Axis Camera Station S2212 All-in-One Recorder User Manual

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AXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeries

Aboutyourdevice

AXISCameraStationS22Applianceseriesisanall-in-onerecordingsolutionwithintegrated,manageablePoEswitchdesigned

todeliverreliablehigh-denitionsurveillancewithupto4Kresolution.Forquickandeasyinstallation,theapplianceseriesis

preconguredandpreloadedwithAXISCameraStationvideomanagementsoftwareincludinglicensesplusallnecessarysystem

software.AXISCameraStationoffersanintuitiveuserinterfacethatallowsuserstotakefulladvantageofAxiswiderangeofvideo

surveillancecamerasandotherIPproducts.Withtheoperatingsystemstoredonasolid-statedrive(SSD)and3-yearhardware

warranty,theapplianceseriesprovidesareliablesurveillancesolution.

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Setupexamples

Setupinanindependentsurveillancenetwork

Youcancreateanindependentsurveillancenetworkwhichhasnointerconnectivitytoanotherexternalnetwork.Thissetupisabasic

plugandplayinstallation.Thebuilt-inswitch’sDHCPserverisenabledbydefault.AssoonasyouplugthecamerasintothePoE

ports,thecameraswillpoweronandobtainanIPaddressandbeaccessibleviaAXISCameraStation.

Difcultylevel

Basic

Benets

Dedicatedsurveillancenetworkwithnointerconnectivityto

anotherexternalnetwork

Plugandplayinstallation

LimitationsBandwidth

PoEbudget

Noremoteaccess

Actionsneeded

Changethedefaultpasswordforthebuilt-inswitch

RegistertheAXISCameraStationlicense

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Connectorsused

PoEenablednetworkconnectors,port1-12

USB2.0connectorx2(forkeyboardandmouse)

Displayport

orHDMIconnector

ConnectorsNOTused

RJ45switchuplink

SFPswitchuplink

RJ45servernetwork

USB3.0connector(frontside)

Audiolinein(frontside)

Audiolineout(frontside)

Setupinanexistingnetwork

Youcancreateasurveillancenetworkwithinanexistingnetwork.Thismeansthatthesurveillancenetworkisseparatedfrom

theexistingnetwork.

Difcultylevel

Advanced

BenetsAbilitytouseanAXISCameraStationclienttoconnecttoS22

seriesoverthenetwork.

Networksegregation

LimitationsMayrequireyoutofollowcorporatenetworkpolices

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Setupexamples

Actionsneeded

Changethedefaultpasswordforthebuilt-inswitch

RegistertheAXISCameraStationlicense

Connectorsused

PoEenablednetworkconnectors,port1-12

RJ45servernetwork(forconnectiontonetwork)

(Optional)USB2.0connectorx2(forkeyboardandmouse)

(Optional)Displayport

orHDMIconnector

ConnectorsNOTused

RJ45switchuplink

SFPswitchuplink

USB3.0connector(frontside)

Audiolinein(frontside)

Audiolineout(frontside)

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Getstarted

ThestandardworkowtocongureanAXISCameraStationrecorderis:

1.Installyourdevice

2.UpdateAXISCameraStationtothelatestversion.

-Ifyoursystemisonline:opentheAXISRecorderToolboxappandclickUpdateAXISCameraStation.

-Ifyoursystemisofine:gotoaxis.comanddownloadthelatestversion.

3.CongureWindows®.Werecommendto:

-UpdateWindows®tothelatestversion.SeeUpdateWindows®onpage29

-Createastandarduseraccount.SeeCreateauseraccountonpage24

4.CongureAXISCameraStation

5.RegisteryouAXISCameraStationlicenses.

-LicenseasystemwithInternetconnectiononpage22

-LicenseasystemwithoutInternetconnectiononpage22

6.ConnectyoursystemtotheAXISCameraStationmobileviewingapp.SeeCongureAXISSecureRemoteAccess

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

LogontoAXISCameraStationserver

ThroughtheAXISCameraStationclient,youcanconnecttoasingleserverinstalledonthelocalcomputerorelsewhereonthe

network,ortomultipleservers.

Double-clicktheAXISCameraStationicontostarttheAXISCameraStationclient.YoucanconnecttoAXISCameraStation

serversinthefollowingways:

Toconnecttotheserversusedintheprevioussession,selectLastusedservers.

Toconnecttotheserverinstalledonthesamecomputerastheclient,selectThiscomputer.

•SelectLogonascurrentusertologonasthecurrentWindowsuser.

•ClearLogonascurrentuserandclickLogon.SelectOtheruserandprovideanotherusernameandpasswordtolog

onwithadifferentusernameandpassword.

•SelectLogonas<username>ifyouhaveyourusernameandpasswordremembered.

Toconnecttoaremoteserver:

1.SelectRemoteserver.

2.SelectaserverfromtheRemoteserverdrop-downlistorentertheIPorDNSaddressintheeld.Iftheserverisnot

listed,click

toreloadalltheavailableremoteservers.

Iftheserverisconguredtoacceptclientsonadifferentportthanthedefaultportnumber55752,entertheIPaddress

followedbytheportnumber,forexample,192.168.0.5:46001

3.Youcan:

-SelectLogonascurrentusertologonasthecurrentWindowsuser.

-ClearLogonascurrentuserandclickLogon.SelectOtheruserandprovideanotherusernameandpassword

tologonwithadifferentusernameandpassword.

-SelectLogonas<username>ifyouhaveyourusernameandpasswordremembered.

TosignintoAXISSecureRemoteAccess:

1.ClicktheSignintoAXISSecureRemoteAccesslink.

