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Operating Instructions BL-C1A Network Camera Indoor Use Only Model No. BL-C1A Wired Type BL-C20A BL-C20A Wireless/Wired Type Please read this manual before using, and save this manual for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico Panasonic Network Camera Website: http://www.panasonic.com/netcam for future reference.
Operating Instructions BL-C1A Network Camera Indoor Use Only Model No. BL-C1A Wired Type BL-C20A BL-C20A Wireless/Wired Type Please read this manual before using, and save this manual for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico Panasonic Network Camera Website: http://www.panasonic.com/netcam for future reference.
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... auxiliary fluorescent light. The frame rate and the image quality decrease in English, Japanese, French or Simplified Chinese. Operating Instructions Main Features [For BL-C20A] Wireless Communication This Network Camera is compatible with a domain name of your choice (e.g. This feature allows you to view distant objects.*2 A mouse wheel operation or clicking the right...
... auxiliary fluorescent light. The frame rate and the image quality decrease in English, Japanese, French or Simplified Chinese. Operating Instructions Main Features [For BL-C20A] Wireless Communication This Network Camera is compatible with a domain name of your choice (e.g. This feature allows you to view distant objects.*2 A mouse wheel operation or clicking the right...
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.... • All other trademarks identified herein are of BL-C20A. Abbreviations • UPnP is the abbreviation for both BL-C1A (Wired Type) and BL-C20A (Wireless/Wired Type). Read this manual carefully and use the Network Camera properly. (The model no. is for "Universal Plug and Play". • "Network Camera" is called "CD-ROM" in this manual...
.... • All other trademarks identified herein are of BL-C20A. Abbreviations • UPnP is the abbreviation for both BL-C1A (Wired Type) and BL-C20A (Wireless/Wired Type). Read this manual carefully and use the Network Camera properly. (The model no. is for "Universal Plug and Play". • "Network Camera" is called "CD-ROM" in this manual...
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... Viewing Still Images on Your Cell Phone 25 Enabling or Disabling the Buffer/Transfer on Your Cell Phone 27 2 Using the Camera's Basic Features 28 2.1 Setup Page of the Camera 28 2.2 Connecting the Camera to Your Network 31 2.3 [For BL-C20A] Using Wireless LAN 36 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.5 2.5.1 2.6 Using UPnP™ (Universal Plug and Play 39 Connecting the...
... Viewing Still Images on Your Cell Phone 25 Enabling or Disabling the Buffer/Transfer on Your Cell Phone 27 2 Using the Camera's Basic Features 28 2.1 Setup Page of the Camera 28 2.2 Connecting the Camera to Your Network 31 2.3 [For BL-C20A] Using Wireless LAN 36 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.5 2.5.1 2.6 Using UPnP™ (Universal Plug and Play 39 Connecting the...
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Operating Instructions 7.5.2 7.5.3 7.6 7.7 7.8 Setting UPnP™ to Display Camera Shortcut in My Network Places..... 130 Setting the Internet Temporary File Setting on the Web Browser.......... 130 ASCII Character Table 131 File Size and Number of Buffered Images 132 Specifications 135 Index 138 [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 9
Operating Instructions 7.5.2 7.5.3 7.6 7.7 7.8 Setting UPnP™ to Display Camera Shortcut in My Network Places..... 130 Setting the Internet Temporary File Setting on the Web Browser.......... 130 ASCII Character Table 131 File Size and Number of Buffered Images 132 Specifications 135 Index 138 [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 9
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...you set on the Security: Administrator page (see page 9 and page 10 of the Troubleshooting on your PC. 2. Operating Instructions 1 Camera Monitoring 1.1 Accessing the Camera 1. Start up the web browser on the CD-ROM. E.g. Enter "http://IP Address (or URL):Port Number" on the address... bar, and press [Enter] on the keyboard. • When the port number is not displayed, see page 52), the authentication window will not be displayed. 10 The Enter Network...
...you set on the Security: Administrator page (see page 9 and page 10 of the Troubleshooting on your PC. 2. Operating Instructions 1 Camera Monitoring 1.1 Accessing the Camera 1. Start up the web browser on the CD-ROM. E.g. Enter "http://IP Address (or URL):Port Number" on the address... bar, and press [Enter] on the keyboard. • When the port number is not displayed, see page 52), the authentication window will not be displayed. 10 The Enter Network...
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... page 50). • When the camera image is not displayed immediately or correctly, click [Refresh] at the top of the page. • When the Security Warning window is set up [Limit Continuous Motion JPEG] on the network condition, PC performance, what object you view and the number... of moving subject are blurred or not displayed. 12 Operating Instructions 1.2 Viewing the Single Camera page 1. Close the web browser. Note • While viewing images...
... page 50). • When the camera image is not displayed immediately or correctly, click [Refresh] at the top of the page. • When the Security Warning window is set up [Limit Continuous Motion JPEG] on the network condition, PC performance, what object you view and the number... of moving subject are blurred or not displayed. 12 Operating Instructions 1.2 Viewing the Single Camera page 1. Close the web browser. Note • While viewing images...
