Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto BL-C20A del fabbricante Panasonic
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Operating Instructions Please read this manual before using, and save this manual f or future reference . Panasonic Netw ork Camera Website: http://www .panasonic.com/netcam for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico BL-C1A BL-C20A Netw ork Camera Indoor Use Only Model No.
Operatin g Instru ctions 2 Main Features [For BL-C20A ] Wireless Co mmunication This Netw or k Camera i s compa tibl e with a wirel ess system based on IEEE 802.11b/ g. Wireless ins tallation is play ing an ev er increa sing role in fle xibl e comm unicatio n.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 3 Documentation This man ual is f or both BL-C1A (Wired T ype) and BL-C20A (Wireless/Wired T ype). A vaila ble features and operatio ns are different i n par t depending on the model.
Operatin g Instru ctions 4 Camera Feature Locations BL-C1A Front View Indicator Display *1 * 1 The inf or mation belo w v aries dependi ng on the indicator s ettings (se e page 96 ). * 2 The i ndicator turns orang e if the camer a is not connec ted to the LAN.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 5 BL-C1A Rear View Stand/T ripod Mounting Hole (See Getti ng Star ted.) Ser ial numb er MA C Address (See Getti ng Star ted.) Ethernet (LAN) port (See Getti ng Star ted.) Hook fo r A C adap tor cord DC IN jac k (See Gett ing Started.
Operatin g Instru ctions 6 BL-C20A Fr ont View Note See page 4 for the i ndicator opera tions. BL-C20A Rear View Antenna F A CT OR Y DEF A UL T RESET Button Indicator The indi cator color shows came ra stat us. Lens (0.3 m [a bout 11 13 /16 inche s]—U nlimi ted) Stand/T ripod Mounting Hole (See Ge ttin g Started.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 7 T able of Contents 1 Camera Monitor ing....................... .................. ............. 10 1.1 Accessin g the Camera ................. ............. ............. ....
Operatin g Instru ctions 8 4.3 Buff eri ng or T ransferring Images by Motion D etecti on Signal ...... 70 4.4 Setting the Motion Detecti on ......... ............. ............. ............. ........ 83 4.5 Setting Sensor Log Notification ...........
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 9 7.5.2 Setting UPnP™ to Displa y Camer a Shortcut in My Netw or k Places ..... 130 7.5.3 Setting the Internet T emporary File Set ting on the W eb Brows er.......... 130 7.6 ASCII Ch aracter T able .
Operatin g Instru ctions 10 1 Camera Monito ring 1.1 Accessing the Camera 1. Start up the web bro wser on y our PC. 2. Enter " http: //IP Address (or URL):Port Number " on the add ress bar , and press [ Enter] on the ke yboard. • When the po r t numbe r is 80 (def ault), you do not need to includ e the por t number in the add ress.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 11 4. Clic k the f ollowing tabs to disp la y each page . Note When users other than an ad ministrato r are access ing the c amera, the [Setup] and [Mai ntenance] tabs are not displa yed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 12 1.2 V iewing th e S ingle C amera pag e 1. Access the cam era (see page 10 ). • The T op page is displa yed. 2. Clic k the [Single] ta b at the to p of the page. • When the Secu r ity W arning windo w is dis play ed, clic k [Y es] (see page 14 ).
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 13 • When the cam era tr ansmits a dark sce ne, the camer a image ma y becom e whit e, or horiz ontal li nes ma y be displa yed on the scree n. This i s one o f the char acteristics of a CMOS se nsor .
Operatin g Instru ctions 14 Security W arning window When trying to view a video (Motion JPEG ) fo r the first time , a Secur ity W arning for Activ eX Controls wil l be disp lay ed. When using Win dow s 2000 or Windo ws XP , log in as an administrato r to install Activ eX Controls and enab le video (Motion J PEG) viewin g.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 15 Security W arning window on Microsof t Window s XP Service P ac k 2 T o vie w a vide o (Motion JPEG), Acti veX Controls must be instal led. Fo llow the s teps sho wn below to instal l Activ eX Controls .
Operatin g Instru ctions 16 1.2.1 Displa ying the Banner An image and its link ed websi te can be specified f or a banne r . T o displa y the banner , the Bann er Displa y settings n eed to be set on the Ima ge Displ ay page (see page 89 ). Clic king the ban ner displa ys the websi te of the set URL Link.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 17 1.2.3 Zooming In and Out This Came ra has 10× digital z oom f eature that uses ActiveX C ontrols . The di gital zoom f eature c an be used wh ile pla ying vide o (Motion JPEG) on th e Single Camer a, Multi-Ca mera and Buff ered Ima ge page s.
