Panasonic WV-SP305 Installation guide

New functions and addendum (Software Ver.1.30)

Due to software upgrade, the following functions have been added to this unit.

 • H.264/MPEG-4dualstreamoutputcanbeprovidedwhendisplayingliveimages.

 • JPEGoutputcanbeprovidedtodisplayvideodataonacellularphone.

 • MJPEGoutputcanbeprovidedtodisplayvideodataonamobileterminal.

  Compatiblemodels:iPad

,iPhone

,iPodtouch

(SinceiOS4.2.1)

* iPad,iPhone,andiPodtouchareregisteredtrademarksofAppleInc.

 • VIQSfunctionsaresupported.

  *VIQSisatechnologytoenhancetheimagequalityofspecifiedareaintheangularfieldofviewfortrans-

mission.(H.264only)

 • ThecompatibleservicesfortheDDNSfunctionarechanged,andthe"Viewnetcam"serviceisnewlysup-

ported.

Thisdocumentdescribesthesettingsofnewfunctionsandtheirrestrictions.Refertothedescriptionsinthis

documentfordetailsonthesefunctions.Besides,refertotheOperatingInstructionsprovidedwiththisunit

together.

About notations

Thefollowingnotationsareusedwhendescribingthefunctionslimitedforspecifiedmodels.

Thefunctionswithoutthenotationsaresupportedbyallmodels.

NP502

:ThefunctionswiththisnotationareavailablewhenusingthemodelsWV-NP502,WV-NW502S.

SP306

:ThefunctionswiththisnotationareavailablewhenusingthemodelsWV-SP306,WV-SP305,

WV-SP302.

SF346

:ThefunctionswiththisnotationareavailablewhenusingthemodelsWV-SF346,WV-SF342,

WV-SF336,WV-SF335,WV-SF332.

SP105

:ThefunctionswiththisnotationareavailablewhenusingthemodelsWV-SP105,WV-SP102.

 * Themodelnumberisabbreviatedinsomedescriptionsinthisdocument.

(OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"MonitorimagesonaPC"-"Aboutthe"Live"page")

[Stream] button

ThesebuttonswillbedisplayedonlywhenanH.264(orMPEG-4)imageis

displayed.

[1] button:Theletter"1"willturngreenandimagesinthemainareawillbe

displayedinaccordancewiththesettingof"H.264(1)"(or"MPEG-4(1)").

[2] button:Theletter"2"willturngreenandimagesinthemainareawillbe

displayedinaccordancewiththesettingof"H.264(2)"(or"MPEG-4(2)").

Monitor images on a cellular phone

ItispossibletoconnecttothecamerausingacellularphoneviatheInternetandmonitorimages(JPEGonly)

fromthecameraonthescreenofthecellularphone.Itisalsopossibletorefreshimagestodisplaythelatest

image.

Important:

 • Whentheauthenticationwindowisdisplayed,entertheusernameandpassword.Thedefaultusername

and password are as follows.

  Username: admin

  Password: 12345

  Toenhancethesecurity,changethepasswordfortheuser"admin".

 • IfthecellularphoneinuseisnotcompatiblewithUTF-8encode,itisimpossibletodisplaythescreencor-

rectly.

Note:

 • ItisnecessarytoconfigurethenetworksettingsofthecellularphoneinadvancetoconnecttotheInternet

andmonitorimagesfromthecamera.

Step 1

Accessto"http://IPaddress/mobile"*or"http://Host

nameregisteredintheDDNSserver/mobile"usinga

cellular phone.

→ Imagesfromthecamerawillbedisplayed.

Note:

 • WhentheHTTPportnumberischangedfrom

"80",enter"http://IPaddress:(colon)+port

number/mobile"*intheaddressboxofthe

browser.

 • WhenusingtheDDNSfunction,accessto

"http://HostnameregisteredintheDDNSserver:

(colon)+portnumber/mobile".

 • Whentheauthenticationwindowisdisplayed,

entertheusernameofanadministratororuser

and password. Depending on the cellular phone

inuse,passwordentrymayberequiredeach

timethescreenisswitched.

 • Itisimpossibletotransmit/receiveaudiousinga

cellular phone.

 • Dependingonthecellularphoneinuse,larger

sizeimagesmaynotbedisplayed.Inthiscase,

selecting"Low"for"Imagequalitysetting"of

"JPEG"maysometimessolvethisproblem.

 • Dependingonthecellularphoneinuseorits

contractplan,itmaybeimpossibletoaccess.

 * IPaddressistheglobalWANIPaddressofthe

routerthatcanbeaccessedviatheInternet.

Refresh

Resolutioncontrol

AUXcontrol

(ThescreenshotisanexampleofNP502.)

Functions Outline of functions

Refresh Refreshesthecameraimagesbypressingthedialkey"5".

