Panasonic WV-NF284 - i-Pro Network Camera User Manual Download

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Network Camera

Network Operating Instructions

Model No.

WV-NF284

Summary of Contents for WV-NF284 - i-Pro Network Camera

Page 1: ...CO VER Before attempting to connect or operate this product please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use No model number suffix is shown in this manual Network Camera Network Operating Instructions Model No WV NF284 ...

Page 2: ...sion function 10 About the network security of this unit 12 Equipped security functions 12 Display the Setup Menu and Configure the Settings of the Camera using a PC 13 How to display the setup menu 13 How to operate the setup menu 14 Configure the basic settings of the camera Basic setup 17 Configure the settings relating to images and audio Camera setup 21 Configure the multi screen settings Mul...

Page 3: ...rks and Registered Trademarks Microsoft Windows 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 Other names of companies and product ...

Page 4: ...e access limit message will be displayed for users who accessed subsequently When ON is selected for MPEG 4 transmission page 22 an MPEG 4 image will be displayed When OFF is selected a JPEG image will be dis played It is possible to display JPEG image even when ON is selected for MPEG 4 transmission In this case the refresh interval will be limited Refresh interval JPEG When ON is selected for MP...

Page 5: ...EG 4 transmission on the setup menu the MPEG 4 button will not be dis played page 22 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 t Image capture size buttons y ZOOM buttons u Brightness buttons i AUX buttons r Image type buttons o Camera name 0 Alarm occurrence indication button 2 One shot button 3 Audio button...

Page 6: ...licked the but ton will disappear and the alarm output connector will be reset page 29 1 Full screen button Images will be displayed on a full screen To return to the Live page press the Esc key or the F5 key or the combination of the Alt key and the F4 key on the keyboard 2 One shot button Click this button to take a picture a still picture The picture will be displayed on a newly opened window W...

Page 7: ...ion of the camera to be registered pages 34 and 35 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 Step 1 Click the Multi screen button Images from the registered cameras will be dis played on a 4 split scre...

Page 8: ...arm occurs The settings for the alarm output can be configured on the Alarm tab of the Alarm setup page page 29 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 p...

Page 9: ...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 designate 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 ...

Page 10: ...ncurred by malfunction or error occur rence in files saved on 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 which had been failed to transmit to the FTP server using the FTP periodic transmission function will become available About SD memory card Use page 19 File name With time and date page 43 Obtain i...

Page 11: ...r name and the password e Enter ftp cd B FTP 060101 0123 and press the Enter key The current directory will be B FTP 060101 0123 r The transfer mode will be set to the binary mode Enter ftp bin and press the Enter key t Enter ftp get img_06010101230000 jpg and press the Enter key The image will be obtained y Log out by entering ftp bye and press the Enter key It is possible to delete images on the...

Page 12: ...ccess 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 39 Note When failed to pass the user authentication authentication error using the same IP address PC for 8 times within 5 minutes access to the camera will be denied for a while Important Design and enhance security countermeasures to prevent leakag...

Page 13: ...l is 1 Administrator How to display the setup menu Step 1 Display the Live page page 4 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 Click this button to display the setup menu Refer to the next page for further information about this menu ...

Page 14: ... 3 After completing each setting item click the SET but ton or REG button to apply them Important When there are two SET buttons or REG but tons or more on the page click the respective but ton to the edited setting item Example When completing the setting items in field A click the SET button below field A A 1 The edited set ting items in field A will not be applied unless the SET button below fi...

Page 15: ... Click this button to display the Alarm setup 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 configured on the Alarm setup page Refer to page 27 for further information y Authentication setup button Click this button to display the Authentication setup page The settings ...

Page 16: ...on o Maintenance button Click this button to display the Maintenance page System log check firmware upgrade and initializa tion of the setup menu can be performed on the Maintenance page Refer to page 46 for further information 0 Help button Click this button to display the Help page 1 Status display area The name of the camera whose settings currently being configured and date and time will be di...

Page 17: ...etting when entering the current time and date for Time and date setup Default setting 24 hours Date time display format Select a date time display format When 04 01 2006 13 10 00 is set for Time and date setup after selecting 24 hours for Time display time and date will be displayed as follows respectively DD MM YYYY 01 04 2006 13 10 MM DD YYYY 04 01 2006 13 10 DD Mmm YYYY 01 Apr 2006 13 10 YYYY ...