Operatin g Instru ctions 18 1.2.4 Capturing a Still Image Still im ages can be sa ved o n your PC . 1. Select a n image resolu tion to displa y an imag e. 2. Clic k the Capture image butto n. • The ca mera im age op ens in a nother windo w . 3. Right-cli ck the image , and selec t [Sav e Picture As .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 19 1.2.5 Using the Opera t ion Bar Brightness: Adju sts ima ge brightne ss in nine ste ps including [STD] (Stand ard). Cli cki ng [-] or [+] darken s or brightens the image respecti vel y .
Operatin g Instru ctions 20 1.3 V iewing th e Mul ti-Ca mera page T o vie w multiple cameras o n the Mul ti-Camera pa ge, you need to confi gure each camer a on the M ulti-Camer a Setup page (se e page 92 ). 1. Access the cam era (see page 10 ). • The T op page is displa yed.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 21 Note • The dig ital zoom f eature a nd the C lick to Cen ter f eature can be used for video ( Motion JPEG) only . • When se lecting [All] for the View T ype , all ima ges are displa yed in 160 × 120 pix els resolution .
Operatin g Instru ctions 22 1.4 View ing the Buffer ed Image pa ge T o b uff er images in the camera's inte r nal memory , yo u need to set up the im age tran sf er settings (see p age 60 or page 70 ). Buffered images c an be view ed on this Buff ered Image page .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 23 4. Displa y images by clic king bu ttons bel ow . Note • The b uffere d images are di spla yed chrono logicall y . • Still images (n ot being p lay ed) from the Buff ered Ima ge page c an be sav ed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 24 1.4.1 Deleting B uffered Images If y ou intend to dele te images f or each tran sfer m ethod, c lick [Delete Buff ered Images] on the T rigger page (s ee page 60 or pa ge 70 ). Note • If y ou are b uff er ing imag es to the inter nal mem ory , the f ollowing oper ations also de lete all bu ffered images .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 25 1.5 Vi ewing Still Image s on Y our Cell P hone Still ima ges can be viewed over th e Internet from a compa tible cell phone. Enter " http://I P address ( or URL):Port Number/m obile " on a cel l ph one and press [OK].
Operatin g Instru ctions 26 Note • If the image i s not dis pla yed properly , tr y the f ollo wing 2 URLs. • Some cell pho nes are not c ompatib le with P anasonic Ne twork Ca mera s. Some ph ones ma y allow v i e wing on ly on port 80, an d some m ay not support pass word authe ntication.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 27 1.5.1 Enabling or Disab ling the Buffer/ T ransfer on Y our Cell Phone 1. Access came ra imag es from y our cell ph one, a nd log in as an administrato r (see page 25 ). 2. Select [Bu ff er/T ran sf er].
Operatin g Instru ctions 28 2 Using the Camera's Basic Features 2.1 Setup P age of the Camera 1. Access the cam era (see page 10 ). • The T op page is displa yed. Note • When [P er mit acce ss from guest u sers] is set on the Security: Administr ator page, c lick the [ Login] tab (see p age 56 ) and log i n as an adminis trator .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 29 Basic (1) Network C onfigures netw or k settin gs to con nect the camer a to t he netw ork (see page 31 ). (2) [For BL-C20A] Wireless Config ure a wire less ne twork (see page 36 ).
Operatin g Instru ctions 30 Ad vanc ed (12) Image Displ ay Sets t he resoluti on, image qualit y and refresh in terval of t he Single C amera and Multi-Camer a page, Limit C ontinuo us Motion JPEG sett ing *1 , lan guage and banne r displa y (see page 89 ).
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 31 2.2 Connecting the Camera to Y o ur Netw ork The Netw or k page off ers three options to configure the camera. • [A utomatic Setup] automa tically assigns an unuse d IP address to the ca mer a, and us es U PnP TM (Univ ersal Plug and Pl ay ) to confi gure your rou ter .
Operatin g Instru ctions 32 4. Clic k [Sa ve ] when finished. • The ne w settings are s av ed. • When finis hed, the f ollowing page is displa yed . Note The cur rent net work se tti ngs ar e shown on the St atus page in the Main te nanc e sectio n (see pag e 98 ).
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 33 Note If y ou do not kno w the c amera IP address when set ting [A utomatic Setup] or [DHCP Setup], it can be searched f or by using the Setup Progr am (see page 120 ).
