Panasonic WJ-MPU955A User Manual
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Admin Console
User's Guide
Model No. WJ-MPU955A
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Table of Contents
Welcome...............................................................................................................1
Introduction ...........................................................................................................3
Control of the System........................................................................................3
How It Works.....................................................................................................4
Configuration Management ...........................................................................4
User Control...................................................................................................4
What Happens Next ..........................................................................................4
Installation.............................................................................................................5
System Requirements .......................................................................................5
Minimum Hardware Requirements ................................................................5
Minimum Video Display Setting Requirements ..............................................5
Operating System Requirements...................................................................5
Installing MPU955A Admin Console..................................................................6
What Happens Next ..........................................................................................6
Configuration ........................................................................................................7
Worksheet Tasks...............................................................................................7
Instructions........................................................................................................8
Checklist............................................................................................................8
Starting the Program .........................................................................................9
Logging In .........................................................................................................9
First Time Operation........................................................................................10
CPU Setup...................................................................................................10
Scheduled Modes ........................................................................................ 13
Main Window................................................................................................... 15
Database Management ...................................................................................16
At Installation ...............................................................................................16
Database Archive ........................................................................................16
Creating a Database....................................................................................17
Selecting a Database...................................................................................18
Renaming a Database .................................................................................20
Deleting a Database .................................................................................... 21
Backing up or Restoring a Database ........................................................... 22
CPU System File .........................................................................................28
Resetting the Main CPU ..............................................................................35
Shutting Down the Main CPU ......................................................................36
Redundant CPU Control ..............................................................................37
Configuring a System ......................................................................................40
Overview...................................................................................................... 40
Switch Nodes...............................................................................................41
GX Digital Nodes .........................................................................................41
SX850 – Matrix Frames ...............................................................................44
SX650 – Switch Nodes ................................................................................47
Components ................................................................................................50
Alarms .........................................................................................................51
Cameras ......................................................................................................63
System Controllers ......................................................................................73
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Digital Recorders .........................................................................................77
Viewing and Programming Modes ............................................................... 82
Controllers Recorder Tab.............................................................................83
Adding or Removing Cameras for a Defined Recorder................................85
Alarm Input/Output.......................................................................................87
Monitors.......................................................................................................90
Operators..................................................................................................... 96
Automate.......................................................................................................104
Tour Sequences ........................................................................................105
Group Presets............................................................................................111
Group Sequences......................................................................................117
Event Scheduler ........................................................................................123
Tools .............................................................................................................126
Log Manager..............................................................................................127
AC Log....................................................................................................... 132
Areas .........................................................................................................134
Account Manager.......................................................................................136
Help ...........................................................................................................139
Uninstalling .......................................................................................................139
Appendix A .......................................................................................................140
Appendix B .......................................................................................................150
Glossary............................................................................................................151
Acronyms ......................................................................................................151
Terms ............................................................................................................ 152
General Index ...................................................................................................157
Worksheets.......................................................................................................161
Instructions....................................................................................................161
Teamwork .....................................................................................................162
Checklist........................................................................................................ 162
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Welcome
Welcome
Welcome to the MPU955A
guide is organized in a logical step-by-step sequence that will allow for both an easy and
accurate configuration.
First, an explanation of what MPU955A Admin Console is and how it works in a
Network Security System (NSS) is presented in general terms. Next, you will be guided
through installing the software, creating a configuration database, and loading the
database into the Network Security System’s CPU.
While creating the configuration database, you will find that many components interact
with each other, and are dependent on specific values. It will be important to utilize the
worksheets provided at the end of this manual to gather the data necessary to create the
configuration database, and to develop an understanding of your Network Security
System. These worksheets, once completed, should also be utilized when making
updates or changes to the system’s configuration, to ensure accurate results.
This part of the process will be explained in the Configuration section of this manual,
which is divided into three phases: physical planning, worksheet tasks, and keying in the
data.
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Introduction
Introduction
MPU955A Admin Console enables an administrator and other users to closely control the
operation of a Network Security System (NSS). Such a system can include as many as
1,024 cameras and 256 monitors. You will be guided through the process of installing
MPU955A Admin Console to manage an NSS, creating the databases that dictate the
operation of the NSS, and allowing an administrator to easily change the system’s
configuration when necessary.
Control of the System
MPU955A Admin Console enables an administrator to utilize an NSS’s performance
capabilities to meet the surveillance needs of a facility during initial installation, as well
as when conditions change.
