The settings relating to the SD memory card can be configured on this page.
Common
[Remaining capacity notification]
When the E-mail notification function or the Panasonic alarm protocol function is used to provide notification of the remaining capacity of the SD memory card, select a level to be notified at from the following.
50%/ 20%/ 10%/ 5%/ 2%
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Notification will be provided each time the remaining capacity of the SD memory card reached the values above.
For example, notification will be provided each time the remaining capacity reaches 50%, 20%, 10%, 5% and 2% when “50%” is selected. Notification may not always be made at the very moment when the remaining capacity of the SD memory card has reached each value.
[Save trigger]
Select a trigger to save images on the SD memory card from the following.
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FTP error: Saves images when images have failed to transmit to the FTP server by the FTP periodic image transmission function. Available only for JPEG images.
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Alarm input: Saves images at an alarm occurrence.
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Manual: Saves images manually.
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When “H.264(1)” or “H.264(2)” is selected for “Recording format”, “FTP error” is unavailable.
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Select “FTP error” when images are to be transmitted to the FTP server at an alarm occurrence.
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When “JPEG” is selected for “Recording format”, “Schedule” is unavailable.
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When “3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”, “FTP error” is unavailable.
[Overwrite]
Determine whether or not to overwrite when the remaining capacity of the SD memory card becomes insufficient.
This setting is available only when “Manual” or “Schedule” is selected for “Save trigger”.
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On: Overwrites when the remaining capacity of the SD memory card becomes insufficient. (The oldest image is the first to be overwritten.)
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Off: Stops saving images on the SD memory card when the SD memory card becomes full.
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The overwrite setting will be as follows according to the “Save trigger” setting.
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FTP error: Will not be overwritten.
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Alarm input: Will be overwritten.
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Manual, Schedule: Can be determined by selecting “On” or “Off” for “Overwrite”.
JPEG recording
This setting is available only when “JPEG” is selected for “Recording format” of the SD memory card.
[File name]
Enter the file name used for the image to be saved on the SD memory card. The file name will be as follows.
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File name: [“Entered file name” + “Time and date (year/ month/ day/ hour/ minute/ second)”] + “Serial number”
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Available number of characters: 1 - 8 characters
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Unavailable characters: " & * / : ; < > ? \ |
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When “H.264(1)” or “H.264(2)” is selected for “Recording format”, the name of the saved file will be given automatically.
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When “FTP error” is selected for “Save trigger”, the file name entered for “File name” on the [FTP img. trans.] tab of the “Network” page will be used for the file name of the image saved on the SD memory card.
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When “3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”, “Pre alarm” cannot be used.
[Image saving interval/Number of images to be saved(Pre alarm)] - [Image saving interval]
When “Alarm input” is selected for “Save trigger”, select a pre alarm interval (frame rate) of saving images on the SD memory card from the following.
0.1fps/0.2fps/0.33fps/0.5fps/1fps
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When “1920x1080” is selected for the image capture size of the JPEG images to be saved, “1fps” cannot be selected.
[Image saving interval/Number of images to be saved(Pre alarm)] - [Number of images to be saved]
Select a number of pre alarm images to be saved on the SD memory card from the following.
Off/1pic/2pics/3pics/4pics/5pics
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When “1920x1080” is selected for the image capture size of the JPEG images to be saved, “4 pics” and “5 pics” cannot be selected.
[Image saving interval/Number of images to be saved(Post alarm)] - [Image saving interval]
When “Alarm input” or “Manual” is selected for “Save trigger”, select an interval (frame rate) of saving images on the SD memory card from the following.
0.1fps/ 0.2fps/ 0.33fps/ 0.5fps/ 1fps
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When “1920x1080” is selected for the image capture size of the JPEG images to be saved, “1fps” cannot be selected.
[Image saving interval/Number of images to be saved(Post alarm)] - [Number of images to be saved]
Select a number of alarm images to be saved on the SD memory card from the following.
10pics/ 20pics/ 30pics/ 50pics/ 100pics/ 200pics/ 300pics/ 500pics/ 1000pics/ 2000pics/ 3000pics
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When “H.264(1)” or “H.264(2)” is selected for “Recording format”, “Pre alarm” and “Post alarm” can be set on “H.264 recording” of [Alarm] tab.
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“Number of images to be saved” can be configured only when “Alarm input” is selected for “Save trigger”.
[Image capture size]
When “Manual” is selected for “Save trigger” and “JPEG” is selected for “Recording format”, select the image capture size of the images to be saved on the SD memory card from the following.
When “2 mega pixel [16:9]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
1920x1080/640x360/320x180
When “1.3 mega pixel [16:9]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
1280x720/640x360/320x180
When “1.3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
1280x960/VGA/QVGA
When “3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
2048x1536 fix
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When “FTP error” is selected for “Save trigger”, images will be saved with the image capture size selected on the [FTP img. trans.] tab of the “Network” page.
