
AXISP1245MkIIModularStandardCamera
TableofContents
Installation................................................3
Connectsensorunits.............................................3
Getstarted................................................5
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................5
Openthedevice'swebinterface....................................5
Createanadministratoraccount...................................5
Securepasswords...............................................5
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththedevicesoftware..............6
Webinterfaceoverview..........................................6
Congureyourdevice........................................7
Basicsettings..................................................7
Adjusttheimage................................................7
Viewandrecordvideo............................................10
Setuprulesforevents...........................................11
Thewebinterface...........................................14
Status........................................................14
Video.........................................................15
Analytics......................................................24
Recordings.....................................................24
Apps..........................................................25
System........................................................
26
Maintenance...................................................
44
Learnmore................................................46
Long-distanceconnections........................................46
Viewarea......................................................
46
Privacymasks..................................................
46
Overlays.......................................................
46
Streamingandstorage...........................................46
Cybersecurity...................................................
49
Applications....................................................50
Specications..............................................52
Productoverview................................................
52
LEDindicators..................................................
53
SDcardslot....................................................
54
Buttons.......................................................
54
Connectors....................................................
54
Cleaningrecommendations...................................55
Troubleshooting............................................56
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................56
AXISOSoptions................................................56
CheckthecurrentAXISOSversion..................................
56
UpgradeAXISOS................................................56
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................
57
Performanceconsiderations.......................................
59
Contactsupport.................................................59
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Installation
ThefollowingvideoshowsanexampleofhowyoucaninstallthesensorunitofAXISP1245MkII.
Forcompleteinstructionsonallinstallationscenariosaswellasimportantsafetyinformation,seetheinstallationguideon
axis.com/products/axis-p1245-mk-ii/support.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=93231§ion=install
Connectsensorunits
Whenyouconnectasensorunittoamainunit,werecommendthatyoumaketheconnectionbeforeyoupowerupthemainunit.If
youdisconnectasensorunitandconnectadifferentone,youmustrestartthemainunit.
Shortenthesensorunitcable
Note
Thiscablecanonlybeshortened,notextendedormodiedinanyotherway.
Thesensorunitisdeliveredwithacable.Toshortenthecablefollowthesesteps:
1.Cutthecabletothedesiredlength.Measurefromthesensorunit.
2.Striptheplasticoutercoatingfromtheendofthecable.
3.Peelbacktheshield.
4.Flattenthecoloredwiresintheorderdescribedbelow.
1
Brown
2
White/brown
3
Notused
4
Notused
5
White/blue
6
Blue
NO NO
NO
TICE TICE
TICE
Makesurethatthewiresstayinthecorrectorderandthatthecableshieldmakesgoodcontactwiththeconnectorshield.
5.Insertthewiresallthewayintoashielded6P6CRJ12connector.
6.Useacrimpingtooltofastentheconnectortothecable.
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Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
Chrome
TM
Firefox
®
Edge
TM
Safari
®
Windows
®
recommended
recommended
macOS
®
recommendedrecommended
Linux
®
recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings
> >
>
Safari Safari
Safari
> >
>
Advanced Advanced
Advanced
> >
>
Experimental Experimental
Experimental
Features Features
Features
anddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'swebinterface
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.See
Createanadministratoraccountonpage5.
Fordescriptionsofallthecontrolsandoptionsinthedevice’swebinterface,seeThewebinterfaceonpage14.
Createanadministratoraccount
Thersttimeyoulogintoyourdevice,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.
1.Enterausername.
2.Enterapassword.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage5.
3.Re-enterthepassword.
4.Acceptthelicenseagreement.
5.ClickAddaccount.
Important
Thedevicehasnodefaultaccount.Ifyoulosethepasswordforyouradministratoraccount,youmustresetthedevice.See
Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage56.
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Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththedevicesoftware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAXISOS,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage56.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Webinterfaceoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedevice’swebinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=93231§ion=web-interface-overview
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Configureyourdevice
Configureyourdevice
Basicsettings
Setthepowerlinefrequency
1.GotoVideo>Installation>Powerlinefrequency.
2.ClickChange.
3.SelectapowerlinefrequencyandclickSaveandrestart.
Settheorientation
1.GotoVideo>Installation>Rotate.
2.Select0,90,180or270degrees.
SeealsoMonitorlongandnarrowareasonpage8.
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage46.
Levelthecamera
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelgridincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.
1.GotoVideo>Image>andclick
.
2.Click
toshowthelevelgrid.
3.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelgrid.
Selectexposuremode
Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideo>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
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•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoVideo>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
slidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
Note
Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.
•Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.
•Ifpossible,movethesliderunderAperturetowardOpen.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage,underVideo>Image>Appearance.
Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinVideo>Image>Exposure:
•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.
•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Monitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.
1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.
2.Ifthedevicedoesn’thaveautomaticrotationoftheview,gotoVideo>Installation.
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3.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Verifythepixelresolution
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizethefaceofaperson,youcanusethe
pixelcounter.
1.GotoVideo>Imageandclick.
2.Click
forPixelcounter.
3.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
youexpectfacestoappear.
Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides,anddecideifthevaluesareenoughforyourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click
.
3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,clickPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage46
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SelectImageandclick
.
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3.ClickImages.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.ClickUpload.
6.ClickManageoverlay.
7.Selecttheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Showatextoverlay
Youcanaddatexteldasanoverlayinthevideostream.Thisisusefulforexamplewhenyouwanttodisplaythedate,timeora
companynameinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SelectTextandclick
.
3.Typethetextyouwanttodisplayinthevideostream.
4.Selectaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlaytexteldintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage46.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanleadtolossofdetailintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Click
intheliveview.
3.SelectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideo>Stream>Zipstreamanddooneormoreofthefollowing:
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-SelecttheZipstreamStrengththatyouwanttouse.
-TurnonOptimizeforstorage.ThiscanonlybeusedifthevideomanagementsoftwaresupportsB-frames.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthedevicedoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
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Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.Click
AddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.SelectAddsharewithouttestingifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyetcongured.
8.ClickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,click
.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,click
and.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage11
3.Tostoprecording,click
again.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Click
foryourrecordinginthelist.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththevideo
Withsignedvideo,youcanmakesurethatnoonehastamperedwiththevideorecordedbythecamera.
1.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandturnonSignedvideo.
2.UseAXISCameraStation(5.46orlater)oranothercompatiblevideomanagementsoftwaretorecordvideo.For
instructions,seetheAXISCameraStationusermanual.
3.Exporttherecordedvideo.
4.UseAXISFilePlayertoplaythevideo.DownloadAXISFilePlayer.
indicatesthatnoonehastamperedwiththevideo.
