Panasonic WV-S8530N User Manual

Operating Instructions

Network Camera

Model No. WV-X8570N

WV-S8530N

WV-X8570N

Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.

The model number is abbreviated in some descriptions in this manual.

Preface

About the user manuals

There are 3 sets of operating instructions as follows.

•Operating Instructions (this document): Explains how to perform the settings and how to operate this camera.

•Important Information: Provides information about the cautions required for safely using and installing this camera.

•Installation Guide: Explains how to install and connect devices.

The screens used in these operating instructions show the case of WV-X8570N. Depending on the model used, the screens shown in the explanations may differ to the actual camera screens.

Note

•“Control No.:C****” used in this document should be used to search for information on the Panasonic support website and will guide you to the right information.

About notations

The following notations are used when describing the functions limited for specified models. The functions without the notations are supported by all models.

X8570N : The functions with this notation are available when using the model WV-X8570N. S8530N : The functions with this notation are available when using the model WV-S8530N.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in these operating instructions.

Microsoft Windows 10 is described as Windows 10.

Microsoft Windows 8.1 is described as Windows 8.1.

Microsoft Windows 7 is described as Windows 7.

Windows Internet Explorer 11 is described as Internet Explorer.

SDXC/SDHC/SD memory card is described as SD card or SD memory card.

Universal Plug and Play is described as UPnP™ or UPnP.

For administrator registration

At the time of first access to the camera (or at the time of initialization), the registration screen will be displayed.

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Preface

Define the user name and the password for the administrator, and enter them correctly. Hereafter, they can be used for login.

[User name (1 to 32 characters)]

Enter the user name of the administrator.

Available number of characters: 1 - 32 characters

Unavailable characters: 2-byte characters, and 1-byte symbols " & : ; \

[Password (8 to 32 characters)]/[Retype password]

Enter the administrator password.

Available number of characters: 8 - 32 characters

Unavailable characters: 2-byte characters, and 1-byte symbols " &

Note

•Distinguish between upperand lower cases.

•For the password, use three or more types of characters from upperand lowercase alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and symbols.

•Set the password which does not include the user name.

IMPORTANT

•If you forgot or do not know the password or user name, the camera must be initialized. Because all settings other than preset position settings are deleted when the camera is initialized, make sure to keep the information secure from third parties. Refer to “Parts and functions” section in the Important Information in the supplied CD-ROM for more information about initializing the camera.

•It is recommended to change the password periodically.

The registration completion screen will be displayed after registering a user name and password of the administrator. After 10 seconds, the camera will be reconnected automatically. Please click “here” if it is not displayed automatically.

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Preface

When the camera is reconnected to, an authentication window is displayed. Enter the registered user name and password to start operation.

Viewer software

In order to display H.265 (or H.264) images, receive audio from the camera X8570N , and play images saved on the SD memory card, the “Network Camera View 4S” (ActiveX®) viewer software must be installed. This software can be installed directly from the camera or by selecting the [Install] button next to [Viewer Software] on the menu of the CD-ROM provided, and then following the on-screen instructions.

IMPORTANT

•The default setting of “Automatic installation” is “On”. Follow the instructions on page 209 when the message is displayed on the information bar of the browser.

•Depending on the software environment of your PC, it may take time for the message to be displayed on the information bar of the browser.

•If you display the “Live” page on a PC and click the [Viewer Software] button, the installation screen for ActiveX, which is required for viewing camera images, is displayed. Follow the on-screen instructions and install the software. When displayed JPEG images (still images), there is no need to install ActiveX.

•When the install wizard is displayed again even after completing the installation of the ActiveX, restart the PC.

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Preface

•The viewer software used on each PC should be licensed individually. The number of installations of the viewer software from the camera can be checked on the [Upgrade] tab of the “Maintenance” page (®page 183). Refer to your dealer for the software licensing.

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Table of Contents

1 Operations ................................................................................................		9
1.1	Monitor images on a PC ...................................................................................................	9
1.1.1	Monitor camera images ....................................................................................................	9
1.1.2	About the “Live” page .....................................................................................................	12
1.2	Monitor images on a mobile terminal or tablet device ................................................	16
1.2.1	Monitor images on a mobile terminal (including smartphones) ......................................	16
1.2.2	Monitor images on a tablet device ..................................................................................	20
1.3	Record images on the SD memory card manually ......................................................	24
1.4	Action at an alarm occurrence .......................................................................................	26
1.4.1	Alarm type ......................................................................................................................	26
1.4.2	Action at an alarm occurrence ........................................................................................	26
1.5	Display the log list ..........................................................................................................	28
1.6	Playback of images on the SD memory card ...............................................................	32
1.6.1	Playback “Stream(1)”/“Stream(2)” images saved to the SD memory card .....................	33

