Server

FTP

Use the following procedure to send images from a camera connected to the recorder to a specified FTP server.

1

2

Click the [Server] button on the setup menu.

On the sub-menu that appears, click [FTP].

This will display the "FTP Setup" screen.

3

4

Configure the settings for each item.

Refer to “FTP settings” table for details about the settings.

Click the [Set] button.

FTP settings

Item

Settings

Description

 

 

 

FTP server address

Address input

Enter the name or IP address of the FTP server where images

 

(Blank)

are sent.

 

 

• Enter up to 255 single-byte alpha-numeric characters,

 

 

including hyphen (-) and period (.).

 

 

• When entering a server name, you must use the DNS.

 

 

 

User name

Name input

Enter the user name (log in name) for accessing the FTP

 

(Blank)

server.

 

 

• Enter up to 32 single-byte alpha-numeric characters and

 

 

symbols, excluding ampersand (&) and spaces.

 

 

 

Password

Enter password

Enter the password for the above user name.

 

(Blank)

• Enter up to 32 single-byte alpha-numeric characters and

 

 

symbols, excluding ampersand (&) and spaces.

 

 

 

Mode

Active / Passive

Specifies the mode when sending images to the FTP server.

 

 

• When send is not possible with [Passive], change to [Active].

 

 

 

Image transmission by periodic timer

Set the following items to periodically transmit live images.

 

 

Setting whether or not to transmit live images to the FTP server

 

 

can be set for scheduled time periods with "Time table

 

 

(page 46)".

 

 

 

Server directory

Name input

Enter the send destination directory.

 

(Blank)

• Enter up to 255 single-byte alpha-numeric characters and

 

 

symbols, excluding &*:<>?\~ and spaces.

 

 

 

File name

Time & date base/ Serial number

Specify the rules for the file name used for sending images.

 

 

 

Interval

Value input

Specifies the interval for image transmission by periodic timer.

 

s / min (units)

• Enter single-byte numbers within the range 1 to 1440.

 

(1s)

• Select either [s] (seconds) or [min] (minutes) as the time

 

 

unit.

 

 

 

Channel to send

Unselected/ All /

Select the camera channel for image transmission by periodic

 

Cam.1 to Cam.64

timer. Images from the camera whose check box is selected are

 

 

sent to the FTP server.

 

 

• Image transmission by periodic timer cannot be used when

 

 

the image compression format of the selected camera

 

 

channel is [MPEG-4].

 

 

 

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Panasonic WJ-ND400 manual Server, FTP settings

WJ-ND400 specifications

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