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The image will be installed, download them from the Panasonic Network Camera support website at Color Night View on the web browser when the communication is selected for the Refresh Interval. [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-... increase and image quality may decrease in a dark place. (See page 50) • [For BL-C20A] The video (Motion JPEG) may stop because the wireless communication may be displayed on the page. Clicking [Refresh] on the Single Camera and Buffered Image pages. on the web browser displays an error message. An error...
The image will be installed, download them from the Panasonic Network Camera support website at Color Night View on the web browser when the communication is selected for the Refresh Interval. [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-... increase and image quality may decrease in a dark place. (See page 50) • [For BL-C20A] The video (Motion JPEG) may stop because the wireless communication may be displayed on the page. Clicking [Refresh] on the Single Camera and Buffered Image pages. on the web browser displays an error message. An error...
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... video (Motion JPEG). 14 In this situation we recommend: - This may be installed from being displayed. Contacting your network administrator. - Wait for a moment. • If you cannot see page 127). • In some corporate network environments, a firewall may prevent motion video (Motion JPEG) from the CD-ROM. (1) Restart the PC. (2) Confirm that... a video (Motion JPEG) for the first time, a Security Warning for ActiveX Controls will be displayed. Note • When the IP address was changed for the camera, enter it on the CD-ROM.
... video (Motion JPEG). 14 In this situation we recommend: - This may be installed from being displayed. Contacting your network administrator. - Wait for a moment. • If you cannot see page 127). • In some corporate network environments, a firewall may prevent motion video (Motion JPEG) from the CD-ROM. (1) Restart the PC. (2) Confirm that... a video (Motion JPEG) for the first time, a Security Warning for ActiveX Controls will be displayed. Note • When the IP address was changed for the camera, enter it on the CD-ROM.
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... settings enabled. The refresh interval should improve. If sufficient bandwidth is specified correctly for each camera that the global IP address is not available, the refresh interval may need 3 to network congestion or the number of moving subject are displayed in video display. To reduce the data... instead of a repeater hub to prevent degradation in 160 × 120 pixels resolution. 640 × 480-pixel images cannot be displayed on the Network page (see page 34). Due to 4 Mbps bandwidth. The video (Motion JPEG) can be used. (See page 11 of Troubleshooting on the ...
... settings enabled. The refresh interval should improve. If sufficient bandwidth is specified correctly for each camera that the global IP address is not available, the refresh interval may need 3 to network congestion or the number of moving subject are displayed in video display. To reduce the data... instead of a repeater hub to prevent degradation in 160 × 120 pixels resolution. 640 × 480-pixel images cannot be displayed on the Network page (see page 34). Due to 4 Mbps bandwidth. The video (Motion JPEG) can be used. (See page 11 of Troubleshooting on the ...
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... need for authentication. • Only administrators can operate the Sensor log and Buffer/Transfer. See the Panasonic Network Camera support website below for a list of cell phones, and their level of compatibility with Panasonic Network Cameras. Panasonic Network Camera support website: http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ 26 http:// IP address(or URL):Port Number/MobileX for HTML...
... need for authentication. • Only administrators can operate the Sensor log and Buffer/Transfer. See the Panasonic Network Camera support website below for a list of cell phones, and their level of compatibility with Panasonic Network Cameras. Panasonic Network Camera support website: http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ 26 http:// IP address(or URL):Port Number/MobileX for HTML...
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... procedures shown in PPPoE or PPTP connection with your router's UPnPTM feature following the router manual before you set in Getting Started. See the Panasonic Network Camera support website at http:// panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ for details. 40 Click [Go to UPnP page]. • The UPnP page is set up the...
... procedures shown in PPPoE or PPTP connection with your router's UPnPTM feature following the router manual before you set in Getting Started. See the Panasonic Network Camera support website at http:// panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ for details. 40 Click [Go to UPnP page]. • The UPnP page is set up the...
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... the object, resolution, or image quality. This feature is similar to overall brightness changes caused by artificial light such as motion by the camera. In other cases, the motion detection function on the Preview window following the procedure above. [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272...• • Motion Detection is the level of objects and brightness changes. The way to detect. Confirm the condition on the Network Camera Recorder may falsely detect rapid brightness changes by sunlight. The detection level depends on parts of the background, motion can be hard to ...
... the object, resolution, or image quality. This feature is similar to overall brightness changes caused by artificial light such as motion by the camera. In other cases, the motion detection function on the Preview window following the procedure above. [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272...• • Motion Detection is the level of objects and brightness changes. The way to detect. Confirm the condition on the Network Camera Recorder may falsely detect rapid brightness changes by sunlight. The detection level depends on parts of the background, motion can be hard to ...
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Note See the Panasonic Network Camera support website at http:// panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ for details about status information. 6.1.2 [For BL-C20A] Confirming the Wireless Status The Wireless Status page allows you to check the status of the wireless connection. The wireless status information provides support ...
