Panasonic Network Disk Recorder Wj Nd400 Operating Instructions

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The following operation panel appears when you click the [Control]
button.
(1) [Multiscreen select] box
Displays multiple images from up to 4 cameras at the same
time. Switches between the four  screens with each clicking
the button following the preset camera combination (refer to
the Setup Instructions (PDF file)).
(2) [Sequence] box
Switches the camera images automatically in a preset 
sequence. The button indicator lights green during sequence 
(refer to the Setup Instructions (PDF file)).
(3) [El-zoom] box
Displays the camera image at the magnification of the button
clicked.
(4) [Search] box
[Search] button
Searches for recorded images. The search results are shown
on the rec event list window (page 24, page 25).
[Area select] button
Selects disk to play or search (page 26).
(5) [Copy] box
Copies recorded images into the Copy area of the HDD.
(6) [Log] box 
The history is shown on the rec event list window.
[Error log] button
Displays a log of the errors that occur.
[Access log] button
Displays the log in/log out time and date, the user name or
IP address.
[Event log] button
Displays the event log (when it occurred and a description).
[Network log] button
Displays a log of the problems that occur on the network.
(7) Rec event listNumber of events
Displays the total number of events in a list. If there are more
than 10 000 events, [>10000] is displayed.
[All list] button
Removes any conditions and all rec events are listed.
[Refresh] button
Updates the display to the most recent status.
[Prev page] button
Displays the previous page of the list.
[Next page] button
Displays the next page of the list.
[Time & date]
Displays the time and date.
[Ch]
Displays the channel of the recorded data.
[Rec]
Displays the recording mode (page 23).
[HDD]
Displays the number of the disk where data is stored.
[Info]
An icon is displayed on the  image when audio is available.
(8) [Zoom in] button
Enlarges the display of live and recorded images.
[Control] button
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Note:
 The rec event list is displayed when the [Refresh] button is pressed, or when searchi ng (page 24, page 25) or when 
selecting an area (page 26). 
 The [All list] button is disabl ed during playback. Stop playback
and then do the search operation.
 When there are many cameras, the recording start time may vary for each channel.The following operation panel appear s when you click the [Cam.
select] button.
(1) [Multiscreen select] box
Displays multiple images from up to 4 cameras at the same
time. Switches between the f our screens by each clicking of
the button following the preset camera combination (refer to
the Setup Instructions (PDF file)).
(2) [Sequence] box
Switches the camera images  automatically in a preset 
sequence. The button indicato r lights green during sequence 
(refer to the Setup Instructions (PDF file)).
(3) [El-zoom] box
Displays the camera image at the magnification of the button
clicked.
(4) [Cam. select] box
Displays the group titles of the cameras connected to the
recorder when clicking [WJ- ND400]. Refer to the Setup
Instructions (PDF file) for in formation about group settings.
Displays the cameras the belong to that group when clicking
a group title. Displays the image of camera when clicking a
camera title on 1-screen.
[Cam. select] button
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The following operation panel appears when you click the [Setup]
button.
Refer to the Setup Instructions (PDF file) for more information.
(1) [Quick] button
Displays a menu with the mi nimum settings necessary to
operate the recorder.
(2) [Basic] button
Displays a menu for system and date/time settings
necessary for basic operat ions of the recorder.
(3) [Emergency rec.] button
Displays a menu for emergency recording settings.
(4) [Event] button
Displays a menu for setting the o perations for the occurrence
of each type of event (site alarm, terminal alarm, command
alarm).
(5) [Schedule] button
Displays a menu for setting  recording/event action for
specified days and times.
(6) [Camera] button
Displays a menu for setting the network, group, and 
sequence of cameras.
(7) [Server] button
Displays a menu for setting the server of recorder.
(8) [Network] button
Displays a menu for setting the network of recorder.
(9) [User mng.] button
Displays a menu for setting authentication.
(10) [Maintenance] button
Displays a menu for setting HDDs.
(11) [Config.] button
Displays a menu for disk information, data encryption 
settings, and formatting disks.
