Panasonic PC Software Package Wv Asm200 Series Operating Instructions

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Start/stop recording manually
Note:To perform manual recording, login by the user with the level of manual \
recording and playing authorization 
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is required.
Manual recording is not available when using ASR500.
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Step 1
Display live images from the recorder to be used for 
recording. Refer to the "Monitor live images" section (
 
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page 45) for how to display live images.
Step 2
Click the [HDD] tab. The playback operation panel will be displayed.
 
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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. The REC indicator of the 
 
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camera channel used for recording will light red.
Step 5
To stop recording, click the [REC STOP] button. The REC indicator will go off.
 
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Note: When another recording such as by an alarm oc-
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currence is being performed, the REC indicator 
will not go off and only the manual recording will 
stop. Refer to the operating instructions of the re-
corder in use for further information about the re-
cording. 
						

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Search
Search recording event
Search for a recording event as follows.
It is possible to search for the following recording events by designati\
ng the search target; recorders, groups 
and maps.
• Manual
• Terminal alarm
• SD memory rec.• Schedule
• Command alarm
• EVENT LINKING (ASR500) • Emergency
• VMD
• Site alarm
• Video loss
i-VMD
• Terminal
• Motion • Removal and left behind
• Loitering • Direction
• Scene change
Note: Only "SD memory" is unavailable to search together with other recording event types. To search for the SD 
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memory data, search for the SD memory data alone.
Up to 1000 search results will be displayed. When more than 1000 search \
results are found, the latest 1000 
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search results will be displayed in the search result list. When searchi\
ng in multiple recorders, number of 
search results per a recorder will be (1000/number of recorders).
i-VMD search is available only when HD600 is selected for the search target.
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When searching via ASR500 to find images recorded at the recording fra\
me rate of "1fps", it may take time 
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when compared with search in the conventional recorders.
Determine the search conditions
Search for images by designating time & 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.
Step 2
Determine the search conditions.
Select "Recorder" for "Search by".
1. 
The registered recorders will be displayed in the 
 
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tree view.
Select the recorders and the cameras to be 
2. 
searched.
Select the recording events to be searched.
3. 
Designate the time range to be searched by set-
4. 
ting the start time and the end time.
Determine to search for recorded images with text 
5. 
information or without it. 
						

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

Select "Map" for "Search by".
1. 
The registered maps will be displayed in list form.
 
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Select the maps to be searched.
2. 
Select the recording events to be searched.
3. 
Designate the time range to be searched by set-
4. 
ting the start time and the end time.
Determine to search for recorded images with text 
5. 
information or without it.
Step 3
Click the [OK] button. Search will start and the window with the 
 
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progress bar will be displayed.
Note: When playback is being performed on the opera-
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tion window, playback will stop and live images 
will be displayed.
Search result will keep on being added to the 
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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] 
button is clicked will not be deleted.
When the search is complete, the "Search result" 
 
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window will be displayed.
Step 4
Click the [Close] button. The confirmation window will close.
 
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Note:The search results will be displayed with the following information; tim\
e & date, recorder title, camera title, 
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recording event type, with or without text.
When a result is clicked, the "Search" window will close and the selecte\
d image will be displayed on a 
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1-screen. When playback of the selected result starts, the descriptions \
of the selected result will be dis-
played in the search panel of the operation window. Refer to the "Play r\
ecorded images using the "Search" 
panel" section (+ page 77) 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 
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search is performed or until the user logged out or exit the software.
Search for times and dates of motion-containing images
The times and dates of images containing a motion are searched for from \
recorded images.
Note: This function is available only with ND400, HD600 or NV200.
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If ND400, HD600 or NV200 is registered, the VMD search tab will be displ\
ayed.
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Up to 200 search results can be displayed.
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Determine the search conditions
The time & date, camera channel, and motion detection area are specified\
 to perform searching. (VMD search)
Step 1
Select "Search(S)..." under "Search(S)" on the menu 
bar or click the [Search] icon on the tool bar.
Step 2
Click the [VMD search] tab on the search window. The "VMD search" window will be displayed.
 
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Determine the search conditions.
Select a recorder and a camera to be searched for 
1. 
from the search target list. Only one recorder and 
one camera are selectable.
Designate the time range to be searched by set-
2. 
ting the start time and the end time.
Click the [Image display] button.
3. 
The image of the camera to be searched for is 
 
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displayed. 
						

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Note:The image on the operation window will be 
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cleared.
Specify areas by dragging on the image area.  
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Up to 4 areas can be specified.
Note: When the recorder to be searched is the HD600 
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and the image of the camera is specified for the 
detection area from the top to bottom, search will 
be unavailable. (The area whose search will be 
available is the same as that configured on the 
HD600.)
Step 4
Click the [OK] button. Search will start and the window with the 
 
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progress bar will be displayed. When the search 
is complete, the "Search result" window will be 
displayed.
Refer to "Play recorded images from the search result 
list" (+ page 76) for playback from the search result 
list. 
						

