Panasonic Pc Software Package Wv Asm100 Operating Instructions

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Start/stop recording manually
Note: 
Manual recording is available only when the user level of a login user is LV1. 
Step 1
Display live images from the recorder to be used for
recording.
→Refer to the Monitor live images section (page
35) for how to display live images.
Step 2
Click the [HDD] tab.
→The playback operation panel will be displayed.
Step 3
Click the [D]/[C] buttons in the REC box.
→The [REC START] button and the [REC STOP]
button will be displayed.
Step 4
Click the [REC START] button.
→Recording will start and the REC indicator of the
camera channel used for recording will light red.
Step 5
To stop recording, click the [REC STOP] button.
→The REC indicator will go off.
Note: 
When another recording such as by an alarm
occurrence is being performed, the REC indicator
will not go off and only the manual recording will
stop. Refer to the operating instructions of the
recorder in use for further information about the
recording. 
						

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Search and play recording event
Search for a recording event as follows.
It is possible to search for the following recording events by designating the search target; recorders, groups and
maps.
•Manual
•Schedule
•Emergency
•Site alarm
•Terminal alarm
•Command alarm
•SD memory
Notes: 
•Only SD memory is unavailable to search together with other recording event types. To search for the SD
memory data, search for the SD memory data alone.
•Up to 1 000 search results will be displayed. When more than 1 000 search results are found, the latest 1 000
search results will be displayed in the search result list. When searching in multiple recorders, number of search
results per a recorder will be (1 000/number of recorders).
Set the search conditions
Search for images by designating time and date, camera channel and recording event type (REC event search).
Step 1
Select Search(S)… under Search(S) on the menu
bar or click the [Search] icon on the tool bar.
→The Search window will be displayed.
The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the Search window.
[REC event search] tab
The [REC event search] tab contains the following
items.Search by
Select the search target from the following.
•Recorder
•Group
•Map
REC event
Select the desired recording event. Only SD memory
is unavailable to search together with other recording
event types. To search for the SD memory data,
search for the SD memory data alone.
•Manual
•Schedule
•Emergency
•Site alarm
•Terminal alarm
•Command alarm
•SD memory
Text
It is possible to search for recorded images only with
or without text information.
Added:Recorded images with text information will be
searched for.
None:Recorded images without text information will
be searched for. 
						

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--:Recorded images will be searched regardless of
with or without text information. 
Start
Select the start time of time range to be searched.
Select the start time from Jan/01/2005 - Dec/31/
2034. Select a number for hour from AM12 -
PM11. Select a number for minute from 00 - 59.
Note:
When the software in use is European specifica-
tion, select the time and date from the following.
Date: Between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2034
Hour: Between 0 and 23
Minute: Between 00 and 59 (1 minute step)
End
Select the end time of time range to be searched.
Select the end time from Jan/01/2005 - Dec/31/
2034. Select a number for hour from AM12 -
PM11. Select a number for minute from 00 - 59.
Note:
When the software in use is European specifica-
tion, select the time and date from the following.
Date: Between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2034
Hour: Between 0 and 23
Minute: Between 00 and 59 (1 minute step)
[OK] button
Click this button to start searching.
Note: 
When the same time and date is selected for both
Start and End, images recorded at any time and
date will be searched. 
[Cancel] button
Click this button to cancel the edited search conditions
and close the Search window.
Search result number
Search result number will be displayed.
Search result list
Search result will be displayed.
Step 2
Determine the search conditions.

1. Select Recorder for search by.
→The registered recorders will be displayed in the
tree view.
2. Select the recorders and the cameras to be
searched.
3. Select the recording events to be searched.
4. Designate the time range to be searched by setting
the start time and the end time.
5. Determine to search for recorded images with text
information or without it.

1. Select Group for search by.
→The registered groups will be displayed in list
form.
2. Select the groups to be searched.
3. Select the recording events to be searched.
4. Designate the time range to be searched by setting
the start time and the end time.
5. Determine to search for recorded images with text
information or without it. 
						