Resolutioncontrol Changestheresolutionbypressingthedialkey"0".

Accordingtotheimagecapturemode,theresolutionwillbechangedasfollows.

NP502

•1.3megapixel(VGA)[4:3]: Changestheimagecapturesizebetween

320x240(default)and640x480.

•1.3megapixel(800x600)[4:3]: Changestheimagecapturesizebetween

320x240(default)and800x600.

•1.3megapixel[16:9]: Changestheimagecapturesizebetween

320x180(default)and640x360.

•3megapixel[4:3]: Fixedto640x480

•3megapixel[16:9]: Changestheimagecapturesizebetween

320x180(default)and640x360.

Accordingtotheaspectratio,theresolutionwillbechangedasfollows.

SP306

SF346

SP105

•Imageintheaspectratioof"4:3": Changestheimagecapturesizebetween

320x240(default)and640x480.

•Imageintheaspectratioof"16:9": Changestheimagecapturesizebetween

320x180(default)and640x360.

AUXcontrol*

ControlstheAUXterminal.

NP502

SP306

SF346

Thesebuttonswillbedisplayedonlywhen"AUXoutput"isselectedfor"Terminal3"

onthesetupmenu.

NP502

Note:

 • Somecellularphonescannotchangetheimagecapturesizeevenwhenresolutionischangedbyresolution

control.

 * When"Userauth."issetto"On",onlyuserswiththeaccesslevelof"1.Administrator"or"2.Cameracon-

trol"willbedisplayed.

Monitor images on a mobile terminal

ItispossibletoconnecttothecamerausingamobileterminalviatheInternetandmonitorimages(MJPEG

only)fromthecameraonthescreenofthemobileterminal.Itisalsopossibletorefreshimagestodisplaythe

latestimage.

 • Thecompatiblemobileterminalsareshownasfollows.(AsofApril,2011)

  iPad,iPhone,iPodtouch

Important:

 • Whentheauthenticationwindowisdisplayed,entertheusernameandpassword.Thedefaultusername

and password are as follows.

  Username: admin

  Password: 12345

Toenhancethesecurity,changethepasswordfortheuser"admin".

Step 1

Accessto"http://IPaddress/cam"*or"http://Host

nameregisteredintheDDNSserver/cam"usinga

mobileterminal.

→ Imagesfromthecamerawillbedisplayed.

Note:

 • WhentheHTTPportnumberischangedfrom

"80",enter"http://IPaddress:(colon)+port

number/cam"*intheaddressboxofthebrowser.

 • WhenusingtheDDNSfunction,accessto

"http://HostnameregisteredintheDDNSserver:

(colon)+portnumber/cam".

 • Itisimpossibletotransmit/receiveaudiousinga

mobileterminal.

 • Dependingonthemobileterminalinuseorits

contractplan,itmaybeimpossibletoaccess.

 * IPaddressistheglobalWANIPaddressofthe

routerthatcanbeaccessedviatheInternet.

<VIQS>

(OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"Configurethesettingsrelatingtoimagesandaudio[Image/Audio]"-"Configure

thesettingsrelatingtoimages,backfocusandtheprivacyzone[Image/Privacy]")

NP502

(OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"Configurethesettingsrelatingtoimagesandaudio[Image/Audio]"-"Configure

thesettingsrelatingtoimages,focusandtheprivacyzone[Image/Privacy]")

SP306

SF346

(OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"Configurethesettingsrelatingtoimagequality,extrazoomandtheprivacy

zone[Image/Privacy]")

SP105

Clickthe[Image/Privacy]tabonthe"Image/Audio"page.

[VIQS]

Clickthe[Setup>>]buttontodisplaythesetup

menuthatcanconfigurethesettingsrelatingto

VIQS.Thesetupmenuwillbedisplayedinanewly

opened window.

(ThescreenshotisanexampleofNP502.)

Configure the VIQS setting

Clickthe[Setup>>]buttonof"VIQS"onthe[Image/Privacy]tabofthe"Image/Audio"page.

Itispossibletoenhancetheimagequalityofthespecifiedrangewithinashootingarea(image).

Itisalsopossibletomoderatetheimagedatasizebyloweringtheimagequalityofotherareas.

TheVIQSsettingisavailableonlyforH.264images.

WhencheckingtheimagesafterconfiguringtheVIQSsetting,displaytheH.264imagesonthe"Live"page.

[VIQS(H.264(1))]

Select"On"or"Off"todeterminewhetherornotto

activatetheVIQSfunctionforthetransmitted

H.264(1)images.

Default: Off

[VIQS(H.264(2))]

Select"On"or"Off"todeterminewhetherornotto

activatetheVIQSfunctionforthetransmitted

H.264(2)images.

