5ContentsLimitation of liability .......................................................3Disclaimer of warranty ...................................................3Important safety instructions.........................................4Preface ..........................................................................7Features.........................................................................7System configuration ....................................................8About the user manuals ................................................9System requirements for a PC ......................................9Trademarks and registered trademarks.......................10GPL/LGPL ...................................................................10Copyright .....................................................................10Abbreviations...............................................................10Network security .........................................................11Precautions .................................................................12Precautions for Installation ..........................................14Major operating controls and their functions ..............16■ Front view ..............................................................16■ Rear view ...............................................................22User/Host management ..............................................24Basic operation ...........................................................26Operations using the buttons on the front panel(operating section).....................................................26Operations using a mouse ........................................26Operations flow ...........................................................27Rack mounting ............................................................28Connections ................................................................29Connection of cameras .............................................29Connection of monitors.............................................30Connection of a PC ...................................................32Connection of an extension unit ...............................33Connection of a VTR .................................................34Connection of a PS·Data compatible device ............35Cascading connection of multiple recorders ............37Connection of RS485 cameras .................................42About the connectors ..................................................44How to use the terminals of the ALARM/CONTROLconnector ..................................................................44How to use the terminals of the ALARMconnector ..................................................................48Time and polarities of the ALARM/CONTROLterminal and the ALARM terminal .............................50Mode switch ..............................................................51RS485/DATA port ......................................................51Install/remove HDD units.............................................52Install the HDD units..................................................52Remove the HDD unit ...............................................53Install a hard disk drive into an HDD canister ...........53Determine the operational mode of thehard disk drives ...........................................................54Startup .........................................................................55Turn on the power .....................................................55Turn off the power .....................................................55Configure the minimum settings required to use therecorder .......................................................................56Setup menu .................................................................57About Setup menu ....................................................58How to operate the setup menu ...............................59About the operation of on-screen keyboard (forcharacter entry) .........................................................62Configure the minimum settings required to operate therecorder [Quick] ...........................................................63Configure the basic settings of the recorder [Basic] ...65Configure the settings relating to the basic operationof recorder [Basic] .....................................................65Configure the settings relating to time & date[Time & date] .............................................................66Basic settings for recording [Recording] ...................67Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] ........68Settings for emergency recording[Emergency rec.]........................................................69Configure the settings relating to event [Event] ..........70Configure the common settings for event actions[Common] ..................................................................70Configure the event action at a terminal alarmoccurrence [Terminal/Command] ..............................71Configure the event action at a camera site alarmoccurrence [Site alarm] .............................................72Configure the event action at a video loss occurrence[Video loss] ................................................................74Configure the event action at a VMD occurrence[VMD] .........................................................................75Configure the settings relating to recording/eventschedules [Schedule] ..................................................79Flowchart on how to create a schedule ....................79Create a program [Program]......................................79Assign a program after setting the time zone[Time table] ................................................................81Configure the settings of recording programs forspecial days [Special days] .......................................82Configure the settings relating to display [Display] .....83Common settings for monitors [Common] ................83Configure the display settings for Monitor 1[Monitor1] ..................................................................86Configure the display settings for Monitor 2[Monitor2] ..................................................................88Configure the camera title [Camera title]...................89Configure the settings relating to the sequentialdisplay on a PC monitor [Network] ...........................90Configure the settings relating to the cascadeconnection [Cascade] ...............................................91Configure the settings relating to communication withother devices [Communication]...................................92Configure the communication settings for cameracontrol [Camera control]............................................92Configure the settings relating to PS·Data[PS·Data setup] .........................................................93Configure the settings relating to RS485[RS485 setup] ............................................................94Configure the settings relating to the server[Server] ........................................................................95Configure the settings relating to time adjustmentaccording to the NTP server [NTP] ...........................95Configure the settings relating to the FTP server[FTP] ..........................................................................96Configure the settings relating to the mailnotification [Mail] .......................................................97Configure the settings relating to network[Network] .....................................................................99Configure the basic settings relating to a network[Basic]........................................................................99Configure the settings relating to DNS [DNS] .........101Configure the settings relating to DDNS [DDNS] ....102Configure the settings relating to SNMP [SNMP] ...103Configure the Panasonic alarm protocol settings[Panasonic alarm protocol] .....................................104Configure the settings relating to networktransmission [Transmission] ....................................105