Note
Togetmoreinformationaboutthevideo,right-clickthevideoandselectShowdigitalsignature.
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Setuprulesforevents
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Note
Ifyouchangethedenitionofastreamprolethatisusedinarule,thenyouneedtorestartalltherulesthatusethat
streamprole.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardwhenthecameradetectsanobject.Therecording
willincludevesecondsbeforedetectionandoneminuteafterdetectionends.
Beforeyoustart:
•MakesureyouhaveanSDcardinstalled.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.Selectacameraandastreamprole.
7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertimeto1minute.
9.ClickSave.
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Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick
.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,click
andselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
5.Selectavideochannel.
6.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
7.Settheduration.
8.ClickSave.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.
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Thewebinterface
Thewebinterface
Toreachthedevice’swebinterface,typethedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.Thisicon
indicatesthat
thefeatureorsettingisonlyavailableinsomedevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accessthereleasenotes.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlightthemeordarktheme.
Theusermenucontains:
•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
•
Changeaccount:Logoutfromthecurrentaccountandlogintoanewaccount.
•
Logout:Logoutfromthecurrentaccount.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingAXISOSversionandserialnumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedevice’swebinterfacetothelegacyversion.
Status
Deviceinfo
Showsthedeviceinformation,includingAXISOSversionandserialnumber.
UpgradeAXISOS:Upgradethesoftwareonyourdevice.TakesyoutotheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandotheupgrade.
Timesyncstatus
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ViewandupdatetheNTPsettings.TakesyoutotheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Security
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Showswhatkindofaccesstothedevicethatisactive,andwhatencryptionprotocolsareinuse.Recommendationstothesettings
arebasedontheAXISOSHardeningGuide.
Hardeningguide:LinktoAXISOSHardeningguidewhereyoucanlearnmoreaboutcybersecurityonAxisdevicesandbest
practices.
Connectedclients
Showsthenumberofconnectionsandconnectedclients.
Viewdetails:Viewandupdatethelistofconnectedclients.ThelistshowsIPaddress,protocol,port,state,andPID/process
ofeachconnection.
Ongoingrecordings
Showsongoingrecordingsandtheirdesignatedstoragespace.
Recordings:Viewongoingandlteredrecordingsandtheirsource.Formoreinformation,seeRecordingsonpage24
Showsthestoragespacewheretherecordingissaved.
Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatthespecic
web-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceivedapplies,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactualcompression
settingthatisconguredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexample,totestexternal
devices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktomanuallyturnonorturnoffthewhitelight.
Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.
•Customcontrols:ClickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.
Startsthewasher.Whenthesequencestarts,thecameramovestotheconguredpositiontoreceivethewash
spray.Whenthewholewashsequenceiscompleted,thecamerareturnstoitspreviousposition.Thisiconisonlyvisiblewhenthe
washerisconnectedandcongured.
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Startsthewiper.
Clickandselectapresetpositiontogotothatpresetpositionintheliveview.Or,clickSetuptogotothepreset
positionpage.
Addsorremovesafocusrecallarea.Whenyouaddafocusrecallarea,thecamerasavesthefocussettingsat
thatspecicpan/tiltrange.Whenyouhavesetafocusrecallareaandthecameraentersthatareaintheliveview,thecamera
recallsthepreviouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfoftheareaforthecameratorecallthefocus.
Clicktoselectaguardtour,thenclickStarttoplaytheguardtour.Or,clickSetuptogototheguardtourspage.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorage,youneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
•Videoformat:Selecttheencodingformattouseintheliveview.
•
Autoplay:Turnontoautoplayamutedvideostreamwheneveryouopenthedeviceinanewsession.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toimprove
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Click
toshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Pixelcounter:Clicktoshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
•Refresh:Click
torefreshthestillimageintheliveview.
•PTZcontrols
:TurnontodisplayPTZcontrolsintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenmode.
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Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchange
thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition
:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowyoumountthecamera.
Powerlinefrequency:Tominimizeimageicker,selectthefrequencyyourregionuses.TheAmericanregionsusuallyuse60Hz.
Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,checkwiththelocalauthorities.
Rotate:Selectthepreferredimageorientation.
Image
Appearance
Sceneprole:Selectasceneprolethatsuitsyoursurveillancescenario.Asceneproleoptimizesimagesettings,
includingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrast,andlocalcontrast,foraspecicenvironmentorpurpose.
•Forensic:Suitableforsurveillancepurposes.
•Indoor
:Suitableforindoorenvironments.
•Outdoor
:Suitableforoutdoorenvironments.
•Vivid:Usefulfordemonstrationpurposes.
•Trafcoverview:Suitableforvehicletrafcmonitoring.
Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcan,forexample,getagrayscaleimage.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.
Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
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Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswell.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominglight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecolorslookmorenatural.
Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefromthelist.
Theautomaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetypeoflight
sourceinascene,thatis,theydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinglightsourceactsasareferencefortheautomaticwhite
balancealgorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatmatchesthelightsourceyou
wanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors
:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisisthe
recommendedsettingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors
:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlighting
andgoodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors
:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound
5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury
:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlightscommon
instreetlighting.
•Streetlight–sodium
:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiumvapor
lightscommoninstreetlighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforlightchanges.
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•Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwant
thecameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalancemanually.
Exposure
Selectanexposuremodetoreducerapidlychangingirregulareffectsintheimage,forexample,ickerproducedbydifferenttypesof
lightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyourpowernetwork.
Exposuremode:
•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gain,andshutterautomatically.
•Automaticaperture
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter
:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomatically.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
•Flicker-free
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusesonlythefollowingshutter
speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
•Flicker-free50Hz
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flicker-free60Hz
:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
•Flicker-reduced
:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan
1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced50Hz
:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/100sforbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced60Hz
:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/120sforbrighterscenes.
•Manual
:Theaperture,gain,andshutterarexed.
Exposurezone
:Useexposurezonestooptimizetheexposureinaselectedpartofthescene,forexample,theareain
frontofanentrancedoor.
Note
Theexposurezonesarerelatedtotheoriginalimage(unrotated),andthenamesofthezonesapplytotheoriginalimage.
Thismeans,forexample,thatifthevideostreamisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecomestheRightzoneinthe
stream,andLeftbecomesLower.
•Automatic:Suitableformostsituations.
•Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand
positionintheliveview.
•Full
:Usestheentireliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Upper
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Lower
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositioninthelowerpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Left
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheleftpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Right
:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherightpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
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•Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Custom:Usesanareaintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.
