Panasonic Wv Ns954 Operating Instructions Manual

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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 connector 1-3 on the of the
camera, the alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the connected
alarm device is activated. Alarm action to be performed differs depending on the settings configured in the
Camera motion on alarm section of the [Alarm] tab. (Setup Instructions)
VMD alarm:When motion is detected in the set VMD area, the alarm action will be performed.
* 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 7)
The alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the Live page 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 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 connector
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 section of the
[Alarm] tab of the Alarm setup page. (Setup Instructions)
Transmit an image onto a server automatically
An alarm image can be transmitted at an alarm occurrence to the server designated in advance. The settings
required to transmit an alarm image to a server can be configured in the Alarm image setup section of the [Alarm]
tab of the Alarm setup page (Setup Instructions) and the [FTP] tab of the Server setup page (Setup
Instructions). 
Important:
Select FTP error for Save trigger on the [SD memory card] tab when using 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 occurrence 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 mail can be configured in the E-mail notification
setup section of the [Notification] tab of the Alarm setup page (Setup Instructions) and the [Mail] tab of the
Server setup page (Setup Instructions). 
Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated IP addresses (Panasonic alarm protocol)
This function is available only when a Panasonic device, such as the network disk recorder, is connected to the sys-
tem. When ON is selected for Panasonic alarm protocol, the connected Panasonic device 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 section of the [Notification] tab of the Alarm setup page. (Setup Instructions) 
						

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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 server will become available.
Important:
• When using this function, set the user name and the password to access the 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 card, or select FTP error for Save trig-
ger on the [SD memory card] tab of the Basic setup 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 server. 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 the Server setup page. (Setup Instructions)
The alarm image transmission function can be turned on/off in the Alarm image setup section of the [Alarm] tab of
the Alarm setup page. (Setup Instructions)
Note:
Depending on the network traffic, the number of the transmitted images may not reach the set number of images
to be transmitted.
Transmit images at a designated interval or period (FTP periodic
transmission)
Images can be transmitted at a designated interval or period. To transmit images at a designated interval or period, it
is necessary to configure the settings in advance. 
The settings for the FTP server to which images are to be transmitted can be configured on the [FTP] tab of the
Server setup page. (Setup Instructions)
On the [FTP] tab of the Network setup page (Setup Instructions), the FTP periodic transmission function can be
turned on/off, and the settings relating to images to be transmitted and the settings relating to schedules (periods)
can be configured. 
Notes:
• Depending on the network line speed or the network traffic, images may not be transmitted at the exact designat-
ed interval or period. 
• When ON is selected for both the alarm image transmission function and the FTP periodic transmission func-
tion, the alarm image transmission function will be given priority over the FTP periodic transmission function. For
this reason, images may not be transmitted at the exact designated interval or period if alarms occur frequently.  
						

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Save images on the SD memory card when images fail to
transmit using the FTP periodic transmission function
Images that have failed to transmit using the FTP periodic transmission can be saved automatically on the SD mem-
ory card. Images saved on the SD memory card can be obtained from the [SD memory card] tab of the Basic setup
page. (Setup Instructions)
To use the SD memory recording function featured in Panasonic’s network disk recorder, select OFF for FTP peri-
odic transmission (Setup Instructions) and FTP error for Save trigger (Setup Instructions).
We make no guarantee for any damages of files on the SD memory card incurred by malfunction or error occurrence
in files saved in the SD memory card regardless of what the cause may be. 
Save images on the SD memory card
By configuring the following settings, saving images that have failed to transmit to the FTP server using the FTP
periodic transmission function will become available.
SD memory card:Use (Setup Instructions)
Save trigger:FTP error (Setup Instructions) 
						

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Display the log list
The following logs can be displayed in list form.
• Alarm log: Logs of the alarm occurrences such as time and date of the alarm occurrences and the alarm
type will be displayed.
• Manual log: Logs filed when images have been recorded on the SD memory card will be displayed.
• FTP error log: Logs filed when the FTP periodic 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 setup page
(Setup Instructions) respectively.
Step 1
Display the Live page. (page 4)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.
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) 
						

