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   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
6. Uninstallation of the P2 Software   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
7. Checking the Installed Devices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
8. Setting the internal P2 drive   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
9. Checking the Installation Status of the P2 Driver   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
10. Checking the Version of the P2 Driver   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
11. P2 Card Manager   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
12. Software for each P2 device  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
When Using Macintosh
PC card slot driver for Macintosh PowerBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
P2 card formatter for the Macintosh   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
Operating Precautions
It is prohibited to redistribute the software included with this supplied CD-ROM, regardless
of whether or not compensation is received. Use of the software stored on the supplied
CD-ROM without permission for the purposes of manufacturing and/or selling any kinds of
software and hardware shall be also prohibited.  Furthermore, we will not be responsible
for any losses and/or damage that may arise from using or not being able to use this
system. This shall apply even if we have already been notified of the possibility of such
damage.
Windows, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation of the United States.
Macnintosh and Mac OS X are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. of the United States.
Other names of companies and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
respective companies.
zIn these instructions, Microsoft
® Windows®, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP
Professional and Windows® Vista Business are given as “Windows,” “Windows 2000,”
“Windows XP Professional,” and “Windows Vista Business,” respectively.
zSimilarly, in these instructions, Macintosh
®, Mac OS® X and PowerBook® are given
as “Macintosh,” “Mac OS X” and “PowerBook,” respectively.
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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
recommended
zThe personal computer is equipped with
a drive in which CD-ROM can be read.
zIf the OS is Windows 2000 SP4, SP4
patches must be installed. 
SP4 patches are included on the supplied
CD-ROM, in a folder named
\Win2000SP4Patch. 
The personal computer further needs to
meet the following conditions when actually
using the software or when connecting the
personal computer to the P2 card or P2
devices (P2 drive, P2 deck etc.).
When connecting the P2 devices to the
personal computer via USB2.0: 
zA USB2.0 port is provided, and the
USB2.0 driver used is that supplied by
Microsoft.
If said OS is preinstalled in the personal
computer, the driver is already present in
the computer, so you do not need to
check it. When using the software with the P2
card directly inserted into the card bus
of the personal computer: 
zA Type 2 card bus slot is installed. 

