Panasonic Monitoring Software Digital Disk Recorder Wj Rt416 Operating Instructions

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Video Format Setup
Select a video format.
Choose Directory
Designate the directory in which downloaded recorded
images or captured images are to be stored.
Transport Type
Select TCP or UDP for the communications protocol.
Default:TCP
The following is added to Transport Type.
Important:
When selecting UDP, only one recorder can be
connected to the PC.
Step 2
When completing the settings, click the [Apply] button.
Monitor System Version
Select Monitor System Version from the pop-up menu (page 44).
The current version of the monitoring software will be displayed.
Language
Select Language from the pop-up menu (page 44).
(The current display language has been selected during the process of the installation.)
Select the display language from the following.
Chinese, Custom, English, Japanese
The default language of the custom language is English.
It is possible to customize the characters to be displayed by editing the Cst.ini file in the RT4 Monitoring Software
folder. (The directory path is C:\Program Files\Panasonic\RT4 Monitoring Software.)
Notes:
• Depending on the language setting of Windows, the customized characters may not be displayed correctly. Do
not edit any files other than the Cst.ini file.
• When editing of the file is complete, save it with UTF-8 character code. 
						

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Playback downloaded recorded images using the RT4Viewer
It is possible to search and play the downloaded recorded images.
Start the RT4Viewer
Select RT4Viewer.exe from the Start menu (Start - All Programs - Panasonic - RT4 Monitoring Software -
RT4Viewer) or click the [RT4Viewer] button (page 8).
→The RT4Viewer will start and the RT4Viewer window will be displayed.
Notes:
• It is possible to copy the viewer software together with recorded images when copying recorded images from the
recorder to the connected external recording device. For further information, refer to the installation guide of the
recorder.
• When using the downloaded viewer software, Search File(S) under File on the menu bar is unavailable.
File
The following menus are under the File(F) menu.
Open File(O):Open a file (downloaded recorded
image). (page 54)
Search File(S):Search for a file (downloaded recorded
image). When Search File is selected, the Search
File window will be displayed. (page 55)
Full Screen(W):Downloaded recorded images will be
played on a full screen.
Exit(X):Exit the RT4Viewer.Tool
The following menu is under the Tool(T) menu.
Alteration Detection(A):Check whether the down-
loaded recorded image selected in the playback list
display area has been altered or not.
Language
Select the display language from the following.
Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Custom
The default language of the custom language is English.
Menu bar
Image display areaPlayback list display
area
Playback control
buttons
Property display area Playback point slider
Play/Frame by frame play Stop
PauseMute Volume
control Next record Original
playback
speedCapture
Previous record
Playback speed sliderSave 
						

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Help
The current version of the RT4Viewer will be displayed.
Image display area
Downloaded recorded images will be played in this
area.
It is possible to temporarily change color of text dis-
played in the image display area by right-clicking on the
text and select the desired color from displayed pop-up
menu.
Playback list display area
Downloaded recorded images will be displayed in the
list form. The following information will be displayed.
Camera channel, start time, end time, event type, image
quality, with or without audio, MAC address, altered or
not altered
Playback control buttons
Playback point slider:The current playback point will
be indicated by the pointer. It is possible to desig-
nate a playback point by clicking the desired play-
back point.
Play/Frame by frame play button:Playback will start.
When this button is clicked during pausing, the next
frame will be displayed. 
Pause button:Playback will pause.
Stop button:Playback will stop.
Previous record button:Start playback of the previous
record.
Next record button:Start playback of the next record.
Playback speed slider:Adjust the playback speed.
Original playback speed button:Reset the adjusted
playback speed to the original playback speed.
Save button:Save the recorded image currently being
played.
Capture button:Capture the image currently being dis-
played as a still picture.
Mute button:Mute audio.
Volume control slider:Click to adjust the audio 
volume.
Property display area
The following information of the downloaded recorded
image currently being played will be displayed.
Camera channel, start time, end time, image quality,
event type, playback speed
Notes:
• When using the viewer software copied on a DVD-R
or a CD-R, the Mpeg folder or the Capture folder
will be created on the desktop by clicking the [Save]
button or the [Capture] button respectively.
• When playing a file consisted of only I-frames,
adjustment of the playback speed is unavailable. 
						

