Success!!
went back to the wiki pages to read over again the "IP Cameras" article to see if there was anything I missed, than took your advice to see if I could simulate an image capture using a web browser. Once getting that to work i created an analog IP camera under the motion wrapper, and after some more tweaking, and a router reload, it worked. Now i can keep an eye on my 7 week old baby! I posted here my setups for my Panasonic IP camera.
in the configuration field:
netcam_url
http://192.168.80.***/cgi/SnapshotJPEG?Resolution=320x240&Quality=Standard
netcam_userpass [username]:[pswd]
Next question is how to I configure LMCE to be able to utilize the pan/scan functionality of this particular IP camera? there are not setup fields in the device screen that seem to relate to moving the camera lens.
Can anyone give me a place to start for this problem?