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WV-V1170
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Version 1.0.4

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  • Page 1 Network Camera Operating Instructions WV-V1170 Model No Version 1.0.4...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Network Connection ··········································································································· 2 Main Interface Introduction ··································································································· 3 Log in ······················································································································ 3 Live Interface ············································································································ 6 Encode Setup ··········································································································· 7 2.3.1. Image Adjustment ···························································································· 8 System Menu ············································································································ 9 Video Window Function Option ····················································································· 9 2.5.1. Focus ·········································································································· 10 2.5.2.
  • Page 3 7.7.1. Version ········································································································· 77 7.7.2. Log ·············································································································· 77 7.7.3. Online User ··································································································· 78 Using the CD-ROM ··········································································································· 79 About the CD launcher ······························································································ 79 Installing Panasonic “IP Setting Software” ····································································· 80 Installing the manuals ······························································································· 80 Installing the Viewer software ····················································································· 81...
  • Page 4 Configure the network settings of the camera using the Panasonic “IP Setting Software” ········ 81...
  • Page 5 Welcome Thank you for purchasing our network camera! This operation manual is designed to be a reference tool for your system. Open the accessory bag to check the items one by one. Depending on the model used, the screens shown in the explanations may differ to the actual camera screens.
  • Page 6: Network Connection

    1. Network Connection These series network camera products support the Web access and management via PC. Web includes several modules: monitor channel preview, system configuration, alarm and etc. Follow the steps listed below for network connection. Make sure the network camera has connected to the network properly. •...
  • Page 7: Main Interface Introduction

    2. Main Interface Introduction Log in Open IE and input network camera address in the address bar. For example, if your camera IP is 192.168.0.10, then input http:// 192.168.0.10 in IE address bar. See Figure 2-1. Input your IP address here Figure 2-1 The login interface is shown as below.
  • Page 8 If it is your first time to login, you may see the interface window shown as in Figure 2-3 Figure 2-3 Click on “Please click here to download and install the plug-in”. The system pops up warning information to ask you whether run or save this plug-in. See Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4 You must either run or save the file to local and install it.
  • Page 9 Figure 2-5 When plug-in installation completes, the installation page closes automatically. The web-end will refresh automatically, and then you can view video captured by the camera. Figure 2-6...
  • Page 10: Live Interface

    Live Interface After you logged in, you can see the live monitor window. See Figure 2-7. Figure 2-7 There are three sections: Section 1: Encode setup bar • • Section 2: “System” menu Section 3: Window function option bar •...
  • Page 11: Encode Setup

    Encode Setup The encode setup interface is shown as in Figure 2-8. Figure 2-8 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Menu You can switch “Live” and “Setup” menu. Stream You can switch Main, Sub Stream 1 and 2. The compression under distribution is displayed by Stream change.
  • Page 12: Image Adjustment

    Image Adjustment You can adjust image quality. See chapter 2.3.1 You can view direction keys, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, pan, scan and pattern. Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol in PTZ setup. See chapter 3. Alarm It moves to an alarm setting screen.
  • Page 13: System Menu

    System Menu To display the “System” menu, click the [Setup] button as in Figure 2-10. Refer to 7.1 Basic, 7.2 Image/Audio, 7.3 Network, 7.4 Event, 7.5 Storage, 7.6 System, and 7.7 Information for detailed information. Figure 2-10 Video Window Function Option The interface is shown as below.
  • Page 14: Focus

    Record For manual record. All records are memorized in [Setup] → [Image/Audio] → [Image] → [Path]. When connected to Panasonic’s recorder, record for Sub stream 2 may not work correctly. Easy Focus Click it, you can see there are two parameters on the preview video:AF Peak and AF Max.
  • Page 15: Display Mode

    Parameter Function Focus Adjust the sharpness length of the lens by clicking or long pressing the [+]/[-] button or moving the slider. Step length (Speed) is used to adjust the length of one step with one click. Auto Focus Click to adjust the image definition automatically. Note: Other lens operations are not allowed during the process of auto-focus.
  • Page 16: Ptz Control