The NSS can be configured to help security personnel respond in different ways using
MPU955A Admin Console. For example, based on:
• Time of day - such as when open to the public, closed, and after-hours cleaning
and maintenance.
• Night quiet time.
• Quiet day of the week - which would be a 24-hour period of quiet time without
any activity except security personnel doing rounds.
• Special business activity - such as taking physical inventory, restocking, and
doing routine maintenance of special equipment.
• Visits by celebrities, dignitaries, or officials.
In addition, the NSS can be configured using MPU955A Admin Console to allow for
quick responses to unexpected disruptions of normal activity that could be caused by
power, fire, police, health, or other emergencies.
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Introduction
How It Works
MPU955A Admin Console is a management tool that maintains tracking, reporting, and
functional relationships between the various components in a network security system.
Configuration Management
It is possible for MPU955A Admin Console to maintain several separate configurations
for a given system.
One configuration, for example, could differ greatly from the typical configuration used,
because its purpose may be to watch over a particular activity, such as the taking of an
equipment and supplies inventory when the facility is closed to the public.
User Control
In addition to controlling individual cameras, MPU955A Admin Console provides the
user with selections from lists of presets and sequences.
• If the user chooses a group preset, a group of monitors will display a set of video
outputs from a group of cameras at preset positions.
• A sequence, on the other hand, is a system-controlled series of views - one of
several cameras on one monitor (a Tour Sequence) or of group presets (a Group
Sequence on several monitors).
What Happens Next
Installing the MPU955A Admin Console software only takes a few minutes and is very
simple to complete. A series of Windows dialog boxes guide the installation onto the PC.
The subsequent task of configuring the software, once installed, can range from modest,
for a small system, to complex, for a very large system, such as in an airport.
When it comes to security surveillance, all potential contingencies should be considered
when planning a system’s functionality. MPU955A Admin Console is the tool that
simplifies this process.
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Installation
Installation
Part of installing MPU955A Admin Console means copying program files from a CDROM onto the hard drive of a dedicated PC. MPU955A Admin Console is a tool that
allows an administrator to configure the NSS (Network Security System) with
information compiled about components and users, and to use well-planned presets and
sequences.
System Requirements
As with any PC application that must be reliable, MPU955A Admin Console should be
the primary program running on the computer it is installed on. There should be little
other than MPU955A Admin Console running on the same computer.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
• PC with an Intel® Pentium
• 64 MB memory
• 20 MB free hard drive space
• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network interface card
Minimum Video Display Setting Requirements
• 256 colors
• 800 x 600 resolution
Operating System Requirements
• Microsoft
2000 Professional SP4, XP Professional SP2
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Windows® (English Version)
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III processor
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Installation
Installing MPU955A Admin Console
1. Insert the MPU955A CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your computer – an
installation menu will appear
2. Select Admin Console and click the Next button – MPU955A Admin Console
will begin installing automatically
3. Respond to the dialog boxes by following the directions given
What Happens Next
The next section will guide you through the phases involved with the setup and
configuration of a MPU955A System, using the Admin Console.
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Configuration
Configuration
MPU955A Admin Console configuration is a three-step process:
1. Mark copies of drawings of the facility under surveillance.
2. Fill in the appropriate worksheets provided at the end of this manual. (This will
result in a survey of all the components in your system, and how they interact
with one another.)
3. Enter the values collected on the worksheets into MPU955A Admin Console.
(The values entered determine the operation of the Network Security System
(NSS) in complete detail by creating relationships among all of the components,
including the users.)
Once existing copies of the facility’s drawings are marked, there is a basis for assigning
logical or area/local numbers, titles, and practical names for the various components of
the surveillance system. With this information, you can then continue with the
MPU955A Admin Console worksheet tasks indicated below.
Worksheet Tasks
The MPU955A Admin Console worksheets aid in the collection and organization of
information needed to configure the NSS. One person can complete all of the worksheets
in a smaller system, but to speed up any installation, consider assigning a team of several
individuals to complete different worksheets concurrently.
Perhaps the surveillance system you are working with is small enough for you to collect
the required information, and input those values directly on to the MPU955A Admin
Console screens.
However, if the system is more complex, it is best to gather and write down the
information needed for the initial configuration of MPU955A Admin Console.
If settings need to be modified or updated in the future because of a change in
surveillance needs, or changes made in the components of the system, the worksheets can
be used to track past, current, and future configurations. The worksheets make it very
easy to do this, regardless of the size of your system.
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As with any system configuration, it is wise to keep initial and updated worksheets on file,
just in case there is ever a need to re-enter the data, or troubleshoot the system.
