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ThismanualisintendedforadministratorsandusersoftheAXIS
Q6042-CPTZDomeNetworkCamera,andisapplicabletormware
5.55andlater.Itincludesinstructionsforusingandmanagingthe
productonyournetwork.Previousexperienceofnetworkingwillbeof
usewhenusingthisproduct.SomeknowledgeofUNIXorLinux-based
systemsmayalsobebenecial,fordevelopingshellscriptsand
applications.LaterversionsofthisdocumentwillbepostedtotheAxis
website,asrequired.Seealsotheproduct’sonlinehelp,availablevia
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Videosurveillancecanberegulatedbylawsthatvaryfromcountryto
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typographicalerrorsandreservestherighttomakechangestothe
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makesnowarrantyofanykindwithregardtothematerialcontained
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consequentialdamagesinconnectionwiththefurnishing,performance
oruseofthismaterial.Thisproductisonlytobeusedforitsintended
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RegulatoryInformation
Europe
ThisproductcomplieswiththeapplicableCEmarkingdirectives
andharmonizedstandards:
•ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)Directive2004/108/EC.See
ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC),onpage2.
•LowVoltage(LVD)Directive2006/95/EC.SeeSafety,onpage2.
•RestrictionsofHazardousSubstances(RoHS)Directive2011/65/EU.
SeeDisposalandRecycling,onpage2.
Acopyoftheoriginaldeclarationofconformitymaybeobtainedfrom
AxisCommunicationsAB.SeeContactInformation,onpage3.
ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)
Thisequipmenthasbeendesignedandtestedtofulllapplicable
standardsfor:
•Radiofrequencyemissionwheninstalledaccordingtothe
instructionsandusedinitsintendedenvironment.
•Immunitytoelectricalandelectromagneticphenomenawhen
installedaccordingtotheinstructionsandusedinitsintended
environment.
USA
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andfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassAdigitaldevice,
pursuanttopart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedto
providereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferencewhenthe
equipmentisoperatedinacommercialenvironment.Thisequipment
generates,uses,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnot
installedandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructionmanual,may
causeharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.Operationofthis
equipmentinaresidentialareaislikelytocauseharmfulinterference
inwhichcasetheuserwillberequiredtocorrecttheinterferenceat
hisownexpense.
Canada
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accordingtotheClassAlimitofEN55022.Notice!ThisisaClassA
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measures.
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AXISQ6042-CPTZDomeNetworkCamera
TableofContents
HardwareOverview..........................................6
Camera.......................................................6
ConnectorsandButtons..........................................6
LEDIndicators..................................................7
MediaConverterSwitch..........................................8
MediaConverterSwitchConnectors................................8
NetworkConnectorDipSwitches...................................9
MediaConverterSwitchLEDIndicators..............................10
AccessingtheProduct.......................................11
AccessfromaBrowser...........................................11
AccessfromtheInternet..........................................12
SettheRootPassword...........................................12
TheLiveViewPage..............................................13
MediaStreams.............................................16
HowtoStreamH.264............................................16
MJPEG........................................................16
AXISMediaControl(AMC)........................................16
AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream....................17
SettingUptheProduct......................................19
BasicSetup....................................................19
Video.....................................................20
VideoStream...................................................20
StreamProles.................................................21
CameraSettings................................................22
Overlay........................................................23
PrivacyMask...................................................24
LiveViewCong............................................26
PTZ(PanTiltZoom).........................................29
PresetPositions.................................................29
Gatekeeper....................................................30
Autotracking...................................................30
GuardTour.....................................................31
OSDIZones....................................................32
Advanced......................................................32
ControlQueue..................................................33
Detectors..................................................34
ShockDetection................................................34
MotionDetection...............................................34
Applications...............................................36
ApplicationLicenses.............................................36
InstallApplication...............................................36
ApplicationConsiderations........................................36
Events....................................................38
SettingUpanActionRule........................................39
Recipients.....................................................40
Schedules......................................................41
Recurrences....................................................41
Recordings.................................................43
RecordingList..................................................43
ContinuousRecording............................................43
Languages.................................................44
SystemOptions.............................................45
Security.......................................................45
Date&Time....................................................47
Network.......................................................47
Storage.......................................................52
Ports&Devices.................................................54
Maintenance...................................................54
Support.......................................................54
Advanced......................................................55
ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings...................................56
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Multi-ConnectorCable.......................................57
Troubleshooting............................................58
CheckingtheFirmware...........................................58
UpgradingtheFirmware..........................................58
Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions.....................59
TechnicalSpecications......................................62
MediaConverterSwitchConnectors................................64
PerformanceConsiderations.......................................65
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HardwareOverview
Camera
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
Networkconnector(HighPoE)
2
Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)
3
Coolingsystem
4
Fan
5
SDcardslot
6
Powerbutton
7
StatusLEDindicator
8
Controlbutton
Important
Dustandparticlebuildupcouldaffecttheperformanceofthecoolingsystem.Tomaintaintheperformancelevel,theouter
heatsinkinthecamera’scoolingsystemmayneedoccasionalorregularcleaning.Seetheproduct’sInstallationGuidefor
informationonhowtoaccessandcleantheouterheatsink.
ConnectorsandButtons
Fortechnicalspecications,seepage62.
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Multi-connector
Terminalconnectorforconnectingthesuppliedmediaconverterswitch,whichprovidesthefollowingsignals:
•DCPower
•Network(Ethernet10/100Base-T)
•Input/Output(I/O)
Thesuppliedmulti-connectorcableisrequiredinordertomaintaintheproduct’sIPrating,seeMulti-ConnectorCable,onpage57.
SDCardSlot
AnSDcard(notincluded)canbeusedforlocalrecordingwithremovablestorage.Formoreinformation,seeTechnicalSpecications.
NOTICE NOTICE
NOTICE
Topreventcorruptionofrecordings,theSDcardshouldbeunmountedbeforeremoval.Tounmount,gotoSetup>System
Options>Storage>SDCardandclickUnmount.
ControlButton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.Seepage56.
•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Seepage49.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout1
seconduntiltheStatusLEDashesgreen.
•ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService.Seepage49.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3seconds.
PowerButton
Pressandholdthepowerbuttontotemporarilypowertheproductwhenthedomecoverisremoved.Thepowerbuttonisalsoused
withthecontrolbuttontoresetthecameratofactorydefaultsettings.Seepage56.
LEDIndicators
LED
Color
Indication
Unlit
Connectionandnormaloperation
Amber
Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgrade.
Amber/redFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.
RedFlashesredforrmwareupgradefailure.
Status
GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterrestart.
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MediaConverterSwitch
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2
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4
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12
13
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Powerconnector(DCinput)
2
Powerconnector(DCoutput)
3
Networkconnector(internal)
4
NetworkconnectorSFP(external)(2x)
5
NetworkconnectorRJ45(external)(2x)
6
CameraLEDindicator
7
NetworkLEDindicator(4x)
8
PowerLEDindicator
9
Groundclip
10
I/Oconnector(internal)
11
I/Oconnector(external)
12
Multi-connectorcable
13
Groundscrew
MediaConverterSwitchConnectors
Fortechnicalspecications,seepage62.
NOTICE NOTICE
NOTICE
Theproductshallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)oranopticalbercable.Allcablesconnectingthe
producttothenetworkshallbeintendedfortheirspecicuse.Makesurethatthenetworkdevicesareinstalledinaccordance
withthemanufacturer’sinstructions.SeeElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC),onpage2forregulatoryrequirements.
Important
Themediaconverterswitchdoesnotsupporthotswapping.Disconnectpowerfromtheswitchbeforeswappingcameras.An
attempttohotswapcouldcausetheswitchtofreeze,inwhichcaseitmustberestarted.
Powerconnector(DCinput)-2-pinterminalblockforpowerinput.
Powerconnector(DCoutput)-Two2-pinterminalblockforpoweroutput(pin4isnotused).
NetworkconnectorRJ45(external)-TwoRJ45connectors(10/100Base-T)fornetworkconnectivity.
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NetworkconnectorSFP(external)-TwoSFPconnectors(100Base-FX/1000Base-X)fornetworkconnectivity.
EachRJ45andSFPnetworkconnectorporthasitsowndipswitch.Thedipswitchescontrolhowtheportforwardsdata.See
NetworkConnectorDipSwitches.
DipswitchpositionDescriptionofuse
Default(middle)
BWhenconnectingtothenetwork,directlyorthrougharouterornetwork
switch.
LeftAWhenconnectingtoacameraoradevicethatisnotintendedforviewing
data.
Right
C
Whenconnectingtoanothermediaconverterswitch.
Networkconnector(internal)-Two2-pinEthernetterminalblocks.
I/Oconnector(external)-6-pincongurableI/Oterminalblock,whichisconnectedtothecamerathroughthemulti-connector
cable.Usewithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,tamperingalarms,motiondetection,eventtriggering,timelapse
recordingandalarmnotications.Inadditiontogroundandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oterminalconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:
•Digitaloutput–ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.Connecteddevicescanbeactivated
bytheVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface,outputbuttonsontheLiveViewpageorbyanActionRule.
Theoutputwillshowasactive(shownunderSystemOptions>Port&Devices>PortStatus)ifthealarm
deviceisactivated.
•Digitalinput–Analarminputforconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,for
example:PIRs,door/windowcontacts,glassbreakdetectors,etc.Whenasignalisreceivedthestatechangesand
theinputbecomesactive(shownunderSystemOptions>Port&Devices>PortStatus).
I/Oconnector(internal)-2–pinI/Oterminalblock.
NetworkConnectorDipSwitches
Important
Alwaysusethedefaultdipswitchsetting(positionB)iftherelationshipbetweendevicesinthesystemisnotdened.
ThecameraattachesaparticularVLANtagtoallitsforwardedmulticastpackages.Themediaconverterswitchmanageshowthese
multicastpackagesareforwardedbetweencameras,mediaconverterswitchesandothernetworkdevices.Thisespeciallyusefulwhen
connectingthecameraandmediaconverterswitchtothenetworkinadaisychain.
Bychangingthepositionofthedipswitches,eachnetworkconnectorportinthemediaconverterswitchcanbecongured
tomanagemulticastsinthreedifferentways.
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DipswitchpositionDescription
Default(middle)
BRemoveVLANtagsfromforwardedmulticastpackages.Usethissettingwhenconnectingtothe
network,directlyorthrougharouterornetworkswitch.
LeftABlockmulticastpackagesthathaveaVLANtag.Usethissettingwhenconnectingtoadevicethatis
notintendedformulticastviewing.
Right
C
ForwardmulticastpackageswithaVLANtag.Usethissettingwhenconnectingtoanothermedia
converterswitch.
VLANtagsareusedtocreateindependentlogicalnetworks,virtuallocalareanetworks(VLANs),withinaphysicalnetwork.Multiple
mediaconverterswitchesthatareconnectedtoeachotherinadaisychainaremembersofthesameVLAN.Themediaconverter
switchestagthemulticastpackagesmovingbetweenthemsothatthenextmediaconverterswitchinlineknowsthedestinationof
thepackages.Inotherwords,theVLANtagservesasaVLANidentier.VLANtaggingshouldonlybeusedwhenusingmultiple
camerasandmediaconverterswitchesbecauseforwardingmulticastpackageswithaVLANtagonlyservesapurposewhentheport
isconnectedtoanothermediaconverterswitch,whichmightbeconnectedtopotentialviewers.
Note
Whenconnectinganoutgoingmediaconverterswitchnetworkconnectortoanothertypeofnetworkdevice,setthedip
switchtopositionAtoprotectthedevicefrommulticasttrafc.
MediaConverterSwitchLEDIndicators
LED
Color
Indication
Unlit
DCpowerunconnectedorcurrentprotectionengaged(poweroverload)
Power
GreenDCpowerconnected.
Amber10Mbitconnection.Flashesduringactivity.
Network(4x)
Green
100/1000Mbitconnection.Flashesduringactivity.
CameraGreen
100Mbitconnection.Flashesduringactivity.
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AccessingtheProduct
AccessingtheProduct
ToinstalltheAxisproduct,refertotheInstallationGuidesuppliedwiththeproduct.
Theproductcanbeusedwithmostoperatingsystemsandbrowsers.TherecommendedbrowsersareInternetExplorerwithWindows,
SafariwithMacintoshandFirefoxwithotheroperatingsystems.SeeTechnicalSpecications,onpage62.
ToviewstreamingvideoinInternetExplorer,allowinstallationofAXISMediaControl(AMC)whenprompted.
TheAxisproductincludesone(1)H.264decoderlicenseforviewingvideostreams.ThelicenseisautomaticallyinstalledwithAMC.
Theadministratorcandisabletheinstallationofthedecoders,topreventinstallationofunlicensedcopies.
Note
•QuickTime
TM
isalsosupportedforviewingH.264streams.
•Ifyourcomputerrestrictstheuseofadditionalsoftwarecomponents,theproductcanbeconguredtouseaJavaapplet
forviewingMotionJPEG.
AccessfromaBrowser
1.Startabrowser(InternetExplorer,Firefox,Safari).
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’sLocation/Addresseld.Toaccesstheproductfroma
Macintoshcomputer(MacOSX),clickontheBonjourtabandselecttheproductfromthedrop-downlist.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabouthowto
discoverandassignanIPaddress,seetheInstallationandManagementSoftwareCDorthedocumentAssignanIPAddress
andAccesstheVideoStreamonAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.Forinstructions,seeSettheRootPassword,onpage12.
4.Theproduct’sLiveViewpageappearsinyourbrowser.
Note
ThecontrolsandlayoutoftheLiveViewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsand
userpreferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedin
yourownLiveViewpage.
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AccessfromtheInternet
Onceconnected,theAxisproductisaccessibleonyourlocalnetwork(LAN).ToaccesstheproductfromtheInternetyoumust
congureyournetworkroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheproduct.Todothis,enabletheNAT-traversalfeature,which
willattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheproduct.ThisisenabledfromSetup>SystemOptions>
Network>TCP/IPAdvanced.
Formoreinformation,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4,onpage50.SeealsoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService
atwww.axiscam.net
ForTechnicalnotesonthisandothertopics,visittheAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup
SettheRootPassword
ToaccesstheAxisproduct,youmustsetthepasswordforthedefaultadministratoruserroot.ThisisdoneintheCongureRoot
Passworddialog,whichappearswhentheproductisaccessedforthersttime.
Topreventnetworkeavesdropping,therootpasswordcanbesetviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,whichrequiresanHTTPS
certicate.HTTPS(HypertextTransferProtocoloverSSL)isaprotocolusedtoencrypttrafcbetweenwebbrowsersandservers.The
HTTPScerticateensuresencryptedexchangeofinformation.SeeHTTPS,onpage45.
Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustbe
resettothefactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettoFactoryDefaultSettings,onpage56.
TosetthepasswordviaastandardHTTPconnection,enteritdirectlyinthedialog.
TosetthepasswordviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,followthesesteps:
1.ClickUseHTTPS.
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Atemporarycerticate(validforoneyear)iscreated,enablingencryptionofalltrafctoandfromtheproduct,andthe
passwordcannowbesetsecurely.
