Panasonic Wv Np304p Operating Instructions Manual

							
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Network Camera
Operating Instructions 
Model No.WV-NP304

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WV-NP304
(Lens is option.) 
						

							
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CONTENTS
Preface ................................................................\
............................................................ 3
About these operating instructions  ........................................................................\
...... 3
Trademarks and registered trademarks  ...................................................................... 3
Viewer software ........................................................................\
................................... 3
Monitor images on a PC  ........................................................................\
.......................... 4 Monitor images from a single camera  ........................................................................\
. 4
Monitor images from multiple cameras  ....................................................................... 8
Record images on the SD memory card manually  .......................................................... 9
Action at an alarm occurrence ........................................................................\
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Transmit images onto an FTP server  ........................................................................\
...... 11 Transmit an alarm image at an alarm occurrence (Alarm image transmissio\
n)  .......... 11
Transmit images at a designated interval or period (FTP periodic transm\
ission)  ....... 11
Save images on the SD memory card when images fail to transmit using the\
 
FTP periodic transmission function  ........................................................................\
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Display the log list  ........................................................................\
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Playback of images saved on the SD memory card ........................................................ 16
About the network security of the camera  ....................................................................... 18 Equipped security functions  ........................................................................\
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Viewing Help  ........................................................................\
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Displaying the Help screen  ........................................................................\
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Preface
About these operating instructions
There are 3 sets of operating instructions as follows.• Installation Guide
• Operating instructions
• Setup Instructions
These operating instructions contain descriptions of how to operate this product* using a PC via a network and of
how to configure the settings.
Refer to the installation guide for descriptions of how to install this \
product and of how to connect to a network.
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Trademarks and registered trademarks
• Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, Internet Explorer, ActiveX and DirectX are either registered trademarks \
or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other co\
untries.
• Adobe and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe\
 Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
• SD logo is a trademark.
• Other names of companies and product contained in these operating instru\
ctions may be trademarks or regis- tered trademarks of their respective owners.
Viewer software
• Images will not be displayed when the viewer software Network camera Vi\
ew3 is not installed on the PC. Thissoftware can be installed directly from the camera or by double clicking\
 nwcv3setup.exe on the CD-ROM pro-
vided, and then following the on-screen instructions.
Important:• The default setting of Automatic installation of Viewer software is On. Follow the instructions on Setup
Instructions when the message is displayed on the infor-
mation bar of the browser.
• When the Live page is displayed for the first time, the install wizard of the ActiveX control required to display
images from the camera will be displayed.
Follow the instructions of the wizard.
• When the install wizard is displayed again even after completing the installation of the ActiveX, restart the PC.
• The viewer software used on each PC should be licensed individually. The\
 number of installations of the viewersoftware from the camera can be checked on the [Upgrade] tab of the Mai\
ntenance page ( Setup
Instructions). Refer to your dealer for the software licensing. 
						

							
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Monitor images on a PC
The following are descriptions of how to monitor images from the camera \
on a PC.
Monitor images from a single camera
Important:• To enhance the security, change the password for the user admin. It is recommended to change this
password periodically.
• When displaying multiple MPEG-4 images on a PC, images may not be displayed depending on the per-
formance of the PC.
Notes:• Up to 16 users can access the camera concurrently regardless of the image type (JPEG/MPEG-4) that
the current access users are monitoring. Depending
on the set values for Bandwidth control(bit rate)
and Max bit rate (per client), the maximum concur-
rent access number may be less than 16 users.
When 16 users are concurrently accessing, the
access limit message will be displayed for users who
subsequently attempt to access. When Multicast is
selected for Transmission type of MPEG-4, users
who are monitoring MPEG-4 images will not be limit-
ed to access.
• When On is selected for MPEG-4 transmission ( Setup Instructions), an MPEG-4 image will be
displayed. When Off is selected, a JPEG image will
be displayed. It is possible to display a JPEG image
even when On is selected for MPEG-4 transmis-
sion. In this case, the refresh interval will be limited.
• The refresh interval of JPEG images will be limited to 15 fps at the maximum when transmitting JPEG
and MPEG-4 images simultaneously even when a
frame-rate-prioritized bit rate is selected at Max bit
rate (per client) of MPEG-4.
Step 1
Start up the web browser.
Step 2
Enter the IP address designated using the Panasonic IP
setup software in the address box of the browser.
Example when entering an IPv4 address: http://192.168.0.10
Example when entering an IPv6 address: http://URL registered using IPv6 address
http://[IPv6 address]
Important:• When the HTTP port number is changed from 80, enter http://IP address of the camera + : (colon) +
port number in the address box of the browser, for
example, http://192.168.0.11:8080. 
• When the PC is in a local network, configure the proxy server setting of the web browser (under
Internet Options… under Tools of the menu bar)
to bypass the proxy server for the local address.
Step 3
Press the [Enter] key on the keyboard. → The Live page will be displayed.
When On is selected for User authentication, the
authentication window will be displayed before dis-
playing live images for the user name and password
entries. The default user name and password are as
follows.
User name: admin
Password: 12345 
						