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Log list displayed in the log list win-
dow
[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 on the top of
the currently displayed log list.
[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
displayed 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 last log of the currently
displayed log list.[Time & date]
Time and date when each log has been filed will be dis-
played.
Notes:
• When OFF is selected for Time display (Setup
Instructions), time and date of alarm occurrence will
be displayed in 24-hour format.
•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 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 terminal alarm 1
TRM2:Alarm by terminal alarm 2
TRM3:Alarm by terminal alarm 3
VMD:Alarm by VMD alarm
COM:Alarm by command alarm
[SD memory card]
Total capacity and remaining space of the SD memory
card will be displayed.
There is no difference between this item and SD card
memory on the [SD memory card] tab. (The same con-
tents will be displayed.) (Setup Instructions)
[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. 
						

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[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 saved 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 memory 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 display images on the playback
page.
• Even when the size of the images saved on the SD memory card is QVGA size, 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, images may not be played in order of images
recorded on the SD memory card if they have been recorded on the SD memory card with selected value for the
Interval setting on the [FTP] tab (Setup Instructions) is 1 min or less.
• Before removing the SD memory card, make sure that Not use is selected for SD memory card (Setup
Instructions).
• Playback/reverse playback will be performed without being affected by the Frame rate settings of images
recorded on the SD memory card.
About the playback page
[Number of the listed 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.
[PLAY] button
When this button is clicked, images will be played in
sequential order.
[REV PLAY] button
Images will be played in reverse sequential order.
[PAUSE] button
Playback will be paused when this button is clicked dur-
ing playback. Playback will resume when this button is
clicked during pausing. 
						

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[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 being held while placing
the mouse pointer on this button, the displayed
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.
[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 decremented.
When the mouse button is released, the decrement
of the image number will stop and the image number
displayed at the moment when the mouse button is
released will be displayed.
[FF]/[REW] buttons
Fast playback/fast reverse playback will be performed.
Each time the button is clicked, the playback speed will
change.
When the [PLAY]/[REV PLAY] button is clicked during
fast playback/fast reverse playback, the playback speed
will be x1.
[TOP] button
The first image will be displayed.
[LAST] button
The last image will be displayed.[Download] button
The selected image will be downloaded onto the PC.
Before downloading images, designate the destination
directory in advance. (Setup Instructions)
The following window will be displayed when the
[Download] button is clicked.
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.
Notes:
• 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 des-
tination directory.
• Even when lower-case letters are used for File
name (Setup Instructions) that is used for the
name of the image to be saved on the SD memory
card manually or by an alarm input, the file name of
downloaded images will be capitalized in uppercase
when they are downloaded onto the PC.  
						

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About the network security of the camera
Equipped security functions
The following security functions are featured in this camera.
qAccess restrictions by the host authentication and the user authentication
It is possible to restrict users from accessing the camera by setting the host authentication and/or the user
authentication to ON. (Setup Instructions)
wAccess restrictions by changing the HTTP port
It is possible to prevent illegal access such as port scanning, etc. by changing the HTTP port number. 
(Setup Instructions)
Note:
When user authentication (authentication error) has failed to pass 8 times within 30 seconds using the same IP
address (PC), access to the camera will be denied for a while.
Important:
Design and enhance security countermeasures to prevent leakage of information such as image data, authenti-
cation information (user name and password), alarm mail information, FTP server information, DDNS server
information, etc. 
						

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Viewing Help
If you want to know anything about operation or setup methods on screen, display the Help screen.
Displaying the Help screen
Setup screen
Help screen
Step 1
Click the [Setup] button.
→The setup screen is displayed.
Clicking an underlined item win display the Help
pop-window. If is possible to configure the settings
while displaying the Help pop-up window.
Step 2
Click the [Help] button.
→The Help screen is displayed.
Step 3
Click the desired item to display a detailed explanation
for the corresponding operation.