Panasonic Remote Camera Controller Aw Rp120 Operating Instructions

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Returning the unit to the factory default state (INITIALIZE)
You can restore the settings stored on the unit to the factory defaults 
(INITIALIZE)
When executing INITIALIZE, select one of “ALL” or “SETUP” .
ALL :Restores all settings to the factory default state (executes 
INITIALIZE)

 .
SETUP :Restores only some settings to the factory default state 
(executes INITIALIZE)

 .
zzFor details on initializing the settings stored on a remote camera, 
refer to the Operating Instructions for the remote camera

 .
Note
Also, when you execute INITIALIZE, the data stored on the unit and the 
following statuses are restored to the factory default state .

zzTracing memory data
zz Movement speed when recalling preset memory 
(PRESET
 

SPEED)
zz Remote camera selection status
zz Camera group selection status
zz ENABLE button lighting statuses

zzUser authentication settings (user name and password)
√: Target  ―: Not target
Button 
number Menu name
Setting item INITIALIZE
ALL SETUP
[24] CAMERA SETUP 1
 .
 CAM POWER √√
2
 .
 AUTO ON √√
3
 .
 RECALL PST SPD √√
4
 .
 TALLY OUT √√
[25] RP SETUP 1
 .
 FOCUS/IRIS √√
2
 .
 P/T CURV √√
3
 .
 LCD BACKLIGHT √√
4
 .
 ENABLE BUTTON √√
5
 .
 MENU CONTROL √√
6
 .
 GLOBAL AREA √√
7
 .
 IP ADDRESS √―
8
 .
 SUBNETMASK √―
9
 .
 GATEWAY √―
11
 .
 PORT CAM1 to 20
 .
 PORT CAM10 √―
[26] PAN DIRECTION 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √√
[27] TIL
T DIRECTION 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √√
[28] ZOOM DIRECTION 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √√
[29] FOCUS DIRECTION 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √√
[31] PM GRP1 1
 .
 PM GRP1 MODE √√
2
 .
 PM GRP1 1/10 to 11  .  PM GRP1 10/10 √√
12
 .
 PM GRP1 ALL √√
[32] PM GRP2 1
 .
 PM GRP2 MODE √√
2
 .
 PM GRP2 1/10 to 11  .  PM GRP2 10/10 √√
12
 .
 PM GRP2 ALL √√
[33] PM GRP3 1
 .
 PM GRP3 MODE √√
2
 .
 PM GRP3 1/10 to 11  .  PM GRP3 10/10 √√
12
 .
 PM GRP3 ALL √√
[34] PM GRP4 1
 .
 PM GRP4 MODE √√
2
 .
 PM GRP4 1/10 to 11  .  PM GRP4 10/10 √√
12
 .
 PM GRP4 ALL √√
[35] USER BUTTON 1
 .
 USER1
 to 8 . USER8 √√
[36] CTRL
 TYPE 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √―
[38] SW
AP IP 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √―
[39] MANUAL
 IP 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √―
[40] POR
T NO 1
 .
 CAM1
 to 100 . CAM100 √―
[41] SW SETUP 1
 .
 SW CTL √―
2
 .
 SW IP ADDRESS √―
[42] SW FUNCTION 1
 .
 SWLINK
 to 16 . CAMINF_ALARM √√
[43] SW INPUT 1
 .
 INPUT1
 to 100 . INPUT100 √―
[44] T
ALLY 1
 .
 TALLY IN1
 to 10 . TALLY IN10 √√
[45] GPI OUT 1
 .
 CAM OUT1
 to 10 . CAM OUT10 √√
zz For the factory default settings, refer to “T
able of setting items (menus)” (pages   53 to 55)  . 
						