2.Enterapasswordandthenre-enterittoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickOK.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
TheLiveViewPage
ThecontrolsandlayoutoftheLiveViewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsanduser
preferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedinyourownLiveView
page.Thefollowingprovidesanoverviewofeachavailablecontrol.
ControlsontheLiveViewPage
SelectastreamprolefortheLiveViewpagefromtheStreamProledrop-downlist.Forinformationabouthow
tocongurestreamproles,seepage21.
TheManualTriggerbuttonisusedtotriggeranactionrulefromtheLiveViewpage.Forinformationabouthowto
congureandenablethebutton,seeManualTrigger,onpage13.
ClickSnapshottosaveasnapshotofthevideoimage.Right-clickthevideoimagetosaveitinJPEGformatonyour
computer.ThisbuttonisprimarilyintendedforusewhentheAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisnotavailable.
EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>ActionButtons.
EnableordisabletheGatekeeperbyselectingOnorOfffromthedrop-downlist.ReadmoreabouttheGatekeeper
onpage30.
ManualTrigger
TheManualTriggerisusedtotriggeranactionrulefromtheLiveViewpage.Themanualtriggercanforexamplebeusedto
validateactionsduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Tocongurethemanualtrigger:
1.GotoSetup>Events.
2.ClickAddtoaddanewactionrule.
3.FromtheTriggerdrop-downlist,selectInputSignal.
4.Fromtheseconddrop-downlist,selectManualTrigger.
5.Selectthedesiredactionandconguretheothersettingsasrequired.
Formoreinformationaboutactionrules,see.
ToshowthemanualtriggerbuttonsintheLiveViewpage:
1.GotoSetup>LiveViewLayout.
2.UnderActionButtons,selectShowmanualtriggerbutton.
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AXISMediaControlviewertoolbar
TheAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisavailableinInternetExploreronly.SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC),onpage16formore
information.Thetoolbardisplaysthefollowingbuttons:
ThePlaybuttonconnectstotheAxisproductandstartsplayingamediastream.
TheStopbuttonstopsthemediastream.
TheSnapshotbuttontakesasnapshotofthevideoimage.Thelocationwheretheimageissavedcanbespecied
intheAMCControlPanel.
ClicktheViewFullScreenbuttonandthevideoimagewilllltheentirescreen.PressESC(Escape)onthecomputer
keyboardtocancelfullscreenview.
TheRecordbuttonisusedtorecordthecurrentvideostream.Thelocationwheretherecordingissavedcanbespeciedin
theAMCControlPanel.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>ViewerSettings.
PTZControls
TheLiveViewpagealsodisplaysPan/Tilt/Zoom(PTZ)controls.Theadministratorcanenable/disablecontrolsforspeciedusersunder
SystemOptions>Security>Users.
WiththePTZControlQueueenabledthetimeeachuserisincontrolofthePTZsettingsislimited.Clickthebuttonstorequestor
releasecontrolofthePTZcontrols.ThePTZControlQueueissetupunderPTZ>ControlQueue.
ClicktheEmulatejoystickmodebuttonandclickintheimagetomovethecameraviewinthedirectionofthe
mousepointer.
ClicktheCentermodebuttonandclickintheimagetocenterthecameraviewonthatposition.Thecentermode
buttoncouldalsobeusedtozoominonaspecicarea.Clickintheimageanddragtodrawarectanglesurrounding
theareatobemagnied.Tozoomout,rotatethemousewheel.
ClicktheCtrlpanelbuttontoopenthePTZcontrolpanelwhichprovidesadditionalPTZcontrols.
User-denedbuttonscanalsoappearintheControlpanel.SeeControls,onpage33.
Selectarecordedtourandclick toplayapreviouslyrecordedtourandclick tostop.See
TourRecording,onpage31.
SelectaPTZpresetpositiontosteerthecameraviewtothesavedposition.SeePresetPositions,
onpage29.
ClicktheStartAutoTrackbuttontostartautotrackingdirectlyfromtheLiveViewpage.See
Autotracking,onpage30.
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PanandTiltbars–Usethearrowstopanandtiltthecameraview,orclickonapositiononthebartosteerthe
cameraviewtothatposition.
Zoombar–Usethearrowstozoominandout,orclickonapositiononthebartozoomtothatposition.
Focusbar–Usethearrowstofocusthecamera,orclickonapositiononthebartosetthefocusposition.Usingthe
focusbarwilldisabletheproduct’sautofocus.Tore-enable,usethePTZcontrolpanelwhichisopenedbyclicking
theCtrlpanelbutton(seeabove).
Irisbar–Clickonapositionontheirisbartochangethedegreetowhichtheirisisopened.Thiswilldisablethe
product’sautoiris.Tore-enable,usethePTZcontrolpanelwhichisopenedbyclickingtheCtrlpanelbutton(seeabove).
Brightnessbar–Clickonapositiononthebrightnessbartoadjusttheimagebrightness.Thissettingwillnotbesaved.
Tomakeasavedchange,gotoSetup>Video>CameraSettings>Brightnessandadjustthebrightness.
ThePTZcontrolscanbedisabledunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls,seeControls,onpage33.
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MediaStreams
TheAxisproductprovidesseveralvideostreamformats.Yourrequirementsandthepropertiesofyournetworkwilldeterminethe
typeyouuse.
TheLiveViewpageintheproductprovidesaccesstoH.264andMotionJPEGvideostreams,andtothelistofavailablestreamproles.
Otherapplicationsandclientscanaccessvideostreamsdirectly,withoutgoingviatheLiveViewpage.
HowtoStreamH.264
ThevideocompressionstandardH.264makesgooduseofbandwidth,andcanprovidehighqualityvideostreamsatlessthan1Mbit/s.
Decidingwhichcombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesof
yournetwork.TheavailableoptionsinAXISMediaControlare:
UnicastRTP
Thisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)isused
forliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitis
importanttoalwayshaveanup-to-datevideo
stream,evenifsomeimagesaredropped.
RTPoverRTSP
Thisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)
isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletocongure
rewallstoallowRTSPtrafc.
RTPoverRTSPoverHTTP
Thisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraverse
rewalls.Firewallsarecommonlyconguredto
allowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPto
betunneled.
Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demand
transmissionsothatthereisnovideotrafc
onthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsand
requeststhestream.
Notethatthereareamaximumof20
simultaneousunicastconnections.
MulticastRTP
Thismethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.Thevideostreamisalways
up-to-date,evenifsomeimagesaredropped.
Multicastingprovidesthemostefcientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersof
clientsviewingsimultaneously.Amulticastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlessthe
routerisconguredtoallowthis.ItisnotpossibletomulticastovertheInternet,forexample.
Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof20
simultaneousconnections.
AXISMediaControlnegotiateswiththeAxisproducttodeterminethetransportprotocoltouse.Theorderofpriority,listedinthe
AMCControlPanel,canbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitspecicrequirements.
Note
H.264islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
MJPEG
ThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufcient
tocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAxisproductistousetheAXIS
MediaControlinInternetExplorerinWindows.
AXISMediaControl(AMC)
AXISMediaControl(AMC)inInternetExplorerinWindowsistherecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideofromtheAxisproduct.
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TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtocongurevariousvideosettings.PleaseseetheAXISMediaControlUser’sManualformore
information.
TheAMCControlPanelisautomaticallyinstalledonrstuse,afterwhichitcanbecongured.OpentheAMCControlPanelfrom:
•WindowsControlPanel(fromtheStartmenu)
•Alternatively,right-clickthevideoimageinInternetExplorerandclickSettings.
AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream
YoucanalsoaccessvideoandimagesfromtheAxisproductinthefollowingways:
•MotionJPEGserverpush(ifsupportedbytheclient,Firefox,forexample).ThisoptionmaintainsanopenHTTPconnection
tothebrowserandsendsdataasandwhenrequired,foraslongasrequired.
•StillJPEGimagesinabrowser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi
•WindowsMediaPlayer.ThisrequiresAXISMediaControlandtheH.264decodertobeinstalled.Thefollowingpaths
canbeused:
-UnicastviaRTP:axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp
-UnicastviaRTSP:axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp
-UnicastviaRTSP,tunneledviaHTTP:axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp
-Multicast:axrtpm://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp
•QuickTime
TM
.Thefollowingpathscanbeused:
-rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp
-rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.3gp
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Note
•<ip>=IPaddess
•TheAxisproductsupportsQuickTime6.5.1andlater.
•QuickTimeaddslatencytothevideostream.
•ItmaybepossibletouseotherplayerstoviewtheH.264streamusingthepathsabove,althoughAxisdoesnotguarantee
this.
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SettingUptheProduct
SettingUptheProduct
TheAxisproductcanbeconguredbyuserswithadministratororoperatorrights.Toopentheproduct’sSetuppages,clickSetupin
thetopright-handcorneroftheLiveViewpage.
•Administratorshaveunrestrictedaccesstoallsettings.
•OperatorshaveaccesstoallsettingsexceptSystemOptions
Seealsotheonlinehelp
.
BasicSetup
BasicSetupprovidesshortcutstothesettingsthatshouldbemadebeforeusingtheAxisproduct:
1.Users.Seepage45.
2.TCP/IP.Seepage47.
3.Date&Time.Seepage47.
4.VideoStream.Seepage20.
TheBasicSetupmenucanbedisabledfromSystemOptions>Security>Users.
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Video
ItispossibletocongurethefollowingvideofeaturesinyourAxisproduct:
•Videostream.Seepage20.
•Streamproles.Seepage21.
•Camerasettings.Seepage22.
•Overlayimage.Seepage23.
•Privacymask.Seepage24.
VideoStream
YoucandenethefollowingvideostreamsettingsfromVideo>VideoStream:
•Image.Seepage21.
•H.264.Seepage21.
•MJPEG.Seepage21.
PixelCounter
Thepixelcountershowsthenumberofpixelsinanareaoftheimage.Thepixelcounterisusefulinsituationswherethereisa
requirementthattheimageisacertainsize,forexampleinfacerecognition.
Thepixelcountercanbeaccessedfrom:
•Video>VideoStream.UnderPreview,clickOpenandselecttheShowpixelcounteroptiontoenabletherectangle
intheimage.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle,orenterthenumberofpixelsintheWidthandHeight
eldsandclickApply.
•TheLiveViewpageinInternetExplorerinWindows.Right-clickintheimageandselectPixelcounter.Usethemouse
tomoveandresizetherectangle.
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Image
ThedefaultimagesettingscanbeconguredunderVideo>VideoStream.SelecttheImagetab.
Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:
•Resolution.Selectthedefaultresolution.
•Compression.Thecompressionlevelaffectstheimagequality,bandwidthandlesizeofsavedimages;thelowerthe
compression,thehighertheimagequalitywithhigherbandwidthrequirementsandlargerlesizes.
•Rotateimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanberotated.
•Maximumframerate.Toavoidbandwidthproblems,theframerateallowedtoeachviewercanbeLimitedtoaxed
amount.Alternatively,theframeratecanbesetasUnlimited,whichmeanstheAxisproductalwaysdeliversthehighest
frameratepossibleunderthecurrentconditions.
•Overlaysettings.SeeOverlay,onpage23.
ClickSavetoapplythenewsettings.
H.264
H.264,alsoknownasMPEG-4Part10/AVC,isavideocompressionstandardthatprovideshighqualityvideostreamsatlowbitrates.
AnH.264videostreamconsistsofdifferenttypesofframessuchasI-framesandP-frames.AnI-frameisacompleteimagewhereas
P-framesonlycontainthedifferencesfrompreviousframes.
TheGOVlengthisthenumberofframesbetweentwoconsecutiveI-frames.IncreasingtheGOVlengthmaysaveconsiderablyon
bandwidthrequirementsinsomecases,butmayalsohaveanadverseaffectonimagequality.
TheAxisproductsupportstwoH.264proles.TheMainproleprovideshighercompressionthantheBaselineprolewiththesame
videoquality,butrequiresmoreprocessingpowertodecode.
ThebitratecanbesetasVariableBitRate(VBR)orConstantBitRate(CBR).VBRadjuststhebitrateaccordingtotheimage
complexity,usingupmorebandwidthforincreasedactivityintheimage,andlessforlowerimageactivity.CBRallowsyoutoseta
xedTargetbitratethatconsumesapredictableamountofbandwidth.Asthebitratewouldusuallyneedtoincreaseforincreased
imageactivity,butinthiscasecannot,framerateandimagequalityareaffectednegatively.Topartlycompensateforthis,itis
possibletoprioritizeeitherframerateorimagequality.Notsettingaprioritymeansthatframerateandimagequalityareequally
affected.Youmustsaveyoursettingsbeforetheycantakeeffect.
Thecurrentbitratecanbesettoappearastextoverlay.Todothis,selecttheIncludetextcheckboxoptionunderOverlay
Settingsandenterthemodier#bintheeld.
MJPEG
Sometimestheimagesizeislargeduetolowlightorcomplexscenery.Adjustingthemaximumframesizehelpstocontrolthe
bandwidthandstorageusedbytheMotionJPEGvideostreaminthesesituations.SettingtheframesizetotheDefaultsetting
providesconsistentlygoodimagequalityattheexpenseofincreasedbandwidthandstorageusageinlowlight.Limitingtheframe
sizeoptimizesbandwidthandstorageusage,butmaygivepoorimagequality.Topreventincreasedbandwidthandstorageusage,
themaximumframesizeshouldbesettoanoptimalvalue.
StreamProles
Astreamproleisasetofpredenedstreamsettingsincludingresolution,compression,framerateandoverlaysettings.Stream
prolescanbeused:
•Whensettinguprecordingusingactionrules.See.
•Whensettingupcontinuousrecording.SeeContinuousRecording,onpage43.
•IntheLiveViewpage–selectthestreamprolefromtheStreamproledrop-downlist.
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Forquicksetup,useoneofthepredenedstreamproles.Eachpredenedprolehasadescriptivename,indicatingitspurpose.If
required,thepredenedstreamprolescanbemodiedandnewcustomizedstreamprolescanbecreated.
Tocreateanewproleormodifyanexistingprole,gotoSetup>Video>StreamProles.
ToselectadefaultstreamprolefortheLiveViewpage,gotoSetup>LiveViewCong.
CameraSettings
TheVideo>CameraSettingspageprovidesaccesstoadvancedimagesettingsfortheAxisproduct.
ImageAppearance
IncreasingtheColorlevelincreasesthecolorsaturation.Thevalue100givesmaximumcolorsaturation.Thevalue0givesa
blackandwhiteimage.
TheimageBrightnesscanbeadjustedintherange0–100,whereahighervalueproducesabrighterimage.
IncreasingtheSharpnesscanincreasebandwidthusage.Asharperimagemightincreaseimagenoiseespeciallyinlowlight
conditions.Alowersettingreducesimagenoise,butthewholeimagewillappearlesssharp.