Maxshutter:Selecttheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestimage.Lowshutterspeeds(longerexposure)mightcausemotionblur
whenthereismovement,andatoohighshutterspeedmightaffecttheimagequality.Maxshutterworkswithmaxgainto
improvetheimage.
Maxgain:Selectthesuitablemaxgain.Ifyouincreasethemaxgain,itimprovesthevisiblelevelofdetailindarkimages,but
alsoincreasesthenoiselevel.Morenoisecanalsoresultinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorage.Ifyousetthemaxgain
toahighvalue,imagescandifferalotifthelightconditionsareverydifferentfromdaytonight.Maxgainworkswithmax
shuttertoimprovetheimage.
Motion-adaptiveexposure
:Selecttoreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions.
Blur-noisetrade-off:Usetheslidertoadjusttheprioritybetweenmotionblurandnoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizelowbandwidth
andhavelessnoiseattheexpenseofdetailsinmovingobjects,movetheslidertowardsLownoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizethe
preservationofdetailsinmovingobjectsattheexpenseofnoiseandbandwidth,movetheslidertowardsLowmotionblur.
Note
Youcanchangetheexposureeitherbyadjustingtheexposuretimeorbyadjustingthegain.Ifyouincreasetheexposure
time,itresultsinmoremotionblur,andifyouincreasethegain,itresultsinmorenoise.IfyouadjusttheBlur-noise
trade-offtowardsLownoise,theautomaticexposurewillprioritizelongerexposuretimesoverincreasinggain,andthe
oppositeifyouadjustthetrade-offtowardsLowmotionblur.Boththegainandexposuretimewilleventuallyreach
theirmaximumvaluesinlow-lightconditions,regardlessofthepriorityset.
Lockaperture
:TurnontokeeptheaperturesizesetbytheApertureslider.Turnofftoallowthecameratoautomatically
adjusttheaperturesize.Youcan,forexample,locktheapertureforsceneswithpermanentlightconditions.
Aperture
:Usetheslidertoadjusttheaperturesize,thatis,howmuchlightpassesthroughthelens.Toallowmorelight
toenterthesensorandtherebyproduceabrighterimageinlow-lightconditions,movetheslidertowardsOpen.Anopenaperture
alsoreducesthedepthofeld,whichmeansthatobjectsclosetoorfarfromthecameracanappearunfocused.Toallowmoreof
theimagetobeinfocus,movetheslidertowardsClosed.
Exposurelevel:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimageexposure.
Defog
:Turnontodetecttheeffectsoffoggyweatherandautomaticallyremovethemforaclearerimage.
Note
WerecommendyounottoturnonDefoginsceneswithlowcontrast,largelightlevelvariations,orwhentheautofocusis
slightlyoff.Thiscanaffecttheimagequality,forexample,byincreasingthecontrast.Furthermore,toomuchlightcan
negativelyimpacttheimagequalitywhendefogisactive.
Stream
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Resolution:Selecttheimageresolutionsuitableforthesurveillancescene.Ahigherresolutionincreasesbandwidthandstorage.
Framerate:Toavoidbandwidthproblemsonthenetworkorreducestoragesize,youcanlimittheframeratetoaxedamount.
Ifyouleavetheframerateatzero,theframerateiskeptatthehighestpossiblerateunderthecurrentconditions.Ahigher
frameraterequiresmorebandwidthandstoragecapacity.
P-frames:AP-frameisapredictedimagethatshowsonlythechangesintheimagefromthepreviousframe.Enterthedesired
numberofP-frames.Thehigherthenumber,thelessbandwidthisrequired.However,ifthereisnetworkcongestion,therecould
beanoticeabledeteriorationinthevideoquality.
Compression:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimagecompression.Highcompressionresultsinalowerbitrateandlowerimagequality.
Lowcompressionimprovestheimagequality,butusesmorebandwidthandstoragewhenyourecord.
Signedvideo
:Turnontoaddthesignedvideofeaturetothevideo.Signedvideoprotectsthevideofromtamperingby
addingcryptographicsignaturestothevideo.
Zipstream
Zipstreamisabitratereductiontechnology,optimizedforvideosurveillance,thatreducestheaveragebitrateinanH.264orH.265
streaminrealtime.AxisZipstreamappliesahighbitrateinsceneswheretherearemultipleregionsofinterest,forexample,inscenes
withmovingobjects.Whenthesceneismorestatic,Zipstreamappliesalowerbitrate,andtherebyreducestherequiredstorage.
Tolearnmore,seeReducingthebitratewithAxisZipstream
SelectthebitratereductionStrength:
•Off:Nobitratereduction.
•Low:Novisiblequalitydegradationinmostscenes.Thisisthedefaultoptionanditcanbeusedinalltypes
ofscenestoreducethebitrate.
•Medium:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthroughlessnoiseandaslightlylowerlevelofdetailinregionsoflower
interest,forexample,wherethere’snomovement.
•High:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthroughlessnoiseandalowerlevelofdetailinregionsoflowerinterest,for
example,wherethere’snomovement.Werecommendthislevelforcloud-connecteddevicesanddevicesthat
uselocalstorage.
•Higher:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthroughlessnoiseandalowerlevelofdetailinregionsoflowerinterest,
forexample,wherethere’snomovement.
•Extreme:Visibleeffectsinmostscenes.Thebitrateisoptimizedforsmallestpossiblestorage.
Optimizeforstorage:Turnontominimizethebitratewhilemaintainingquality.Theoptimizationdoesnotapplytothestream
showninthewebclient.ThiscanonlybeusedifyourVMSsupportsB-frames.TurningonOptimizeforstoragealsoturnson
DynamicGOP.
DynamicFPS(framespersecond):Turnontoallowthebandwidthtovarybasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.More
activityrequiresmorebandwidth.
Lowerlimit:Enteravaluetoadjusttheframeratebetweenminimalfpsandthestreamdefaultfpsbasedonscenemotion.We
recommendyoutouselowerlimitinsceneswithverylittlemotion,wherethefpscoulddropto1orlower.
DynamicGOP(GroupofPictures):TurnontodynamicallyadjusttheintervalbetweenI-framesbasedonthelevelofactivity
inthescene.
Upperlimit:EnteramaximumGOPlength,thatis,themaximumnumberofP-framesbetweentwoI-frames.AnI-frameisa
self-containedimageframethatisindependentofotherframes.
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•Average:Selecttoautomaticallyadjustthebitrateoveralongertimeperiodandprovidethebestpossibleimage
qualitybasedontheavailablestorage.
-
Clicktocalculatethetargetbitratebasedonavailablestorage,retentiontime,andbitratelimit.
