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 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 
MPU955A Admin Console worksheet tasks indicated below. 
 
 
Worksheet Tasks 
 
The MPU955A 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 MPU955A 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 MPU955A 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 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 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 number of 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. 
 
‰ CPU Setup 
‰ Node Definition 
(GX, SX850, SX650) 
‰ Camera Definition 
‰ System Controllers 
‰ Monitor Definition 
‰ Operator Definition 
‰ Digital Recorder 
Definition(s) 
‰ Alarm Input/Output 
‰ Tour Sequences 
‰ Camera Presets 
‰ Group Presets 
‰ Group Sequences  
‰ Alarm Target 
Definition(s) 
‰ Alarm Definition(s) 
‰ Alarm Target Assignment(s) 
‰ Camera-to-Monitor Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Camera View Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Camera Control Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Monitor Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Group Sequence Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Alarm IO Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Alarm Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Alarm Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Alarm Permission(s) 
‰ Controller-to-Digital Recorder Permission(s) 
‰ Operator-to-Controller Permissions 
‰ Event Scheduler  
						

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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 fields are case sensitive. 
 
It is recommended that after entering MPU955A Admin Console the first 
time, that the admin user login password is changed, 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 136. 
  
						

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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 administrator for more information on the CPU System File. 
 
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. Enter the IP address for the Main A CPU 
 
Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main A CPU.  This 
will let the MPU955A Admin Console software know where to send the configuration 
database later.   
 
5. 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.  In that case, the 
Main B CPU IP address will not
 be required. 
 
6. Choose the configuration size for the NSS CPU 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 actual CPU Unit capacity with the capacity in this window.    
						

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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 chosen as long as your system MPU 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 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 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 MPU955A 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 67.  
						

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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. 
 
Each section will be utilized in order to configure and maintain the NSS. 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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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 
hard drive.  
  
The administrator then enters all the information available about devices, components, 
users, and sequences, and saves these details into the database using the Database 
Manager. 
 
See Creating a Database on page 17 for initial and subsequent database creations. 
 
 
Database Archive 
 
The Database Archive section of the Database Manager window is where each 
configuration file (database) is manipulated.  Several functions that can be performed 
with the configuration files are selecting, creating, copying, renaming, or deleting. 
 
This section also includes options to backup or restore a configuration file to or from 
removable media or an alternate location, such as a floppy diskette or network drive. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Select 
New 
Copy
Rename 
Delete
Backup
Restore