WhiteBalance
Whitebalanceisusedtomakecolorsintheimageappearthesameregardlessofthecolortemperatureofthelightsource.TheAxis
productcanbesettoautomaticallyidentifythelightsourceandcompensateforitscolor.Alternatively,selectthetypeoflight
sourcefromthedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seetheonlinehelp
.
WideDynamicRange
Widedynamicrangecanimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetweenlightanddarkareasintheimage.
EnableWDRinintensebacklightconditions.ThedifferentWDRsettingsadjustforvariousamountsofcontrastintheimage.Usea
higherWDRnumberforahighercontrast.DisableWDRinlowlightconditionsforoptimalexposure.
ExposureSettings
Exposurecontrol-Thesesettingsisusedtoadapttotheamountoflightused.Automaticisthedefaultsettinganditcanbe
usedinmostsituations.Theshutterspeedisautomaticallysettoproduceoptimumimagequality.UseManualifyouhavespecial
requirementsfortheexposuresettingandwishtolockit.Selectthedesiredexposuretimefromthedrop-downlist.
Maxexposuretime-Selectthemaximumexposuretimefromthedrop-downlist.Increasingtheexposuretimewillimprove
imagequality,butdecreasetheframerate.Theremayalsobeanincreaseinmotionblur.CheckingAllowslowshutterdecreases
theshutterspeedinlowlighttoimproveimagebrightness.
EnableBacklightcompensation-SelectEnableBacklightcompensationifabrightspotoflight,forexamplealightbulb,causes
otherareasintheimagetoappeartoodark.
Maxgain-Measuredindecibels(dB),gaindescribestheamountofamplicationappliedtoasignal,inthiscasethevisual
informationintheimage.Ahighlevelofamplicationmayprovideabetterimageinverylowlightsituations.Ahighgainwillalso
increasetheamountofimagenoise.
Exposurezones-Thissettingsdetermineswhichpartoftheimageisusedtocalculatetheexposure.Formostsituations,theAuto
settingcanbeused.Forparticularrequirement,selectapredenedarea.
IRcutlter-TheIRcutlterpreventsinfrared(IR)lightfromreachingtheimagesensor.Inpoorlightingconditions,forexampleat
night,orwhenusinganexternalIRlamp,settheIRcutltertoOff.Thisincreaseslightsensitivityandallowstheproductto“see”
infraredlight.TheimageisshowninblackandwhitewhentheIRcutlterisoff.SettheIRcutltertoAutotoautomatically
switchbetweenOnandOffaccordingtothelightingconditions.
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Day/Nightshiftpriority-UsetheDay/Nightshiftprioritybartodeterminewhenthecamerashiftsintoeitherdaymodeornight
mode.Bydefault,thecamerawillautomaticallychangefromdaytonightmodeatapre-denedlevelwhichcorrespondstolight
conditions.Bydraggingthebarhandletowardsthesun,thecamerawillchangetodaymodeearlierandchangetonightmodelate.
ImageSettings
Autofocusenabled-Automaticfocusingisenabledbydefault.Ifthefocuspositionischangedmanuallyusingthefocusbar,
autofocuswillbedisabledevenifenabledhere.Inthiscase,usethePTZcontrolpaneltoenableautofocus,seePTZControls,onpage
14.Ifrequired,thefocuscontrolcanbedisabledunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls.
Noisereduction-SettoOntoenablenoisereduction.Noisereductionmayincreasetheamountofmotionblur.
Stabilizer-Whenmonitoringenvironmentsthataresubjecttovibrations(e.g.trafccontrol),imagesmayappeartobeunsteady.
Selectthefrequency,HighorLow,thatgivesthebestimprovementinimagequality.Enablingthestabilizerwilllimitthedigital
zoom.Seetheonlinehelp
formoreinformation.
ImagefreezeonPTZ-SelectAllmovementstofreezetheimagewhilethecameraismovingduringapan,tiltorzoomoperation.
Oncethecamerareachesitsnewposition,theviewfromthatpositionisshown.Presetsfreezestheimageonlywhenthecamera
movesbetweenpresetpositions.
Overlay
Overlaysareusedtoprovideextrainformation,forexampleforforensicvideoanalysisorduringproductinstallationand
conguration.Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.
Anoverlaytextcandisplaythecurrentdateandtime,oratextstring.Whenusingatextstring,modierscanbeusedtodisplay
informationsuchasthecurrentbitrateorthecurrentframerate.Forinformationaboutavailablemodiers,seeFileNaming&
Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
.
Itisalsopossibletodisplaytextwhenanactionruleistriggered,seeUsingOverlayTextinanActionRule.
Toenableoverlays:
1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.
2.Toincludeanoverlayimage,selectIncludeoverlayimageatthecoordinates.Theoverlayimagemustrstbeuploadedto
theAxisproduct,seeOverlayImage.
3.Toincludedateandtime,selectIncludedateandIncludetime.
4.Toincludeatextstring,selectIncludetextandenterthetextintheeld.Modierscanbeused,seeFileNaming&
Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
.
5.Denetextoverlaycharacteristicsintherelevantelds.
6.ClickSave.
Tomodifythedateandtimeformat,gotoSystemOptions>Date&Time.SeeDate&Time,onpage47.
OverlayImage
Anoverlayimageisastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theimage,forexamplecompanylogo,isusedtoprovide
extrainformationortomaskapartoftheimage.
Sinceitisstatic,thepositionandsizeofanoverlayimagewillremainthesameregardlessofresolutionandPan/Tilt/Zoom
movements.Tosetupadynamicmask,whichwillalwaysmaskthespeciedpartofmonitoredarea,seePrivacyMask.
Touseanoverlayimage,theimagemustrstbeuploadedtotheAxisproduct:
1.GotoVideo>OverlayImage.
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2.ClickBrowseandbrowsetothele.
3.ClickUpload.
4.SelecttheimagetousefromtheUseoverlayimagelist.
5.ClickSave.
Todisplaytheoverlayimage:
1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.
2.UnderOverlaySettings,selectIncludeoverlayimageatthecoordinatesandentertheXandYcoordinates.
3.ClickSave.
Forinformationaboutsupportedimageformats,seetheonlinehelp
.
UsingOverlayTextinanActionRule
Actionrules,see,candisplayanoverlaytextwhentheruleistriggered.Thetextcanbeusedtoprovideinformationforforensic
videoanalysis,notifysurveillanceoperatorsorvalidatetriggersandactionsduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Todisplayoverlaytextwhenanactionruleistriggered,themodier#Dshouldbeusedasdescribedbelow.Whentheruleis
triggered,#Dwillbereplacedbythetextspeciedintheactionrule.
Startbyenablingoverlaytextinthevideostream:
1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.
2.UnderOverlaySettings,selectIncludetext.
3.Enterthemodier#Dand,optionally,additionaltextwhichwillbedisplayedalsowhentheactionruleisnotactive.
Createtheactionrule:
1.GotoEvents>ActionRules
2.ClickAddtocreateanewrule.
3.SelectaTriggerand,optionally,aScheduleandAdditionalconditions.Seetheonlinehelpfordetails.
4.FromtheActionslist,selectOverlayText
5.EnterthetexttodisplayintheTexteld.Thisisthetextthat#Dwillbereplacedby.
6.SpecifytheDuration.Thetextcanbedisplayedwhiletheruleisactiveorforaxednumberofseconds.
Example
Todisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenmotionisdetected,enter#DintheIncludetexteldandenter“Motiondetected”in
theTexteldwhensettinguptheactionrule.
PrivacyMask
Aprivacymaskisanareaofsolidcolorthatprohibitsusersfromviewingpartsofthemonitoredarea.Privacymaskscannotbe
bypassedviatheVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface(API).
ThePrivacyMaskList,Video>PrivacyMask,showsallthemasksthatarecurrentlyconguredintheAxisproductandindicates
iftheyareenabled.
SincethePan/Tilt/Zoomcoordinatesdeneitssizeandposition,aprivacymaskisdynamicinrelationtothemonitoredarea.This
meansthatregardlessoftheangleandzoomofthelens,thesameplaceorobjectwillbehidden.Todeneatwhatmagnicationthe
maskshouldbedisplayed,zoomtothedesiredlevelandclickSetlevel.
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Youcanaddanewmask,re-sizethemaskwiththemouse,chooseacolorforthemask,andgivethemaskaname.
Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp
.
Important
Addingmanyprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
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LiveViewCong
LiveViewCong
YoucancustomizetheLiveViewpageandalterittosuityourrequirements.Itispossibletodenethefollowingfeaturesof
theLiveViewpage.
•StreamProle.Seepage21.
•DefaultViewerforBrowser.Seepage26.
•ViewerSettings.Seepage27.
•ActionButtons.ThesearethebuttonsdescribedinControlsontheLiveViewPage,onpage13.
•UserDenedLinks.Seepage27.
DefaultViewerforBrowsers
FromLiveViewCong>DefaultViewerselectthedefaultmethodforviewingvideoimagesinyourbrowser.Theproductattempts
toshowthevideoimagesintheselectedvideoformatandviewer.Ifthisisnotpossible,theproductoverridesthesettingsand
selectsthebestavailablecombination.
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BrowserViewerDescription
AMC
RecommendedviewerinInternetExplorer(H.264/MotionJPEG).
QuickTime
H.264.
Javaapplet
AslowerimagingalternativetoAMC(MotionJPEG).Requiresoneofthe
followinginstalledontheclient:
•JVM(J2SE)1.4.2orhigher.
•JRE(J2SE)5.0orhigher.
WindowsInternetExplorer
StillimageDisplaysstillimagesonly.ClicktheRefreshbuttoninyourbrowsertoviewa
newimage.
ServerPush
Recommendedviewerforotherbrowsers(MotionJPEG).
QuickTime
H.264.
Javaapplet
AslowerimagingalternativetoServerPush(MotionJPEGonly).
Otherbrowsers
StillimageDisplaysstillimagesonly.ClicktheRefreshbuttoninyourbrowsertoviewa
newimage.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseetheonlinehelp .
ViewerSettings
Tocongureoptionsfortheviewer,gotoLiveViewCong>ViewerSettings.
•SelectShowviewertoolbartodisplaytheAXISMediaControl(AMC)ortheQuickTimeviewertoolbarunderthevideo
imageinyourbrowser.
•H.264decoderinstallation.TheadministratorcandisableinstallationoftheH.264decoderincludedwithAXISMedia
Control.Thisisusedtopreventinstallationofunlicensedcopies.Furtherdecoderlicensescanbepurchasedfromyour
Axisreseller.
•SelectShowcrosshairinPTZjoystickmodetoenableacrossthatwillindicatethecenteroftheimageinPTZjoystick
mode.
•SelectUsePTZjoystickmodeasdefaulttoenablejoystickmode.Themodecanbechangedtemporarilyfromthe
PTZcontrolpanel.
•SelectEnablerecordingbuttontoenablerecordingfromtheLiveViewpage.Thisbuttonisavailablewhenusingthe
AMCviewer.TherecordingsaresavedtothelocationspeciedintheAMCControlPanel.SeeAXISMediaControl
(AMC),onpage16.
UserDenedLinks
Todisplayuser-denedlinksintheLiveViewpage,selecttheShowcustomlinkoption,givethelinkanameandthenentertheURL
tolinkto.Whendeningaweblinkdonotremovethe'http://'fromtheURLaddress.Customlinkscanbeusedtorunscriptsor
activateexternaldevicesconnectedtotheproduct,ortheycanlinktoawebpage.Customlinksdenedascgilinkswillrunthe
scriptinthebackground,inahiddenframe.Deningthelinkasaweblinkwillopenthelinkinanewwindow.
OutputButtons
ExternalI/OdevicesconnectedtotheAxisproduct’soutputportscanbecontrolleddirectlyfromtheLiveViewpage.
Note
ToenablethissettingatleastoneI/Oportmustbeconguredasanoutputport.SeeI/OPorts,onpage54.
TodisplayoutputbuttonsintheLiveViewpage:
1.GotoSetup>LiveViewCong.
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2.UnderOutputButtons,selectthetypeofcontroltouse:
-Pulseactivatestheoutputforadenedperiodoftime.Thepulsetimecanbesetfrom1/100secondto60
seconds.
-Active/Inactivedisplaystwobuttons,oneoreachaction.
Toconguretheactiveandinactivestates,gotoSystemOptions>Ports&Devices>I/OPortsandsettheport’sNormalstate.
FormoreinformationaboutI/Oports,seeI/OPorts,onpage54.
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PTZ(PanTiltZoom)
PresetPositions
Apresetpositionisapredenedviewthatcanbeusedtoquicklysteerthecameratoaspeciclocation.Presetpositionscan
beaccessedinseveralways:
•ByselectingthepresetfromthePresetpositionsdrop-downlistintheLiveViewPage.
•Whensettingupactionrules.See.
•WhensettingupGuardTour.Seepage31.
•WhensettinguptheGatekeeper.Seepage30
Toaddapresetposition:
1.GotoPTZ>PresetPositions.
2.Usethepan,tiltandzoomcontrolstosteerthecameraviewtothedesiredposition.
3.EnteradescriptivenameintheCurrentpositioneld.
4.Ifrequired,selectUsecurrentpositionasHome.
5.ClickAdd.Thecamera’sposition,irisandfocussettingsaresavedasapresetposition.
TheHomepositionisreadilyaccessiblebyclickingtheHomebuttonontheLiveViewpageandinthePresetPositionssetupwindow.
Tosetacustomizedhomeposition,selectUsecurrentpositionasHomewhenaddingapresetposition.Theuser-denedhome
positionwillhave(H)added,forexample,Entrance(H).ThedefaultHomeposition,called“Home”,willstillbeavailable.
TheproductcanbeconguredtoreturntotheHomepositionwhenthePTZfunctionalityhasbeeninactiveforaspeciedlength
oftime.EnterthelengthoftimeintheReturntohomewheninactiveeldandclickSave.Setthetimetozerotopreventthe
productfromautomaticallyreturningtotheHomeposition.
Toincludethepresetpositionnameintheoverlaytext,gotoVideo,selectIncludeoverlaytextandenterthemodier#Pintheeld.
Formoreinformationaboutmodiers,seeFileNaming&Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
.
Theproductcanbemountedinthreedifferenthorizontaldirections.ThismaycausetheviewfromPan0°tobechangedfromthe
originalview.ClickSetnewPan0°tosetthepancoordinatesystemtozerointhecurrentdirection.SetnewPan0°canbe
usefulforinstancewhenre-installingtheproductaftermaintenance.Notethat,settingPan0°willaffectallpreviouslydened
presets,guardtours,masksetc.
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Gatekeeper
TheActiveGatekeepermonitorsanareasuchasanentrancegate.Whenmotionisdetectedinthemonitoredarea,theGatekeeper
will,dependingonconguration,steerthecameratoaselectedpresetpositionorstartautotrackingfromaselectedpresetposition.
Usingazoomed-inpresetpositioncanmakeitpossibleto,forexample,readalicenseplateoridentifyaperson.Whenmotion
isnolongerdetected,thecamerareturnstoitsHomepositionafteradenedtime.
ToenabletheGatekeeper,gotoPTZ>Gatekeeperandfollowtheonlineinstructions.
