Panasonic Wv Np502 Operating Instructions Manual

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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. (page 27)
Images recorded on the SD memory card can be copied onto the PC. ( page 29)
Step1
Display the Live page. ( page 7)
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. ( 
page 26)
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 (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be perfor\
med 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 of the camera, the
alarm action will be performed when the connected alarm device is activa\
ted.
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 is received from the connected device vi\
a a network, the alarm
action will be performed.
Action at an alarm occurrence
Display the alarm occurrence indication button on the Live page. ( page 8)
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 ( page 25), the alarm occurrence indication
button will be refreshed in 30-second intervals. For this reason, 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. ( page 54)
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 ( page 54) and the [FTP] tab of the Server page ( page 70).
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 ( page 61) and the [Mail] tab of the Server page ( page 69).
Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated IP addresses (Panasonic a\
larm protocol notification)
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 notification, \
the connected Panasonic device will be noti-
fied that the camera is in the alarm state. The settings for Panasonic a\
larm protocol can be configured in the
Panasonic alarm protocol section of the [Notification] tab of the Alarm\
 page. ( page 62) 
						

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Transmit images onto an FTP server
Images can be transmitted to an FTP server. By configuring the following\
 settings, transmission of images captured
at an alarm occurrence or captured at a designated interval to an FTP se\
rver will become available.
Important:• When using this function, set the user name and the password to access t\
he FTP server to restrict users who can log into the FTP server.
• To transmit images to the FTP server, select Not use for SD memory ca\
rd, or select FTP error for Save trig- ger on the [SD memory card] tab of the Basic page.
Transmit an alarm image at an alarm occurrence (Alarm image transmission\
)
An alarm image can be transmitted at an alarm occurrence to the FTP serv\
er. To transmit alarm images to an FTP
server, it is necessary to configure the settings in advance.
The settings for the FTP server can be configured on the [FTP] tab of th\
e Server page. ( page 70)
The alarm image transmission function can be turned on/off in the Alarm\
  image section of the [Alarm] tab of the
Alarm page. ( page 54)
Note:
• Depending on the network traffic, the number of the transmitted images m\
ay not reach the set number of images to be transmitted.
• Alarm images failed to be transmitted to the FTP server at an alarm occu\
rrence will not be saved on the SD mem- ory card. 
Transmit images at a designated interval or period (FTP periodic image t\
rans-
mission)
Images can be transmitted at a designated interval or period. To transmi\
t images at a designated interval or period, it
is necessary to configure the settings in advance.
The settings for the FTP server can be configured on the [FTP] tab of th\
e Server page. ( page 70)
It is possible to determine whether or not to use the FTP periodic image\
 transmission function and to configure the
settings relating to alarm images and the schedule on the [FTP img. trans.] tab of the Network page. (page 77)
Note:
• Depending on the line speed or the traffic, images may not be transmitte\
d at the designated interval.
• When On is selected for both the alarm image transmission function and\
 the FTP periodic imagetransmission
function, the alarm image transmission function will be given priority o\
ver the FTP periodic imagetransmission
function. Therefore, images may not be transmitted at the interval desig\
nated on the FTP periodic image trans-
mission setting. 
						

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Save images on the SD memory card when images fail to transmit using the\
FTP periodic image transmission function
Images that have failed to transmit using the FTP periodic image transmission can be saved automatically on the SD
memory card. Images saved on the SD memory card can be obtained from the\
 [SD memory card] tab of the Basic
page. ( page 26)
To use the SD memory recording function featured in Panasonic’s netwo\
rk disk recorder, select Off for FTP peri-
odic image transmission ( page 77) and FTP error for Save trigger ( page 27).
We make no guarantee for any damages of files on the SD memory card incu\
rred by malfunction or error occurrence
in files saved in the SD memory card regardless of what the cause may be\
. 
						

