Panasonic Wv Np502 Operating Instructions Manual

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Step1
Click the desired button in the frame on the left of the
window to display the respective setup menu.
When there are tabs at the top of the setup page dis-
played in the frame on the right of the window, click the
desired tab to display and configure the setting items
relating to the name of the tab.
Step 2
Complete each setting item displayed in the frame on
the right of the window.
Step 3
After completing each setting item, click the [Set] button
to apply them.
Important: • When there are two or more [Set] and [Execute] but- tons on the page, click the respective button to the
edited setting item.

When completing the setting items in field A, click
the [Set] button (A-1) below field (A). 
The edited settings in field A will not be applied
unless the [Set] button (A-1) below field (A)  is
clicked. 
In the same manner as above, click the [Set] button
(B-1) below field B when completing the setting
items in field B.
How to operate the setup menu
B A
B-1
A-1
Menu buttonsSetup page 
						

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About the setup menu window
q[Live] button
Displays the Live page.
w [Basic] button
Displays the Basic page. The basic settings such
as time and date and camera title, and the settings
relating to the SD memory card can be configured
on the Basic page. ( page 24)
e [Image/Audio] button
Displays the Image/Audio page. The settings relat-
ing to image capture size and image quality of
JPEG/H.264 (or MPEG-4) camera images can be
configured on the Image/Audio page. ( page 36)
r [Multi-screen] button
Displays the Multi-screen page. The cameras from
which images are to be displayed on a multi-screen
can be registered on the Multi-screen page. ( 
page 53)
t [Alarm] button
Displays the Alarm page. The settings relating to
alarm occurrences such as settings for the alarm
action at an alarm occurrence, the alarm occurrence
notification, and the VMD area settings can be con-
figured on the Alarm page. ( page 54) y
[Advanced func.] button
Displays the Advanced func. page. The setting
relating to the XML notification, destinations of infor-
mation about the face detection and the settings
relating to the face detection can be configure on the
Advanced func. page. (page 63)
\b [User mng.] button
Displays the User mng. page. The settings relating
to the authentication such as users and PCs restric-
tions for accessing the camera can be configured on
the User mng. page. ( page 66)
i [Server] button
Displays the Server page. The settings relating to
the mail server, the FTP server and the NTP server
to which the camera accesses can be configured on
the Serve page. ( page 69)
o [Network] button
Displays the Network page. The network settings
and the settings relating to DDNS (Dynamic DNS),
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and
the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) periodic transmis-
sion can be configured on the Network page. 
( page 72)
!4Setup page
!3Status display
area
q [Live] button
w [Basic] button
e [Image/Audio] button
r [Multi-screen] button
t [Alarm] button
y [Advanced func.] button
\b [User mng.] button
i [Server] button
o [Network] button
!\f [Schedule] button
!1 [Maintenance] button
!2[Help] button 
						

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!\f[Schedule] button
Displays the Schedule page. On the Schedule
page, it is possible to designate time zones to allow
to receive alarm input or to allow to activate the
VMD detection function. ( page 80)
!1 [Maintenance] button
Displays the Maintenance page. System log check,
firmware upgrade and initialization of the setup
menu can be carried out on the Maintenance page.
( page 81)
!2 [Help] button
Displays the Help page. ( page 84)
!3 Status display area
The title of the camera whose settings are currently
being configured will be displayed.
!4 Setup page
Pages of each setup menu will be displayed. There
are tabs for some setup menus.
When the underlined item is clicked, the correspond-
ing help page will be displayed. 
						

