Getting started

Setup menu list

You must pre-configure settings from the setup menu when using the recorder. To display the setup menu, click the [Setup] button.

Setting item

Description

Page

 

 

 

 

Quick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup

Display a menu with the minimum settings necessary to use the recorder.

page 26

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

Set the basic operations for the recorder.

page 31

 

 

 

 

 

Time & date

Set the time and date.

page 32

 

 

 

 

Emergency rec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emergency rec.

Set the emergency recording duration, rate, audio, etc.

page 34

 

 

 

 

Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

Set the basic setting for alarm action.

page 38

 

 

 

 

 

Terminal input

Set the alarm action when an event occurs.

page 39

 

 

 

 

 

Site alarm

Set the alarm action when a Site alarm occurs.

page 40

 

 

 

 

 

Command alarm

Set the alarm action when a Command alarm occurs.

page 41

 

 

 

 

Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time table

Configure time table settings to schedule operations for each day of the

page 46

 

 

week, and assign each time table to a program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program

Create a recording operation program. You can create up to 8 programs.

page 42

 

 

Set recording operations in each program, including the recording rate and

 

 

 

audio recording, for each camera channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special days

Assign separate time tables for each day of the week for special days.

page 47

 

 

 

 

Camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NW camera

Configure camera network settings, including the camera address and port

page 48

 

 

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group

Set the group title of a camera.

page 52

 

 

 

 

 

Sequence

Set camera sequence operations.

page 53

 

 

 

 

Server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTP

Configure settings, such as the NTP server address, for time adjustment

page 55

 

 

based on the NTP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTP

Set the FTP server. Configure to periodically send images from a camera

page 56

 

 

connected to the recorder to a specified FTP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail

Set to send e-mails to registered addresses when an event or an error

page 58

 

 

occurs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proxy

Set the proxy server.

page 60

 

 

Set On or Off for the proxy server and set the server address.

 

 

 

 

 

Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

Configure the basic settings for the network. Configure network configuration

page 61

 

 

settings like the IP address, default gateway and DNS server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDNS

Set the DDNS server.

page 64

 

 

Set On or Off for the DDNS server and set user names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNMP

Set the SNMP server.

page 65

 

 

Configure these settings when connecting to an SNMP manager and check

 

 

 

the status of the recorder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panasonic alarm

Set to send a message to registered addresses when an event or an error

page 66

 

protocol

occurs using our original communication method.

 

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic WJ-ND400 manual Setup menu list, Getting started, Setting item Description

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