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Returning the unit to the factory default 
state
1 . Press the MENU button .
2 . Open SYSTEM menu [49] .
3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “1 .  INITIALIZE” item  .
1 . I N I T I A L I Z E
                        A L L
4 . Turn the F2 dial to select “ALL” or “SETUP”, and then 
press the F2 dial to confirm the selection
 .
INITIALIZE is executed .
ALL :Restores all settings to the factory default state (executes 
INITIALIZE)

 .
SETUP :Restores only some settings to the factory default state 
(executes INITIALIZE)

 .
zzThe unit needs to be rebooted after selecting “ALL” and then 
executing INITIALIZE

 .  Turn the power off and then back on  .
Note
Returning the unit to the factory default state (INITIALIZE) (continued) 
						

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Control interface for external devices
„„TALLY/GPI (JST: JBY‑25S‑1A3F(LF)(SN))
13
1
25 14Pin number Signal name
Description of signalOperation
1 TALLY
 

IN   1
TALLY
 

IN1 to TALLY
 
 IN10 tally inputs
⇒	 “Tally settings” (page
  39)Contact input
(Status operation)
14 TALLY
 

IN   2
2 TALLY
 

IN   3
15 TALLY
 

IN   4
3 TALLY
 

IN   5
16 TALLY
 

IN   6
4 TALLY
 

IN   7
17 TALLY
 

IN   8
5 TALLY
 

IN   9
18 TALLY
 

IN   10
6 GND GND
19 GPI
  IN   1Calling of PMEM
  GROUP1 to PMEM   GROUP4
⇒	
	“Recalling preset memory groups” (page

  17)Contact input
(Trigger operation)
zzTrigger width 
 30
  ms
7
GPI
  IN   2
20 GPI
  IN   3
8 GPI
  IN   4
21 GPI
  IN   5Control of the ENABLE BUTTON settings
⇒	
	“Enabling or disabling operation of the ENABLE 
buttons by menu operation” (page

  28)
9 GPI
  IN   6Control of MENU CONTROL settings
⇒	
“Enabling or disabling menu operation” (page
  28)
22 GND GND
10 GPI OUT 1 Remote camera selection 0
 
*Open collector output
(Status operation)
23 GPI OUT

 2 Remote camera selection 1  
*
1

1 GPI OUT 3 Remote camera selection 2
 
*
24 GPI OUT

 4 Remote camera selection 3  
*
12 GPI OUT

 5 Alarm
25 GND GND
13 NC
GND GPI OUT
Example of GPI OUT connection
Ensure that the conditions given below 
are satisfied
 .
Withstand voltage: Max

 .  24   V DC
Current: Max
 .  50   mA
AW‑RP120
(Max . current 50 mA)
(Max  .  voltage 24   V)
Example of TALLY IN and GPI IN connections
Provide contact inputs
 .
GND GPI IN TALLY IN
+3.3 V
AW‑RP120
*:
   
For the cameras registered to the “1

 . 
CAM
 
OUT1” to “10
 . 
CAM   OUT10” items in GPI OUT menu [45], the 
selection states on the unit can be output to GPI OUT1 to GPI OUT4
 .