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Configure the basic settings of the camera [Basic]
The basic settings such as camera title, time and date, SD memory card a\
nd the logs can be configured on the
Basic page. 
The Basic page has 3 tabs; the [Basic] tab, the [SD memory card] tab a\
nd the [Log] tab.
Configure the basic settings [Basic]
Click the [Basic] tab on the Basic page. (pages 20 and 21: How to display/operate the setup menu)
The settings such as the camera title, time and date, etc. can be config\
ured on this page.
[Camera title]
Enter the title of the camera. Click the [Set] button after
entering the title of the camera. The entered title will be
displayed in the status display area.
Available number of characters: 0 - 20 characters
Default: WV-NP502 
(WV-NW502S appears for WV-NW502S.)
[Date/time]
Enter the current time and date. When 12h is selected
for Time display format, AM or PM can be selected.
Available range: Jan/01/2008 0:00:00 - Dec/31/2035
23:59:59
[Time display format]
Select the time display format from 12h, 24h and
Off. Enter the current hour reflecting this setting when
entering the current time and date for Date/time. To
hide time and date, select Off.
Default: 24h [Date/time display format]
Select a date/time display format.
When
2009/04/01 13:10:00 is set for Date/time after
selecting 24h for Date/time display format, time and
date will be respectively displayed as follows.
DD/MM/YYYY: 01/04/2009 13:10:00
MM/DD/YYYY: 04/01/2009 13:10:00
DD/Mmm/YYYY: 01/Apr/2009 13:10:00
YYYY/MM/DD: 2009/04/01 13:10:00
Mmm/DD/YYYY: Apr/01/2009 13:10:00
Default: Mmm/DD/YYYY
[Summer time (daylight saving)]
Select In or Out to determine whether or not to apply
daylight saving time. 
In: Applies summer time. An asterisk (*) will be dis-
played on the left side of the displayed time and
date.
Out: Does not apply summer time.
Default: Out
[Camera title on screen]
Select On or Off to determine whether or not to dis-
play the camera title on the screen. 
When On is selected, the character string entered for
Camera title on screen(0-9,A-Z) will be displayed at
the position selected for OSD position.
Default: Off
[Camera title on screen(0-9,A-Z)]
Enter a character string to be displayed on the image. 
Available number of characters: 0 - 16 characters
Available characters: 0-9, A-Z and the following
marks.
!# $% &()*+,-./:; =?
Default: None (blank) 
						

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[OSD position]
•OSD position
Select the position where the time and date and a char-
acter string to be displayed on the image of the Live
page. 
Upper left: The above information will be displayed at
the upper left corner of the main area on the Live
page.
Lower left: The above information will be displayed at
the lower left corner of the main area on the Live
page.
Upper right: The above information will be displayed at
the upper right corner of the main area on the Live
page.
Lower right: The above information will be displayed at
the lower right corner of the main area on the Live
page.
Default: Upper left
• Character size
Select the character size of the entered character string
to be displayed at the selected OSD position on the
image of the Live page.
Large: The character size will become large size.
Middle: The character size will become standard size.
Small: The character size will become small size.
Default: Middle
[Brightness status display]
Select On or Off to determine whether or not to dis-
play the status of brightness on images displayed on the
Live page when adjusting brightness.
Default: On
[Upside-down ]
Select On or Off to determine whether or not to dis-
play vertical-flip images. 
Default: Off
[Link/Access LED]
Determine whether or not to use the following LEDs.
Select On to use the following LEDs to check the oper-
ational status by lighting them.
Select Off to turn off the LEDs at all times. • Power LED
• Link LED
• Access LED
• SD memory card error LED/ABF LED
Default: On
Note:
• Power LED [Green]: This LED will light when the
power is on.
• Link LED [Orange]: This LED will light when com-
munication with the connected device is available.
• Access LED [Green]: This LED will light when
accessing a network.
• SD memory card error LED/ABF LED [Red]:
Lights when an error occurred in the SD memory
card. This LED will blink in the process of the auto
back focus function and blinking will stop when the
focus adjustment is complete.
[Alarm status update mode]
Select an interval of the camera status notification from
the following.
When the status of the camera changes, the alarm
occurrence indication button, the [AUX] button or the SD
saving status indicator will be displayed to notify of the
camera status.
Polling(30sec): Updates the status each 30 seconds
and provide notification of the camera status.
Real time: Provide notification of the camera status
when the status has changed.
Default: Real time
Note:
• Depending on the network environment, notification may not be provided in real time.
[Alarm status reception port]
When selecting Real time for Alarm status update
mode, designate a port number to which the status
change notification is to be sent.
Available port number: 1 - 65 535
Default: 31 004
[Automatic installation of viewer software]
Determine whether or not to install the viewer software
from this camera.
On: Installs the viewer software from the camera auto-
matically.
Off: The viewer software cannot be installed from the
camera.
Default: On 
						

