Panasonic WJ-ND400 Handling Guide

Brand: Panasonic

Model: WJ-ND400

Type: Handling Guide

Panasonic WJ-ND400 is a network disk recorder that offers high-quality video recording, storage, and playback capabilities. With its advanced features, it's ideal for a wide range of surveillance and security applications. The device supports up to 64 recording cameras, 5 channels for audio, and 5 channels for VMD (Video Motion Detection) search. It utilizes efficient compression methods like M-JPEG and MPEG4 to optimize storage space while maintaining image quality.

Notes on handling HDD

Be aware of the following at HDD installation and recovery:

The network disk recorder, WJ-ND400, is described as ND400 and the extension unit, WJ-HDE400, as

HDE400.

If an HDD unit is added during the operation described below, the ND400 and HDE400 do not recognize the

HDD unit to be added.

• ProcessofHDDrecognition

• ProcessofHDDremoval

• ProcessoflogginginthecongurationusingtheWebbrowser

• ProcessofmeasurementusingtheWebbrowser

Solution

RemovetheunrecognizedHDDunitonce,andinstalltheHDDunitagainaftercompletionoftheoperation

describedabove.Wheninstalling2ormoreHDDunits,performHDDrecognitionunitbyunit.

NeverturnoffthepowerduringtheRAID5/RAID6recovery.Failuretoobservethismayfailtoretrievethe

data.

The following cases obstruct the start of RAID5/RAID6 recovery.

• CasethatthefailedHDDunitisreplacedinthepower-offstateandthenthepowerofthisunitisturned

• Casethat2HDDunits arereplacedandthenthe powerofthisunitistoggledonandoffduringthe

recovery of one HDD unit when 2 HDD units in the RAID6 fail

In this case, the recovery of one HDD unit will start, but the recovery of the other HDD unit will not start.

Solution

RemovetheHDDunittherecoveryofwhichwillnotstart,andinstalltheHDDunitagain.

Notes on using audio and VMD search

TouseaudioandVMDsearch,thetotalnumberofrecordingcameraspluschannelsforaudiopluschannels

for VMD search shall be 64 or less.

 Numberofrecordingcameras+numberofchannelsforaudio+numberofchannelsforVMDsearch≤64

Failuretoobservethismaycauseunrecordedimagesthatshouldberecorded,undisplayedliveimagesthat

should be displayed, unissuedalarmsthatshouldbeissued, depressedoperationalresponse, restartof

ND400, etc.

Reference values for settings are indicated below.

ReferencevaluesatM-JPEGforcompressionmethodand48KBforimagesize

Numberof

cameras

Liveimage

transmissionrate

(ips)

Recording rate

(ips)

Numberof

channels for audio

use

Numberof

channels for VMD

search use

NumberofPCs

64 5 5 0 0 4

48 5 5 0 16 4

48 5 5 16 0 4

32 5 5 16 16 4

ReferencevaluesatMPEG4forcompressionmethodand2Mbpsforbitrate,refreshinterval:1sec.

Numberof

cameras

Liveimage

transmissionrate

Recording rate

Numberof

channels for audio

use

Numberof

channels for VMD

search use

NumberofPCs

64 ALL ALL 0 0 4

48 ALL ALL 0 16 4

48 ALL ALL 16 0 4

32 ALL ALL 16 16 4

*Measuredvaluesshallbeusedat128Mbpsorlessofthebitrate.(RefertotheSetupInstructions(PDF))

*ThesettingforPCisdescribedatthecaseof4-screendisplay.Thetotalrateofrecording,playing,andlive

imagetransmissionshallbe200Mbpsorless.

*RefertotheoperatinginstructionsofthecameraforhowtosettheVMDsearch.

Notes on network connection

ToconnectbetweenND400andPCsorbetweenND400andcameras,useagigabit-readyHUB.

Failuretoobservethis maycause unrecordedimagesthatshouldberecorded,undisplayedlive images

thatshouldbedisplayed,unissuedalarmsthatshouldbeissued,etc.resultingincollapsedliveimagesor

playbackimages.

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Panasonic WJ-ND400 Handling Guide

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Panasonic WJ-ND400 Handling Guide

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