Panasonic WV-V1170 User manual

Network Camera
Operating Instructions
Model No WV-V1170
Version 1.0.4

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Table of Contents
1. Network Connection ···········································································································2
2. Main Interface Introduction···································································································3
2.1 Log in ······················································································································3
2.2 Live Interface ············································································································6
2.3 Encode Setup ···········································································································7
2.3.1. Image Adjustment ····························································································8
2.4 System Menu ············································································································9
2.5 Video Window Function Option ·····················································································9
2.5.1. Focus ·········································································································· 10
2.5.2. Display Mode ································································································ 11
3. PTZ Control ···················································································································· 12
3.1 Scan ····················································································································· 15
3.2 Preset···················································································································· 15
3.3 Tour······················································································································· 16
3.4 Pattern··················································································································· 16
4. Alarm····························································································································· 17
5. Playback ························································································································ 18
5.1 Playback ················································································································ 18
5.1.1. Function of Play ····························································································· 19
5.1.2. Playback File································································································· 19
5.1.3. Playback Cut ································································································· 21
5.1.4. Record Type·································································································· 21
5.1.5. Progress Bar ································································································· 21
5.1.6. Assistant Function ·························································································· 22
5.2 Picture Playback ······································································································ 23
5.2.1. Play············································································································· 23
5.2.2. Playback File································································································· 24
5.2.3. Snapshot Type······························································································· 25
6. Log out ·························································································································· 26
7. Setup····························································································································· 27
7.1 Basic ····················································································································· 27
7.2 Image/Audio ··········································································································· 28
7.2.1. Image/Audio·································································································· 28
7.2.1.1 Image···································································································· 28
7.2.1.2 Snapshot ······························································································· 30
7.2.1.3 Overlay·································································································· 31
7.2.1.4 ROI······································································································· 33
7.2.1.5 Path······································································································ 33
7.2.1.6 Audio ···································································································· 34
7.2.2. Image adjust ································································································· 35
7.2.2.1 Picture··································································································· 35
7.2.2.2 Exposure ······························································································· 36
7.2.2.3 Backlight································································································ 38
7.2.2.4 White Balance(WB)·················································································· 39
7.2.2.5 Day & Night ···························································································· 39
7.2.2.6 Defog ···································································································· 40
7.2.3. Profile Management························································································ 41
7.2.4. Focus ·········································································································· 41
7.3 Network ················································································································· 42

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7.3.1. TCP/IP ········································································································· 42
7.3.2. Connection ··································································································· 43
7.3.2.1 Connection····························································································· 43
7.3.2.2 ONVIF··································································································· 43
7.3.3. DDNS ·········································································································· 44
7.3.4. IP filter ········································································································· 45
7.3.5. SMTP (Email) ································································································ 46
7.3.6. UPnP··········································································································· 47
7.3.7. SNMP ·········································································································· 47
7.3.8. Multicast······································································································· 50
7.3.9. 802.1x·········································································································· 50
7.3.10. QoS············································································································· 51
7.4 Event····················································································································· 52
7.4.1. Video Detection ····························································································· 52
7.4.1.1 VMD ····································································································· 52
7.4.1.2 Tampering ······························································································ 55
7.4.2. Audio Detection ····························································································· 57
7.4.3. Alarm··········································································································· 57
7.4.4. Abnormity ····································································································· 59
7.4.4.1 SD Card ································································································ 59
7.4.4.2 Network ································································································· 60
7.4.4.3 Illegal Access·························································································· 61
7.4.5. Notification···································································································· 61
7.5 Storage ·················································································································· 63
7.5.1. Schedule ······································································································ 63
7.5.1.1 Record Schedule ····················································································· 63
7.5.1.2 Snapshot Schedule ·················································································· 64
7.5.1.3 Holiday Schedule····················································································· 66
7.5.2. Destination···································································································· 67
7.5.2.1 Path······································································································ 67
7.5.2.2 Local····································································································· 67
7.5.2.3 FTP ······································································································ 68
7.5.3. Record Control ······························································································ 68
7.6 System ·················································································································· 70
7.6.1. Account (User mng.) ······················································································· 70
7.6.1.1 User Name····························································································· 70
7.6.1.2 Group···································································································· 71
7.6.2. PTZ Settings ································································································· 72
7.6.3. Default reset ································································································· 73
7.6.4. Import/Export ································································································ 75
7.6.5. Auto Maintain ································································································ 75
7.6.6. Upgrade ······································································································· 76
7.7 Information ············································································································· 77
7.7.1. Version········································································································· 77
7.7.2. Log·············································································································· 77
7.7.3. Online User··································································································· 78
8. Using the CD-ROM··········································································································· 79
8.1 About the CD launcher ······························································································ 79
8.2 Installing Panasonic “IP Setting Software” ····································································· 80
8.3 Installing the manuals ······························································································· 80
8.4 Installing the Viewer software ····················································································· 81

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8.5 Configure the network settings of the camera using the Panasonic “IP Setting Software”········ 81

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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.

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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.
• Network camera IP address and PC IP address shall be in the same network segment. If there is router,
set the corresponding gateway and subnet mask.
• Use order ping ***.***.***.*** (* network camera address) to check connection is OK or not.

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2. Main Interface Introduction
2.1 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.
Figure 2-1
The login interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-2.
Input your “User name” and “Password” to have been registered when you access the camera at first.
Note:
• Refer to “Network Configuration” in Installation Guide manual.
• For security reasons, change the password periodically.
Figure 2-2
Input your IP
address here

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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. Follow the following steps. See Figure 2-5.
Note:
• The displayed screens are different by the security settings on the PC.

