Panasonic Digital Disk Recorder Wj Rt208 Operating Instructions

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■DIP Switch Setting
When this unit is connected to any other system unit, it is necessary to set up the 2-bit DIP termination switches located on the
back of this unit.
DIP termination switches:
The dip switch positions are defined by the attribute of the unit connected to the system’s DATA terminal.
*Refer to the label in regard to setting the DIP termination switches on the rear panel.
Caution:Switch 2 of the DIP termination switch is not available.
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Machine connected to the DATA port
ControllerTermination switch 1
ONTermination switch 2
OFF 
						

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Setup Procedures
1. Preparation
1.1 Turning the Power On
(1) Connect the AC power cord to the AC power connector
on the rear panel.
(2) Turn on the power switch on the rear panel.
A hard disk detection screen appears on the monitor for
a few seconds.
After that, a live monitoring screen of the camera is dis-
played.
1.2 User Registration
(1) When any button other than the camera selection but-
ton and the screen split button is pressed while the key-
board is locked (in the state of no log-in), a log-in box is
displayed.
(2) Enter a password, and then press the [SET] button.
When log-in is successful, the indicator of the direction
button lights up. (This indicator is not lit up if log-in has
not yet been performed or has failed.)
In the case of failure in log-in, the system presents an
error dialog box.
Press the [SET] button or the [ESC] button to close the
error dialog box.
Note:The default passwords are set as below.
Manager: 888888
Operator: 88888
Viewer: 8888
To enhance security, set a new password before using
this unit. 
We recommend changing these passwords periodical-
ly.
The keyboard is automatically locked if any operation is
not carried out by the preset time period of Keylock
Time for WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU – SYSTEM MAN-
AGEMENT – SYSTEM SETUP.
25 % HDD CHECK
××××××Input Password
Password Error ! 
						

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1.3 Basic Operation of the Menu
Understand the free type structure of the menu before you open this menu.
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   WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SEARCH
REC&EVENT SETUP
PTZ SETUP
CAMERA SETUP
COMMUNICATION SETUP
REPORT
USER INFORMATION
DATA MANAGEMENT A
B
C
D
E
F
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I    SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM SETUP 
DISK INFORMATION 
REBOOT SYSTEM 
PICTURE ADJUST 
TIME & DATE 
VERSION 
       REC & EVENT
TIMER REC
TERMINAL REC
VMD REC
RECORD LENGTH
AUDIO SELECT        PTZ SETUP
PTZ SELECT 
PRESET INFORMATION
   COMMUNICATION SETUP
NETWORK SETUP
RS485 SETUP
DATA PORT SETUP         REPORT
SYSTEM LOG
EVENT LOG
OLDEST DATA INFORMATION
     USER INFORMATION
USER LEVEL SETUP
ONLINE USER INFORMATION
PASSWORD
KEYLOCK
     DATA MANAGEMENT
FACTORY DEFAULT
BACKUP SEARCH
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Channel No. CAMERA SETUP 
1 Channel No. 
On CH Enable 
Set Mask Area 
Off Mask Enable
PANASONIC PTZ Protocol
000
All OK Cancel Rec. Reserve
Channel Name CH1Days 2004-10-10 11:30:30
Start
2004-10-10 11:30:30
End
No
OK Cancel Event Only
A
Press the [MENU] button. WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU appears.
Caution:No menu is displayed even if you try to press the [MENU] button in the camera control mode. First press the [SET]
button several times and close the camera control mode.
   WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SEARCH
REC&EVENT SETUP
PTZ SETUP
CAMERA SETUP
COMMUNICATION SETUP
REPORT
USER INFORMATION
DATA MANAGEMENT 
						

							Menu type
1. Main menu
Direction button (up or down): Used to move the cursor up or down.
[SET] button: Used to move the cursor to the next submenu or the setup dialog box.
[ESC] button: Used to close the setup menu, and returns the screen to the live monitoring images.
2. Sub menu
Direction button (up or down): Used to move the cursor up or down.
[SET] button: Used to move the cursor to the setup dialog box.
[ESC] button: Used to return the screen to the main menu.
3. Dialog
Direction button (up or down): Used to move the cursor up or down.
Direction button (right or left): Used to move the cursor in the setting box and to change the parameters.
[SET] button: Used to save the settings, return to the previous menu, or move to the setup dialog box. (Move the cursor to
[SET] and press the button.)
[ESC] button: Used to clear the settings or return to the previous menu.
[0] - [9] button: Used to enter numerical inputs.
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Off Power On Rec.
NTSC Video Format
All Status Display
On Keylock Buzz
Off Pre Recording
04 I Frame Inter.
Off
OK Cancel Alarm Spot
N.O. Terminal Input05 Seq. Dwell
On Overwrite
600 Keylock TimeSec
Sec
Off Alarm Buzz
Normal  Rec. Quality
800x600 Resolution
CBR Stream Type
Full Frame Rate SYSTEM SETUP
Setup Dialog (Example)
   WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SEARCH
REC&EVENT SETUP
PTZ SETUP
CAMERA SETUP
COMMUNICATION SETUP
REPORT
USER INFORMATION
DATA MANAGEMENT    SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM SETUP 
DISK INFORMATION 
REBOOT SYSTEM 
PICTURE ADJUST 
TIME & DATE 
VERSION 
Main menuSubmenu (Example) 
						