2 Settings ...................................................................................................			36
2.1	About the network security ............................................................................................		36
2.1.1	Equipped security functions ...........................................................................................		36
2.2	Display the setup menu from a PC ................................................................................		37
2.2.1	How to display the setup menu ......................................................................................		37
2.2.2	How to operate the setup menu .....................................................................................		38
2.2.3	About the setup menu window .......................................................................................		39
2.3	Use Easy Setup [Easy Setup] ........................................................................................		41
2.3.1	Configure Easy installation [Easy installation] ................................................................		41
2.3.2	Configure the Internet settings [Internet]	........................................................................	42
2.3.3	Configure an event action [Event action] ........................................................................		44
2.3.3.1	Configure the schedule/alarm (event function type setup menu) ................................		45
2.3.3.2	Alarm: Configure the terminal X8570N	and VMD (alarm setup menu) ........................	46
2.3.3.3	Alarm: Sets the recording stream (recording stream setup menu). .............................		48
2.3.3.4	Alarm: Configure the details for recording conditions ..................................................		49
2.3.3.5	Alarm: Configure the output terminal	X8570N .............................................................	50
2.3.3.6	Alarm: configure the mail notifications and mail server ...............................................		50
2.3.3.7	Schedule: Configure SD recording (Recording format setup menu) ...........................		52
2.3.3.8	Schedule: Set SD memory recording (video recording setup menu) ..........................		52
2.4	Configure the basic settings of the camera [Basic] ....................................................		55
2.4.1	Configure the basic settings [Basic] ...............................................................................		55
2.4.2	Configure the settings relating to the SD memory card [SD memory card] ....................		62
2.4.3	Configure the settings relating to alteration detection [Alteration detection] ..................		68
2.4.4	How to configure alteration detection settings ................................................................		70
2.4.4.1	Generation of the CRT key (encryption key) ...............................................................		70
2.4.4.2	Generation of CSR (Certificate Signing Request) .......................................................		71
2.4.4.3	Installation of the certificate issued by CA ...................................................................		73
2.4.4.4	Configuration of alteration detection ............................................................................		74

2.4.5Access copy images saved on the SD memory card onto the PC [SD memory card

	images] ...........................................................................................................................	75
2.4.6	Configure the directory of the PC that images will be downloaded to [Log] ...................	76

2.5Configure the settings relating to images and audio X8570N [Image/Audio X8570N ,

	Image	S8530N	] .................................................................................................................	77
2.5.1	Configure the settings relating to the image capture mode [Image] S8530N ..................			77
2.5.2	Configure the settings relating to JPEG images [Image] ................................................			78
2.5.3	Configure the settings relating to Stream [Image] ..........................................................			80

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2.5.4Configure the settings relating to image adjust, privacy zone, and VIQS [Image

	quality] ............................................................................................................................	87
2.5.4.1	Configure the settings relating to image quality (“Image adjust” setup menu) ............	87
2.5.4.2	Set mask areas ............................................................................................................	97

2.5.4.3Configure the settings relating to the privacy zone (“Privacy zone” setup

	menu) ........................................................................................................................	100
2.5.4.4	Configure the VIQS setting ........................................................................................	102
2.5.4.5	Configure the VIQS area ...........................................................................................	104
2.5.5	Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] X8570N ..............................................	106
2.6	Configure the alarm settings [Alarm] ..........................................................................	108
2.6.1	Configure the settings relating to the alarm action [Alarm] ...........................................	108
2.6.2	Configure the settings relating to the output terminal [Alarm] X8570N ........................	110
2.6.3	Change the AUX name [Alarm] X8570N ......................................................................	112

2.6.4Configure the settings relating to the camera action on alarm occurrence

	[Alarm] ..........................................................................................................................	113
2.6.4.1	Configure settings relating to alarm E-mail notifications ............................................	114

2.6.4.2Configure settings relating to recording to an SD memory card when an alarm

occurs

........................................................................................................................115

2.6.4.3Configure settings relating to Panasonic alarm protocol notification when an alarm

