HOWTO: Setup Multi-Camera viewing in Panasonic IP cameras (BB and BL)
Multiple Panasonic IP cameras from the BB and BL range can be viewed together through one camera interface by using the Multi-Camera page. This guide walks you through how to set up this feature for viewing your cameras locally and over the Internet.
HOWTO: Set up Panasonic BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder Software for Remote Access
Perhaps a little known fact about Panasonic’s BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder software is its ability to be accessed remotely. By remotely we mean that you can install the software on the main PC (server) and then use another PC (client) to access the software. This can be done on the local network, or even across the Internet.
Here are a couple of points to note before we start.
1. You can only ever have 1 remote connection to the server at any one time. This means multiple people cannot all view the cameras/recordings simultaneously. However, you can still view the cameras/recordings on the actual server while someone is viewing them remotely but some functions may be limited when 2 people are viewing in the way.
2. To set up either a server or a client requires 1 license of the software, so, if you want to set up remote access you will need to buy 2 copies of BB-HNP15, 1 for the server and 1 for the client. For each further client you would require another copy of the software (but remember only 1 remote client can connect at the same time)
The procedure for setting this up is very simple. Here’s how it’s done:
Using Panasonic’s BB-HNP15 IP Camera Recording Software Remotely
How do you connect to Panasonic’s BB-HNP15 recordings remotely? We are asked this question a great deal and it has a simple answer.
BB-HNP15 does not have a built in remote client, or ‘Smart Client’ like some other IP surveillance recording software. You need an additional license and install BB-HNP15 on the remote PC.
In effect, you install the primary BB-HNP15 normally (consider it as the ‘server’) and the remote BB-HNP15 normally (considered as a ‘remote client’). The client BB-HNP15 has full access to the live and recorded footage from the server BB-HNP15.
Panasonic explain the Remote Client Function like this.
We will post more information on setting up a remote client for Panasonic BB-HNP15 later.
Another way to achieve essentially the same thing, of course, is to use your PC’s built in Remote Desktop facility or any of the freely available remote PC access systems like VNC, GoToMyPC etc.
HOWTO: Add a camera to Panasonic BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder which will record on motion detection
This article will apply to those who are using the free trial of Panasonic’s BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder software and also to those who have purchased the full 64-camera version.
What we will explain is how to add a camera to the application and then set it up so that it will actively record based on motion detection for a 24 hour period every day of the week.
HOWTO: Register your Panasonic BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder Software
So you’ve got a shiny license for Panasonic’s latest version of their software BB-HNP15. This allows you to monitor, record and playback from up to 64 cameras simultaneously and supports features such as MPEG-4 video, high resolution support, graphical display of recorded events, full screen mode etc.
This guide will take you through the relatively simple process of installing the software and registering your license.
System requirements for Panasonic BB-HNP15 (when 2 cameras are connected):
- Microsoft Windows XP 32bit/Vista 32bit
- Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
- NTFS file system recommended
- Intel Pentium 4 2.6GHz or greater (or equivalent compatible processor)
- RAM: 512MB or higher
- Program installation requires 200MB of free hard disk space