Panasonic BB-HCM531 is a new outdoor splash resistant IP Network camera and is a direct successor to the hugley popular Panasonic BB-HCM331. It’s a compact unit with controllable pan and tilt, 2-way audio, built-in motion detection and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications. With its CCD image sensor the camera can produce sharp images at a resolution up to 640x480 pixels (VGA) at a maximum frame-rate of 30 frames per second across all resolutions. Featuring a Colour Night View mode, the camera can capture colour images with as little light as 0.2 lux and with 2-way audio support you can listen in on sounds at the camera as well as communicate with people in its vicinity. Advanced features include the camera’s powerful alarm notification functions which enable you to capture images by motion detection, sensor inputs or by schedule and have the camera transfer the images directly to you by email, FTP server or record them internally to SD memory. With its splash resistant body and Power over Ethernet (PoE) support, the Panasonic BB-HCM531 is very quick and easy to install in a variety of locations making it an ideal solution for home or small business security surveillance and monitoring installations, indoors or outdoors. Like all IP cameras, the Panasonic BBHCM531 has a built-in web server and can be viewed over a Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN) or via the Internet.