    3. PTZ Control PTZ button(Figure 3-0) is available only when the [RS485 operation] in the [PTZ Settings] menu is set to “ON(PTZ)". See ch. 7.6.2. PTZ Settings. If you click this PTZ button, the screen to control the pan/tilt head will be displayed. Figure 3-0 Here you can view direction keys, speed, zoom, focus, iris, scan, preset, tour, and pattern.
  • Page 17 Parameter Note PTZ supports eight directions: left/right/up/down/upper left/upper right/bottom PTZ direction left/bottom right. It controls rotation speed. The longer the step length, the higher the speed. Speed Step length control PTZ, zoom, focus and iris. Use mouse to draw a box in monitoring video, PTZ will rotate and focus to Quick Position quickly positioning.
  • Page 18 Figure 3-2 PTZ setting interface is shown as in Figure 3-3. Here you can set scan, preset, tour and pattern function. Figure 3-3...
  • Page 19: Scan

    3.1 Scan Scan interface is shown in Figure 3-4. Figure 3-4 Steps to scan are: Step 1. Click on Set button, display icon. Step 2. Move via direction key to select left, click on Set Left to set left border of camera Step 3.
  • Page 20: Tour

    3.3 Tour Tour interface is shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 Steps to tour are: Step 1. In tour box, input tour path value. Step 2. Click on Add. Range of tour relates to PTZ protocol. Step 3. In preset box, input preset value. Step 4.
  • Page 21: Alarm

    4. Alarm Click alarm function, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 4-1. Here you can set device alarm type and alarm sound setup. Figure 4-1 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Type Parameter Function Alarm Type System alarms when VMD alarm occurs.
  • Page 22: Playback

    5. Playback Web client playback supports video playback and picture playback. Note: Before playback, user shall set storage management as in Chapter 7.5.Storage. • Playback The playback interface is shown as in Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1 There are four sections: Section 1: Function of play •...
  • Page 23: Function Of Play

    Function of Play 5.1.1. The function of play is shown as in Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 Parameter Function Play When you see this button, it means pause or not played record. Click on this button, switch to normal play status. Stop Click this button to stop playing.
  • Page 24 Parameter Function File Type • Select “mp4”, as video playback. Select “jpg” as picture playback. • Data Source Select only SD card. Step1 Click on data in blue, time axis displays record file progress bar in color. While, green represents normal record, yellow represents motion detect record, red represents alarm record, and blue represents manual record.
  • Page 25: Playback Cut

    Parameter Function Record type is “mp4”, click on the [Download] button and download file to path in Download Chapter 7.2.1.5. Click on the [Back] button to go to calendar interface. Back Playback Cut 5.1.3. Note: The playback cut function automatically pauses playing records since the playback cut and playback •...
  • Page 26: Assistant Function

    Parameter Function Click on it, means video in past 2 hours. 2 hours Click on it, means video in past 1 hour. 1 hour Click on it, means video in past 30 min. 30 min Assistant Function 5.1.6. Video playback assistant function is shown in Figure 5-9. Figure 5-9 Parameter Function...
  • Page 27: Picture Playback

    Picture Playback Web client picture playback interface has the following three functions: Parameter Function Play function bar Playback file bar Snapshot type bar See Figure 5-10. Figure 5-10 Play 5.2.1. Figure 5-11 The play icon indicates that the playback is paused or no picture is played. When the icon is clicked to resume the playback, the icon will become...
  • Page 28: Playback File

    Playback File 5.2.2. Figure 5-12 Step1 Click on file list , select snapshot file of the date. Step2 Double click on file in list, to play this snapshot. See Figure 5-13. Parameter Function It means all snapshot files within the start time and end time of selected date. Search Click on the [Download] button to download snapshot file to local.
  • Page 29: Snapshot Type

    Figure 5-13 Snapshot Type 5.2.3. After checking snapshot file type, in file list only display file of selected type. See Figure 5-14. Figure 5-14...
  • Page 30: Log Out

