Panasonic Admin Console Wjmpu955a Operating Instructions

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There are four user levels having varying restrictions as follows: 
 
Level 1: Access to all areas of the MPU955A Admin Console configuration, setup, and 
management. 
 
 
 
Level 2:  Access for modification of all configuration, setup, and management areas 
except GX Device and Account Manager. 
 
 
 
Level 3:  Can view databases, log manager, and get the current configuration from the 
MCPU.  No access to the AC Log or Account Manager, and unable to change 
configurations. 
 
 
  
						

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138  Level 4:  Can only view the Log Manager.  No access to any other area of MPU955A 
Admin Console. 
 
 
4. Click the green check mark to save 
 
You will remain in the “Add” mode, allowing you to enter information about another 
MPU955A Admin Console user. 
 
5. To exit the “Add” mode, click the red X 
 
You will exit the add mode. 
 
6. To edit a configured AC user, highlight a user name and click the “Edit 
Record” button 
 
You may also double-click on an AC user name on the list to enter the edit mode. 
 
7. Edit desired fields 
 
8. Click the green check mark to save and exit the edit mode, or click the red X 
to cancel 
 
9. To delete a user, highlight a user name and click the “Delete Record” button 
 
A confirmation message will appear.  Click No to cancel or click Yes to delete the 
selected account. 
 
  
						

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Help 
 
An on-line help file introduces the MPU955A Admin Console software and allows for a 
keyword search of topics.  Select the Contents… command from the Help menu. 
 
 
 
Help is also available from any of the MPU955A Admin Console windows by pressing 
the F1 key on the computer’s keyboard.  This will display information about the window 
from which F1 was pressed.  
 
On-line help is available to guide an administrator through software installation, creating 
and configuring the configuration files, as well as uploading and downloading to and 
from the Main CPU.  It also offers suggestions and/or examples, as well as notes, tips, 
and warnings about situations that an administrator may encounter during the 
configuration. 
 
Worksheets are referenced in the on-line help, but must be obtained and reproduced from 
the printed document. 
 
To determine version information about MPU955A Admin Console, select the About… 
command from the Help menu. 
 
 
 
 
 
Uninstalling 
 
To uninstall MPU955A Admin Console, use Add/Remove Programs on Control Panel. 
						

							Appendix A 
 
 
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Appendix A 
 
This appendix outlines, by category, the various fields and the valid values for those 
fields in the table that appears when the Advanced Config button is selected on the GX 
Device screen, and the GX Details window appears. 
 
Choose which details you wish to view using the drop-down menu in the upper left 
corner of the screen. A description for each field within each detail category follows. 
 
Alarm Notification 
 
 ALARM NOTIFICATION 
Field Data 
Mode Description: This is a setup for NTSC or PAL, but currently only NTSC is supported. 
Validation: 0 (fixed to zero for NTSC). Other reserved. 
Default Setting: 0  
Alarm TCP Description: Specifies whether to enable TCP for alarm notification 
Validation: 0 = Disable    1 = Enable 
Default Setting: 1 
Alarm TCP 
Destination Description: Specifies the destination for alarm notification using TCP. 
Validation: 0 for WJ-MPU955A, 1 for other device. When this value is set to 1, Alarm TCP/ IP 
address and Alarm TCP Port No. are effective. 
Default Setting: 0 
Alarm TCP/IP 
Address Description: Specifies a destination IP address for TCP alarm notification. This setting is 
effective only when Alarm TCP Destination is 1. 
Validation: Dotted decimal format IP address - 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 
Default Setting: 0.0.0.0 
Alarm TCP Port  
No. Description: Specifies a destination IP port for TCP alarm notification. This setting is effective 
only when Alarm TCP Destination is 1. 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral 0000 -FFFF 
Default Setting: C900 
Alarm UDP Description: Specifies whether to enable UDP for alarm notification 
Validation: 0 = Disable    1 = Enable 
Default Setting: 0 
Alarm UDP 
Destination Description: Specifies the destination for alarm notification using UDP. 
Validation: 0 for WJ-MPU955A, 1 for other device. When this value is set to 1, Alarm UDP IP 
address and Alarm UDP Port No. are effective. 
Default Setting: 0 
Alarm UDP IP 
address  Description: Specifies a destination IP address for TCP alarm notification. This setting is 
effective only when Alarm UDP Destination is 1. 
Validation: Dotted decimal format IP address - 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 
Default Setting: 0.0.0.0 
Alarm UDP Port  
No. Description: Specifies a destination IP port for TCP alarm notification. This setting is effective 
only when Alarm UDP Destination is 1. 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral 0000 -FFFF 
Default Setting: C901  
						