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Note:If time is corrected in the middle of recording,
part of the recorded data may fail to be played. This
is because some turbulence can arise in the record
start time and the end time.
1.5 Turning the Power Off
The power supply for this unit cannot be turned off if hard
disk data are being played or data are being recorded on
the hard disk. Operation for playback or recording has to
be stopped first. Turn off the power supply after confirming
that the HDD indicator of the front panel is not lit.
(1) Stop the manual recording.
•Select the desired image to be stopped by using the
camera selection button (1 - 8) or the direction button
(up/down). 
Hold down the [STOP] button for 2 seconds.
The Record indicator of the numerical keys goes off
and recording is stopped.
•For timer recording, alarm recording, or motion detector
recording, set up On or Off for each one with WJ-
RT208 SETUP MENU – REC&EVENT SETUP, and then
stop recording in the above procedures.
(2) Stop playback.
•Select channel 1 by using the camera selection button
(1 - 8) or the direction button (up/down), and press the
[STOP] button. Playback is stopped.
(3) Turn off the power switch on the rear panel.
•Turn off the power supply after confirming that the HDD
indicator of the front panel is not lit.
•Check the [OPERATE] indicator. If this indicator is not
lit, the power supply has been turned off.
Note:If this unit is not used for a long time, pull out the
power cord from the power connector.
1.4 Modification of the System Time
When this unit is used for the first time, set up the system
time with the procedures specified below. This system time
should be checked periodically. If it seems to be incorrect,
readjustments are needed.
(1) Click the [MENU] button to display the setting menu.
(2) Move the cursor to SYSTEM MANAGEMENT and
press the [SET] button.
The SYSTEM MANAGEMENT menu appears.
(3) Move the cursor to TIME & DATE and press the [SET]
button.
TIME & DATE menu appears.
Move the cursor to the correcting position.
(4) Enter the local time by using Buttons [0] - [9].
(5) Move the cursor to [OK] and press the [SET] button.
(6) End of setting
When the [ESC] button is pressed several times, the
screen returns to the previous menu SYSTEM MAN-
AGEMENT.
   WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SEARCH
REC&EVENT SETUP
PTZ SETUP
CAMERA SETUP
COMMUNICATION SETUP
REPORT
USER INFORMATION
DATA MANAGEMENT
OK 2005-01-28  10:43:38TIME & DATE
YYYY-MM-DD  HH:MM:SS
Cancel
    SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM SETUP 
DISK INFORMATION 
REBOOT SYSTEM 
PICTURE ADJUST 
TIME & DATE 
VERSION  
						

