Panasonic Network Camera BL-VT164 Series BL-VP100 Series Operating Instructions

							[VGA]The letters “VGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed
in VGA size.[QVGA]The letters  “QVGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed
in QVGA size.[640x360]The letters “640x360” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 640 x 360 (pixels).[320x180]The letters “320x180” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 320 x 180 (pixels).[800x600]The letters “800x600” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 800 x 600 (pixels).[1280x720]The letters “1280x720” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 1280 x 720 (pixels).
Note
•When “1280x720” is selected for the image capture size, it may become smaller than the actual
size depending on the window size of the web browser.
• The buttons [VGA], [QVGA] and [800x600] are displayed only when “4:3” is selected for “Aspect
ratio”.
• The buttons [640x360], [320x180], and [1280x720] are displayed only when “16:9” is selected for
“Aspect ratio”.
[Image quality] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
• [1] button:  Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality1” of
“Image quality setting”. ( ®page 47)
• [2] button:  Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality2” of
“Image quality setting”. ( ®page 47)
[AUX] buttons *2
These buttons will be displayed only when  “AUX output ” is selected for  “Terminal 3 ” of  “Alarm”  on the setup
menu. ( ®page 77)
• [Open] button:  The letters “Open” on the button will turn green and the status of AUX connector will
be open.
• [Close] button:  The letters “Close”  on the button will turn green and the status of the AUX connector
will be closed.
Note
•The names of “AUX”, “Open” and “Close” can be changed. ( ®page 83)
[Zoom] buttons *2
•
:  Click this button to adjust the zoom ratio to the “Wide” side.
•
:  Click this button to set the zoom ratio to x1.0.
•
:  Click this button to adjust the zoom ratio to the “Tele” side.
[Auto mode] *2
Select an operation from the pull -down menu and click the [ Start] button. The selected operation will start.
Click the [Stop] button to stop the operation.
The selected operation will stop when the camera (panning/tilting/zooming) is operated or when an action
that is to be taken according to the settings for “Self return” ( ®page 55) or for “Camera action on
alarm” ( ®page 79) starts.
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							•Preset map-shot:  Eight thumbnail images of the preset position 1-8 ( ®page 65) will be displayed
orderly on a newly displayed window. When a thumbnail image is clicked, the camera moves to the
respective position and live images will be displayed on the “Live” page.
Note
•Do not operate the browser until all the thumbnail images are displayed and the camera returns to
the original position (where the camera was when  “360 map -shot” or “Preset map -shot” was carried
out).
• When  “Preset map -shot” is carried out with an unregistered preset position (among preset position
1-8), the thumbnail image of the preset position before the unregistered preset position will be
displayed.
In this case, the camera will not move when the thumbnail image is clicked.
• The camera will not always return to the exactly same position where it was before “Preset
map-shot” was carried out. (It may sometimes be slightly different.)
• The window on which the thumbnail images are displayed will close when clicking the following
buttons that can switch the camera channel or reload images: [Live], [Multi-screen], [H.264],
[JPEG], [Stream], [Image capture size], [Image quality], [Setup].
To display the thumbnail images again, carry out “Preset map-shot” again.
Control pad/buttons *2
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:  Left-click on the control pad to adjust the horizontal/vertical position of the camera
(panning/tilting). Panning/tilting speed will be faster if a clicked point gets farther from the center point
of the control pad.
It is also possible to pan/tilt the camera by dragging the mouse.
Zoom can be adjusted by right-clicking. When an upper/lower area of the control pad is right-clicked,
the displayed image will be zoomed in/out on.
Zoom can also be adjusted using the mouse wheel.
[Brightness] buttons *2
Available range: 0 - 127
•
 button:  The displayed image will be darker.
•
 button:  The adjusted brightness will return to the default brightness (64).
•
 button:  Image will be brighter.
[Preset] *2
Select a preset position from the pull-down menu and click the [Go] button. The camera will move to the
selected preset position ( ®page 65). “H” next to the preset position number indicates the home position.