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 ALARM NOTIFICATION 
Field Data 
Alarm  
Retransmission 
Timer Description: Specifies a retry timer for an alarm notification. When GX device does not 
receive a response of an alarm notification packet, it sends the same packet after this timer 
expires. 
Validation: decimal numeral 0-255 
Default Setting: 10 
Control Site Description: Specifies IP address of the camera control site. 
Validation: 0 for WJ-MPU955A, 1 for other device. When this value is set to 1, Control 
Address is effective.  
Default Setting: (None) 
Control Address Description: Specifies IP address of the camera control site. 
Validation: Dotted decimal format IP address - 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 
Default Setting: (None) 
Comment Description: A string to put comment notes.        
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
 
 
Digital System Setup 
 
 DIGITAL SYSTEM SETUP 
Field Data 
Device ID Description: GX device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified within a 
system domain. Its format is shown as below: 
        _ _ _ _  _ X X X  device id (by rotary SW of an encoder front panel) 
        X X X X X _ _ _   device type  
Validation: Device type [0x0F000 encode, 0x1F000 decoder, other reserved] 
Default Setting: 0x0F000XXX is for encoder, 0x1F000XXX is for decoder. 
XXX is the value registered in Address[SW1] of the previous page . 
Note: See MPEG2 Encoder and MPEG2 Decoder Operating Instructions.  
Device Name Description: A String to help operator to identify a GX device. 
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
DNS Description: Specifies a DNS operational mode. 
Validation: 0 = Disable, 1 = Enable 
Default Setting: 0 
DNS Server Description: Specifies a DNS server IP address. 
Validation: Dotted decimal format IP address. 
Default Setting: (None) 
NTP Description: Specifies a NTP operational mode 
Validation: 0 = Disable, 1 = Enable 
Default Setting: 0 
NTP Server Host  
IP Address Description: Specifies a NTP server IP address. 
Validation: Dotted decimal format IP address. 
Default Setting: (None)  
						

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 DIGITAL SYSTEM SETUP 
Field Data 
NTP Port No. Description: Specifies a NTP server port number. 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral 0000 -FFFF 
Default Setting: (None) 
NTP Time Interval Description: Specifies a NTP sequence time in hex format. The time unit is in hours. 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral 01 - 18 
Default Setting: 1 
Host Name Description: Specifies a host name of the device. It is a string up to 64 characters. 
Validation: Within 64 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
Time Zone Description: Specifies time zone where the device is operating. 
Validation: EST: Eastern Standard Time; CST: Central Standard Time; MST: Mountains 
Standard Time; PST: Pacific Standard Time 
Default Setting: (None) 
Daylight Savings Description: Specifies whether to turn on daylight saving time or not. 
Validation: 0 to turn off and 1 to turn on 
Default Setting: 0 
Speed/Duplex Description: Specifies a transmission speed between each encoder or decoder and a network 
device such as a switching hub or a router. 
Validation: 0 for auto, 1 for 100 Base-TX FULL DUPLEX, 2 for 100 Base-TX HALF 
DUPLEX, 3 for 1000 Base-T 
Default Setting: 0 
Comment Description: A string to put comment notes.        
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
 
