Panasonic Ex

This plugin integrates the new Panasonic IP camera products, which can supply images in M-JPEG as well as H.264.

For integration, an explicit emphasis was placed on utilizing the new API from Panasonic, which reacts faster and more flexibly. The streaming parameters can now also be modified so that the stream is not interrupted.

Unfortunately, this process leads to incompatibility with older cameras that do not have these functions and cannot be upgraded with a firmware update.

Panasonic provides the compatibility table with respect to individual API calls. The cameras are compatible with the new plugin when they support the following calls:

  • 3.1.11. Request JPEG video transmission ( "UID" is unnecessary )

  • 3.3.48. Change JPEG quality without disconnect the stream

  • 3.3.65. H.264 setup

  • 3.3.67. Change H.264 1st stream quality / bitrate / resolution without disconnect the stream

  • 3.3.56. Alarm output terminal setup

  • 3.3.75. I/O and VMD status notification

The plugin was tested with cameras WV-NP502 and WV-SC385.

Since summer 2012 this plugin also support audio and multichannel encoder like WJGXE500.

Installation

If not yet installed: Copy the PanasonicEXIPC.DLL file and the PanasonicEXIPC.DLG file to the subdirectory MediaPlugins in the directory G-Core (default: C:\Program Files\Geutebrueck\GCORE\MediaPlugins).

You have to restart the G-Core Server for the plugin to be initialized.

Add the Plugin

  1. In G-Set open the Hardware selection menu.

  2. Right-click on the list view and in the pop-up menu select Add.

  3. In the following pop-up, select the IP-Camera Plugin <Panasonic Ex IPC> by double click it.

    → The Panasonic Ex plugin is now entered in the hardware module list as a hardware resource.

  4. Select the plugin in the list and make the necessary changes to the settings.