Panasonic Network Camera BL-C10A Getting Started Manual

							 Push the cable cover to the left, 
 let go of the tab from the unit. Pull.1
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Getting Started
Network Camera
Model No.BL-C10A
1.Check the included accessories.
The following items are provided with the camera. Additional pieces can \
be
ordered by calling 1-800-332-5368.
3.Connect the camera to your router.
Connect the camera to your router with an Ethernet®cable to set up the camera.
2.Check the system requirement for
your PC.
Your PC (Personal Computer) and network must meet the following tech-
nical specifications for the camera to work properly.
Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 pc.
AC Adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 pc.
Order No. PQLV1Y
(Cord Length: About 5 m [16.4 feet])
Setup CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 1 pc.
Order No.: PSQX3229YCD
(Operating Instructions, Installation/
Troubleshooting, Getting Started,
Setup Program)Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 pcs.
Order No.: PQHE5004Y
Washers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 pcs.
Order No.: XWG35FJ
Please read the Installation/Troubleshooting manual before using.
This Getting Started explains how to connect, set up and mount the
camera. See the Operating Instructions on the Setup CD-ROM for
details about the camera features.
•If you cannot complete the setup, see the Troubleshooting section of
the Installation/Troubleshooting manual.
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Abbreviations
•UPnPTMis the abbreviation for Universal Plug and Play.
•Network Camera is called Camera in this Getting Started.
4.Turn the camera on.
Inserting the AC adaptor to the outlet powers up the camera.
After you let the Ethernet
cable through the hole, attach
the cable cover to the camera.
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•These instructions assume your PC is already connected to the Internet a\
nd your home network includes a router that is UPnP
(Universal Plug and Play) compliant.
•The camera will be connected to your router using a straight Cat5 netw\
ork cable (customer-provided).
To a LAN port of your router
To your Modem
To your PC
To the outlet
Ethernet cable 
(Straight Cat5 cable)
(Customer-provided)
Attach the cable cover letting
the Ethernet cable through the hole.
Getting Started (This manual) . 1 pc.
•See Panasonic Network Camera support website at
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ for the latest information
about web browser.
Push the cable cover to the left, let go
of the tab from the unit, and pull it.Connect the Ethernet cable to your
router.Connect the Ethernet cable to the camera.
Ethernet cable 
(Straight Cat5 cable) 
(Customer-provided)
To the Ethernet (LAN) 
port of the camera
To your router
Connect the power cord from
the AC adaptor to the DC In
jack.Plug the AC adaptor into
the power outlet.After the lens moves (pan/tilt
operation), confirm that the indi-
cator lights green after a minute.
AC Adaptor
To the power outlet
To the camera
The indicator
lights green.
•If the indicator does not light green,
see page 15 and 16 of the Installation/
Troubleshooting.
•A noise can be heard during pan/tilt
operation. This is normal.
Power Cord
To the DC IN jack of 
the camera
To the router
Operating
System
CPU
Protocol
Interface
Web Browser
ItemDescription
Microsoft®Windows®98SE, Microsoft®Windows®2000, 
Microsoft®Windows®Me, Microsoft®Windows®XP
Pentium®III  (500 MHz or greater is recommended.)
TCP/IP protocol (HTTP, TCP, UDP, IP, DNS, ARP, ICMP)
10/100 Mbps network card installed
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later (Not included on the Setup CD-ROM)
Installation/
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . 1 pc.
•When you operate the camera,
the power outlet should be near
the camera and easily accessible. 
						

							•If Security Warning window is displayed to install ActiveX®Controls,
click [Yes].
Insert the Setup CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of
the PC.
(If the Network Camera Setup window is not displayed automatically,
double-click Setup.exe file on the Setup CD-ROM.)
Select the camera to set up and click [Execute].
•This program searches for the cameras that are connected to the router
and displays the MAC Addresses, IP addresses and Port Numbers.
Click [Automatic Setup (Local Access Only)].
Opens the manuals.
If Adobe ®
Acrobat ®
Reader
(English version) is not installed on
your PC, install it from the Adobe
Reader website.
Finishes the Setup Program.
•When searching for multiple cameras, the cameras can be identified with
the MAC Addresses labeled near the Ethernet (LAN) port of the cameras.\
Select a camera.
•The image is a simulated screen image.
Displays the program version, etc.
When the Single Camera page is displayed, the setup
is completed.
5.Setup the camera.
Sets up the camera.
Click [Camera Setup].
Important
•To avoid any possible problems, temporarily disable any firewall or antiv\
irus software.
•This procedure explains installation of the camera on the same network t\
hat your PC is part of.
•Before proceeding, close your web browser.