							
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• When On is selected for MPEG-4 transmission JPEG (VGA or QVGA): 15 fps
JPEG (1 280 x 960): 5 fps
• When Off is selected for MPEG-4 transmission JPEG (VGA or QVGA): 30 fps
JPEG (1 280 x 960): 11 fps The refresh interval may be longer depending on a
network environment, PC spec, photographic sub-
ject, access traffic, etc.
Refer to the following page for further information about
the Live page.
About the Live page
q
[Setup] button *1
Click this button to display the setup menu. The but-
ton will turn green and the setup menu will be dis-
played.
w [Live] button
Click this button to display the Live page. The but-
ton will turn green and the Live page will be dis-
played.
e Multi-screen buttons
Images from multiple cameras can be displayed on
a multi-screen by registering cameras on the setup
menu. ( page 8)

r Image type buttons
:The letters MPEG-4 on the button will
turn green and an MPEG-4 image will be
displayed. When Off is selected for
MPEG-4 transmission on the setup
menu, the [MPEG-4] button will not be dis-
played. ( Setup Instructions)
: The letters JPEG on the button will turn
green and JPEG image will be displayed. 

w [Live] button
e Multi-screen buttons
q
[Setup] button
r Image type buttons
t Image capture size buttons
i AUX buttons
\bBrightness buttons
yZoom buttons
!1Camera title !
\fFull screen button
!
2Alarm occurrence indi-
cation button! 5Mic input button
! 6Audio output button
! 4One shot button
! 8Main area
o [SD] button
! 0[List] button
! 7SD recording status
indicator  
						

							
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tImage capture size buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG
image is displayed.  
:The letters VGA will turn green and
images in the main area will be displayed
in VGA size. 
: The letters QVGA will turn green and
images in the main area will be displayed
in QVGA size. 
:
The letters 1 280 x 960 will turn green and
images in the main area will be displayed in 
1 280 x 960 (pixels).
Depending on the window size of the web
browser, it may become smaller than 1 280 x
960 pixels.
y Zoom buttons
: The letter x1 will turn green and images inthe main area will be displayed at x1.
: The letter x2 will turn green and images in
the main area will be displayed at x2.
: The letter x4 will turn green and images in
the main area will be displayed at x4.
\b Brightness buttons *
2
:The displayed image will be darker.
: The adjusted brightness will return to the
default brightness.
: Image will be brighter. 
i AUX buttons *
2
:The letters Open on the button will turn
green and the status of AUX connector will
be open. 
: The letters Close on the button will turn
green and the status of the AUX connector
will be closed. 
o [SD] button (manual SD recording
button) *
2
This button will be displayed only when Manual is
selected for Save trigger on the setup menu.  
(  Setup Instructions)
Click this button to manually record images on the
SD memory card. Refer to page 9 for descriptions of
how to manually record images on the SD memory
card. 