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2. Operation
2.1 Screen Operation
2.1.1 Spot display
If you want to display only one screen of a specified chan-
nel, press the channel number. 
Images from the selected camera channel will be displayed
with a spot display.
Note:In the case of a 6-split screen, the screen of the
selected channel is displayed in the top left area (the
largest area of the 6-split areas). No display is present-
ed on the spot screen. 
If you want to have a display on the spot screen,
changeover to the multi screen display and select the
4-split or 9-split mode. Then press the channel number. 
2.1.2 Multiscreen display
4-split screen:Press the 4-split screen button.
Each time the 4-split button is pressed, the screens of
channels 1 - 4 or 5 - 8 are reciprocally displayed.
6-split screen:Press the 6-split screen button.
9-split screen:Press the 9-split screen button.
2.1.3 Sequence display
The sequential display will start by pressing the
[SEQUENCE] button.
The icon  is displayed in the lower part of the screen.
Press the [SEQUENCE] button again. The sequential dis-
play stops.
2.1.4 Mute
(1) Press the [ESC] button to activate the mute function.
The mute icon  is displayed in the upper part of the
screen.
(2) Press the [ESC] button again. 
The mute function is cancelled. 
Caution:If the mute function is in operation, all chan-
nels are muted. It is impossible to mute specific
channel(s) with this setting.
This is the same when the mute function is in opera-
tion during playback.
2.1.5 Still display
The presently displayed screen becomes still.
(1) Select the desired channel to be still by using the cam-
era selection button (1 - 8) or the direction button
(up/down). 
The image frame of the selected channel blinks.
(2) Press the [STILL] button.
The selected channel screen becomes still and the still
icon  is displayed in a lower part of the screen.
Caution:It is impossible to make the screen stand still
during playback.
2.2 Manual Recording
(1) Select the desired channel to be recorded by using the
camera selection button (1 - 8) or the direction button
(up/down).
(2) Press the [REC] button. 
The indicator of the corresponding camera button is lit
and recording is started.
The recording icon  is displayed on the selected
channel. 
(3) Select the desired channel to be stopped by using the
camera selection button (1 - 8) or the direction button
(up/down) to stop the recording.
Hold down the [STOP] button for 2 seconds. 
The indicator of the corresponding camera button is
unlit and recording is stopped. At the same time, the
record icon also disappears. 
Note:When the [REC] button is pressed while in the cam-
era control mode, recording will not be performed.
To perform recording, press the [REC] button after
releasing the camera control mode.
2.3 Playback of Recorded Image
2.3.1 Basic operation
(1) Select the desired channel to be played back by using
the camera selection button (1 - 8) or the direction but-
ton (up/down). 
(2) Press the [PLAY] button.
Playback images are displayed on a single screen.
The playback icon  is displayed during playback.
Notes:
1. The playback screen is displayed only for channel 1.
Live image monitoring for a channel other than channel
1 or screen splitting can even be carried out during
playback.
2. If the recording time is extremely short or the back-
ground is very dark, data may fail to be recorded or
played. In such a case, the recording file is lowered to
16 KB or below.
3. It is impossible to play the same recorded image simul-
taneously by two users or more.
4. When playing recorded images for many hours, images
may not be played smoothly or may be paused some-
times. In this case, stop playback once, and then
resume playback.
5. When displaying images on a 6-split screen, press the
[PLAY] button after selecting the desired channel to be
played. The playback images will always be displayed
at the upper left corner of the screen.
6. When there are 5 000 records or more for the channel
to be played, the latest 5 000 records will be subject to
be played.
To play recorded images other than the latest 5 000
records, search for the desired record and play it (3.2
Search and Playback).
Playback will stop when the date changes (0:00).
(3) Select the channel 1 by using the camera selection but-
ton 1 or the direction button (up/down) to stop the play-
back, and press the [STOP] button. 
						

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The playback is stopped, and live monitoring images
are displayed on the channel 1 screen.
The playback icon also disappears.
Note:If you keep pressing the [STOP] button for 2 sec-
onds or more when you want to stop playback of
channel 1, recording of channel 1 is also stopped.
2.3.2 Playback the record
(1) FWD/REV playback
Press the [FWD] button, [REV] button, or direction but-
ton (left/right) during playback.
Each time one of these buttons is pressed, the
FWD/REV speed is changed. 
The playback speed is displayed in the status display
area in the upper left of the screen.
>>, >>>>, >>>>>>:Fast-forward playback

						