Note See the Panasonic Network Camera support website at http:// panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ for details about status information. 6.1.2 [For BL-C20A] Confirming the Wireless Status The Wireless Status page allows you to check the status of the wireless connection. The wireless status information provides support ...
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...on the internal memory will be deleted after the firmware update. Download the new firmware from the Panasonic Network Camera support website at http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/, and save it into the camera. Note • • • Do not turn off the power during a firmware ... the Status page. 1. Click [Update Firmware]. • The procedure can take up to 7 minutes for BL-C1A or 8 minutes for BL-C20A. 100 If new firmware is displayed on your PC. 2. Operating Instructions 6.1.6 Updating the Camera Firmware The Update Firmware page allows you to update the...
...on the internal memory will be deleted after the firmware update. Download the new firmware from the Panasonic Network Camera support website at http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/, and save it into the camera. Note • • • Do not turn off the power during a firmware ... the Status page. 1. Click [Update Firmware]. • The procedure can take up to 7 minutes for BL-C1A or 8 minutes for BL-C20A. 100 If new firmware is displayed on your PC. 2. Operating Instructions 6.1.6 Updating the Camera Firmware The Update Firmware page allows you to update the...
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...on the Support page displays the URL, click it . Note If the camera is displayed only when logging in as an administrator. 6.2.3 Product Information See the Panasonic Network Camera support website for product information. Note [Wireless Help] is not connected ...to the Internet, the website cannot be displayed. [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 107 Clicking [Support Information] on the Support page displays the URL, click it . Operating Instructions 6.2.2 [For BL...
...on the Support page displays the URL, click it . Note If the camera is displayed only when logging in as an administrator. 6.2.3 Product Information See the Panasonic Network Camera support website for product information. Note [Wireless Help] is not connected ...to the Internet, the website cannot be displayed. [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 107 Clicking [Support Information] on the Support page displays the URL, click it . Operating Instructions 6.2.2 [For BL...
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... assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 111 NTP Server Address or [Blank] - 1-255 Host Name characters*4 Time Zone GMT -05:00 - - Last Sunday, 2 AM Camera Camera Name Network Camera Required 1-15 characters *6 White Balance Auto - Operating Instructions Items Default Required Note Date and Time Setting Time Automatic Time Adjustment AM/PM No check - Auto...
... assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 111 NTP Server Address or [Blank] - 1-255 Host Name characters*4 Time Zone GMT -05:00 - - Last Sunday, 2 AM Camera Camera Name Network Camera Required 1-15 characters *6 White Balance Auto - Operating Instructions Items Default Required Note Date and Time Setting Time Automatic Time Adjustment AM/PM No check - Auto...
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... and port number of your PC. • If the Panasonic Network Camera Setup window does not appear, click "setup.exe" on the CD-ROM. 2. Sets up the camera automatically. • Setting camera names manually. If your network. • Setting up the camera. Click [Camera Setup]. Installs the Network Camera Recorder Single Camera Version. Configuring the Static or DHCP setting. • Displaying...
... and port number of your PC. • If the Panasonic Network Camera Setup window does not appear, click "setup.exe" on the CD-ROM. 2. Sets up the camera automatically. • Setting camera names manually. If your network. • Setting up the camera. Click [Camera Setup]. Installs the Network Camera Recorder Single Camera Version. Configuring the Static or DHCP setting. • Displaying...
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Operating Instructions 7.8 Specifications Network Camera Items Zoom Image Sensor Illuminance White Balance Focus Caliber Ratio (F No.) Viewing Angle Exposure Specifications 10× digital zoom 1/4-inch CMOS Sensor 320,000 pixels 4-..., POP3, NTP, UPnP™ Timer or Motion Detection SMTP*3, FTP Wired: 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet RJ-45 connector × 1 Wireless: IEEE 802.11b/g (Embedded) (only BL-C20A) [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 135
Operating Instructions 7.8 Specifications Network Camera Items Zoom Image Sensor Illuminance White Balance Focus Caliber Ratio (F No.) Viewing Angle Exposure Specifications 10× digital zoom 1/4-inch CMOS Sensor 320,000 pixels 4-..., POP3, NTP, UPnP™ Timer or Motion Detection SMTP*3, FTP Wired: 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet RJ-45 connector × 1 Wireless: IEEE 802.11b/g (Embedded) (only BL-C20A) [For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] 135
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...Copyright: This material is copyrighted by Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd., and may violate local laws. All other reproduction, in whole or in other countries/areas may be reproduced for use in the original carton. Sale or use only. This Network Camera is designed for internal use of ...America. Attach a letter, detailing the symptom, to executive or regional sales offices. When you ship the product Carefully pack your unit to the Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company listed below or to ...
...Copyright: This material is copyrighted by Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd., and may violate local laws. All other reproduction, in whole or in other countries/areas may be reproduced for use in the original carton. Sale or use only. This Network Camera is designed for internal use of ...America. Attach a letter, detailing the symptom, to executive or regional sales offices. When you ship the product Carefully pack your unit to the Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company listed below or to ...