! 0 [List] button *1
This button will become available only when On is
selected for Save logs on the setup menu 
( Setup Instructions).
When this button is clicked, the log list will be dis-
played and images saved on the SD memory card
can be played.
Refer to page 16 for further information about the log
list and of how to play images on the SD memory
card.
! 1Camera title
The camera title entered for Camera title on the
[Basic] tab will be displayed. ( Setup Instructions)
! 2 Alarm occurrence indication button *
2
This button will be displayed and will blink when an
alarm has occurred. When this button is clicked, the
alarm output terminal will be reset and this button
will disappear. ( Setup Instructions)
! \f Full screen button
Images will be displayed on a full screen. To return
to the Live page, press the [Esc] key.
! 4 One shot button
Click this button to take a picture (a still picture). The
picture will be displayed on a newly opened window.
When right-clicking on the displayed image, the pop-
up menu will be displayed. The displayed image can
be saved on the PC by selecting Save from the
pop-up menu.
When Print is selected, printer output is enabled.
! 5 Mic input button *
3
Turns on/off the audio reception (hear audio from
the camera on a PC). This button will be displayed
only when Mic input, Interactive (full duplex) or
Interactive (half duplex) is selected for Audio
mode on the setup menu. ( Setup Instructions)
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into
the  button and audio from the camera will not be
heard.
Audio volume can be adjusted (Low/Middle/High) by
moving the volume cursor  . 
						

							
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!6 Audio output button *3
Turns on/off the audio transmission (play audio from
the PC on the camera speaker). This button will be
displayed only when Audio output, Interactive (full
duplex) or Interactive (half duplex) is selected for
Audio mode on the setup menu. ( Setup
Instructions)
The button blinks while the audio transmission is
being carried out except the case of setting to
Interactive (full duplex).
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into
the  button and audio from the PC will not be
heard.
Audio volume can be adjusted (Low/Middle/High) by
moving the volume cursor  .
Notes: • When a user is using the audio transmission func- tion with Interactive (half duplex) selected, the
receiver button and the transmission button will be
inoperable for the other users. When Interactive (full
duplex) is selected, the transmission button is inop-
erable for other users.
• Possible duration of audio transmission is up to 5 minutes per transmission. When 5 minutes have
passed, the audio transmission function will be can-
celed and the audio reception function will automati-
cally be turned on. To turn the audio transmission
function on, click the  button again.
• When the camera is restarted, the adjusted volume level (for both the audio transmission and reception)
will return to the level that had been set on the
[Audio] tab on the setup menu. 
( Setup Instructions)
• Actual volume level will change in three steps even though the volume cursor can be adjusted minutely.
! 7 SD recording status indicator
The status of the SD recording can be checked with
this indicator.
When the SD recording starts, this indicator will light
red. When the SD recording stops, this indicator will
go off.
This indicator will be displayed only when Manual
is selected for Save trigger on the setup menu. 
(  Setup Instructions) !
8Main  area
Images from the camera will be displayed in this
area.
The current time and date will be displayed at the
selected position in the time and date format set on
the setup menu. ( Setup Instructions).
Click a desired point in the main area on the Live
page that is to be the center of the angle of view.
The camera moves to adjust the position in order to
set the clicked point as the center when images are
being displayed at 2x or 4x.
*1 Only operable by users whose access level is 1. Administrator 
*2 Only operable by users whose access level is 1. Administrator or 2. Camera control when On is
selected for User authentication 
( Setup Instructions).
*3 Operable by users who belong to the access level selected for Permission level of audio trans./recep.
on the [Audio] tab of the Image/Audio page 
( Setup Instructions).
Refer to Setup Instructions for further information about
the access level.
Note: When operated by a lower access level user,
images displayed on the screen may be changed
temporarily. This does not affect operation of the
camera. 
						

							
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Monitor images from multiple cameras
Images from multiple cameras can be displayed on a multi-screen. Images \
from 4 cameras (up to 16 cameras) can
be displayed simultaneously. To display images on a multi-screen, it is \
necessary to register cameras in advance. 4
cameras can be registered as a group and up to 4 groups (16 cameras) c\
an be registered. (Setup Instructions)

Important:
• When simultaneously displaying images from 16 cameras on a multi-screen,\
 zooming images from the WV- NP304 and panning/tilting/zooming of images from the combination network came\
ras such as WV-NS950, WV-
NS202A, etc. will become unavailable.
• When displaying images from 4 cameras on a multi-screen, panning/tilting\
/zooming are available only for images from the network cameras such as WV-NS950, WV-NS202A, etc.
• Only JPEG images can be displayed on a multi-screen. Audio will not be h\
eard.
• When the power is turned off or the LAN cable is disconnected while disp\
laying images, displaying images on a multi-screen from the Live page will become unavailable.
Step 1
Click the desired [Multi-screen] button.
→ Images from the registered cameras will be displayed
on a selected multi-screen (screen can be split up to
16 areas). The following are instructions when dis-
playing on a 4-split screen. q
To display images on a single screen, click the [Live]
button. 
w Click a camera title. Live images from the camera
corresponding to the clicked camera title will be dis-
played on the Live page of the newly opened win-
dow.  
						