Operatin g Instru ctions 34 Host Name (DHCP Only) • If y our ISP uses the DHCP fu nction, which automatically assign s an IP add ress to th e camer a, enter the ISP- assign ed host n ame. (The host name may be used as an authenti cation.) • Enter ASCII char acters f or the host n ame (see page 131 ).
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 35 Conne ction T ype • Selec t [Auto Ne gotiation] normally . Fo r wireless connect ion (BL-C20A only ), [A uto Negotiatio n] must be selecte d. If the came ra cannot be access ed, see page 9 of T roub leshooting on t he CD-RO M.
Operatin g Instru ctions 36 2.3 [For BL-C20A] Using Wireless LAN Wireless communic ation is possib le by ad justing the settin gs of the w irel ess LAN to those of the wireless ro uter . T ake a note of the settings and sav e them f or ref erence. F or more inf orm atio n about wire less settings , please ref er to http:// panasonic .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 37 3. Set each parameter f or Encryption. Setting Description Ciph er • Selec t to encrypt or not encr ypt. • T o prev ent unauth orized us ers from re ading data, sele cting [WEP] is rec ommende d.
Operatin g Instru ctions 38 Note • Some wire less de vices do not s upport the WEP 152 bit encryptio n. • The came ra supports only ope n system a uthentication. If the wireless router or acces s point is set to sha red k ey aut hentication, set it to auto or open sys tem.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 39 2.4 Using UPnP™ (Universal Plug and Play) UPnP TM can aut omatical ly confi gure your router to m ake it acc essib le from the Internet. In order t o use this f eature, y our router n eeds to s uppor t UPnP TM , and it must b e enab led.
Operatin g Instru ctions 40 3. Clic k [Sa ve ] when finished. • The ne w settings are s av ed. • When fi nished, " Success!" is display ed.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 41 2.4.2 Connecting the Ca mera to a Router that does not Suppor t UPnP™ T o allo w access from the Inter net with a router th at does not support UPnP TM , f ollow the p roc edu res be low .
Operatin g Instru ctions 42 2.5 Registering wi th the DynamicDNS service Dynamic DNS is a service that all ows y ou to assign an easy-t o-remember name t o the cam era, f or e xample , similar to y our fa vorite w eb site . It also allo ws you to easily access the cam era, ev en when your ISP changes the IP address.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 43 3. Click [Sa ve]. • Clic king [Cance l] cancels y our settin gs witho ut sa ving chang es, an d the DynamicDNS window is displa ye d. 4. Click [OK]. • When fin ished, "Succes s !" is d isplay ed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 44 8. Access y our came ra with the re gistered URL from the Inte r net (see pa ge 10 ). • When the T op page is disp la yed, Vie wnetcam.com registr ation is complete . Note • It ma y take a maxim um of 30 minutes f or the regi stered URL to work.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 45 3. Set each parameter . • Clic king [Cancel] can cels your set tings witho ut sa ving chang es. • Dynam icDNS in formation c an be obta ined from co mpani es in the Dynamic DNS service industry .
Operatin g Instru ctions 46 Note • It ma y take s ev eral mi nutes f or the registe red URL to co nnect. • Some Dy namicDN S services ma y not conn ect. Confirmin g Internet access Due to th e router's s pecific ations, the im age ma y not be displa yed e ven if y ou access th e camera from y our PC on the same LAN a s the camera.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 47 How the DynamicDNS service works 1. Y our ISP assign s a global IP add ress to your In ter net access a ccount that changes periodicall y . This is th e address neede d to acce ss the camer a o ve r the Internet.
Operatin g Instru ctions 48 2.6 Setting the Date and Time The Date and Time pag e allows yo u to set and confirm the date an d time. The da te and time ar e used for the setting s of the trigger setti ng, senso r log, oper ation tim e and Buff ered Image page .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 49 3. Clic k [Sav e] when fin ished. • The n ew settin gs are sa ved. • When fin ished, "Succes s !" is d isplay ed. 4. Clic k [Go to Date and Time page]. • The Da te and Time page is displa yed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 50 2.7 Changi ng Camera Settings The Cam era pag e allows you to set the camer a name, w hite b alance , A C powe r source f requency and c olor night view . 1. Clic k [Camera] on the Setup page . 2. Set each parameter . • Clic king [C ancel] cancels y our se ttings w ithout sa ving chan ges.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 51 3. Clic k [Sav e] when fin ished. • The n ew settin gs are sa ved. • When fin ished, "Succes s !" is d isplay ed. 4. Clic k [Go to Camer a page]. • The Ca mera page is display ed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 52 3 Registering Users 3.1 Changi ng the A uthentication Setting and Admini strator User Name and P assw ord The Security : Administrator page allo ws y ou to chan ge aut henticati on, and the adminis trator's u ser name and pass word.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 53 2. Set ea ch param eter . • Clic king [Cancel] can cels your set tings witho ut sa ving chang es. Setting Description General A uthenti cation A uthentic ation has 3 phas es.