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SD memory card
[SD memory card]
Select Use or Not use to determine whether or not to
use the SD memory card.
Default: Use
Important:
• Select Not use when operating without a SD mem- ory card.
• Before removing the SD memory card from the cam- era, it is necessary to select Not use first.
• After inserting the SD memory card, it is necessary to select Use to use the SD memory card.
• When playing or downloading images saved on the SD memory card, it is necessary to select On for
Save logs on the [Log] tab ( page 32) in
advance. • When the image refresh interval is short, notifica-
tion/recording timing or interval may become incor-
rect. Notification/recording may also not be per-
formed correctly as configured when multiple users
are receiving images. In this case, set the refresh
interval longer.
• There are limited times to overwrite on an SD mem- ory card. When having a high frequency of overwrit-
ing, the lifetime of the SD memory card may become
shorter. 
[Remaining capacity notification]
When the mail notification function or the Panasonic
alarm protocol function is used to provide notification of
the remaining capacity of the SD memory card, select a
level to be notified at from the following.
50%/20%/10%/5%/2%
Default: 50%
Note:
• Notification will be provided each time the remaining capacity of the SD memory card reached the values
above.
For example, notification will be provided each time
the remaining capacity reaches 50%, 20%, 10%, 5%
and 2% when 50% is selected. Notification may not
always be made at the very moment when the
remaining capacity of the SD memory card has
reached each value.
Configure the settings relating to the SD memory card [SD memory card]
Click the [SD memory card] tab on the Basic page. ( pages 20 and 21: How to display/operate the setup menu)
The settings relating to the SD memory card can be configured on this pa\
ge.
Important: • It is impossible to display images and to receive/ transmit audio between the camera and the PC
when the viewer software Network Camera View4
is not installed on the PC.
• The number of the viewer software installations can be checked on the [Upgrade] tab of the
Maintenance page. 
						

