Panasonic Matrix Switcher Wj Sx150a Operating Instructions

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■Cable Compensation/VD2/DATA
This window configures the following parameters of each
camera: the cable length for transmission loss compensa-
tion and whether to send the VD2 timing pulse or control
data with the camera output signals.
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Cable
Compensation/VD2) button in the main window (p. 80).
●Parameters
Cable Comp:Select the cable length for each camera.
S: Less than 400 m (1 300 ft)
M:400 m (1 300 ft) to 700 m (2 300 ft)
L: 700 m (2 300 ft) to 900 m (3 000 ft)
VD2:To send the VD2 timing pulse with the camera
output signal, select ON.
Not send the VD2 timing pulse with the camera out-
put signal, select OFF.
DATA:To send the control data with the camera output
signal, select ON.
Not send the control data with the camera output
signal, select OFF.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Cable
Compensation/VD2/DATA window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Cable
Compensation/VD2/DATA window.
■Camera Title
This window configures the title for each camera.
Up to 20 characters (camera title + alphanumeric charac-
ters) are available for the title.
WJ-SX150A Administrator Console has the following built-in
characters:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrs
tuvwxyz0123456789!#$%&()*+,–./:;
,=/?•_ÄÜÖÆÑÂØäüöæñâøÁÇÉÌÒÙßàáâçèéêëìíîïòóôùúû
In addition, symbols, special characters and original char-
acters are editable in the bitmap font. 
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Camera Title)
button in the main window (p. 80).
●Parameters
• Drop-down menu
Camera channel and logical camera number are displayed
here. Select a desired camera.
• Fixed Font Box
The fixed-font characters are displayed here.
SPACE:To make a space in the text-box area, click on
this button.
• User Font Box
The character displayed here is editable by users. 
Edit Font:To display the Edit Font window, click on this
button.
• Insert / Revise Radio button
To insert a character in the text-box area, click on the Insert
button. To revise the character there, click on the Revise
button.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Camera Title win-
dow.
Note:Be sure to click on this button after editing user font
characters. Otherwise, the edited characters will be
canceled. 
Camera
title input
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(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Camera Title win-
dow. 
●Edit Camera Title
1. Select the desired camera in the drop-down menu to
edit its camera title. The cursor blinks at the first block
in the text box.
2. Click on the  button to move the cursor to the
desired position.
3. Click on the desired character button in the Fixed Font
or User Font box. The character will be entered in the
text box.
4. Repeat Step 2 and 3 to enter the camera title.
5. After the entry, click on the  (Save Exit) button.
The camera title will be saved.
To Enter a Space in the Text Box
1. Click on the  button to move the cursor to the
desired position.
2. Click on the SPACE button.
To Delete a Character in the Text Box
1. Click on the Revise button.
2. Click on the  button and move the cursor to the
character for deletion. 
3. Click on the DEL button.
The character will be deleted from the text box.
To Revise a Character in the Text Box
1. Click on the Revise button.
2. Click on the  button and move the cursor to the
character for revision.
3. Click on the desired character.
The character will be entered in the text box.
To Insert a Character in the Text Box
1. Click on the Insert button.
2. Click on the  button and move the cursor to the
block to enter a character. 
3. Click on the SPACE button to enter a space.
4. Click on the Revise button.
5. Click on the desired character in the text box.
The character will be inserted in the text box.
To Cancel the Entry
Click on the  (Cancel Exit) button.
The entry will be canceled and the Camera Title window will
close.
●Edit Font Window
The Window Soon after Opening
The Window during the Edit
• How to Display
To display this window, click on the Edit Font button in the
Camera title window.
• Parameters
User Font Box: The registered user font characters are
displayed here. Up to 1600 characters (20 for each
camera x 80) are registerable.
Edit Font Box: The selected user font characters are
displayed here in 12 x 13 dots.
(Delete) button: Deletes an user font character.
1. Click on the desired character in the User Font
box.
2. Click on the Delete button.
(Copy) button /  (Past) button: A user font
character can be copied by clicking these buttons.
Save –> button: The edited or deleted character is reg-
istered in the User Font box.
(OK) button: Closes the Edit Font window.
• To Edit a User Font Character
1. Click on the desired characters in the User Font box.
When making a new character, click on a blank.
The selected user font character are displayed here in
12 x 13 dots.
2. Click on  or  to make a character.
and  will appear alternately by clicking.
will change into black after the character is regis-
tered in the User Font box.
3. When finishing the edit, click on the Save –> button.
The edited character will be registered in the User Font
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Note:The new character has not been saved in the
configuration data at this point. After closing the
Edit Font window, be sure to return to the Camera
Title window and click on the  (Save Exit) but-
ton.
• To Copy a Character
1. Click on the desired character in the User Font box.
2. Click on the Copy button.
3. Click on the blank in the User Font box to copy the
character.