Page 18: ...ress 1 128 characters Default setting blank Important When entering the host name for NTP server address it is necessary to configure the DNS set tings on the Network tab of the Network setup page page 39 NTP port Enter a port number to be used for the NTP server Available port number 1 65535 Default setting 123 Synchronization interval Select an interval 1 24 hours in 1 hour intervals of synchron...

Page 19: ...rd is inserted Failed to obtain available size due to error etc KB KB The SD card memory is locked etc Note When the available size reached 0 KB images will not be saved on the SD memory card When the notification function is on a notification mail will be sent to the registered addresses when the SD mem ory card becomes full pages 32 and 33 Format To format the SD memory card click the Execute bu...

Page 20: ...prox 26 000 pics Approx 13 000 pics Approx 6 500 pics Approx 3 250 pics Approx 1 625 pics Approx 812 pics Approx 27 000 pics Approx 13 500 pics Approx 6 750 pics Approx 3 375 pics Approx 1 687 pics Approx 843 pics Approx 28 000 pics Approx 14 000 pics Approx 7 000 pics Approx 3 500 pics Approx 1 750 pics Approx 875 pics Approx 30 000 pics Approx 15 000 pics Approx 7 500 pics Approx 3 750 pics Appr...

Page 21: ...this page Refer to page 22 for further information about the settings relating to MPEG 4 images Refresh interval JPEG Select an interval to refresh the displayed JPEG image from the following 0 1 fps 0 2 fps 0 33 fps 0 5 fps 1 fps 2 fps 3 fps 5 fps 6 fps 10 fps 15 fps 30 fps Default setting 5 fps Note When ON is selected for MPEG 4 transmission the refresh intervals may be longer than the set valu...

Page 22: ...g Fine Normal Low Default setting Normal Refresh interval MPEG 4 Select an interval I frame interval 1 5 seconds to refresh the displayed MPEG 4 images If using under the network environment with frequent error occurrences shorten the refresh interval for MPEG 4 to diminish image distortions However the refresh interval MPEG 4 may be longer than the set value when displaying JPEG images Default se...

Page 23: ...ast port number used to transmit MPEG 4 images from the camera Available value 1024 50000 Only even numbers are available Default setting 37004 Multicast TTL Enter the multicast TTL value Available value 1 254 Default setting 16 Important Depending on the PC in use for monitoring the mul ticast port number may be already in use In this case it may be impossible to monitor images Change the multica...

Page 24: ...When using the camera under fluorescent lamps and flickers appear select ON Default setting ON Note When using the camera under low light intensity the flicker less function may not work effectively even when ON is selected In this case select an inter val for Refresh interval JPEG page 21 from the following 0 1 fps 0 2 fps 0 5 ftp 1 fps 2 fps 5 fps 10 fps Sensitivity up Select the sensitivity fro...

Page 25: ...nsitivity Select the sensitivity of the built in microphone of the camera from the following Low Middle High Default setting Middle Transmission interval Select an interval for audio transmission from the follow ings 20 msec 40 msec 80 msec 160 msec Default setting 40 msec Note When a shorter interval is selected delay time will be shorter When a longer interval is selected audio interruption may ...

Page 26: ...s IP address Enter the IP address or the host name of the camera to be used for the multi screen 4 cameras can be regis tered as a group and up to 2 groups 8 cameras can be registered When the HTTP port number for the camera had been changed enter as follows Example 192 168 0 10 8080 Number of characters for the IP address 1 128 characters Note When using the host name it is necessary to config ur...

Page 27: ... the settings relating to the alarm image and the alarm out connector Terminal alarm Select ON or OFF to determine whether or not to receive the terminal alarm Default setting OFF VMD alarm Select ON or OFF to determine whether or not to perform the alarm action using the VMD function Refer to page 30 for descriptions of how to set the VMD areas Default setting OFF Command alarm Select ON or OFF t...

Page 28: ...name where the alarm images are to be saved For example enter ALARM to designate the directory ALARM under the FTP root directory Number of characters for the directory name 0 256 characters File name Enter the file name used for the alarm image to be transmitted to the FTP server The file name will be as follows Entered file name Time and date year month day hour minute second Serial number Numbe...

