14.6 Specifications
Camera Specifications
Items
Specifications
Zoom
10× (by area) digital zoom
Pan/Tilt Angle
Pan: -60 ° to +60 °, Tilt: -45 ° to +20 °
Number of Pixels
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531: 1/4 inch CCD sensor, 320,000 pixels
BB-HCM515: 1/4 inch CMOS sensor, 1.3 million pixels
Illuminance
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531: 2–100,000 lx (0.2–100,000 lx when in Color Night View mode)
BB-HCM515:
1280 × 1024: 7–100,000 lx (3–100,000 lx when in Color Night View mode)
All other resolutions: 10–100,000 lx (5–100,000 lx when in Color Night View mode)
White Balance
Auto/Manual/Hold
Lens Brightness
9 levels
Focus
Fixed, 0.5 m–Infinity
Aperture (F No.)
F2.8
Horizontal Viewing Angle
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531: 54 °
BB-HCM515: 50 °
Vertical Viewing Angle
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531: 40 °
BB-HCM515: 37 °
Exposure
Auto
Other Specifications
Items
Specifications
Splash Resistant Standard
(BB-HCM531 only)
IPX4
Image Compression
JPEG (3 levels), MPEG-4
Image Resolution
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531:
640 × 480, 320 × 240, 192 × 144
BB-HCM515:
1280 × 1024 (JPEG/MJPEG only), 640 × 480, 320 × 240, 192 × 144
Buffered Images*1
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531: About 970 frames (320 × 240, standard image quality) with time display (when SD memory card is not inserted)
BB-HCM515: About 350 frames (320 × 240, standard image quality) with time display (when SD memory card is not inserted)
Audio Communication
2-way Half Duplex
Audio Compression Format
ADPCM 32 kbps
Audio Bandwidth
300 Hz–3.4 KHz
Audio Reception Method
ActiveX
Audio Reception Decoding
ActiveX
Audio Input
Built-in microphone, external microphone input terminal
External Microphone Input Terminal*2
3.5 mm jack
Audio Output
Audio line output terminal for external speaker
Audio Output Terminal*2
3.5 mm stereo jack (output is mono)
Video Output
Analog composite (NTSC/PAL)
Video Output Terminal*2
3.5 mm jack
External Input/Output Interface
External sensor input ×  2
External output ×  1
SD Card Slot
Full size
Frame Rate*3
Max. 30 frames/second (640 × 480*4, 320 × 240, 192 × 144)
Max. 7 frames/second (1280 × 1024*5; BB-HCM515 only)
Communication Protocols
IPv4/IPv6 Dual-Stack
IPv4:

TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ICMP, POP3, NTP, UPnP™, SMTP Authentication, RTP, RTSP, RTCP
IPv6:
TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS, ICMPv6, POP3, NDP, NTP, RTP, RTSP, RTCP
Image Buffer/Transfer Triggers
Timer, Alarm 1, Alarm 2, Motion Detection
Image Transfer Method
SMTP*6, FTP, HTTP
LAN Interface
10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet RJ-45 connector
Indicator Display
Power
Camera Operation
Ethernet Link
Dimensions (W×H×D)
100 mm × 100 mm × 74 mm
Weight (Main Unit Only)
BB-HCM511: 330 g
BB-HCM515: 320 g
BB-HCM531: 335 g
Power Supply
AC adaptor: Input 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Output 12 V DC, 750 mA
Power Consumption
When Using PoE (PoE standard IEEE802.3af-2003)
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM531: About 3 W (6.5 W during pan/tilt scan)
BB-HCM515: About 3.5 W (7 W during pan/tilt scan)
When Using an Optional AC Adaptor (Model No. BB-HCA3CE/BB-HCA3E)
About 3.5 W (7 W during pan/tilt scan)
Operating Temperature
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM515:
Operation: +0 °C to +40 °C
Storage: +0 °C to +50 °C
BB-HCM531:

Operation: -20 °C to +50 °C
Storage: -25 °C to +60 °C
Operating Humidity
BB-HCM511/BB-HCM515:
Operation: 20 %–80 % (no condensation)
Storage: 20 %–90 % (no condensation)
BB-HCM531:

Operation: 20 %–90 % (no condensation)
Storage: 20 %–90 % (no condensation)
*2
A customer-provided audio/video cable is needed to connect an external microphone, speaker, or TV.
*3
Frame rate may slow down depending on the network environment, PC performance, image quality, SD memory recording, when viewing dark images, etc.
*4
30 frames/second is not possible when viewing MJPEG images at 640 × 480 resolution.
*5
When viewing images at 1280 × 1024 resolution, frame rate is reduced to 7 fps for all users, regardless of the resolution they are using to view images.
*6
The camera supports POP Before SMTP Authentication and SMTP Authentication. PLAIN, LOGIN, and CRAM-MD5 SMTP Authentication are supported.