Default: Off

Important:

 • WhentheVIQSsettingisactivatedandtheset-

tingvaluefor"Imagecapturemode"or"Aspect

ratio"ischangedfrom"4:3"to"16:9"onthe

[JPEG/H.264]tab,makesurethattheVIQSset-

tingvaluedoesnotexceedthemaximumdesig-

nated range.

Configure the VIQS area setting

TheVIQSareaisspecifiedby following the steps below.

Step 1

Dragthemouseonthescreentospecifythearea.

→ Thespecifiedareaisdisplayedwithawhite

frame.

Note:

 • Aselectableareaislimited.

Step 2

Select "On"/"Off"toactivate/deactivate a distributed

imageof"VIQS(H.264(1))" or "VIQS(H.264(2))".

Step 3

Clickthe[Set]button.

→ Thisunitisupdatedwiththesettingcontents.To

deletethespecifiedarea,clickthe[Delete]but-

ton.

Important:

 • Nosettingcontentsaredeterminedunlessthe[Set]buttonisclicked.

TocheckthewindowafterVIQSsetting,displayanH.264imageonthe"Live"page.

<DDNS>

(OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"Configuringthenetworksettings[Network]"-"Configurethesettingsrelatingto

DDNS[DDNS]")

Clickthe[DDNS]tabonthe"Network"page.

ToaccessthiscameraviatheInternet,itisnecessarytoconfigurethesettingsfortheDDNSfunction.When

activatingtheDDNSfunctionusingthecamera,thefollowingDDNSserviceisavailable.

 • Viewnetcam

Important:

 • BeforeusingtheDDNSservice,itisnecessarytoperformtheportforwardingsettingfortherouter.

Note:

 • "Viewnetcam"isaDynamicDNSservicedesignedforusewithPanasonicNetworkCameras.Refertothe

"Viewnetcam"website(http://www.viewnetcam.com/)forfurtherinformationabouttheservice.

About DDNS services (IPv4/IPv6)

ByusingaDDNSservice,itbecomespossibletoviewcameraimagesviatheInternet.

TheDDNSserviceassociatesdynamicglobaladdressesanddomainnames.Itispossibletoconfiguretheset-

tingsforthe"Viewnetcam".InmostoftheDNSservicesofferedbyproviders,globaladdressesarenotstatic

butdynamic.Therefore,accesstothecameraviaanoldglobaladdressmaybeinvalidatedafteracertain

periodoftime.Eitherofthefollowingservicesisrequiredwhenaccessingacamerawhoseglobaladdressis

notstaticviatheInternet.

 • DDNSservice(suchas"Viewnetcam")

  Itispossibletoaccessviaaregisteredandstaticdomainname(example:*****.viewnetcam.com)evenafter

theglobaladdressischanged.EnrollmentinadomainnameserviceisrequiredevenwhenusingtheIPv6

connection.

  Refertothe"Viewnetcam"website(http://www.viewnetcam.com/)forfurtherinformationabouttheservice.

 • StaticIPaddressservice(suchasaserviceofferedbyacontractedprovider)

  Inthisservice,globaladdressesarestatic(notchanged).

Configuration of the DDNS service (Example of the "Viewnetcam" service)

1. Thecontractedproviderallocatesaglobaladdresstotherouter(orthecamera).Theglobaladdressisnot

staticbutdynamic.

2. Ifyouareenrolledin"Viewnetcam",theunique"domainname"(example:*****.viewnetcam.com)willbeallo-

cated.The"Viewnetcam"serviceserverautomaticallymanagesthedomainnameofcameraandtheglobal

addressofrouter(orcamera)whenacameraautomaticallynotifiestheserviceserveroftheglobaladdress.

3. The"Viewnetcam"serviceserverregisterstheglobaladdressandthedomainnameofrouter(orcamera)in

theDNSserver.

4. ByenteringtheURL(includingthedomainname)onthewebbrowserwhenaccessingthecameraviathe

Internet,theDNSserveridentifiestheregisteredglobaladdressofrouter(orcamera).

5. Theidentifiedglobaladdressisusedforaccessingtherouter(orcamera)tomonitorimages.

Note:

 • RefertothecontractedproviderwhetherthecurrentIPaddressisstaticornot.

 • Dependingontheprovider,localaddressesmaybeallocated.Inthiscase,theDDNSserviceisunavailable.

Refertothecontractproviderforfurtherinformation.

[DDNS]

SelecttheDDNSservicetodeterminewhetherornotto

useDDNS.

Off:DoesnotusetheDDNSfunction.

Viewnetcam:Usesthe"Viewnetcam"service.

Default: Off

Shop on a remote site

DNS server

Current global address is automatically

registered via "*****.viewnetcam.com".

"Viewnetcam"

service server

Global address is

changed.

"*****.viewnetcam.com" and the

current global address is

automatically registered.

