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 display must be given 
a unique number - different from other configured digital recorder records.  
						

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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 and column style.  Since logical and local 
numbers are not necessarily unique or consecutive; and the permission grids are displayed as 
consecutive, unique numbers; Admin Console generates these ID numbers.   
Logical Unique number assigned by an NSS administrator, usually designated by combining two 
references, such as having the first 2 digits represent a logical group (such as a group of 
recorders surveying a loading dock), and up to three serial digits assigned for other logical 
reasons.  1 to 99,999.  Examples: 8 4 001, 84002, 84003, 84004;  3 6 001, 36002, 36003, 36004.  
An operator will select recorders to view by this logical number. 
Video:      - Switch Choose the switch type to which the recorder output is connected from the drop-down list. 
- Port     The video input port that is connected to the output from the recorder. 
IPA Unique Internet Protocol address assigned by the system administrator.  Dotted decimal, 15 
characters (including dots).  Example: 128.010.050.125 
Unit Address Enter the recorder’s internally defined Unit Address. 
Digital Bitrate Choose from the dropdown the bitrate that the recorder will support. 
Ser. (optional) The serial number of the recorder. 
Model Choose the recorder model from the dropdown. Admin Console uses this information to 
determine the total number of available channels. 
 
  
						

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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. Click the green check mark to save the selection 
 
You can only select cameras that are already configured for use by Admin 
Console, and you need to know which channel they are connected to before 
working on this tab. Recording is only possible from cameras that are 
physically connected. 
 
Permissions 
 
Controller Tab 
  
						

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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. The administrator must deny permissions. 
 
1. Click on the Controller permission tab from the Digital Recorders window 
 
Allowing a system controller to control a certain recorder will automatically 
allow the same controller to view video from the specified recorder. 
 
Recorders are displayed in the list on the left by ID number, but can also be viewed by 
logical number, IP address, or video port.  The grid on the right represents the following: 
 
First row = controller IDs 0-9, second row = controller IDs 10-19, etc. 
 
Green blocks indicate an allowed permission, and white blocks indicate that permission is 
denied. 
 
2. Double-click on a specific controller to invert or alternate between permit or 
deny 
 
Be sure to click the save button (the picture of the floppy disk) before exiting 
the Controller tab to ensure the changes will be saved correctly. 
 
3. Highlight a row, a column, or click and hold the mouse button 
to highlight a group of controllers 
 
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 controllers permission to control the specified 
camera, or 
 
6. Click on the Deny All button to turn the entire grid white – 
denying all controllers permission to control the specified 
camera, or 
 
7. Click on the Copy Grid button to copy the permission grid 
from a specific recorder to other recorders 
  
						

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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 where the controller permissions 
will be copied. 
 
9. Enter the Target ID range of recorder ID numbers, with the beginning 
number in the START box, and the ending number in the END box 
 
Permissions existing for recorders within the specified range will
 be 
overwritten. 
  
						

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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 the contents of mode 1. 
 
 
 
  
						

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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 
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.   
 
Controllers Recorder Tab 
 
The Recorder permission tab on the Controller window allows an administrator to specify 
which recorders can be seized by the selected controller. It shows permissions from the 
controller’s point of view. 
 
By default, all components are allowed to access all other components. An administrator 
must deny permissions. 
 
1. Click on the Recorder permission tab from the Controllers window 
 
Allowing a system controller to control a certain recorder will automatically 
allow the same controller to view video from the specified recorder. 
 
Controllers are displayed in the list on the left by ID number, but can also be viewed by 
IP address (IPA), Ethernet address (EA), or area.  The grid on the right represents the 
following: 
 
First row = recorder IDs 0-9, second row = recorder IDs 10-19, etc. 
 
Green blocks indicate an allowed permission, and white blocks indicate that permission is 
denied. 
 
2. Double-click on a specific recorder to invert or alternate between permit or 
deny 
 
Be sure to click the save button (the picture of the floppy disk) before exiting 
the Recorder tab to ensure the changes will be saved correctly. 
  
						

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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 
 
7. Click on the Copy Grid button to copy the permission grid 
from a specific controller to other controllers 
 
When copying a grid, a confirmation message will appear asking “Are you sure you want 
to COPY the Recorder permission for this Controller?” and explaining the copying rules: 
 
[1] Permissions will be copied by Controller ID. 
 
[2] If permission already exists for a Controller 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 controller ID from where the recorder permissions 
will be copied. 
 
9. Enter the Target ID range of recorder ID numbers, with the beginning 
number in the START box, and the ending number in the END box 
 
Permissions existing for controllers within the specified range will
 be 
overwritten.  
						

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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 icon from the Components row of the main 
menu 
 
2. Define new cameras if necessary 
 
3. Click the Recorder tab 
 
4. Click the ID number of the recorder you wish to work with 
 
 
 
5. Select the camera ID from the Cameras list   
						

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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