Panasonic Hard Disk Storage Unit Ajhrw10g Operating Instructions

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RAID Settings
The basic processing of the RAID1 function is set.
A
B
C
D
E
A   Rebuild  Rate
Set the rebuilding rate.
While the rebuilding process is underway, both 
playback and access from an external source via 
the LAN can be performed at the same time.
When rebuilding and playback or rebuilding and 
external access have been performed at the same 
time, the rate of not only the rebuilding but the 
playback or external access as well will be reduced.
For details on the rates provided by the LOW 
button, MEDIUM button and HIGH button, refer to 
the table below.
LOW 
buttonMEDIUM 
buttonHIGH 
button
Rebuilding time
Slow Normal* Fast
Playback frame 
skip amountLow 
number of 
framesMiddling 
number of 
framesHigh 
number of 
frames
*  The rebuilding time is about 2 hours for 500 GB.
The rebuilding times given are estimates only 
and will vary depending on the HDD used and 
operating environment.B   
 Automatic Rebuilding Status
  ● Enable button
    Rebuild automatically.
  ● Disable button
    Rebuild manually.
     To initiate rebuilding, press the START button of 
the Rebuild tab.  
C
   
 
 Buzzer  Status
These control the ON/OFF statuses of the BUZZER 
on the RAID board.  This BUZZER sounds when 
trouble has occurred on the RAID button.
  ● Enable button
    Buzz when HDD is plugged.
  ● Disable button
    Be quiet all the time.
D APPLY  button
Register currently set details.
E
 CLOSE  button
Return to the main screen.
Setting the RAID function (continued)  
						

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Copying
The data on the recorded P2 cards is copied onto the HDD.
The data is copied from the P2 card onto the HDD on a card by card basis or clip by clip basis (see page 27).
Use the copying method that best suits the application concerned.
Copying entire cards
Two copy modes are available when copying entire 
cards, as follows. 
• Manual copy mode:  Data is copied after inserted P2 
cards are selected. 
• Auto copy mode:    Data is automatically copied from 
inserted P2 cards.
To switch between auto and manual copy modes and 
complete the settings, access the [Copy Settings] tab 
on the SETTING screen (page 39). 
Manual copy mode
Insert the P2 card to copy and press the COPY button 
on the main screen. Next, complete the copy settings 
as follows.
AB
CD
(In the RAID1 mode)
AB
CD
(In the JBOD mode)
A
   SOURCE
Select the P2 card to copy. 
(Multiple cards in slots 1–5 can be selected.)
B
   DESTINATION
Select the destination for copying.
In RAID1 mode, there is only one destination 
available, and there is no need to select it.
C
 START  button
Start manual copying. 
D CLOSE  button
Return to the main screen.    
						

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Copying (continued)
Auto copy mode 
In auto copy mode, a popup screen is displayed when 
a P2 card is inserted.
A
BC
A
   Copy All  button
Copy the currently inserted card.
B
   Copy New button
Copy new cards only.
C
   Cancel  button
Return to the main screen without automatic 
copying.
In this mode, the unit detects when a card is inserted. 
If no other card is inserted within 10 seconds, data 
is automatically copied from the inserted card to the 
designated HDD.
After copying, it will copy automatically when inserting 
a new P2 card.
•  Multiple P2 cards may not be recognized if inserted 
at the same time. In this case, automatic copying is 
not performed. 
Try reinserting the P2 cards.
•  Auto copy will not be executed even when the unit is 
started or restarted while a P2 is inserted.
•  The data is not copied automatically if the amount of 
recordable memory on the HDD is less than that on 
the P2 card.
•  If a copied card has been inserted into the HDD while 
ON is set for the copied card check function (Card 
Check), auto copy will not be executed.
To re-copy an already copied card, press the Copy All 
button.
Manual copy mode (continued)
Take the steps below for manual copying.
1  In SOURCE, select the P2 card to copy.
(More than one card can be selected 
using SLOT1 to SLOT5.)
2  In DESTINATION, select the destination 
for copying. 
(HDD1, HDD2 for the JBOD mode; no 
destination selected for the RAID1 
mode)
 
3  Press the START button.
Copying will begin.
A confirmation screen will be displayed for any 
cards that have already been copied.
Press the YES button to proceed to a screen 
displaying the current copying progress (page 24).
Press the NO button to return to the main screen.
If you press CLOSE button in this screen, you will 
go back to the main screen.
In RAID1 mode, there is only one destination available, 
and there is no need to select it in step 2.   
						