-Targetbitrate:Enterdesiredtargetbitrate.
-Retentiontime:Enterthenumberofdaystokeeptherecordings.
-Storage:Showstheestimatedstoragethatcanbeusedforthestream.
-Maximumbitrate:Turnontosetabitratelimit.
-Bitratelimit:Enterabitratelimitthatishigherthanthetargetbitrate.
•Maximum:Selecttosetamaximuminstantbitrateofthestreambasedonyournetworkbandwidth.
-Maximum:Enterthemaximumbitrate.
•Variable:Selecttoallowthebitratetovarybasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Moreactivityrequiresmore
bandwidth.Werecommendthisoptionformostsituations.
Orientation
Mirror:Turnontomirrortheimage.
Overlays
:Clicktoaddanoverlay.Selectthetypeofoverlayfromthedropdownlist:
•Text:Selecttoshowatextthatisintegratedintheliveviewimageandvisibleinallviews,recordingsandsnapshots.
Youcanenteryourowntext,andyoucanalsoincludepre-conguredmodierstoautomaticallyshow,forexample,
time,date,andframerate.
-
:Clicktoaddthedatemodier%Ftoshowyyyy-mm-dd.
-
:Clicktoaddthetimemodier%Xtoshowhh:mm:ss(24-hourclock).
-Modiers:Clicktoselectanyofthemodiersshowninthelisttoaddthemtothetextbox.Forexample,
%ashowsthedayoftheweek.
-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.
-Appearance:Selectthetextcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,whitetextonablackbackground
(default).
-
:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.
•Image:Selecttoshowastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Youcanuse.bmp,.png,.jpeg,or.svgles.
Touploadanimage,clickImages.Beforeyouuploadanimage,youcanchooseto:
-Scalewithresolution:Selecttoautomaticallyscaletheoverlayimagetotthevideoresolution.
-Usetransparency:SelectandentertheRGBhexadecimalvalueforthatcolor.UsetheformatRRGGBB.
Examplesofhexadecimalvalues:FFFFFFforwhite,000000forblack,FF0000forred,6633FFforblue,and
669900forgreen.Onlyfor.bmpimages.
•Sceneannotation:Selecttoshowatextoverlayinthevideostreamthatstaysinthesameposition,even
whenthecamerapansortiltsinanotherdirection.Youcanchoosetoonlyshowtheoverlaywithincertainzoomlevels.
-
:Clicktoaddthedatemodier%Ftoshowyyyy-mm-dd.
-
:Clicktoaddthetimemodier%Xtoshowhh:mm:ss(24-hourclock).
-Modiers:Clicktoselectanyofthemodiersshowninthelisttoaddthemtothetextbox.Forexample,
%ashowsthedayoftheweek.
-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.
-Appearance:Selectthetextcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,whitetextonablackbackground
(default).
-
:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.Theoverlayissavedandremainsinthepanand
tiltcoordinatesofthisposition.
-Annotationbetweenzoomlevels(%):Setthezoomlevelswhichtheoverlaywillbeshownwithin.
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-Annotationsymbol:Selectasymbolthatappearsinsteadoftheoverlaywhenthecameraisnotwithinthe
setzoomlevels.
•Streamingindicator
:Selecttoshowananimationsuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theanimation
indicatesthatthevideostreamislive,evenifthescenedoesn’tcontainanymotion.
-Appearance:Selecttheanimationcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,redanimationonatransparent
background(default).
-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.
-
:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.
•Widget:Linegraph
:Showagraphchartthatdisplayshowameasuredvaluechangesovertime.
-Title:Enteratitleforthewidget.
-Overlaymodier:Selectanoverlaymodierasdatasource.IfyouhavecreatedMQTToverlays,theywillbe
locatedattheendofthelist.
-
:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.
-Size:Selectthesizeoftheoverlay.
-Visibleonallchannels:Turnofftoshowonlyonyourcurrentlyselectedchannel.Turnontoshowonall
activechannels.
-Updateinterval:Choosethetimebetweendataupdates.
-Transparency:Setthetransparencyoftheentireoverlay.
-Backgroundtransparency:Setthetransparencyonlyofthebackgroundoftheoverlay.
-Points:Turnontoaddapointtothegraphlinewhendataisupdated.
-Xaxis
-Label:Enterthetextlabelforthexaxis.
-Timewindow:Enterhowlongtimethedataisvisualized.
-Timeunit:Enteratimeunitforthexaxis.
-Yaxis
-Label:Enterthetextlabelfortheyaxis.
-Dynamicscale:Turnonforthescaletoautomaticallyadapttothedatavalues.Turnofftomanuallyenter
valuesforaxedscale.
-MinalarmthresholdandMaxalarmthreshold:Thesevalueswilladdhorizontalreferencelinestothegraph,
makingiteasiertoseewhenthedatavaluebecomestoohighortoolow.
•Widget:Meter
:Showabarchartthatdisplaysthemostrecentlymeasureddatavalue.
-Title:Enteratitleforthewidget.
-Overlaymodier:Selectanoverlaymodierasdatasource.IfyouhavecreatedMQTToverlays,theywillbe
locatedattheendofthelist.
-
:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.
-Size:Selectthesizeoftheoverlay.
-Visibleonallchannels:Turnofftoshowonlyonyourcurrentlyselectedchannel.Turnontoshowonall
activechannels.
-Updateinterval:Choosethetimebetweendataupdates.
-Transparency:Setthetransparencyoftheentireoverlay.
-Backgroundtransparency:Setthetransparencyonlyofthebackgroundoftheoverlay.
-Points:Turnontoaddapointtothegraphlinewhendataisupdated.
-Yaxis
-Label:Enterthetextlabelfortheyaxis.
-Dynamicscale:Turnonforthescaletoautomaticallyadapttothedatavalues.Turnofftomanuallyenter
valuesforaxedscale.
-MinalarmthresholdandMaxalarmthreshold:Thesevalueswilladdhorizontalreferencelinestothebar
chart,makingiteasiertoseewhenthedatavaluebecomestoohighortoolow.
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Viewareas
:Clicktocreateaviewarea.
Clicktheviewareatoaccesssettings.
Name:Enteranamefortheviewarea.Themaximumlengthis64characters.
Aspectratio:Selectdesiredaspectratio.Theresolutionadjustsautomatically.
PTZ:Turnontousepan,tilt,andzoomfunctionalityintheviewarea.
Privacymasks
:Clicktocreateanewprivacymask.
Privacymasks:Clicktochangethecolorofallprivacymasks,ortodeleteallprivacymaskspermanently.
Maskx:Clicktorename,disable,orpermanentlydeletethemask.