	occurs ........................................................................................................................	116
2.6.4.4	Configure settings relating to HTTP alarm notification when an alarm occurs ..........	117
2.6.5	Configure the VMD settings [VMD area] ......................................................................	117
2.6.6	Set the VMD areas [VMD area] ....................................................................................	119
2.6.7	Configuration of the settings relating to alarm notification [Notification] .......................	121
2.6.7.1	Configure the settings relating to Panasonic alarm protocol .....................................	122
2.6.7.2	Configure the settings relating to HTTP alarm notification ........................................	124
2.7	Configure the settings relating to the authentication [User mng.] ...........................	126
2.7.1	Configure the settings relating to the user authentication [User auth.] .........................	126
2.7.2	Configure the settings relating to the host authentication [Host auth.] .........................	129
2.7.3	Configure the settings relating to the priority stream [System] .....................................	130
2.7.4	Configure IEEE 802.1X [IEEE 802.1X] .........................................................................	131
2.7.5	Configure the data encryption settings [Data encryption] .............................................	132
2.8	Configuring the network settings [Network] ..............................................................	134
2.8.1	Configure the network settings [Network] .....................................................................	134
2.8.2	Configure advanced network settings [Advanced] .......................................................	138
2.8.2.1	Configure the settings related to sending E-mails .....................................................	139
2.8.2.2	Configure the settings relating to the NTP server ......................................................	143
2.8.2.3	Configure the UPnP settings .....................................................................................	144
2.8.2.4	Configure the HTTPS settings ...................................................................................	146
2.8.2.5	Configure the settings relating to DDNS ....................................................................	147
2.8.2.6	Configure the settings relating to SNMP ...................................................................	149
2.8.2.7	Configure the QoS settings .......................................................................................	150
2.8.3	How to configure HTTPS settings ................................................................................	152
2.8.3.1	Select the certificate to use when accessing with HTTPS .........................................	153
2.8.3.2	Obtaining the root certificate ......................................................................................	153
2.8.3.3	Configuration of HTTPS connections ........................................................................	159
2.8.3.4	Generation of the CRT key (SSL encryption key) .....................................................	160
2.8.3.5	Generation of CSR (Certificate Signing Request) .....................................................	161
2.8.3.6	Installation of the CA certificate .................................................................................	162
2.8.4	Access the camera using the HTTPS protocol (for pre-installed certificate) ................	163
2.8.4.1	Configuration of the host file ......................................................................................	163
2.8.5	Access the camera using the HTTPS protocol (for CA Certification) ...........................	168
2.8.6	How to configure the settings relating to DDNS ...........................................................	169

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2.8.6.1Configuration of the DDNS service (Example of the “Viewnetcam.com”

	service) ......................................................................................................................	170
2.8.6.2	When using “Dynamic DNS Update” .........................................................................	173
2.8.6.3	When using “Dynamic DNS Update(DHCP)” ............................................................	174
2.9	Configure the settings relating to the schedules [Schedule] ...................................	175
2.9.1	How to set the schedules .............................................................................................	178
2.9.2	How to delete the set schedule ....................................................................................	180
2.10	Maintenance of the camera [Maintenance] .................................................................	182
2.10.1	Check the system log [System log] ..............................................................................	182
2.10.2	Upgrade the firmware [Upgrade] ..................................................................................	183
2.10.3	Check the status [Status] .............................................................................................	184
2.10.4	Reset the settings/Reboot the camera [Default reset] ..................................................	187
2.10.5	Settings data/backing up or restoring logs [Data] .........................................................	188
2.11	Display the Panasonic support website [Support] ....................................................	190
3 Others ....................................................................................................		191
3.1	Using the CD-ROM ........................................................................................................	191
3.1.1	About the CD launcher .................................................................................................	191
3.1.2	Installing Panasonic “IP Setting Software” ...................................................................	192
3.1.3	Installing the manuals ...................................................................................................	193
3.1.4	Installing the Viewer software .......................................................................................	193

3.1.5Configure the network settings of the camera using the Panasonic “IP Setting

	Software” ......................................................................................................................	194
3.2	About the displayed system log ..................................................................................	197
3.3	Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................	201
3.4	Directory structure of drive B ......................................................................................	211

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1 Operations

1.1 Monitor images on a PC

The following are descriptions of how to monitor images from the camera on a PC.

1.1.1 Monitor camera images

1.Start up the web browser.

2.Enter the IP address designated using the Panasonic “IP Setting Software” in the address box of the browser.

•Example when entering an IPv4 address: http://URL registered using IPv4 address http://192.168.0.10/

•Example when entering an IPv6 address: http://[URL registered using IPv6 address] http://[2001:db8::10]/

IMPORTANT

•When the HTTP port number is changed from “80”, enter “http://IP address of the camera + : (colon) + port number” in the address box of the browser. (Example: http://192.168.0.11:8080)

•When the PC is in a local network, configure the proxy server setting of the web browser (under [Internet Options...] under [Tools] of the menu bar) to bypass the proxy server for the local address.

Note

•Refer to page 163 and page 168 for further information about the case in which “HTTPS” is selected for “HTTPS” - “Connection” on the [Advanced] tab of the “Network” page (®page 134).

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3.Press the [Enter] key on the keyboard.

→ The “Live” page will be displayed. Refer to page 12 for further information about the “Live” page.

When “On” is selected for “User auth.”, the authentication window will be displayed before displaying live images for the user name and password entries.

IMPORTANT

•It is recommended to change the password periodically.

•When displaying multiple H.265 (or H.264) images on a PC, images may not be displayed depending on the performance of the PC.

Note

•The maximum number of concurrent access user is 24including users who is receiving H.265 (or H.

264)images and users who are receiving JPEG images. Depending on the set values for “Bandwidth control(bit rate)” and “Max bit rate (per client)*”, the maximum concurrent access number may be 24 or less users. When 24 users are concurrently accessing, the access limit message will be displayed for users who subsequently attempt to access. When “Multicast” is selected for “Transmission type” of “Stream”, only the first user who accessed to monitor H.265 (or H.264) images will be included in the maximum number. The second and subsequent users who are monitoring H.265 (or H.264) images will not be included in the maximum number.