Notes
•
If more than 20 minutes have passed since the camera was turned on, the \
camera
cannot be set up from the Setup Program. In this situation, restart the \
camera.
• The Setup Program may not list any cameras due to your firewall or antiv\
irus soft-
ware settings on your PC. If you cannot disable your firewall or antivir\
us software,
you can set up the camera entering the camera MAC address on the followi\
ng win-
dow. See page 12 of the Installation/Troubleshooting for details.
Note
Check [Every visit to the page] for
Temporary Internet files on your web
browser. If it is not checked, the camera
may display old images.
•Click [Cancel] and go to the last page, if you mount the camera.
Click [Next] to set up the Internet access to the cam-
era and go to step  on the next page.
Enter the user name and password, and click [Save].
The Enter Network Password window is displayed.
Enter the user name and password that were set, and
click [OK].
New User Name (6 to 15 characters)
New Password (6 to 15 characters)
Note
Make a note of the user name and password.
•For the first time installation or after pressing the Factory Default Re\
set button,
only [Automatic Setup (Local Access Only)] can be selected. To set up \
the
camera with Static or DHCP settings, after performing the [Automatic Set\
up
(Local Access Only)], run the Setup Program again and select [Manual S\
etup]. 
						

							•If Security Warning window is displayed to install ActiveX
Controls, click [Yes].
Click [Automatic Setup (Internet Access)].
The Enter Network Password window is displayed. Enter the
username and password that were set, and click [OK].
To register with the Viewnetcam.com FREE DDNS service,
check [Register with Viewnetcam.com] and click [Next].
When Setup complete is displayed, make a note
of the URL in the blank below and click [To Single
Camera page].
By registering with the Viewnetcam.com FREE DDNS service, you can
create a personalized web address at which your cameras live video
can always be found on the Internet. For detailed information, access 
http://www.viewnetcam.com .
To enable access over the Internet, check [Enable]. Not to
enable access over the Internet, check [Disable]. And click
[Next].
Local Network Access
Access via Internet
•When [Enable] was selected
at step
.
•If the message Failed to configure the routers Port Forwarding by UPnP\
is displayed, your router may not support UPnP or UPnP is not enabled.
Enable your routers UPnP or set Port Forwarding manually following the
routers manual and try Automatic Setup again. For more information abou\
t
setting up a router, refer to the Panasonic Network Camera support web-
site at 
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ .
•If the message Failed to register with Viewnetcam.com. is displayed, c\
on-
firm that the router is connected to the Internet.
Local Network Access
•The image is a simulated screen image.
After a while, the Viewnetcam.com FREE DDNS
service website is displayed. Follow the displayed
instructions for registration.
When the Single Camera page is displayed, the
setup is completed.
•For the first time installation or after pressing the Factory Default Re\
set 
button, only [Automatic Setup (Local Access Only)] can be selected. To\
 set
up the camera with Static or DHCP settings, after performing the [Automa\
tic
Setup (Local Access Only)], run the Setup Program again and select
[Manual Setup].
The Enter Network Password window is displayed.
Enter the user name and password that were set,
and click [OK].
•When [Disable] was selected at
step
.
•When [Do not register with Viewnetcam.com] was selected at step ,
skip to step  .
Notes
•The port number must be specified at the end of camera URL.
For example
Using port 80: http://(Cameraname).viewnetcam.com 
or http://IP Address
Using any other port: http://(Cameraname).viewnetcam.com:Port Number
or http://IP Address:Port Number
•Make a note of the URL for the camera.
Note
Check [Every visit to the page] for
Temporary Internet files on your web
browser. If it is not checked, the camera
may display old images.
Select the camera on the camera list to set up the
Internet access and click [Execute].
•This program searches for the cameras that are connected to the
router and displays the MAC Addresses, IP addresses and Port
Numbers.
•When searching for multiple cameras, the cameras can be identified with \
the
MAC Addresses labeled near the Ethernet (LAN) port of the cameras.
Select a camera.
Note
If more than 20 minutes have passed since the camera was turned on, the
camera cannot be set up from the Setup Program. In this situation, resta\
rt the
camera.
To Set Up Internet Access to the Camera
Registration with the Viewnetcam.com FREE DDNS service 
•If you select [Disable], skip to step  .
•The URL for the local network access may be different from the one set u\
p on
the previous page. Make a note of the URL here again. 
						

							Easy to detectEasy to detect
Horizontal Detection 
Range (About 30  )
Horizontal Viewing Angle (43  )
Hard to detect 
(Distance may be shortened below 5 m [16.4 feet])
Pyroelectric 
Infrared Sensor
Figure 1
Figure 2
The lens position is 
not matching the 
sensor direction.