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When “H.264(1)” or “H.264(2)” is selected for “Recording format”, select the image capture size for “H.264 recording” - “Image capture size” on the [SD memory card] tab.
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When “Alarm input” is selected for “Save trigger”, images will be saved with the image capture size selected on the [Alarm] tab of the “Alarm” page.
H.264 recording
This setting is available only when “H.264(1)” or “H.264(2)” is selected for “Recording format” of the SD memory card.
When the [Set] button is clicked after selecting “H.264(1)” or “H.264(2)” in “Recording format”, “H.264 recording” is displayed on the lower part of the screen.
[Image capture size]
Select the image capture size from the following.
When “2 mega pixel [16:9]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
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H.264(1): 1920x1080/640x360/320x180
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H.264(2): 640x360/320x180
When “1.3 mega pixel [16:9]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
1280x720/640x360/320x180
When “1.3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
1280x960/VGA/QVGA
When “3 mega pixel [4:3]” is selected for “Image capture mode”
1280x960 fix
[Recording priority]
From the following, select a recording priority for H.264 images to be recorded.
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Constant bit rate: H.264 images will be recorded with the bit rate selected for “Max bit rate”.
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Frame rate: H.264 images will be recorded with the frame rate selected for “Frame rate*”.
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Advanced VBR: H.264 images will be recorded with the frame rate selected for “Frame rate*”. Images are recorded so that the average transmission rate during the period specified for “Control time period” becomes the bit rate selected for “Max bit rate”.
[Frame rate*]
Select the frame rate for images to be recorded from the following.
1fps/ 3fps/ 5fps*/ 7.5fps*/ 10fps*/ 12fps*/ 15fps*/ 20fps*/ 30fps*
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When “Frame rate” or “Advanced VBR” is selected for “Recording priority”, this setting is available.
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“Frame rate*” is restricted by “Max bit rate”. For this reason, the frame rate may be lower than the specified value when any value marked with an asterisk (*) is selected.
[Control time period]
Select the time period that the bit rate of images to be recorded will be controlled for from the following. Images are recorded so that the average bit rate during the selected period becomes the bit rate selected for “Max bit rate”.
1h/6h/24h/1week
Default: 24h
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This setting is only available when “Advanced VBR” is selected for “Recording priority”.
[Max bit rate]
Select the bit rate for images to be recorded from the following.
64kbps/ 128kbps/ 256kbps/ 384kbps/ 512kbps/ 768kbps/ 1024kbps/ 1536kbps/ 2048kbps
[Image quality]
Select the quality for H.264 images to be recorded from the following.
Low(Motion priority)/ Normal/ Fine(Image quality priority)
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When “Constant bit rate” is selected for “Recording priority”, this setting is available.
[Refresh interval]
Select an interval (I-frame interval; 0.2 - 1 second) to refresh the H.264 images to be recorded from the following.
0.2s/ 0.25s/ 0.33s/ 0.5s/ 1s
SD memory card information
[Remaining capacity]
Total capacity and remaining capacity of the SD memory card will be displayed.
Depending on the status of the SD memory card, the size indications will differ as follows.
Indication
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Description
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--------KB/--------KB
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No SD memory card is inserted. Failed to obtain available capacity due to error, etc.
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********KB/********KB
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The SD memory card is unformatted, or locked, etc.
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[Format]
To format the SD memory card, click the [Execute] button.
IMPORTANT
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Use the SD memory card after formatting it using the [SD memory card] tab. If using the SD memory card that has not been formatted on the [SD memory card] tab, the following functions may not work correctly.
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Save/obtain images that failed to transmit to the FTP server using the FTP periodic image transmission function
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Save/obtain alarm images
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Save/obtain images saved manually
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Save/obtain images in accordance with the schedule settings
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Save/obtain the alarm logs, the manual/schedule logs, the FTP error logs and the system logs
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Save/obtain images recorded using the SD memory recording function of Panasonic network disk recorder
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Play/download images on the SD memory card
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When an SD memory card is formatted while another user is in operation, the operation will be canceled.
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It is impossible to access the SD memory card during the process of formatting.
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All data saved on the SD memory card will be deleted when the SD memory card is formatted.
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Do not turn off the power of the camera during the process of formatting.
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When the setting of “Recording format” has been changed, it is recommended to format the SD memory card.
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After formatting the SD memory card, available size may be smaller than the total size since the default directory is automatically created in the SD memory card.
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Recommended SD memory card
Manufactured by Panasonic (option)
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SDXC memory card: 64 GB
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SDHC memory card: 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB
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SD memory card: 1 GB, 2 GB (except miniSD card and microSD card)
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Use an SD memory card formatted compliant with the SD memory card standard at the default.