Instructions
The title of each worksheet is the same as the title of the MPU955A Admin Console
window it supports. For example, the “Operators” worksheet supports the “Operators”
window. The fields that need to be filled in on the various MPU955A Admin Console
windows correspond to the sequence presented on the worksheets.
Reproduce the worksheets supplied with the system.
Copy pages from the actual worksheets located in the back of this manual.
You may only need a single copy of a certain worksheet, but dozens of copies of others,
depending on the number of components that make up your surveillance system.
Checklist
Worksheets are arranged alphabetically to make them easy to find. However, you can
follow the checklist below vertically for a workable sequence.
For a team approach to information collection, use best judgment to decide how to
distribute the worksheet among several individuals.
CPU Setup
Node Definition
(GX, SX850, SX650)
Camera Definition
System Controllers
Monitor Definition
Operator Definition
Digital Recorder
Definition(s)
Alarm Input/Output
Tour Sequences
Camera Presets
Group Presets
Group Sequences
Alarm Target
Definition(s)
Alarm Definition(s)
Alarm Target Assignment(s)
Camera-to-Monitor Permission(s)
Controller-to-Camera View Permission(s)
Controller-to-Camera Control Permission(s)
Controller-to-Monitor Permission(s)
Controller-to-Group Sequence Permission(s)
Controller-to-Alarm IO Permission(s)
Controller-to-Alarm Permission(s)
Controller-to-Alarm Permission(s)
Controller-to-Alarm Permission(s)
Controller-to-Digital Recorder Permission(s)
Operator-to-Controller Permissions
Event Scheduler
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Configuration
Starting the Program
To start MPU955A Admin Console:
1. On the taskbar, click the Start button, click on Programs, click on Panasonic,
and then click MPU955A Admin Console
Logging In
Each time MPU955A Admin Console is run, this login screen will appear.
1. Enter the user login name (default = admin) and click the green check mark
(or press ENTER on your computer’s keyboard)
By default, there is no password defined.
Both the user login name and password fields are case sensitive.
It is recommended that after entering MPU955A Admin Console the first
time, that the admin user login password is changed, in order to control
administrative access.
During the configuration, add user names and passwords at various access levels as
needed. See the Account Manager section on page 136.
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First Time Operation
CPU Setup
When MPU955A Admin Console is run the first time, the following window will appear
after you enter the default login name.
1. Click the Add Record button
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Configuration
2. Enter a Unit Number for the system unit
Unit ID automatically begins with “1”, however any two-digit number may be entered.
Several separate units may be configured with a single MPU955A Admin Console,
however, Admin Console must be upgraded in order for those units to be linked together.
The unit number must match the number in the CPU System File, which resides on the
actual CPU, with the IP address that will be entered below. Contact your installer or
network administrator for more information on the CPU System File.
3. Enter a Unit Name for the system unit
It is best if the name is practical, and easy to understand by anyone using the system.
4. Enter the IP address for the Main A CPU
Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main A CPU. This
will let the MPU955A Admin Console software know where to send the configuration
database later.
5. If your system is equipped with a redundant CPU, then select the Redundant
check box and enter the IP address for the Main B CPU
Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main B CPU. If the
system has just a single CPU, leave the redundant check box blank. In that case, the
Main B CPU IP address will not
6. Choose the configuration size for the NSS CPU from the Size drop-down
menu
The Size Configuration section of this window is where you will see the details on the
size the CPU you select. As you choose Standard, Enhanced, or High-Speed, from the
Size drop-down menu, the maximum capacities of each size will display. The maximum
capacity is the largest supported number of each of the components listed. You must
match the actual CPU Unit capacity with the capacity in this window.
be required.
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Configuration
Standard
If any of the components in your system exceed the maximum capacity listed, you must
choose the next highest system type. For example, if the number of each of your
system’s components are less than the maximums listed for “Standard”, but you have 129
monitors, you would need to select “Enhanced” as your system type.
Enhanced
This is the next NSS CPU type available. Using the Enhanced CPU type will increase
the capacity of the system. This can be chosen as long as your system MPU is the correct
version for this type.
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Configuration
High-Speed
This is the largest CPU type available, providing the capacity for handling the largest
number of components.