2.EnteryourMyAxisaccountcredentials.

3.ClickSigninandGranttograntaccess.

Toconnecttotheserversfromaserverlist,selectaserverlistfromthedrop-downlistoftheServerlisteld.Click

createoredittheserverlists.

ToimportaserverlistlethathasbeenexportedfromAXISCameraStation,clickImportserverlistatthebottomrightand

browsetoa.mslle.

Todeletetheusernamesandpasswordsthathavesavedforalltheconnectedservers,clickDeletesavedpasswordsatthe

bottomright.

Toconnecttoaserver,itmaybenecessarytochangetheclientproxysettings,clickChangeclientproxysettingsatthebottomright.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

CongureAXISCameraStation

ThisGetstartedtutorialwillwalkyouthroughthebasicstepstomakeyoursystemupandrunning.

Beforeyoustart,youmayneedto:

•Congureyournetworkdependingonyourinstallation.SeeNetworkconguration.

•Congureyourserverportsifneeded.SeeServerportconguration.

•Considersecurityissues.SeeSecurityconsiderations.

Afternecessarycongurations,youcanstarttoworkwithAXISCameraStation:

1.StartAXISCameraStation

2.Adddevices

3.Congurerecordingmethodonpage18

4.Liveviewcamerasonpage19

5.Replayrecordingsonpage19

6.Addbookmarksonpage19

7.Exportrecordingsonpage19

8.PlayandverifyrecordingsinAXISFilePlayeronpage20

StartAXISCameraStation

AXISCameraStationServiceControlautomaticallystartsaftertheinstallationiscomplete.

Double-clicktheAXISCameraStationClienticontostarttheAXISCameraStationclient.Whenstartingtheclientforthersttime,

itautomaticallyattemptstologontotheAXISCameraStationserverinstalledonthesamecomputerastheclient.

YoucanconnecttomultipleAXISCameraStationserversindifferentways.

Adddevices

ThersttimeyoustartyourAXISCameraStation,youarenavigatedtotheAdddevicespage.AXISCameraStationautomatically

searchesthenetworkforconnecteddevicesanddisplaysalistofdevicesfound.

1.Selectthecamerastoaddfromthelist.

Ifyourcameraisnotlisted,clickFindbyaddress,enterthecameraaddressandclickOK.

2.ClickAdd.

3.SelectQuickcongurationorSiteDesignerconguration.ClickNext.

4.UsethedefaultsettingsandensuretherecordingmethodissettoNone.ClickInstall.

Congurerecordingmethod

1.GotoConguration>Recordingandevents>Recordingmethod.

2.Ifyouwanttoenablemotiondetectionrecording:

2.1Selectacamera.

2.2TurnonMotiondetection.

2.3ClickApply.

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3.Ifyouwanttoenablecontinuousrecording:

3.1Selectacamera.

3.2TurnonContinuous.

3.3ClickApply.

Liveviewcameras

1.ClicktheLiveviewtabtonavigatetothecameraliveview.

2.Clickacameratonavigatetotheliveviewofthatcamera.

Abluedotafterthecameranameshowsthatcontinuousrecordingisinprogress.Areddotafterthecameranameshows

thatmotiondetectionrecordingisinprogress.

3.Click

tonavigatefromLiveviewtoRecordings.

Aredlineinthetimelineshowsthatmotiondetectionrecordinghasbeentakenforthatperiod.Abluelineinthe

timelineshowsthatcontinuousrecordingisinprogress.

Replayrecordings

1.GototheRecordingtab.

2.Inthetimelineofthecamera,usethemousewheeltozoominandoutanddragthetimelinetomakethemarker

pointingatyourdesiredposition.

3.Tostartplayingtherecordingfromthedesiredposition,click

Addbookmarks

1.GototheRecordingtab.

2.Inthetimelineofthecamera,usethemousewheeltozoominandoutanddragthetimelinetomakethemarker

pointingatyourdesiredposition.

3.Click

4.Enterthebookmarknameanddescription.Usekeywordsinthedescriptiontomakethebookmarkeasytondand

recognized.

5.SelectPreventrecordingdeletiontolocktherecording.Alockedrecordingcannotbedeletedunlessactivelyunlocked.

6.ClickOK.Abookmarkiconisdisplayedatyourdesiredpositioninthetimeline.

Exportrecordings

1.GototheRecordingtab.

2.Inthetimelineofthecamera,usethemousewheeltozoominandout.

3.Click

todisplaytheselectionmarkers.

4.Dragthemarkerstoincludetherecordingsthatyouwanttoexport.

5.Click

toopentheExporttab.

6.IntheExporttab,youcandothefollowingifdesired.

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-Clicktoaddanotefortherecording.

-ClickBrowsetoselectthelocationtoexporttherecordings.

-SelectIncludeAxisFilePlayer,Includenotes,andAdddigitalsignature.

7.ClickExport.

8.SelectUsepasswordandenteryourpasswordforthedigitalsignature.ClickOK.

PlayandverifyrecordingsinAXISFilePlayer

1.Gotothefolderthatyouhavespeciedfortheexportedrecordings.

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Inthisexample,theexportedlesincludetherecordingsinthe.asfformat,thenotesinthe.txtformat,andAXISFilePlayer.

2.Double-clickAXISFilePlayer.Theexportedrecordingswillbeautomaticallyplayed.

3.Click

toshowthenotesaddedtotherecordings.

4.Toverifythedigitalsignature:

4.1GotoTools>Verifydigitalsignature.

4.2SelectValidatewithpasswordandenteryourpassword.

4.3ClickVerify.Thevericationresultpageisdisplayed.