Itisalsopossibleto,forexample,recordvideoorsaveimages(takeasnapshot)whiletheGatekeeperisactive.GotoEventsandset
upanactionrulewithPTZPresetReachedorAutotrackingastrigger.
Autotracking
TheAxisproductcandetectmovementintheeldofview,forexampleamovingvehicleorperson.Ifautotrackingisenabled,the
Axisproductwillautomaticallypanandtilttofollowthemovingobject.Incasethereismuchsimultaneousmovement,theareawith
themostmovementwillbefollowed.Autotrackingcontinuesuntilthemovingobjectstopsordisappearsfromthemonitoredarea.
Movementinareasblockedbyprivacymasksandinexcludeareasdoesnottriggerautotracking.
ItisstronglyrecommendedtoenablethePTZControlQueueifautotrackingandguardtourareenabledsimultaneously.InthePTZ
ControlQueue,guardtourhaslowerprioritythanautotracking,soautotrackingwillnotbeabandonedtostartaguardtour.
Conguration
Start/StopAutotracking-ClickStarttoenableautotracking.Todisableautotracking,clickStop.
Settings-TheMovementtriggersensitivitylevelcanbesettoLow,MediumorHigh.Mediumisusuallyagoodchoice,dependingon
thesizeofthemovingobjectsandtheimagecontrast,aloworhighsensitivitymightbemoresuitable.
ExcludeAreas
Excludeareasareareaswheremovementistobeignored.
Note
Movementinanareablockedbyaprivacymaskisalwaysignored.
1.ClickAddareatocreateanexcludearea
2.Resizeandmovethearea(thebluerectangle)tothedesiredposition.
3.EnteradescriptivenameandclickSave.
Toremoveanarea,clickthenameoftheareaandclickRemove.Toenableordisableanarea,clickthenameoftheareaand
clickEnable/Disable.
MaxLimits
Thepanandtiltlimitsrestricttheareawhereautotrackingisallowed.Theareabeyondthesetlimitswillbeignored.Thismayprove
useful,forexample,toavoidtrackingbirdsinthesky.Betweenthepanstartandendlimits,autotrackingisallowedgoingclockwise.
Theillustrationsshowthedifferencebetweensettingarangefrom135°to45°(1)andarangefrom45°to135°(2).
1.SelectEnabletiltlimitandEnablepanlimitrespectivelytoenablethetiltandpanlimits.
2.EntertheTiltangleandPanlimitvalues,orclickthelinksandmovethebluehorizontalandverticalbarsinthepreview
windowuntilsatised.
3.ClickSave.
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90°-90°
-180°/180°
0°
90°-90°
-180°/180°
0°
A
B
B
A
1
2
Topview
APanlimitstart
BPanlimitend
GuardTour
Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositions,one-by-one,inapredeterminedorderoratrandomandfor
congurabletimeperiods.Theenabledguardtourwillkeeprunningaftertheuserhasloggedofforclosedthebrowser.
TheguardtourcapabilityinthisAxisproductalsoincludestourrecording.TourrecordingisdescribedinTourRecording,onpage31.
Toaddaguardtour:
1.GotoPTZ>GuardTourandclickAdd.
2.SelectCreateapresettourandclickOK.
3.Enteradescriptivename.
4.Specifythepauselengthbetweenruns.
5.SelectanavailablepresetpositionandclickApply.
6.SpecifytheMoveSpeed.
7.SpecifytheViewTimeinsecondsorminutes.
8.SpecifytheViewOrderorselecttheRandomvieworderoption.
9.ClickSave.
Tomodifyorremoveguardtours,gotoPTZ>GuardTour,selecttheguardtourintheGuardTourListandclickModify/Remove.
Formoreinformationseetheonlinehelp
.
TourRecording
Theguardtourfunctioninthisproductincludestourrecording,whichallowsrecordingofacustomtourusinganinputdevicesuch
asajoystick,mouse,keyboardorthroughtheVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface(API).Arecordedtourdisplaysthevideo
streamoftherecordedsequenceofPan/Tilt/Zoommovements,includingtheirvariablespeedsandlengths.
Toaddarecordedtour:
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1.GotoPTZ>GuardTourandclickAdd.
2.SelectCreatearecordtourandclickOK.
3.Enteradescriptivename.
4.Specifythepauselengthbetweenruns.
5.Click
tostartrecordingthePan/Tilt/Zoommovements.
6.Whensatised,click
.
7.ClickOK.
Note
Onlythenameoftherecordedtourandpausebetweenrunscanbemodied.Startinganewrecordingwilloverwritethe
existingguardtour.
TherecordedtourcanbeactivatedfromtheLiveViewandGuardTourpagesorthroughevents.Formoreinformationsee
theonlinehelp
.
OSDIZones
On-ScreenDirectionIndicator(OSDI)zonescanbeincludedintheoverlaytext(seeOverlay,onpage23)toaidtheusertonavigate
theAxisproduct.EachOSDIzoneissetupwithcoordinatesandadescriptivename.
OSDIzonesaresetupunderPTZ>OSDIZones.TheAxisproductusesthecoordinatesofthecenteroftheviewtosetthelower
leftandupperrightzoneareas.FirstnavigatetowhereyouwouldlikethelowermostleftpointoftheOSDIzonetobelocated.
ClickGettosetthecoordinates.ProceedtowheretheupperrightpointofzoneshouldbelocatedandclickGet.Givethezonea
descriptivenameandclickOK.
ToincludethenameoftheOSDIzoneintheoverlaytext,gotoVideo<VideoStream<OverlaySettings.ChecktheInclude
textboxandenterthemodier#Lintheeld.Formoreinformationaboutmodiers,seeFileNaming&Date/TimeFormatsin
theonlinehelp
.
Advanced
Limits
Denethepan,tilt,zoomandfocuslimitsfortheAxisproduct.Movementstotheleftandright,upanddown,canberestrictedto
narrowtheareaundersurveillance.
Congurethenearfocuslimittoavoidfocusingonobjectstooclosetothecameralens.
WhenEnableE-ipisselected,asittiltsdownandcontinuestopanbackwards,theAxisproductwillautomaticallycorrecttheview
andipit180degrees.Theleftlimitmustbesetto–180degreesandtherightlimitto180degreesfore-iptowork.
Movespeedsetsthespeedofthecamera’spanandtiltmovements.Thedefaultsettingismaximumspeed.
Whenusingajoystick(oremulatingonewiththemouse)theEnableproportionalspeedsettingcanbeusedtoreducethemaximum
pan/tiltmovementspeed,i.e.thespeedthecameraviewmovesatwhenthejoystickispushedallthewayoutinanydirection.Thisis
usefulthentheviewiszoomedinonanobject.
Seetheonlinehelp
formoreinformation.
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PTZ(PanTiltZoom)
Controls
PanelShortcutCommandButtonscanbeconguredtoprovidedirectaccesstocommandsissuedviatheVAPIX®Application
ProgrammingInterface.ThebuttonswillbedisplayedinthePTZcontrolpanel,whichisavailableintheLiveViewpagethrough
theCtrlpanelbutton,seepage14.
DeselecttheoptionsunderEnable/Disablecontrolstodisablethepan,tilt,zoom,focusandiriscontrols.
Note
DisablingPTZcontrolswillnotaffectpresetpositions.Forexample,ifthetiltcontrolisdisabled,theproductcanstillmoveto
presetpositionsthatrequireatiltmovement.
ControlQueue
TheadministratorcansetupaqueueforPTZcontrollersfromPTZ>ControlQueue.Oncesetup,thePTZControlQueuebuttons
appearintheLiveViewpageofferingoneviewerexclusivecontrolforalimitedperiodoftime.Otheruserswillbeplacedinqueue.
Auserwhobelongstoagroup(seeUsers,onpage45)withahigherPTZprioritycangobeforeotherusersinthequeueand
takecontroloftheproduct.Theorderofpriorityisasfollows:
1.Administrator—AnadministratortakesoverPTZcontrolregardlessofwhoisrstinqueue.Theadministratorwillbe
removedfromthequeue60secondsafterthelastPTZcontrolcommand.
2.Event—TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtogotoapresetpositionwhentriggeredbyanalarm(see).Theeventwill
immediatelybeplacedrstinthequeueexceptwhenanadministratorisincontrol.
3.Operator—Sameasadministratorbutwithlowerpriority
4.GuardTour—Aguardtour(seepage31)hasPTZcontrolforanindeniteperiodoftime.Itmaybeoverriddenbyan
operator,eventoradministrator.Theguardtourwillresumewhenhigherprioritygroupsleavethequeue.
5.Viewer—Multipleviewersmustwaitfortheirturn.Theviewerhas60secondsPTZcontrolbeforecontrolispassed
ontothenextviewerinqueue.
Note
•TheadministratorcanenableanddisablePTZcontrolsforselectedusers.
•Toidentifydifferentusersintheviewergroup,cookiesmustbeenabledontheclient.
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Detectors
Detectors
ShockDetection
EnableShockDetectionfromtheDetectorsmenu.Shockdetectionisused,forexample,togenerateanalarmiftheproductishit
byanobject.
UsetheShocksensitivityslidertoadjustthesensitivitylevelatwhichtheproductshouldsendanalarmuponbeinghit.Low
sensitivityvalueimpliesthattheproductwillgenerateanalarmonlyifthehitispowerful.
MotionDetection
Motiondetectionisusedtogenerateanalarmwhenevermovementstartsorstopsinthecameraview.
Motiondetectionisconguredbydeningupto10IncludeandExcludewindows:
•Includewindows—deneareaswheremotionshouldbedetected
•Excludewindows—deneareaswithinanIncludewindowthatshouldbeignored(areasoutsideIncludewindows
areautomaticallyignored).
Forinstructions,seeSetUpMotionDetectionWindows,onpage34.
Tocontrolthenumberofmotiondetectionalarms,theparametersObjectSize,HistoryandSensitivitycanbeadjusted.See
MotionDetectionParameters,onpage35.
Oncemotiondetectionwindowsarecongured,theAxisproductcanbeconguredtoperformactionswhenmotionisdetected.
Possibleactionsincludeuploadingimagesandstartrecording.Formoreinformation,seeSettingUpanActionRule,onpage39.
Note
•Usingthemotiondetectionfeaturemaydecreasetheproduct’soverallperformance.
•ThepositionoftheMotionDetectionWindowisrelativetotheorientationoftheCamera.Changingtheorientationofthe
camerawillalsochangethepositionoftheMotionDetectionWindow.
SetUpMotionDetectionWindows
TosetupamotiondetectionIncludeWindow,followtheseinstructions:
1.GotoDetectors>MotionDetection.
2.SelecttheCongureIncludedWindowsoptionandclickNew.Selectthenewwindowinthelistofwindowsand
enteradescriptivename.
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3.Adjustthesize(dragthebottomright-handcorner)andtheposition(clickonthetextatthetopanddragtothedesired
position)ofthewindow.
4.AdjusttheObjectSize,HistoryandSensitivityprolesliders(seeMotionDetectionParametersfordetails).Anydetected
motionwithinanactivewindowisindicatedbyredpeaksintheActivitywindow.
5.ClickSave.
Toexcludepartsoftheincludewindow,selecttheCongureExcludedWindowsandpositiontheexcludewindowwithinthe
includewindow.
Todeleteanincludeorexcludewindow,selectthewindowinthelistofwindowsandclickDel.
MotionDetectionParameters
Theparameterscontrollingmotiondetectionaredescribedinthetablebelow:
Parameter
ObjectSize
History
Sensitivity
Description
Objectsizerelativetowindow
size.
Objectmemorylength.
Differenceinluminance
betweenbackgroundand
object.
Highlevel(100%)
Onlyverylargeobjectstrigger
motiondetection.
Anobjectthatappearsin
thewindowtriggersmotion
detectionforalongtime
beforeitisconsideredas
non-moving.
Ordinarycoloredobjectson
ordinarybackgroundstrigger
motiondetection.
Mediumlevel(50%)
Alargedifferenceinluminance
isrequiredtotriggermotion
detection.
Lowlevel(0%)
Evenverysmallobjectstrigger
motiondetection.
Anobjectthatappearsin
thewindowtriggersmotion
detectiononlyforaveryshort
timebeforeitisconsideredas
non-moving.
Onlyverybrightobjectson
adarkbackgroundtrigger
motiondetection.
Recommendedvalues
5–15%60–90%75–95%
Defaultvalues
15%90%90%
Note
•Totriggeronsmallobjectsormovements,useseveralsmallmotiondetectionwindowsratherthanonelargewindow
andselectalowobjectsize.
•Toavoidtriggeringonsmallobjects,selectahighobjectsize.
•Whilemonitoringanareawheremovingobjectsarenotexpected,selectahighhistorylevel.Thiswillcausemotion
detectiontotriggeraslongastheobjectispresentinthewindow.
•Toonlydetectashinglight,selectalowsensitivity.Inothercaseshighsensitivityisrecommended.
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Applications
Applications
ThirdpartyapplicationscanbeuploadedtoandinstalledontheAxisproduct.Applicationsaddfunctionalitytotheproduct,for
examplevideoanalyticsandintelligentvideocapabilitiessuchasrecognition,tracking,detectionandcounting.Forinformation
aboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotowww.axis.com/applications
Note
•Itisrecommendedtorunoneapplicationatatime.
•Avoidrunningapplicationswhenthebuilt-inmotiondetectionisactive.
ApplicationLicenses
Someapplicationsneedalicensetorun.Licensescanbeinstalledintwoways:
•Automaticinstallation—requiresaccesstotheInternet
•Manualinstallation—obtainthelicensekeyfromtheapplicationvendoranduploadthekeytotheAxisproduct
Torequestalicense,theAxisproductserialnumber(S/N)isrequired.Theserialnumbercanbefoundontheproductlabelandunder
SystemOptions>Support>SystemOverview.
InstallApplication
Toinstallandstartanapplication:
1.GotoSetup>Applications.
2.UnderUploadApplication,clickBrowse.LocatetheapplicationleandclickUploadPackage.
3.Installthelicense(ifapplicable).Forinstructions,seethedocumentationprovidedbytheapplicationvendor.
4.Starttheapplication.GotopageApplications,selecttheapplicationinthelistofinstalledapplicationsandclickStart.
5.Conguretheapplication.Forinstructions,seethedocumentationprovidedbytheapplicationvendor.
Note
•Applicationscanbeuploadedbyproductadministrators.
•ApplicationsandlicensescanbeinstalledonmultipleproductsatthesametimeusingAXISCameraManagement,version
3.10andlater.
Togeneratealoglefortheapplication,gotoApplications.SelecttheapplicationandclickLog.
ApplicationConsiderations
Ifanapplicationisupgraded,applicationsettings,includingthelicense,willberemoved.Thelicensemustbereinstalledand
theapplicationrecongured.
IftheAxisproduct’srmwareisupgraded,installedapplicationsandtheirsettingswillremainunchanged,althoughthisisnot
guaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.Notethattheapplicationmustbesupportedbythenewrmware.Forinformationabout
rmwareupgrades,seeUpgradingtheFirmware.