5. After making your selection, click the green check mark to save.
6. You can then enter the information for another unit, or click the red “X” to
exit the Add mode
7. If an error has been made, click the Edit Record button and make
your changes
8. Click on the EXIT button to leave this window
Scheduled Modes
If the Scheduled Modes check box is selected on the CPU System Configuration
window’s Unit tab, an administrator can configure up to four different modes of
operation that can then be scheduled to become active as desired. The configuration of
these modes are programmed or set by an administrator during the configuration of the
system’s components through MPU955A Admin Console.
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Viewing and Programming
In each of the components’ permissions tabs that contain a section like the
one shown to the left, modes can be viewed and programmed.
Clicking the View option button allows you to view permissions for the
mode chosen, and defaults to programming for the same mode. In the
case of the graphic to the left, mode 1 is set for viewing, and thereby
programming.
The permissions grid reflects the contents of the mode whose view is
selected with the View option button. In the image below, the permission
grid is displaying the contents of mode 1.
Configuration
More than one mode can be programmed at the same time by clicking on
the Prog check boxes of the other mode numbers that you wish to
program simultaneously. This will append, or add any permissions that
are then changed on the permissions grid, but will not
modes or overwrite existing permissions in the other modes.
The image to the left indicates that the permissions grid would now be
displaying the contents of mode 3 (which is also by default being
programmed), and would simultaneously be programming any subsequent
changes into modes 1 and 4 as well.
It is not necessary to perform a Save for each mode viewed or programmed. Saving
permissions, when completed, automatically saves all four modes, regardless of the
current View or Prog selection. Permissions are described on page 67.
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Configuration
Main Window
After entering the CPU number, IP address, CPU name, selecting your system’s size, and
exiting, the following window will appear, which is the MPU955A Admin Console main
window. This window will be the first one you see from now on whenever you enter
MPU955A Admin Console.
The main window is the heart of the MPU955A Admin Console configuration software.
Each component, sequence, setup, and management task will be accessed from the menus
on this window.
Each section will be utilized in order to configure and maintain the NSS.
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Database Management
The active database for this system is the one residing within the Network Security
System (NSS). MPU955A Admin Console is used to create that database initially, and
from that point forward works with copies of it in order to establish and maintain useful
variations.
At Installation
When MPU955A Admin Console is first installed, an administrator must create and name
a new database. The database is stored on the MPU955A Admin Console computer’s
hard drive.
The administrator then enters all the information available about devices, components,
users, and sequences, and saves these details into the database using the Database
Manager.
See Creating a Database on page 17 for initial and subsequent database creations.
Database Archive
The Database Archive section of the Database Manager window is where each
configuration file (database) is manipulated. Several functions that can be performed
with the configuration files are selecting, creating, copying, renaming, or deleting.
This section also includes options to backup or restore a configuration file to or from
removable media or an alternate location, such as a floppy diskette or network drive.
Select
New
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Rename
Delete
Backu
Restore
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Creating a Database
When entering Database Manager for the first time, there will not
as none have yet been created. An administrator must create and name a new database
for configuration.
1. Select Database Manager from the File menu
be any .adm files listed,
2. Click on the “New” button – the 2nd button in the Database Archive section
3. Type in a new name for the new database in this field
4. Click the green check mark
Enter any name that fits in the space provided. It is best if the name is practical, and easy
to understand by anyone using the system. You will be returned to the main menu after
naming the database.
This database will reside in MPU955A Admin Console. Adding and saving information
about the components and desired operation of the system will configure it.
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Configuration
Selecting a Database
Viewing and Reconfiguring
Whenever you wish to view or edit settings from the components, sequences, or setup
choices on the main menu, you must have the database, whose contents you wish to work
with, selected. If you have just entered MPU955A Admin Console, and click on one of
those options, you will automatically be prompted to select a database. The database you
choose will open, and will immediately be followed by the option window you have
chosen. The database you select becomes the default database for all settings until you
go back to Database Manager to choose or create a different one.
1. Select the name of a database by clicking on it
2. Click the Select button - the button with the green check mark - or double-
click on the desired database
You will notice that the system unit ID number and the name of the database currently in
use are displayed on the title bar of this window. In the example above, the system unit
number is 01, and the database currently being used is “standard”.
When changing the database you are working with, MPU955A Admin Console will open
the selected database, making it the default, and will close the Database Manager window.
You will be returned to the main menu, ready for the configuration or review of the
database you just selected.
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Copying a Database
Making Similar or Alternative Databases
An administrator can make copies of a database, as desired, and name them to reflect
their purpose. This would normally be done to enable the system to respond to changing
conditions and surveillance needs without having to completely recreate a database to
accommodate these changes.