Networkconguration

WhenAXISCameraStationClient,AXISCameraStationServer,andtheconnectednetworkdevicesareinstalledondifferent

networks,youmightneedtocongureproxyorrewallsettingsbeforeusingAXISCameraStation.

Clientproxysettings

Whentheclientandtheserverareseparatedbyaproxyserver,conguretheclientproxysettings.

1.Double-clicktheAXISCameraStationClienticon.

2.OntheLogonpage,clickChangeclientproxysettings.

3.Changetheclientproxysettings.

4.ClickOK.

Serverproxysettings

Whennetworkdevicesandtheserverareseparatedbyaproxyserver,conguretheserverproxysettings.

1.Double-clicktheAXISServiceControliconinWindowsnoticationarea.

2.SelectModifysettings.

3.IntheProxysettingssection,usethedefaultSystemaccountinternetoptionorselectUsemanualproxysettings.

4.ClickSave.

NATandFirewall

WhentheclientandtheserverareseparatedbyaNAT,rewallorsimilar,conguretheNATorrewalltoensurethattheHTTPport,

TCPport,andstreamingportspeciedinAXISCameraStationServiceControlareallowedtopassthroughtherewalland/orNAT.

ForinstructionshowtoconguretheNATorrewall,contactthenetworkadministrator.

Serverportconguration

Theports55752(HTTP),55754(TCP),55756(mobilecommunication),and55757(mobilestreaming)areusedonAXISCamera

StationServerforcommunicationbetweentheserverandtheclient.Ifrequired,theportscanbechangedfromAXISCamera

StationServiceControl.

Securityconsiderations

Topreventunauthorizedaccesstocamerasandrecordings,keepthefollowinginmind:

•Usestrongpasswordsforallnetworkdevices(cameras,videoencodersandauxiliarydevices).

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•InstallAXISCameraStationServer,cameras,videoencoders,andauxiliarydevicesonasecurenetworkseparatedfrom

theofcenetwork.AXISCameraStationClientcanbeinstalledonacomputeronanothernetwork,forexample

anetworkwithInternetaccess.

•Ensureallusershavestrongpasswords.UsingWindowsActiveDirectoryahighlevelofsecuritycanbeimplemented.

LicenseasystemwithInternetconnection

BoththeAXISCameraStationclientandtheservermustbeconnectedtotheinternet.

1.IntheAXISCameraStationclient,gotoConguration>Licenses>ManagementandclickGotoAXISCameraStation

LicensePortal.

2.IntheAXISCameraStationlicenseportal,signinwithyourMyAxisaccount.

3.Enteryourlicensekey,andclickAddlicenses.

Note

ForAXISNetworkVideoRecorders,yourlicensedetailsaregeneratedautomaticallyandcanbefoundundertheLicense

keyssection.Werecommendthatyouwritethemdown,orsavetheminadigitalformatonaUSBashdriveforfuture

reference.Lostlicensekeyscannotberetrieved.

4.IntheAXISCameraStationclient,checkthatyourlicensekeysareshowninConguration>Licenses>Keys.

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AXISCameraStationonlinelicenseregistration

LicenseasystemwithoutInternetconnection

TolicenseasystemwithoutInternetconnection:

1.IntheAXISCameraStationclient,exportthesystemle.

1.1GotoConguration>Licenses>Management.

1.2ClickExportsystemle.

1.3SaveyoursystemleonaUSBashdrive.

2.GototheAXISCameraStationlicenseportalwww.axis.com/licenses,signinwithyourMyAxisaccountanduploadyour

systemle.

3.Enteryourlicensekey,andclickAddlicenses.

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Note

ForAXISNetworkVideoRecorders,yourlicensedetailsaregeneratedautomaticallyandcanbefoundundertheLicense

keyssection.Werecommendthatyouwritethemdown,orsavetheminadigitalformatonaUSBashdriveforfuture

reference.Lostlicensekeyscannotberetrieved.

4.ClickDownloadlicenseleandsavetheletoaUSBashdrive.

5.IntheAXISCameraStationclient,importthelicensele.

5.1GotoConguration>Licenses>Management.

5.2ClickImportlicensele,andselectthelicenseleonyourUSBashdrive.

5.3CheckthatyourlicensekeysareshowninConguration>Licenses>Keys.

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AXISCameraStationofinelicenseregistration

AXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeries

ManageWindows®useraccounts

Createauseraccount

Tohelpkeepyourpersonaldataandinformationmoresecure,werecommendthatyouaddapasswordforeachlocalaccount.

Important

Onceyoucreateapasswordforalocalaccount,don'tforgetit.There’snowaytorecoveralostpasswordforlocalaccounts.

1.GotoSettings>Accounts>Otherpeople>AddsomeoneelsetothisPC.

2.ClickIdon’thavethisperson’ssign-ininformation.

3.ClickAddauserwithoutaMicrosoftaccount.

4.Enterausername,passwordandpasswordhint.

5.ClickNextandfollowtheinstructions.

Createanadministratoraccount

1.GotoSettings>Accounts>Otherpeople.

2.GototheaccountyouwanttochangeandclickChangeaccounttype.

3.GotoAccounttypeandselectAdministrator.

4.ClickOK.

5.Restartyourdeviceandsigninwiththenewadministratoraccount.

Createalocalusergroup

1.GotoComputerManagement.

2.GotoLocalUsersandGroups>Group.

3.Right-clickGroupandselectNewGroup.

4.Enteragroupnameandadescription.

5.Addgroupmembers:

5.1ClickAdd.

5.2ClickAdvanced.