Analytics
AXISObjectAnalytics
Start:ClicktostartAXISObjectAnalytics.Theapplicationwillruninthebackground,andyoucancreaterulesforeventsbasedon
theapplication’scurrentsettings.
Open:ClicktoopenAXISObjectAnalytics.Theapplicationopensupinanewwindowwhereyoucancongureitssettings.
Notinstalled:AXISObjectAnalyticsisnotinstalledonthisdevice.UpgradeAXISOStothelatestversiontogetthelatest
versionoftheapplication.
Recordings
Ongoingrecordings:Showallongoingrecordingsonthedevice.
Startarecordingonthedevice.
Choosewhichstoragedevicetosaveto.
Stoparecordingonthedevice.
Triggeredrecordingswillendwhenmanuallystoppedorwhenthedeviceisshutdown.
Continuousrecordingswillcontinueuntilmanuallystopped.Evenifthedeviceisshutdown,therecordingwillcontinuewhen
thedevicestartsupagain.
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Playtherecording.
Stopplayingtherecording.
Showorhideinformationandoptionsabouttherecording.
Setexportrange:Ifyouonlywanttoexportpartoftherecording,enteratimespan.Notethatifyouworkinadifferenttime
zonethanthelocationofthedevice,thetimespanisbasedonthedevice’stimezone.
Encrypt:Selecttosetapasswordforexportedrecordings.Itwillnotbepossibletoopentheexportedlewithoutthepassword.
Clicktodeletearecording.
Export:Exportthewholeorapartoftherecording.
Clicktoltertherecordings.
From:Showrecordingsdoneafteracertainpointintime.
To:Showrecordingsupuntilacertainpointintime.
Source
:Showrecordingsbasedonsource.Thesourcereferstothesensor.
Event:Showrecordingsbasedonevents.
Storage:Showrecordingsbasedonstoragetype.
Apps
Addapp:Installanewapp.
Findmoreapps:Findmoreappstoinstall.YouwillbetakentoanoverviewpageofAxisapps.
Allowunsignedapps:Turnontoallowinstallationofunsignedapps.
Allowroot-privilegedapps
:Turnontoallowappswithrootprivilegesfullaccesstothedevice.
ViewthesecurityupdatesinAXISOSandACAPapps.
Note
Thedevice’sperformancemightbeaffectedifyourunseveralappsatthesametime.
Usetheswitchnexttotheappnametostartorstoptheapp.
Open:Accesstheapp’ssettings.Theavailablesettingsdependontheapplication.Someapplicationsdon’thaveanysettings.
Thecontextmenucancontainoneormoreofthefollowingoptions:
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•Open-sourcelicense:Viewinformationaboutopen-sourcelicensesusedintheapp.
•Applog:Viewalogoftheappevents.Thelogishelpfulwhenyoucontactsupport.
•Activatelicensewithakey:Iftheapprequiresalicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevice
doesn’thaveinternetaccess.
Ifyoudon’thavealicensekey,gotoaxis.com/products/analytics.YouneedalicensecodeandtheAxisproductserial
numbertogeneratealicensekey.
•Activatelicenseautomatically:Iftheapprequiresalicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevicehas
internetaccess.Youneedalicensecodetoactivatethelicense.
•Deactivatethelicense:Deactivatethelicensetoreplaceitwithanotherlicense,forexample,whenyouchangefroma
triallicensetoafulllicense.Ifyoudeactivatethelicense,youalsoremoveitfromthedevice.
•Settings:Conguretheparameters.
•Delete:Deletetheapppermanentlyfromthedevice.Ifyoudon’tdeactivatethelicenserst,itremainsactive.
System
Timeandlocation
Dateandtime
Thetimeformatdependsonthewebbrowser’slanguagesettings.
Note
Werecommendyousynchronizethedevice’sdateandtimewithanNTPserver.
Synchronization:Selectanoptionforthedevice’sdateandtimesynchronization.
•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTSKEservers):SynchronizewiththesecureNTPkeyestablishmentservers
connectedtotheDHCPserver.
-ManualNTSKEservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,
thedevicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.
•Automaticdateandtime(NTPserversusingDHCP):SynchronizewiththeNTPserversconnectedtotheDHCPserver.
-FallbackNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwofallbackservers.
•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTPservers):SynchronizewithNTPserversofyourchoice.
-ManualNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,the
devicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.
•Customdateandtime:Manuallysetthedateandtime.ClickGetfromsystemtofetchthedateandtimesettings
oncefromyourcomputerormobiledevice.
Timezone:Selectwhichtimezonetouse.Timewillautomaticallyadjusttodaylightsavingtimeandstandardtime.
•DHCP:AdoptsthetimezoneoftheDHCPserver.ThedevicemustconnectedtoaDHCPserverbeforeyoucanselect
thisoption.
•Manual:Selectatimezonefromthedrop-downlist.
Note
Thesystemusesthedateandtimesettingsinallrecordings,logs,andsystemsettings.
Devicelocation
Enterwherethedeviceislocated.Yourvideomanagementsystemcanusethisinformationtoplacethedeviceonamap.
•Latitude:Positivevaluesarenorthoftheequator.
•Longitude:Positivevaluesareeastoftheprimemeridian.
•Heading:Enterthecompassdirectionthatthedeviceisfacing.0isduenorth.
•Label:Enteradescriptivenameforthedevice.
•Save:Clicktosaveyourdevicelocation.
Network
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AssignIPv4automatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.Werecommend
automaticIP(DHCP)formostnetworks.
IPaddress:EnterauniqueIPaddressforthedevice.StaticIPaddressescanbeassignedatrandomwithinisolatednetworks,
providedthateachaddressisunique.Toavoidconicts,werecommendyoucontactyournetworkadministratorbeforeyou
assignastaticIPaddress.
Subnetmask:Enterthesubnetmasktodenewhataddressesareinsidethelocalareanetwork.Anyaddressoutsidethelocal
areanetworkgoesthroughtherouter.
Router:EntertheIPaddressofthedefaultrouter(gateway)usedtoconnectdevicesthatareattachedtodifferentnetworksand
networksegments.
FallbacktostaticIPaddressifDHCPisn’tavailable:SelectifyouwanttoaddastaticIPaddresstouseasfallbackifDHCP
isunavailableandcan’tassignanIPaddressautomatically.
Note
IfDHCPisn’tavailableandthedeviceusesastaticaddressfallback,thestaticaddressisconguredwithalimitedscope.
IPv6
AssignIPv6automatically:SelecttoturnonIPv6andtoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.
Hostname
Assignhostnameautomatically:Selecttoletthenetworkrouterassignahostnametothedeviceautomatically.