(12) [Help] button
Displays the Help window.
[Setup] button
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Important:
 When settings are activated,  all logged in users log out. 
						

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(1) Displays the status of live and playbackimages. (2) [REC] indicator
Displays the recording status.
(3) Display the following statuses.
(4) Information about the events and errors is
displayed.
Alarm suspend [ALARM SUSPEND] button
Alarm [ALM] button
Error [ERR] button
Note:
 Emergency recording does not st op even if you click the Alarm
[ALM] button while recording. However, recording does stop if
the recording time is set to [Continue] for emergency recording. 
Status display area
(1) (3)(4)
(2)
: Live images are being displayed.
: Recorded images are being played back.
: Images are being played back reversely.
: Images are being played back at fast
forward.
: Images are being play ed back reversely
at fast forward.
: Playback is paused.
: Recorded images and audio are being downloaded.
: Recorded images and audio have been downloaded.
[Step 1] to [Step 7] : The playback speed is displayed.
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: Approx. 4x
: Approx. 8x
: Approx. 16x
: Approx. 32x
: Approx. 48x
: Approx. 96x
: The sequence is being activated.
: Normal recording area or event recording  area of the HDD on the recorder is 
selected.
: HDD copy area is selected.
: SD memory data is currently being  obtained.
: RAID is being recovered.
: Rec event list is fi ltered. For details on 
filtering of recording event searches, refer 
to page 24 for information on conditions 
for filtering. : Recording is being performed.
: Recording is not being performed.
: Camera cannot be operated because a user with a higher pr iority is using the
camera.
: Copying is being performed.
: Image data is being deleted.
: Clicking this button to  temporarily disable
alarm detection (page 34).
: This indication will  be displayed while an
alarm is being suspended.
: Displays when an event occurs. Clicking  this button clears the alarm action 
(page 34).
: An error has occurred. Clicking this button  clears the error occurrence. Refer to page 
55 for details about errors. 
						

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(1) Displays the time and date for the downloadstart point/ending point. (page 42) (2) [Go to date] button
Used to playback images from a specified time and date.
(page 22).
(3) [Go to last] button
Skips to the latest recorded 
image on the displayed camera
channel and starts playback.
(1) [REW] button
Plays recorded images in reversely at high speed.
Each time the button is clicked, the reverse speed changes
Step 2 (4x) > Step 3 ( 8x) > Step 4 (16x) > Step 5 (32x) >
Step6 (4 8x) > Step 7 (96x).
(2) [PREV RECORD] button
Skips backward to play  back recorded images.
(3) [REV PLAY] button
Plays recorded images in reverse.
(4) [PLAY] button
Plays recorded images.
(5) [NEXT RECORD] button
Skips forward to play back recorded images.
(6) [FF] button
Plays recorded images at high speed.
Each time the button is clicked, the speed changes Step 2
(4x) > Step 3 (8x) > Step 4 (16x) > Step 5 (32x) > Step6 (4 8x)
> Step 7 (96x).
(7) [PREV IMAGE] button
Clicking during playback or  pause plays back one frame at a
time reversely, and then pauses.
(8) [PAUSE] button
Clicking during playba ck pauses playback.
Clicking during pause  restarts playback.
(9) [STOP] button
Stops playback and displays live images from the camera.
(10) [NEXT IMAGE] button
Clicking during playback or pause plays back one frame at a
time forward and then pauses.
(11) [Download (TO PC)] box
Downloads the image being played to the PC.
(12) [Rec] box
Click [Up] button to display the [Recording] and [Recording
stop] buttons.
Click [Down] button to hide the [Recording] and [Recording
stop] buttons.
Playback point operation area
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[Start] : Set the time and date to start the
image to be downloaded.
[End] : Set the time and date to end the image
to be downloaded.
[HDD] tab
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[Download] : Images and audio can be 
downloaded.
[Viewer] : Downloads viewer software for playing
back downloaded images.
[Recording] button : Starts recording manually.
[Recording stop] 
button : Stops recording manually.