5.3Findtheuseraccount(s)youwanttoaddtothegroupandclickOK.

5.4ClickOKagain.

6.ClickCreate.

Deleteauseraccount

Important

Whenyoudeleteanaccountyouremovetheuseraccountfromtheloginscreen.Youalsoremoveallles,settingsand

programdatastoredontheuseraccount.

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1.GotoSettings>Accounts>Otherpeople.

2.GototheaccountyouwanttoremoveandclickRemove.

Changeauseraccount'spassword

1.Loginwithanadministratoraccount.

2.GotoUserAccounts>UserAccounts>Manageanotheraccountinsequence.

You’llseealistwithalluseraccountsonthedevice.

3.Selecttheuseraccountwhosepasswordyouwouldliketochange.

4.ClickChangethepassword.

5.EnterthenewpasswordandclickChangepassword.

Createapasswordresetdiskforauseraccount

WerecommendtocreateapasswordresetdiskusingaUSBashdrive.Then,ifyouforgetyourpassword,youcanresetthe

password.WithoutaUSBresetdisk,youcan’tresetthepassword.

Ifyou’reusingWindows10,version1803youcanaddsecurityquestionstoyourlocalaccountincaseyouforgetyourpassword,

soyoudon'tneedtocreateapasswordresetdisk.Todothis,gottoStartandclickSettings>Sign-inoptions>Updateyour

securityquestions.

1.Signintoyourdevicewithalocaluseraccount.Youcan’tcreateapasswordresetdiskforaconnectedaccount.

2.PlugaUSBashdriveintoyourdevice.

3.Ifthere’sanydataontheUSBashdrive,backitup.

4.FromtheWindows®searcheld,gotoCreateapasswordresetdisk.

5.IntheForgottenPasswordwizard,clickNext.

6.SelectyourUSBashdriveandclickNext.

7.TypeyourcurrentpasswordandclickNext.

8.Followtheonscreeninstructions.

9.RemovetheUSBashdriveandkeepitinasafeplacewhereyou'llrememberit.Youdon'thavetocreateanewdiskwhen

youchangeyourpasswordevenifyouchangeitseveraltimes.

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ManageAXISCameraStationuseraccounts

Congureuserpermissions

GotoConguration>Security>UserpermissionstoviewalistoftheusersandgroupsthathavebeenaddedtoAXISCamera

Station.

Note

•WhenconnectingtomultipleAXISCameraStationservers,youcanaddandmanageuserpermissionsonanyconnected

serverbyselectingtheserverfromtheSelectedserverdrop-downlist.

•AdministratorsofthecomputeronwhichtheAXISCameraStationserverisinstalledareautomaticallygivenadministrator

privilegestoAXISCameraStation.Youcannotchangeorremovetheadministratorsgroup'sprivileges.

Beforeauserorgroupcanbeadded,theuserorgroupmustberegisteredonthelocalcomputerorhaveanWindowsActiveDirectory

useraccount.UsingWindowsActiveDirectory,ahighlevelofsecuritycanbeimplemented.

Whenauserispartofagroup,theusergetsthehighestrolepermissionthatisassignedtotheindividualandthegroup.

Whenauserispartofagroup,theusergetstheaccessgrantedasanindividualandalsoreceivetherightsaspartofagroup.For

example,auserisgivenaccesstocameraXasanindividual.Theuserisalsoamemberofagroup.Thegroupisgivenaccessto

camerasYandZ.TheuserthenhasaccesstocamerasX,YandZ.

IftherearesecurityconcernsregardingtheaccesstothecomputerbyadesignatedAXISCameraStationuser,createastandarduser

accountthatyouthenuseforaccesstoAxisCameraStation.YoucanthenelevatetheaccounttoadministratorinConguration>

Security>Userpermissions.

Thelistconsistsofthefollowinginformation:

ItemDescription

NameUsernameasitappearsinthelocalcomputerorActiveDirectory.

TypeIndicatestheentryisagrouporasingleuser.

DetailsDetaileduserinformationasitappearsinthelocalcomputerorActiveDirectory.

DomainDomainnamewheretheuserisregistered.

RoleTheaccessrolegiventotheuserorgroup.

Possiblevalues:

•Administrator:Fullaccesstoallfunctionalityandallcamerasanddevices.

•Operator:FullaccesstoallfunctionalityexceptCongurationtab,Device

managementpage,andAuditlog.FullaccesstocamerasandI/Oports.Access

toplaybackandrecordingexportcanberestricted.

•Viewer:AccesstolivevideofromcamerasandaccesstoI/Oports.

Toaddauserorgroup,seeAddusersorgroups.

Tochangeuseraccessrightsforauserorgroup,selecttheuserorgroupandclickEdit.Youcaneditmultipleusersorgroupsatthe

sametimewhentheyhavethesameroleasOperatororViewer.

Toremoveauserorgroup,selecttheuserorgroupandclickRemove.Inthepop-updialog,clickOKtoremovetheuserorgroup.

Addusersorgroups

UseraccountsinMicrosoftWindowsandActiveDirectoryusersandgroupscanaccessAXISCameraStation.ToaddausertoAXIS

CameraStation,youhavetoaddusersoragrouptoWindows.

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ToaddauserorgroupinMicrosoftWindows:AddingauserinWindowsmayvarydependingonwhichversionofWindowsyou

arerunning.FollowtheinstructionsonMicrosoft'ssite.IfyouareconnectedtoanActiveDirectorydomainnetwork,consult

yournetworkadministrator.

ToaddauseroragroupinAXISCameraStation:

1.GotoConguration>Security>UserpermissionsandclickAdd.