Page 29: ...detected alarm output con nector will be in the state selected for Alarm output until the Alarm reset button is clicked Pulse When an alarm is detected alarm output con nector will be in the opposite state to the Alarm out put setting for the period set for Pulse width Default setting Latch Alarm output Select Open or Close to determine whether to open or close the alarm output connector when outp...

Page 30: ... and the outline will be displayed When 2 4 VMD areas are set each area will be numbered in order The areas will be identified by the respective outline colours Step 2 Select ON or OFF for Status of each VMD area When the SET button is clicked after selecting OFF the outline will become the broken line and no alarm action will be performed even when a motion is detected in the area Step 3 Select t...

Page 31: ...Click the Delete button respective to the area to be deleted The outline of the area will disappear Step 2 Click the SET button The deletion will be completed Important The deletion will not be completed unless the SET button is clicked ...

Page 32: ...tered To notify by e mail when an alarm occurred check the Alarm checkbox respective to the desired address To provide notification by e mail when any of the follow ing has occurred check the Diag checkbox respective to the desired address When notification of the remaining space of the SD memory card has been provided page 19 When the SD memory card has become full When mounting of the SD memory ...

Page 33: ...rm protocol Available value 1 30 Default setting 2 Panasonic alarm protocol Destination IP address Enter the destination IP address of the Panasonic alarm protocol from the following Host name is unavailable for the IP address Up to 8 destination addresses can be registered To notify by Panasonic alarm protocol when an alarm occurred check the Alarm checkbox respective to the desired address To pr...

Page 34: ...configuration and camera con trol are unavailable Default setting 3 Live only Note By clicking i of User name check the registered user can be selected and the selected user s infor mation can be checked The registered user will be displayed with the access level Example admin 1 To delete the registered user click the DEL button after selecting the user to be deleted Important If all users whose a...

Page 35: ...ss Notes When IP address subnet mask is entered it is pos sible to restrict PCs in each subnet For example when 192 168 0 1 24 is entered and 2 Camera control is selected for the access level the PCs whose IP address is between 192 168 0 0 192 168 0 255 can access the camera with the access level 2 Camera control When the IP address already in use is entered and the REG button is clicked the respe...

Page 36: ...ame for NTP server address it is necessary to configure the DNS set tings on the Network tab of the Network setup page page 39 Authentication Select the authentication method to send e mails from the following None It is not necessary to clear any authentication to send e mails POP before SMTP It is necessary to clear the POP server authentication first to use the SMTP server to send e mails SMTP ...

Page 37: ...o the FTP server periodically Important When entering the host name for FTP server address it is necessary to configure the DNS set tings on the Network tab of the Network setup page page 39 User name Enter the user name login name to access the FTP server Number of characters for the user name 1 32 char acters Password Enter the password to access the FTP server Number of characters for the passw...

Page 38: ...up DHCP Select ON or OFF to determine whether or not to use the DHCP function Configure the DHCP server not to assign the same IP addresses used for the other network cameras and PCs whose IP address is unique Refer to the network administrator for the settings of the server Default setting OFF IP address When not using the DHCP function enter the IP address of the camera Do not enter the IP addre...

Page 39: ...ddress automatically by selecting AUTO Refer to the network administrator for further information about the settings Default setting MANUAL Primary DNS Secondary DNS When MANUAL is selected for DNS enter the IP address of the DNS Refer to the network administrator about the IP address of the DNS Line speed Select the line speed for data transmission from the fol lowings It is recommended to use th...

Page 40: ...unction For fur ther information refer to the operating instructions of the broadband router in use Enter Global IP address colon port number in the Address box of the browser via the Internet WAN Global address vvv xxx yyy zzz LAN Private address 192 168 0 254 vvv xxx yyy zzz 82 vvv xxx yyy zzz 81 Broadband router Internet WAN Cable modem xDSL modem Address translation using the port forwarding f...

Page 41: ...n 30 min 1 hour 6 hours 24 hours Default setting 1 hour Configure the settings relating to DDNS DDNS Click the DDNS tab on the Network setup page page 15 The settings relating to DDNS can be configured on this page When accessing the camera via the Internet from the network environment of which the global IP address is obtained using DHCP the DDNS function is necessary When using the DDNS function...