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Copying (continued)
Confirmation after copying
The results of copying can be checked on the copy 
confirmation screen displayed after copying is finished.
By pressing the CONFIRM button, the copying is 
finished, and when the FINISH button on the copy 
state display screen is pressed, a screen on which to 
confirm the previewing of the copied data is displayed.
If the YES button is pressed on the confirmation 
screen, the EXPLORE screen which displays the 
folders and icons on the HDD will appear.
If the NO button is pressed instead, the main screen is 
restored. Once copying starts in manual or auto copy mode, the 
sequence of processing is as follows.
The copying state and the progress of each card 
displays on the screen.
A
BC
A   Status  displays
The meaning of the status indicated is described 
below.
  ● Copying
    The contents are being copied to this destination.
  ● Waiting 
    Copy standby state.
  ● Verifying 
     State in which copying is completed and the data 
on the HDD is being compared with the data on 
the P2 card.
  ● NS 
    The destination is not selected now.
  ● NC 
    No card inserted.
B
   FINISH  button
Enter the completion of the copying process.
C
   CANCEL  button
Cancel copying in progress. 
•  If copying is cancelled before completion, all copied 
data will be erased.
•  Copying cannot be canceled while verifying is 
underway.    
						

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Checking the clips in P2 card/HDD
Open EXPLORE screen, you will find that data in different device displays in different ways.
A
   Device selection button (page 29)
Select the device displays in the thumbnail screen.
The selected device will be displayed on the button.
B
   SELECT ALL button / UNSELECT ALL button
Press SELECT ALL button to select all the clips in the 
same time. The display changes to [UNSELECT ALL].
When the UNSELECT ALL button is pressed, the 
selected status is cleared and the button label 
changes to [SELECT ALL].
C   SELECT button / UNSELECT button
Move the cursor to select the clip you want, and 
press SELECT button to make it selected. When 
you move the cursor to the clip which is selected, 
the button label changes to [UNSELECT]. Press it 
and make the clip in unselected state.
When the button is double-clicked, its display is 
switched between SELECT and UNSELECT.
D COPY button (page 27)
Select the file (blue framed) and press this button, 
the copying destination will be displayed.
This function button is not displayed when HDD is 
selected.
E DELETE button (page 27)
Press this button will delete the selected clips (blue 
framed).F
 PLAY button (page 32)
Start the application to play the selected clip (blue 
framed). 
G   PROP button (page 28)
Press this button, the property of the clip (yellow 
framed) in cursor will be displayed.
H FILTER button (page 30)
You can select the combination displayed in 
thumbnail screen.
I SORT button (page 31)
Change the displaying order of the selected clips.
J Slot number/HDD state (page 31)
Indicates the device containing the clip by the 
cursor (yellow framed). 
K Clip  number
Clip numbers will be ordered from top-left to 
bottom-right, starting with 0001.
Clips will be similarly re-numbered from the top-left 
if the SORT function is used to change their order.
To display the clips on the HDD, double-click the folder for the day when the data was copied.
All thumbnails in the folder are shown. P
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P2 card : Thumbnail  HDD : Folder
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L Shot  marks
These are displayed on the clips which have been 
provided with shot marks.
The clips can be filtered depending on whether they 
are provided with shot marks or not. (page 30)
M Icons
 : Displayed for high-definition clip.
 :  Displayed if certain clips from a sequence are 
missing.
 :  This is displayed when something is wrong 
with a clip.
Clips with this mark cannot be copied or 
played back.
N CREATE  DATE
The creation time of the clip (yellow framed) where 
the cursor is positioned is displayed here.
O DUR.
The recording duration of the clip (yellow framed) 
where the cursor is positioned is displayed here.P
 V_FORMAT
The recording signal format of the clip (yellow 
framed) where the cursor is positioned is displayed 
here.
Q
 OPEN  button
Select the folder you want to view and press this 
button to open it.
R CLOSE  button
P2 cards:
Close the thumbnail screen and go back to the 
folder displaying screen.
HDDs:
Return to the main screen.
S
 Power supply indicator (page 16)
Shows the power supply status. 
T Folder
The date on which copying was started is displayed 
as the folder name. P
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P2 card : Thumbnail HDD : Folder
Checking the clips in P2 card/HDD (continued)      
						