•If you set the “Stream transmission” (®page 80) to “On”, an H.265 (or H.264) image will be displayed based on the settings of the “Stream encoding format”. If you set the “Stream transmission” (®page

80)to “Off”, a JPEG image will be displayed. A JPEG image can be displayed even if the “Stream transmission” is set to “On”, but in that case, the transmission interval of the JPEG image will be restricted.

•The refresh interval may become longer depending on a network environment, PC performance, photographic subject, access traffic, etc.

When “On” is selected for “Stream transmission”

max. 1 fps (at 3840´2160), max. 2 fps (at 2560´1440), max. 5 fps (at 1280´720, 640´360, 320´180)

X8570N

max. 5fps S8530N

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When “Off” is selected for “Stream transmission” max. 15fps X8570N

max. 30fps S8530N

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1.1.2 About the “Live” page

Note

•The buttons and setting items displayed on the “Live” page can be changed depending on the user rights of the accessing user. You can set the user right settings from “User auth.” under “User mng.”. (®page 126)

P Q R S T

[select language] pull-down-menu

The camera’s display language can be selected. The default language can be set in the [Menu language] in the [Basic] settings. (®page 55)

[Login] button

This button is displayed when “User auth.” is “On” and a person other than the administrator logs in, or when “User auth.” is “Off” and “Guest User” is set to “Use”. (®page 126)

If login fails, close all the browsers, open the “Live” page and login once again.

[Setup] button*1

Displays the setup menu.

Select camera to be displayed

Select the camera to be displayed in the main area.

Quad: Displays images of Cam. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in 4-split screen.

1:Displays images from Cam. 1.

2:Displays images from Cam. 2.

3:Displays images from Cam. 3.

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4: Displays images from Cam. 4.

[Live view] pull-down menu

You can select and switch to the image to be displayed in the main area from the following: When “Quad” is selected: Stream(2)/JPEG(2)

When “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4” is selected: Stream(1)/ Stream(2)/ JPEG(1)

The image in the main area is displayed based on the contents set in Stream(1) – (2) (®page 80) or JPEG(1) – (2) (®page 79).

Also the first stream displayed when you accessed the camera can be set from “Initial display stream” of the [Image] tab.

Note

•When “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4” is selected and the image capture size is one of “3840´2160”, “2560 ´1440”, “1600´1200”, “1920´1080”, “1280´960” or “1280´720”, the image may become smaller than the actual size depending on the window size of the web browser. When “Quad” is selected, it may become smaller than the actual size depending on the window size of the web browser.

Stream information display

Displays the setup for stream encoding format, image capture size, bit rate, and frame rate for the live view of a stream.

Note

•Displays the values set in the stream. The actual bit rate and frame rate vary depending on the network environment and the used PC.

[Refresh interval] pull-down menu

This pull-down menu will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed. Use it to select the display method of the JPEG image.

•MJPEG: Uses viewer software to display JPEG images successively as MJPEG (Motion JPEG). Not available if the viewer software is not installed.

•Refresh interval : 1s/Refresh interval : 3s/Refresh interval : 5s/Refresh interval : 10s/Refresh interval : 30s/Refresh interval : 60s: Refreshes JPEG format (still images) images at the specified interval.

Note

•Depending on the network environment or the PC used, JPEG format (still images) images may not be refreshed at the specified interval.

•When “JPEG(2)” is selected for “Quad”, “Refresh interval: 1s” and “Refresh interval: 3s” are not available.

[Layout] pull-down menu

This pull-down menu will be displayed only when the images are displayed in “Quad”.

Select the layout of the camera images to be displayed in the main are from “4 split”, “360 deg.”, or “270 deg. + right below”.

[Zoom] buttons

Images will be zoomed in on with the electronic zoom by the viewer software “Network Camera View 4S”. When selecting “Quad”, this button will not be displayed.

•[x1] button: The images in the main area will be displayed at x1.

•[x2] button: The images in the main area will be displayed at x2.

•[x4] button: The images in the main area will be displayed at x4.

[Brightness] buttons*2

The brightness is adjustable from 0 to 255. Click the button to make the image brighter, or click the button to make the image darker. If you click the [Normal] button, the display will be reset to default.

When selecting “Quad”, this button will not be displayed.

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[AUX] button X8570N

These buttons will be displayed only when “Terminal 3” of “Alarm” is set to “AUX output” on the setup menu. (®page 46)

•[Open] button: The status of the AUX connector will be open.

•[Close] button: The status of the AUX connector will be closed.

Note

•The names of “AUX”, “Open” and “Close” can be changed. (®page 112)

[Rec. on SD] button*2

The [Rec. on SD] button will be displayed only when “Manual” is selected for “Save trigger” on the [SD memory card] tab. (®page 66)

Click this button to manually record images on the SD memory card. Refer to page 24 for descriptions of how to manually record images on the SD memory card.

[Log] button

When the [Log] button is clicked, the log list will be displayed and images saved on the SD memory card can be played.

Refer to page 28 for further information about the log list and for how to play images on the SD memory card.