    6. Log out Click the [Logout] button in Encode setup of “Live” window, the system goes back to the login interface. See Figure 6-1 Figure 6-1...
  • Page 31: Setup

    7. Setup Basic The [Basic] tab includes the local host setup and the date/time setup. The date and time interface is shown as in Figure 7-1. Figure 7-1 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Camera title It is to set device name.
  • Page 32: Image/Audio

    NTP Setup You can check the box to enable NTP function. NTP Server You can set the time server address. NTP Port It is to set the time server port. Update period It is to set the sync periods between the device and the time server. Image/Audio Image/Audio 7.2.1.
  • Page 33 Bit Rate In VBR, the bit rate here is the max value. In CBR, it is a • fixed value. See reference bit stream for recommended value. I Frame Interval Here you can set the P frame amount between two I frames. The value ranges from 1 to 150.
  • Page 34: Snapshot

    Bit Rate In CBR, the bit rate here is the max value. In dynamic video, system needs to low frame rate or video quality to guarantee the value. • The value is null in VBR mode. Refer to recommend bit rate for the detailed information. I Frame Interval Here you can set the P frame amount between two I frames.
  • Page 35: Overlay

    7.2.1.3 Overlay The [Overlay] interface is shown as in Figure 7-4, Figure 7-5, Figure 7-6, Figure 7-7 and Figure 7-8. Figure 7-4 Figure 7-5 Figure 7-6...
  • Page 36 Figure 7-7 Figure 7-8 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Privacy zone • Here you can privacy mask the specified video in the monitor video. System max supports 4 privacy mask zones. • See Figure 7-4 Channel Title You can enable this function so that system overlays channel •...
  • Page 37: Roi

    You can enable this function to overlay text in video window. • Text Overlay • You can use the mouse to drag location box to adjust its position. Alignment include align left and align right. See Figure 7-7 Picture Overlay You can enable this function to display overlay picture.
  • Page 38: Audio

    Note: Admin is locally logged in PC account. • Click the [Save] button to save current setup. Figure 7-10 7.2.1.6 Audio The [Audio] interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-11. Figure 7-11 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Audio enable...
  • Page 39: Image Adjust

    Compression The compression includes G.711Mu, G.726 and AAC. Note: The audio encode mode set here can make both audio stream and • bidirectional talk valid at the same time. Only AAC is supported for recording audio to SD card. Sampling frequency It includes 8k,16k and 32k.
  • Page 40: Exposure

    Contrast It is to adjust monitor window contrast. The larger the number, the higher the contrast is. You can use this function when the whole video bright is OK but the contrast is not proper. Note that the video may become hazy if the value is too low. If this value is too high, the dark section may lack brightness while the bright section may over exposure.
  • Page 41 Parameter Function Light control Outdoor: In this mode, you can switch exposure mode to get the effect under • the corresponding exposure mode. 50Hz: When the current is 50Hz, system can auto adjust the exposure • according to the environment brightness in case there is any strip. •...
  • Page 42: Backlight

    7.2.2.3 Backlight Figure 7-14 Parameter Function Mode The device auto exposures according to the environments situation so that the darkest area of the video is cleared After you enabled HLC function, the device can lower the brightness of the brightest section according to the HLC control level.
  • Page 43: White Balance(Wb)

    7.2.2.4 White Balance(WB) Figure 7-15 Parameter Function White Balance(WB) It is to set the white balance mode. It has effect on the general hue of the video. This function is on by default. You can select the different scene mode such as auto, natural, street lamp, outdoor, manual and regional custom to adjust the video to the best quality.
  • Page 44: Defog

    Parameter Function Mode It is to set device color and the B/W mode switch. When config file is general, the default is auto. When config file is day, the default is color. When config file is night, the default is black & white. “Color”: Device outputs the color video.
  • Page 45: Profile Management

    Profile Management 7.2.3. The [Profile Management] interface is shown as in Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18 The [Profile Management] tab has three modes: “Normal”, “Full time” and “Schedule”. If you select normal, the video will be configured as normal. If you select “Full time”, you must select either “Day” or “Night” of [Always Enable], and the video will be configured accordingly.
  • Page 46: Network

