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BL-C1, BL-C10, BL-C20, BL-C30, BL-C101, BL-C140A, KX-HCM10, BB-HCM531 etc (including PTZ support)

BB-HCM381. At least JPEG capture (640x480@5fps) works.

bl-c1 works on http://user:password@ip/cgi-bin/nphContinuousServerPush?Resolution=640x480&Quality=Standard

bl-c101 works on http://user:password@ip/nphMotionJpeg?Resolution=640x480&Quality=Standard (However, on mine this mjpeg stream drops out intermittently and won't resync without camera restart)

BL-C111A and BL-C10A also work with RTSP/Unicast and ffmpeg with rtsp://user:password@ip/nphMpeg4/g726-640x480 (However this may use considerably more CPU than MJPEG, perhaps some tweaking can help)

BB-HCM531 works on the same as the c101 and varieties. Very reliable external camera.

BB-HCM511A and BB-HCM531A

BL-C140A

ZoneMinder must authenticate with a username and password to use the BL-C140A. Using the anonymous guest account will result in a black box or this error in the zmdc.log file:

 zmdc.ERR ['zmc -m 1' exited abnormally, exit status 255]

Put the credentials under the Source tab in the Remote Host Name field like this:

 Remote Protocol: HTTP
 Remote Method: Simple
 Remote Host Name: MyUser:MyPass@192.168.1.254
 Remote Host Port: 80
 Remote Host Path: /nphMotionJpeg?Resolution=640x480&Quality=Standard
 Remote Image Colors: 24 bit color
 Capture Width (pixels): 640
 Capture Height (pixels): 480
 Preserve Aspect Ratio: Off
 Orientation: Normal


BL-C20A

Source type: Remote

Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) or the non-default port assigned to the camera in your network
Remote host Path: /cgi-bin/nphContinuousServerPush?Resolution=640x480&Quality=Standard 
Control script: download at www.condrau.com/download/zmcontrol-blc30.pl


BL-C30

Source type: Remote
Remote Host Name: IP Address of Camera
Remote Host Port: 80 (Default) or the non-default port assigned to the camera in your network
Remote host Path: nphMotionJpeg?Resolution=320x240&Quality=Standard
Control script: download at www.condrau.com/download/zmcontrol-blc30.pl

The control script supports all controls for this camera, but it can be used for other Panasonic cameras as well.

Note that I implemented a real name preset functionality, where you can set any desired name as the preset name. It is basically possible to set the presets through ZM's interface, but I prefer to do it through the cam's firmware interface, which is the default setting in the script. By changing one constant definition, you may change this behaviour. In any case still activate the "can set presets" option in ZM, after which you can assign names to each preset.

I would further recommend to update the cam's firmware. I found smoother operation in ZM after having updated the firmware. [bco]