Page 42: ...ction it is necessary to enter the community name When no community name is entered the SNMP function will not work Camera title Enter a camera title to be used to manage the camera with the SNMP function Number of characters for the camera title 0 32 characters Default setting blank Camera location Enter the name of the location where the camera is installed Number of characters for the camera lo...

Page 43: ...t to transmit images using the FTP periodic transmission function When ON is selected it is necessary to configure the settings of the FTP server page 37 Default setting OFF Directory Enter the directory name where the images are to be saved For example enter img to designate the directory img under the FTP root directory Number of characters for the directory name 0 256 characters Default setting...

Page 44: ...bout the settings relating to the FTP periodic transmission How to configure the schedule settings Step 1 Check the check box of the desired day of the week The selected day of the week will be validated for the schedule Step 2 To designate time click i and select the desired hour and minute When not designating time check the checkbox of 24 hours Step 3 Click the SET button after completing the s...

Page 45: ... How to delete the set schedule Step 1 Uncheck the check box of the set day of the week Step 2 Click the SET button after completing the settings The result will be displayed at the bottom of the win dow ...

Page 46: ...lected for About the SD memory card up to 100 system logs can be saved on the built in memory of the camera When the saved system logs have reached the maximum number the newer logs will overwrite the older system logs In this case the oldest log is the first to be overwritten The system logs will be displayed in 100 logs each When using the SD memory card the logs will be saved even when the powe...

Page 47: ... whether or not to initialize the settings after the firmware upgrade Step 4 Click the Upgrade button The confirmation window will be displayed When Do not reset the settings after completing the upgrade was selected the confirmation window will not be displayed Important Upgrade the firmware using a PC in the same sub net as of the camera s Follow the instruction of the dealer when upgrading the ...

Page 48: ... to the default However the network settings will not be reset It is impossible to operate the camera for around 1 minute after the initial ization Restart Click the Execute button to restart the camera The camera will be inoperable for around 1 minute after the restart just as when the power is turned on Notes To initialize the network settings turn off the power of the camera first Then turn on ...

Page 49: ...unction Check if the mail settings are configured correctly The designated IP address of the DNS server may be incorrect Check if the DNS settings are configured correctly The DNS server may be down Ask the network administrator The IP address of the server may be incorrect Check if the IP address of the server is configured correctly The SMTP server may be down Ask the network administrator Conte...

Page 50: ...ect Check if the IP address of the server is configured correctly The NTP server may be down Ask the network administrator Time correction succeeded The designated IP address of the NTP server may be incorrect Check if the DNS settings are configured correctly The DNS server may be down Ask the network administrator Entered user name or password may be incorrect Check if the DDNS settings are conf...

Page 51: ... camera and set the IP address again When the camera is initialized all the settings of the camera previ ously configured on the setup menus will be initial ized Are the set IP addresses valid Are both the link indicators inside the camera and the PC right by the network connector lit When it is not lit connection to a LAN may not be established or a network may be not working correct ly Check if ...

Page 52: ...ag in the displayed dialog box and click the OK button If the version of DirectX is older than 9 0c upgrade it No image is displayed Cannot access from the browser The image is not being refreshed Installation Guide Installation Guide Installation Guide Is the same IP address provided to other devices Are there contradictions between the address and the network subnet to be accessed When the camer...

Page 53: ...er Then add the IP address of the camera to Trusted sites Is the SD memory card inserted correctly Check if the SD memory card is inserted correctly Is the focus adjusted correctly Check if the focus is adjusted correctly Aren t there dusts or dirt on the dome cover Check if there are dust or dirt on the dome cover Images cannot be saved on the SD memory card Unnecessary title bar is dis played wh...

Page 54: ...ofessional SP2 is installed on the PC in use 1 Right click on the desktop and select Properties from the displayed pop up menu 2 Select Settings from Display Properties and then click the Advanced button 3 Click the Troubleshoot tab and disable the DirectDraw acceleration by adjusting the level of Hardware acceleration When displaying MPEG 4 images on two browser win dows or more images from two c...

Page 55: ... will be displayed Click the Install button on the displayed Security Warning window When using a PC on which Windows XP Service Pack2 SP2 is installed The following may occur during operation when using a PC on which Windows XP Service Pack2 SP2 is installed Follow the instructions below when the following occurred By performing the following solutions other applications and the security level ma...

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