							3. Even though an alarm occurs, no automatic recording
is carried out unless Period1 or Period2 of TERMI-
NAL REC and VMD REC has been set at On.
4. Information about external alarms is directly sent to the
PC through the network. It has no relation to the TER-
MINAL REC and VMD REC setting at the recorder.
Please refer to 
on the CD-ROM. 
5. When Full is selected for Frame Rate, performing
playback, recording of all channels and transmission of
all channels of Net Client in parallel for many hours may
stop image processing. In this case, recording will be
continued, though few frames may be dropped.
2.4.3 Cancellation of alarm
When the [ALARM RESET] button is pressed, the alarm is
cancelled. The [ALARM] indicator goes off.
Notes:
1. Recording is continued even though this alarm is can-
celled.
2. The alarm cannot be cancelled while a menu is dis-
played.
Close the menu, and then press the [ALARM RESET]
button to cancel the alarm.
2.5 Camera Control
(1) Press the [MENU] button. WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
appears.
(2) Move the cursor to PTZ SETUP and press the [SET]
button.
The PTZ SETUP menu appears.
        PTZ SETUP
PTZ SELECT 
PRESET INFORMATION
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•When an event occurs, the monitoring images of its
channel are displayed in the spot screen. 
The spot screen is set up with the menu specified
below.
WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU - SYSTEM MANAGEMENT -
SYSTEM SETUP - Alarm Spot - On
•Recording when an event occurs
When there is an alarm, recording is automatically car-
ried out during the setup time. In the state of Video
Loss, no recording is carried out. This time setting is
made with the menu shown below. 
WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU - REC & EVENT - TERMI-
NAL REC and WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU - REC &
EVENT - VMD REC - Period1 or Period2 - On
•Buzzer
The [ALARM] indicator blinks when an alarm is activat-
ed, and this buzzer sounds. 
The buzzer is set up with the menu specified below. 
WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU] - SYSTEM MANAGEMENT -
SYSTEM SETUP - Alarm Buzz - On
•An alarm signal output is generated from the TERMI-
NAL/CONTROL port of the rear panel to the port of the
preset number. The [ALARM] indicator blinks. The out-
put port number of Alarm Output is set up with the
menu specified below. 
WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU - REC & EVENT - TERMI-
NAL REC - Alarm Output and WJ-RT208 SETUP
MENU - REC & EVENT - VMD REC - Alarm Output
•Camera turning direction preset position
The camera preset position is set up with the menu
specified below.   
WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU - REC & EVENT - TERMI-
NAL REC - VMD REC - PTZ Preset or WJ-RT208
SETUP MENU - REC & EVENT - VMD REC - PTZ
Preset
In regard to camera’s preset position setup, refer to
2.5.6 Register preset position of cameras on page 30. 
Notes:
1. This recorder is designed to start recording upon termi-
nal input or on motion detection. When an alarm occurs
in the process of recording images from the channel for
which TERMINAL REC and VMD REC are set, only
alarm actions such as event recording or event status
display will be performed. Image quality for recording
(Rec. Quality), frame rate and stream type will not auto-
matically be changed.
2. If another alarm occurs again in the same channel with-
in the time period that has been preset with Alarm
Time, the alarm is stopped after the lapse of the preset
time period. (The alarm time period is not extended.)
   WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
SEARCH
REC&EVENT SETUP
PTZ SETUP
CAMERA SETUP
COMMUNICATION SETUP
REPORT
USER INFORMATION
DATA MANAGEMENT 
						

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(3) Move the cursor to PTZ SELECT and press the [SET]
button.
Move the cursor to the desired channel by using the
direction buttons (up/down). Select the channel by
using the direction buttons (right/left).
In the above figure, Cam1 is selected in the PTZ
SELECT menu. No other camera are selected in other
channels.
(4) Press the [MENU] button. WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
appears. Refer to step (1).
(5) Move the cursor to CAMERA SETUP and press the
[SET] button. 
The CAMERA SETUP menu appears. Select PTZ
Protocol.
When using the Panasonic’s camera, select PANA-
SONIC using the direction buttons (left/right).
In other cases, refer to the relevant instruction manual
for that camera.
(6) Press the [MENU] button. WJ-RT208 SETUP MENU
appears. Refer to step (1).
(7) Move the cursor to COMMUNICATION SETUP and
press the [SET] button. Then move the cursor to RS485
SETUP and press the [SET] button.Note:When the Panasonics camera is used, make set-
tings of the respective parameters according to the
above-mentioned procedures. In other cases, refer
to the relevant operating instructions.
Caution:In order to maintain normal communication
between this unit and the cameras, it is necessary
to have completely correct settings for PTZ
SELECT, PTZ Protocol, and RS485 SETUP.
The camera control mode comes in three types.
Each time the [SET] button is pressed in the state of
monitoring, the mode changes. The related icon is
displayed in a lower area of the screen.
•Pan/tilt control mode 
•Zoom/focus mode 
•Iris control mode 
Note:For some types of cameras, some controls
many not function. Refer to the relevant operat-
ing instructions of the camera and confirm
whether this unit is enabled to support controls
and connections. 
2.5.1 Panning/Tilting
(1) Select the desired channel by using the direction button
or numeric button. The image frame of the selected
channel blinks.
Select the pan/tilt control mode by pressing the [SET]
button once.
The camera pan/tilt control icon  is displayed on the
screen of the selected channel.
(2) Press the direction button and turn the camera in the
proper direction. 
Note:
In the pan/tilt control mode, two external units can
be connected to the cameras.
When the camera select button [1] is pressed,
External Unit 1 is set to ON.
When the camera select button [2] is pressed,
External Unit 2 is set to ON.
When the camera select button [6] is pressed,
External Unit 1 is set to OFF.
When the camera select button [7] is pressed,
External Unit 2 is set to OFF.
(3) Press the [SET] button 3 times to close the pan/tilt con-
trol mode.
2.5.2 Auto function (Auto Pan, etc.)
(1) Select the pan/tilt control mode by pressing the [SET]
button once.
The camera pan/tilt control icon  is displayed on the
screen of the selected channel.
(2) Start the auto function by pressing the [PLAY] button.
Note:Refer to the Operating Instructions of the camera
for descriptions of the auto function.
OK Cam1
Cam5
Cam2
Cam6
Cam3
Cam7
Cam4
Cam8 PTZ SELECT
Cancel
CAMERA SETUP 
1 Channel No. 
On CH Enable 
Set Mask Area 
Off Mask Enable
PANASONIC PTZ Protocol
000
All OK Cancel Rec. Reserve
Channel Name CH1Days
RS485 SETUP
OK19200 Baud Rate
Cancel
8 Data Bit
None Parity
1 Stop Bit 
						