Hostname:Enterthehostnamemanuallytouseasanalternativewayofaccessingthedevice.Theserverreportandsystemlog
usethehostname.AllowedcharactersareA–Z,a–z,0–9and-.
DNSservers
AssignDNSautomatically:SelecttolettheDHCPserverassignsearchdomainsandDNSserveraddressestothedevice
automatically.WerecommendautomaticDNS(DHCP)formostnetworks.
Searchdomains:Whenyouuseahostnamethatisnotfullyqualied,clickAddsearchdomainandenteradomaininwhichto
searchforthehostnamethedeviceuses.
DNSservers:ClickAddDNSserverandentertheIPaddressoftheDNSserver.ThisprovidesthetranslationofhostnamestoIP
addressesonyournetwork.
HTTPandHTTPS
HTTPSisaprotocolthatprovidesencryptionforpagerequestsfromusersandforthepagesreturnedbythewebserver.Theencrypted
exchangeofinformationisgovernedbytheuseofanHTTPScerticate,whichguaranteestheauthenticityoftheserver.
TouseHTTPSonthedevice,youmustinstallanHTTPScerticate.GotoSystem>Securitytocreateandinstallcerticates.
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Allowaccessthrough:SelectifauserisallowedtoconnecttothedevicethroughtheHTTP,HTTPS,orbothHTTPandHTTPS
protocols.
Note
IfyouviewencryptedwebpagesthroughHTTPS,youmightexperienceadropinperformance,especiallywhenyou
requestapageforthersttime.
HTTPport:EntertheHTTPporttouse.Thedeviceallowsport80oranyportintherange1024-65535.Ifyouareloggedinasan
administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.
HTTPSport:EntertheHTTPSporttouse.Thedeviceallowsport443oranyportintherange1024-65535.Ifyouareloggedinas
anadministrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.
Certicate:SelectacerticatetoenableHTTPSforthedevice.
Networkdiscoveryprotocols
Bonjour
®
:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
Bonjourname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.
UPnP
®
:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
UPnPname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.
WS-Discovery:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.
One-clickcloudconnection
One-clickcloudconnection(O3C)togetherwithanO3Cserviceprovideseasyandsecureinternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideo
fromanylocation.Formoreinformation,seeaxis.com/end-to-end-solutions/hosted-services.
AllowO3C:
•One-click:Thisisthedefaultsetting.PressandholdthecontrolbuttononthedevicetoconnecttoanO3Cservice
overtheinternet.YouneedtoregisterthedevicewiththeO3Cservicewithin24hoursafteryoupressthecontrol
button.Otherwise,thedevicedisconnectsfromtheO3Cservice.Onceyouregisterthedevice,Alwaysisenabledand
thedevicestaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.
•Always:ThedeviceconstantlyattemptstoconnecttoanO3Cserviceovertheinternet.Onceyouregisterthedevice,
itstaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.Usethisoptionifthecontrolbuttononthedeviceisoutofreach.
•No:DisablestheO3Cservice.
Proxysettings:Ifneeded,entertheproxysettingstoconnecttotheproxyserver.
Host:Entertheproxyserver’saddress.
Port:Entertheportnumberusedforaccess.
LoginandPassword:Ifneeded,enterusernameandpasswordfortheproxyserver.
Authenticationmethod:
•Basic:ThismethodisthemostcompatibleauthenticationschemeforHTTP.It’slesssecurethantheDigestmethod
becauseitsendstheusernameandpasswordunencryptedtotheserver.
•Digest:Thismethodismoresecurebecauseitalwaystransfersthepasswordencryptedacrossthenetwork.
•Auto:Thisoptionletsthedeviceselecttheauthenticationmethoddependingonthesupportedmethods.Itprioritizes
theDigestmethodovertheBasicmethod.
Ownerauthenticationkey(OAK):ClickGetkeytofetchtheownerauthenticationkey.Thisisonlypossibleifthedeviceis
connectedtotheinternetwithoutarewallorproxy.
SNMP
TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.
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SNMP:SelecttheversionofSNMPtouse.
•v1andv2c:
-Readcommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread-onlyaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects.The
defaultvalueispublic.
-Writecommunity:EnterthecommunitynamethathasreadorwriteaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects
(exceptread-onlyobjects).Thedefaultvalueiswrite.
-Activatetraps:Turnontoactivatetrapreporting.Thedeviceusestrapstosendmessagesforimportant
eventsorstatuschangestoamanagementsystem.Inthewebinterface,youcansetuptrapsforSNMPv1
andv2c.TrapsareautomaticallyturnedoffifyouchangetoSNMPv3orturnoffSNMP.IfyouuseSNMPv3,
youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3managementapplication.
-Trapaddress:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthemanagementserver.
-Trapcommunity:Enterthecommunitytousewhenthedevicesendsatrapmessagetothemanagement
system.
-Traps:
-Coldstart:Sendsatrapmessagewhenthedevicestarts.
-Warmstart:SendsatrapmessagewhenyouchangeanSNMPsetting.
-Linkup:Sendsatrapmessagewhenalinkchangesfromdowntoup.
-Authenticationfailed:Sendsatrapmessagewhenanauthenticationattemptfails.
Note
AllAxisVideoMIBtrapsareenabledwhenyouturnonSNMPv1andv2ctraps.Formoreinformation,see
AXISOSPortal>SNMP.
•v3:SNMPv3isamoresecureversion,whichprovidesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TouseSNMPv3,we
recommendyoutoactivateHTTPS,asthepasswordisthensentthroughHTTPS.Thisalsopreventsunauthorized
parties’accesstounencryptedSNMPv1andv2ctraps.IfyouuseSNMPv3,youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3
managementapplication.
-Passwordfortheaccount“initial”:EntertheSNMPpasswordfortheaccountnamed“initial”.Althoughthe
passwordcanbesentwithoutactivatingHTTPS,wedon’trecommendit.TheSNMPv3passwordcanonly
besetonce,andpreferablyonlywhenHTTPSisenabled.Oncethepasswordisset,thepasswordeldisno
longerdisplayed.Tosetthepasswordagain,youmustresetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
Security
Certicates
Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Thedevicesupportstwotypesofcerticates:
•Client/servercerticates
Aclient/servercerticatevalidatesthedevice’sidentity,andcanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).
Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.
•CAcerticates
YoucanuseaCAcerticatetoauthenticateapeercerticate,forexampletovalidatetheidentityofanauthentication
serverwhenthedeviceconnectstoanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X.Thedevicehasseveralpre-installedCA
certicates.