2.SelectServertosearchforusersorgroupsonthelocalcomputer,orselectDomaintosearchforActiveDirectoryusersor

groups.

3.SelectUsersorGroupstosearchforonlyusersorgroups.

4.Thelistofusersorgroupsisdisplayed.UsersandgroupsthathavealreadybeenaddedtoAXISCameraStationarenotlisted.

-Iftherearetoomanyusersorgroups,thesearchresultisnotdisplayed.UsetheTypetosearcheldtorene

thesearchandndaspecicuserorgroup.

-Ifthedomainusersearchfails,theServicelogonaccountmustbechanged.

5.SelecttheusersorgroupsandclickAdd.

6.SettheusersorgroupsroletoAdministrator,Operator,orViewer.

7.IfyouhaveselectedtheOperatororViewerrole,selectthecameras,I/Os,orviewstograntaccessto.ClickAdvancedto

viewalloptionsforcamerasandI/Os.SeeUserorgroupprivileges.

8.IfyouhaveselectedOperatorrole,clickPlaybacktorestrictplaybackorrecordingexportaccess.SeeUserorgroup

privileges.

9.ClickOK.

Userorgroupprivileges

UsersandgroupswiththeAdministratorrolehavefullaccesstotheentiresystem.

ForusersandgroupswiththeOperatororViewerrole,youcangrantdifferentaccessprivilegestothespeciccameras,I/Oports,

views,playbackofrecordings,andsnapshots.Forhowtodeneaccessprivilegesforauserorgroup,seeAddusersorgroups.

Cameras

ThefollowingaccessprivilegesareavailableforusersorgroupswiththeOperatororViewerrole.

•InthedefaultSimplemode:

-Access:Allowaccesstothecameraandallcamerafeatures.

•IntheAdvancedmode:

-Access:Allowaccesstothecameraandallcamerafeatures.

-Video:Allowaccesstolivevideofromthecamera.

-Audio:Allowaccesstoaudiofromthecamera.

-MechanicalPTZ:AllowaccesstomechanicalPTZcontrols.

-ManualRecording:Allowtostartandstoprecordingsmanually.

I/O

ThefollowingaccessprivilegesareavailableforusersorgroupswiththeOperatororViewerrole.

•InthedefaultSimplemode:

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-Access:AllowfullaccesstotheI/Oport.

•IntheAdvancedmode:

-Access:AllowfullaccesstotheI/Oport.

-Read:AllowtoviewthestateoftheI/Oport.Theuserisnotabletochangetheportstate.

-Write:AllowtochangethestateoftheI/Oport.

Views

ThefollowingaccessprivilegesareavailableforusersorgroupswiththeOperatororViewerrole.

•Access:AllowaccesstotheviewsinAXISCameraStation.

•Edit:AllowtoedittheviewsinAXISCameraStation.

Playback

ThefollowingaccessprivilegesareavailableforusersorgroupswiththeOperatorrole.

•Exportrecordings:Allowexportingrecordings.

•Generateincidentreport:Allowgeneratingincidentreports.

•Preventaccesstorecordingsolderthan:Preventaccessingrecordingsolderthanthespeciednumberofminutes.When

usingsearch,theuserwillnotndrecordingsolderthanthespeciedtime.Recordingsandbookmarksolderthanthe

speciedtimecannotbeplayed.

Snapshots

ThefollowingaccessprivilegeisavailableforusersorgroupswiththeOperatororViewerrole.

•Takesnapshots:Allowtakingsnapshotsintheliveviewandrecordingsmodes.

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Manageyourdevice

UpdateWindows®

Windows®10periodicallychecksforupdates.Whenanupdateisavailable,yourdeviceautomaticallydownloadstheupdatebut

you'vetoinstallitmanually.

Note

Recordingwillbeinterruptedduringascheduledsystemrestart.

Tomanuallycheckforupdates:

1.GotoSettings>Update&Security>WindowsUpdate.

2.ClickCheckforupdates.

CongureWindowsupdatesettings

SometimesyoumightwanttochangehowandwhenWindows

updates.

Note

Allongoingrecordingsstopduringascheduledsystemrestart.

1.OpentheRunapp.

-GotoWindowsSystem>Run,or

-pressWINandR.

2.Typegpedit.mscandclickOK.TheLocalGroupPolicyEditoropens.

3.GotoComputerConguration>AdministrativeTemplates>WindowsComponents>WindowsUpdate.

4.Congurethesettingsasrequired,seeexample.

Example

Toautomaticallydownloadandinstallupdateswithoutanyuserinteractionandhavethedevicerestartifnecessaryoutofofce

hoursusethefollowingconguration:

1.OpenAlwaysautomaticallyrestartatthescheduledtimeandselect:

1.1Enabled

1.2Therestarttimerwillgiveusersthismuchtimetosavetheirwork(minutes):15.

1.3ClickOK.

2.OpenCongureAutomaticUpdatesandselect:

2.1Enabled

2.2CongureAutomaticupdates:Autodownloadandscheduletheinstall

2.3ScheduleInstallday:EverySunday

2.4ScheduleInstalltime:00:00

2.5ClickOK.

3.OpenAllowAutomaticUpdatesimmediateinstallationandselect:

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3.1Enabled

3.2ClickOK.

Resetyourserver

Youcanusetheserverresetbuttontoresetyourserver.Itwilltakemorethanonehourtoresetyourserver.

1.Poweroffyourdevice.

2.Pressandholdtheserverresetbuttonfor5seconds.WindowsREwillbestarted.

3.SelectTroubleshoot.

4.SelectResetyourPC.