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[Save trigger]
Select a trigger to save images on the SD memory card
from the following.
FTP error:Saves images when images have failed to
transmit to the FTP server by the FTP periodic
image transmission function.
Alarm input: Saves images at an alarm occurrence.
Manual: Saves images manually.
Default: FTP error
Note:
• Select FTP error when images are to be transmit- ted to the FTP server at an alarm occurrence.
[Overwrite]
Determine whether or not to overwrite when the SD
memory card becomes full.
This setting is available only when Manual is selected
for Save trigger.
On: Overwrites when the SD memory card becomes
full. (The oldest image is the first to be overwritten.)
Off: Stops saving images on the SD memory card when
the SD memory card becomes full.
Default: Off
Note:
• The overwrite setting will be as follows according to the Save trigger setting.
FTP error: Will not be overwritten.
Alarm input: Will be overwritten.
Manual: Can be determined by selecting On or
Off for Overwrite.
[File name]
Enter the file name used for the image to be saved on
the SD memory card. The file name will be as follows.
File name: [Entered file name + Time and date
(year/month/day/hour/minute/second)] + Serial
number
Available number of characters: 1 - 8 characters
Note:
• When FTP error is selected for Save trigger, the file name entered for File name on the [ FTP img.
trans.] tab of the Network page will be used for the
file name of the image saved on the SD memory
card.
[Image saving interval/Number of images to be
saved]
• Image saving interval
When Alarm input or Manual is selected for Save
trigger, select an interval (frame rate) of saving images
on the SD memory card from the following.
0.1fps/0.2fps/0.33fps/0.5fps/1fps
Default: 1fps
• Number of images to be saved
Select a number of alarm images to be saved on the SD
memory card from the following.
10pics/20pics/30pics/50pics/100pics/200pics/300pics/
500pics/1000pics/2000pics/3000pics
Default: 100pics
Note:
• Number of images to be saved can be configured only when Alarm input is selected for Save trig-
ger.
[Image capture size]
When Manual is selected for Save trigger, determine
the resolution of image to be saved on the SD memory
card from QVGA, VGA or 1280x960.
Default: VGA
Note:
• When FTP error is selected for Save trigger, images will be saved with the image capture size
selected on the [FTP img. trans.] tab of the
Network page.
• When Alarm input is selected for Save trigger, images will be saved with the image capture size
selected on the [Alarm] tab of the Alarm page.
• QVGA is available only when  1.3 mega pixel is
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SD memory card information
[Remaining capacity]
Total capacity and remaining capacity of the SD memo-
ry card will be displayed.
Depending on the status of the SD memory card, the
size indications will differ as follows.
Indication Description
--------KB/--------KB No SD memory card is insert- ed.Failed to obtain available
capacity due to error, etc.
********KB/********KB The SD card memory is unfor-
matted, or locked, etc.
Note: • When Off is selected for Overwrite and the avail- able size of the SD memory card has reached 
0 KB, images will not be saved on the SD memory
card. When the notification function is on, a notifica-
tion mail will be sent to the registered addresses
when the SD memory card becomes full. ( pages
61 and 62)
[Format]
To format the SD memory card, click the [Execute] but-
ton.
Important:
• Before formatting the SD memory card, it is neces- sary to select Use for SD memory card on the
[SD memory card] tab of the Basic page ( page
26) and Off for FTP periodic image transmission
on the [FTP img. trans.] tab of the Network page
( page 77).
• Use the SD memory card after formatting it using the [SD memory card] tab. 
If using the SD memory card that has not been for-
matted on the [SD memory card] tab, the following
functions may not work correctly. • Save/obtain images that failed to transmit to theFTP server using the FTP periodic image trans-
mission function
• Save/obtain alarm images
• Save/obtain images saved manually
• Save/obtain the alarm logs, the manual logs, the FTP error logs and the system logs
• Save/obtain images recorded using the SD memory recording function of Panasonics net-
work disk recorder.
• Play/download images on the SD memory card • It is impossible to access the SD memory card dur-
ing the process of formatting.
• All data saved on the SD memory card will be delet- ed when the SD memory card is formatted.
• Do not turn off the power of the camera during the process of formatting.
• After formatting the SD memory card, the available capacity may be smaller than the original capacity
since the default directory is automatically created in
the SD memory card.
• Recommended SD memory card Manufactured by Panasonic
SDHC memory card: 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB
SD memory card: 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB
(except miniSD card and microSD card)
• Use a SD memory card formatted compliant with the SD memory card standard at the default.
 SD memory card images
[Access img.]
Images on the SD memory card can be obtained. Click
the [Execute] button. Refer to page 29 for how to
access images. 
						

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Access copy images saved on the SD memory card onto the PC [SD mem-
ory card images]
Click the [SD memory card] tab on the Basic page. (pages 20 and 21: How to display/operate the setup menu)
The following are descriptions of how to copy images saved on the SD mem\
ory card onto the PC. It is necessary in
advance to select Allow for FTP access to camera on the [Network] tab of the Network page. (page 73)
Important:
• It may sometimes be impossible to operate when another user is accessing\
 images on the SD memory card. In this case, retry later.
• Depending on the settings of a proxy server or a firewall, images may no\
t be obtained via a network. In this case, refer to the network administrator.
Step1
Click the [Execute] button of Access img.. → The user authentication window will be displayed.
Step 2
Click the [OK] button after entering the user name and
the password. → The folder in which images are to be saved will be
displayed.
Note:
• When logging in the camera to access images, drive B will be displayed first.
Images are saved in different directories according
to Save trigger.
Move to the directory corresponding to the desired
images and copy them.
Refer to page 95 for further information about the
directory structure. 
						