1. Highlight the name of the database you wish to copy in the Database
Manager window
2. Click the Copy button - the button with the yellow and white sheets displayed
3. Name the new copy in the space provided
4. Click the green check mark
Enter any name that fits the space provided. It is best if the name is practical and easy to
understand by anyone using the system.
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Renaming a Database
Renaming a database is useful when creating several configurations to fit the needs of
specific occasions, and changing the name to ensure each file has been updated. For
example, if date codes or initials are used in the name or description of a database, an
administrator may want to revise the date code or user initials as necessary.
1. To rename a database, highlight a database name
2. Click the Rename button - the button with the blue sheet and cursor
displayed
3. In the “Rename to:” box, type the new name desired
4. Click the green check mark
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Deleting a Database
In order to reduce the number of configuration files listed in Database Manager, and
thereby decrease the potential for confusion as to which file is loaded on the NSS CPU,
outdated or unused configuration files can be deleted. If the files may be needed again in
the future, it is recommended that you backup the files to an alternate location (see page
22) so they can be deleted from MPU955A Admin Console, and restored later if
necessary.
1. To delete a database, highlight the database name
2. Click the Delete button - the button with the red “X” displayed
The following confirmation message will appear:
3. Click Yes to delete, or No to cancel.
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Backing up or Restoring a Database
It may be necessary at times to save a copy of a particular database for backup,
troubleshooting, or other purposes. MPU955A Admin Console allows an administrator
to perform both backup and restore functions in order to maintain copies of the
configuration files outside of the MPU955A Admin Console system.
Backing up a Database
1. Within Database Manager, highlight a database name and click the Backup
button – the button 6
th
from the left in the Database Archive section
The following window will appear.
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2. Choose the drive and folder you wish to backup to, just as you would in
Windows Explorer
3. Click OK
This procedure will only copy the highlighted configuration file to the specified location.
It will not remove it from the Database Manager.
Restoring a Database
In addition to backing up a configuration file, it may also be necessary at times to restore
a copy of a particular database from a backup, an e-mail, or from troubleshooting
personnel. MPU955A Admin Console allows an administrator to perform a database
restore from a source outside of MPU955A Admin Console.
1. Within Database Manager, click the Restore button - the last button from the
left under the Database Archive section
The following window will appear.
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2. Choose the drive and folder that contains the desired .adm file, just as you
would in Windows Explorer
3. Click OK
Because you may have multiple files saved in the same location, the restore feature
allows you to choose which file to restore.
4. Select the desired file to restore, and click the green check mark
The left side of the Database Manager window represents the configuration files already
stored within MPU955A Admin Console. The right side of the window represents the
files stored in the folder that you have just specified.
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This procedure will copy the selected configuration file into MPU955A Admin Console
from removable media or an alternate location, but will not remove it from its current
location.
Getting the Current Database
In order to retrieve a copy of the configuration currently running on the system, and to
bring it into MPU955A Admin Console, an administrator must retrieve it using the
Database Transfer section’s “GET from CPU” option. This option allows the
administrator to view, modify, copy, or create new versions of the current configuration
once it is imported into MPU955A Admin Console.
1. From the drop-down menu in the Database Transfer section select either 01A
or 01B CPU
2. Click the “GET from CPU” button - the left button under the Database
Transfer section
3. Enter the new name for this particular database in the “Save to:” box
4. Click the green check mark
A copy of the database that is currently running on the selected NSS CPU is now saved
on the MPU955A Admin Console computer’s hard drive. It will not
the Main CPU. At this time, you may select the file to view or modify the configuration.
be removed from
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Loading a Database
In order to copy a configured database from MPU955A Admin Console onto the NSS
Main CPU, an administrator would need to use the Database Transfer section’s “PUT to
CPU” option.
Although not mandatory, first saving the current database residing on the CPU would
allow for a manual comparison of any differences prior to loading the new database.
MPU955A Admin Console itself cannot detect differences. (Unless this is a first time
operation.)
PUTting a configuration database onto the NSS CPU will overwrite its
entire existing database. It is recommended that you GET and save the
database currently running on the Main CPU under a distinctive name
before loading a new database.
The following instruction will guide you through loading a database from MPU955A
Admin Console to the CPU. See the Getting the Current Database section on page 25 to
save the database that is currently loaded in the CPUs.
1. Select the name of the database to load by clicking on the .adm file name
2. From the drop-down menu, select the proper CPU, by number and IP
Address
For a redundant CPU system, you must load the database onto both CPUs to ensure they
are each using the same configuration.
For single CPU systems, choose 01A.
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