    Network TCP/IP 7.3.1. The [TCP/IP] interface is shown as in Figure 7-20. Figure 7-20 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Host Name It is to set current host device name. It max supports 32-digit character. Mode There are two modes: Static mode and the DHCP mode.
  • Page 47: Connection

    Connection 7.3.2. 7.3.2.1 Connection The [Connection] interface is shown as in Figure 7-21. Figure 7-21 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Max Connection It is the max Web connection for the same device. The value ranges from 1 to 20.
  • Page 48: Ddns

    Figure 7-22 DDNS 7.3.3. The [DDNS] interface is shown as in Figure 7-23. The DDNS is to set to connect the various servers so that you can access the system via the server. Go to the corresponding service website to apply a domain name and then access the system via the domain. It works even your IP address has changed.
  • Page 49: Ip Filter

    Parameter Function Server Address DDNS server IP address CN99 DDNS Server address: www.3322.org NO-IP DDNS Server address: dynupdate.no-ip.com Dyndns DDNS Server address: members.dyndns.org Host name Your self-defined host name. Username The user name you input to log in the server. Password The password you input to log in the server.
  • Page 50: Smtp (Email)

    SMTP (Email) 7.3.5. The [SMTP] interface is shown as in Figure 7-25. Figure 7-25 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function SMTP Server Input server address and then enable this function. Port Default value is 25. You can modify it if necessary. Anonymity For the server supports the anonymity function.
  • Page 51: Upnp

    Parameter Function Update Period (interval) This function allows the system to send out the test email to check the connection is OK or not. Check the box to enable this function and then set the corresponding interval. System can send out the email regularly as you set here. Email Test The system will automatically sent out an email once to test the connection is OK or not.
  • Page 52 Figure 7-27 Figure 7-28 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function SNMP version SNMP v1: system only processes the information of v1. • SNMP v2: system only processes the information of v2. • • SNMP v3: you can set user name and password. There is account security verification when the server wants to connect to the device.
  • Page 53 Parameter Function SNMP Port The listening port of the proxy program of the device. It is a UDP port not a TCP port. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. The default value is 161 Read Community It is a string. It is a command between the manage process and the proxy process.
  • Page 54: Multicast

    Multicast 7.3.8. The [Multicast] interface is shown as in Figure 7-29. Multicast is a transmission mode of data packet. When there is multiple-host to receive the same data packet, multiple-cast is the best option to reduce the broad width and the CPU load. The source host can just send out one data to transit.
  • Page 55: Qos

    Figure 7-30 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Authentication PEAP (protected EAP protocol). Username It needs the username to login, which is authenticated by the server. Password Input password here. 7.3.10. The [QoS] interface is shown as below. See Figure 7-31. QoS (Quality of Service) is network security mechanism.
  • Page 56: Event

    Figure 7-31 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Realtime Monitor The value ranges from 0 to 63. The router or the switcher can provide different service for various data packets. Command The value ranges from 0 to 63. The router or the switcher can provide different service for various data packets.
  • Page 57 Parameter Function Enable You need to check the box to enable VMD function. Working Period Here you can set arm/disarm period. Click on the [Setup] button to open period setup menu. There are six periods every day for setup and you must check box in front of each period to enable it.
  • Page 58 Figure 7-33 • Set alarm period, it can enable alarm event within the range of set period. There are totally six periods to set every day, click the check box in front of the period, and then the • period can be valid. Select week number (default is Sunday, if users select the whole week, it means setting can be applied •...
  • Page 59: Tampering

    Figure 7-34 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Name Default area name includes “Region1”, “Region2”, “Region3”, “Region4” and custom. Sensitivity It is sensitivity of brightness as VMD is more possible to be trigger with high sensitivity. You can set up to four areas. The range is 0 - 100. The recommenced value is 30 - 70.
  • Page 60 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check the box to enable this function. Working Period Video masking function becomes activated in the specified periods. • There are six periods in one day. Draw a circle to enable •...
  • Page 61: Audio Detection