IftheAxisproductisrestarted,runningapplicationswillrestartautomatically.
IftheAxisproductisrestored,installedapplicationsremainunchangedbutmustberestarted.Tostarttheapplication,goto
Setup>Applications.SelecttheapplicationinthelistofinstalledapplicationsandclickStart.Forinformationaboutrestoring
theAxisproduct,seeMaintenance.
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Events
Events
TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur,forexample,startarecordingwhenmotionis
detected.ThesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhentheactionistriggerediscalledanActionRule.
AvailableActionRuletriggersandconditionsinclude:
•Applications—useinstalledapplicationstotriggertherule,seeApplications,onpage36.
•Detectors
-LiveStreamAccessed—triggertherulewhenanystreamisaccessedandduringedgestorageplayback.
Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendnotications.
-MotionDetection—triggertherulewhenmotionisdetected,seeMotionDetection,onpage34.
•Hardware
-Network—triggertheruleifnetworkconnectionislostorrestored.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtostart
recordingtotheSDcard.
-Temperature—triggertheruleifthetemperaturefallsoutsideorinsidetheoperatingrangeoftheproduct.This
canforexamplebeusedtosendmaintenancenotications.
•InputSignal
-ManualTrigger—triggertheruleusingtheManualTriggerbuttonintheLiveViewpage,seeControlson
theLiveViewPage,onpage13.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtovalidateactionsduringproductinstallation
andconguration.
-VirtualInputs—canbeusedbyaVMS(VideoManagementSystem)totriggeractions.Virtualinputscan,for
example,beconnectedtobuttonsintheVMSuserinterface.
•PTZ
-Autotracking—triggertherulewhenautotrackingstartsorstops,seeAutotracking,onpage30.
-Error—triggertheruleifthePTZfunctionalityisnotworkingcorrectly.Thiscanforexamplebeusedto
sendmaintenancenotications.
-Moving—triggertherulewhenthecameraviewmovesduetoaPTZoperation.Thiscanforexamplebeused
asanadditionalconditiontopreventanactionruletriggeredbymotiondetectiontorecordvideowhilethe
cameraviewmovesduetoaPTZoperation.
-PresetReached—triggertherulewhenthecamerastopsatapresetposition.Thiscanbeforexamplebeused
withtheSendImagesactiontouploadimagesfromthepresetposition.
-Ready—triggertherulewhenthePTZfunctionalityisreadytobeused.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosteer
thecameratoaspecicpresetpositionwhentheproductisstarted.
•Storage
-Disruption—triggertheruleifstorageproblemsaredetected,forexampleifthestoragedeviceisunavailable,
removed,full,lockedorifotherreadorwriteproblemsoccur.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendmaintenance
notications.
-Recording—triggerstherulewhentheAxisproductrecordstothestoragedevice.Therecordingstatustrigger
canbeusedtonotifytheoperator,forexamplebyashingLEDlights,iftheproducthasstartedorstoppedto
recordtothestoragedevice.Notethat,thistriggercanbeusedonlyforedgestoragerecordingstatus.
•System
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-ShockDetected—TriggertherulewhentheAxisproductdetectsithasbeentiltedorhit.SeeShockDetection,
onpage34.
-SystemReady—triggertherulewhentheproducthasbeenstartedandallservicesarerunning.Thiscanfor
examplebeusedtosendanoticationwhentheproductrestarts.
•Time
-Recurrence—triggertheruleperiodically,seeRecurrences,onpage41.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtoupload
animageevery5minutes.
-UseSchedule—triggertheruleaccordingtotheselectedschedule,seeSchedules,onpage41.
Availableactionsinclude:
•Day/NightVisionMode—setdaymode(IRcutlteron)ornightmode(IRcutlteroff).
•OverlayText—displayanoverlaytext,seeUsingOverlayTextinanActionRule,onpage24.
•PTZControl
-Autotracking—startautotracking,seeAutotracking,onpage30.
-PresetPosition—gotoapresetposition.
-GuardTour—startaguardtour,seeGuardTour,onpage31.
•RecordVideo—recordvideotoaselectedstorage.
•SendImages—sendimagestoarecipient.
•SendNotications—sendanoticationmessagetoarecipient.
•SendVideoClip—sendavideocliptoarecipient.
SettingUpanActionRule
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Thefollowingexampledescribeshowtosetupanactionruletorecordvideotoanetworkshareifthereismovementinthe
camera’seldofview.
Setupmotiondetectionandaddanetworkshare:
1.GotoDetectors>MotionDetectionandcongureamotiondetectionwindow,seepage34
2.GotoSystemOptions>Storageandsetupthenetworkshare,seepage53.
Setuptheactionrule:
1.GotoEvents>ActionRulesandclickAdd.
2.SelectEnableruleandenteradescriptivenamefortherule.
3.SelectDetectorsfromtheTriggerdrop-downlist.
4.SelectMotionDetectionfromthedrop-downlist.Selectthemotiondetectionwindowtouse.
5.Optionally,selectaScheduleandAdditionalconditions,seebelow.
6.UnderActions,selectRecordVideofromtheTypedrop-downlist.
7.SelectaStreamproleandconguretheDurationsettingsasdescribedbelow.
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8.SelectNetworkSharefromtheStoragedrop-downlist.
Toaddadditionalcriteria,selecttheAdditionalconditionsoptionandaddadditionaltriggers.Topreventanactionfrombeing
triggeredrepeatedly,aWaitatleasttimecanbeset.Enterthetimeinhours,minutesandseconds,duringwhichthetrigger
shouldbeignoredbeforetheactionrulecanbeactivatedagain.
TherecordingDurationofsomeactionscanbesettoincludetimeimmediatelybeforeandaftertheevent.SelectPre-triggertime
and/orPost-triggertimeandenterthenumberofseconds.WhenWhiletheruleisactiveisenabledandtheactionistriggered
againduringthepost-triggertime,therecordingtimewillbeextendedwithanotherpost-triggertimeperiod.
Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp
.
FallbackAction
Afallbackactionisstartediftheprimaryactioncannotbestarted,forexampleifconnectiontoarecipientcannotbeestablished.
Fallbackactionsaretypicallyusedtosendemailnoticationsonfailedactionsortouploadimagestoasecondaryrecipient.
Recipients
Recipientsreceivemedialesandnoticationmessages.Thefollowingrecipientsareavailable:
RecipientUsewithaction
Email
1
SendImages
SendNotication
SendVideoClip
FTP
SendImages
SendVideoClip
HTTP
SendImages
SendNotication
SendVideoClip
HTTPSSendImages
SendNotication
SendVideoClip
NetworkShare
2
SendImages
SendVideoClip
TCPSendNotication
1.Someemailprovidershavesecurityltersthatpreventusersfromreceivingorviewinglargeamountofattachments,fromreceivingscheduled
emailsandsimilar.Checktheemailprovider’ssecuritypolicytoavoiddeliveryproblemsandlockedemailaccounts.
2.Anetworksharecanalsobeusedasastoragedeviceforrecordedvideo.GoSystemOptions>Storagetocongureanetworksharebefore
settingupacontinuousrecordingoranactionruletorecordvideo.SeeStorage,onpage52formoreinformationaboutstoragedevices.
Toaddarecipient:
1.GotoEvents>RecipientsandclickAdd.
2.Enteradescriptivename.
3.SelectarecipientType.
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4.Entertheinformationneededfortherecipienttype.
5.ClickTesttotesttheconnectiontotherecipient.
6.ClickOK.
SettingUpanEmailRecipient
Emailrecipientscanbeconguredbyselectingoneofthelistedemailproviders,orbyspecifyingtheSMTPserver,portand
authenticationusedby,forexample,acorporateemailserver.
Note
Someemailprovidershavesecurityltersthatpreventusersfromreceivingorviewinglargeamountofattachments,from
receivingscheduledemailsandsimilar.Checktheemailprovider’ssecuritypolicytoavoiddeliveryproblemsandlocked
emailaccounts.
Tosetupanemailrecipientusingoneofthelistedproviders:
1.GotoEvents>RecipientsandclickAdd.
2.EnteraNameandselectEmailfromtheTypelist.
3.EntertheemailaddressestosendemailstointheToeld.Usecommastoseparatemultipleaddresses.
4.SelecttheemailproviderfromtheProviderlist.
5.EntertheuserIDandpasswordfortheemailaccount.
6.ClickTesttosendatestemail.
Tosetupanemailrecipientusingforexampleacorporateemailserver,followtheinstructionsabovebutselectUserdenedas
Provider.EntertheemailaddresstoappearassenderintheFromeld.SelectAdvancedsettingsandspecifytheSMTPserver
address,portandauthenticationmethod.Optionally,selectUseencryptiontosendemailsoveranencryptedconnection.Theserver
certicatecanbevalidatedusingthecerticatesavailableintheAxisproduct.Forinformationonhowtouploadcerticates,
seeCerticates,onpage46.
Schedules
Schedulescanbeusedasactionruletriggersorasadditionalconditions,forexampletorecordvideoifmotionisdetectedoutside
ofcehours.Useoneofthepredenedschedulesorcreateanewscheduleasdescribedbelow.
Tocreateanewschedule:
1.GotoEvents>SchedulesandclickAdd.
2.Enteradescriptivenameandtheinformationneededforadaily,weekly,monthlyoryearlyschedule.
3.ClickOK.
TousethescheduleinanActionRule,selecttheschedulefromtheScheduledrop-downlistintheActionRuleSetuppage.
Recurrences
RecurrencesareusedtotriggerActionRulesrepeatedly,forexampleevery5minutesoreveryhour.
Tosetuparecurrence:
1.GotoEvents>RecurrencesandclickAdd.
2.Enteradescriptivenameandrecurrencepattern.
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3.ClickOK.
TousetherecurrenceinanActionRule,rstselectTimefromtheTriggerdrop-downlistintheActionRuleSetuppageand
thenselecttherecurrencefromtheseconddrop-downlist.
Tomodifyorremoverecurrences,selecttherecurrenceintheRecurrencesListandclickModifyorRemove.
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Recordings
Recordings
TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtorecordvideocontinuouslyoraccordingtoanactionrule:
•Tostartacontinuousrecording,seepage43.
•Tosetupactionrules,seepage39.
•Toaccessrecordings,seeRecordingList,onpage43.
•Tocongurecameracontrolledstorage,seeStorage,onpage52.
RecordingList
RecordedvideosarelistedontheRecordings>Listpage.Thelistshowseachrecording’sstartdateandtime,durationandthe
eventthattriggeredtherecording.
Toplayordownloadarecording,followthesesteps:
1.GotoRecordings>List.
2.Usetheltertonarrowthelistofrecordings.EnterthedesiredltercriteriaandclickFilter.Someltersmaytake
alongtimetocomplete.
3.Selecttherecording.
4.ClickPlaytoplaytherecording,orclickDownloadtodownloadtherecording.
Multiplerecordingscanbedownloadedatthesametime.SelecttherecordingsandclickDownload.Thedownloadedleisaziple
containingaminimumofthreeles,ofwhichtheMatroska(mkv)lesaretheactualrecordings.Therecordingsaretime-stamped
withthedateandtimetheyweredownloaded(thatis,notthedatetherecordingsweremade).
Note
ToplayrecordingsinWindowsMediaPlayer,AXISMatroskaFileSplittermustbeinstalled.AXISMatroskaFileSplitter
canbedownloadedfromwww.axis.com/techsup/software
Fordetailedrecordingandvideoinformation,selectarecordingandclickProperties.
Toremovearecording,selecttherecordingandclickRemove.
ContinuousRecording
TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtocontinuouslysavevideotoastoragedevice.SeeStorage,onpage52formoreinformation
aboutstoragedevices.Topreventthediskfrombecomingfull,itisrecommendedtocongurethedisktoautomaticallyremoveold
recordings.Ifanewstreamproleisselectedwhilearecordingisongoing,therecordingwillbestoppedandsavedintherecording
listandanewrecordingwiththenewstreamprolewillstart.Allpreviouscontinuousrecordingswillremainintherecordinglist
untiltheyareremovedmanuallyorthroughautomaticremovalofoldrecordings.
Tostartacontinuousrecording,followthesesteps:
1.GotoRecordings>Continuous.
2.SelectEnabled.
3.SelecttypeofstoragedevicefromtheDisklist.
4.SelectaStreamproletouseforcontinuousrecordings.
5.ClickSavetosaveandstarttherecording.
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Languages
Languages
MultiplelanguagescanbeinstalledintheAxisproduct.Allwebpagesincludingtheonlinehelpwillbedisplayedintheselected
language.Toswitchlanguages,gotoSetup>Languagesandrstuploadthenewlanguagele.Browseandlocatetheleandclick
theUploadLanguagebutton.SelectthenewlanguagefromthelistandclickSave.
Note
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettingswilleraseanyuploadedlanguageleandresettheproductlanguageto
English.
•ClickingtheRestorebuttonontheMaintenancepagewillnotaffectthelanguage.
•Armwareupgradewillnotaffectthelanguageused.Howeverifyouhaveuploadedanewlanguagetotheproductand
laterupgradethermware,itmayhappenthatthetranslationnolongermatchestheproduct'swebpages.Inthiscase,
uploadanupdatedlanguagele.
•Alanguagealreadyinstalledintheproductwillbereplacedwhenacurrentoralaterversionofthelanguageleisuploaded.
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SystemOptions
SystemOptions
Security
Users
UseraccesscontrolisenabledbydefaultandcanbeconguredunderSystemOptions>Security>Users.Anadministratorcan
setupotherusersbygivingthemusernamesandpasswords.Itisalsopossibletoallowanonymousviewerlogin,whichmeans
thatanybodymayaccesstheLiveViewpage.
Theuserlistdisplaysauthorizedusersandusergroups(accesslevels):
Viewer-AccesstotheLiveViewpage
Operator-AccesstotheLiveViewpageandtoallsettingsexceptSystemOptions
Administrator-Unrestrictedaccesstoallsettings;canadd,modifyandremoveotherusers.
UnderHTTP/RTSPPasswordSettings,selectthetypeofpasswordtoallow.Youmayneedtoallowunencryptedpasswordsifthere
areviewingclientsthatdonotsupportencryption,orifyouupgradedthermwareandexistingclientssupportencryptionbutneed
tologinagainandbeconguredtousethisfunctionality.
UnderUserSettings,selecttheEnableanonymousviewerloginoptiontoallowanonymoususersaccesstotheLiveViewpage.
SelecttheEnableanonymousPTZcontrollogintoallowanonymoususersaccesstothePTZcontrols.
DeselecttheEnableBasicSetupoptiontohidetheBasicSetupmenu.BasicSetupprovidesquickaccesstosettingsthatshouldbe
madebeforeusingtheAxisproduct.
ONVIF
ONVIF(OpenNetworkVideoInterfaceForum)isaglobalinterfacestandardthatmakesiteasierforendusers,integrators,consultants,
andmanufacturerstotakeadvantageofthepossibilitiesofferedbynetworkvideotechnology.ONVIFenablesinteroperablitybetween
differentvendorproducts,increasedexibility,reducedcostandfuture-proofsystems.
