Panasonic Recording Software Wv Asr500 Operating Instructions

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Analog Camera Recording
This function cannot be used for ASR500. 

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Camera Settings
The "Camera Settings" page is where you configure the individual IP and \
analog camera settings such as cam -
era name, onscreen display, "PTZ" settings, video settings, recording quality and motion and video masks.\
 This 
page is identical whether you are configuring an IP or an analog camera,\
 but certain features might be unavail -
able depending on the type of camera you are configuring. The following \
features are available on the "Camera 
Settings"...

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The rest of the "Camera Settings" page is discussed as follows.
Note:The following settings on the "Camera Settings" page are not available o\
n RTSP interfaces, and they vary 
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on ONVIF and certain proprietary interfaces.
The "Video Settings" sliders allow you to adjust 
 
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the image as it is displayed on your screen.
The "Format" section allows you to select the 
 
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compression format.
The "Quality" slider allows you to modify the 
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image quality by...

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The [Apply Defaults] buttons restore factory set-
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tings to their respective sections. One [Apply 
Defaults] button restores the "Video Settings", 
and the other restores the "Record Settings".
See the following 
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! section "Motion Mask, Video 
Mask, and Motion Window" for more information 
about those portions of the "Camera Settings" 
page.
IMPORTANT: Many IP camera settings that are not available in 
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this system can be accessed through the cam-
era's web...

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Motion Mask, Video Mask, and Motion Window
The following types of masks can be created on cameras connected to this\
 system:A 
•	 "Motion Mask" is an area of a video window where motion is ignored
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•	 "Motion Window" is an area of a video window where motion is monitored (and the remain\
der of the 
screen is essentially masked).
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•	 "Video Mask" is used to block an area of a camera's view so that it cannot be seen o\
nscreen in live or 
recorded video.
Note: The...

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To create a video mask, complete the following steps:On the "Camera Settings" page, click the [Edit] 
 
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button in the "Video Mask" section. This displays 
a yellow grid over the live video from the camera.
Draw the mask directly in the grid by left-clicking 
 
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while dragging the cursor over the area of the grid 
you want to mask. A green rectangle indicates the 
masked area.
Click the [Apply] button. The yellow grid disap-
 
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pears and green rectangle is replaced by a solid...

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Serial Profiles
The "Serial Profiles" page enables the Server to integrate with serial d\
ata devices such as point-of-sale (POS) 
and bank machine systems.
To view an existing 
 
q profile, select it from the list.
To add a new 
 
w profile, click the [New] button below 
the list of profiles.
Enter a unique name in the 
 
e "Name" field in the 
"Profile Configuration" box.
The "SOT marker" (Start of Transaction) tells this 
 
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system when the transaction has...

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The [Line Masks] tab allows you to black out lines so 
they are not visible on the live camera or through 
recorded data. (This can be used to hide credit card 
information.) Enter one or more signal words in the 
"String" field, and the system will black out the entire 
line on the live display screen, on the search results, 
or in both cases, as selected.
The [String Replacements] tab allows you to modify 
serial data to a human-readable format. In the 
"String" column, enter...

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Serial Ports
The "Serial Ports" page allows you to configure serial ports on this sys\
tem so that they can be used to commu -
nicate with serial devices such as POS terminals or pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ)\
 cameras. There are two  "Serial Ports" 
sections — one for standard UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Tr\
ansmitter) and one for serial ports over 
IP.
For a UART serial port, connect the wires to the serial port and then co\
nfigure the port. The system automati -
cally detects and...

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The "IP" section is explained as follows.
For serial over IP, you must add the port by clicking the [New] button; \
the system does not automatically detect 
and list IP serial ports.
You can configure the following settings on each port:
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an end-of-line character is entered if a serial 
device has not sent text. This is useful if the serial 
data does not have an end-of-line character but it 
hasn't...