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Play from the search results
Play recorded images from the search result list
It is possible to play images displayed in 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 
 
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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 
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clicking a desired result displayed in the "Search" 
panel. Refer to the "Play recorded images using 
the "Search" panel" section (+ page 77) for fur-
ther 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 lis\
t 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.
 
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The following are descriptions about each item dis-
played on the "Search" panel.
n  [Search...] button
Click this button to display the "Search" window. 
n Search result list
The search results will be displayed with the following 
information; time & 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 
 
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displayed on a 1-screen in the image display 
area.
Note: When clicking a result displayed in the search re-
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sult list, recorded images of the respective result 
will be displayed on a 1-screen.  
When playback is started, all images displayed in 
the image display areas will be cleared.
When right-clicking on the search result list, the 
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pop-up menu will be displayed.  
Playback of recorded images of the specific group 
is available by selecting the desired group from 
the group list displayed on the sub menu of the 
right-click pop-up menu.  
(When "SD memory" has been selected for the 
search, the group playback is unavailable.) 
						

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Search face
Search by time and date
Perform the face search by designating time and date.Important: To use the face search function, it is necessary to purchase WV-ASF900 a\
nd the extension software WV-
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ASE231.
Step 1
Click the [Face search] tab on the "Face Search" win-
dow.
Step 2
Select the start time and the end time of "Event 
timesramp".
n  From
Select the start time of period to be searched from 
"2008/1/1" - "2034/12/31". Select a number for hour 
from "0" - "23". Select a number for minute (1 minute 
step).
n  To
Select the end time of period to be searched from 
"2008/1/1" - "2034/12/31". Select a number for hour 
from "0" - "23". Select a number for minute (1 minute 
step).
Step 3
Click the [Search] button. The search result list will be displayed
 
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Search by face
Perform the face search by designating face features.
Step 1
Click the [Face search] tab on the "Face Search" win-
dow.
Step 2
Designate a face image.
n  Person icon
The face image setting can be configured as follows.
Display the "List of registered faces" window by 
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left-clicking the person icon, and then select a 
face image.
Drag and drop the face image of the search result 
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onto the person icon.
Right-click on the person icon, and then select 
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from the following menu.
  [Select face image from the registerd list]
  [Select face image from the snapshot]
Right-click on a face image of paused playback 
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image of ASM200 operation software, and select 
[Select face image] from the menu. Right-click on 
a face image in the displayed face image list, and 
then select [Set this face to filter 1] or [Set this 
face to filter 2] from the displayed menu.
  (* This operation is available only when the "Face 
Search" page is being displayed.)
n [Clear] button
Clear both images of filter 1 and 2.
Designate the person (face image) to be 
searched
Select from the registered images
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  Right-click on the person icon of "Faces" on the 
"Face Search" page and select [Select face image 
from the registered list] from the menu.
The "List of registered faces" window will be 
 
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displayed.
n Search result
To register a face image from the search result 
thumbnail in filter 1, right-click on the face thumbnail 
and select [Set this face to filter 1] from the menu. 
To register in filter 2, right-click on the face thumbnail 
and select [Set this face to filter 2] from the menu.
n  [OK] button
Close the "List of registered faces" window and apply 
the search condition. 
n [Cancel] button
Close the "List of registered faces" window and can-
cel the search condition. 
						

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Select face image from the snapshot
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  Right-click on the person icon of "Faces" on the 
"Face Search" page and select [Select face image 
from the snapshot] from the menu.
The "Select face image from the snapshot" 
 
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window will be displayed.
n [Ref.] button
Select an image file to be read on the "Select face 
image from the snapshot" window.
Note: The available file formats are JPEG, PNG and 
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BMP.
n Snapshot display area
When an image file is read out, the face detection 
process will be carried out and white border frame 
will be displayed around each face.
The detected faces will be displayed below the 
image.
n   Image display area for setting the search 
condition 
The selected face image will be displayed.
n  [OK] button
Close the registration window and apply the search 
condition.
n [Cancel] button
Close the registration window and cancel the search 
condition.
Designate the camera to be searched
Check the checkbox of the camera to be searched.
Note: The cameras obtained by "Face search server 
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registration" of the setup software will be dis-
played in the tree.
When the checkbox of parent node (server) is 
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checked, the checkboxes of all the child nodes 
will be checked automatically. 
When the checkbox of "Parent node (server)" is 
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unchecked, the checkboxes of all the child nodes 
will be unchecked automatically.
Step 3
Click the [Search] button. The search result list will be displayed
 
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