Panasonic Network Camera BL-C30A Getting Started Manual

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5[For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033] IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
When using this unit, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce 
the risk of fire, electric shock, or personal injury.
1.Read and understand all instructions.
2.Keep these instructions.
3.Heed all warnings.
4.Follow all instructions.
5.After taking away the dust on the lens, wipe the lens with a cotton bud.
6.Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, 
or other devices (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
7.Protect the AC adaptor cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at 
plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the unit.
8.When you operate the camera, the power outlet should be near the camera 
and easily accessible.
9.Do not touch the unit or the AC adaptor during lightning storms.
10.Unplug the unit when unused for long periods of time.
11.Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when 
the unit has been damaged in any way, such as the AC adaptor cord or plug is 
damaged, the unit does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
12.The camera is intended for indoor use only. Prolonged exposure to direct 
sunlight or halogen light may damage CMOS sensor.
User Name and Password Protection
The use of a unique User Name and secret Password is an important tool that 
will help limit unauthorized individuals from accessing the camera. If you 
choose to disable this tool, and choose not to limit access by use of a User 
Name and Password, this may result in access to the camera by 
unauthorized individuals. (see page 46)
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Table of Contents
1 Camera Monitoring ....................................................... 8
1.1 Accessing the Camera ................................................................... 8
1.2 Viewing Single Camera page....................................................... 10
1.2.1 Image Auto Centering (Click to Center) ................................................... 13
1.2.2 Capturing a Still Image ............................................................................ 14
1.2.3 Using Operation Bar ................................................................................ 15
1.2.4 Setting Home Position/Sensor Position/Preset Button............................. 17
1.3 Viewing Multi-Camera page ......................................................... 21
1.4 Viewing Buffered Image page ...................................................... 23
1.4.1 Deleting Buffered Images ........................................................................ 24
1.5 Viewing Still Images on Your Mobile Phone ................................. 25
2 Various Camera Features........................................... 27
2.1 Using Camera Features ............................................................... 27
2.2 Connecting the Camera to Your Network ..................................... 30
2.3 Using Wireless LAN ..................................................................... 34
2.4 Using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) ........................................ 37
2.5 Registering with the Viewnetcam.com service ............................ 38
2.6 Setting Date and Time ................................................................. 40
2.7 Changing Camera Settings .......................................................... 42
2.8 Changing Authentication Setting and Administrator User Name and 
Password ..................................................................................... 46
2.9 Logging in to the Camera............................................................. 49
2.10 Creating, Modifying or Deleting General Users ........................... 50
2.11 Changing Initial Settings on the Single Camera page or the Multi-
Camera page ............................................................................... 52
2.12 Configuring Multiple Cameras...................................................... 55
2.13 Buffering or Transferring Images by Timer ................................... 57
2.14 Buffering or Transferring Images by Sensor................................. 64
2.15 Specifying Operation Time........................................................... 74
2.16 Changing Indicator Display .......................................................... 76
2.17 Enabling Privacy Mode ................................................................ 77 
						

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3 Camera Maintenance ..................................................78
3.1 Maintenance page ....................................................................... 78
3.1.1 Confirming the Status .............................................................................. 79
3.1.2 Confirming the Wireless Status ............................................................... 79
3.1.3 Restarting the Camera ............................................................................ 80
3.1.4 Updating the Camera Firmware .............................................................. 81
3.1.5 Creating Configuration File ...................................................................... 84
3.1.6 Loading Settings from a Configuration File ............................................. 85
3.1.7 Resetting the Camera to Factory Default ................................................ 86
3.2 Support page ............................................................................... 87
3.2.1 Seeing Help page .................................................................................... 87
3.2.2 Seeing Wireless Help page..................................................................... 88
3.2.3 Seeing Product Information ..................................................................... 88
3.2.4 Seeing Support Information..................................................................... 88
3.3 FACTORY DEFAULT RESET Button............................................ 89
3.4 Default Setting List ....................................................................... 90
3.5 Cleaning ....................................................................................... 98
3.5.1 Cleaning the Main Unit ............................................................................ 98
3.5.2 Cleaning the Lens.................................................................................... 98
3.6 Setting an IP Address on Your PC ............................................... 99
3.7 Using Setup Program ................................................................. 100
3.8 Setting Your PC .......................................................................... 103
3.8.1 Setting the Proxy Server Settings on Web Browser  ............................. 103
3.8.2 Setting UPnP to Display Camera Shortcut in My Network Places ........ 106
3.8.3 Setting the Internet Temporary File Setting on Web Browser................ 106
3.9 ASCII Character Table ............................................................... 107
3.10 File Size and Number of Buffered Images ................................. 108
3.11 Specifications ............................................................................. 109
Index ..................................................................................111 
						

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1 Camera Monitoring
1.1 Accessing the Camera
1.Start up the web browser on your PC.
2.Enter http://IP Address (or URL):Port Number on the address bar, and 
press [Enter] on the keyboard.
 When port number is 80 (default), you do not need to enter port number. 
See page 32 for details about port number, and page 11 in the Installation/
Troubleshooting.
 If the Internet access to the camera is desired, the port number will be 
changed in the order from 50000 to 50050. It is changed because some 
ISPs block port 80.
3.The Enter Network Password window is displayed, and enter the user name 
and password that were set, and click [OK].
Note
When [Permit access from guest users] is set on the Security: Administrator 
page, the authentication window will not be displayed.E.g. http://192.168.0.253
(or http://XXXXX.viewnetcam.com) 
						