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Display the log list
The setting items of the cameras will be displayed in list form.• Alarm log: Logs of the alarm occurrences such as time and date of the alarm occurre\
nces and the alarm type will be displayed.
• Manual log: Logs filed when images have been manually recorded on the SD memory card will be dis- played.
• FTP trans. error log: Logs filed when the FTP periodic  image transmission function has failed will be displayed.
Each log list can be displayed only when On is selected for Save logs\
 on the [Log] tab of the Basic page 
( page 32) respectively.
Step1
Display the Live page. ( page 7)
Step 2
Click the [List] button. → The log list will be displayed in a newly opened win-
dow (log list window).
Important:
• Only a single user can operate the log list window. Other users cannot access the log list window.
Note:• When Not use is selected for SD memory card, the error log list of manual saving and the FTP peri-
odic image transmission function will not be dis-
played.
Step 3
Click the desired log type listed below Log to display
the log list. → The log list of the selected log type will be displayed.
Note:
• When saved images are on the SD memory card, clicking the time and date of the alarm occurrence
will display the respective images. ( page 17)
Number of
the listed
logs 
						

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About the log list window
[Number of the listed logs]
Total number of the logs of the selected log type and a
number of the log being displayed on the top of the log
list will be displayed.
Note:• Enter the desired log number and press the [Enter] key on the keyboard. The log of the designated
number will be displayed on the top of the log list.
[Top] button
Click this button to display the log listed at the top.
[Prev. page] button
Click this button to display the previous page of the log
list.
Note:• When the mouse button is held down while placing the mouse pointer on the [Prev. page] button, the
displayed log number will be decremented. 
When the mouse button is released, the decrement
of the log number will stop and the log number dis-
played at the moment when the mouse button is
released will be the top of the currently displayed
page.
[Next page] button
Click this button to display the next page of the log list.
Note: • When the mouse button is held down while placing the mouse pointer on the [Next page] button, the dis-
played log number will be incremented. 
When the mouse button is released, the increment
of the log number will stop and the log number dis-
played at the moment when the mouse button is
released will be the top of the currently displayed
page.
[Last] button
Click this button to display the log listed at the bottom.
[Time & date]
Time and date when each log has been filed will be dis-
played.
Note: • When Off is selected for Time display format  ( page 24), time and date of alarm occurrence will
be displayed in 24-hour format. • The recording timing of logs are as follows. 
Alarm log: Alarm occurrence time and date will be
filed as a log.
Manual log: Time and date when recording of
images onto the SD memory card started will be
filed as a log. When recording are performed
sequentially, logs will be filed every one hour.
FTP trans. error log: Logs will be filed every one
hour.
[Event]
The event type will be displayed. 
The event types will be displayed only when displaying
the alarm log list.
TRM1: Alarm by alarm input to terminal 1
TRM2: Alarm by alarm input to terminal 2
TRM3: Alarm by alarm input to terminal 3
VMD: Alarm by VMD alarm
COM: Alarm by command alarm
[SD memory card]
Available capacity and the original capacity of the SD
memory card will be displayed.
The displayed descriptions are the same descriptions
displayed as Remaining capacity on the  [SD memory
card] tab. ( page 28)
[Delete] button
Click this button to delete the currently displayed log list.
When using the SD memory card, images associated
with the log list will also be deleted.
Important: • When many images are saved on the SD memory card, it will take some time to complete the deletion.
• In the process of the deletion, only logs will be saved, and it is impossible to save images newly.
• Do not turn off the power of the camera until the deletion is complete.
When the power of the camera is turned off in the
process of the deletion, some images may remain
on the SD memory card. 
In this case, click the [Delete] button on the same
log list window used to delete the logs.
[Download] button
Click this button to download all logs of the selected log
list as a file onto the PC.
[Close] button
Click this button to close the log list window. 
						