When “Home position”  is selected, the camera will move to the home position. ( ®page 55) When “Preset
ID”  is registered for a preset position, the registered preset ID will be displayed next to the preset position
number.
Camera title
The camera title entered for “Camera title” on the [Basic] page will be displayed. ( ®page 39)
Alarm occurrence indication button *2
This button will be displayed and will blink when an alarm has occurred. When this button is clicked, the
alarm output terminal will be reset and this button will disappear. ( ®page 30)
Full screen button
Images will be displayed on a full screen. To return to the  “Live” page, press the [ Esc] key. The aspect ratio
of displayed images will be adjusted in accordance with the monitor.
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							Snap shot button
Click this button to take a picture (a still picture). The picture will be displayed on a newly opened window.
When right-clicking on the displayed image, the pop-up menu will be displayed. It is possible to save the
image on the PC by selecting “Save” from the displayed pop-up menu.
When “Print” is selected, printer output is enabled.
Note
•The following setting may be necessary when using Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
Click “Internet Options” on the Tools menu of Internet Explorer, and then click the [Security] tab.
Select “Trusted Sites”, and click “Sites”. Register the camera address on the “Website” in the
“Trusted Sites” window.
Mic input button *3
Turns on/off the audio reception (hear audio from the camera on a PC). This button will be displayed only
when  “Mic input ”,  “Interactive(Full-duplex)”  or “Interactive(Half-duplex)”  is selected for “Audio transmission/
reception” on the setup menu. ( ®page 72)
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into the 
 button and audio from the camera will not be
heard.
Audio volume can be adjusted (Low/ Middle/ High) by moving the volume cursor 
.
Audio output button *3
Turns on/off the audio transmission (play audio from the PC on the unit speaker). This button will be
displayed only when “Audio output”, “Interactive(Full-duplex)” or “Interactive(Half-duplex)” is selected for
“Audio transmission/reception” on the setup menu. ( ®page 72)
The button will blink during the audio transmission.
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into the 
 button and audio from the PC will not be heard.
Audio output volume can be adjusted (Low/Middle/High) by moving the volume cursor 
.
Note •When a user is using the audio transmission function with “Interactive(Half-duplex)” selected, the
receiver button and the transmission button will be inoperable for the other users. When
“Interactive(Full-duplex)” is selected, the transmission button is inoperable for other users.
• Possible duration of audio transmission is up to 5 minutes per transmission. When 5 minutes have
passed, the audio transmission will automatically stop. To turn the audio transmission function on,
click the [Audio output] button again.
• When the camera is restarted, the adjusted volume level (for both the audio transmission and
reception) will return to the level that had been set on the [Audio] tab on the setup menu.
( ® page 72)
• Actual volume level will change in three steps even though the volume cursor can be adjusted
minutely.
Main area *2
Images from the camera will be displayed in this area.
The current time and date will be displayed according to the settings configured for “Time display format”
and “Date/time display format”. ( ®page 40)
In addition, when being adjusted, the status of brightness ( ®page 41), panning/tilting degree and the
zoom ratio display ( ®page 56), and the preset ID ( ®page 67) will be displayed as well as the characters
configured for “Camera title on screen” ( ®page 40). The number of lines for the display is 2.
Click a desired point in the main area on the “Live” page that is to be the center of the angle of view. The
camera moves to adjust the position in order to set the clicked point as the center.
When selecting an area in the main area by dragging the mouse, the selected area will be located at the
center of the main area. In this case, the zoom ratio will be adjusted automatically.
Zoom can be adjusted using the mouse wheel.
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							Note•When operated by a lower access level user, images displayed on the screen may be changed
temporarily. This does not affect operation of the camera.
• When the mouse is dragged to move the camera beyond its operable range, the camera will move to
the requested direction and will stop at the end of the operable range. Then, the zoom ratio of the
displayed image will automatically be adjusted.
• Depending on the PC in use, screen tearing* may occur when the shooting scene drastically changes
due to the GDI restrictions of the OS.
*A phenomenon in which portions of the screen are displayed out of alignment.
*1 Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator”.
*2 Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator” or “2. Camera control” when “On” is selected for “User auth.”