[Viewer Software] button

Starts installation of the viewer software for display. This button will not be available if the viewer software is already installed on the PC, or if the “Automatic installation” of the [Viewer software (nwcv4Ssetup.exe)] in the [Basic] tab is set to “Off”. (®Page 59)

Camera title

The camera title entered for “Camera title” on the [Basic] tab will be displayed. (®page 56)

Support button

When this button is clicked, the support site below will be displayed in a newly opened window. This website contains technical information, FAQ, and other information.

https://security.panasonic.com/support/

Alarm occurrence indication button*2

This button will blink at an alarm occurrence, and the camera of alarm occurrence (one of (1) to (4) buttons) will light. When this button is clicked, all the alarm output terminal will be reset X8570N and this button will disappear. (®page 26)

Note

•Since the blinking of the alarm occurrence indication button is not coupled to recording images to the SD memory card, forwarding E-mails, or other operations, check the settings of each operation separately.

Full screen button

Images will be displayed on a full screen. If the full screen button is clicked once when the image displayed in the main area is smaller than the main area, the image is displayed corresponding to its image capture size. If the full screen button is clicked once when images are displayed corresponding to their image capture sizes, images are displayed in full screen. To return to the “Live” page when displaying an image in full screen, press the [Esc] key. When selecting “Quad”, this button will not be displayed.

Snap shot button

Click this button to take a picture (a still picture). The picture will be displayed on a newly opened window. When right-clicking on the displayed image, the pop-up menu will be displayed. It is possible to save the image on the PC by selecting “Save” from the displayed pop-up menu.

When “Print” is selected, printer output is enabled. When selecting “Quad”, this button will not be displayed.

Note

•The pop-up menu [Save] and [Print] will not be displayed if the viewer software is not installed.

•The following settings may be required.

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Open Internet Explorer, click [Tools] ® [Internet Options] ® [Security] ® [Trusted Sites] ® [Sites]. Register the camera address on [Website] of the displayed trusted windows. After registration, close the web browser, and then access the camera again.

•When it takes longer than the specified period to obtain the snap shot picture due to the network environment, the snap shot picture may not be displayed.

•If the image capture size specified for JPEG cannot be obtained, JPEG images are displayed with the image capture size that could be obtained.

Therefore, when JPEG images obtained with snap shot are displayed on a PC, the displayed image size may differ from the captured sized.

Mic input button X8570N

Turns on/off the audio reception (hear audio from the camera on a PC). This button will be displayed only when “Mic input” is selected for “Audio transmission mode” in the setup menu. (®page 106)

When the audio reception is turned off, the button will turn into the button and audio from the camera

will not be heard.

Audio volume can be adjusted (Low/ Middle/ High) by moving the volume cursor .

Note

•When “Adjust Mic input” is set to “Audio volume control mode” in the setup menu, the volume cursor is not displayed when using “Audio recording”.

•When the camera is restarted, the adjusted volume level (for the reception) will return to the level that had been set on the [Audio] tab on the setup menu. (®page 106)

•Actual volume level will change in three steps even though the volume cursor can be adjusted minutely.

•If multiple camera browsers are open at the same time on the same computer, audio cannot be heard from the camera browsers that were opened later. Please only access 1 camera at a time.

SD recording status indicator

The status of the SD recording can be checked with this indicator.

When the SD recording starts, the SD recording status indicator will light red. It will go off when the SD recording stops.

This indicator will be displayed when “Manual” or “Schedule” is selected for “Save trigger” on the setup menu. (®page 62)

Main area

Images from the camera will be displayed in this area.

The current time and date will be displayed according to the settings configured for “Time display format” and “Date/time display format”. (®page 55)

In addition, when being adjusted, the status of brightness (®Page 58) will be displayed as well as the characters configured for “Camera title on screen” (®Page 57).

A zoom operation can be performed using the mouse wheel. (except “Quad”)

When clicking a desired point while displaying live images at x2 or x4 in the main area, the camera will move to locate the clicked point at the center of the main area.

Note

•When the camera is operated by a user with a low access level, images displayed on the screen may be changed temporarily. This does not affect operation of the camera.

•Depending on the PC in use, screen tearing* may occur when the shooting scene drastically changes due to the GDI restrictions of the OS.

*A phenomenon in which portions of the screen are displayed out of alignment.

Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator”.

Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator” or “2. Camera control” when “On” is selected for “User auth.” (®page 126)

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1.2 Monitor images on a mobile terminal or tablet device

1.2.1 Monitor images on a mobile terminal (including smartphones)

It is possible to connect to the camera using a mobile terminal via the Internet and monitor images (MJPEG or JPEG) from the camera on the screen of the mobile terminal. It is also possible to refresh images to display the latest image.

The compatible mobile terminals are shown as follows. (As of March, 2018)

–iPad, iPhone (iOS 4.2.1 or later)

–Android™ mobile terminals

When an Android terminal is used, an MJPEG format image is displayed by the Firefox® browser, and a JPEG format image is displayed by the standard browser.