Theseformatsaresupported:
•Certicateformats:.PEM,.CER,and.PFX
•Privatekeyformats:PKCS#1andPKCS#12
Important
Ifyouresetthedevicetofactorydefault,allcerticatesaredeleted.Anypre-installedCAcerticatesarereinstalled.
Addcerticate:Clicktoaddacerticate.
•More
:Showmoreeldstollinorselect.
•Securekeystore:SelecttouseSecureelementorTrustedPlatformModule2.0tosecurelystoretheprivatekey.For
moreinformationonwhichsecurekeystoretoselect,gotohelp.axis.com/en-us/axis-os#cryptographic-support.
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•Keytype:Selectthedefaultoradifferentencryptionalgorithmfromthedrop-downlisttoprotectthecerticate.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Certicateinformation:Viewaninstalledcerticate’sproperties.
•Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.
•Createcerticatesigningrequest:Createacerticatesigningrequesttosendtoaregistrationauthoritytoapply
foradigitalidentitycerticate.
Securekeystore
:
•Secureelement(CCEAL6+):Selecttousesecureelementforsecurekeystore.
•TrustedPlatformModule2.0(CCEAL4+,FIPS140-2Level2):SelecttouseTPM2.0forsecurekeystore.
IEEE802.1xandIEEE802.1AEMACsec
IEEE802.1xisanIEEEstandardforport-basednetworkadmissioncontrolprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwireless
networkdevices.IEEE802.1xisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).
ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1x,networkdevicesmustauthenticatethemselves.Theauthenticationisperformedby
anauthenticationserver,typicallyaRADIUSserver(forexample,FreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationServer).
Certicates
WhenconguredwithoutaCAcerticate,servercerticatevalidationisdisabledandthedevicetriestoauthenticateitself
regardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.
Whenusingacerticate,inAxis'implementation,thedeviceandtheauthenticationserverauthenticatethemselveswithdigital
certicatesusingEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).
Toallowthedevicetoaccessanetworkprotectedthroughcerticates,youmustinstallasignedclientcerticateonthedevice.
Authenticationmethod:SelectanEAPtypeusedforauthentication.ThedefaultoptionisEAP-TLS.EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2isa
moresecureoption.
Clientcerticate:SelectaclientcerticatetouseIEEE802.1x.Theauthenticationserverusesthecerticatetovalidatethe
client’sidentity.
CAcerticate:SelectCAcerticatestovalidatetheauthenticationserver’sidentity.Whennocerticateisselected,thedevice
triestoauthenticateitselfregardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.
EAPidentity:Entertheuseridentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.
EAPOLversion:SelecttheEAPOLversionthatisusedinthenetworkswitch.
UseIEEE802.1x:SelecttousetheIEEE802.1xprotocol.
IEEE802.1AEMACsec
IEEE802.1AEMACsecisanIEEEstandardformediaaccesscontrol(MAC)securitythatdenesconnectionlessdatacondentiality
andintegrityformediaaccessindependentprotocols.
ThesettingsareonlyavailableifyouuseEAP-TLSastheauthenticationmethod:
Mode
•DynamicCAK/EAP-TLS:Thedefaultoption.Afterasecuredconnection,thedevicechecksforMACseconthenetwork.
•StaticCAK/pre-sharedkey(PSK):Selecttosetthekeynameandvaluetoconnecttothenetwork.
ThesettingsareonlyavailableifyouuseEAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2astheauthenticationmethod:
•Password:Enterthepasswordforyouruseridentity.
•Peapversion:SelectthePeapversionthatisusedinthenetworkswitch.
•Label:Select1touseclientEAPencryption;select2touseclientPEAPencryption.SelecttheLabelthatthenetwork
switchuseswhenusingPeapversion1.
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Preventbrute-forceattacks
Blocking:Turnontoblockbrute-forceattacks.Abrute-forceattackusestrial-and-errortoguesslogininfoorencryptionkeys.
Blockingperiod:Enterthenumberofsecondstoblockabrute-forceattack.
Blockingconditions:Enterthenumberofauthenticationfailuresallowedpersecondbeforetheblockstarts.Youcansetthe
numberoffailuresallowedbothonpagelevelanddevicelevel.
Firewall
Activate:Turnontherewall.
DefaultPolicy:Selectthedefaultstatefortherewall.
•Allow:Allowsallconnectionstothedevice.Thisoptionissetbydefault.
•Deny:Deniesallconnectionstothedevice.
Tomakeexceptionstothedefaultpolicy,youcancreaterulesthatallowsordeniesconnectionstothedevicefromspecic
addresses,protocols,andports.
•Address:EnteranaddressinIPv4/IPv6orCIDRformatthatyouwanttoallowordenyaccessto.
•Protocol:Selectaprotocolthatyouwanttoallowordenyaccessto.
•Port:Enteraportnumberthatyouwanttoallowordenyaccessto.Youcanaddaportnumberbetween1and65535.
•Policy:Selectthepolicyoftherule.
:Clicktocreateanotherrule.
Addrules:Clicktoaddtherulesthatyouhavedened.
•Timeinseconds:Setatimelimitfortestingtherules.Thedefaulttimelimitissetto300seconds.Toactivatethe
rulesstraightaway,setthetimeto0seconds.
•Conrmrules:Conrmtherulesandtheirtimelimit.Ifyouhavesetatimelimitofmorethan1second,theruleswill
beactiveduringthistime.Ifyouhavesetthetimeto0,theruleswillbeactivestraightaway.
Pendingrules:Anoverviewofthelatesttestedrulesthatyouareyettoconrm.
Note
TherulesthathaveatimelimitappearsbothunderPendingrulesandActiverulesuntilthesettimehaspassed,oruntil
youconrmthem.Ifyoudon'tconrmthem,theyappearonlyunderPendingrules,andtherewallfallsbacktothe
previouslydenedsettings.Ifyouconrmthem,theywillreplacethecurrentactiverules.
Conrmrules:Clicktoactivatethependingrules.
Activerules:Anoverviewoftherulesyouarecurrentlyrunningonthedevice.
:Clicktodeleteanactiverule.
:Clicktodeleteallrules,bothpendingandactive.
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ToinstalltestsoftwareorothercustomsoftwarefromAxisonthedevice,youneedacustomsignedAXISOScerticate.The
certicateveriesthatthesoftwareisapprovedbyboththedeviceownerandAxis.Thesoftwarecanonlyrunonaspecicdevice
whichisidentiedbyitsuniqueserialnumberandchipID.OnlyAxiscancreatecustomsignedAXISOScerticates,sinceAxis
holdsthekeytosignthem.
