Panasonic WV-SW152ME manual

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    Before attempting to connect or operate this pr oduct, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for futur e use. The model number is abbreviated in some descriptions in this manual. Installation Guide Network Camera Model No. WV -SW155/WV -SW155M WV -SW152/WV -SW152M WV -SW155E/WV -SW155ME WV -SW152E/WV -SW152ME WV -SW155[...]

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    2 The serial number of this product may be found on the surface of the unit. Y ou should note the model number and serial number of this unit in the space provided and retain this book as a permanent r ecord of your purchase to aid identification in the event of theft. Model No. Serial No. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi[...]

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    3 Co n t e n ts Important safety instructions ......................................................................................................... 4 Limitation of liability ....................................................................................................................... 5 Disclaimer of warranty ...........................[...]

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    4 Important safety instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufactur er's instruc - tions. 6) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat r egisters, stoves, or other appara -[...]

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    5 Limitation of liability THIS PUBLICA TION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR ANY P ARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THE THIRD P AR TY'S RIGHT . THIS PUBLICA TION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURA[...]

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    6 The network cameras WV -SW155/WV -SW155M/WV -SW152/WV -SW152M ar e designed to oper - ate using a PC on a network (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX), and can be installed under eaves (shel - tered outdoor). By connecting to a network (LAN) or the Internet, images from the camera can be monitored on a PC via a network. SW155 SW155M • Maximum image capture si[...]

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    7 System r equir ements for a PC About notations About the user manuals There ar e 2 sets of operating instructions for the WV -SW155, WV -SW155M, WV -SW152, WV -SW152M (P model), WV -SW155E, WV -SW155ME, WV -SW152E, WV -SW152ME (E model) as follows. • Installation Guide: Explains how to install and connect devices. • Operating Instructions (in[...]

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    8 Important: • When using a PC that does not meet the above requir ements, displaying of images may become slower or the web browser may become inoperable. • Microsoft ® Windows ® 7 Starter , Microsoft ® Windows V ista ® Starter and Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Professional 64-bit Edition ar e not supported. • When using IPv6 for communicat[...]

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    9 Network security As you will use this unit connected to a network, your attention is called to the following security risks. q Leakage or theft of information through this unit w Use of this unit for illegal operations by persons with malicious intent e Interference with or stoppage of this unit by persons with malicious intent It is your respons[...]

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    10 Pr ecautions Refer installation work to the dealer . Installation work requir es technique and experi - ences. Failure to observe this may cause fir e, electric shock, injury , or damage to this prod - uct. Be sure to consult the dealer . Stop the operation immediately when something is wrong with this pr oduct. When smoke goes up from the pr od[...]

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    11 Do not touch this product or the connect- ed cables during thunder . (even in the pro- cess of work) Failure to observe this may cause electric shock. T urn the power off when cleaning this product. Failure to observe this may cause injury . [Precautions for use] This product has no power switch. When turning off the power , turn off a PoE hub o[...]

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    12 • When some SDHC/SD memory car ds ar e used with this product, the pr oduct may not work properly or performance deterio - ration may be caused. Use the SDHC/SD memory cards r ecommended in page 40. Code label The code labels (accessory) are r equired at inquiry for trouble. Use caution not to lose these labels. It is recommended to paste one [...]

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    13 Pr ecautions for installation This product is designed to be installed under eaves. Install the product under eaves to avoid dir ect sunlight. Installing place Contact your dealer for assistance if you are unsure of an appr opriate place in your particu - lar environment. • Make sure that the installation ar ea is strong enough to hold this pr[...]

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    1 4 Do not remove or loosen the internal cam- era screws Do not loosen the internal camera screws. Otherwise, water exposure may cause damage or malfunction of camera, or camera dr opping may result in injury . Radio disturbance When this pr oduct is used near TV/radio antenna, strong electric field or magnetic field (near a motor , a transformer o[...]

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    15 About the initial set button After turning off the power of the camera, turn on the power of the camera while holding down this button, and wait for around 5 seconds or mor e without releasing the button. W ait ar ound 2 minutes after releasing the button. The camera will start up and the settings including the network settings will be initializ[...]