4. Click the Paste button. 
• To Delete a Character
1. Click on the desired character in the User Font box.
2. Click on the Delete button.
3. Click on the Save –> button.
■Data Port
This window configures the parameters of each data port
(RS485, DATA 1 to 4 and DATA HDR port): the protocol, the
baud rate (communication speed), and the connected
cameras.
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Data Port) button
in the main window (p. 80).
●Parameters (Normal Connection)
• Protocol
Select “Camera” when an RS-485 camera is connected to
the data port. Select “Terminal_K1 to 4” when the system
controller is connected to the data port.
Select PS·Data when the system controller is connected to
the DATA 4 port via the PS·Data protocol. PS·Data mode
will appear in the window.
Notes:
•The baud rate of DATA HDR is the same as that of PSD.
When you select PSD for DATA 4, DATA HDR and its
baud rate are displayed in gray and not configurable.
When you select CU360C for DATA 4, DATA HDR and
its baud rate are configurable.
•Terminal_K1 to 4 can be assigned to only one port.
• Baud Rate
Select the desired baud rate (communication speed). 4800,
9600 or 19200 bps is selectable.
• Cam 1 to 16
Select the camera(s) connected to the RS-485 daisy chain.
Data 1 to 3 are connectable to either of cameras and sys-
tem controllers.
When connecting cameras to these ports, select the con-
nected camera number(s).
• PS·Data mode
This stands for the PS·Data parameters of the DATA 4 port.
Logout Time:Select the desired operable time before
logout. OFF, 30, 60, 90 or 120 sec is available.
The factory default setting is 30 sec.
Note:Select OFF when only PS·Data system
controllers are connected.
Alarm Data:Select the desired time to accept an alarm
input signal. OFF, 0, 1 or 5 sec is available.
The factory default setting is 1 sec.
Wait Time:Select the desired wait time to transmit an
alarm output signal. OFF, 100msec, 200m sec,
400m sec or 1 sec is available. 
The factory default setting is OFF.
Group Address:This parameter is only for confirma-
tion. Leave as it is.
• Fixed Common Parameter Group
The data bit (8 bit), parity (none), and stop bit (1 bit) are
displayed. These parameters are fixed.
●Parameters (Master)
DATA 3 is used for master-slave connection. Protocol is
fixed to Master-Slave and Baud Rate is fixed to 38400.
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●Parameters (Slave 1 to 4)
The following are different from normal connection and
Master.
•RS485, DATA1 to 3 is fixed to Camera.
•DATA 4 is used for master-slave connection. Protocol is
fixed to Master-Slave and Baud Rate is fixed to 38400.
•When VCR is selected for 600 RECORDER in SETUP
MENU (refer to p. 71), the Protocol of SERIAL is fixed to
VCR. This parameter is activated when using a
Pananonic time-lapse VCR.
•When Protocol of SERIAL is displayed as “– – –“, Baud
Rate is set to the baud rate for firmware update.
Refer to p. 58 for details.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Data Port window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Data Port window.
■Recorder
This window configures the recorder setting parameters:
whether the multiplexer board is installed in the unit, what is
the type of the recorder, what is the recorder unit address,
and whether the gen-lock is activated.
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Recorder Mode)
button in the main window (p. 80).
●Parameters
• Recorder Control
Click on the desired radio button to determine the recorder
type.
OFF:Select this when no recorder is connected to the
unit.
HD500:Select this when a WJ-HD500 Series recorder
is connected to the unit.
HD100:Select this when a WJ-HD100 Series recorder
is connected to the unit. 
HD200:Select this when a WJ-HD200 Series recorder
is connected to the unit.
VCR/VTR:Select this when a time-lapse VCR is con-
nected to the unit. 
Note:VCR/VTR is selectable only in the Slave tabs.
The factory default setting is HD500.
• Unit Address
This parameter is configurable only when HD100, HD200 or
HD500 is selected in the Recorder window. When OFF is
selected there, this parameter is displayed in gray and not
configurable. 1 to 99 is selectable. The factory default set-
ting is 1.
Note:If you connect a time-lapse VCR to the Master unit,
do the recorder setting in SETUP MENU. (Refer to
RECORDER in p. 71.) If you connect a time-lapse VCR
to Slave units, recorder setting is available in WJ-
SX150A Administrator Console.
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• EXT IN
This stands for the setting of the EXT IN connector at the
units rear panel. 
GEN LOCK ON: Select this mode to gen-lock the unit
with the recorder.
GEN LOCK OFF:Select this mode if the asynchronous
unit is connected to the recorder.
Notes:
•If GENLOCK ON is selected, the playback images can-
not be displayed on the monitors which are connected
to the connectors MONITOR OUT 1 to 4. Confirm the
images on those which are connected to the recorder.