zDepending on the condition of the
personal computer, phenomena such as
dropping image frames and
disconnecting sound may occur when
playing back material.
zWhen connecting the P2 devices, be sure
to reserve more free drives than the
number of drives necessary for each P2
device which can be used by the
personal computer. (The number of
drives necessary for a P2 device should
include those necessary for the P2 card
slots and hard disks built into P2 device.)
zThe following 3 types of cards only can
be used with the cardbus driver for
Windows 2000. Other types of cards
cannot be used. 
AJ-P2C002SG
AJ-P2C004HG
AJ-P2C008HG
zIf the OS is Windows Vista Business, the
“User Account Control” dialogue box may
appear when installing, formatting etc. In
this case, click “Continue” and continue
the operation.
zFor versions of 64-bit Windows later than
64-bit Windows Vista, the installer is
stored in the folder \Win64 on the CD-
ROM.
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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 the displayed menu, select “File”,
“Removable Disk” and “Format” in that
order. 
The supplied CD-ROM also contains a set
of instruction manuals. Refer to the folder
named \Manuals. 
To browse instruction manuals, you need
Adobe
® Reader. If Adobe Reader is not
currently installed in the personal computer,
you will need to download this program
from the Adobe Web site.
When using the software with the P2 card or P2 devices connected to the
personal computer, be sure to install the P2 driver on the personal
computer from the supplied CD-ROM. 
If these devices are connected to a personal computer on which the P2 driver is not
installed, these devices may not operate properly. 
Do not remove the P2 card from the slot during reading from or writing to
the P2 card. Also, do not insert or remove the USB cable or change the
setting of USB connector.
Otherwise, abnormal operation of the personal computer may result. 
Also, perform the following operation before removing the P2 card from the card slot: 
zIf the P2 card is inserted directly into the card bus in the personal computer, execute
“Safely Remove Hardware” from the system tray on the Windows taskbar. 
zIf the P2 devices are connected to the personal computer via USB2.0, open My
Computer, then right-click on the particular hardware item into which the P2 card is
inserted, and select “Take Out”. 
zEnsure that the personal computer system is set up in such a way that it will not go
into standby mode or hibernation mode during use of the P2 card. If the system is set
up to go into standby mode or hibernation mode while a P2 card is being accessed,
destruction of the files and/or data being executed may result.
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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, check that the USB2.0 driver
provided by Microsoft is installed in the
personal computer.
zThe P2 card driver needs to be installed
for each card bus slots. If you are using a
personal computer that has two or more
card bus slots, insert the P2 card into
every slot.
The driver may not be installed for any
slot into which the P2 card is not inserted,
causing the P2 card to operate
improperly.  If the PC does not recognize
the inserted P2 card, then try re-inserting
it.
zIf the OS is Windows 2000/Windows XP
Professional, installation of the software
may fail when the driver signature option
in Windows is set to “Block”.  
If the installation fails, select the
Hardware tab in the “System Properties”
window in Control Panel and check that
the driver signature option for the driver is
not set to “Block”.
zIf a dialogue box not described in this
manual appears during installation of
the software, click “Cancel” to close
the box.
zWhen a device such as the P2 card is
connected to the personal computer
before the driver is installed, the
following dialogue box appears. Be
sure to click “Cancel” to close the box.
Figure 1
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Windows XP Professional)
Figure 2
(For Windows Vista Business) 
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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 of
the P2 driver during the procedure to
upgrade the P2 driver. For both
procedures, you may need to restart
Windows. 
zIf the OS of the personal computer is
Windows Vista Business, the dialogue
box shown in Figure 3 may appear when
you upgrade the P2 driver. In this case,
click the “OK” button.
Figure 3
After checking each item in “1. Before
Installing”, use the following procedure to
install the P2 software in the personal
computer:
1Close all applications, then connect
the P2 card or P2 devices to be used
to the personal computer.
When the devices are connected to
the personal computer, the Found
New Hardware Wizard box will
appear automatically, but click
“Cancel” to close the box. 
2Insert the supplied CD-ROM. 
3From “MY COMPUTER”, access the 
drive containing the supplied CD-ROM 
and execute setup.exe.
The window shown in Figure 4
appears, starting the setup process.
Click “Next”. 
Figure 4
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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 
Agreement box appears. If you agree 
to the terms of the License 
Agreement, click “I accept the terms of 
the license agreement”, then click 
“Next”. 
Figure 6
6As shown in Figure 7, the installation 
destination folder setting window 
appears. To change the installation 
destination folder, click “Change”, and 
then create a new folder. Once the 
new installation destination folder is 
set, click “Next”.
Figure 7
7As shown in Figure 8, the installation 
start window appears. Click “Install”. 
Figure 8
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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 the P2 card or P2 
device as shown in Figure 11.  If you 
need to install them, connect them, 
then click “Install”. If you do not wish to 
use them, just click “Cancel”. 
If at some future time you want to add
a device that was skipped in the initial
setup, execute the installer again to
perform an overwrite installation of the
device. Please refer to “5. Adding a
New P2 Device” for more information.

When the focus shifts to another
window during installation, this box
may be hidden behind that window. If
the box shown in Figure 9 remains
displayed and its status display does
not change, check whether the box
shown in Figure 11 is hidden behind
another window. 
Figure 11
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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
Figure 14 may appear. In this case,
uninstallation of the old version of
the P2 driver is completed, however
the new version of the driver is not
installed.
Click the “OK” button to close the
installer, restart Windows and then
start the installation operation
again from Step 
1.
Figure 14
13As shown in Figure 15, the installation 
completion window appears, signifying 
completion of the installation.
 
Figure 15
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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 software.  (See pages 4 
to 8)
3When the installation is completed 
and the panel requesting that the 
system be restarted (Figure 16 on 
Page 9) has appeared, click “No”, 
and disconnect each of the P2 drives 
from the USB2.0 ports.
4The P2 drives are now connected 
again, but this time one of them is 
connected to portB and then the 
other one to portA.
5After starting the installer again and 
click the “Next” button (Page 5), 
Figure 17 (on Page 10) appears. 
Check the “Repair” check box, and 
click the “Next” button.
6After following the instructions 
displayed on the screen, restart the 
personal computer.
zBe sure to connect at least one P2
device to the personal computer.  Up to
two P2 drives can be connected.
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