Panasonic Wv Ns954 Operating Instructions Manual

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Network Camera
Operating Instructions 
Model Nos.WV-NS954
WV-NW964
WV-NS954 WV-NW964 
						

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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  ....................................................................... 9
Record images on the SD memory card manually  .......................................................... 10
Action at an alarm occurrence ......................................................................................... 11
Transmit images onto an FTP server  .............................................................................. 12
Transmit an alarm image at an alarm occurrence (Alarm image transmission)  .......... 12
Transmit images at a designated interval or period (FTP periodic transmission)  ....... 12
Save images on the SD memory card when images fail to transmit using the 
FTP periodic transmission function  ............................................................................. 13
Display the log list  ...........................................................................................................14
Playback of images saved on the SD memory card ........................................................ 17
About the network security of the camera  ....................................................................... 19
Equipped security functions  ........................................................................................ 19
Viewing Help  ...................................................................................................................20
Displaying the Help screen  ......................................................................................... 20 
						

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Preface
About these operating instructions
There are 3 sets of operating instructions for the WV-NS954, WV-NW964as follows.
• Installation Guide
•Operating instructions
• Setup Instructions
• WV-NS954 Network camera (for indoor use)
• WV-NW964 Network camera (for outdoor use)
* The screens used in these Setup Instructions show the case of WV-NS954.
These operating instructionscontain 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 countries.
• 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.
• mini SD is a trademark.
• Other names of companies and product contained in these operating instructions may be trademarks or regis-
tered trademarks of their respective owners.
Viewer software
• Images will not be displayed when the viewer software Network camera View3 is not installed on the PC. This
software 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
Instructionswhen 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 viewer
software from the camera can be checked on the [Upgrade] tab of the Maintenance 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
Notes:
• 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
When accessing the camera without changing the
default password, the pop-up window saying that it
is recommended to change the password will be dis-
played.
To enhance the security, change the password for
the user admin. It is recommended to change this
password periodically.
• When Unicast port (AUTO) or Unicast (MANUAL)
is selected for Transmission type of MPEG-4
setup, up to 8 users can access the camera concur-
rently regardless of the image type (JPEG/MPEG-4)
that the current access users are monitoring.
Depending on the set values for Total bit rate and
Max bit rate (per 1 client), the maximum concurrent
access number may be less than 8 users. When 8
users are concurrently accessing, the access limit
message will be displayed for users who subse-
quently attempt to access. When Multicast is
selected for Transmission type of MPEG-4 setup,
users who are monitoring MPEG-4 images will not
be limited 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
transmission. In this case, the refresh interval will
be limited.
• The refresh interval for MPEG images is limited to
15 fps at the maximum even when a frame-rate-pri-
oritized bit rate is selected at Max bit rate (per 1
client) of MPEG-4 transmission.

• When ON is selected for MPEG-4 transmission
JPEG (VGA): 5 fps
JPEG (QVGA): 10 fps
• When OFF is selected for MPEG-4 transmission
JPEG (VGA or QVGA): 30 fpsStep 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: http://192.168.0.10)
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
web browser to bypass the proxy server for the local
address.
Step 3
Press the [Enter] key on the keyboard.
→The Live page will be displayed.
Important:
• When displaying multiple MPEG-4 images on a PC,
images may not be displayed depending on the per-
formance of the PC.
• When ON is selected for VMD alarm (Setup
Instructions), the frame rate of MPEG-4 and JPEG
(QVGA) images will become 15 fps at a maximum. 
						

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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.
eMulti-screen buttons
Images from multiple cameras can be displayed on
a multi-screen by registering cameras on the setup
menu. (page 9)rImage 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. 
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. 
w[Live] button
eMulti-screen buttons q[Setup] button
rImage type buttons
tImage capture size buttons
yAUX buttons
oZoom buttons
!0Focus buttons
!1AUTO MODE!2Control pad/buttons
!3BRIGHTNESS buttons
!4PRESET
!5Camera title !6Alarm occurrence indication button!7Full screen button!9Mic input button
@0Audio output button
!8One shot button
@2Main area
u[SD] button
i[List] button
@1SD recording status
indicator 
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. 
						