Operatin g Instru ctions 54 Note • When sett ing authenti cation, s et th e user na me and pass word, and sav e them. • When users other than an ad ministrato r are acce ssing the cam era, the [Setup] and [Maintenance] t abs will not be d isplay ed.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 55 Administrator /General User s/Guest Users The came ra has 3 us er le vels ( administra tor , gener al users and guest us ers).
Operatin g Instru ctions 56 3.2 Logging i n to the C amera If y ou set [P er mit ac cess from guest us ers] on th e Security: Adm inistr ator page, [Login] ta b is displa yed at the top of the page . After you lo g in as an adm inistra tor , the Setup page and the M aintenan ce page can be accessed.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 57 3.3 Creating, Modifying or Deleting General Users The Gener al User page al lows yo u to create, mod ify or delete gener al users. U p to 50 gener al users c an be re gistered.
Operatin g Instru ctions 58 3. Set each parameter . 4. Clic k [Sa ve ] when finished. • The ne w settings are s av ed. • When fi nished, " Success!" is displa ye d. 5. Clic k [Go to Gener al User pag e]. • The Ge nera l User page is displa yed.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 59 4 Buffering o r T ransferring Imag es 4.1 Pr ocedures of Buffering or T ransferri ng Imag es The proce dures from this page to pag e 70 are described about settings o f the image b uffer o r transf er .
Operatin g Instru ctions 60 4.2 B uffering or T ransferring Im ages by Ti mer The T r igger pa ge allo ws you to e nable ima ge bu ffer/tr ansfer b y E-mail or F TP . 1. Clic k [T r igger] on the Setup p age . 2. Click a No. to enab le buff er/trans f er .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 61 4. Set the tim e, and clic k [Ne xt>]. Note The tim er wo rks by an inte r nal cloc k. Set the date and time bef ore usin g timer buff er/tra nsf er (se e page 48 ). • Clic king [<Bac k ] tak es you b ack to the previous page.
Operatin g Instru ctions 62 6. Set the im age b uffe r frequency , and clic k [Ne xt>]. Note Due to the netw ork en vironment, o bject and the numbe r of sim ultaneous acces ses, the came ra ma y not rec ord the n umber of image s that y ou set. In this ca se, set the image buff er frequency lon ger .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 63 7. Select th e tran sf er method, and c lick [Ne xt>]. • Clic king [<Bac k ] tak es you b ack to the previous page. • Clic king [Cance l] tak es you ba ck to the T rigger page w ithout sa ving chang es.
Operatin g Instru ctions 64 When y ou set [FTP] f or T ransfer Meth od Select [ FTP], and clic k [Next> ]. The f ollowi ng page is disp la yed. • Click ing [<Back ] take s you bac k to the pre vious p age. • Click ing [Cancel] takes you bac k to the T rigger page with out sa ving ch anges.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 65 Setting Description Ser v er IP Address or Host Name *1 *1 Note that [Space], ["], ['], [&], [<] and [>] are not availab le. • If y ou set a server IP addre ss, set 4 n umbers (0—2 55) and 3 periods, such as "192.
Operatin g Instru ctions 66 When y ou set [E-mai l] for T ransfer M ethod Select [ E-mail], and c lick [Ne xt>]. The f ollowi ng page i s displa yed . • Click ing [<Back ] take s you bac k to the pre vious p age. • Click ing [Cancel] takes you bac k to the T rigger page with out sa ving ch anges.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 67 Setting Description SMTP Server IP Address o r Host Name *1 • If y o u set a server IP add ress, s et 4 numbers (0—255) and 3 periods , such as "192. 168.0.253".
Operatin g Instru ctions 68 How to authe nti cat e Y ou can se lect the a uthentication m ethod: [No authent ication], [POP bef ore SMTP authenti cation] an d [SMTP authenticati on]. POP server authe ntication may b e required by you r ISP . In that case, set POP befor e SMTP authe ntication.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 69 8. Confirm the sett ings, and cl ick [Sa ve ]. • The ne w settin gs are sa ved. • When fin ished, "Succes s !" is d isplay ed. 9. Click [Go to T r igg er page] .