For further information about compatible devices, refer to our website. (https://security.panasonic.com/support/info/ <Control No.: C0108>)

IMPORTANT

•When the authentication window is displayed, enter the user name and password.

To enhance the security, it is recommended to change the password periodically. (®page 126)

Note

•It is necessary to configure the network settings of the mobile terminal in advance to connect to the Internet and monitor images from the camera. (®page 134)

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1.Access to “http://IP address/cam”*1 or “http://Host name registered in the DDNS server/cam”*2 using a mobile terminal.

→ Images from the camera will be displayed.

Live images area

Displays images from the camera. Operation buttons area

When functions are selected in the function selection area C, buttons to operate those functions are displayed.

Function selection area

When functions that can be operated are selected, operation buttons are displayed in the operation buttons area B.

Note

•The operations button displayed on the mobile terminal screen may not be available depending on the user rights and access level of the accessing user. To display the operations button, it is necessary to set the user rights and access level (“User auth.” in “User mng.”). (®page 126)

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2. Click the button of the function that you want to operate.

Switch camera

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Each function is explained below. Switch camera

Press this button to display the buttons used to select the camera on the screen.

The camera to be displayed can be switched by selecting one of the displayed buttons.

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The images from Cam. 1, 2, 3, or 4 are displayed in 640x360 or JPEG of VGA.

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Press the	button to display the buttons used to operate the AUX output on the screen.
The AUX output terminals can be controlled with the		and	buttons.

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This function is only displayed when [Terminal 3] is set to [AUX output] on the settings menu. (®page 46)

Note

•When the HTTP port number is changed from “80”, enter “http://IP address: (colon) + port number/ cam”*1 in the address box of the browser. When using the DDNS function, access to “http://Host name registered in the DDNS server: (colon) + port number/cam”*2.

•When “HTTPS” is selected for “HTTPS” - “Connection” on the [Advanced] tab of the “Network” page, enter as follows.

“https://IP address: (colon) + port number/cam” or “https://Host name registered in the DDNS server: (colon) + port number/cam”

•When the authentication window is displayed, enter the user name of an administrator or user and password. Depending on the mobile terminal in use, password entry may be required each time the screen is switched.

•It is impossible to receive audio using a mobile terminal. X8570N

•Depending on the mobile terminal in use, larger size images may not be displayed. In this case, selecting a setting close to the lowest quality setting for “Image quality setting” of “JPEG” (®page 78) may sometimes solve this problem.

•Depending on the mobile terminal in use or its contract plan, it may be impossible to access.

IP address is the global WAN IP address of the router that can be accessed via the Internet. However, when accessing the same LAN as the camera with a wireless compatible mobile terminal, the IP address is the local IP address.

Only when accessing the camera via the Internet.

1.2.2 Monitor images on a tablet device

It is possible to connect to the camera using a tablet device via the Internet and monitor images (MJPEG or JPEG) from the camera on the screen of the tablet device. It is also possible to refresh images to display the latest image.

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The compatible mobile terminals are shown as follows. (As of March, 2018)

–iPad, iPhone (iOS 4.2.1 or later)

–Android™ mobile terminals

When an Android terminal is used, an MJPEG format image is displayed by the Firefox® browser, and a JPEG format image is displayed by the standard browser.

For further information about compatible devices, refer to our website (https://security.panasonic.com/support/info/ <Control No.: C0108>).

IMPORTANT

•When the authentication window is displayed, enter the user name and password.

To enhance the security, it is recommended to change the password periodically. (®page 126)

Note

•It is necessary to configure the network settings of the tablet device in advance to connect to the Internet and monitor images from the camera. (®page 134)

•Depending on the device model, the same screen as the PC may be displayed. In that case, access to “http://IP address/live/tab.html” or “http://Host name registered in the DDNS server/live/tab.html”.

•A mobile terminal can be connected. However, it is recommended to use a tablet device since the screen is optimized for the tablet devices.

1.Access to “http://IP address/” or “http://Host name registered in the DDNS server/” using a tablet device. → Images from the camera will be displayed.

Setup menu

[Setup menu] button*1

Displays the setup menu.

Display camera switching pull-down menu

Selects the camera image to be displayed in the display area E.

Cam. 1-4: Displays camera images of Cam. 1, 2, 3, and 4 simultaneously. The display is subject to the settings of “G Layout setup pull-down menu”.

Cam. 1: Displays live images from Cam. 1 on a 1-split screen. Cam. 2: Displays live images from Cam. 2 on a 1-split screen. Cam. 3: Displays live images from Cam. 3 on a 1-split screen. Cam. 4: Displays live images from Cam. 4 on a 1-split screen. Default: Cam. 1-4

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Camera title

The camera title entered for “Camera title” on the [Basic] tab will be displayed. (®page 56)

Alarm occurrence indication button*2

When an alarm occurs, the display flashes. When this button is clicked, the output terminal will be reset and this button will disappear. (®page 26)

Note

Main area

The live images from the camera will be displayed in this area.