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yAUX buttons (*2)
These buttons will be displayed only when Terminal
alarm 3 is selected for AUX output on the setup
menu.  (Setup Instructions)
: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. 
u[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 10 for descriptions
of how to manually record images on the SD memo-
ry card. 
i[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 17 for further information about the log
list and of how to play images on the SD memory
card.
oZOOM buttons (*2)
:Click this button to adjust the zoom ratio
to the WIDE side. 
:Click this button to set the zoom ratio to
x1.
:Click this button to adjust the zoom ratio
to the TELE side. 
!0Focus buttons (*2)
:Click this button to adjust the focus auto-
matically. 
:Click this button to adjust the focus to the
NEAR side. 
:Click this button to adjust the focus to the
FAR side. 
!1AUTO MODE (*2)
Select an operation from the pull-down menu and
click the [START] button. The selected operation will
start.Click the [STOP] button to stop the operation.
The selected operation will stop when the camera
(panning/tilting/zooming/focusing) is operated or
when an action that is to be taken according to the
settings for Self return (Setup Instructions) or for
Camera motion on alarm (Setup Instructions)
starts.
Auto track:Automatically tracks an object in the
shooting area.
Notes:
• The auto track function works only when the size of
the object is larger than 1/48 of the main area and
also the contrast ratio between the object and the
background is more than 5 %.
• The auto track function of this camera is the simpli-
fied function that tracks a moving object in the shoot-
ing area. It may be impossible to track a moving
object in the following cases:
• When there are multiple moving objects in the
shooting area
• When the contrast ratio between a moving object
and the background is almost none
• When an object moves quickly
• When a moving object is too small or too big
• When the shooting area is dark
• When there is a flicker in the shooting area
• When the zoom ratio is set to the TELE side, it
may be difficult to obtain accuracy with the auto
tracking function. It is recommended to use the
auto tracking function with setting the zoom ratio
to the WIDE side. 
Auto pan:Automatically pans between the leftposition
and the rightposition set in advance (Setup
Instructions). 
Even when the camera is operated for zooming or
focusing, the camera continues panning. (However,
panning will stop when the zoom button (x1) is
clicked.)
Preset sequence:Automatically moves to the preset
positions (Setup Instructions) orderly (start from
the lowest preset position number). 
360 map-shot:Moves 45° horizontally at a time and
repeats 7 times to shoot images of each 45° position
(45° x 8 = 360°), and then displays 8 thumbnail
images of each 45° position (45° x 8 = 360°) on a
newly opened window.  When a thumbnail image is
clicked, the camera moves to the respective position
and live images will be displayed on the Live page. 
						