Operatin g Instru ctions 70 4.3 B uffering or T ransferring Im ages b y Motion Detection Signal The T r igger pa ge allo ws you to e nable ima ge bu ffer/tr ansfer b y E-mail or F TP . Note • The le vel of motio n detection depe nds on resoluti on, image quali ty , and the objec t being vie wed.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 71 Note • Clic k [Delete Buff ered Image s] to del ete images alre ady b u ff ered. • Clic k [Sav e] to sa ve the settings . The b uffe red image s will be del eted. • Clic king [Cance l] tak es you ba ck to the T rigger page w ithout sa ving chang es.
Operatin g Instru ctions 72 5. Set the im age sett ings, and c lick [Ne xt>]. • Click ing [<Back ] take s you bac k to the pre vious p age. • Click ing [Cancel] takes you bac k to the T rigger page with out sa ving ch anges.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 73 6. Set the image b uffer frequency and th e Motion deacti vation tim e, and clic k [Ne x t>]. Note Due to the netwo r k enviro nment, objec t and the number of sim ultaneous access es, t he camera ma y not record the number of ima ges that y ou set.
Operatin g Instru ctions 74 Motio n deacti vation time • Set the lengt h of time d uring whic h the Moti on Detection cannot b e tr iggered after sa ving images temporarily or tran smitting them. This func tion is r ecommended to pre vent sending t oo many E-mails to a cell phon e.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 75 7. Select th e tran sf er method, and c lick [Ne xt>]. • Clic king [<Bac k ] tak es you b ack to the previous page. • Clic king [Cance l] tak es you ba ck to the T rigger page w ithout sa ving chang es.
Operatin g Instru ctions 76 When y ou set [FTP] f or T ransfer Meth od Select [ FTP], and clic k [Next> ]. The f ollowi ng page is disp la yed. • Click ing [<Back ] take s you bac k to the pre vious p age. • Click ing [Cancel] takes you bac k to the T rigger page with out sa ving ch anges.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 77 Setting Description Ser v er IP Address or Host Name *1 *1 Note that [Space], ["], ['], [&], [<] and [>] are not availab le. • If y ou set a server IP addre ss, set 4 n umbers (0—2 55) and 3 periods, such as "192.
Operatin g Instru ctions 78 When y ou set [E-mai l] for T ransfer M ethod Select [ E-mail], and c lick [Ne xt>]. The f ollowi ng page i s displa yed . • Click ing [<Back ] take s you bac k to the pre vious p age. • Click ing [Cancel] takes you bac k to the T rigger page with out sa ving ch anges.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 79 Note • The cam era works only with an SMTP (Simpl e Mail T ransf er Protocol ) server . It does not w ork with mail servers l ike "Hotmai l" that us e a w eb browser.
Operatin g Instru ctions 80 How to authe nti cat e Y ou can se lect the a uthentication m ethod: [No authent ication], [POP bef ore SMTP authenti cation] an d [SMTP authenticati on]. POP server authe ntication may b e required by you r ISP . In that case, set POP befor e SMTP authe ntication.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 81 8. After y ou confirm the settings an d clic k [Ne xt>], set E-mail noti fication and clic k [Ne x t>]. • If y ou select [E nable ], the E-mail No tificatio n When T riggered page is displ ay ed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 82 10. Clic k [Go to T rigger page]. • The T r igger pag e is displa yed. Note • If you set a shor t inte r val when transf err ing to a c ell phon e, man y E-mails will be sent, wh ich ma y lead to a large phone bil l. Theref ore , we recommen d yo u to set a long i nter val .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 83 4.4 Setting the Motion Detection The Motion D etection page allo ws you to adjus t the sens itivity of Mo tion Detection. Threshold : If the thresh old is s et low , this f unction d etects ne ar ly all mo vemen ts.
Operatin g Instru ctions 84 Note No resp onsibility will be taken b y our compan y with respect to c onsequences resulti ng from the use o f the Motion De tection f eature . The Motion De tection f eature is not suitable a nd not recomme nded f or uses that re quire a hi gh reliabi lity constantly such a s surveil lance , etc.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 85 What is the sensiti vity? The sensi tivity is the le vel of brightne ss detect ed as motio n by the ca mera. A hig h sensiti v ity sett ing enab les th e camer a to d etect sli ght brightn ess cha nges.
