Panasonic Admin Console Wjmpu955a Operating Instructions

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Digital Recorders 
 
The NSS can utilize the features of digital video recorders, once they are defined by the 
Admin Console. Cameras connected to the digital recorders are configured to the video 
input channel they are using. 
 
Definition Tab  
1. Select the Digital Recorders command from the Component menu  
  
  
2. Add, edit, or delete recorder records as necessary using the three icons at the 
bottom of the window. 
 
Each field preceded by purple text on your computer’s...

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 DIGITAL RECORDERS - Definition 
Field Data 
ID Unique record ID assigned by Admin Console as a Digital Recorder is added, in order to 
identify one recorder to the system.  1 to 64. 
Admin Console automatically generates this number in consecutive order.  Upon adding 
recorders, the system will automatically assign the next available number. 
Component ID and sequence ID numbers are used primarily in the permission tabs to identify 
one component or sequence from another in row...

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79  Channels Tab 
 
Each digital recorder provides a number of video channels (depending on the model of 
recorder). The Channels tab is used to specify which camera is connected to each of the 
recorder’s channels. 
 
 
 
1. Click in the blank LCh field and enter the Logical channel number you want to 
specify for this camera 
 
2. Click in the blank Cam field and double-click, in the panel that appears on the 
right, on the camera that you wish to specify for this video channel 
 
3....

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80  The Controller permission tab on the Digital Recorder window allows an administrator 
to specify which controllers can seize the selected recorder. It shows permissions from 
the recorder’s point of view. Permissions from the controller’s point of view can be found 
in the Recorder Tab of the Controllers window (described in the previous section). 
 
The last permission change made is the one that remains set. By default, all components 
are allowed to access all other components....

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81  When copying a grid, a confirmation message will appear asking “Are you sure you want 
to COPY the Controller permission for this Digital Recorder?” and explaining the 
copying rules: 
 
[1] Permissions will be copied by Digital Recorder ID. 
 
[2] If permission already exists for a Digital Recorder that falls within the 
Target range, that original permission will be overwritten. 
 
8. Click Yes to continue or No to cancel 
 
 
 
The copy source is the highlighted recorder ID from...

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82  Viewing and Programming Modes 
 
 
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. See Scheduled Modes in the Admin Console manual. 
 
The permissions grid reflects the contents of the mode whose view is 
selected with the View option button.  In the image that follows, the 
permission grid is displaying...

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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...

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84  3. Highlight a row, a column, or click and hold the mouse button 
to highlight a group of recorders 
 
4. Click the Invert Grid Selection button to change the state of 
the permission for the highlighted group, or 
 
5. Click on the Permit All button to turn the entire grid green – 
allowing all recorders to be seized by the specified controller, 
or 
 
6. Click on the Deny All button to turn the entire grid white – 
denying the selected controller access to all recorders, or 
 
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10. Highlight a component within the permission grid, and click 
the definition button. 
 
 
A window will appear; giving a quick view of that component’s 
configured definition. 
 
For the Modes section of this tab, see on page 82. 
 
 
 
Adding or Removing Cameras for a Defined Recorder 
 
Once a digital recorder has been defined in Admin Console, adding or reconfiguring 
cameras attached to it can be done from the Recorder tab of the Cameras screen. 
 
1. Click the Cameras...

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6. Select the channel you wish to specify for the camera from the 
Vid CHs (video channels) list 
 
Only channels that are available are listed in the Channels list. 
 
7. Click the Assign Recorder (  ) to remove the selected camera from 
the recorder ID and channel showing in the Recorder section 
of the screen 
 
8. Click EXIT when finished