Remaining capacity

Displays the remaining capacity and total capacity of the SD memory card.

Layout setup pull-down menu

Select the layout of the camera images to be displayed in the area E from “4 split”, “360 deg.”, or “270 deg. + right below”. The layout setting pull-down menu is displayed when “Cam. 1-4” is selected in the display camera switching pull-down menu.

360 deg.: Displays the images of Cam. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in “360 deg.”. Select when installing the camera 4 horizontally in order to shoot the surroundings widely. When it is selected, the setting of “Upside-down” of the camera 4 will be changed to “Off”.

270 deg. + right below: Displays the images of Cam. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in “270 deg. + right below”. Select when installing the camera 4 facing downward in order to shoot the surrounding and right below. When it is selected, the setting of “Upside-down” of the camera 4 will be changed to “On”.

4 split: Displays the images of Cam. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the 4 Screens. The “Upside-down” setting of Cam. 4 is maintained.

Default: 360 deg.

Super Dynamic setting

Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to activate the super dynamic function. Refer to the description “Super Dynamic function” (®page 89) about the super dynamic function.

On: The super dynamic function will work. Off: The super dynamic function will not work.

Default: On

Note

•When the following are observed depending on the light condition, select “Off” for “Super Dynamic(SD)”.

–When flickering appears or the color changes on the screen

–When noise appears in the brighter area on the screen

[Light control mode] pull-down menu

Select the light control mode from the following.

Indoor scene (50 Hz)/Indoor scene (60 Hz): The shutter speed will automatically be adjusted to prevent flicker caused by fluorescent light. Select 50 Hz or 60 Hz corresponding to the location where the camera is in use.

ELC: Uses shutter speed adjustment to control light.

Default: ELC

[Brightness adjustment] button

Adjust the brightness. The [Brightness adjustment] button is not displayed when Cam. 1-4 is selected with the display camera switching pull-down menu.

Click the [+] button to make the image brighter. Click the [-] button to make the image darker.

Click the [Reset] button to reset to the default brightness setting.

[Close] button

Close the setup menu.

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Note

•When the HTTP port number is changed from “80”, enter “http://IP address: (colon) + port number”*1 in the address box of the browser. When using the DDNS function, access to “http://Host name registered in the DDNS server: (colon) + port number”*3.

•When “HTTPS” is selected for “HTTPS” - “Connection” on the [Advanced] tab of the “Network” page, enter as follows.

“https://IP address: (colon) + port number” or “https://Host name registered in the DDNS server: (colon) + port number”

•It is impossible to receive audio using a tablet device. X8570N

•Depending on the tablet device in use, larger size images may not be displayed. In this case, selecting a setting close to the lowest quality setting for “Image quality setting” of “JPEG” (®page 78) may sometimes solve this problem.

•Depending on the tablet device in use or its contract plan, it may be impossible to access.

Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator”.

Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator” or “2. Camera control” when “On” is selected for “User auth.” (®page 127)

Only when accessing the camera via the Internet.

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1.3 Record images on the SD memory card manually

Images displayed on the “Live” page can be recorded on the SD memory card manually. This button is operable only when “Manual” is selected for “Save trigger” on the [SD memory card] tab on the “Basic” page of the setup menu. (®page 66)

It is possible to select the stream to record from “Stream(1) Cam. 1” to “Stream(1) Cam. 4” or “Stream(2) Cam. 1” to “Stream(2) Cam. 4” on “Recording format” of the setup menu (®page 65). When “Manual” is selected, Cam. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are simultaneously recorded.

Images recorded on the SD memory card can be copied onto the PC. (®page 75) 1. Display the “Live” page. (®page 9)

2.Click the [Rec. on SD] button.

→ The SD recording window will open.

3.Click the [Start] button to start recording images on the SD memory card. The SD recording status indicator will light red (®page 12) while images are being recorded on the SD memory card.

The image saving interval can be configured on the [SD memory card] tab of the “Basic” page. (®page 62)

4.Click the [Stop] button to stop saving images on the SD memory card. ® The SD recording status indicator will turn off.

5.Click the [Close] button to close the window.

Note

•Image data saved on Drive B can be obtained by executing “Access img.” on the [SD memory card] tab and logging in from the user authentication window (®page 75).

The destination to save image data is a fixed directory on Drive B (®page 211).

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•When the [Start] button is clicked immediately after the [Stop] button is clicked, saving of images may not start. In this case, click the [Start] button again.

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1.4 Action at an alarm occurrence

The alarm action (camera action at an alarm occurrence) will be performed when the following alarms occur.

1.4.1 Alarm type

• Terminal alarm: When connecting an alarm device such as a sensor to the alarm input terminal of the camera, the alarm action will be performed when the connected alarm device is activated. X8570N

• 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 is received from the connected device via a network, the alarm action will be performed.