Operatin g Instru ctions 86 4.5 Setting Sensor Log Notification A sensor l og sent onc e a day at a specified time c an be chec ked. T o enab le Sensor Log, set Motion Detection for T r igger Sett ing and chec k [Enable ]. 1. Clic k [Sensor Log] o n the Setup page .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 87 Setting Description A setup o f oper ation • Sensor log op eration ca n be set h ere.
Operatin g Instru ctions 88 How to authe nti cat e Y ou can se lect the a uthentication m ethod: [No authent ication], [POP bef ore SMTP authenti cation] an d [SMTP authenticati on]. POP server authe ntication may b e required by you r ISP . In that case, set POP befor e SMTP authe ntication.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 89 5 U sing Other Fe atures 5.1 Changing Initial Settin gs on the Single Camera pag e or the Multi-Came ra page The I mage Dis.
Operatin g Instru ctions 90 Setting Descript ion Image R eso lution • Select th e image resolut ion. 640 × 480 pixels (Only f or the Singl e Camera page) 320 × 240 pixels (default) 160 × 120 pixels (Only f or the Mul ti-Camer a page) Image Q uality • Select th e image quality .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 91 3. Clic k [Sav e] when fin ished. • The ne w settin gs are sa ved. • When fin ished, "Succes s !" is d isplay ed. 4. Clic k [Go to Image D ispla y page]. • The Image Di spla y page is displa yed.
Operatin g Instru ctions 92 5.2 C onfig uring M ultiple Came ras The Mul ti-Camer a Setup page al lows you to configure camera IP addresses an d camer a names to view m ultiple images on the Multi-Cam era pag e. These configu rations are required to use the Multi-Ca mera page .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 93 Note • If you r camer a will only be accessed on your local network, use ea ch camer a's loc al IP addre ss and p or t num ber .
Operatin g Instru ctions 94 5.3 Specifying O peration Tim e The Oper ation Time pag e allows y ou to limit t he time that th e camera is in use. The camer a image turns to a g ray screen o utside op eration tim e. Note • Y our privac y ma y be co mpromise d if the time period is set inco rrectly .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 95 4. Clic k [Sav e] when fin ished. • The ne w settin gs are sa ved. • The Op eration Tim e page is displa yed. About Operation Time In the operatio n time settings , the enab led settin gs tak e priority o v er the disab led settings .
Operatin g Instru ctions 96 5.4 Changi ng the Indicator Displa y The Indica tor C ontrol pag e allo ws you to select an ope ratio n for the indicat or . There are three o ptions. • T ur n indicato r on when came ra is on . • T ur n indicator on during camer a access.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 97 6 Camera Main tenance 6.1 Maintenance page Maintena nce (1) Status Disp lays th e camera sett ings and status (see page 98 ). (2) [For BL-C20 A] Wireless St atus Displa ys wireles s inf ormation (see p age 98 ).
Operatin g Instru ctions 98 6.1.1 Confirming the Status The Status page allow s y ou to chec k the sta tus of the ca mera. Th e status inf or mation pr ovides sup por t f or troub leshooti ng. Clic king [Status] display s the f ollo wing pa ge. Note See the P anasonic Netw ork Camera sup por t website at http:// panasonic .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 99 6.1.4 Confirming Sensor Logs Displa ys up to 50 Sensor Logs in chrono logical order . Old logs will be o v erwr itten by n ew ones . 1. Clic k [Sensor Log ] on the Mainten ance page.
Operatin g Instru ctions 100 6.1.6 Updating the Camera Firmware The Update Firmware p age allo ws y ou to upd ate the camer a 's firmware . If new firmware is a vail a b le, i n stall it into the camer a. Note • Do not turn off the p ower during a firmwa re update.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 101 • The Up date page is displa yed after about 1 minut e f or BL-C1A or 90 second s f or BL-C20A. The fi r mware upd ate proces s takes a bout 6 minute s for BL- C1A or 7 minute s for BL- C20A .
Operatin g Instru ctions 102 7. Confirm that the versi on number on t he T op page is u pdated. • If the v ersion numbe r is updated, the firmware up date is complete .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 103 6.1.7 Creating a Configuration File A configu ration file can be sa ved on your PC . Y ou can lo ad camer a settings from the confi guration fi le on the L oad Settings page (see page 104 ).