5.SelectKeepmylesorRemoveeverything.IfyouselectKeepmyles,youneedtoprovidetheadministratorcredentials.

6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

7.TheserverrebootsandstartstheproceduretorestoreWindowstofactorydefaultsettings.

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Resetyourservertofactorydefaultsettings

Resetyourswitch

Youcanresetyourswitchtofactorydefaultsettingsbyusingoneofthefollowingways:

•Theswitchresetbutton.Beforeyoustart,ensurethattheswitchison.Pressandholdtheswitchresetbuttonforabout5

secondsuntilthepowerbuttonLEDattherearsideofthedeviceturnsblue.Itwilltakeabout6minutes.

•Theswitch’smanagementpage.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage38.

AXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeries

Managethebuilt-inswitch

Aboutthebuilt-inswitch

TheAXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeriescomeswithanintegratedPoweroverEthernet(PoE)switch.Youcancongureand

managethebuilt-inswitch.

Thepurposeoftheswitchistosegregatetrafconthenetworksothatsecuritycamerasandrelatedtrafcmanagedbytheswitch

(PoEportsandU1networkconnections)arenotsharedwithothernetworks.

Theswitch’spowermanagementfollowtheserules:

•Eachportcanreservepoweraccordingtotheconnectedpowereddevice’sPoEclass.Powercanalsobeallocatedmanually.

•Iftheactualpowerconsumptionforagivenportexceedsthereservedpowerforthatport,itwillshutdown.

•Portswillshutdownwhentheactualpowerconsumptionforallportsexceedsthetotalamountofpowerthatthe

powersupplycandeliver.Theportsarethenshutdownaccordingtotheportsprioritywherealowerportnumber

meanshigherpriority.

Logintotheswitch'smanagementpage

1.Gototheswitch’smanagementpage.

-Fromthewebbrowser,entertheswitch’sIPaddress.Bydefault:192.168.0.1

-FromAXISRecorderToolbox,gotoSwitch>Opentheswitchconguration.

-FromAXISCameraStationClient,gotoConguration>Switch>Management.SeeCongureswitch.

2.Loginwithyourcredentials.

-username:admin

-password:youcanndtherandomlygeneratedpasswordonastickerunderneaththeproductoraself-adhesive

stickerintheboxcontent.

Tologouttheswitch'smanagementpage,goto>Logout.

Overview

Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

Generalinformation

Category

ItemDescription

ActiveportsThenumberofportsthatareinuse.

PortsusingPoEThenumberofportswithPoEenabledthatareinuse.

Portssummary

LockedportsThenumberofportsthatarelocked.

CurrentPoEusage

ThetotalpowerinwattsandpercentageconsumedbythePoEdevices.

Clicktheporttoseethedetailsabouttheport.

ActiveTheportisinuse.

InactiveTheportisreadytobeused.

Portstatus

BlockedTheportisblocked.

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Portlist

ItemDescription

PortTheportnumberthatthedeviceisconnectedto.

DeviceThenameofthedeviceconnectedtotheport.

IPaddressTheIPaddressofthedeviceconnectedtotheport.

PoEDisplaysthePoEstatus.YoucanclicktheicontoturnonorturnoffPoEontheport.

Powerconsumption(W)

Thepowerinwattsconsumedbythedeviceconnectedtotheport.

Upstream(Mbit/s)

Theaveragedatarateinmegabitspersecondforoutbounddataontheport.

Downstream(Mbit/s)

Theaveragedatarateinmegabitspersecondforinbounddataontheport.

MACaddressTheMACaddressofthedeviceconnectedtotheport.

LockDisplayswhethertheportislocked.Youcanclicktheicontolockorunlocktheport.

TurnonandturnoffPoE

TurnonPoEonaport

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.InthePoEcolumn,click

toturnonPoEonthespecicport.

TurnonPoEonallports

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.Click

andselectTurnonPoEonallports.

TurnoffPoEonaport

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.InthePoEcolumn,click

toturnoffPoEonthespecicport.

TurnoffPoEonallports

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.Click

andselectTurnoffPoEonallports.

Note

YoucanalsoturnonandturnoffPoEinthePowermanagementpage.

Lockandunlockports

YoucanlockaMACaddresstoaportsothatonlytrafccomingfromthatMACaddresswillpass.Thisimprovessecurityandprevents

unauthorizedusersfromconnectingalaptoporotherdevicestothesecuritynetwork.

Lockaport

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.IntheLockcolumn,click

tolocktheport.

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Lockallports

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.Click

andselectLockallports.

Unlockaport

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.IntheLockcolumn,click

tounlocktheport.

Unlockallports

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickOverview.

2.Click

andselectUnlockallports.

Powermanagement

Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickPowermanagement.

Generalinformation

•PortsusingPoE:thenumberofportswithPoEenabledthatareinuse.

•CurrentPoEusage:thePoEpowerinwattsconsumedbydevicesandthepercentageofusedPoEpoweroutofthe

totaldedicatedPoEpower.

•Powerrequested:thetotalpowerinwattsandpercentageallocatedtodevices.

Portlist

ItemDescription

PortTheportnumberthatthedeviceisconnectedto.

PoEDisplaysthePoEstatus.YoucanclicktheicontoturnonorturnoffPoEontheport.

PoEclassThePoEclassoftheport.

PriorityThepriorityofpowerallocationoftheport.

Powerconsumption(W)

Thepowerinwattsconsumedbythedeviceconnectedtotheport.

Powerrequested(W)

Thepowerinwattsrequestedbythedeviceconnectedtotheport.

Powerallocated(W)

Manuallyadjustthepowerallocatedtotheport.