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Checking the clips in P2 card/HDD (continued)
Copying individual clips (COPY)
This function button is not displayed when HDD is 
selected.
When the COPY button is pressed after the file has 
been selected (blue framed) on the EXPLORE screen, 
the copy destination selection screen appears.
(In the RAID1 mode)
(In the JBOD mode) 
Select the copying destination and press OK button to 
start the copying.
If Verify = ON button is set in the SETTING screen 
(page 39), it will Verify automatically after the copying.
After the copying (or Verifying) is completed, the 
completion confirmation screen appears.
If the YES button is pressed on the confirmation 
screen, the EXPLORE screen which displays the 
folders and icons on the HDD will appear.
If the NO button is pressed instead, the main screen is 
restored.
Deleting individual clips (DELETE)
When the DELETE button is pressed on the EXPLORE 
screen, the selected clip (blue framed) can be deleted.
“DELETE CLIP NUMBER” displays the number of clips 
selected.
A
B
You can do deleting operation according to the 
following methods.
A
   RECYCLE  button
Move the clips to RECYCLE folder.
If necessary, the clips can be restored. (Page 35)
However, this button cannot be used with P2 cards.
B ERASE  button
Delete from HDD completely.
Select the deleting method and press DELETE button, 
the clip will be deleted.
Press CANCEL button, you will go back to the 
thumbnail screen without deletion.     
						

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Checking the clips in P2 card/HDD (continued)
Viewing clip properties (PROP)
When the PROP button is pressed on the EXPLORE 
screen, the properties of the clip where the cursor is 
located (yellow framed) will be displayed.
A
B
E
F C
D
A   Clip  properties
Items are displayed as follows:
 ● CLIP NAME
   Displays name of clip.
 ● START TC
   Displays time code at beginning of clip.
 ● START UB
   Displays Users Bit at beginning of clip.
 ● CREATE DATE
   Displays date of recording.
 ● CREATE TIME
   Displays time of recording.
 ● DURATION
   Displays duration of recording.
 ● V_FORMAT
   Displays video compression format.
 ● CODEC CLASS
   Displays compression ratio.
 ● FRAME RATE
   Displays number of frames.
 ● ASPECT RATIO
   Displays clip aspect ratio.
B
   Thumbnails
Shows a thumbnail of the clip for which you are 
viewing property information.
C   PRE  button
  The property of the one chip before the one in 
cursor will be displayed.
D   NEXT  button
  The property of the one chip after the one in cursor 
will be displayed.
E
   EDIT  button
When this button is pressed, the Meta Data Edit 
screen (with the items shown on the right) is 
displayed, and the Meta Data can be changed.
F   CLOSE  button
  Close the property screen and go back to the 
thumbnail screen.
The cursor moves to the thumbnail displayed last 
on the property display screen.
Editing Meta Data
When any of the items to be edited on the Meta Data 
Edit screen is clicked, the letters of the EDIT button 
turn black only for those items which can be changed.
A
BCD
A
 EDIT button (page 29)
The soft keyboard is displayed.
For details on the soft keyboard, refer to page 29.
Meta Data of clips created using the Edit Clip 
function of other P2 devices cannot be edited. 
B
 OK  button
   
After overwriting the Meta Data with the currently 
displayed Meta Data, the Property screen is 
restored.
C   CANCEL  button
The Meta Data remains unchanged, and the 
Property screen is restored.
D APPLY  button
The Meta Data is overwritten with the currently 
displayed Meta Data.   
						