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    16 Important: • Remove the cover film attached to the dome after the camera installation is completed. After removing the cover film, do not touch the dome with your hands. z Loosen the 3 dome cover fixing screws (M3) using the tamperproof scr ew bit (accessory). • One of the screws is loosened after taking off the screw cover . x Remove the do[...]

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    17 When installing the camera on a ceiling or a wall, there ar e three methods as specified below . • Directly mounting to a ceiling or a wall • Use the supplied mount bracket • Use the one-gang junction box Important: • Procure 3 screws (M4) to secure the camera or the mount bracket (accessory) to a ceiling or a wall according to the mater[...]

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    18 Method of camera installation Installing the camera directly on the ceiling or wall Note: • Use the installation template label (accessory) with the side with the arrow facing you. • Ceiling installation: Place the installation template label so that the " h " is pointing to the front of the camera (the lens side). • Wall install[...]

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    19 Using the mount bracket (accessory) Note: • When the camera is mounted on the ceiling or wall with a hole for cable running and the cables are passed thr ough a conduit, the mount bracket is used. • The female thread for conduit is compliant with ANSI NPSM (parallel pipe threads) 3/4" or G3/4 of ISO 228-1. • Ceiling installation: The [...]

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    20 <Connecting the cable through holes opened in the ceiling or wall> Place the installation template label (accessory) on the ceiling or wall, mark the hole for the cable to be passed through and for the fixing scr ews (3 places), then open the holes. Remove the installation template label, and mount the mount bracket with 3 fixing screws (l[...]

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    21 Using a one-gang junction box • Secure the mount bracket (accessory) to the one-gang junction box built in a ceiling or a wall. Note: • Ceiling installation: The mount bracket shall be mounted with aligning the front side (the lens side) of the camera with the position of the arrow in " h ". • Wall installation: The mount bracket[...]

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    22 Important: • Before inserting the SDHC/SD memory card, turn off the power of the camera first. • When inserting an SDHC/SD memory card, make sure the dir ection. • Before r emoving the SDHC/SD memory card, select "Not use" for "SD memory card" on the [SD memory card] tab of the setup menu first. T urn off the power afte[...]

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    23 Before starting the connection, turn off the power of the devices to be connected. Check and prepar e the requir ed devices and cables for connection. Note: • Refer to pages 26 and 27 when using the mount bracket (accessory). • Refer to pages 26 and 27 when using the conduit. z Connect a LAN cable (category 5 or better , straight) between a [...]

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    24 Important: • Use all 4 pairs (8 pins) of the LAN cable. • The maximum cable length is 100 m {328 feet}. • Make sure that the PoE device in use is compliant with IEEE802.3af standard. • When the LAN cable is disconnected once, reconnect the cable after about 2 seconds. When the cable is quickly reconnected, the power may not be supplied f[...]

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    25 Connection example <Required cable> LAN cable (category 5 or better , straight) Important: • Use a switching hub which is compliant with 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX. • When connecting WV -SW155M cameras, use a PoE hub with M12 connectors. PoE device (hub) PC LAN cable (category 5 or better, straight) LAN cable (category 5 or better, straight) [...]

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    26 Camera mounting <Installing the camera directly on the ceiling or wall> z Remove the dome cover . (3 screws) ( ☞ Page 16) x Connect the cables to the camera. ( ☞ Pages 23 and 24) • W aterproof the connecting portion. ( ☞ Page 24) c Secur e the camera with 3 scr ews (M4) (locally procur ed). Important: • Do not touch the lens. •[...]

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    27 <Using a one-gang junction box> z Connect each cable. • Apply waterpr oof treatment to all connections. ( ☞ Page 24) x Secure the mount bracket to the one-gang junction box. (2 scr ews (M4) (locally procur ed)) c Secure the camera to the mount bracket with 3 fixing scr ews (accessory). (Recommended tightening torque: 1.4 N·m {1 lbf·f[...]

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    28 Using the side cable access hole When installing the camera dir ectly on the ceiling or wall with cables exposed, cut of f a portion of the mount bracket to open a cable access hole. Cut off[...]

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    29 z Adjust the camera angle. When determining the camera angle, repeat fine adjustments by gradually moving the panning table and tilting table. • Attach the lens adjuster (accessory) to the lens and adjust the direction of the lens. Attach the wider end of the lens adjuster to the lens. • Do not touch the lens with your hand when making adjus[...]

