Specifications

Panasonic BL-C101A Fixed Network Camera

• Easy to use, affordable surveillance camera for use at home, in the office or any small business. Use as a pet cam for keeping an eye on the household pet or use to check in with loved ones and friends. Alternatively set up the camera as a streaming IP webcam by displaying live images on your webpage as a visitor attraction
  

Features:

• Simultaneous MJPEG and MPEG-4 video streaming allows 2 individually configured streams to be accessed at the same time at full frame rate/resolution
  

• 1-way audio allows you to listen-in to sounds near the camera using a built-in microphone
  

• 10x digital zoom
  

• Max resolution 640x480 pixels (VGA)
  

• Color Night View Mode enhances night viewing by automatically increasing the brightness of the image while retaining color
  

• Multi-camera view allows up to 12 cameras to be displayed on a single screen without the need for any additional software
  

• Motion detection is built into the camera and used to trigger alarms based on activity detection in the room. A triggered alarm will notify a user by email with optional image attachment
  

• Periodic sending of images using FTP supported
  

• External input connector allows you to connect commercially available sensors such as door/window sensors or switches to the camera to act as an alarm trigger
  

• A detection notification sound can be configured to play a sound from your computer when the camera detects activity
  

• SSL support provides extra security by encrypting the data from the camera to prevent electronic eavesdropping
  

• Cell phone monitoring using a built-in viewer specially designed for cell phone displays allows you to view the camera from anywhere using your cell phone
  

• Panasonic's Viewnetcam.com service allows you to access the camera over the Internet with your favorite domain name (e.g. mycam.viewnetcam.com) instead of a global external IP address
  

• Included is a 1-channel recording software application. This provides a full monitoring, recording and playback solution for 1 camera out of the box
  

• Wall, ceiling or desktop mount
  

• Image compression: JPEG (Motion JPEG), MPEG-4
  

• Sensor: 1/4 inch CMOS sensor, approx. 320,000 pixels
  

• Lens: Fixed, F2.8, focal range 0.3m to infinity, viewing angle:

58° horizontal, 45° vertical


• Supported resolutions: 640x480 (VGA), 320x240 (default), 192x144
  

• Zoom: 10x digital
  

• Frame rate: Max. 30fps (640x480 in MPEG-4 only, 320x240, 192x144)
  

• Minimum illumination: 5 to 10,000 lux (in Color Night View Mode: 3 to 10,000 lux)
  

• Audio: 1-way listen-in, built-in microphone
  

• Audio compression: ADPCM 32kbps
  

• Security: multi-level user authentication with username/password entry, SSL
  

• Protocols supported IPv4: TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ICMP, POP3, NTP, UPnP, SMTP Authentication, RTP, RTSP, RTCP, HTTPS, SSL, TLS. IPv6: TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS, ICMPv6, POP3, NDP, NTP, RTP, RTSP, RTCP, HTTPS, SSL, TLS
  

• Number of simultaneous users: 30 (max. 10 using SSL communication)
  

• Pre-/Post-alarm buffer: approx. 250 images (320x240, standard image quality, date/time overlay)
  

• Image transfer method: SMTP, FTP, HTTP
  

• Alarm triggers: Alarm, timer r motion detection
  

• Power: input 100-240V AC, output 9V DC, Panasonic proprietary PoE
  

• Power consumption: 2.8W

Connections:

• Network: Ethernet 10/100, RJ-45
  
• Power: AC adaptor included, input 220-240VAC, output 9VDC
  
• External I/O: 1 input
  

Overview

Panasonic BL-C101A Fixed Network Camera

Overview

The Panasonic BL-C101A is an affordable mini static IP camera ideal for security around the home or office allowing you to access live images from any remote PC across the Internet or even using a cell phone.
Compact in size and stylishly designed the BL-C101A wont look out of place installed in any room of your home or office. Alternatively use to check-in on loved ones or as a pet cam, keeping an eye on your family pet.
Advanced features include PoE connectivity for quick and easy installation, 1-way audio listen-in using an internal microphone, a Color Night View Mode which improves results in low-light environments and external input connector for alarm based triggering from external devices. Like all IP cameras offered by Network Webcams, the Panasonic BL-C101A IP security camera has a built-in web server and can be viewed over a Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN) or via the Internet as a streaming IP webcam.

Key Benefits

• Compact in size and a modern styling allows this camera to sit well in any home or office space without looking out of place. This provides discreet monitoring opportunities




• Remote access to your live images from anywhere in the world using a PC with an Internet connection or even from a cell phone




• External input connector allows alarm-based triggering from external devices such as door/window sensors widening the security possibilities available from the camera




• PoE power transfer unit included which enables the camera to be powered using the same Ethernet cable which supplies the data connection. This allows the camera to be placed in areas where there are no means of conventional power




• Affordable and user friendly, the camera is easy to set up and use and is ideal for beginners to IP camera based technology
  

• MPEG-4 support: The Panasonic BL-C101A supports MPEG-4 video compression. This makes the camera capable of delivering twice the frame rate of the BL-C101A at up to 30 images per second, at full resolution




• Dual streaming: Because of dual video compression formats the BL-C101A allows you to stream video from both MJPEG and MPEG-4 simultaneously at full resolution and frame rate




• Full screen viewing: The BL-C101A has a full-screen option which increases the size of the image to the size of your display for easier monitoring (Internet Explorer only)




• Audio support: The BL-C101A included 1-way audio allowing you to listen-in on what's happening around the camera (Internet Explorer only)
  

• External alarm input: The BL-C101A comes with a 2-pin input connector which allows you to trigger alarm-based activity from external sources such as a door/window sensor or a switch




• Alarm Notification Sound: The BL-C101A can be set up to play a sound from the monitoring PC when an alarm is triggered
  

• SSL Support: You can add SSL encryption to your video streams for enhanced security across the network or Internet




• IPv6 Support: The Panasonic BL-C101A IP camera has support for IPv6 addressing. This is not something that is widely being used at present but will in the future. Having this feature 'future-proofs' the camera

Tech Support

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