    Audio Detection 7.4.2. The system will display the [Audio Detection] interface, which is shown in Figure 7-37. Configure info of each parameter according to the actual needs. Refer to the following sheet for more details. Figure 7-37 Parameter Note Enable Input Abnormal Check “Enable Input Abnormal”...
  • Page 62 Figure 7-38 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable After enabled, relay activation will work. Relay-in The default is Alarm 1. Working period This function becomes activated in the specified periods. • There are six periods in one day. Draw a circle to enable corresponding •...
  • Page 63: Abnormity

    Abnormity 7.4.4. Abnormity includes “No SD Card”, “SD Card Error”, “Capacity Warning”, “Disconnection” and “Illegal Access”. See Figure 7-39 to Figure 7-43. 7.4.4.1 SD Card Note: Device without SD card function does not have the above three statuses. • Figure 7-39 Figure 7-40 Figure 7-41...
  • Page 64: Network

    Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Event Type It includes: No SD Card, SD Card Error and Capacity Warning Enable Check to alarm when SD card is abnormal. Capacity Limit User can set SD card capacity that is left free in Capacity Warning. When SD card space left is smaller than this limit, alarm occurs.
  • Page 65: Illegal Access

    The value ranges from 10s to 300s. Send E-mail After you enabled this function, the system can send out email to alarm the specified user. Notification 7.4.5. The settings relating to Panasonic alarm protocol notification can be configured in this section.(Figure 7-43-1)
  • Page 66 Destination of notification [Address 1] - [Address 8] Enter the destination IP address of the Panasonic alarm protocol from the following. Up to 8 destination server addresses can be registered. - [Alarm] checkbox: When the checkbox is checked, the Panasonic alarm notification will be provided upon an alarm occurrence.
  • Page 67: Storage

    Storage Schedule 7.5.1. Before setting up schedule, the user must set the record mode to “Auto” or “Manual”. Note: • If record mode in record control is off, then device will not snapshot according to schedule. 7.5.1.1 Record Schedule Record schedule steps: Step1 Click on the [Record Schedule] tab.
  • Page 68: Snapshot Schedule

    Figure 7-45 Step3 Click on the [Save] button, and return to the [Record Schedule] interface. See Figure 7-46. Green color stands for the general record/snapshot. • Yellow color stands for the motion detect record/snapshot. • Red color stands for the alarm record/snapshot. •...
  • Page 69 Figure 7-47 Step2 Select each snapshot time for Monday through Sunday, and click on the [Setup] button on the right. See Figure 7-48. • Set snapshot period according to actual need. There are six periods available each day. By checking or unchecking, user can add or delete three types of snapshot schedule: “General”, •...
  • Page 70: Holiday Schedule

    Figure 7-49 Step4 In the [Snapshot] interface, click the [Save] button. The system will display a message if it is successfully saved. 7.5.1.3 Holiday Schedule The [Holiday Schedule] tab can set specific date as holiday. Step1 Click on the [Holiday Schedule] tab. See Figure 7-50. Figure 7-50 Step2 Select date to set as holiday.
  • Page 71: Destination

    Destination 7.5.2. 7.5.2.1 Path The [Path] interface is shown as in Figure 7-51. Path can config record and snapshot storage path. There are three options: Local and FTP. You can only select one mode. System can save according to the event types. It is corresponding to the three modes (General: Scheduled/ Motion Detection /Alarm) in the Schedule interface.
  • Page 72: Ftp

    Click “Read & Write” to set the SD card as read & write. • Click “Hot Swap” to realize hot swap upon the SD card. • Click “Format” to realize formatting upon the SD card. • 7.5.2.3 The [FTP] interface is shown as in Figure 7-53. You need to check the box to enable the FTP function.
  • Page 73 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Pack Duration Here you can select file size. Default setup is 8 minutes. Note: The limitation of file size is 2GB size. • Pre-event Record Input pre-event record value here. For example, system can record the four seconds video in the buffer.
  • Page 74: System