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    30 Note: • Depending on the vertical/horizontal angle used, the edges of the camera may be projected. • Use Extra Zoom when you want to adjust the angular field of view on the "T ele" side. When VGA or a lower resolution is selected, the angular field of view can be adjusted without deterio - ration in the image quality . • SW155 SW[...]

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    31 z Attach the dome cover to the camera by using the tamperproof scr ew bit (accessory) to tighten the 3 dome cover fixing screws (M3). x Close the screw cover . c Remove the cover film completely . Important: • When attaching the dome cover the focus may be slightly disturbed. If this occurs, remove the dome cover and make the necessary adjustm[...]

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    32 About the CD launcher Insert the provided CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your PC to display the CD launcher win - dow . • If the launcher window is not displayed, double click the "CDLauncher .exe" file on the CD-ROM. Using the supplied CD-ROM, the following actions can be performed. q The Panasonic IP setting software can be instal[...]

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    33 Installing Panasonic IP setting software On the CD launcher window , click the [Install] button next to [IP Setting Softwar e] to display the Panasonic IP setting software installation window . Confirm the following settings before starting the installation. q Select the Panasonic IP setting software to install. w Select where to create the Pana[...]

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    34 Installing the manuals On the CD launcher window , click the [Install] button next to [Manual] to display the Manual installa - tion window . Confirm the following settings befor e starting the installation. q Select which manuals to install. The camera models that the manuals support are displayed in w "Supported Camera Models". w The[...]

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    35 Configure the network settings of the camera using the Panasonic IP setting software It is possible to perform the network settings of the camera using the IP setup software on the pr o - vided CD-ROM. When using multiple cameras, it is necessary to configure the network settings of each camera independently . If the Panasonic IP setting softwar[...]

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    36 Note: • When using a DHCP server , the IP address assigned to the camera can be displayed by click - ing the [Search] button of the IP setting softwar e. • When a duplicate IP address is used, the corresponding camera number will be displayed shaded. • When the [Access Camera] button is clicked, live images of the selected camera will be d[...]

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    37 Before asking for r epairs, check the symptoms with the following table. Contact your dealer if a problem cannot be solved even after checking and trying the solution in the table or a problem is not described below . Symptom Cause/solution Reference pages Power is not turned on. • Are the PoE device and the network cable of the camera connect[...]

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    38 • Basic Power source: PoE (IEEE802.3af compliant) Power consumption: PoE 48 V : 56 mA (Class 1 device) Ambient operating temperature: -30 °C to +50 °C {14 °F to 122 °F} Ambient operating humidity: Less than 90 % (no condensation) W aterproof: Camera: IP66 (IEC60529) * Only when installation work specified in this book is pr operly performe[...]

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    39 Max. 10/30s, Ma x. 16/30s Day & Night (electrical): Off/Auto White balance: A TW1/ A TW2/ AWC Digital noise reduction: High/Low Video analytics Face detection: On/Off (with the XML notification setting) Privacy zone: On/Off (up to 2 zones available) VIQS: On/Off Camera title on screen: Up to 20 characters (alphanumeric characters, marks) On/[...]

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    4 0 Image compression method* 1 : Frame rate: 1fps/ 3fps/ 5fps/ 7.5fps/ 10fps/ 12fps*/ 15fps/ 20fps/ 30fps * E model only JPEG (MJPEG) Image quality: 0 SUPER FINE/ 1 FINE/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 NORMAL/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9 LOW (10 steps: 0-9) T ransmission type: PULL/PUSH T ransmission interval: 0.1 fps - 30 fps (JPEG frame rate will be restricted when dis- playing bot[...]

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    41 Installation Guide (this document) ......................................................1 pc. Important Safety Instructions .............................................................1 pc. W arranty card (P model only) .............................................................1 pc. CD-ROM* 1 ................................................[...]

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    For U.S. and Canada: Panasonic System Networks Company of America, Unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America www .panasonic.com/business/ For customer support, call 1.800.528.6747 Three Panasonic W ay , Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 U.S.A. Panasonic Canada Inc. 5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 2T3 Canada (905)624-5010 www .panasonic.c[...]