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2.5.3 Zoom
(1) Select the zoom/focus mode by pressing the [SET] but-
ton twice.
The zoom/focus icon  is displayed on the screen of
the selected channel.
(2) Press the direction button (up or down) to control the
camera’s zoom. 
(3) Press the [SET] button twice. The zoom/focus mode is
cancelled.
2.5.4 Focus
(1) Select the zoom/focus mode by pressing the [SET] but-
ton twice.
The zoom/focus icon  is displayed on the screen of
the selected channel.
(2) Adjust the focus by pressing direction buttons
(right/left).
(3) Press the [SET] button twice. The zoom/focus mode is
canceled.
2.5.5 Iris
(1) Select the iris control mode by pressing the [SET] but-
ton 3 times.
The iris control icon  is displayed on the screen of
the selected channel.
(2) Adjust the iris by pressing direction buttons (right/left).
(3) Cancel the iris control mode by pressing the [SET] but-
ton once. 
2.5.6 To register preset position of cameras
(1) Press the [SET] button 1 - 3 times to select the required
camera control mode. 
An icon is displayed on the screen of that channel,
according to the selected camera control mode.
(2) Press the [REC] button to display the Register Preset
Position window.
Enter the desired preset position number, and then
press the [SET] button or click the [OK] button after
pressing the [SET] button.
Notes:
1. Refer to descriptions about PRESET INFORMA-
TION (WJ-RT208 SETUP – PTZ SETUP – PRE-
SET INFORMATION) for the settings of preset posi-
tions of cameras.
2. Up to 256 preset positions can be registered.
3. When setting preset positions for Panasonic cam-
eras, the indication MEMORY will be displayed at
the center of the screen by pressing the [SET] but-
ton. If the indication is not displayed, the camera is
not recognized.
2.5.7 To move a camera to the home position
(1) Press the [SET] button once to select the required cam-
era control mode. 
An icon is displayed on the screen of that channel,
according to the selected camera control mode.
(2) The camera returns to the home position by pressing
the [STOP] button.
Notes:
1. For the settings of the camera home position, refer
to the operating instructions for the camera.
2. If the camera is not a Panasonic, the present posi-
tion is saved as an origin, in principle, if the [STILL]
button is pressed in the camera control mode. For
some cameras, however, this setup may fail. Refer
to the operating instructions for the camera for
details.
2.5.8 To display the camera setting menu
Prior to controlling the camera that has been connected to
this unit, perform the settings for this camera, without fail,
according to the CAMERA SETUP menu for this unit. 
The contents, operating method, and other items of the
CAMERA SETUP menu can differ according to the camera
being used. Refer to the operating instructions for the cam-
era for details.
(1) Select the desired camera by using the camera selec-
tion button (1 - 8) or the direction button (up/down) dur-
ing the live monitoring screen.
The image frame of the selected channel (camera)
blinks.
(2) Select the pan/tilt control mode by pressing the [SET]
button once.
The camera pan/tilt control icon  is displayed on the
screen of the selected channel.
(3) Press the [MENU] button.
The setup menu of the corresponding camera is dis-
played on the screen of the selected channel. In addi-
tion, the camera menu icon  is displayed on the right
of the pan/tilt control icon.
The camera setup buttons are specified as follows:
Cursor movement: up or down of the direction button
Preset value amendment: right or left of the direction
button
[SET] button to open the next menu after defining the
preset value.  [SET] button
Return to the previous menu.  [ESC] button
OK Preset NumberPRESET REGIST
Cancel
001