OnlyavailablewhenyouselectManualasthepowerallocationmethod.

Allocatepower

PoEpowercanbeallocatedtotheconnecteddevicesinthefollowingways:

•PoEclass:TheswitchallocatesPoEpowerbasedonthePoEclassoftheconnecteddevice.

•Manual:YoucanmanuallyadjustPoEpowerallocatedtotheconnecteddevice.

•LLDP-MED:TheswitchcommunicateswiththeconnecteddeviceanddynamicallyallocatesPoEpowerasneeded.

Note

ThepowerallocationmethodLLDP-MEDworksonlyforcameraswithrmware9.20orlater.

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Tochangethepowerallocationmethod:

1.Intheswitch’spowermanagementpage,gotoPowermanagement.

2.SelectPoEClass,Manual,orLLDP-MEDunderAllocatepower.

3.IfyouhaveselectedManual,gotothePowerallocatedcolumnandchangethepowerallocatedtotheconnecteddevice.

4.Ifyouwanttochangethepriorityoftheconnecteddevice,selectapriorityforthatdevice.Thepriorityofotherdevices

willchangeautomatically.

5.ClickRefresh.

Example

Inthisexample,theswitchhasatotalpowerbudgetof135W.APoEclass4devicerequests30Wpowerandactuallyconsumes15

Wpower.APoEclass2devicerequests7Wpowerandactuallyconsumes5Wpower.

AllocatepowerbyPoEclass

ThepowerrequestedbyeachdeviceisdeterminedbythePoEclass.Theswitchcanpower4PoEclass4devicesand2PoEclass2

devices.Thetotalpowerrequestedis(4x30)+(2x7)=134W.Theactualpowerconsumedis(4x15)+(2x5)=70W.Inthisway,

allconnecteddevicesareguaranteedenoughpowerandthepriorityislessimportant.

Allocatepowermanually

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Managethebuilt-inswitch

Thepowerrequestedismanuallyadjustedto20WforPoEclass4devices.Theswitchcanpower5PoEclass4devicesand3PoEclass

2devices.Thetotalpowerrequestedis(5x20)+(3x7)=121W.Theactualpowerconsumedis(5x15)+(3x5)=90W.Inthis

way,allconnecteddevicesareguaranteedenoughpowerandthepriorityislessimportant.

Settings

Congurenetworksettings

Youcanchangetheswitch’sIPaddress.Butformostcamerainstallations,werecommendusingthedefaultsettings.Thereasonfor

thisisthatasurveillancenetworkisnormallyisolatedfromothernetworks,forexampleacorporateLAN.Inthiscase,youwould

onlyusethesurveillancenetworktomanageandcollectsurveillancedevicesanddatafromthevideomanagementsoftware

installedontheserver.

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoSettings>Networksettings.

2.Entertheconnectiontype,IPaddress,subnetmask,gateway,DNS1,DNS2,andhostname.

Note

Thefactorydefaultsettingsare:astaticIPconnectionwithaddress192.168.0.1andasubnetmaskwithaddress

255.255.255.0.

3.ClickSave.

Conguredateandtime

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoSettings>Dateandtime.

2.Selectthecountryandtimezone.

3.Tosetthetimemanually,selectManualandmanuallyadjustthetime.

4.TosetupanNTPserver,selectNTPserverandentertheNTPserveraddress.

Note

NTPonlyworkswhentheswitchisconnectedtoanetworkandconguredwithInternetaccess.

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5.ClickSave.

CongureDHCPserver

Important

Iftheswitch’sDHCPserverisenabledandyourAXISCameraStationS22Applianceisconnectedtoanexternalnetworkwith

itsownDHCPserver,youwillhaveIPaddressconicts.Thismightresultinthecorporatenetworknotworking.

YoucanconguretheswitchtouseitsinternalDHCPserverforassigningIPaddressestoconnecteddevices.Whenyouusethe

switchuplinkconnectiontoallowdevicestoaccessorbeingaccessedbyexternalapplication,youmustspecifythegateway

andDNSaddresses.

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoSettings>DHCPserver.

2.SelectUseDHCPserver.

3.EnterthestartIPaddress,endIPaddress,subnetmask,gateway,DNS1,DNS2,leaselength,anddomainname.

4.ClickSave.

CongureSNMP

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoSettings>SNMP.

2.Entertheservername,contact,andlocationusedfortheSNMPconnection.

3.IfyouwanttouseSNMPV1orSNMPV2c,selectSNMPV1/SNMPV2candenterthereadcommunity.

4.IfyouwanttouseSNMPV3,selectSNMPV3(MD5)andentertheusernameandpassword.

Note

CurrentlyweonlysupportMD5authenticationusedforSNMP.

5.ClickSave.

Congurewebsettings

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoSettings>Websettings.

2.Entertheportnumber.

3.Formoresecureconnection,selectSecureconnection(HTTPS)andentertheportnumberusedforHTTPSconnection.

4.ClickSave.

Important

Ifyouhavechangedtheportnumber,ensureyourecordthenewportnumber.Ifyou’veforgottenthenewportnumber,

contactAxissupport.

Maintenance

Updatermware

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Updatermware.

2.DraganddropthermwareleorclickBrowseandnavigatetothermwarele.

3.ClickUpload.

4.Afterthermwareupdatingisdone,reboottheswitch.

AXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeries

Managethebuilt-inswitch

Reboottheswitch

Important

Whiletheswitchreboots,allconnecteddeviceswilltemporarilyloseconnectionwiththeswitchincludingPoE.

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Rebootswitch.

2.ClickRebootandYes.

