Panasonic Remote Video Monitoring Webcam and Pet Cam BL-C10A
by Panasonic
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Manufacturer: PanasonicPlatform: Windows
Model: BL-C10A
Product features:
- Place it almost anywhere that you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required on location
- Control remotely using a standard Web browser, video display, or compatible cell phone/PDA
- Built-in thermal sensor can be programmed to email an alert with an image attached when someone gets near your computer
- Automatically upload images to an FTP server or Web page -- images can be viewed by 30 users at once
- Plug-and-play setup makes it easy to install and use in most cases
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Customer Review: Works great with Mac OS
Summary: 5 Stars
This review was originally posted by JC for the Wireless version of this camera. I'm adapting here his suggestions for the wired version.
Don't be fooled by the documentation that states "Windows Required". It will work fine on your Mac OS X. Here are step-by-step instructions for setting it up using a Mac (don't worry, the steps go by quickly!):
1) Plug-in camera to AC and hold down the "reset" pin with a pen. My computer would not recognize the camera until I physically reset it.
2) Connect the camera via Cross Over Ethernet cable to you Mac.
3) Temporarily give your Mac the manual IP address 192.168.0.5 and subnet 255.255.255.0 in the Network Prefs.
4) Connect to the camera using Safari at address 192.168.0.253 - you should be able to see the settings page now. Choose username and preferences, but say "No" when it asks if you want to "access from the internet". This will make it try to find your router (which is not on the network) so don't do it.
5) Enter 192.168.0.253 in Safari once again and it should take you to the Network Camera page. You should have access to the camera controls after you click the "Single" tab at the top of the page. But we're not done yet.
6) Click the Setup tab on right side of the tabbed toobar.
7) Click Static IP to load the static ip address page for the camera
8) Uncheck the "Enable" checkbox at the top. This is for Windows setup.
9) Enter an IP address in your wireless network. My network is 192.168.2.x so I gave my camera 192.168.2.253.
10) Enter your router's address in the Default Gateway field. Example: 192.168.2.1. If you don't do this, your camera will not be accessible from outside your wireless network!
11) Enter your ISP DNS server address, otherwise you won't be able to send automatic e-mails when trigger events occur nor use the viewnetcam service from Panasonic
12) Click Save.
13) Disconnect the ethernet cable from your computer and connect the camera to the router using a REGULAR network card (not the same cross over).
14) Unplug the camera power, replug camera power (to restart it)
15) The camera should now go through it's blinking light procedure and if all is well you'll get a solid green light.
16) Go to your Network Prefs and set your computer back to connecting to the internet
17) You should now be able to access your camera at the address 192.168.2.253
18) Your router blocks traffic from the internet to your camera so you cannot view the camera from outside your network. To access your camera from the internet you'll neet to open a port on your router that maps to your camera. This can be done by setting up a "Virtual Server" (aka port forwarding) on the router. See your router's instructions for mapping a virtual server to your camera's IP and port.
19) Configure the remaining settings (date & time, email triggers, etc)
Happy viewing...
Description of Panasonic Remote Video Monitoring Webcam and Pet Cam BL-C10A
See there when you can't be there! Panasonic BL-C10 is the newest and most compact Network Camera! Product features: Stylish & compact; Human Detection Sensor - if it detects someone, it notifies you by e-mail; Color Night View mode - view images even in low light; Privacy mode ensures your privacy; Setup is easy with UPnP - even a beginner can setup the camera thanks to UPnP support; Camera control - even when away from home, you can change the direction of the camera lens: Pan/Tilt; Viewing the camera via mobile phone; Multi-camera feature; Image buffer feature; Viewnetcam service; Built-in web server.Surveillance Systems
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