Panasonic Upgrade Software Wj Asc960 Operating Instructions

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Upgrade Software
Operating Instructions 
Model No.WJ-ASC960 

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CONTENTS
Introduction ............................................................... 3
Overview ............................................................ 3
Purpose .............................................................. 3
Precaution .......................................................... 3
Cautions about the Network Environment  .......... 3
Limitation of Liability  ........................................... 3
Disclaimer of Warranty  ....................................... 4...

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Introduction
Overview
The WJ-ASC960 is a software upgrade package for the WJ-MPU955A, and can be installed on top of the WJ-
MPU955A CPU. Refer to WJ-MPU955A Operating Instructions.The WJ-ASC960 software creates a distributed IP-
based network platform with one or more WJ-MPU955A CPU working together to form a large-scale security sys-
tem. It also offers a single CPU, not only to handle GX encoder and decoder*1 device-based digital video opera-
tions, but also SX matrix*2 device-based analog video...

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Disclaimer of Warranty
IN NO EVENT SHALL MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY OR ANY
PERSON, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN WARRANTY PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE LOCAL DEALER OF PANASON-
IC, FOR THE CASES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BELOW:
(1) ANY DAMAGE AND LOSS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSE-
QUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PRODUCT;
(2) PERSONAL INJURY OR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE USE OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION
OF THE USER;...

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Terms and Definitions
Video Switching
Video switching is an operation that connects a video input port to a video output port within a video switch node.
Because the switching occurs within the same node, the operation is certain to occur.
Video Routing
Video routing is an operation that connects a video source device with a video destination device across one or
more video switch nodes. The video routing operation requires available video links to complete its task.
Video Switch Node
A video switch...

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System Unit
System unit refers to a CPU device or a set of active and standby CPUs. The CPU is a computer that manages all
the system resources and system devices within a system domain. In a WJ-ASC960-based system, the CPU refers
to a WJ-MPU955A CPU.
System Unit
System Domain
A system domain is an entity that contains one system unit, up to 64 system controllers, only one GX switch node,
and only one SX850 or SX650 switch node. The domain is capable of performing system tasks as an independent...

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System
A system is a collection of one or more system domains. 
System Diagram
Domain #3
PC
with Admin Console WJ-MPU955A Unit #3CPU
Domain #1Domain #2
PC
with Admin ConsolePC
with Admin Console
System Controller WV-MPU955A Unit #1Unit #2 WJ-MPU955A CPU
CPU
GX Node
WJ-GXE900WJ-GXD900
OPERATE1ACT1000100LINK1STATUS2345678MPEG3 Encoder WJ-GXD900OPERATESTATUS
MPEG2  Encoder WJ-GXE900
12345678
System Controller
System Controller
Central Processing Unit WJ-MPU955A
FAN ALARM
HDD
ACTIVE
OPERATE
WJ-SX650 or...

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Connect between System Components
The WJ-MPU955A Operating Instructions describes the connection between the WJ-MPU955A CPU with system
controllers, a CPU switch unit, digital video encoder devices, digital video decoder devices, and layer 3 network
switch units. If you are not familiar with the above, we recommend that you read “Connect with System Devices”
section of the WJ-MPU955A Operating Instructions first.
This section will focus on new devices and connections that only associate with the...

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Video Link Network and Video Switch Nodes
The video link network consists of one or more video links, which connect one video switch node to another, and
passes analog video across different video switch nodes. The following diagrams show a sample of a video link net-
work in a WJ-ASC960 system.
Video Link Network Diagram
As shown in the above diagram, a video link has its own direction. You can find video links from digital decoder
devices to matrix video device inputs, from matrix video device...

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Global System Controllers
Only Panasonic Ethernet type controllers (i.e. WV-CU950) can act as a global controller when global operators login.
You can refer page 27 for creating global (system) operators. To get connection information for system controllers,
please refer to WJ-MPU955A Operating Instructions.
Global Database
The system uses global database to setup multiple domains based system. The WJ-ASC960 system with version
v4.2 and up should use WJ-ASC960 Admin Console V4.2 for both local...