Access using the current global

address

Provider

Internet

Global address is

obtained via the URL

(domain name).

When using the "Viewnetcam" service

[Personal(Camera) URL]

TheURLofthecameraregisteredfor"Viewnetcam"

willbedisplayed.

Whenperformingtheinitialsettings,thetemporary

URLwillbedisplayedbyclickingthe[Set]button.

[Your Account Link]

WhenthedisplayedURLisclicked,theregistration

windowforthe"Viewnetcam"servicewillbedis-

playedinanewlyopenedwindow.Registerthe

informationintheregistrationwindowtoenrollinthe

"Viewnetcam"service.

[Access interval]

Selecttheintervaltoaccessthe"Viewnetcam"ser-

viceservertochecktheIPaddressandthehost

namefromthefollowing.

10min/20min/30min/40min/50min/1h

Default: 1h

Procedure to register information for the "Viewnetcam" service

Step 1

ClickthedisplayedURL"https://**********"of"Your

AccountLink".

→ Theregistrationwindowfor"Viewnetcam"willbe

displayedinanewlyopenedwindow.

Step 2

ing the instructions of the wizard.

→ Whentheregistrationwindowisnotdisplayed,

checkthatthePCisbeingconnectedtothe

Internet,andclickthereloadbuttonofthe

browser.

  Whenthemessage"Thenewcameraissuc-

cessfullyregisteredtoViewnetcam.com"isdis-

played,closetheregistrationwindow.

  TheURLselectedatthetimeofregistrationcan

beusedforcameraaccess.However,thisURLis

unavailablewhenaccessingthecamerafromthe

PCconnectedtothesamenetwork(LAN).

Note:

• Whentheregistrationforthe"Viewnetcam"ser-

viceiscompleted,theURLofthecameraregis-

teredfor"Personal(Camera)URL".Itmaytake

uptoaround30minutesuntiltheURLofthereg-

isteredcameraisvalidated.

• Tocanceltheenrollmentinthe"Viewnetcam"

service,accessthe"Viewnetcam"website

(http://www.viewnetcam.com/)later.

• Itispossibletochecktheinformationregistered

forthe"Viewnetcam"servicebyaccessingthe

URLdisplayedbeside"YourAccountLink".

WhentheURLisnotdisplayed,checkthatthe

PCisbeingconnectedtotheInternet,andclick

the[Set]button.

• Ifaccessoftenfailsduetothechangeinthe

globaladdressofrouter,setasmallervaluefor

"Accessinterval".

Checking the information registered for the "Viewnetcam" service

Itispossibletocheckifthecamerahasbeenregisteredforthe"Viewnetcam"service.

Check the status [Status] (OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"Maintenanceofthecamera[Maintenance]")

Clickthe[Status]tabofthe"Maintenance"page.

Thestatusofthiscameracanbecheckedonthispage.

[Viewnetcam]

Server: TheURLofthe"Viewnetcam"serviceserverwillbedisplayed.

Status: Theregistrationstatusforthe"Viewnetcam"willbedisplayed.

Personal(Camera)URL:TheURLofthecameraregisteredfor"Viewnetcam"willbedisplayed.

Note:

 • Refertothe"Readme"fileontheprovidedCD-ROMforfurtherinformationaboutthecontentsofthedis-

playedstatuses(relatingtothe"Viewnetcam"service).Orrefertoourwebsite(http://panasonic.net/pss/

security/support/info.html)forfurtherinformation.

Thefollowingareaddedtothesystemlogs.

Error indications relating to "Viewnetcam" (OperatingInstructions(PDF)-"Aboutthedisplayedsystem

log")

Thefollowingareaddedtothesystemlogs.

Category Indication Description

Viewnetcamservererror FailedtoresolvetheViewnetcam

serveraddressfromDNS.

•ThedesignatedIPaddressoftheDNSmay

beincorrect.CheckiftheDNSsettingsare

configuredcorrectly.

•TheDNSservermaybedown.Askthenet-

workadministrator.

Connection error

NoresponsefromtheViewnetcam

server.

Filetransfererror.

•The"Viewnetcam"servermaybedown.Ask

thenetworkadministrator.

Internalerror Undefined error. •Anerrorrelatingtothe"Viewnetcam"function

occurred.Checkifthe"Viewnetcam"settings

areconfiguredcorrectly.

N0411-0 3TU002377AZB Printed in China

(OperatingInstructions(PDF)"Viewersoftware"andothersections)

Theviewersoftwarehasbeenupgraded.Whenreferringtothemanualssuppliedtothisunit, substitute

"NetworkCameraView4"and"nwcv4setup.exe"with"NetworkCameraView4S"and"nwcv4Ssetup.exe"

respectively.

Panasonic WV-SP305 Installation guide

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