3.Whentheswitchrebootsafterafewminutes,enteryourusernameandpasswordtologin.

Backuptheswitch'ssettings

Note

Theusernameandpasswordareincludedinthebackuple.

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Backupandrestore.

2.ClickCreateabackuple.Thebackupleinthe.binformatiscreatedintheDownloadsfolder.

Restoretheswitch'ssettings

Note

Torestoretheswitch’ssettings,youmustpreviouslyhavecreatedabackuple.

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Backupandrestore.

2.DraganddropthebackupleorclickBrowseandnavigatetothebackuple.

3.ClickUpload.

Itcouldtakeafewminutestorestoretheswitchfromthebackuple.Oncethesettingsarerestored,theswitchwillautomatically

rebootandyouneedtologinagain.

Managecerticates

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Managecerticates.

2.Clickandnavigatetoyourprivatekeyle.

3.Click

andnavigatetoyourcerticatele.

4.Click

andnavigatetoyourCAbundlele.

5.ClickSave.

6.Reboottheswitch.

Changepassword

Youcanchangetheswitch'sdefaultpasswordtoapasswordyouchooseyourself.

Important

Ensureyouselectapasswordyouremember.Ifyouhaveforgottenthenewpassword,contactAxissupport.

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Changepassword.

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2.Enterthecurrentpasswordandyournewpasswordasrequired.

3.ClickSave.

Resettofactorydefaultsettings

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,gotoMaintenance>Resettofactorydefaultsettings.

2.ClickResetandYes.

Aftertheresetisdone,theswitchwillrebootautomatically.

Log

Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickLogtoseealistoflogs.ClickRefreshtorefreshthelist.Clickthecolumntitletosort

inalphabeticalorder.

ItemDescription

TimeThedateandtimewhenthelogeventhappened.

LevelTheseriouslevelshownaswarningicons.

UserTheuserthatinitiatesthelogevent.

IPaddressTheIPaddressoftheuserthatinitiatesthelogevent.

Service

Theservicethatthelogeventisrelatedto.Possiblevaluesaredesktop,network,system,ntpd,

storage,dhcp,etc.

EventThedescriptionaboutthelogevent.

Createswitchreports

1.Intheswitch’smanagementpage,clickLog.

2.ClickCreateswitchreport.

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Productoverview

Frontside

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 1611 12

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Audioin

Audioout

SystempowerLED

DiskactivityLED

StatusLEDsofPoEports

USB3.0

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Productoverview

Rearside

1 3 5 7

2 4 6 8

1 3 5 7

2 4 6 8

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10 12 14 16

1 3 5 7

2 4 6 8

9 11

10 12

1 3 5 7

2 4 6 8

9 11 13 15

10 12 14 16

17 19 21 23

18 20 22 24

Powerconnector

PoEports

Switchuplink,SFP

Switchuplink,RJ45

Switchresetbutton

Serverresetbutton

USB2.0x2

Servernetwork,RJ45

HDMIport

Displayport

Powerbutton

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Productoverview

Specications

FrontLEDs

LEDindicator

Color

Indication

Power

GreenServeron

Networkports

Green

Linkstate

BlinksamberHarddriveactivity Harddrive

BlinksredPossibleharddrivefailure

RearLEDs

Networkspeedandactivity

Color

Indication

Amber

10/100Mbit/s

RightLED

Green

1000Mbit/s

LeftLEDBlinksgreenNetworkactivity

Powerbutton

Color

Indication

OffSwitchandserveroff

BlueDuringswitchboot

Whenthepowerbuttonisnot

pressed

GreenSwitchbootcompleted

Red(ashesoncefor1s)

Poweron

>5sblinksgreenRestartingserver

>10ssteadybluePoweroffswitch

Whenthepowerbuttonispressed

>15sblinksbluePoweroffswitchandserver

AXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeries

Troubleshooting

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.

Performasystemrecovery

Ifthedevicehashadacompletesystemfailure,youmustusearecoveryimagetorecreatetheWindows®system.Todownloadthe

AXISRecoveryKit,contactAXISTechnicalSupportandsupplytheserialnumberofyourdevice.

1.DownloadtheAXISRecoveryKitandAXISISOtoUSBTool.

2.InsertaUSBdriveintoyourcomputer.

-UseaUSBdrivewithaminimumof16GBto32GB.

-TheUSBdrivewillbeformatted,andallexistingdatawillbeerased.

3.RuntheAXISISOtoUSBToolandfollowtheonscreeninstructions.

WritingdatatotheUSBdrivetakesapproximately10to15min.Don’tremovetheUSBdriveuntiltheprocessiscomplete.

4.AftertheISOtoUSBtooliscomplete,taketheUSBdriveandplugitintoyourdevice.

5.Startyourdevice.

6.WhenyouseetheAXISsplashscreen,pressF12.

7.ClickUEFI:USBDrive.

8.NavigatetoyourUSBdriveandpressENTER.ThesystembootsintotheAXISRecoveryKit.

9.ClickReinstallOperatingSystem.

Therecoverytakesroughly10to15mintocomplete.Younddetailedinstructionsinthedownloadfortherecoverykit.

TroubleshootAXISCameraStation

ForinformationabouthowtotroubleshootAXISCameraStation,gototheAXISCameraStationusermanual.

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Needmorehelp?

Usefullinks

•AXISCameraStationusermanual

•CongureAXISSecureRemoteAccess

•WhattoincludeinanAntiviruswhitelistforAXISCameraStation

Contactsupport

Contactsupportataxis.com/support.

UserManualVer.M4.2

AXISCameraStationS22ApplianceSeries

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