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4.Click the following tabs to display each page.
Note
When users other than an administrator are accessing the camera, [Setup] 
and [Maintenance] tab will not be displayed. Additionally, When [Prohibiting 
unregistered users] is set on the Security: Administrator page, [Login] tab will 
not be displayed. ATo Single Camera page (page 10)BTo Multi-Camera page (page 21)
CTo Buffered Image page (page 23)DTo Setup page (page 27)
ETo Maintenance page (page 78)FTo Support page (page 87)
GTo log in to the camera (page 49)
ABCDEF
Select a language 
to display.
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1.2 Viewing Single Camera page
1.Access the camera (see page 8).
 The Top page is displayed.
2.Click the [Single] tab at the top of the page.
 When Security Warning window is displayed, see page 11.
3.Close the web browser.
Notes
 While viewing images under florescent lighting, the image may appear 
noisy or experience flicker if the incorrect AC power setting was selected. 
Select 60 Hz in the U.S. (see page 42).
 Refresh interval is [Motion] by default. You can change it on the operation 
bar (see page 15).
 Refresh interval may change depending on the network condition, PC 
performance and what object you view.
 When displaying video (Motion JPEG), the camera allows up to 20 
simultaneous accesses. When trying more than 20 accesses, the 21st 
user will see a gray screen. (Maximum 20 accesses for a Buffered Image 
page too.)
 If the video (Motion JPEG) display is limited (see page 52), the video will 
be changed to refreshing still images. Capture Image
Button
(see page 14)
Operation Bar
(see page 15)
Refresh Interval
(see page 15)Click to Center 
(see page 13)
Camera Image
The banner is 
displayed.
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11[For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033]  To reduce the data traffic, the video can be automatically changed to 
refreshing still images (see page 52).
 To display the Single Camera page directly, add it to the [Favorites] on the 
web browser.
 Refresh interval may slow down depending on the network condition or 
the number of accessing users.
 When viewing a dark image, Color Night View mode automatically starts. 
The image will be brighter, but the refresh interval may slow down and 
image quality may decrease.
 The image may stop refreshing because the wireless communication can 
be disconnected depending on the environment.
Security Warning window
To view a video (Motion JPEG), ActiveX® Controls must be installed. When trying 
to display a video for the first time, Security Warning window will be displayed. 
When using Windows XP or Windows 2000, log in as an administrator to install it.
If you cannot install ActiveX Controls or you cannot see the video in the 
Internet Explorer
 Click [Tools] [Internet Options] [Security] tab and click [Custom level] on 
the web browser. 
(1) Check Prompt in Download signed ActiveX Controls.
(2) Check Enable in Run ActiveX Controls and plug-ins.
 ActiveX Controls can be installed from the file on the Setup CD-ROM.
(1) Restart the PC. 
(2) Confirm that Internet Explorer is closed. 
(3) Double-clickocx\ActiveXInst.exe on the Setup CD-ROM. 
						

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Notes
 Video may not be displayed quickly. Wait for a while.
 If you use a proxy server, set the web browser not to access the proxy server 
(see page 103).
 In some corporate network environments a firewall may be used for security 
purposes. It is possible that this may prevent motion video from being 
displayed. In this situation we suggest:
 Contact your network administrator.
 Try using regularly refreshed images.
The Banner
When the camera accesses the Internet, the banner displays product information 
about cameras or announcements about the latest firmware, etc. from Panasonic. 
Whether or not to display the banner can be set at Banner Display (see page 52).
Notes
 The banner is displayed when [Yes] is checked for Allow Access from the 
Internet on the Automatic Setup page, or when [Enable] is checked for Auto 
Port Forwarding on the UPnP page for the Connection Mode of Static or 
DHCP.
 Even if [Yes] is checked for Allow Access from the Internet on the Automatic 
Setup page, or [Enable] is checked for Auto Port Forwarding on the UPnP page 
for the Connection Mode of Static or DHCP, when the camera is not connected 
to the Internet,   is displayed. 
						

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1.2.1 Image Auto Centering (Click to Center)
When you click a certain point on the camera image, the point is centered on the 
image.
1.Move the cursor to the desired point.
2.Click it.
 The clicked point is centered.
 See page 16 for the pan/tilt operation.
Notes
 When End Display appears on the operation bar, Click to Center does not 
work beyond the pan/tilt end (see page 15).
 The clicked position may slightly miss the center depending on the lens 
direction.
 If a user is restricted to level 1 or 2 on the General User page (see page 
50), Click to Center does not work.
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1.2.2 Capturing a Still Image
A still image can be saved on your PC.
1.Operate pan/tilt and select a resolution to display an image.
2.Click the capture image button.
 The camera image opens in another window.
3.Right-click the image, and select [Save Picture As...].
 Save as dialog box is displayed.
4.Specify the location, and click [Save].
 Camera image is saved at that location.
5.Click [Close].
Capture Image Button