Imac and Panasonic wireless webcam

Unless Panasonic specifically states the camera is Mac compatible then you're probably out of luck.

Looking at their web site it appears you access it on the net with your browser but you have to set up with Viewnetcam: http://www.viewnetcam2.com/ip_ddns/top.php.

I would like to get that same camera too!

wrabbitdog, if you get it working I'd like to know.

I got my Panasonic BL-131A working by entering 10.0.1.253 in Safari. I still need to figure out how the viewnetcam website works (I registered and got my free domain name but I can't access the cam on the net yet.

colorgrader1 wrote:
I got my Panasonic BL-131A working by entering 10.0.1.253 in Safari. I still need to figure out how the viewnetcam website works (I registered and got my free domain name but I can't access the cam on the net yet.

From what I understand you access your camera via the internet at whatever URL they provided you. From there you should be able to control the camera and view the images. If you can't do that then I suggest you contact Panasonic or Viewnetcam.com for assistance.

From Panasonic's web site:
+The Viewnetcam service allows you to create a personal web address+
+(e.g., http://bob.viewnetcam.com) at which your camera's live image can be found on the Internet. Access your Panasonic Network Camera live from virtually any Internet connection point around the world! A web browser is the only software you'll need. With Viewnetcam, there is no need to worry about Dynamic IP addresses, or even changing Internet providers. The Network Camera's setup menu allows you to configure the security level of your camera.+

I had the same difficulties with a Linksys WVCG54GCA. For some reason, I couldn't connect to the default IP address provided in the manual to set it up. I couldn't install the setup software since it is windows only. But I noticed that the camera once I reset it was connecting to my network. So, I open the Airport Extreme utility and looked in the router Advance and see if it was providing an IP. I had to make sure my iphone and my other MBP were turned off. Sure enough, there was one IP address. I used that IP to access the camera setup and I was able to set it up. Unfortunately, that is the extent of the setup since the software provided is not MAC compatible. Even then, I was able to stream video to my .MAC website and able to access the video on my iphone and computer at work. Embedding video stream to Iweb is another difficulty I managed to overcome. I downloaded the trial SecuritySpy and after I connected the wireless camera to my network, i was able to access all the features.

I thought I would add to my experience with setting up a BL-131A on my Mac incase anyone else is searching for help as I was.

I bought my BL-131A for two purposes; first to watch my dogs during the day, and two to watch my house when on vacation. I liked the idea that it's wireless and has motion detection. Well of course the install CD is just for Windows. Well while searching on google by the camera model and "OS X", I found this tech page about entering 10.0.1.253 into Safari brings up the camera's web software! Thank you!

I also registered at www.viewnetcam2.com for my own web address to view and control the camera from the internet (outside of my home network). The registration instructions said that I would receive an email, which I assumed I would have to receive before the web address worked (as it did not)?

So after four days and no email and the web address still did not work, I did some other google searching about setting up cameras to stream to the internet.
I found out to go to the Airport Utility (in the Utilities folder, OS X 10.5), then select my Airport base model, and click "Manual Setup". Then click the Internet option, and select the NAT tab. Check Enable default host at, and enter the camera's IP address (10.0.1.253). Then click Update to finish the airport configuration.

Next, I went to http://whatismyip.org. This site shows your router's IP address, which then typing that into Safari brings up the camera's web software and I was accessing the camera from the internet (not from my home network)!

But then when taking a closer look at the camera's setup, I found out that under the "Setup" tab, the UPnP needs to be set to "Enable". The default was to "Disable", so that is why my viewnetcam.com did not work! So now I can go through viewnetcam.com, and therefore I turned off that step I had just done in the Airport Utility (but it was handy to know!).

As far as the references about going through http://www.tenm3.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23 for setup instructions, they don't seem to be up-to-date for OS X 10.5, plus it made my head spin as it wasn't just about setting up a camera to stream to the internet.

As far as the camera, it's pretty cool. Of course the audio does not work for Macs and from another web site I read, someone said that Panasonic may do an update in the camera's firmware to make audio work on Macs. Plus the I don't have a mouse with a click wheel, so I can't get the camera to zoom in (which I think it is suppose to do?). I can already see purchasing another camera. Well that is if the audio gets fixed for Macs!

It really does look like Panasonic could include some OS X instructions.

Okay... to edit my above post, it seems to be that I do have to have the NAT tab selected on my Airport and that it allows the viewnetcam.com to access my camera, and that the UPnP being on enable doesn't work as I thought. Boy, what a process! B

I also just set up a user, so I can give out a user ID and password to someone if I want and control what access that they have to the camera.

HOW DID YOU GET TO THE POINT YOU DESCRIBE. WHAT DID YOU USE FOR SETTINGS IN THE SETUP OF THE CAMERA. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THIS. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. YOU COULD EMAIL ME AT CMABBAS@NETSCAPE.NET