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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

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2.2 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
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2.3 Encode Setup
The encode setup interface is shown as in Figure 2-8.
Figure 2-8
Refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN Parameter Function
1 Menu You can switch “Live” and “Setup” menu.
2 Stream You can switch Main, Sub Stream 1 and 2.
The compression under distribution is displayed by Stream change.
3 Protocol You can select stream media protocol from the dropdown list.
There are three options: TCP/UDP/Multicast
4 Digital Zoom • When the video is in the original status, click it you can select any
zone to zoom in. In the non-original status, you can drag the
zoom-in zone in specified range. Right click mouse to restore
previous status.
• Click it; you can use the middle button of the mouse to zoom
in/out the video size.
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5 Image Adjustment You can adjust image quality. See chapter 2.3.1
6 PTZ 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.
7 Alarm It moves to an alarm setting screen. See chapter 4
8 Playback It moves to a playback screen. See chapter 5
9 Logout Click the [Logout] button, system goes back to log in interface.
2.3.1. Image Adjustment
Click the [Image Adjustment] button to open picture setup interface. See Figure 2-9. This interface is
displayed under a display of Image Adjustment.
Figure 2-9
Refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter Function
Video setup It is to adjust monitor video
brightness. Note:
• All the operations here apply to WEB
end only.
• Go to [Setup] →[Image/Audio] or
[Image] →[Image adjust] to adjust
corresponding items.
It is to adjust monitor video
contrast.
It is to adjust monitor video
hue.
It is to adjust monitor video
saturation.
Reset
Restore brightness, contrast
saturation and hue to system
default setup.

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2.4 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
2.5 Video Window Function Option
The interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-11.
Figure 2-11
Refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN Parameter Function
1 Original Size Click this button to go to original size. It is to display the actual size
of the video stream. It depends on the resolution of the bit stream.
2 Full Screen Click it to go to full-screen mode. Double click the mouse or click the
Esc button to exit the full screen.
3 Width and Height ratio Click it to restore original ratio or suitable window.
4 Fluency Adjustment There are three levels of fluency for you to select. The default is
Normal. You may select fluent mode in case connection is slow.
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5 Focus Click this button and the focus interface appears on encode setup
bar, as shown in Figure 2-12 in chapter 2.5.1
6 Display Mode You can select the display mode to be shown up on the right of the
preview interface. See chapter 2.5.2
7 Snapshot You can snapshot important video by clicking on this button. All
images are memorized in system folder: ¥ picture download
(default).
You can go to [Setup] →[Image/Audio] →[Image] →[Path] to
modify the local record save path.
8 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.
9 Easy Focus Click it, you can see there are two parameters on the preview
video：AF Peak and AF Max.
AF Peak: It is to display the video definition during the focus
process.
AF Max: It is the most suitable value for the video definition.
The close the AF Peak and AF Max is, the better the focus effect is.
10 Audio output Turn on or off audio when you are monitoring.
11 Bidirectional talk Click it to start or end bidirectional talk.
12 Relay-out
(Alarm output)
It shows if there is any alarm output, status description is as follows:
Green: means there is alarm output.
White means alarm is over.
Click on the button to force alarm to be on or off.
2.5.1. Focus
Click this button and focus interface appears on the encode setup bar, as shown in Figure 2-12. Refer to the
following sheet for detail information to adjust focus configuration.
Note:
• Disable the operation till finishing focus adjustment.
Figure 2-12

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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.
Restore All Reset the lens to zero position to eliminate the accumulative error of lens.
Note:
Reset when the image adjustment is not clear or operating focus many times.
Refresh Synchronize the location of drag slider of lens and focus after hardware focusing.
2.5.2. Display Mode
Click the button and display mode interface will show up on the Encode Setup interface .
See Figure 2-13, single click to switch display mode.
Figure 2-13
Display mode includes three modes which are 1P, 1P+3 and 1P+5.
 1P: Original picture
 1P+3: Original picture and three trigger track windows, it can adjust the location and size of
three trigger track windows on the original picture.
 1P+5: Original picture and five trigger track windows, it can adjust the location and size of five
trigger track windows on the original picture.

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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. See
Figure 3-1.
Note:
• 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. Refer to the operating instructions of the external device to be
connected for further information.
• Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol. (Please refer to Ch
7.6.2).
• Depending on the external device ( the pan/tilt head etc ) connected to, some functions may not be
available. Refer to the specifications of your external device for more information. Refer to the
operating instructions of the external device for further information about its operation.

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Parameter Note
PTZ direction
PTZ supports eight directions: left/right/up/down/upper left/upper right/bottom
left/bottom right.
Speed It controls rotation speed. The longer the step length, the higher the speed.
Step length control PTZ, zoom, focus and iris.
Quick Position
Use mouse to draw a box in monitoring video, PTZ will rotate and focus to
quickly positioning.
Zoom/focus/iris
Click to increase value and click to decrease value.
Note:
Some cameras don’t support iris, please refer to the actual devices for details.
Figure 3-1

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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

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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. Move via direction key to select right, click on Set Right to set right border of camera.
Step 4. Complete scan path setup.
3.2 Preset
Preset interface is shown in Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5
Steps to preset are:
Step 1. In preset box, input preset value.
Step 2. Click on Go to, camera rotates to preset position.
Step 3. Use direction key to rotate camera, and in preset box input preset value.
Step 4. Click on Add to add a preset. Range of preset relates to PTZ protocol.

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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. Click on Add as to add a preset in this tour. If click on Del, it deletes this preset in tour.
Note:
You can add more than one preset here, or delete more than one preset.
3.4 Pattern
Pattern interface is shown in Figure 3-7.
Figure 3-7
Steps to pattern are:
Step 1. In pattern box input pattern value, click on Add.
Step 2. Click on Start, to zoom, focus, iris or move.
Step 3. Click on Stop to finish setup of one pattern.