Important:
 When displaying the [Recording] or [Recording stop] buttons,
click and hold [Up] button until displayed. 
						

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Note:
 The operations are as follows when the image for playback is
an MPEG-4 image.
Date/Time Search : Playback may start a few seconds  before or after the specified time.
Reverse Playback : Not all recorded images are  displayed. Reverse playback is 
performed at the refresh rate set for 
the camera at the time of recording.
Playback During 
Playback : Performing the playback operations 
again during playback skips ahead a 
few seconds.
Single Frame Reverse : Not all recorded images are  displayed. Single frame reverse is 
performed at the refresh rate set for 
the camera at the time of recording.
Fast Forward/Fast 
Reverse : Not all recorded images are 
displayed. Fast forward and fast 
reverse are performed at the refresh 
rate set for the camera at the time of 
recording.
Downloading Images 
During Playback : Image may be saved including a few 
seconds before the starting time and 
date and a few seconds after the 
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 The camera can be controlled (pan/tilt, zoom, focus, brightness, preset, auto mode) when the live image is from a camera that can pan and tilt.
Some camera operations cannot be done depending on the type of camera connected.
(1) [Zoom] box
Click [-] or [+] to adjust the zoom. Click [x1] to return the
zoom to normal.
(2) [Focus] box
Click [Near] or [Far] to adjust the image focus.
Click [Auto] to adjust the focu s automatically (auto focus).
(3) [Auto mode] box
Select the cameras auto mode function. Click [V] and select
an auto mode function (auto track, auto pan, preset
sequence, sort, patrol), and then click [Start]. Click [Stop] to
turn off the auto mode function.
(4) Control pad/buttons
Click the buttons on the control pad to move the camera to
the direction of the button (pan/tilt). Also, click in the control
pad to adjust the horizontal/vertic al position (pan/tilt) of the
image. The pan/tilt movement increases if a clicked point
gets farther from the center point of the control pad.
(5) [Brightness] box
Click [-] (Dark) or [+] (Bri ght) to adjust the lens iris
(brightness).
Click [Reset] to reset the brightness.
(6) [Preset] box
[Go] button
The camera moves to the pre-registered preset position.
Click [V], select a preset number ([Home], 1 to 256), and then
click [Go]. To perform the pr eset operation, register the
cameras preset positions in advance.
[Set] button
Register preset positions that  specify the direction of the
camera. Move the camera to t he direction to register, click
[V], select a preset number (1 to 256), and then click [Set]
([Home] cannot be registered.). 
[CAM] tab
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Recording and playing images
Recording images and audio
You can set the recorder for manual recording of images and audio.
Check with your system administrator about the manual recording
settings.
1Click the [HDD] tab.
2Click the [Up] button in the [Rec] box.
Click the [Up] button until the [Recording] and [Recording
stop] button are displayed.
3Click the [Recording] button.
The [REC] indicator in the status display area lights (red),
and recording starts.
4Click the [Recording stop] button.
The [REC] indicator in the status display area turns off, and
recording stops.
Note:
 When recording in a recording mode that has a higher priority 
than Manual, Manual recording goes to standby until the other 
recording finishes. Refer to t he Recording mode and priority 
(table) for information about access priority.
 When recording in modes other than Manual recording  (Emergency recording, Event recording, or Schedule 
recording), recording continues even if you press the 
[Recording stop] button.
 It is impossible to record images when images are not being received from cameras.
The recorder has 5 recording modes. The access priority of the
recording modes is shown below. Images are recorded in the
highest priority mode when two or  more recordings with different
recording modes started simultaneously, only recording with the
highest priority will start.
Audio can be recorded together with  images. Audio recording can be
set for each of the camera channels. Refer to the Setup Instructions
(PDF file) for more information.
Note:
 Audio recording without images cannot be done. Only image can be recorded.
 Audio recording and SD memory recording cannot be done at the same time. When recording rate of the SD memory
recording is set to other than [Off], audio recording for that
camera channel is automatically turned [Off].