( ® page 94)
*3 Operable by users who belong to the access level selected for “Permission level of audio trans./recep.” on the [Audio] tab of the
“Image/Audio” page. Refer to page 72 for further information about the “Permission level of audio trans./recep.”.
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							1.3  About the “Live” page (BL-VP104W/BL-VP104/
BL-VP101)
[select language] pull-down menu
The camera’ s display language can be selected. The default language can be set in the [ Language] in the
[Basic] settings. ( ®page 39)
[Setup] button *1
Displays the setup menu. The button will turn green and the setup menu will be displayed.
[Live] button
Display the “Live” page. The button will turn green and the “Live” page will be displayed.
[Multi-screen] buttons
Images from multiple cameras can be displayed on a multi-screen by registering cameras on the setup
menu. ( ®page 18)
[Compression] buttons
• [H.264 ] button:  The letters  “H.264” on the button will turn green and an H.264 image will be displayed.
When “On” is selected for “H.264 transmission” of “H.264(1)”, “H.264(2)”, the [H.264] button will be
displayed. ( ®page 51)
• [JPEG] button:  The letters “JPEG” on the button will turn green and JPEG image will be displayed.
[Stream] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when an H.264 image is displayed.
• [1] button:  The letter “1” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance
with the setting of “H.264(1)”. ( ®page 51)
• [2] button:  The letter “2” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance
with the setting of “H.264(2)”. ( ®page 51)
[Image capture size] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
[VGA]The letters “VGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed
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							[QVGA]The letters “QVGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed
in QVGA size.[640x360]The letters “640x360” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 640 x 360 (pixels).[320x180]The letters “320x180” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 320 x 180 (pixels).[800x600]
 
The letters “800x600” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 800 x 600 (pixels).[1280x720]
 
The letters “1280x720” will turn green and images in the main area will be
displayed in 1280 x 720 (pixels).
Note
•The buttons [VGA], [QVGA] and [800x600] are displayed only when “4:3” is selected for “Aspect
ratio”.
• The buttons [640x360], [320x180], and [1280x720] are displayed only when “16:9” is selected for
“Aspect ratio”.
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• When “1280x720” is selected for the image capture size, it may become smaller than the actual
size depending on the window size of the web browser.
[Image quality] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
• [1] button:  Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality1” of
“Image quality setting”. ( ®page 47)
• [2] button:  Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality2” of
“Image quality setting”. ( ®page 47)
[Zoom] buttons
Images will be zoomed in on with the electronic zoom by the viewer software “Network Camera View
4S”.
• [x1] button:  The letter “x1” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x1.
• [x2] button:  The letter “x2” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x2.
• [x4] button:  The letter “x4” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x4.
[Brightness] buttons *2
Available range: 0 - 127
•
 button:  The displayed image will be darker.
•
 button:  The adjusted brightness will return to the default brightness (64).
•
 button:  Image will be brighter.
Camera title
The camera title entered for “Camera title” on the [Basic] page will be displayed. ( ®page 39)
Alarm occurrence indication button *2
This button will be displayed and will blink when an alarm has occurred. When this button is clicked, the
alarm output terminal will be reset and this button will disappear. ( ®page 30)
Full screen button
Images will be displayed on a full screen. To return to the  “Live” page, press the [ Esc] key. The aspect ratio
of displayed images will be adjusted in accordance with the monitor.
Snap shot button
Click this button to take a picture (a still picture). The picture will be displayed on a newly opened window.
When right-clicking on the displayed image, the pop-up menu will be displayed. It is possible to save the
image on the PC by selecting “Save” from the displayed pop-up menu.
When “Print” is selected, printer output is enabled.
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							Note•The following setting may be necessary when using Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
Click “Internet Options” on the Tools menu of Internet Explorer, and then click the [Security] tab.
Select “Trusted Sites”, and click “Sites”. Register the camera address on the “Website” in the
“Trusted Sites” window.
Main area *2
Images from the camera will be displayed in this area.