•If GENLOCK OFF is selected, the maximum rate
recording becomes unavailable for WJ-HD500 Series.
•To use WJ-HD100 Series or a time-lapse VCR, the
Multiplexer board should be installed inside the unit.
•When the master-slave connection is applied, the Slave
tab will appear in the Recorder window. VCR/VTR will
be selectable besides other parameters.
■Multiplexer Mode 
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Multiplexer
Mode) button in the main window (p. 80.)
●Parameters
• Multi Monitor Out Group
Still Display:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the drop-down menu.
ON:Still picture is available during the multiscreen
display.
OFF:Still picture is not available during the multi-
screen display.
The factory default setting is ON.
Border Color:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the drop-down menu. This setting will determine the
color of the border which separates each multi-
screen segment.
WHITE:The border will be displayed in white.
GRAY:The border will be displayed in gray.
BLACK:The border will be displayed in black.
OFF:No border will be displayed.
The factory default setting is WHITE.
Quad Shift:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the drop-down menu.
ON:Camera images are displayed in 4 multiscreen
segments (quad) and switched as follows:
4A = Page 1 of the quad (Camera 1, 2, 3 and 4)
4B = Page 2 of the quad (Camera 5, 6, 7 and 8)
4C = Page 3 of the quad (Camera 9, 10, 11 and
12)
4D = Page 4 of the quad (Camera 13, 14, 15
and 16)
OFF:Quad is unavailable.
The factory default setting is OFF.
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Secret View:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the drop-down menu. 
ON:The adjoining drop-down menu becomes also
active so that you can designate the desired
monitor (MON 1 to 4) for the secret view func-
tion. If you designate MON 1 in the drop-down
menu, black image will be displayed in a seg-
ment of multiscreen monitor, instead of the spot
image of camera channel activated in MON 1.
OFF:Secret view function is unavailable. 
The factory default setting is OFF.
Sequence Mode:Select the sequence type by clicking
on the radio button.
Quad:Multiplexer sequence is activated. The moni-
tor display will be changed as 4A →4B →4C
→4D.
3+1:Images are displayed in 4 multiscreens, and
the images of Camera 4 to 16 are displayed in
the sequence mode, at the right bottom of the
monitor. The images of Camera 1 to 3 are fixed.
(Refer to the left-side illustration in p. 20.)
8+1:Images are displayed in 9 multiscreens, and
the images of Camera 9 to 16 are displayed in
the sequence mode, at the right bottom of the
monitor. The images of Camera 1 to 8 are fixed.
(Refer to the right-side illustration in p. 20.)
The factory default setting is Quad.
Dwell:The dwell time of the selected sequence
mode is selectable. 2S to 30S is available.
The factory default setting is 2S.
• REC OUT Group
Title Display:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the drop-down menu.
ON:The camera title is displayed on the recorded
image.
OFF:The camera title is not displayed on the
recorded image.
The factory default setting is ON.
Clock Display: Select the desired setting by clicking on
the drop-down menu.
ON:The date and time are displayed on the record-
ed image.
OFF:The date and time are not displayed on the
recorded image.
The factory default setting is ON.
Normal Group
REC Mode:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the radio button.
EXT:Select this to gen-lock the unit during the nor-
mal recording.INT:Select this if the asynchronous unit is connect-
ed to the unit. When it is activated, the drop-
down menu becomes also active so that you
can select the desired normal recording rate.
002, 004 to 255 (field) are selectable.
The factory default setting is EXT. 
Alarm Group
REC Mode:Select the desired setting by clicking on
the radio button.
EXT:Select this to gen-lock the unit during the
alarm recording.
INT:Select this if the asynchronous unit is connect-
ed to the unit. When it is activated, the drop-
down menu becomes also active so that you
can select the desired normal recording rate.
002, 004 to 128 (field) are selectable.
The factory default setting is EXT.
DYNAMIC REC:Select the desired setting by clicking
on the drop-down menu.
ALM-PRI:Select this to give recording priority to
the camera channel with the alarm input.
ALM-ONLY:Select this to record the images from
the alarm-associated camera channel.
GROUP:Select this to give recording priority to a
group of up to 4 camera channels associated to
the alarm input. When you select this, the Group
Setting button becomes active. By pressing the
button, the Mux Alarm Group window will be
displayed so that you can configure the Group
1 to 16 parameters. (Refer to p. 100 Mux Alarm
Group.)
OFF:Select this to deactivate the alarm priority
mode.
The factory default setting is OFF.
• System Group
Camera SW Loss:Select the desired setting by click-
ing on the drop-down menu.
ON:“CAM SW LOSS” will blink on the associated
monitor when loss of the camera switching
pulse is detected. 
OFF:“CAM SW LOSS will not appear on the moni-
tor.
The factory default setting is ON.
Dummy Black:Select the desired setting by clicking
on the drop-down menu.