    System Account (User mng.) 7.6.1. Note: For the character in the following user name or the user group name, 1-32 characters. • The valid string includes: character, number, and underline. Password can be 8~32 characters in number and letter only. User can modify other user’s password. •...
  • Page 75: Group

    Modify user It is to modify the user property, belonging group, password and rights. See Figure 7-57. Modify password It is to modify the user password. You need to input the old password and then input the new password twice to confirm the new setup. Click the [Save] button to save. Note that the password ranges from 8-digit to 32-digit.
  • Page 76: Ptz Settings

    Figure 7-59 Modify group Click the [Modify group] button. You can see an interface is shown as in Figure 7-60. Here you can modify group information such as remarks and rights. Figure 7-60 PTZ Settings 7.6.2. PTZ can be controlled by connecting external devices (Pan/tilt head, etc.) to the RS485 port on the rear of the camera using a RS485 cable.
  • Page 77: Default Reset

    Figure 7-61 Parameter Function Protocol Select the corresponding dome protocol. Address Set corresponding device address. Default value is 1. Please note your setup here shall comply with your device address. Baud Rate Select the dome baud rate. Default setup is 9600. Data Bit Default setup is 8.
  • Page 78 Figure 7-62...
  • Page 79: Import/Export

    Import/Export 7.6.4. The [Import/Export] interface is shown as in Figure 7-63. Figure 7-63 Refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Import It is to import the local setup files to the system. Export It is to export the corresponding system setup to your local PC. Auto Maintain 7.6.5.
  • Page 80: Upgrade

    Upgrade 7.6.6. The [Upgrade] interface is shown as in Figure 7-65. Select the upgrade file, and then click the [Upgrade] button to begin firmware update. Important Improper upgrade program may result in device malfunction. • Figure 7-65...
  • Page 81: Information

    Information Version 7.7.1. The [Version] interface is shown as in Figure 7-66. Here you can view Software version, Build Date, WEB version and etc. Note that the following information is for reference only. Figure 7-66 7.7.2. Here you can view the system log. See Figure 7-67. Figure 7-67 Refer to the following sheet for log parameter information.
  • Page 82: Online User

    Parameter Function Search You can select a log type from the drop down list and then click the [Search] button to view the list. You can click the [Stop] button to terminate current search operation. Detailed Information You can select one item in the list to view the detailed information. Clear You can click this button to delete all displayed log files.
  • Page 83: Using The Cd-Rom

    The Panasonic “IP Setting Software” can be installed on the PC. (→8.2 Installing Panasonic “IP Setting Software””) Settings related to the camera’s network can be set from the Panasonic “IP Setting Software”. (→8.5 Configure the network settings of the camera using the Panasonic “IP Setting Software”)
  • Page 84: Installing Panasonic "Ip Setting Software

    Installing Panasonic “IP Setting Software” On the CD launcher window, click the [Install] button next to [IP Setting Software] to display the Panasonic “IP Setting Software” installation window. Confirm the following settings before starting the installation. Figure 8-2 Procedure Contents Select the Panasonic “IP Setting Software”...
  • Page 85: Installing The Viewer Software

    CD-ROM. When using multiple cameras, it is necessary to configure the network settings of each camera independently. If the Panasonic “IP Setting Software” does not work, access the “Network” page from the setup menu of the camera in the browser and perform settings separately. (→7.3 Network) IMPORTANT The “Windows Security Alert”...
  • Page 86 However, settings can be changed after 20 minutes for cameras in the initial set mode. To start the Panasonic “IP Setting Software”, click the [Run] button next to [IP Setting Software] from the CD launcher menu window, or double-click on the shortcut icon created after installing the software on the PC.
  • Page 87 Changing Network Settings When changing settings related to the network settings, such as connection mode, IP address, and subnet mask, click the [Network Settings] button in “IP Setting Software” screen. The “Network Settings” screen is displayed. Enter each item and then click the [Save] button. Figure 8-5 Note •...

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