1.4.2 Action at an alarm occurrence

Display the alarm occurrence indication button on the “Live” page

The alarm occurrence indication button will be displayed on the “Live” page at an alarm occurrence. (®page 12)

IMPORTANT

•When “Polling(30s)” is selected for “Status update mode” (®page 55), 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 output terminal

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It is possible to output signals from the output terminal of the camera and sound the buzzer when an alarm occurs. The settings for the alarm output can be configured in the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 110)

Save images on the SD memory card

When an alarm occurs, images (H.265/H.264) will be saved on the SD memory card. The settings to save images on the SD memory card can be configured on the [SD memory card] tab (®page 62) of the “Basic” page and the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 113)

Notify of alarm occurrences by E-mail

Alarm E-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 E-mail. An alarm image (still picture) can be sent with the alarm E-mail as an attached file. The settings for alarm E-mail can be configured in the “Alarm E-mail notification” section on the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page (®page 113) and the [Advanced] tab of the “Network” page (®page 139).

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Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated addresses (Panasonic alarm protocol notification)

This function is available only when a Panasonic device, such as the network disk recorder, is connected to the system. 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 notification” section of the [Notification] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 122)

Notify of alarm occurrences to the designated HTTP server (HTTP alarm notification)

Alarm occurrence notifications can be sent at an alarm occurrence to the HTTP servers registered in advance. Up to 5 HTTP servers can be registered as recipients of alarm notifications. The URL sent to HTTP servers with alarm notifications can be specified. The settings for HTTP alarm notification can be configured on the [Notification] tab of the “Alarm” page. (®page 124)

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1.5 Display the log list

The history of various logs will be displayed in list form.

•Alarm log: Logs of the alarm occurrences such as time and date of the alarm occurrences, the image recording period and the alarm type will be displayed.

•Manual/Schedule log: Logs filed when images have been recorded manually or during the period of the schedule, and the image recording period will be displayed.

1. Display the “Live” page.

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2.Click the [Log] button.

→ The log list will be displayed in a newly opened window (log list window).

IMPORTANT

•Only a single user can operate the log list window. Other users cannot access the log list window.

Time

Displays the time period of the data recorded on the SD memory card.

Recording stream

Select the recording stream that you want to display logs for.

•Cam. 1: The logs recorded by “Recording stream” of Cam. 1 will be displayed.

•Cam. 2: The logs recorded by “Recording stream” of Cam. 2 will be displayed.

•Cam. 3: The logs recorded by “Recording stream” of Cam. 3 will be displayed.

•Cam. 4: The logs recorded by “Recording stream” of Cam. 4 will be displayed.

Event

Select a log type to display on the log list.

•All: All logs will be displayed.

•Select: Only the logs of the selected log type will be displayed.

–Alarm log: The log when an alarm is detected will be displayed.

–Manual/Schedule log: Manual and Schedule logs will be displayed.

•Default: All

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Recording time

Configure the time period of logs displayed on the log list.

•From: Configure the starting period of logs displayed on the log list.

–First recording: Displays from the first log recorded on the SD memory card.

–Today: Displays the logs recorded today.

–Yesterday: Displays the logs recorded from yesterday to the present day.

–Last 7 days: Displays the logs recorded from 6 days ago to the present day.

–Last 30 days: Displays the logs recorded from 29 days ago to the present day.

–Date/time: Displays the logs recorded from the entered date and time on “Date/time” box.

•To: Configure the ending period of logs displayed on the log list when “First recording” or “Date/time” is selected for “From”.

–Last recording: Displays until the last log recorded on the SD memory card.

–Date/time: Displays the logs recorded until the entered date and time on “Date/time” box.

[Search] button

Searches for logs according to the conditions specified in “Event” and “Recording time”. The search result will be displayed on the log list.

Log list

Displays the log search results.

You can play back recorded data by clicking on the time or duration of the recorded data displayed under [Time & date] and [Duration].

• (Top) button: Click this button to display the log listed at the top.

• (Prev. page) button: Click this button to display the previous page of the log list.

• (Next page) button: Click this button to display the next page of the log list.

• (Last) button: Click this button to display the log listed at the bottom.

•[Time & date]: Time and date when each log has been recorded will be displayed.

Note

•When “Off” is selected for “Time display format”, the alarm occurrence times are displayed in 24 hour time format.

•The recording timing of logs is as follows.

–Alarm log: Alarm occurrence time and date will be filed as a log.

–Manual/Schedule log: Time and date when recording of images onto the SD memory card started manually or during the period of the schedule will be filed as a log. In sequential recording, the logs will be filed every hour from the time when recording is started. The timing of log recording may differ among Camera 1 to 4.

•[Duration]: Displays the period of time that the data has been recorded on the SD memory card.

Note

•The difference between the recording end time and recording start time of the image is calculated by rounding off to the nearest tenth of a second.

•[Event]: The event type will be displayed.

–MN/SC: Log by “Manual/Schedule”

–TRM1 X8570N : Alarm by alarm input to Terminal 1

–TRM2 X8570N : Alarm by alarm input to Terminal 2

–TRM3 X8570N : Alarm by alarm input to Terminal 3

–VMD: Alarm by VMD alarm

–COM: Alarm by command alarm

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