 
Encoder 
 
 ENCODER 
Field Data 
Device ID Description: GX device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified within a 
system domain. Its format is shown as below: 
        _ _ _ _  _ X X X  device id (by rotary SW of an encoder front panel) 
        X X X X X _ _ _   device type  
Validation: Device type [0x0F000 encode, 0x1F000 decoder, other reserved] 
Default Setting: 0x0F000XXX 
XXX is the value registered in Address[SW1] of the previous page . 
Note: See MPEG2 Encoder and MPEG2 Decoder Operating Instructions.  
Sub Device ID Description: GX sub device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified 
within the device. It also refers as a channel. 
Validation: 0 - 3 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned from 0 to 3.  
						

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 ENCODER 
Field Data 
Port Description: Specifies a local control port for the device. 
Validation: decimal format, 1 - 1024 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned. 
Note: This port number is the same as the port number of the CAMERA page, and it is necessary to 
associate it. 
Audio Description: Specifies the audio mode for the device. 
Validation: 0 = OFF, 1 = ON 
Default Setting: 0 
Video & Audio 
Encryption Description: Specifies the video stream classification. 
Validation: 0 = No Scramble, 1 = Scramble 
Default Setting: 0 
Encryption Key Description: Specifies the encryption key number. This is effective only when Video & Audio 
Encryption is 1. 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral, 00 -- FF 
Default Setting: 0 
TOS Description: Specifies a TOS in IP message header 
Validation: 0 - 7 
Default Setting: 0 
TTL Description: Specifies a TTL in IP message header 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral 0x00 - 0xFF 
Default Setting: hexadecimal numeral 0F 
Dynamic Range Description: Specifies a dynamic range for a camera. 
Validation: 0 = Normal, 1 = Wide, 2 = Super wide 
Default Setting: 0 
Watermark Description: Specifies a watermark mode. 
Validation:  0= Disable, 1 = Enable 
Default Setting: 0 
Watermark Value Description: Specifies a watermark value. This value only applies when the watermark mode is 
set to enable. 
Validation: 0 - 7 
Default Setting: 0 
GOP Description: Specifies GOP length in picture frames. 
Validation: decimal format, 15 - 45 
Default Setting: 15 
Stream Format Description: Specifies the video stream format. 
Validation: 0 = MPEG2, Other - Not defined 
Default Setting: 0 
Cam Type Description: Specifies a camera to control from a controller. 
Validation: 0 = coaxial camera connected to encoder, 1 = RS485 camera connected to RS485 
Data Port of encoder  
Default Setting: 0 
Note: Since only one RS485 camera is able to connect to each encoder, only one to the value 1 
is effective in the same Device ID. 
When 1 is set, communication setting between camera and an encoder is in RS485 Data Port.  
						

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 ENCODER 
Field Data 
Comment Description: A string to put comment notes. 
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
 
 
Decoder 
 
 DECODER 
Field Data 
Device ID Description: GX device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified within a 
system domain. Its format is shown as below: 
        _ _ _ _  _ X X X  device id (by rotary SW of an decoder front panel) 
        X X X X X _ _ _   device type  
Validation: Device type [0x0F000 encode, 0x1F000 decoder, other reserved] 
Default Setting: 0x1F000XXX 
XXX is the value registered in Address[SW1] of the previous page . 
Note: See MPEG2 Encoder and MPEG2 Decoder Operating Instructions.  
Sub Device ID Description: GX sub device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified 
within the device. It also refers as a channel. 
Validation: 0 - 3 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned from 0 to 3. 
Port Description: Specifies a local control port for the device. 
Validation: decimal format, 1 - 256 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned. 
Note: This port number is the same as the port number of the MONITOR page, and it is necessary to 
associate it. 
Audio Mute Description: Specifies the audio mode for the device. 
Validation: 0 = Mute ON, 1 = Mute OFF 
Default Setting: 1 
Video & Audio 
Decryption Description: Specifies the video stream classification. 
Validation: 0 = No Scramble, 1 = Scramble 
Default Setting: 0 
Decryption Key Description: Specifies the decryption key number. This is effective only when Video & Audio 
Decryption is 1. 
Validation: hexadecimal numeral, 00 -- FF 
Default Setting: 0 
Fade Description: Specifies the display color until the video image is displayed. 
Validation: 0 = None, 1 = the color specified by Foreground Color is effective. 
Default Setting: 90 
Foreground Color Description: Specifies the display color until the video image is displayed. 
Validation: decimal format, 00 - 148 – see the color code list in Appendix B on page 150. 
Default Setting: 00  
						