BycreatingauseryouautomaticallyenableONVIFcommunication.UsetheusernameandpasswordwithallONVIFcommunication
withtheproduct.Formoreinformationseewww.onvif.org
IPAddressFilter
IPaddresslteringisenabledontheSystemOptions>Security>IPAddressFilterpage.Onceenabled,thelistedIPaddressare
allowedordeniedaccesstotheAxisproduct.SelectAlloworDenyfromthelistandclickApplytoenableIPaddressltering.
Theadministratorcanaddupto256IPaddressentriestothelist(asingleentrycancontainmultipleIPaddresses).
HTTPS
HTTPS(HyperTextTransferProtocoloverSecureSocketLayer,orHTTPoverSSL)isawebprotocolprovidingencryptedbrowsing.
HTTPScanalsobeusedbyusersandclientstoverifythatthecorrectdeviceisbeingaccessed.Thesecuritylevelprovidedby
HTTPSisconsideredadequateformostcommercialexchanges.
TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtorequireHTTPSwhenusersfromdifferentusergroups(administrator,operator,viewer)connect.
TouseHTTPS,anHTTPScerticatemustrstbeinstalled.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicatestoinstallandmanage
certicates.SeeCerticates,onpage46.
ToenableHTTPSontheAxisproduct:
1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>HTTPS
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2.SelectanHTTPScerticatefromthelistofinstalledcerticates.
3.Optionally,clickCiphersandselecttheencryptionalgorithmstouseforSSL.
4.SettheHTTPSConnectionPolicyforthedifferentusergroups.
5.ClickSavetoenablethesettings.
ToaccesstheAxisproductviathedesiredprotocol,enterhttps://orhttp://intheaddresseldinabrowser.
TheHTTPSportcanbechangedontheSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advancedpage.
IEEE802.1X
IEEE802.1Xisastandardforport-basedNetworkAdmissionControlprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwirelessnetwork
devices.IEEE802.1XisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).
ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X,devicesmustbeauthenticated.Theauthenticationisperformedbyanauthentication
server,typicallyaRADIUSserver,examplesofwhichareFreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationService.
InAxisimplementation,theAxisproductandtheauthenticationserveridentifythemselveswithdigitalcerticatesusingEAP-TLS
(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).ThecerticatesareprovidedbyaCerticationAuthority(CA).
Youneed:
•aCAcerticatetoauthenticatetheauthenticationserver
•aCA-signedclientcerticatetoauthenticatetheAxisproduct.
Tocreateandinstallcerticates,gotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicates.SeeCerticates,onpage46.ManyCAcerticates
arepreinstalled.
ToallowtheproducttoaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X:
1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>IEEE802.1X.
2.SelectaCACerticateandaClientCerticatefromthelistsofinstalledcerticates.
3.UnderSettings,selecttheEAPOLversionandprovidetheEAPidentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.
4.ChecktheboxtoenableIEEE802.1XandclickSave.
Note
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductshouldbesynchronizedwithanNTP
server.SeeDate&Time,onpage47.
Certicates
Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Typicalapplicationsincludeencryptedwebbrowsing(HTTPS),network
protectionviaIEEE802.1Xandsecureuploadofimagesandnoticationmessagesforexampleviaemail.Twotypesofcerticates
canbeusedwiththeAxisproduct:
Server/Clientcerticates-toauthenticatetheAxisproduct
CAcerticates-toauthenticatepeercerticates,forexamplethecerticateofanauthenticationserverincasetheAxisproductis
connectedtoanIEEE802.1Xprotectednetwork.
Note
Installedcerticates,exceptpreinstalledCAcerticates,willbedeletediftheproductisresettofactorydefault.Preinstalled
CAcerticatesthathavebeendeletedwillbereinstalled.
AServer/Clientcerticatecanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).Aself-signedcerticateofferslimited
protectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.
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Toinstallaself-signedcerticate:
1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicates.
2.ClickCreateself-signedcerticateandprovidetherequestedinformation.
TocreateandinstallaCA-signedcerticate:
1.Createaself-signedcerticateasdescribedabove.
2.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicates.
3.ClickCreatecerticatesigningrequestandprovidetherequestedinformation.
4.CopythePEM-formattedrequestandsendtotheCAofyourchoice.
5.Whenthesignedcerticateisreturned,clickInstallcerticateanduploadthecerticate.
Server/ClientcerticatescanbeinstalledasCerticatefromsigningrequestorasCerticateandprivatekey.SelectCerticate
andprivatekeyiftheprivatekeyistobeuploadasaseparateleorifthecerticateisinPKCS#12format.
TheAxisproductisshippedwithseveralpreinstalledCAcerticates.Ifrequired,additionalCAcerticatescanbeinstalled:
1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicates
2.ClickInstallcerticateanduploadthecerticate.
Date&Time
TheAxisproduct’sdateandtimesettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Date&Time.
CurrentServerTimedisplaysthecurrentdateandtime(24hclock).Thetimecanbedisplayedin12hclockinthetextoverlay(see
below).
Tochangethedateandtimesettings,selectthepreferredTimemodeunderNewServerTime:
•Synchronizewithcomputertimesetsdateandtimeaccordingtothecomputer’sclock.Withthisoption,dateand
timearesetonceandwillnotbeupdatedautomatically.
•SynchronizewithNTPServerobtainsdateandtimefromanNTPserver.Withthisoption,dateandtimesettingsare
updatedcontinuously.ForinformationonNTPsettings,seeNTPConguration,onpage49.
IfusingahostnamefortheNTPserver,aDNSservermustbecongured.SeeDNSConguration,onpage49.
•Setmanuallyallowsyoutomanuallysetdateandtime.
IfusinganNTPserver,selectyourTimezonefromthedrop-downlist.Ifrequired,checkAutomaticallyadjustfordaylightsaving
timechanges.
TheDate&TimeFormatUsedinImagesisthedateandtimeformatdisplayedasatextoverlayinthevideostream.Usethe
predenedformatsorseeFileNaming&Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
forinformationonhowtocreatecustomdateand
timeformats.Toincludedateandtimeintheoverlaytext,gotoVideoandselectIncludedateandIncludetime.
Network
BasicTCP/IPSettings
TheAxisproductsupportsIPversion4andIPversion6.Bothversionscanbeenabledsimultaneously,andatleastoneversion
mustalwaysbeenabled.
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IPv4AddressConguration
Bydefault,theAxisproductissettouseIPv4(IPversion4)andtoobtaintheIPaddressautomaticallyviaDHCP.TheIPv4settingsare
conguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.
DHCP(DynamicHostCongurationProtocol)allowsnetworkadministratorstocentrallymanageandautomatetheassignmentof
IPaddresses.DHCPshouldonlybeenabledifusingdynamicIPaddressnotication,oriftheDHCPcanupdateaDNSserver.Itis
thenpossibletoaccesstheAxisproductbyname(hostname).
IfDHCPisenabledandtheproductcannotbeaccessed,runAXISIPUtilitytosearchthenetworkforconnectedAxisproducts,orreset
theproducttothefactorydefaultsettings(seepage56)andthenperformtheinstallationagain.
TouseastaticIPaddress,checkUsethefollowingIPaddressandspecifytheIPaddress,subnetmaskanddefaultrouter.
IPv6AddressConguration
IfIPv6(IPversion6)isenabled,theAxisproductwillreceiveanIPaddressaccordingtothecongurationinthenetworkrouter.
ToenableIPv6,gotoSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.OthersettingsforIPv6shouldbeconguredinthenetworkrouter.
ARP/Ping
Theproduct’sIPaddresscanbeassignedusingARPandPing.Forinstructions,seeAssignIPAddressUsingARP/Ping,onpage48.
TheARP/Pingserviceisenabledbydefaultbutisautomaticallydisabledtwominutesaftertheproductisstarted,orassoonasanIP
addressisassigned.Tore-assignIPaddressusingARP/Ping,theproductmustberestartedtoenableARP/Pingforanadditional
twominutes.
Todisabletheservice,gotoSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>BasicandcleartheoptionEnableARP/PingsettingofIPaddress.
Pingingtheproductisstillpossiblewhentheserviceisdisabled.
AssignIPAddressUsingARP/Ping
Theproduct'sIPaddresscanbeassignedusingARP/Ping.Thecommandmustbeissuedwithin2minutesofconnectingpower.
1.AcquireafreestaticIPaddressonthesamenetworksegmentasthecomputer.
2.Locatetheserialnumber(S/N)ontheproductlabel.
3.Openacommandpromptandenterthefollowingcommands:
Linux/Unixsyntax
arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>temp
ping-l408<IPaddress>
Linux/Unixexample
arp-s192.168.0.12500:40:8c:18:10:00temp
ping-l408192.168.0.125
Windowssyntax(thismayrequirethatyourunthecommandpromptasanadministrator)
arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>
ping-l408-t<IPaddress>
Windowsexample(thismayrequirethatyourunthecommandpromptasanadministrator)
arp-s192.168.0.12500-40-8c-18-10-00
ping-l408-t192.168.0.125
4.Checkthatthenetworkcableisconnectedandthenrestarttheproductbydisconnectingandreconnectingpower.
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5.ClosethecommandpromptwhentheproductrespondswithReplyfrom192.168.0.125:...orsimilar.
6.Openabrowserandtypehttp://<IPaddress>intheLocation/Addresseld.
ForothermethodsofassigningtheIPaddress,seetheInstallationandManagementSoftwareCDorthedocumentAssignanIP
AddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup
Note
•ToopenacommandpromptinWindows,opentheStartmenuandtypecmdintheRun/Searcheld.
•TousetheARPcommandinWindows7/WindowsVista,right-clickthecommandprompticonandselectRunas
administrator.
•ToopenacommandpromptinMacOSX,opentheTerminalutilityfromApplication>Utilities.
AXISVideoHostingSystem(AVHS)
AVHSusedinconjunctionwithanAVHSservice,provideseasyandsecureInternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideoaccessiblefrom
anylocation.FormoreinformationandhelptondalocalAVHSServiceProvidergotowww.axis.com/hosting
TheAVHSsettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCPIP>Basic.ThepossibilitytoconnecttoanAVHSservice
isenabledbydefault.Todisable,cleartheEnableAVHSbox.
One-clickenabled-Presstheproduct’scontrolbutton(seeHardwareOverview,onpage6)toconnecttoanAVHSserviceoverthe
Internet.Onceregistered,AlwayswillbeenabledandtheAxisproductstaysconnectedtotheAVHSservice.Iftheproductisnot
registeredwithin24hoursfromwhenthebuttonispressed,theproductwilldisconnectfromtheAVHSservice.
Always-TheAxisproductwillconstantlyattempttoconnecttotheAVHSserviceovertheInternet.Onceregisteredtheproductwill
stayconnectedtotheservice.Thisoptioncanbeusedwhentheproductisalreadyinstalledanditisnotconvenienttousethe
one-clickinstallation.
AXISInternetDynamicDNSService
AXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceassignsahostnameforeasyaccesstotheproduct.Formoreinformation,seewww.axiscam.net
ToregistertheAxisproductwithAXISInternetDynamicDNSService,gotoSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.Under
Services,clicktheAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceSettingsbutton(requiresaccesstotheInternet).Thedomainnamecurrently
registeredatAXISInternetDynamicDNSservicefortheproductcanatanytimeberemoved.
AdvancedTCP/IPSettings
DNSConguration
DNS(DomainNameService)providesthetranslationofhostnamestoIPaddresses.TheDNSsettingsareconguredunderSystem
Options>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
SelectObtainDNSserveraddressviaDHCPtousetheDNSsettingsprovidedbytheDHCPserver.
Tomakemanualsettings,selectUsethefollowingDNSserveraddressandspecifythefollowing:
Domainname-Enterthedomain(s)tosearchforthehostnameusedbytheAxisproduct.Multipledomainscanbeseparatedby
semicolons.Thehostnameisalwaystherstpartofafullyqualieddomainname,forexample,myserveristhehostnameinthe
fullyqualieddomainnamemyserver.mycompany.comwheremycompany.comisthedomainname.
Primary/SecondaryDNSserver-EntertheIPaddressesoftheprimaryandsecondaryDNSservers.ThesecondaryDNSserveris
optionalandwillbeusediftheprimaryisunavailable.
NTPConguration
NTP(NetworkTimeProtocol)isusedtosynchronizetheclocktimesofdevicesinanetwork.TheNTPsettingsareconguredunder
SystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
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SelectObtainNTPserveraddressviaDHCPtousetheNTPsettingsprovidedbytheDHCPserver.
Tomakemanualsettings,selectUsethefollowingNTPserveraddressandenterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheNTPserver.
HostNameConguration
TheAxisproductcanbeaccessedusingahostnameinsteadofanIPaddress.ThehostnameisusuallythesameastheassignedDNS
name.ThehostnameisconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
SelectObtainhostnameviaIPv4DHCPtousehostnameprovidedbytheDHCPserverrunningonIPv4.
SelectUsethehostnametosetthehostnamemanually.
SelectEnabledynamicDNSupdatestodynamicallyupdatelocalDNSserverswhenevertheAxisproduct’sIPaddresschanges.
Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp
.
Link-LocalIPv4Address
Link-LocalAddressisenabledbydefaultandassignstheAxisproductanadditionalIPaddresswhichcanbeusedtoaccess
theproductfromotherhostsonthesamesegmentonthelocalnetwork.TheproductcanhaveaLink-LocalIPandastatic
orDHCP-suppliedIPaddressatthesametime.
ThisfunctioncanbedisabledunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
HTTP
TheHTTPportusedbytheAxisproductcanbechangedunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.Inadditiontothe
defaultsetting,whichis80,anyportintherange1024–65535canbeused.
HTTPS
TheHTTPSportusedbytheAxisproductcanbechangedunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.Inadditionto
thedefaultsetting,whichis443,anyportintherange1024–65535canbeused.
ToenableHTTPS,gotoSystemOptions>Security>HTTPS.Formoreinformation,seeHTTPS,onpage45.
NATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4
Anetworkrouterallowsdevicesonaprivatenetwork(LAN)toshareasingleconnectiontotheInternet.Thisisdonebyforwarding
networktrafcfromtheprivatenetworktothe“outside”,thatis,theInternet.Securityontheprivatenetwork(LAN)isincreased
sincemostroutersarepre-conguredtostopattemptstoaccesstheprivatenetwork(LAN)fromthepublicnetwork(Internet).
UseNATtraversalwhentheAxisproductislocatedonanintranet(LAN)andyouwishtomakeitavailablefromtheother
(WAN)sideofaNATrouter.WithNATtraversalproperlycongured,allHTTPtrafctoanexternalHTTPportintheNATrouter
isforwardedtotheproduct.
NATtraversalisconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
Note
•ForNATtraversaltowork,thismustbesupportedbytherouter.TheroutermustalsosupportUPnP
TM
.