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soft keyboard
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B
C
D
E
F
A MODE
The names of the modes corresponding to the 
items are displayed here.
•  Alphanumeric characters can be inputted when 
[Character String Mode] is displayed.
•  Only numbers can be inputted when [Number 
Mode] is displayed.
B
 Input  column
Inputted alphanumeric characters are displayed.
C
   ESC  button
This restores the original Meta Data screen.
D CAPS LOCK button
This switches the letters between the upper case 
and lower case.
E
 BACKSPACE  button
This deletes the character in front of the character 
where the cursor is located.
F ENTER  button
  This enters the currently displayed data.
G
 ← button
This moves the cursor in the input field toward the 
left.
H   → button
This moves the cursor in the input field toward the 
right.
Input instructions are as follows. 
1.  To enter letters, press keys on the on-screen 
keyboard. 
2. To confirm input, press the ENTER button.
Select listed devices
(device selection buttons)
When the Device Selection Button is pressed on the 
EXPLORE screen, the devices to be displayed on the 
thumbnail screen are selected.
A
B
C
D
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A ALL SLOTS button
This displays all the slots.
B
 ALL HDDS button
This displays all the HDD.
This display will not appear when in RAID mode.
C   HDD1 button / HDD2 button / RAID1 button
HDD will be selected for each when in HDD mode.
This button will be displayed as [RAID1] when in 
RAID mode.
D SLOT1 button ~ SLOT5 button
These are used to select and display the slots.
E
 OK  button
Thumbnails are displayed in the case of P2 cards.
Folders are displayed in the case of the HDDs.
F CANCEL  button
Close this screen and return to the EXPLORE 
screen.
Select devices as follows. 
● P2 cards
   Select the P2 card slot you require (either the ALL 
SLOTS or individual SLOT (1-5) buttons), and then 
press the OK button. 
● HDDs
   Select the HDD you require (from among the ALL 
HDDS, HDD1 or HDD2, or RAID1 button), and then 
press the OK button. 
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Selecting clips to display (FILTER)
When the FILTER button is pressed on the EXPLORE 
screen, the combinations to be displayed on the 
thumbnail screen can be selected.
A
B
C
D
G
H
F
E
A
 ALL CLIPS button
All the clips of the displayed devices are displayed.
B
 SAME FORMAT button
  This displays only those clips recorded in the same 
format as the clip (yellow framed) where the cursor 
is positioned.
C
   SELECTED CLIPS button
This displays only the clip (blue framed) which is in 
the selected status.
D
  Marked Clips
This displays only the clips provided with shot marks.
E
  Unmarked Clips
This displays only the clips not provided with shot marks.
F
  Meta Data items
  Only the clips corresponding to the keyword which 
was input in the selected item are displayed.
G
  OK button
Filter by selected or preset conditions.
H
  CANCEL button
Close FILTER selection screen without performing 
filtering process.
When any of the Meta Data item buttons is pressed, 
the “keyword input” screen is displayed.
Input field
To input a keyword, click the input field, input the word 
using the soft keyboard screen, and enter it.
For details on the soft keyboard, refer to page 29.
Checking the clips in P2 card/HDD (continued)
After entering the keyword, press the APPLY button 
and the OK button to proceed with filtering.
If there are no clips which match the keyword 
concerned, a message indicating that no such clips 
exist is displayed.
If clips matching the keyword exist, only the thumbnails 
of those clips are displayed.
Multiple keywords can be selected at once.
Press the CANCEL button to close the “keyword input” 
screen and return to the previous screen.
Meta Data items
The following filtering processes may be performed for 
Meta Data items:
● Reporter  button 
  Filter by reporter.
● Purpose  button
  Filter by coverage target.
● Object  button
  Filter clips by content. 
● ProgramName  button
  Filter by program name.
● SceneNo.  button
  Filter by scene number.
● UserClipName  button
  Filter by clip name (set by user).
● PlaceName  button
  Filter by coverage location.
● Source  button
  Filter by input source.
● Creator  button
  Filter by creator.
● Shooter  button
  Filter by cameraman.
● Copy Time button
  Filter by time of copying to this unit.
● Rec. Date button
  Filter by date of recording.