ON:The black image will be displayed for a camera
channel that is not connected to the camera.
OFF:The camera channel will be skipped in the
sequence/spot mode.
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(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Multiplexer Mode
window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Multiplexer Mode
window.
●Mux Alarm Group
This is a submenu of the Multiplexer window. In this win-
dow, up to 4 cameras are given recording priority for each
alarm input.
•Click a drop-down menu to assign the camera numbers
(1 to 16) to each alarm group (Group1 to 16). The facto-
ry default setting is same as the illustration.
•To configure Group 9 to 16, click on the Group 9 –
Group 16 tab.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Mux Alarm Group
window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Mux Alarm Group
window.
■Multiplexer Title 
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Multiplexer Title)
button in the main window (p. 80.)
●Parameters
The factory default settings are same as the illustration. 
To edit the desired camera’s title, click on the associated
button (Cam 1 to Cam 16).
The subsequent editing procedure is the same as Camera
Title. (Refer to p.94.)
Notes:
The characters available here are the following:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrs
tuvwxyz0123456789!#$%&()*+,-
./:;¨=Æ?oÄÜÖÆÑÃØäüöæñãø
•Up to 8 alphanumeric characters are available for the
Multiplexer board camera title.
•You cannot edit a user font character.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Multiplexer Title win-
dow.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Multiplexer Title
window.
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■New
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (New) button in the
main window (p. 80).
●Parameters
This window is used for new file creation.
File Name:Enter a desired name for a new file.
Files of type:The file extension is displayed here.
(OK) button
Saves the configuration and closes the New window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the New window.
■Select Setup Data File
The setup file is selectable by pressing this button.
Refer to the operating instructions of Windows®for details
on how to copy a data.
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (File Open) button
in the main window (p. 80).
●Parameters
The location, name and type of the setup file appear in this
window.
File Name Input Area:Displays the selected files
name.
Open button: Opens the selected file.
Cancel button:Cancels the operation and closes the
Select Setup Data File dialog box.
(OK) button
Saves the configuration and closes the New window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the New window.
■Account Manager
This window configures the parameters of the operators
who can control WJ-SX150A Administrator Console: the
registration, edit and deletion of an operator.
The window soon after opening
The window during the edit
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Account
Manager) button in the main window (p. 80).
Note: Register at least one operator with level 1. If there is
no level 1 operator, the configuration of WJ-SX150A
Administrator Console will become impossible.
●Parameters
• Accounts Group
The registered operator names appears. To display the
operator information in the Account Record group, click on
the name.
You can configure up to 16 account records.
• Account Record Group
Name:The operator name is displayed.
Password:The password is displayed as *****. The
entered password is displayed here during the edit.
Level:Select the operator level.
(OK) button
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(Add Account) button
To register a new operator, click on this button. The
Registration window will appear.
(EDIT) button:To configure the operator information,
click on this button.
(DELETE) button
To delete the operator selected in the Accounts group,
click on this button.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Account Manager
window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Account Manager
window.
●Edit Account Manager
Add a Registration Operator
1. Click on the  button.
2. Enter the name in the Name box and the password in
the Password box.
Name:Up to 20 alphanumeric characters
Password:Up to 20 alphanumeric characters
3. Click on the ▼button to select the level.
4. Click on the  (Save exit) button.
The configuration will be saved and the Registration
window will close.
To cancel the configuration, click on the  (Cancel
exit) button.
Note:You can register up to 16 accounts (operators).
Edit a Registration Operator
1. Click on the registration operators name in the
Accounts group.
2. Click on the  (EDIT) button.
3. Edit the desired parameters.
4. Click on the  (Save exit) button.
The configuration will be saved and the Registration
window will close.
To cancel the configuration, click on the  (Cancel
exit) button.
Delete a Registration Operator
1. Click on the registration operators name in the
Accounts group.
2. Click on the  (Delete) button.
3. Click on the  (Save exit) button.
Note:If deleting all level 1 operators, the configuration of
WJ-SX150A Administrator Console will become impos-
sible.
■Communication Port
This window configures the PCs usable communication
port number and its baud rate (communication speed).
●How to Display
To display this window, click on the  (Communication
port) button in the main window (p. 80).
●Parameters
• Parameter Group
Com:Select the PCs communication port for the con-
nection to the unit.
Baud Rate:Select the desired baud rate (communica-
tion speed). 4800, 9600, 19200 or 38400 bps is
selectable.
The factory default setting is 38400 bps.
• Fixed Parameter Group
The data bit (8 bit), parity (none), and stop bit (1 bit) are
displayed.
Note:These parameters are fixed.
(Save Exit) button
Saves the configuration and closes the Communication Port
window.
(Cancel Exit) button
Cancels the configuration and closes the Communication
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OPERATING PROCEDURES
(TERMINAL MODE)