Output of GPI OUT1 to GPI OUT4
GPI OUT1 GPI OUT2 GPI   OUT3 GPI   OUT4
CAM
 
OUT1 OnOffOffOff
CAM
 
OUT2 OffOn OffOff
CAM
 
OUT3 OnOn OffOff
CAM
 
OUT4 OffOffOn Off
CAM
 
OUT5 OnOffOn Off
CAM
 
OUT6 OffOn On Off
CAM
 
OUT7 OnOnOn Off
CAM
 
OUT8 OffOffOffOn
CAM
 
OUT9 OnOffOffOn
CAM
 
OUT10 OffOn OffOn 
						

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Registering camera numbers to CAM OUT1 to 
CAM   OUT10
1 . Press the MENU button .
2 . Open GPI OUT menu [45] .
3 . Turn the F1 dial to display the “1  .  CAM   OUT1” item  .
1 . C A M   O U T 1
                      C A M 1
4 . Turn the F2 dial to select the camera number to set for 
CAM OUT1, and then press the F2 dial to confirm the 
selection
 .
Camera number : Select from CAM1 to CAM100  .
5 . Turn the F1 dial to display any of the “2 . CAM OUT2” 
to “10  .  CAM   OUT10” items and then register a camera 
number
 . z Repeat steps  3 to 4  .
„„REMOTE
(JST: JEY‑9P‑1A3F(LF)(SN))
You can connect a personal computer or other external device to select 
the camera group, select the remote camera, and recall preset memory 
or tracing memory
 .For further details, contact your dealer .
1 5
6 9Pin number Signal name
1
‑‑‑
2 RXD

  IN
3 TXD
  OUT
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
8 CTS
9
‑‑‑
„„ TO PAN/TILT HEAD 1 to 5 connectors 
(RJ‑45)
Connect remote cameras with support for a serial connection to these 
connectors using LAN cables
 .
Connect them with straight cables (category 5 or better shielded cable)

 .
Pin 
number Signal name
Description of signal
1 GND Frame ground
2 TALLY Tally output (open collector)
3 TXD
  – Send data (–)
4 RXD
  – Receive data (–)
5 RXD+ Receive data (+)
6 TXD+ Send data (+)
7 NC Not used
8 NC Not used
zzTALLY (pin number: 2) specifications V
oltage withstand: Max  .  24   V DC
 Current: Max

 .  50   mA
„„LAN connector (RJ‑45)
Connect a remote camera, switcher, or computer that supports an IP 
connection to this connector with a LAN cable
 .
When directly connecting a device to the unit, use a crossover cable 
(category 5 or better shielded cable)

 .
When connecting via a hub (switching hub) or other device, use a 
straight cable (category 5 or better shielded cable)

 .
Control interface for external devices (continued) 
						

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Setup Software
Setup Software is an application for configuring the settings for connecting the unit with the remote cameras and switcher from a personal computer . 
The settings can be configured while confirming each item in a list  .
zzThe settings for connecting the unit with the remote cameras 

and switcher can also be configured using just the unit  .  For how to configure the settings 
on the unit, refer to “Settings for connecting with the remote cameras and switcher” in  (page
  29)  .
When using Setup Software to configure the settings from a personal computer, observe the following

 .
zzDo not perform any operation on the unit

 .
zzDo not start Setup Software on any other computer in the same network

 .
zzDo not use “Easy IP

 Setup Software” supplied with AW‑HE120, AW‑HE60, and AW‑HE50  .
Notes
Installing the software
This section describes how to install Setup Software .
1
 . 
Insert the CD‑ROM supplied with the unit into the CD‑ROM drive of the personal computer on which the application is going to be installed
  .
2

 .
Copy the entire folder containing “Setup Software” on the CD‑ROM to the hard disk drive of the personal computer .
3

 .
Double‑click “RP120T
 ool  . exe” in the copied “Setup Software” folder to start Setup Software  .
Configuring the settings of the personal computer
Configure the following settings of the personal computer before connecting it to the unit .
IP
 address :Set an IP address that is not a duplicate of the IP address set on the unit or any IP address set on the devices (remote 
cameras, switcher, etc
 . ) connected within the same subnet  .
Subnet mask:Set the same subnet mask as that set on the unit

 .
Default gateway :Set the same default gateway as that set on the unit

 .
Confirm the IP

 address, subnet mask, and default gateway set on the unit in RP  SETUP menu [25]
 .
IP

 address :“7
 .  IP ADDRESS” item
Subnet mask :“8
 .  SUBNETMASK” item
Default gateway : “9
 .  GATEWAY” item 
						

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Setup Software (continued)
Connecting the personal computer
Connect the personal computer and unit with a LAN cable .
zzWhen directly connecting the personal computer to the unit, use a crossover cable (category 5 or better shielded cable)