•Therouterhasmanydifferentnames:“NATrouter”,“Networkrouter”,“InternetGateway”,”Broadbandrouter”,“Broadband
sharingdevice”or“Homerewall”buttheessentialpurposeofthedeviceisthesame.
Enable/Disable-Whenenabled,theAxisproductattemptstocongureportmappinginaNATrouteronyournetwork,usingUPnP
TM
.
NotethatUPnP
TM
mustbeenabledintheproduct(seeSystemOptions>Network>UPnP).
UsemanuallyselectedNATrouter-SelectthisoptiontomanuallyselectaNATrouterandentertheIPaddressfortherouterin
theeld.Ifnorouterisspecied,theproductautomaticallysearchesforNATroutersonyournetwork.Ifmorethanonerouteris
found,thedefaultrouterisselected.
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AlternativeHTTPport-SelectthisoptiontomanuallydeneanexternalHTTPport.Entertheportnumberintheeld.Ifnoportis
enteredhere,aportnumberisautomaticallyselectedwhenNATtraversalisenabled.
Note
•AnalternativeHTTPportcanbeusedorbeactiveevenifNATtraversalisdisabled.ThisisusefulifyourNATrouterdoesnot
supportUPnPandyouneedtomanuallycongureportforwardingintheNATrouter.
•Ifyouattempttomanuallyenteraportthatisalreadyinuse,anotheravailableportisautomaticallyselected.
•Whentheportisselectedautomaticallyitisdisplayedinthiseld.Tochangethis,enteranewportnumberandclickSave.
FTP
TheFTPserverrunningintheAxisproductenablesuploadofnewrmware,userapplications,etc.TheFTPservercanbedisabled
underSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
Note
ThisFTPserverhasnothingtodowiththeproduct’sabilitytotransferimagesviaFTPtootherlocationsandservers.
RTSP
TheRTSPserverrunningintheAxisproductallowsaconnectingclienttostartanH.264stream.TheRTSPportnumbercanbe
changedunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.Thedefaultportis554.
Note
H.264videostreamswillnotbeavailableiftheRTSPserverisdisabled.
SOCKS
SOCKSisanetworkingproxyprotocol.TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtouseaSOCKSservertoreachnetworksontheother
sideofarewallorproxyserver.ThisfunctionalityisusefuliftheAxisproductislocatedonalocalnetworkbehindarewall,and
notications,uploads,alarms,etcneedtobesenttoadestinationoutsidethelocalnetwork(forexampletheInternet).
SOCKSisconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>SOCKS.Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp
.
QoS(QualityofService)
QoS(QualityofService)guaranteesacertainlevelofaspeciedresourcetoselectedtrafconanetwork.AQoS-awarenetwork
prioritizesnetworktrafcandprovidesagreaternetworkreliabilitybycontrollingtheamountofbandwidthanapplicationmayuse.
TheQoSsettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>QoS.UsingDSCP(DifferentiatedServicesCodepoint)values,the
Axisproductcanmarkthefollowingtypesoftrafc:livevideo,event/alarmtrafcandmanagementtrafc.
SMTP(email)
TosendemailmessagesfromtheAxisproductviaSMTP(SimpleMailTransferProtocol),anSMTPmailservermustbesetup.This
isdoneunderSystemOptions>Network>SMTP(email).
EnterthehostnamesorIPaddressesandportnumbersfortheprimaryandsecondarymailserversintheeldsprovided.AFrom
emailaddressisalsorequired.Ifthemailserverrequiresauthentication,checkUseauthenticationtologintothisserverandenter
thenecessaryinformation.
SNMP
TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.AnSNMPcommunityisthe
groupofdevicesandmanagementstationrunningSNMP.Communitynamesareusedtoidentifygroups.
TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtosupportSNMPontheSystemOptions>Network>SNMPpage.
Dependingonthelevelofsecurityrequired,selecttheversiononSNMPtouse.
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SNMPv1/v2providesthelowestlevelofsecurity.Thecommunitynamecanbespeciedasapasswordforreadorread/write
accesstoallsupportedSNMPdevices.ThedefaultpasswordfortheReadcommunityispublicandthedefaultpasswordforthe
Writecommunityiswrite.
Note
IfHTTPSisenabled,SNMPv1andSNMPv2cshouldbedisabled.
TrapsforSNMPv1/v2areusedbytheAxisproducttosendmessagestoamanagementsystemonimportanteventsandstatus
changes.CheckEnabletrapsandentertheIPaddresswherethetrapmessageshouldbesentandtheTrapcommunitythat
shouldreceivethemessage.
Thefollowingtrapsareavailable:
•Coldstart
•Warmstart
•Linkup
•Authenticationfailed
SNMPv3providesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TousetrapswithSNMPv3,anSNMPv3managementapplicationisrequired.
TouseSNMPv3,HTTPSmustbeenabled,seeHTTPS,onpage45.ToenableSNMPv3,checktheboxandprovidetheinitialuser
password.
Note
Theinitialpasswordcanonlybesetonce.Ifthepasswordislost,theAxisproductmustberesettofactorydefault,see
ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings,onpage56.
UPnP
TM
TheAxisproductincludessupportforUPnP
TM
.UPnP
TM
isenabledbydefaultandtheproductisautomaticallydetectedbyoperating
systemsandclientsthatsupportthisprotocol.
UPnP
TM
canbedisabledunderSystemOptions>Network>UPnP
TM
.
RTP/H.264
TheRTPportrangeandmulticastsettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>RTP.
TheRTPportrangedenestherangeofportsfromwhichthevideoportsareautomaticallyselected.Formulticaststreams,only
certainIPaddressesandportnumbersshouldbeused.
SelectAlwaysMulticastVideotostartmulticaststreamingwithoutopeninganRTSPsession.
Bonjour
TheAxisproductincludessupportforBonjour.Bonjourisenabledbydefaultandtheproductisautomaticallydetectedbyoperating
systemsandclientsthatsupportthisprotocol.
BonjourcanbedisabledunderSystemOptions>Network>Bonjour.
Storage
SDCard
NOTICE NOTICE
NOTICE
Topreventcorruptionofrecordings,theSDcardshouldalwaysbeunmountedbeforeitisejected.
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TheAxisproductsupportsSDcardswiththefollowinglesystems:
•ext4—recommendedduetoitsresilienceagainstdatalossifthecardisejectedorifthereisabruptpowerloss.Toaccess
datastoredonthecardfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem,athird-partyext4driverorapplicationisrequired.
•vFAT—mostSDcardsarepre-formattedwithvFATwhenpurchased.
Ifrequired,theSDcardcanbemanuallyformattedtothedesiredlesystem.ToformattheSDcard:
1.InserttheSDcardintheSDcardslot.
2.GotoSystemOptions>StorageandclickSDCard.
3.ClickFormatandselectthedesiredlesystem.
Note
Duringformattinganypreviousdatastoredonthediskwillbelost.
Mountingisdoneautomaticallywhenthecardisinsertedorwhentheproductisstarted.Amanualmountisonlyrequiredifthe
cardhasbeenunmountedandnotejectedandre-inserted.
TounmounttheSDcard:
1.GotoSystemOptions>StorageandclickSDCard.
2.ClickUnmount.
3.Thecardcannowberemoved.
TheSDcardismanagedontheSystemOptions>Storagepage.ClickSDCardtoopenStorageManagement.
Ifthecard’sstatusshowsasfailed,clickCheckdisktoseeiftheproblemcanbefoundandthentryRepair.Thisoptionisonly
availableforSDcardswithext4.ForSDcardswithvFAT,useacardreaderorcomputertotroubleshootthecard.
Toavoidllingthecard,itisrecommendedtoremoverecordingscontinuously.UnderRecordingSettings,selectRemoverecordings
olderthanandselectthenumberofdaysorweeks.
Tostopwritingtothecardandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved,selectLockunderRecordingSettings.
NetworkShare
NetworkshareallowsyoutoaddnetworkstoragesuchasaNAS(NetworkAttachedStorage)oranyserverthatusesCIFS(Common
InternetFileSystem)andusethemforstorageofrecordings.
Toaddanetworkshare:
1.GotoSystemOptions>Storage.
2.ClickNetworkShare.
3.EntertheIPaddress,DNSorBonjournametothehostserverintheHosteld.
4.EnterthenameoftheshareintheShareeld.Subfolderscannotbeused.
5.Ifrequired,selectThesharerequiresloginandentertheusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
ToclearallrecordingsanddatafromtheAxisproduct’sfolderonthedesignatedshare,clickClearunderStorageTools.
Toavoidllingtheshare,itisrecommendedtoremoverecordingscontinuously.UnderRecordingSettings,selectRemoverecordings
olderthanandselectthenumberofdaysorweeks.
Tostopwritingtotheshareandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved,selectLockunderRecordingSettings.
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Ports&Devices
I/OPorts
Themediaconverterswitchprovidestwocongurableinputandoutputportsforconnectionofexternaldevices.Oneportis
dedicatedfortheI/Osignalsbetweenthemediaconverterswitch,thesuppliedmulti-connectorcableandthecamera.Formore
informationonthemulti-connectorcable,seepage57.
TheI/OportsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Ports&Devices>I/OPorts.Selecttheportdirection(InputorOutput).The
portscanbegivendescriptivenamesandtheirNormalstatescanbeconguredasOpencircuitorGroundedcircuit.
PortStatus
ThelistontheSystemOptions>Ports&Devices>PortStatuspageshowsthestatusoftheproduct’sinputandoutputports.
Maintenance
TheAxisproductprovidesseveralmaintenancefunctions.TheseareavailableunderSystemOptions>Maintenance.
ClickRestarttoperformacorrectrestartiftheAxisproductisnotbehavingasexpected.Thiswillnotaffectanyofthecurrent
settings.
ClickRestoretoresetmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Thefollowingsettingsarenotaffected:
•thebootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)
•thestaticIPaddress
•thedefaultrouter
•thesubnetmask
•thesystemtime
•theIEEE802.1Xsettings
•uploadedapplicationsarekeptbutmustberestarted
ClickDefaulttoresetallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,tothefactorydefaultvalues.Thisbuttonshouldbeusedwithcaution.The
Axisproductcanalsoberesettofactorydefaultusingthecontrolbutton,seeResettoFactoryDefaultSettings,onpage56.
Totesttheproduct’sPTZmechanics,clickTestunderPTZStatus.
Forinformationaboutrmwareupgrade,seeUpgradingtheFirmware,onpage58.
Support
SupportOverview
TheSystemOptions>Support>SupportOverviewpageprovidesinformationontroubleshootingandcontactinformation,
shouldyourequiretechnicalassistance.
SeealsoTroubleshooting,onpage58.
SystemOverview
TogetanoverviewoftheAxisproduct’sstatusandsettings,gotoSystemOptions>Support>SystemOverview.Informationthat
canbefoundhereincludesrmwareversion,IPaddress,networkandsecuritysettings,eventsettings,imagesettingsandrecentlog
items.ManyofthecaptionsarelinkstotheproperSetuppage.
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SystemOptions
Logs&Reports
TheSystemOptions>Support>Logs&Reportspagegenerateslogsandreportsusefulforsystemanalysisandtroubleshooting.If
contactingAxisSupport,pleaseprovideavalidServerReportwithyourquery.
SystemLog-Providesinformationaboutsystemevents.
AccessLog-Listsallfailedattemptstoaccesstheproduct.TheAccessLogcanalsobeconguredtolistallconnectionstothe
product(seebelow).
ServerReport-Providesinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccessLogisautomaticallyincluded
intheServerReport.
ParameterList-Showstheproduct'sparametersandtheircurrentsettings.Thismayproveusefulwhentroubleshootingor
whencontactingAxisSupport.
ConnectionList-Listsallclientsthatarecurrentlyaccessingmediastreams.
CrashReport-Generatesanarchivewithdebugginginformation.Thereporttakesseveralminutestogenerate.
TheloglevelsfortheSystemLogandtheAccessLogaresetunderSystemOptions>Support>Logs&Reports>Conguration.
TheAccessLogcanbeconguredtolistallconnectionstotheproduct(selectCritical,Warnings&Info).
Advanced
Scripting
Scriptingallowsexperienceduserstocustomizeandusetheirownscripts.
NOTICE NOTICE
NOTICE
ImproperusemaycauseunexpectedbehaviorandlossofcontactwiththeAxisproduct.
Axisstronglyrecommendsthatyoudonotusethisfunctionunlessyouunderstandtheconsequences.AxisSupportdoesnotprovide
assistanceforproblemswithcustomizedscripts.
ToopentheScriptEditor,gotoSystemOptions>Advanced>Scripting.Ifascriptcausesproblems,resettheproducttoits
factorydefaultsettings,seepage56.
Formoreinformation,seewww.axis.com/developer
FileUpload
Files,forexamplewebpagesandimages,canbeuploadedtotheAxisproductandusedascustomsettings.Touploadale,go
toSystemOptions>Advanced>FileUpload.
Uploadedlesareaccessedthroughhttp://<ipaddress>/local/<user>/<filename>where<user>isthe
selectedusergroup(viewer,operatororadministrator)fortheuploadedle.
PlainCong
PlainCongisforadvanceduserswithexperienceofAxisproductconguration.Mostparameterscanbesetandmodiedfromthis
page.Helpisavailablefromthestandardhelppages.
ToopenPlainCong,gotoSystemOptions>Advanced>PlainCong.AxisSupportdoesnotprovideassistance.
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ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultwillresetallsettings,includingtheIP
address,tothefactorydefaultvalues.
Note
TheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailableontheCDsuppliedwiththeproductandfromthesupport
pagesonwww.axis.com/techsup
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonandthepowerbuttonforabout15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashes
amber.SeeHardwareOverview,onpage6.
2.ReleasethecontrolbuttonbutcontinuetoholddownthepowerbuttonuntilthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.
3.Releasethepowerbuttonandassembletheproduct.
4.Theprocessisnowcomplete.Theproducthasbeenresettothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableon
thenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90
5.Usingtheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretools,assignanIPaddress,setthepasswordandaccessthevideostream.
Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultviathewebinterface.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenance.
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Multi-ConnectorCable
Multi-ConnectorCable
Thesuppliedmulti-connectorcableisrequiredinordertomaintainthecamera’sIPrating.
Connectthemulti-connectorcabletothecamera’smulti-connectorandtotheconnectorsinthesuppliedmediaconverterswitch,
seepage6.
Thecableprovidesthefollowingsignals:
•DCpower
•Network(Ethernet10/100Base-T)
•Input/Output(I/O)
1 8
2 7
9
3 6
4 5
FunctionPin–wireNotes
Specications
2–blue
Digitalinput–ConnecttoGNDtoactivate,or
leaveoating(unconnected)todeactivate.
0to+30VDC
Maxload=
100mA
Congurable(Input
orOutput)
7–yellowDigitaloutput–Internalconnectiontoground
whenactivated,oating(unconnected)when
deactivated.Ifusedwithanexternalrelay,adiode
mustbeconnectedinparallelwiththeload,for
protectionagainstvoltagetransients.