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1. Select Map for search by.
→The registered maps will be displayed in list
form.
2. Select the maps to be searched.
3. Select the recording events to be searched.
4. Designate the time range to be searched by setting
the start time and the end time.
5. Determine to search for recorded images with text
information or without it.
Step 3
Click the [OK] button.
→Search will start and the window with the progress
bar will be displayed.
Notes: 
•When playback is being performed on the opera-
tion window, playback will stop and live images will
be displayed.
•Search result will keep on being added to the
search result list while the window with the
progress bar is being displayed. When the [Cancel]
button is clicked while the window with the
progress bar is being displayed, search results
added to the search result list until the [Cancel] but-
ton is clicked will not be deleted.
→When the search is complete, the message window
will be displayed.
Step 4
Click the [Close] button.
→The confirmation window will close.
Notes: 
•The search results will be displayed with the follow-
ing information; time and date, recorder title, cam-
era title, recording event type, with or without text.
•When a result is double-clicked, the Search win-
dow will close and the selected image will be dis-
played on a 1-screen. When playback of the select-
ed result starts, the descriptions of the selected
result will be displayed in the search panel of the
operation window. Refer to the Play recorded
images using the Search panel section (page
56) for further information about the Search
panel.
•Once a playback is performed from the search
results, the search result will not be deleted until a
new search is performed or until the user logged
out or exit the software. 
						

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Play recorded images from the search result list
Step 1
Click the desired result displayed in the search result
list.
→The Search window will close and the images of
the selected result will be displayed on a 1-screen
in the image display area.
Note: 
Playback of the search result is also available by
clicking a desired result displayed in the Search
panel. Refer to the Play recorded images using
the Search panel section (page 56) for further
information about the Search panel. 
						

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Play recorded images using the Search panel
The description of the search results displayed in the search result list will be displayed in the Search panel in list
form. Play recorded images of the desired result displayed in the Search panel as follows.
Step 1
Click the Search bar on the function panel.
→The Search panel will be displayed.
The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the Search panel.
[Search…] button
Click this button to display the Search window. This
button is unavailable when no search have been per-
formed.
Search result list
The search results will be displayed with the following
information; time and date, recorder title, camera title,
recording event type, with or without text.Step 2
Click the desired result displayed in the search result
list.
→Recorded images of the selected result will be dis-
played on a 1-screen in the image display area.
Note: 
Playback of recorded images of the specific group
is available by selecting the desired group from the
group list displayed by right-clicking on the search
result. (group playback)
(When SD memory has been selected for the
search, the group playback is unavailable.) 
						

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Save recorded images
Download recorded images
It is possible to download recorded image from the recorder onto the PC. FTP function is used to download recorded
images.
Download recorded images using the Download panel.
Notes: 
•Recorded images of up to 32 cameras can be downloaded simultaneously. When multiple camera channels are
selected, download of recorded images will be performed by the camera channels in order.
•Download is available only from a single recorder.
•The maximum recording duration available for download is 2 hours.
•Images recorded in the designated time range will be divided into files of 10 minutes length each and down-
loaded. The maximum time length of a downloaded file is 10 minutes.
Step 1
Click the Download bar on the function panel.
→The Download panel will be displayed.
The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the Download panel.Recorders in the tree view
The recorders and the cameras as the target sources
of download will be displayed. Select the desired
recorders and the cameras.
Start
Select the start time of time range for download. Select
the start time from Jan/01/2005 - Dec/31/2034.
Select a number for hour from AM12 - PM11.
Select a number for minute from 00 - 59. Select a
number for second from 00 - 59.
Note:
When the software in use is European specifica-
tion, select the start time of time range for down-
load from the following.
Date: Between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2034
Hour: Between 0 and 23
Minute: Between 00 and 59 (1 minute interval)
Second: Between 00 and 59 (1 second interval)
End
Select the end time of time range for download. Select
the start time from Jan/01/2005 - Dec/31/2034.
Select a number for hour from AM12 - PM11.
Select a number for minute from 00 - 59. Select a
number for second from 00 - 59.
Note:
When the software in use is European specifica-
tion, select the end time of time range for download
from the following.
Date: Between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2034
Hour: Between 0 and 23
Minute: Between 00 and 59 (1 minute interval)
Second: Between 00 and 59 (1 second interval) 
						

