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Panasonic BL-C1A Wired Network Camera, bracket, power supply, mounting hardware, CD-ROM, software and instructions.
The Panasonic BL-C1A Wired Network Camera handles your digital photography needs at a price that won't hurt your wallet! This color surveillance camera allows remote video monitoring of a home or business. Remote home and business surveillance just got a lot more affordable. Receive an e-mail image when the home security camera detects motion--you'll always know what's going on at home or at your business. The 10X digital zoom and color night viewing makes sure you don't miss a detail. It's easy to install, easy to operate and requires no additional software for viewing on your PC. Indoor use only.
Server Features:
Image Buffer--About 250 frames (320 x 240, standard image quality). Image transfer via e-mail (SMTP) or FTP. View snapshots and control them from a compatible cellular phone Supports up to 12 cameras IPv4 Multi-Language Interface - English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Japanese Camera Features - 1/4 320,000 pixel CMOS image sensor 10 digital zoom Viewing Angle - 53° horizontal, 41° vertical Auto exposure Aperture - F2.8 Illumination - 10 - 10,000 lux (normal), 4-10,000 lux (night view) Motion Sensor with Email Alert Auto & manual White Balance Network Connection - RJ45 Ethernet (10Base-T/100Base-X) System Requirements - Windows 98SE, 2000, ME and XP; Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Camera Dimensions(WxHxD) - 3-3/8 x 3-3/8 x 1 Weight - 0.22 lbs Networking Protocols - HTTP, FTP, SMTP, TCP, UDP, IP, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ICMP, and POP3 before SMTP |
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 Using my Apple wireless router.Nov 09, 2009
The camera does a good job, hooks into my wireless home network, but I still haven't been able to see it online, appears to be a problem with the Apple wireless router and the camera's format or something. Not quite sure how to make it work. Since it has worked on my home network, I am not sure why I can't get it to work online too.
 Excellent easy to setup netcamOct 11, 2009
The camera works as described with very good image quality and easy setup. The included free dynamic DNS service makes setting up the camera for Internet access a lot easier than other cameras. It took me about 15 mins. to install it even though I had to do a manual setup. I have the AT&T DSL 2Wire router and I had no problems viewing the camera from the Internet. One needs to add the camera as an "application" in the router to open port 80 for it.
One feature missing is a convenient privacy or on/off button on the camera.
 Simple and gets the job doneOct 03, 2009
This camera does what it claims. I'm using two of them to monitor the outside of a vacation home and am just pointing them out the window. They work perfectly. Easy to set up, easy to use, and it provides a decent if not great picture. Setting up a second one was a bit harder, but only because the instructions were vague. But calling support provided the info I needed (support was excellent, although it took a long time to get to the right person). I've also set up the system to FTP a picture every 30 seconds to a web site so that others can see our view as well as FTP a picture that get's saved every seconds so I have a record I can look back on should there ever be a need. A month of images hasn't even filled 10% of my 1 GB of space on my ISPs alloted disk space. Yes it helps if you have used FTP and generally understand how your router works to get it all working, but skin deep knowledge will get you through - probably on your own or certainly with the telephone support (which even has weekend hours). Even with no knowledge, you should be able to get it working. For me, I had it working in about 10 minutes. The only hard part is pulling a wire to where you want to set your camera.
Excellent ValueSep 30, 2009
For the price, the picture quality is very good. Installation and use over a local LAN is simple. Setup for viewing over the internet is more complex and can be frustrating if you have never done it. I use a free dynamic dns service for other cameras I own. I simply added this camera as a new host onto the existing account which provides for the port forwarding. For myself, I used the provided Panny software to manually setup a STATIC IP with the port I wanted to use. I have an ATT Yahoo DSL 2wire router which then must be accessed to allow access to the Petcam's selected port. This is pretty much a pain, but once you do it once, it takes about 10 minutes.
For convenience, I ran a powerline ethernet adapter from my 2wire modem. I can use the Petcam from pretty much any location with a plug for a powerline adapter and the power supply for the camera. Low light capability for this camera is pretty good. Again, for the price, this is a very good camera.
Home CamSep 06, 2009
I have a severe water problem in my basement, with this camera I can watch my basement condition from my office. I have 2 other Panasonic cameras and I have found them very easy to use and set up. I would recomend the Panasonic brand of cameras to anyone who has "some" computer experience. Excellent picture quality for the money and really easy to set up. They do almost set themselves up. Way to go Panasonic a real winner!!!!
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