The current time and date will be displayed according to the settings configured for “Time display format”
and “Date/time display format”. ( ®page 40)
In addition, when being adjusted, the status of brightness ( ®page 41), panning/tilting degree and the
zoom ratio display ( ®page 56), and the preset ID ( ®page 67) will be displayed as well as the characters
configured for “Camera title on screen” ( ®page 40). The number of lines for the display is 2.
Click a desired point in the main area on the “Live” page that is to be the center of the angle of view. The
camera moves to adjust the position in order to set the clicked point as the center.
When selecting an area in the main area by dragging the mouse, the selected area will be located at the
center of the main area. In this case, the zoom ratio will be adjusted automatically.
Zoom can be adjusted using the mouse wheel.
Note
•When operated by a lower access level user, images displayed on the screen may be changed
temporarily. This does not affect operation of the camera.
• When the mouse is dragged to move the camera beyond its operable range, the camera will move to
the requested direction and will stop at the end of the operable range. Then, the zoom ratio of the
displayed image will automatically be adjusted.
• Depending on the PC in use, screen tearing* may occur when the shooting scene drastically changes
due to the GDI restrictions of the OS.
*A phenomenon in which portions of the screen are displayed out of alignment.
*1 Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator”.
*2 Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator” or “2. Camera control” when “On” is selected for “User auth.”
( ® page 94)
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							1.4  Monitor images from multiple camerasImages from multiple cameras can be displayed on a multi -screen. Images from 4 cameras (up to 16 cameras)
can be displayed simultaneously. To display images on a multi-screen, it is necessary to register cameras in
advance. 4 cameras can be registered as a group and up to 4 groups (16 cameras) can be registered.
( ® page 75)
IMPORTANT
•When displaying images on a 16 -screen, panning, tilting and zooming operations become unavailable
for images from cameras with Pan/Tilt/Zoom functions.
• When displaying images on a 4 -screen, panning, tilting and zooming operations become available only
for images from cameras with Pan/Tilt/Zoom functions. Refer to the [Readme] file on the provided
CD-ROM for further information about the compatible cameras and their versions. Or refer to our
website (http://panasonic.net/pss/security/support/info.html).
• Only JPEG images with frame by frame playback can be displayed on a multi-screen. Audio will not
be heard.
• When the power is turned off or the LAN cable is disconnected while displaying images, displaying
images on a multi-screen from the “Live” page will become unavailable.
• When displaying the image on a multi-screen and “16:9” is selected for “Aspect ratio”, the image will
be displayed altered vertically to the aspect ratio of “4:3”.
• “Network Camera Recorder with Viewer Software Lite” which supports live monitoring and recording
images from multiple cameras is available. For further information, refer to our website
(http://panasonic.net/pss/security/support/info.html).
1. Click the desired [Multi-screen] on the “Live” page.
→ Images from the registered cameras will be displayed on a selected multi-screen (screen can be split
up to 16 areas). The following are instructions when displaying on a 4-split screen.
To show 1 camera screen, click the [Live] button.
You can also click “1” below “Multi-screen” to display the camera's “Live” page.
Click the [Multi-screen] button to display images from cameras in a multi-screen of 4 to 16 screens.
Click a camera title. Live images from the camera corresponding to the clicked camera title will be
displayed on the “Live” page of the newly opened window.
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							2   Monitor images on a cellular phone/mobile
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2.1  Monitor images on a cellular phone It is possible to connect to the camera using a cellular phone via the Internet and monitor images (JPEG only)
from the camera on the screen of the cellular phone. It is also possible to refresh images to display the latest
image or perform panning, tilting and zooming operations.
IMPORTANT
•When the authentication window is displayed, enter the user name and password. The default user
name and password are as follows.
User name: admin
Password: 12345
To enhance the security, change the password for the user “admin”. ( ®page 94)
• If the cellular phone in use is not compatible with UTF -8 encode, it is impossible to display the screen
correctly.
Note
•It is necessary to configure the network settings of the cellular phone in advance to connect to the
Internet and monitor images from the camera. ( ®page 104)
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							1.Access to “http://IP address/mobile” *1
 or “http://Host name registered in the DDNS server/mobile” using a
cellular phone.
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