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Capacity of
SD/SDHC
memory card32 GB
16 GB8 GB
4 GB
2 GB
1 GB
512 MB
256 MB
128 MB 64 MB
Capacity of
SD/SDHC
memory card
Approx. 160 000 pics
Approx. 80 000 pics
Approx. 40 000 pics
Approx. 20 000 pics
Approx. 10 000 pics
Approx. 5 000 pics
Approx. 2 500 pics
Approx. 1 250 pics Approx. 625 pics
Approx. 312 pics
Approx. 224 000 pics
Approx. 112 000 pics
Approx. 56 000 pics
Approx. 28 000 pics
Approx. 14 000 picsApprox. 7 000 pics
Approx. 3 500 pics
Approx. 1 750 pics Approx. 875 pics
Approx. 437 pics
Approx. 256 000 pics
Approx. 128 000 pics
Approx. 64 000 pics
Approx. 32 000 pics
Approx. 16 000 picsApprox. 8 000 pics
Approx. 4 000 pics
Approx. 2 000 pics
Approx. 1 000 pics Approx. 500 pics
Approx. 288 000 pics
Approx. 144 000 pics
Approx. 72 000 pics
Approx. 36 000 pics
Approx. 18 000 picsApprox. 9 000 pics
Approx. 4 500 pics
Approx. 2 250 pics
Approx. 1 125 pics Approx. 562 pics
Approx. 320 000 pics
Approx. 160 000 pics
Approx. 80 000 pics
Approx. 40 000 pics
Approx. 20 000 pics
Approx. 10 000 picsApprox. 5 000 pics
Approx. 2 500 pics
Approx. 1 250 pics Approx. 625 pics
5(Normal)
6789(Low)
Image quality
32 GB
16 GB
8 GB
4 GB
2 GB
1 GB
512 MB
256 MB
128 MB 64 MB Approx. 64 000 pics
Approx. 32 000 pics
Approx. 16 000 pics
Approx. 8 000 pics
Approx. 4 000 pics
Approx. 2 000 pics
Approx. 1 000 pics Approx. 500 pics
Approx. 250 pics
Approx. 125 pics Approx. 80 000 pics
Approx. 40 000 pics
Approx. 20 000 pics
Approx. 10 000 pics
Approx. 5 000 pics
Approx. 2 500 pics
Approx. 1 250 pics Approx. 625 pics
Approx. 312 pics
Approx. 156 pics Approx. 96 000 pics
Approx. 48 000 pics
Approx. 24 000 pics
Approx. 12 000 pics
Approx. 6 000 pics
Approx. 3 000 pics
Approx. 1 500 pics Approx. 750 pics
Approx. 375 pics
Approx. 188 picsApprox. 112 000 pics
Approx. 56 000 pics
Approx. 28 000 pics
Approx. 14 000 picsApprox. 7 000 pics
Approx. 3 500 pics
Approx. 1 750 pics Approx. 875 pics
Approx. 437 pics
Approx. 219 pics
Approx. 128 000 pics
Approx. 64 000 pics
Approx. 32 000 pics
Approx. 16 000 picsApprox. 8 000 pics
Approx. 4 000 pics
Approx. 2 000 pics
Approx. 1 000 pics Approx. 500 pics
Approx. 250 pics
0(Super fine)
1(Fine)234
Image quality
Possible number of images that can be saved on the SD memory card (as i\
ndications)
Important:
• The numbers on the following table are just indications. They are not ac\
tual numbers of images that can be saved on the SD memory card. Numbers will differ according to photograph\
ic subject to the SD memory card.
Image capture size: 1 280x960