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Playback downloaded recorded images
Select Open File(O) under File(F) on the menu bar.
→The file selection window will be displayed.
Select the desired file to be played and click the [Play] button. Playback of the selected file will start in the image dis-
play area.
Control the playback image using the playback control buttons. Refer to page 52 for how to control playback images
using the playback control buttons. To display on a full screen, select Full Screen under File on the menu bar or
double-click on the image currently being played. To return to the previous size, double-click on the image currently
being played again. 
						

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Search and play
Important:
Only the images in the Mpeg folder in the directory selected in the Choose Directory section on the
Advanced Setup window of the monitoring software can be searched.
(When the monitoring software is started, the Advanced Setup window can be displayed by selecting
Advanced Setup under Monitor System Config from the pop-up menu displayed when the [System Setup] but-
ton is clicked.)
Screenshot 1
Select Search File(S) under File(F) on the menu bar.
→The Search File window will be displayed. 
Step 1
Set the desired search filter.
Select Channel
Check the checkbox of the desired camera channel to
be searched.
To select all the camera channels, check the All
checkbox.
Time Range
Designate the time range to be searched by designating
the recording start time and the end time.
Step 2
Click the [OK] button.
Screenshot 2
The search result will be displayed in the playback list
display area.
Step 3
Select the desired recorded image from the list, and
then click the play button.
→Playback will start. 
						

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Alteration check
Check whether the downloaded recorded image selected in the playback list display area has been altered or not.
Screenshot 1
Open the desired image to be checked. (page 54)
Step 1
Stop playback and select Alteration Detection(A)
under Tool(T) on the menu bar.
→The confirmation window will be displayed.
Step 2
Click the [OK] button.
→Alteration check will start. When completing the alter-
ation check, the message window will be displayed.
Step 3
Click the [OK] button.
Screenshot 2
The result of the alteration check will be displayed in the
Alteration column of the playback list display area.
Step 4
Check the result.
Yes: Altered
No: Not altered
-: Undefined
Notes:
• When other file is opened, the result will be cleared.
• The result of alteration check will be Yes for files
created by saving the image currently being dis-
played on the PC (page 24), using the alarm
recording function (page 45), or saving the
recorded image currently being played (page 53). 
						

							• If the PC in use that does not meet the system
requirements, it may cause problems such as slow
imaging or the software becomes inoperable.
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• Depending on the data size being transmitted, it may
have difficulties in displaying images from a specified
camera channel.
• If the network traffic is heavy or the bandwidth is nar-
row, the image refresh may become slow.
The image refresh is very
slow, or not be refreshed.
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Cause/solution
• Is the same IP address provided to other devices?
Refer to a system administrator for further informa-
tion. • Is the valid IP address set?
Refer to a system administrator for further informa-
tion. • Is the connection indicator of the 10BASE-T/-
100BASE-TX port lit?
When it is not lit, connection to a LAN is not estab-
lished or a network is not working correctly.
Confirm that the connection indicator of the 10BASE-
T/100BASE-TX port is lit. Refer to a system adminis-
trator if it is not lit.
• Are there contradictions between the address and the
network subnet to be accessed?
When this unit and the client PC are in the same sub-
net, are the IP addresses of this unit and the client PC
set in same subnet?
When accessing this unit in the same subnet, entering
the address of this unit in the Don’t Use Proxy For
These Addresses box is recommended. • Is the LAN cable firmly connected to the network
port?
Confirm that the cord is firmly connected.
Troubleshooting
Before asking for repairs, check the symptoms with the following table.
Contact your dealer if a problem cannot be solved even after checking and trying the solution or a problem is not
described below, and when having a problem with installations.
Reference
pages
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Symptom
Cannot establish the con-
nection
Cannot configure the set-
tings
Cannot operate the recorder
Refer to page
13 in the install-
ation guide.
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							• The network traffic may be heavy or the bandwidth is
getting narrower.
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• Depending on the network traffic, audio may be inter-
rupted or repeated.
• If the PC in use that does not meet the system
requirements, audio may be interrupted.
Cause/solution
• Check the login status.
Audio is interrupted or
repeated
Cannot use the system con-
trol buttons
Cannot play the downloaded
image file
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• To play the downloaded image file, use the
RT4Viewer.
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Reference
pagesSymptom
Cannot play recorded
images on the recorder
Noise appears in the images
when playing on
RT4Viewer.
It takes some time to start
playback after the search.
• Close all applications except RT4Viwer.
• The hard disk in which the images to be played are
stored may be in the stand-by mode. It may take
some time for the hard disk to resume from the stand-
by mode and start playback. This is not malfunction.
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