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 DECODER 
Field Data 
Background Color Description: Specifies the background color of character on the monitor. 
Validation: 0 = OFF, 1=ON 
Default Setting: 0 
Latency Buffer Description: Specifies decode buffer memory size for network latency. The Memory size is in 
Mbits 
Validation: 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 
Default Setting: 0 
Comment Description: A string to put comment notes. 
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
 
 
Digital Input 
 
 DIGITAL INPUT 
Field Data 
Device ID Description: GX device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified within a 
system domain. Its format is shown as below: 
        _ _ _ _  _ X X X  device id (by rotary SW of an encoder front panel) 
        X X X X X _ _ _   device type  
Validation: Device type [0x0F000 encode, 0x1F000 decoder, other reserved] 
Default Setting: 0x0F000XXX 
XXX is the value registered in Address[SW1] of the previous page . 
Note: See MPEG2 Encoder and MPEG2 Decoder Operating Instructions.  
Sub Device ID Description: GX sub device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified 
within the device. It also refers as a channel. 
Validation: Only 0 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned to 0. 
Bank Description: Specifies a local control port for the device. 
Validation: decimal format, 1 - 1024 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned. 
Note: This port number is the same as the port number of the ALARM I/O PORTS page, and it is 
necessary to associate it. 
Comment Description: A string to put comment notes. 
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
 
  
						

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146  Digital Output 
 
 DIGITAL OUTPUT 
Field Data 
Device ID Description: GX device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified within a 
system domain. Its format is shown as below: 
        _ _ _ _  _ X X X  device id (by rotary SW of an encoder front panel) 
        X X X X X _ _ _   device type  
Validation: Device type [0x0F000 encode, 0x1F000 decoder, other reserved] 
Default Setting: 0x0F000XXX 
XXX is the value registered in Address[SW1] of the previous page . 
Note: See MPEG2 Encoder and MPEG2 Decoder Operating Instructions.  
Sub Device ID Description: GX sub device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified 
within the device. It also refers as a channel. 
Validation: Only 0 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned to 0. 
Bank Description: Specifies a local control port for the device. 
Validation: decimal format, 1 - 1024 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned. 
Note: This port number is the same as the port number of the ALARM I/O PORTS page, and it is 
necessary to associate it. 
Comment Description: A string to put comment notes. 
Validation: Within 16 characters. 
Default Setting: (None) 
 
 
RS485 Data Port 
 
 RS485 DATA PORT 
Field Data 
Device ID Description: GX device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified within a 
system domain. Its format is shown as below: 
        _ _ _ _  _ X X X  device id (by rotary SW of an encoder front panel) 
        X X X X X _ _ _   device type  
Validation: Device type [0x0F000 encode, 0x1F000 decoder, other reserved] 
Default Setting: 0x0F000XXX 
XXX is the value registered in Address[SW1] of the previous page . 
Note: See MPEG2 Encoder and MPEG2 Decoder Operating Instructions.  
Sub Device ID Description: GX sub device identifier is a local physical number that is uniquely identified 
within the device. It also refers as a channel. 
Validation: Only 0 
Default Setting: Automatically assigned to 0. 
Baud Rate Description: Specifies serial communication baud rate. 
Validation:  0B = 2400 bps, 0D = 9600 bps, 0E = 19200 bps, 0F = 38400 bps 
Default Setting: 0D