 .
zzWhen connecting via a switching hub, use a straight cable (category 5 or better shielded cable)

 .
Personal computer
Personal computer
Switching hub LAN cable (straight cable)
LAN cable (crossover cable)
LAN cable (straight cable) 
						

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Setup Software (continued)
The screens of  Windows XP are used in the explanations in this manual  .
If you are using an operating system other than Windows XP

, some of the items displayed on the screens may differ
 .
Registering the unit in Setup Software
On the “IP Address” tab, register the IP addresses of units to be set from Setup Software .The units registered here can be selected from the list box on the “Setting” tab  .
Up to five units can be registered

 .
1 . Enter the IP addresses in the IP ADDRESS boxes .In the RP1 to RP5 boxes, enter the IP addresses of the AW‑RP120 
to register .
2 . Click [Set] button .
3 . In the list box on the “Setting” tab, select the AW‑RP120 
whose data is to be referenced .
The settings configured on the selected unit are displayed on the 
“Setting” tab
 . 
						

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Setup Software (continued)
Settings for connecting with the remote cameras and switcher
Displaying the “Setting” tab
On the “Setting” tab, configure the settings for the connections between the unit and the remote cameras and switcher .When you connect the personal computer to the unit for the first time, click the [REFRESH] button to acquire the values set on the unit .
Each of the “C001” to “C100” and “SW” lines displays a list of the corresponding camera number and switcher connection setting information

 .
1234567891011
1 Setting target selection list box Select the unit for which to configure the connection settings
 .
Click  to display the IP addresses of the units that can be set from 
this software  .  Select the IP address of the unit you want to set from 
this list
 .
Any of the units registered in the “IP

 Address” tab can be selected  .
⇒	“Registering the unit in Setup Software” (page

  47)
2 CAMERA/SW Displays the types of devices to be connected
 .
CAMERA :Remote camera
SW : Switcher
3 CAMERA

 GROUP
Displays the camera group numbers
 .
4 CAMERA

 NO
Displays the camera numbers
 .
5 CTRL

 TYPE
Select the connection types
 .
Click  on the right and select a connection type from “Serial”, 
“Network”, or “NoAsign”  .
Serial :Serial connection
Network : IP

 connection
NoAsign : No setting (default setting)
“Serial” can only be selected with GROUP1
 .
After making a change, click the [SET] button to reflect the change

 .
zzWhen “Serial” is selected and then the [SET] button is clicked 
while “6

 .  GLOBAL
 AREA” of RP
  SETUP menu [25] is set to 
“On”, the display of the corresponding item will be “Serial” 
but the setting will not be reflected on the unit
 .  Click the 
[REFRESH] button to acquire the values set on the unit and 
match the display values to those values
 .
Note
6 CAMERA NAMEDisplays the names of the cameras set on the remote cameras  .
They are displayed for the remote cameras in the currently selected 
group

 .
For remote cameras with a serial connection, a name is only 
displayed when a remote camera is selected on the unit

 .
7 SW INPUTSet the image inputs of the switcher that correspond to the camera 
numbers on the unit
  .
Click  on the right and select an option from “NoAsign” and 
“INPUT1” to “INPUT100”  .
After making a change, click the [SET] button to reflect the change

 .
8 MAC 

ADDRESS
Displays the MAC addresses of the remote cameras and switcher 
linked to the camera numbers on the unit
 .
zzThe camera numbers and switcher linked by auto IP

 setting are 
target for display
 .
9 IP

 ADDRESS
Set the IP addresses of the remote cameras and switcher that are 
connection destinations
 .
After input, click the [SET] button to reflect the changes

 .
10 CAMERA

 PORT NO
Set the port numbers of the remote cameras that are connection 
destinations
 .
After input, click the [SET] button to reflect the changes

 .
Possible setting range: 1 to 65535
However

, the following values cannot be set even though they are 
within this range
 .
20, 21, 23, 25, 42, 53, 67, 68, 69, 1

10, 123, 161, 162, 995, 10669, 
10670
11 SWAP CAMERA Swap the remote cameras set as connection destinations between 
two camera numbers
 .
Click  to display camera numbers “C001” to “C100” .Select the camera number with which you want to make the swap 
from this list .
After making a change, click the [SET] button to reflect the change

 . 
						