Notes
•The sensor can easily detect temperature differences of objects moving s\
ideways
within the detection range, but cannot easily detect objects moving slow\
ly towards
the sensor. Mount the camera where the objects often pass across the det\
ection
range (see Figure 1).
•If the lens position does not match the sensor direction, the buffered o\
r transferred
images may not capture the object detected by the sensor (see Figure 2)\
. We recom-
mend you to set the pan/tilt range to match the sensor direction or to r\
estrict the users
access level to disable the pan/tilt operation.
Where the object is
exposed to strong lightWhere there is an
obstacle such as glass
in front of the camera
6.Mount the camera.
You should understand the detection range of the pyroelectric infrared s\
ensor before mounting the camera. The camera can be mou
nted on the wall.
In the wall mount, the Ethernet cable should be put through the bottom o\
f the camera.
Screw the 2 screws (included accessories) with 
the 2 washers (included accessories) into the 
wall, and mount the camera.Remove the cable cover and put the Ethernet 
cable through the bottom of the camera, and then 
reattach the cable cover.
34 mm 
(1.34 inches)
1.8 mm (0.07 inches)
Ethernet cable
Power 
Cord
12
• The AC adaptor should be connected to a vertically 
oriented or floor-mounted AC outlet. Do not connect the 
AC adaptor to a ceiling-mounted AC outlet, as the 
weight of the adaptor may cause it to become 
disconnected. •
Drive mounting screws into the wall. Be careful to avoid 
touching any metalwork (metal/wire laths etc.), conduits 
or electrical cables buried in the wall. 
About 5 m (16.4 feet)
About 30
Pyroelectric Infrared Sensor
About 5 m 
(16.4 feet)
About 85
Pyroelectric 
Infrared Sensor
Horizontal Detection RangeVertical Detection Range
Notes
•The included screws are only for a wooden wall.
•Mount the camera on the stable location such
as a wooden column. The camera may fall and
break down.
•The camera is intended for indoor use only.
Do not mount the camera outside the house.
•To correctly control the pan/tilt operation, do
not incline the camera in mounting.
•Do not mount the camera upside down. The
image may be displayed upside down.
Up
Down
Notes
•Read the Installation/Troubleshooting before mounting the camera.
•Prepare the Ethernet cable with enough length before mounting the camera\
.
•You can view the image even in 1 lx illuminance. But if you feel hard to\
 view the image, you had better use supplemental lighti ng.
About Pyroelectric Infrared Sensor 
(See Panasonic Network Camera support website at http://panasonic.co.jp\
/pcc/products/en/netwkcam/ for details about the
pyroelectric infrared sensor.)
The sensor (pyroelectric infrared sensor) detects temperature differen\
ces with the infrared rays naturally emitted by human or  animal bodies. The sensor trigger can acti-
vate buffering images to the internal memory or transferring images by E\
-mail or FTP.  The detection range is about 30  °horizontally, about 85  °vertically and about 5-m
(16.4 feet) distance. Since the detection range is easily affected by \
the environment temperature or how fast the object speed  is, consider your mounting location.
•If there is no temperature difference between human body and environment\
 like in summer,
the sensor may not detect anything. 
• If the object is less than about 1 m (40 inches) away from the camera,\
 the camera may
detect the object outside the range.
• If the sensor is obstructed, the sensor does not detect anything. Remove\
 the obstacle in
front of the sensor.
•
The sensor may malfunction in the following areas. Avoid these locations\
.
Where direct sunlight
hits the objectIn a greasy or humid
place like a kitchenWhere there are sharp
temperature changes
like near an air condi-
tioner Near a radio wave emit-
ting device
Example Wall Mount Size
34 mm 
(1.34 inches)
About Location
About Privacy Mode
Privacy mode hides the lens into the unit to protect privacy. The operat\
ions are:
Enable : The camera hides the lens into the unit and disable monitoring.
Disable : The camera returns to normal operation and enables monitoring.
You can keep your privacy in privacy mode. Pressing the privacy button o\
n the front of the camera
switches privacy mode on or off with a single touch. For example, if you\
 go outside your house, you
can monitor your house from outside. If you stay in your house, you can \
protect your privacy with a
single touch. The administrator is also able to control privacy mode ove\
r the network (see page 70 of
the Operating Instructions in the Setup CD-ROM).
Privacy Button
Pressing the privacy 
button switches privacy 
mode on or off.
• In privacy mode, the camera operation stops, and the image transfer by
timer or sensor is also stopped.
 Wall Mount
Caution
Do not mount the camera on a soft material. The
camera may fall and break down.