Operatin g Instru ctions 104 6.1.8 Loading Settings from a Configuration File Camer a setti ngs can be l oaded fro m a configur ation file. If you reset th e camera to f actory def ault, the camer a can load pre viousl y used settin gs from a configurati on file.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 105 6.1.9 Resetting the Camera to F actory Defa ult All camer a settin gs are reset to f actory defau lt when the Ex ecute b utton is clic ked. T o restore the wireless connection, acc ess the camera by usi ng a wired connec tion and set u p the wi reless c onfigura tion.
Operatin g Instru ctions 106 6.2 Sup por t page 6.2.1 The Help page The Hel p page di spla ys e xplana tions fo r each of the f ollow ing f eatures. Clic king [Help] on the Support page displa ys the f ollowi ng page . Support (1) Hel p Displa ys the He lp page (s ee pag e 106 ).
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 107 6.2.2 [For BL-C20A] The Wireless Hel p page The Wirele ss Help page ex plains Wireles s Basic configurat ion, Wirele ss Cipher configur ation and Wi reless Sta tus. Clic king [W ireless Help] on the Sup por t page d isplay s the f ollowi ng page .
Operatin g Instru ctions 108 6.3 F A CT OR Y DEF A UL T RESET Button There is a F A CT ORY DEF A UL T RESET b u tton on th e side of the camer a. Pressing the F ACT O R Y DEF A UL T RESET bu tton resets the camer a to f actor y def ault. If y ou los e you r user name and pass word, use this b utton to reset t he camer a.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 109 7 Oth er Inf ormation 7.1 Default Sett ing List Basic Items Default Required Note Network Conn ecti on Mo de A utomati c S.
Operatin g Instru ctions 110 Wireless [Fo r BL- C20 A] Comm unicat ion mode 802.11b/g - - (Chann el) Aut o - - SSID NetCam**** - Up to 32 char acters , signs or num ber s (Speed) Auto - - Encry ption .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 111 Date an d Tim e Time Setting AM/ PM - AM/PM/24 H A utomati c Time Adjustme nt No check When using NTP - NTP Ser v er Addre.
Operatin g Instru ctions 112 Account Items De fau lt Re quired Note Security: Administr ator Genera l A uthenti cation Do not per mit access fr om guest u sers - - User Name [Blank] Whe n setting adm .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 113 Buffer/ T ransfer Items Default Req uired Note Tr i g g e r Status Off - - Tr i g g e r Timer - Timer/Mot ion Detection Ac.
Operatin g Instru ctions 114 Sensor Log A set up o f oper ati on Disable When select ing Motio n Detecti on in Tr i g g e r . Disable/ Enabl e(When there is n o new- arriv al sensor log: Disa ble)/ En.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 115 Adv anced Items Default Req uired Note Image Display Single C amera Image Resolution 320 × 240 - 320 × 240 or 640 × 480.
Operatin g Instru ctions 116 Multi- Came ra Multi- Camer a No .1 Selfcamera - - Disp lay Che cked W hen sett ing Multi -Camera - IP Ad dre ss or H ost Name selfc amer a When set ti ng Multi -Camera IP address *1 Host nam e*5 is 1—255 char acters . Po r t N o.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 117 *1 Set 4 num b ers (0—255) and 3 periods, such as "192.168 .0.253". No te that "0.0.0. 0" and "2 55.255.255.25 5" are not avai lable . *2 Set the n umber of 1—655 35.
Operatin g Instru ctions 118 7.2 Cleaning Only clea n the camera a fter it has been tu r ned off b y disco nnecting the AC ad aptor . 7.2.1 Cleaning the Main Unit After takin g awa y the dust o n the main unit, wipe it with a soft, dr y cloth .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 119 7.3 Setting an IP Address on Y our PC Y our PC's IP ad dress ca n be ass igned b y foll owing the p rocedu res belo w . 1. Displa y the TCP/IP Proper ties w indow . • The ste ps are diff erent depending on your OS .
Operatin g Instru ctions 120 7.4 Using Setup Pr ogr am The Setup Program can be used f or the fol lowing purposes . • Finding the IP address an d port number of th e camera con nected to you r networ k. • Settin g up the c amera a u toma tically .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 121 • If t he followi ng dia log box is displ ay ed, cl ick [Unblo ck]. • Y ou can fi nd the ca mera IP addre ss and p or t num ber by looking up the MA C address of you r camera.
Operatin g Instru ctions 122 A utomatic Setup (Local or Internet Access) or Manual Setup 1. Click [E x ecu te] o n the C amera List wind ow shown on page 121 . 2. Clic k the correspon ding bu tton. Note See Gett ing Started f or local and Internet acc ess set up .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 123 Manua l Setup windo w Set up eac h parameter re ferring to page 33 —page 35 . • If more than 20 minu tes h ave passed sinc e the ca mera was tur ned on, the ca mera cannot b e set up from the Setup Prog ram.
