upgraded in order for those units to be linked together. 
 
The unit number must match the number in the CPU System File, which resides on the 
actual CPU, with the IP address that will be entered below.  Contact your installer or 
network...

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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 129 
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...

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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 enter the information for another unit, or click the red “X” to 
exit the Add mode 
 
7. If an error has been made, click the Edit Record button and make 
your changes 
 
8. Click on the EXIT button to leave this window 
 
 
Scheduled Modes 
 
If the Scheduled...

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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...

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Main Window 
 
After entering the CPU number, IP address, CPU name, selecting your system’s size, and 
exiting, the following window will appear, which is the MPU955A Admin Console main 
window.  This window will be the first one you see from now on whenever you enter 
MPU955A Admin Console. 
 
The main window is the heart of the MPU955A Admin Console configuration software.  
Each component, sequence, setup, and management task will be accessed from the menus 
on this window....

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Database Management 
 
The active database for this system is the one residing within the Network Security 
System (NSS).  MPU955A Admin Console is used to create that database initially, and 
from that point forward works with copies of it in order to establish and maintain useful 
variations. 
 
 
At Installation 
 
When MPU955A Admin Console is first installed, an administrator must create and name 
a new database.  The database is stored on the MPU955A Admin Console computer’s...