Panasonic BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder Software

This product is discontinued, an alternative model is the Milestone XProtect Video Management Software

Panasonic BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder software allows you to record video and sound from up to 64 Panasonic network cameras to your PC, providing an ideal security surveillance and monitoring solution for your home or business. Now supporting MPEG-4 and Motion JPEG video formats as well as 5 resolution settings up to megapixel range (1280x1024), this recording software is compatible with the widest range of Panasonic network cameras. It offers a host of recording methods including recording by alarm, where a physical alarm triggers recording, time-triggered recording, where images can be set to record based on a pre-determined schedule, by motion detection, where the system will only start recording when movement is detected, or by manual recording where the user can manually start and stop recording at will. Advanced features include exclusion zones where the masking of areas when using motion detection helps to improve accuracy, versatile export options allow recordings to be saved in a wide number of formats including video for playback in Windows Media Player, still images or even a separate audio track. Enhanced viewer functions provide the option for a full-screen mode which fills the screen with the image or traditional window mode displaying title, menu and toolbar. A new sequential display function will rotate between camera images when monitoring multiple cameras and the search and listing of recordings have been improved making it easy to check images according to time, date and camera name.

Find out what's new in this version: What’s New in Panasonic’s BB-HNP15 Network Camera Recorder Software?

Panasonic BB-HNP15 - Key benefits:

• Allows home users and small to medium sized businesses to install and operate an IP camera security system at low cost
• Sound recording capability enhances the information provided by video footage
• Supports the latest Panasonic network camera models including megapixel cameras for detailed recordings and MPEG-4 video mode providing recording of smooth video at high frame-rates

Panasonic BB-HNP15 - Key features:

• Connect up to 64 Panasonic network cameras from a wide range of supported models (see below for list of supported cameras)
• Up to 16 multi-camera display with sequential viewing and full-screen options
• Recordings can be based on physical alarm, timer/scheduled, motion detection or can be manually controlled
• Recordings can be stored on a hard disk or network drive
• Images with audio are recorded continuously in the same moving image file. Multiple audio files can be recorded simultaneously
• Motion detection sensitivity and threshold values can adjusted, and exclusions zones can be added to improve detection accuracy
• The playback screen allows the playback of images with audio or images only. Playback speed can be adjusted
• The multi-playback screen allows the play back of recordings from up to 4 cameras simultaneously with a variety of modes, including reverse and variable speed playback
• Recording Capacity Limit Function - Allows you to allocate a certain amount of storage to each camera, ensuring that your recorded images do not fill your hard drive completely. You can choose to set the camera to stop recording or overwrite the oldest video data with the latest
• Disk Capacity Limit Function – Monitors the free space on the specified recording drive and stops recording when the specified limit has been reached
• Recorded Image Search Function - Search recorded images in 1-day units using a recording time. Key words can also be set when recording begins for easy recording retrieval
• Recorded images can be easily displayed as a list of recorded image files or graphical list for simple browsing
• Supports remote control of key camera functions such as pan-tilt-zoom, pre-set views, brightness setting, resolution, image quality and sound volume

Panasonic BB-HNP15 - Typical applications:

• For use at home and within small to medium sized businesses including retail, hotels, offices, car park areas and other public places and buildings

Panasonic BB-HNP15 - Camera support:

• Maximum number of cameras supported: 64 (the number of actual cameras supported also depends on the specification and performance of the PC used)
• Cameras supported: Panasonic BB-HCM581, BB-HCM580, BB-HCM515, BB-HCM531, BB-HCM511, BB-HCE481, BB-HCM403, BB-HCM381, BB-HCM331, BB-HCM311, BL-C131, BL-C111, BL-C30, BL-C20, BL-C10, BL-C1

System requirements (for 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

System requirements (for when 10 cameras are connected):

• Microsoft Windows XP 32bit/Vista 32bit
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• NTFS file system recommended
• Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or greater (or equivalent compatible processor)
• RAM: 1024MB or higher
• Program installation requires 200MB of free hard disk space