Operatin g Instru ctions 124 Setting up the Camera Usi ng the MA C Address on the Setup Progr am The Setup Program ma y not list any c ameras due t o yo ur firew all or anti virus softwa re settings on y our PC.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 125 3. Enter the u ser name and pa ssw ord, and c lick [Sa v e]. 4. The Enter N etwo rk P assw o rd win dow i s displ ay ed. Enter the user name and pas sw ord t hat you s et ab ove, and cli ck [OK].
Operatin g Instru ctions 126 Note • Se e pa ge 12 f or the Single Cam era pag e. • If yo u will enab le Internet access to the cam era, f ollow the proce dures below . • When y ou are using a r outer that supports UPnP™ 1. Enabl e the A uto P or t F orwarding f eature on the UP nP™ page (se e page 39 ).
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 127 7.5 Setting Y o ur PC 7.5.1 Setting Pr o xy Server Sett ings on a W eb Br owser If a pro xy server is no t used, these s ettings are not required. If y ou are usin g a pro xy ser ve r, perform the p rox y ser v er setting s below .
Operatin g Instru ctions 128 3. Clic k the [Con nections] tab , and cli ck [LAN Settings]. 4. See if the Use a pro xy server f or your LAN chec k bo x is chec ked or no t. If chec ked, cl ick [Adv anced...]. • If not chec ked, clic k [Cancel]. Pro xy sett ings are n ot required.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 129 5. Enter the c a mera' s IP addres s into the Do not use pro xy server f or addresses beginni ng with data field .
Operatin g Instru ctions 130 7.5.2 Setting UPnP™ to Displa y Camera Shortcut in My Network Places T o displ ay the camera s hortcut in the My Network Places f older , a Windows compon ent sh ould be ad ded. Enable UPnP TM (Unive rsal Plug and Pla y) f ollo wing the step s below .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 131 7.6 ASCII Character T able (space) ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - .
Operatin g Instru ctions 132 7.7 File Siz e an d Numb er of Buffe red Im ag es The followi ng ta ble shows t he re lat ionsh ip b etwee n the f ile size of t he im age and the max imum n umber of b uff ered images . Note The f ollowi ng file siz es are sh own at thei r maxim um valu e.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 133 When [Motion Detection] is set in T rigger , and both [Enable Pre-tr igger Image Buf fer] and [En able P ost -trigger I ma.
Operatin g Instru ctions 134 Example The max imum number of buff ered images f o r each s etting (A): About 250 images The max imum number of [Enab le Pre-trigger Ima ge Buff er] images (B): About 80 .
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 135 7.8 Specifi cations Network Camera Items Specifica tions Zoom 1 0× digital zoom Image Se nsor 1/4-inch CMOS Sensor 3 20,0.
Operatin g Instru ctions 136 Indicator Disp lay P owe r/Network Commu nication/Cam era o perat ion/ Ethernet lin k Dime nsion ( HWD ) BL -C 1A About 85 mm (3 3/8 inches ) × About 85 m m (3 3/8 in ches) × About 25 m m (1 inch ) BL- C2 0A About 85 m m (3 3/8 in ches) × About 85 m m (3 3/8 in ches) × About 35.
Operati ng Instructi ons [F or assistance , please call: 1-8 00-272-7033] 137 [For BL-C20A ] Wireless Specifications Items Specifica tions Comm unication m ode (Comm unication Standa rd) IEEE 802 .11b , 802.11b/g, 802.11g e xclusive Data T ransf er Mode IEEE 802.
Operatin g Instr uctions 138 Index.
Operati ng Instructi ons 139 A Abbreviat ions 3 ActiveX Controls 14 Administrato r/General Users/Gue st Users 55 ASCII Characte r Table 131 B Buffered Im age page 22 C Camera Ac cess 10 Camera pag e 5.
Operatin g Instru ctions 140 Trad ema rks 3 U Update Firmware page 10 0 UPnP pag e 39 W WEP 37 Wire less Help page 10 7 Wireles s page 36 Wireles s Status pa ge 98.
Panasonic Consumer Electr onics Company , Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America PQQX14944ZA K K1105JT0 2005 P anasonic Communications Co ., Ltd. All Rights Reser ved. Panasonic Puerto Rico, Inc. Carefully pack your unit, preferably in the original carton.
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