Manual recording of images and
audioRecording mode and priority
PriorityRecording mode
1 Emergency recording
2 Post-event recording
3 Manual recording
4 Schedule recording 
5 Pre-event recording
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Playback
Play back recorded images. There are three ways to play recorded 
images, specify a time and date, specify search conditions, or select a disk.
1Click the [HDD] tab.2Click the [PLAY] button.
Plays recorded images. Playback operation [Step 1] is
displayed in the status display area.
Playback will start from the fini sh point (time and date) of the
last playback.
3On the [HDD] tab, click the [STOP] button.
Playing [Step 1] disappears fr om the status display area
and playback is stopped.
 The live image from the camera is displayed in the Image display.
Note:
 The audio with the images is play ed when single screen is displayed.
 The audio from the upper-left camera channel  is played when multiscreen are displayed.
 Play the most recent images the first time  images are played after logging in. The default setting is to start playing 30 seco nds before the
most recent images. The settings for the playback start schedule are shown below.
5s/10s/30s/1min/5min
For information about settings, c ontact your system administrator.
 If multiple browsers and viewers are running at t he same time, audio playback may not be correct.
To play back the audio correctly, run  either the browser or the viewer only.
 Playback may slow down or briefly stop if the load on the main  unit is too large (many cameras are connected, many images are being
played or shown etc.).
 When playing images on multiscreen, images  will be played with frame dropping.
 When playing image recorded a different recording rate (one at  a higher rate and the other at a lower rate) simultaneously on multiscreen,
the difference between the display ed time for each channel will be widen.
 To play SD memory data, search for a recording event  and select the images from the rec event list (page 24).
 Image and audio sometimes may not be synchronized.
 Click the [Cam. select] button while  playing back images, click a camera title to change the camera channel.
 You can change to the multiscreen display by clicking t he [Multiscreen select] button during playback.
 Click the camera title when viewing miltiscreen to view the click ed image on a single screen.
Playback recorded images 
						

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Operations during playback
FunctionButtonOperation
Playback/reverse playback Plays recorded images.
 Plays recorded images in reverse.
Note:
 Clicking the [Play] or [Reverse play ] button while recording at a low rate
may not play the images being reco rded either forward or reverse.
Stop
 Clicking during playback stops playback and displays the live image. 
Pausing  Clicking during playback pauses play back.
 Clicking while paused  restarts playback.
Frame play/reverse frame 
play  Clicking [NEXT IMAGE] during play or
 pause plays one frame at a time in
forward, or pauses.
 Clicking [PREV IMAGE] during play  or pause plays one frame at a time
backward, or pauses.
Note:
 Not all recorded images are disp layed if the image being played back is
MPEG-4. Single frame reverse occurs at the refresh rate set for the
camera.
Skip/reverse skip  Clicking [NEXT RECORD] starts playing preceding images.
 Clicking [PREV RECORD] starts  playing previous images.
 If the skip destination does not exist, pl ayback continues. In this case, the
play time may go back one minute.
Fast playback/fast reverse 
playback  Each time the [FF] button is clicked, the speed changes, Step 2 (4x), Step
3 (8x), Step 4 (16x), Step 5 (32x), Step 6 (4 8x), Step 7 (96x).
 Each time the [REW] button is clic ked, the reverse speed changes, Step 2
(4x), Step 3 ( 8x), Step 4 (16x), Step 5 (32x), Step 6 (4 8x), Step 7 (96x).
 Clicking the [PLAY] or [REV PLAY] bu tton during fast forward or reverse
changes the speed to normal speed.
Note:
 Not all recorded images can be disp layed if the image being played back
is MPEG-4. Fast forward/reverse is  played back at the refresh cycle set
on the camera.
Skip to the latest image [Go to last]  Skips to the latest image and starts playback. The default setting is to skip
to 30 seconds before the most recent image.
The settings for skipping to the latest image are shown below.
5s/10s/30s/1min/5min
For information about settings, cont act your system administrator.
Note:
 Clicking the [Go to last] button whil e recording at a low rate, the latest
image being recorded may pause or may not be displayed.