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Preset map-shot:8 thumbnail images of the preset
position 1-8 (Setup Instructions) will be displayed
orderly on a newly displayed window. When a
thumbnail image is clicked, the camera moves to the
respective position and live images will be displayed
on the Live page.
Notes:
• Do not operate the browser until all the thumbnail
images are displayed and the camera returns to the
original position (where the camera was when 360°
map-shot or Preset map-shot was carried out).
• When 360 map-shot is carried out while the cam-
era is moving (panning/tilting), images captured
while panning/tilting may be displayed as the thumb-
nail display. In this case, stop the current operation
and carry out 360 map-shot again.
• When Preset map-shot is carried out with an
unregistered preset position (among preset position
1-8), the thumbnail image of the preset position
before the unregistered preset position will be dis-
played.
In this case, the camera will not move when the
thumbnail image is clicked. (For example, when pre-
set position 3 is unregistered, the thumbnail image
of preset position 2 will be displayed as the thumb-
nail image of preset position 3. The camera will not
move when the thumbnail image of preset position 3
is clicked.)
• The camera will not always returns to the exactly
same position where it was before 360° map-shot
or Preset map-shot was carried out. (It may some-
times be slightly different.)
• The window on which the thumbnail images are dis-
played will close when Clicking the following buttons
that can switch the camera channel or reload
images.
[Live] button, multi-screen buttons, image type but-
tons ([MPEG-4]/[JPEG]), image capture size buttons
([VGA]/QVGA), full screen button, [Setup] button 
(pages 5 - 7)
To display the thumbnail images again, carry out
360° map-shot or Preset map-shot again.
Patrol 1:Performs the registered patrol 1 operation. 
Patrol 2:Performs the registered patrol 2 operation. 
Patrol 3:Performs the registered patrol 3 operation. 
Patrol 4:Performs the registered patrol 4 operation. !2Control pad/buttons (*2)
:Left-click on the control pad to adjust
the horizontal/vertical position of the
camera (panning/tilting).
Panning/tilting speed will be faster if a
clicked point gets farther from the cen-
ter point of the control pad.
It is also possible to pan/tilt the camera by dragging the
mouse.
Zoom and focus can be adjusted by right-clicking. When
an upper/lower area of the control pad is right-clicked,
the displayed image will be zoomed in/out on. When a
left/right area is right-clicked, the focus will be adjusted
to the NEAR/FAR side.
Zoom can also be adjusted using the mouse wheel.
!3BRIGHTNESS buttons (*2)
:The displayed image will be darker.
:The adjusted brightness will return to the
default brightness.
:Image will be brighter. 
Note:
When the BRIGHTNESS buttons are clicked while
the camera is at the preset position, the adjusted
brightness will automatically be registered for the
current preset position.
!4PRESET (*2)
Select a preset position from the pull-down menu
and click the [GO] button. The camera will move to
the selected preset position (Setup Instructions).
H next to the preset position number indicates the
home position. When Home position is selected,
the camera will move to the home position.
When the preset ID is registered for a preset posi-
tion, the registered preset ID will be displayed next
to the preset position number.
!5Camera title
The camera title entered for Camera title on the
[Basic] tab will be displayed. (Setup Instructions)
!6Alarm 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) 
						

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!7Full screen button
Images will be displayed on a full screen. To return
to the Live page, press the [Esc] key. When dis-
playing images on a full screen, the audio transmis-
sion button will become unavailable.
!8One 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.
!9Mic 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  .
@0Audio 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) orInteractive (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 (full 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 transmission 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.
@1SD 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)
@2Main area (*2)
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 selecting an area in the main area by drag-
ging the mouse, the selected area will be located at
the center of the main area.
In this case, the zoom ratio will be adjusted automat-
ically. 
Zoom can be adjusted using the mouse wheel.
Notes:
• When the displayed image is being zoomed in more
than 30x, the clicked point may not always be locat-
ed at the center of the main area.
• When the mouse is dragged to move the camera
beyond its operable range, the camera will move to
the requested direction and will stop at the end of
the operable range. Then, the zoom ratio of the dis-
played image will automatically be adjusted. 
						

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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) can be registered. (Setup Instructions)
Important:
• When simultaneously displaying images from 16 cameras on a multi-screen, panning, tilting and zooming are
unavailable.
• Only JPEG images can be displayed on a multi-screen. Audio will not be heard.
• When the power is turned off or the LAN cable is disconnected while displaying images, displaying images on a
multi-screen from the Live page will become unavailable.
• When displaying images on a multi-screen, panning/tilting/zooming by dragging the mouse are 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.qTo display images on a single screen, click the [Live]
button. 
wClick 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.  • When MPEG-4 image is being displayed, it may take
time to display the frame border indicating an area
selected by dragging the mouse.
Important:
When the camera position is moved inadvertently
while the power of the camera is on, restart the cam-
era (restart) or refresh the camera position (position
refresh) on the [Initialization] tab of the
Maintenance page (Setup Instructions).
*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 Authentication on the [Audio] tab of the
Camera setup page (Setup Instructions).
Refer to Setup Instructionsfor 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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Record images on the SD memory card manually
Images displayed on the Live page can be recorded on the SD memory card 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 5)
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 setup 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.