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Setup Software (continued)
141516171819
1213
12 RECEIVE PORT NO Set the port numbers for the unit to receive camera information 
update notifications from remote cameras
 .
Possible setting range: 61000 to 65535 zzSet 10 port numbers because update notifications are received 
from the remote cameras included in the selected camera group

 .
 
After entering the information on the “C001” to “C010” lines, click 
[SET] button to reflect the changes

 .
13 ALARM Displays the alarm information of the remote cameras

 .
It is displayed for the remote cameras belonging to the camera 
group selected on the unit

 .
For remote cameras with a serial connection, the information is only 
displayed when a remote camera is selected on the unit

 .
14 RENEW button Executes “RENEW

 
IP
 ADR” in 

AUTO IP menu [37] of the unit
 .
When you click [RENEW] button, the link setting targets (camera 
numbers and switcher) corresponding to the remote cameras and 
switcher newly detected by the unit are displayed in yellow
 .

 
If you click [SET] button next, the settings are confirmed and the IP  
addresses of the remote cameras and switcher are updated
 .
If you click [CANCEL] button, the settings are not reflected

 .
15 KEEP

 button
Executes “KEEP IP ADR” in AUTO IP menu [37] of the unit
 .
When you click [KEEP] button, the link setting targets (camera 
numbers and switcher) corresponding to the remote cameras 
and switcher newly detected by the unit are displayed in yellow
 .

 
If you click [SET] button next, the settings are confirmed and the 
connection destination IP addresses of the unit are updated
 .
If you click [CANCEL] button, the settings are not reflected

 .
16 REFRESH buttonLoads the connection information set on the unit to the personal 
computer and refreshes the display on the “Setting” tab

 .
17 ALL

 CLEAR button
Executes “ALL CLEAR” in AUTO IP menu [37] of the unit
 .
When you click [ALL

 CLEAR] button, the connection types and the 
connection destination IP addresses set on the unit are initialized
 .
zzWhen a connection type is set to “Network”, it is changed to 
“NoAsign”

 .
 When a connection type is set to “Serial”, it is not 
changed
 .
18 SET button Confirms the changes on the “Setting” tab and updates the settings 
on the unit

 .
19 CANCEL

 button
Cancels the settings that were configured on the “Setting” tab
 . 
						

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Setup Software (continued)
Setting user authentication
To control remote cameras that have the user authentication function enabled, you need to set the user name and password on the AW‑RP120 .Configure this setting on the “User Auth  . ” tab of this application  .
zzThe user authentication function is only enabled when the unit is controlling remote cameras connected with IP  connections

 .  Also refer to the 
Operating Instructions for the remote cameras
 .
1 . Click the [REFRESH] button .The user name set on the unit is displayed in the “Old User Name” box .
 z “admin” is set by default
 .
2 . In the “New User Name” box, enter the new user name to set .
3 . In the “Old Password” box, enter the password set on the unit .Entered characters are displayed as “” .
 z “12345” is set by default
 .
4 . In the “New Password” box, enter the new password to set .Entered characters are displayed as “” .
5 . In the “Retype New Password” box, enter the same password as you entered in step 4 .Entered characters are displayed as “” .
6 . Click the [SET] button .The user name and password are set on the unit .When remote cameras with the user authentication function enabled are controlled, the user name and password 
that were set here are used
 .
zzEven if you have forgotten the new password you set by performing the procedure above, you can still configure 
the settings again by entering “admin” in the “Old User Name” box and “12345” in the “Old Password” box and 
then entering a new user name and password in the other boxes
 .