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Viewer
The viewer software will be downloaded together with
recorded images.
SD memory
Recorded images transferred from the SD memory
card in the camera to the recorder will be downloaded.
[Download…] button
The folder selection window will be displayed.
Step 2
Select the recorders and the cameras as the target
sources of download.
Step 3
Designate time range for download, and then click the
[Download...] button.
→The window to specify a folder as the destination of
the downloaded files will be displayed.
The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the Browse For Folder window.
Destination folder
Specify a folder as the destination of downloaded files.
[Make New Folder] button
Click this button to create a new folder in the selected
folder.
[OK] button
The window will close and the download will start.
[Cancel] button
The window will close and the download will be can-
celed.
Note: 
The overwrite warning window will be displayed
when a file of the same name already exists in the
folder. Click the [Cancel] button when wishing not
to overwrite the file. In this case, specify another
folder.
Step 4
Click the [OK] button after specifying a folder.
→Download will start and the Download window will
be displayed. To stop the download, click the
[Cancel] button or the [×] button at the top right of
the window. Downloaded files will be stored in the
specified folder.
The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the Download window.
Name of the file currently being downloaded
Name of the file currently being downloaded will be
displayed.
Number of files
Number of files downloaded/Number of files to be
downloaded.
Progress bar
The status of the download will be displayed.
List of files
Information of the downloaded files will be displayed in
list form.
File:Downloaded files will be displayed.
Result:The status of the download file will be dis-
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OK:Download of the file is successfully completed.
NG:Download of the file failed.
No data:No data was found in the selected recorder.
[OK] button/[Cancel] button
The [OK] button will be displayed when the download
is completed. The [cancel] button will be displayed in
the process of downloading.
When the [OK] button is clicked, the Download win-
dow will close. When the [Cancel] button is clicked in
the process of downloading, the download will be can-
celed.
When the download is canceled
The confirmation window will be displayed.
Download while playing recorded images
When right-clicking on the image being played, the pop-up menu will be displayed. When Download is selected
from the displayed pop-up menu, the Download panel will open. Download images by following from step 2 of the
Download recorded images section (page 57). Refer to the Playback section (page 48) for how to display
the playback window.
About the downloaded files
File name of a downloaded file will be as follows.
Example:01_070209121500_0515.n3r (channel number: 1, start time: 2007/02/09 12:15:00, length: 5 minutes and
15 seconds) 
Note: 
When the SD memory data is downloaded, the letter _SD will be attached after the length.
Example:01_070209121500_0515_SD.n3r
Operate the downloaded file
It is necessary to use the dedicated viewer software to play and operate the downloaded files. When the Viewer
checkbox in the Download panel is checked, the viewer software will be downloaded together with the files. Refer
to the Download recorded images section (page 57) for further information.Click the [OK] button.
The download will be canceled. When the [Cancel]
button is clicked, downloading will continue.
Step 5
When the download is completed, click the [OK] but-
ton.
→The Download window will close.
Note: 
When trying to close the software or log out in the
process of downloading, the confirmation window
will be displayed. To cancel the download, click the
[OK] button. To continue the download, click the
[Cancel] button. 
When continuing the download, the software will
not be closed or the logout process will be can-
celed. When canceling the download, the software
will be closed or the logout process will be per-
formed. In this case, the file being downloaded will
be deleted. The downloaded file will not be deleted. 
						

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Save as a JPEG file
It is possible to save the live image or recorded images as a JPEG file.
Step 1
Display the image to be saved.
→Refer to the Monitor live images section (page
35) or the Playback section (page 48) for how
to display images.
Note: 
Saving is available only when displaying images on
a 1-screen.
Step 2
Select Save as JPEG file(S)… under File(F) on
the menu bar or click the [Save as JPEG file] icon
on the tool bar.
→The Save As window will be displayed.
Note: 
The Save As window can be opened by selecting
Save as JPEG file... from the pop-up menu dis-
played by right-clicking on the image display area.
The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the Save As window.
Save in:
Specify a folder as the destination of the file to be
saved.
File name:
Enter the name of the file to be saved. The default
name is as follows.
Example:20061008110340.jpg (time and date when
the file is saved: 2006/10/08 11:03:40)
Note: 
When Camera is selected for Live image
source, time and date part of the default file name
will be determined according to the current time of
the PC. Refer to the setup instructions (PDF) for
further information about the Live image source
setting.
[Save] button
The Save As window will close and the image will be
saved as a JPEG file and stored in the selected folder.
[Cancel] button
The Save As window will close without saving.
Step 3
Click the [Save] button after specifying a destination
folder and the file name.
→The image will be saved as a JPEG file with the
specified name and stored in the specified folder.
Notes: 
•The image to be saved is the image displayed in
step 2.
•The image will be saved with the same size that it
had when transferred from the recorder.