Maxvoltage=
+30VDC
RX+
3–green/white
Ethernet–receiving
RX-
4–green
Ethernet–receiving
TX+
5–orange/white
Ethernet–transmitting
TX-
6–orange
Ethernet–transmitting
GND
8–black
Ground
12Vpower1,9–redUsedtopowercamera
12–13.2VDC
Maxload=6A
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
CheckingtheFirmware
Firmwareissoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootingaproblem
shouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticularproblem.The
currentrmwareversionintheAxisproductisdisplayedinthepageSetup>BasicSetupandinSetup>About.
UpgradingtheFirmware
WhenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwarefromAxiswebsite,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.
Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewrelease,beforeupgradingthermware.
Toupgrade,followtheseinstructions:
1.Savethermwareletoyourcomputer.ThelatestversionofthermwareisavailablefreeofchargefromAxiswebsite
atwww.axis.com/techsup
2.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenanceintheproductswebpages.
3.UnderUpgradeServer,clickBrowseandlocatetheleonyourcomputer.ClickUpgrade.
Afterstartingtheupgradeprocess,alwayswaitatleast5–10minutesbeforerestartingtheproduct,evenifyoususpectthe
upgradehasfailed.
AXISCameraManagementcanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Seewww.axis.comformoreinformation.
Note
•Yourdealerreservestherighttochargeforanyrepairattributabletofaultyupgradebytheuser.
•Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providingthefeaturesareavailableinthe
newrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
EmergencyRecoveryProcedure
Ifpowerornetworkconnectionislostduringtheupgrade,theprocessfailsandtheproductbecomesunresponsive.FlashingredStatus
indicatorindicatesafailedupgrade.Torecovertheproduct,followthestepsbelow.Theserialnumberisfoundontheproduct’slabel.
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Troubleshooting
1.InUNIX/Linux,typethefollowingfromthecommandline:
arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>temp
ping-l408<IPaddress>
InWindows,typethefollowingfromacommand/DOSprompt(thismayrequirethatyourunthecommandpromptas
anadministrator):
arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>
ping-l408-t<IPaddress>
2.Iftheproductdoesnotreplyin30seconds,restartitandwaitforareply.PressCTRL+CtostopPing.
3.Openabrowserandtypeintheproduct’sIPaddress.Inthepagethatappears,usetheBrowsebuttontoselecttheupgrade
letouse.ThenclickLoadtorestarttheupgradeprocess.
4.Aftertheupgradeiscomplete(1–10minutes),theproductautomaticallyrestartsandshowsasteadygreenonthe
Statusindicator.
5.Reinstalltheproduct,referringtotheInstallationGuide.
Iftheemergencyrecoveryproceduredoesnotgettheproductupandrunningagain,contactAxissupportatwww.axis.com/techsup/
Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
WhenusingARP/Ping
Trytheinstallationagain.TheIPaddressmustbesetwithintwominutesafterpowerhasbeen
appliedtotheproduct.EnsurethePinglengthissetto408.Forinstructions,seeAssignIPAddress
UsingARP/Ping,onpage48.
Theproductislocatedona
differentsubnet
IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youwillnotbeabletosettheIPaddress.Contactyour
networkadministratortoobtainanIPaddress.
TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice
DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.RunthePingcommand(inaCommand/DOS
window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct:
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstalltheproduct.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.
PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet.
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.
Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser
Cannotlogin
WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettoFactoryDefaultSettings,onpage56.
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TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas
beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe
network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename
hasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,seetheInstallationand
ManagementSoftwareCDorthedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamon
AxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductshouldbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.SeeDate&Time,onpage47.
Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
RoutercongurationTocongureyourroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct,enabletheNAT-traversal
featurewhichwillattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheAxis
product,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4,onpage50.TheroutermustsupportUPnP
TM
.
Firewallprotection
ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.
Defaultroutersrequired
CheckifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsfromSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>
Basic.
ProblemswithstreamingH.264
ProblemswithAXISMedia
Control(InternetExplorer
only)
ToenabletheupdatingofvideoimagesinInternetExplorer,setthebrowsertoallowActiveX
controls.Also,makesurethatAXISMediaControlisinstalledonyourcomputer.
NoH.264displayedinthe
client
CheckthattherelevantH.264connectionmethodsandcorrectinterfaceareenabledintheAMC
ControlPanel(streamingtab).SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC),onpage16.
IntheAMCControlPanel,selecttheH.264tabandclickSettodefaultH.264decoder.
CheckthatRTSPisenabledunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
Installationofadditional
ActiveXcomponent
restrictedorprohibited
ConguretheAxisproducttouseaJavaappletforupdatingvideoimagesinyourbrowser.Goto
Setup>LiveViewCongandselectJavaappletunderDefaultviewer.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
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Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceConsiderations,onpage65.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisNOTsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)oftheAxis
product.SeeTechnicalSpecications,onpage62.
Videoandimageproblems,general
Imageunsatisfactory
CheckthevideostreamandcamerasettingsunderSetup>Video>VideoStreamandSetup>
Video>CameraSettings.
MotionDetectiontriggersunexpectedly
Changesinluminance
Motiondetectionisbasedonchangesinluminanceintheimage.Thismeansthatifthereare
suddenchangesinthelighting,motiondetectionmaytriggermistakenly.Lowerthesensitivity
settingtoavoidproblemswithluminance.
Storageanddiskmanagementproblems
Storagedisruption
Astoragedisruptionalarmissentifastoragedeviceisunavailable,removed,full,lockedorifother
readorwriteproblemsoccur.Toidentifythesourceoftheproblem,checktheSystemLogunder
SystemOptions>Support>Logs&Reports.Dependingontheproblem,itmightbenecessaryto
re-mountthestoragedevice.
Forinformationonhowtosetupastoragedisruptionalarm,see.
Videocannotberecorded
CheckthattheSDcardisnotwriteprotected(thatis,readonly).
SDcardcannotbemountedReformattheSDcardandthenclickMount.
Mediaconverterswitch
Mediaconverterswitch
freezesafterhotswapping
Themediaconverterswitchdoesnotsupporthotswapping.Disconnectpowerfromtheswitch
beforeswappingcameras.Restarttheswitchafterafailedattempttohotswap.
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TechnicalSpecications
TechnicalSpecications
Function/group
Item
Specications
Models
AXISQ6042-C60Hz
AXISQ6042-C50Hz
Imagesensor
¼”ExViewHADProgressiveScanCCD
Lensf3.3–119mm
F1.4–4.2
Autofocus
Automaticday/night
Horizontalangleofview:57.2°–1.7°
Minimum
illumination
Color:0.5luxat30IREF1.6
B/W:0.008luxat30IREF1.6
Shuttertime
1/30000sto0.5s(50Hz)
1/30000sto0.5s(60Hz)
Pan/Tilt/Zoom
E-ip
256presetpositions
Pan360°endless,0.05°–450°/s
Tilt:220°,0.05°–450°/s
36xopticalzoomand12xdigitalzoom,total432xzoom
Camera
Pan/Tilt/Zoom
functionalities
Tourrecording,guardtour,controlqueue
On-screendirectionalindicator,Setnewpan0°
Video
compression
H.264(MPEG-4Part10/AVC)
MotionJPEG
Resolutions
ExtendedD1752x480to176x120(60Hz)
ExtendedD1736x576to176x144(50Hz)
FramerateH.264
Upto30/25fps(60/50Hz)inallresolutions
Framerate
MotionJPEG
Upto30/25fps(60/50Hz)inallresolutions
Videostreaming
Multiple,individuallycongurablestreamsinH.264andMotionJPEG
Controllableframerateandbandwidth
VBR/CBRH.264
Video
Imagesettings
WideDynamicRange(WDR),manualshuttertime,compression,color,brightness,
sharpness,whitebalance,exposurecontrol,exposurezones,backlightcompensation,ne
tuningofbehavioratlowlight
Rotation:0°,180°
Textandimageoverlay
32individual3Dprivacymasks
ImagefreezeonPTZ
SecurityPasswordprotection,IPaddressltering,HTTPSencryption*,IEEE802.1Xnetworkaccess
control*,digestauthentication,useraccesslog
*ThisproductincludessoftwaredevelopedbytheOpenSSLProjectforuseintheOpen
SSLToolkit(www.openssl.org)
Network
Supported
protocols
IPv4/v6,HTTP,HTTPS*,SSL/TLS*,QoSLayer3DiffServ,FTP,CIFS/SMB,SMTP,Bonjour,
UPnP
TM
,SNMPv1/v2c/v3(MIB-II),DNS,DynDNS,NTP,RTSP,RTP,TCP,UDP,IGMP,RTCP,
ICMP,DHCP,ARP,SOCKS,etc
*ThisproductincludessoftwaredevelopedbytheOpenSSLProjectforuseintheOpen
SSLToolkit(www.openssl.org)
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Function/group
Item
Specications
Application
Programming
Interface
OpenAPIforsoftwareintegration,includingVAPIX®andAXISCameraApplication
PlatformfromAxisCommunications;specicationsavailableatwww.axis.com
ONVIF,specicationsavailableatwww.onvif.org
AXISVideoHostingSystem(AVHS)withOne-ClickCameraConnection
Intelligentvideo
Videomotiondetection,autotracking,ActiveGatekeeper
SupportforAXISCameraApplicationPlatformenablinginstallationofadditional
applications
Eventtriggers
Detectors:LiveStreamAccessed,MotionDetection
Hardware:Fan,Network,Temperature
InputSignal:ManualTrigger,VirtualInputs
PTZ:Autotracking,Error,Moving,PresetReached,Ready
Storage:Disruption,Recording
System:SystemReady,ShockDetected
Time:Recurrence,UseSchedule
EventactionsFileupload:FTP,HTTP,networkshareandemail
Notication:email,HTTPandTCP
PTZpreset,guardtour,videorecordingtoedgestorage,autotracking,day/nightmode
Pre-andpost-alarmvideobuffering
InstallationaidPixelcounter
Videoaccessfrom
webbrowser
Cameraliveview
Videorecordingtole(ASF)
CustomizableHTMLpages
Windows7,WindowsVista,WindowsXP,WindowsServer2008,WindowsServer2003
DirectX9corhigher
Forotheroperatingsystemsandbrowsers,seewww.axis.com/techsup
System
Integration
Managementand
maintenance
AXISCameraManagementtoolonCDandweb-basedconguration
Congurationofbackupandrestore
FirmwareupgradesoverHTTPorFTP,rmwareavailableonwww.axis.com
Casing
IP66-andNEMA4X-ratedmetalcasing(aluminum),acrylic(PMMA)cleardome,
sunshield(PC/ASA)
Memory512MBRAM,128MBFlash
Batterybacked-upreal-timeclock
Power
12.5–13.2VDC,min75W
Connectors
IP-66ratedmulti-connectorforDCpower,Ethernet10/100Base-T,inputandoutput,
including7m(23ft.)cableMediaConverterSwitch:2xRJ-4510/100Base-T,2xSFP
100Base-FX/1000Base-X,terminalblockswithpowerinput,poweroutputand2x
congurableinput/output
Edgestorage
SupportsSDcardswithupto64GBofstorage.Forbestrecordingperformance,usean
SDHCorSDXCcardwithspeedclass10.(cardnotincluded)
Supportforrecordingtonetworkshare(NetworkAttachedStorageorleserver)
Operating
conditions
-20°Cto75°C(-4°Fto167°F)withactivecooling
Humidity10–100%RH(non-condensing)
Storage
conditions
-20°Cto75°C(-4°Fto167°F)
Approvals
EN55022ClassA
EN61000-3-2
EN61000-3-3
EN61000-6-1
EN61000-6-2
EN55024
EN50121-4,IEC62236-4
General
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Function/group
Item
Specications
FCCPart15SubpartBClassA
ICES-003ClassA
VCCIClassA
C-tickAS/NZSCISPR22ClassA
KCCKN22ClassA,KN24
IEC/EN/UL60950-1
IEC/EN/UL60950-22
IEC/EN60529IP66
NEMA250Type4X
IEC60068-2-1,IEC60068-2-2,IEC60068-2-78,IEC60068-2-14,IEC60068-2-30,
IEC60068-2-6,IEC60068-2-27,IEC60068-2-60
MIL-STD810G500.5,501.5,502.5,505.5,506.5,507.5,509.5,510.5,514.6,516.6,
521.3,524.1
IEC/EN62262IK10
Weight
Camera:4.5kg(9.9lb.)
Included
accessories
AXIST8605MediaConverterSwitch,IP66–ratedmulti-connectorcable,sunshield,
InstallationGuide,InstallationandManagementSoftwareCD,Windowsdecoder1-user
license
Video
management
software
AXISCameraCompanion(softwareincludedonCD)—Basicsurveillanceforsmall
businesses,wherevideoisrecordedtoedgestorage
AXISCameraStation(soldseparately)—Fullyfeaturedsurveillanceformedium-sized
installations,wherevideoisrecordedonasystemserver
Formoreinformationandsoftwareapplicationsfrompartners,see
www.axis.com/products/video/software/
Optional
accessories
PowerSupply
SFPmodules
AXIST91AMountingAccessories
Smokeddomecover
AXIST8310VideoSurveillanceControlBoard
AXISP8221NetworkI/OAudioModule
AXIST90AIlluminators
InstallationDisplay
Multi-userdecoderlicensepack
MediaConverterSwitchConnectors
Powerconnector(DCinput)
2-pinterminalblockforpowerinput.
- +
21
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
GND
1
Ground DCinput
12VDC
2
Powerinfrompowersupply(sold
separately)
Maxload=7A
12.0–13.2VDC,min75W
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Powerconnector(DCoutput)
Two2-pinterminalblocksforpoweroutput(pin4isnotused).
+ +
21 43
-
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
12VDC
1,2
PowerouttocameraMaxload=6.5A
12.0–13.2VDC,min70W
GND
3
Ground
DCoutput
N/a
4
N/a
Networkconnector(internal)
Two2-pinEthernetterminalblocks.
I/Oterminalconnector(external)
6-pinterminalblocksfor:
•DigitalInput/Output
•Power(DCoutput)
•Ground(GND)
21 43 65
FunctionPinNotes
Specications
GND
1,4,6
Ground
DCoutput
2
Powerout
12VDC,50mA
Digitalinput
0to+30VDC
CongurableI/O1(Inputor
Output)
3
Digitaloutput(transistor–open
collector)
Maxload=100mA
Maxvoltage=+30VDC
Digitalinput
0to+30VDC
CongurableI/O2(Inputor
Output)
5
Digitaloutput(transistor–open
collector)
Maxload=100mA
Maxvoltage=+30VDC
I/Oterminalconnector(internal)
2-pinterminalblock.
PerformanceConsiderations
Whensettingsupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationswillaffectperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thiswillalsoaffecttheframerate.
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Thefollowingfactorsareamongthemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionand/orlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredata.Bandwidthaffected.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGand/orunicastH.264clients.Bandwidthaffected.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclients.Effectonframerateand
bandwidth.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneously.Framerateandbandwidthaffected.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffecttheproduct’sCPUload.Framerateaffected.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructure.Bandwidthaffected.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformance.Framerateaffected.
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