Panasonic P2 Streaming Server Arbitratior Installation Guide

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Contents
Operating Precautions
When Using Windows
1. Before Installing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
2. Precautions in Handling the P2 Card in the Personal Computer   . . . . . . .  3
3. Software to be Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
4. Installation of the P2 Software   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
5. Adding a New P2 Device   . . . . . . . ....

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When Using Windows
1. Before Installing
This supplied CD-ROM installs the software
for P2, used to reference on a personal
computer the content of Panasonic P2
cards. 
A personal computer on which this software
will be installed needs to meet the following
conditions:
zOSWindows 2000 SP4 or later
Windows XP Professional 
SP2 or later
Windows Vista Business or 
higher
zRAM512MB or greater recommended
1GB or greater recommended
for Windows Vista Business
zCPUPe nt i u m® 4 1.5GHz or greater...

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2. Precautions in Handling the P2 Card in the 
Personal Computer
3. Software to be Installed
The supplied CD-ROM installs the following
programs:
zP2 driver
zP2 card manager
zSoftware for each P2 device
When the programs are installed using the
supplied CD-ROM, you are able to format
the P2 card. The P2 card can be formatted
in either of two ways: 
zIn Windows Explorer, right-click on the P2
card drive. Select “Format” from the
displayed menu. 
zIn Windows Explorer, select the P2 card
drive. 
From...

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4. Installation of the P2 Software

zInstall the P2 software after logging into
the personal computer under a user
name that has administrator status. 
zWe recommend that installation of the
software be started with the P2 devices
to be used, connected to the personal
computer. 
When the P2 devices are connected to
the personal computer, Windows
Explorer will additionally display the same
number of drives as device card slots for
these devices.
When no drive is displayed in Windows
Explorer,...

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Users with a P2 driver version prior to
1.07.0048 already installed in Windows
2000/Windows XP Professional
Refer to “10. Checking the Version of the
P2 Driver” for the procedure to check the
version.
To install the new driver, you need to
uninstall the currently installed driver. If
you uninstall this driver, all the
information installed until now will be
deleted. Refer to “6. Uninstallation of the
P2 Software” for the uninstallation
procedure and notes.
Also, you can uninstall the old version...

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4(Users with a P2 driver version prior 
to 1.07.0048 already installed in 
Windows 2000/Windows XP 
Professional)
The box shown in Figure 5 is
displayed. To install the new driver,
you need to uninstall the currently
installed driver.
If you wish to continue with the
uninstallation, click the “OK” button. 
If you wish to uninstall manually, click
“Cancel”. Refer to “6. Uninstallation of
the P2 Software” for information on
manual uninstallation.
Figure 5
5As shown in Figure 6, the License...

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8As shown in Figure 9, the status 
display window appears, indicating 
that installation is in progress. 
Figure 9
9As shown in Figure 10, the driver 
installation selection window appears 
with each device displayed. Select the 
device to be installed and check the 
appropriate box. 
zInstallation of drivers for the
installed devices is not necessary.
For monitoring the installation
status, see Page 13.
Figure 10
10After pressing the OK button, a 
dialogue box appears to prompt for 
connection with...

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11For Windows 2000/Windows XP 
Professional,
The message window shown in Figure
12 may appear. Click “Continue
Anyway”. The message window may
appear several times.
Figure 12
For Windows Vista Business,
The message window shown in Figure
13 may appear. Click “Install this driver
software anyway”. The message
window may apppear several times.
Figure 13
12(Users with a P2 driver version prior to 
1.07.0048 already installed in 
Windows 2000/Windows XP 
Professional)
The message window shown in...

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14As shown in Figure 16, a dialogue box 
appears, prompting you to restart the 
personal computer. Click “Yes” to 
restart. 
Figure 16
When connecting two P2 drives to the
personal computer, install the P2 software
by following the steps below. (It is
assumed here that portA and portB are
used as the two USB2.0 ports.)
Use two USB2.0 ports exclusively for the
P2 drives.
1With the personal computer running,
connect one of the P2 drives to portA
and then the other one to portB.
2Install the P2...