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Playback of images on the SD memory card
When clicking a time and date listed on the log list window, the Live \
page will turn to the Playback page.
When images associated with the clicked time and date are on the SD memo\
ry card, the first image of them will be
displayed.
Important:• Refresh interval of images may become slow during playback or download.
• When many images are saved on the SD memory card, it may take time to di\
splay images on the Playback page.
• Even when the size of the images saved on the SD memory card is QVGA o\
r 1280x960, the images will be played in VGA size on the Playback page. 
Therefore, images may look coarse on the Playback window.
• When playing images by selecting an FTP error log on the log list, image\
s may not be played in order of images recorded on the SD memory card if they have been recorded on the SD memo\
ry card with selected value for the
Transmission interval setting on the [FTP img. trans.] tab is 1min o\
r less.
About the playback page
Number of images
When clicking a time and date listed on the log list win-
dow, total number of images associated with the clicked
time and date, and the number of the currently dis-
played image will be displayed.
Note:• Enter the desired number of image and press the [Enter] key on the keyboard. The image of the desig-
nated number will be displayed.
[REW] button
Each time the button is clicked, the playback speed will
change.
When the [PLAY] button or the [REV PLAY] button is clicked during fast playback/fast reverse playback, play-
back speed will return to the normal playback speed.
[REV PLAY] button
Images will be played in reverse sequential order.
[PLAY] button
When this button is clicked, images will be played in
sequential order.
[FF] button
Each time the button is clicked, the playback speed will
change.
When the [PLAY] button or the [REV PLAY] button is
clicked during fast playback/fast reverse playback, play-
back speed will return to the normal playback speed.
Number of images 
						

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[TOP] button
The first image will be displayed.
[PREV IMAGE] button
The previous frame will be displayed and paused when
this button is clicked during playback.
Each time this button is clicked during pausing, the
frame previous to the currently displayed frame will be
displayed.
Note:• When the mouse button is held down while the mouse pointer is on this button, the image number
will be incremented.
When the mouse button is released, the decrement-
ing of the image number will stop and the image cor-
responding to the currently displayed number will be
displayed.
[PAUSE] button
Playback will be paused when this button is clicked dur-
ing playback. Playback will resume when this button is
clicked during pausing.
[STOP] button
Playback will stop and the Playback window will turn to
the Live page. 
[NEXT IMAGE] button
The next frame will be displayed and paused when this
button is clicked during playback. 
Each time this button is clicked during pausing, the
frame next to the currently displayed frame will be dis-
played.
Note:• When the mouse button is held down while the mouse pointer is on this button, the image number
will be incremented.
When the mouse button is released, the increment
of the image number will stop and the image number
displayed at the moment when the mouse button is
released will be displayed.
[Last] button
The last image will be displayed.
 SD card
[Start] button
The selected image will be downloaded onto the PC.
Before downloading images, designate the destination
directory in advance. ( page 32)
The following window will be displayed when the [Start]
button is clicked.
Select the image to be downloaded, and then click the
[OK] button.
All: All images saved at the selected time and date will
be downloaded.
Current image: Only the currently displayed image will
be downloaded.
Download range: Images in the designated range of
number of images will be downloaded. 
Enter a number of the image to be downloaded, and
then click the [OK] button.
Note: • When the [Cancel] button is clicked in the process of the download, the download will be canceled.
In this case, images already downloaded before
clicking the [Cancel] button will be saved on the PC.
[Browse] button
When successfully logged in after the user authentica-
tion process, a folder on the SD memory card in which
images are saved will be displayed. ( page 29) 
						

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About the network security
Equipped security functions
The following security functions are featured in this camera.q Access restrictions by the host authentication and the user authenticati\
on
It is possible to restrict users from accessing the camera by setting th\
e host authentication and/or the user
authentication to On. ( pages 66 and 67)
w Access restrictions by changing the HTTP port
It is possible to prevent illegal access such as port scanning, etc. by \
changing the HTTP port number. 
( page 73)
Important:
• Design and enhance security countermeasures to prevent leakage of inform\
ation such as image data, authenti-
cation information (user name and password), alarm mail information, F\
TP server information, DDNS server
information, etc. 
Note:
• When user authentication (authentication error) has failed to pass 8 t\
imes within 30 seconds using the same IP address (PC), access to the camera will be denied for a while. 
						

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Display the setup menu from a PC
The settings of the camera can be configured on the setup menu.
Important:• The setup menu is only operable by users whose access level is 1. Admin\
istrator. Refer to page 66 for how to configure the access level.
How to display the setup menu
Step1
Display the Live page. ( page 7)
Step 2
Click the [Setup] button on the Live page. → The window with the user name and password entry
fields will be displayed.
Step 3
Click the [OK] button after entering the user name and
the password.
→ The setup menu will be displayed.
Refer to   page 22for further information about this
menu.