							
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Record images on the SD memory card manually
Images displayed on the Live page can be recorded on the SD memory car\
d manually.
This button is operable only when Manual is selected for Save trigger\
 on the setup menu. (Setup Instructions)
Images recorded on the SD memory card can be copied onto the PC. ( Setup Instructions)
Step 1
Display the Live page. ( page  4)
Step 2
Click the [SD] button in the SD memory card box. → The SD recording window will open.
Step 3
Click the [Start] button to start recording images on the
SD memory card. → The SD recording status indicator will light red while
images are being recorded on the SD memory card.
→ The save interval (frame rate) can be configured on
the [SD memory card] tab of the Basic page. ( 
Setup Instructions)
Step 4
Click the [Stop] button to stop saving images on the SD
memory card.
Step 5
Click the [Close] button to close the window. 
						

							
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Action at an alarm occurrence
The alarm action will be performed when the following alarms occur.
Alarm type
Terminal alarm:When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the EXT I/O connecto\
r on the of the
camera, the alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will b\
e performed when the connected
alarm device is activated.
VMD alarm: When motion is detected in the set VMD area, the alarm action will be pe\
rformed.
* VMD stands for Video Motion Detection.
Command alarm: When a Panasonic alarm protocol ( Setup Instructions) is received from the connected
device via a network, the alarm action will be performed. 
Action at an alarm occurrence
Display the [Alarm occurrence indication] button on the Live page. ( page 6)
The alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the Live p\
age at an alarm occurrence. 
Important: When Polling (30 sec) is selected for Alarm status update mode ( Setup Instructions), the alarm occurrence
indication button will be refreshed in 30-second intervals. For this rea\
son, it may take a maximum of 30 seconds
until the alarm occurrence indication button is displayed on the Live \
page at an alarm occurrence. 
Notify of alarm occurrences to the device connected to the alarm connect\
or
It is possible to output signals from the alarm connector on the rear of\
 the camera and sound the buzzer when an
alarm occurs. The settings for the alarm output can be configured in the\
 Alarm output terminal setup section of the
[Alarm] tab of the Alarm page. ( Setup Instructions)
Transmit an image onto a server automatically
An alarm image can be transmitted at an alarm occurrence to the server d\
esignated in advance. The settings
required to transmit an alarm image to a server can be configured in the\
 Alarm image section of the [Alarm] tab of
the Alarm page ( Setup Instructions) and the [FTP] tab of the Server page ( Setup Instructions). 
Important:
Select FTP error for Save trigger on the [SD memory card] tab when u\
sing the SD memory card. When
Alarm input or Manual is selected for Save trigger, an alarm image\
 will not be transmitted at an alarm occur-
rence to the FTP server.
Notify of alarm occurrences by e-mail
Alarm mail (alarm occurrence notification) can be sent at an alarm occ\
urrence to the e-mail addresses registered in
advance. Up to 4 addresses can be registered as recipients of the alarm \
mail. An alarm image (still picture) can be
sent with the alarm mail as an attached file. The settings for alarm mai\
l can be configured in the Mail notification
section of the [Notification] tab of the Alarm page ( Setup Instructions) and the [Mail] tab of the Server page 
(  Setup Instructions). 
Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated IP addresses (Panasonic a\
larm protocol)
This function is available only when a Panasonic device, such as the net\
work disk recorder, is connected to the sys-
tem. When On is selected for Panasonic alarm protocol, the connected Panasonic devi\
ce will be notified that the
camera is in the alarm state. The settings for Panasonic alarm protocol \
can be configured in the Panasonic alarm
protocol notification section of the [Notification] tab of the Alarm \
page. ( Setup Instructions)