Install:Clicktoinstallthecerticate.Youneedtoinstallthecerticatebeforeyouinstallthesoftware.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.
Accounts
Accounts
Addaccount:Clicktoaddanewaccount.Youcanaddupto100accounts.
Account:Enterauniqueaccountname.
Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheaccount.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters
(code32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexample,letters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.
Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.
Privileges:
•Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotheraccounts.
•Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:
-AllSystemsettings.
-Addingapps.
•Viewer:Hasaccessto:
-Watchandtakesnapshotsofavideostream.
-Watchandexportrecordings.
-Pan,tilt,andzoom;withPTZuseraccess.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Updateaccount:Edittheaccountproperties.
Deleteaccount:Deletetheaccount.Youcan’tdeletetherootaccount.
Anonymousaccess
Allowanonymousviewing:Turnontoallowanyoneaccessthedeviceasaviewerwithoutlogginginwithanaccount.
AllowanonymousPTZoperating
:Turnontoallowanonymoususerstopan,tilt,andzoomtheimage.
SSHaccounts
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AddSSHaccount:ClicktoaddanewSSHaccount.
•Restrictrootaccess:Turnontorestrictfunctionalitythatrequiresrootaccess.
•EnableSSH:TurnontouseSSHservice.
Account:Enterauniqueaccountname.
Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheaccount.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters
(code32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexample,letters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.
Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.
Comment:Enteracomment(optional).
Thecontextmenucontains:
UpdateSSHaccount:Edittheaccountproperties.
DeleteSSHaccount:Deletetheaccount.Youcan’tdeletetherootaccount.
OpenIDConguration
Important
Ifyoucan'tuseOpenIDtosignin,usetheDigestorBasiccredentialsyouusedwhenyouconguredOpenIDtosignin.
ClientID:EntertheOpenIDusername.
OutgoingProxy:EntertheproxyaddressfortheOpenIDconnectiontouseaproxyserver.
Adminclaim:Enteravaluefortheadminrole.
ProviderURL:EntertheweblinkfortheAPIendpointauthentication.Formatshouldbehttps://[insert
URL]/.well-known/openid-conguration
Operatorclaim:Enteravaluefortheoperatorrole.
Requireclaim:Enterthedatathatshouldbeinthetoken.
Viewerclaim:Enterthevaluefortheviewerrole.
Remoteuser:Enteravaluetoidentifyremoteusers.Thisassiststodisplaythecurrentuserinthedevice’swebinterface.
Scopes:Optionalscopesthatcouldbepartofthetoken.
Clientsecret:EntertheOpenIDpassword
Save:ClicktosavetheOpenIDvalues.
EnableOpenID:TurnontoclosecurrentconnectionandallowdeviceauthenticationfromtheproviderURL.
Events
Rules
Aruledenestheconditionsthattriggerstheproducttoperformanaction.Thelistshowsallthecurrentlyconguredrulesin
theproduct.
Note
Youcancreateupto256actionrules.
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Addarule:Createarule.
Name:Enteranamefortherule.
Waitbetweenactions:Entertheminimumtime(hh:mm:ss)thatmustpassbetweenruleactivations.Itisusefuliftheruleis
activatedby,forexample,day-nightmodeconditions,toavoidthatsmalllightchangesduringsunriseandsunsetactivate
therulerepeatedly.
Condition:Selectaconditionfromthelist.Aconditionmustbemetforthedevicetoperformanaction.Ifmultiple
conditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.Forinformationaboutspecicconditions,see
Getstartedwithrulesforevents.
Usethisconditionasatrigger:Selecttomakethisrstconditionfunctiononlyasastartingtrigger.Itmeansthatoncetherule
isactivated,itremainsactiveforaslongasalltheotherconditionsaremet,nomatterthestateoftherstcondition.Ifyoudon’t
selectthisoption,therulewillsimplybeactivewheneveralltheconditionsaremet.
Invertthiscondition:Selectifyouwanttheconditiontobetheoppositeofyourselection.
Addacondition:Clicktoaddanadditionalcondition.
Action:Selectanactionfromthelistandenteritsrequiredinformation.Forinformationaboutspecicactions,see
Getstartedwithrulesforevents.
Recipients
Youcansetupyourdevicetonotifyrecipientsabouteventsorsendles.Thelistshowsalltherecipientscurrentlyconguredinthe
product,alongwithinformationabouttheirconguration.
Note
Youcancreateupto20recipients.
Addarecipient:Clicktoaddarecipient.
Name:Enteranamefortherecipient.
Type:Selectfromthelist:
•FTP
-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris
speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.
-Port:EntertheportnumberusedbytheFTPserver.Thedefaultis21.
-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.Ifthisdirectorydoesn’talreadyexist
ontheFTPserver,youwillgetanerrormessagewhenuploadingles.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-Usetemporarylename:Selecttouploadleswithtemporary,automaticallygeneratedlenames.The
lesgetrenamedtothedesirednameswhentheuploadcompletes.Iftheuploadisaborted/interrupted,
youdon’tgetanycorruptles.However,youprobablystillgetthetemporaryles.Thiswayyouknow
thatalllesthathavethedesirednamearecorrect.
-UsepassiveFTP:Undernormalcircumstances,theproductsimplyrequeststhetargetFTPservertoopenthe
dataconnection.ThedeviceactivelyinitiatesboththeFTPcontrolanddataconnectionstothetargetserver.
ThisisnormallyneededifthereisarewallbetweenthedeviceandthetargetFTPserver.
•HTTP
-URL:EnterthenetworkaddresstotheHTTPserverandthescriptthatwillhandletherequest.Forexample,
http://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
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-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-Proxy:TurnonandentertherequiredinformationifaproxyservermustbepassedtoconnecttotheHTTP
server.
•HTTPS
-URL:EnterthenetworkaddresstotheHTTPSserverandthescriptthatwillhandletherequest.Forexample,
https://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.
-Validateservercerticate:SelecttovalidatethecerticatethatwascreatedbyHTTPSserver.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-Proxy:TurnonandentertherequiredinformationifaproxyservermustbepassedtoconnecttotheHTTPS
server.
•Networkstorage
YoucanaddnetworkstoragesuchasNAS(network-attachedstorage)anduseitasarecipienttostoreles.Theles
arestoredintheMatroska(MKV)leformat.
-Host:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameforthenetworkstorage.
-Share:Enterthenameoftheshareonthehost.
-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
•SFTP
-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris
speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.
-Port:EntertheportnumberusedbytheSFTPserver.Thedefaultis22.
-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.Ifthisdirectorydoesn’talreadyexiston
theSFTPserver,youwillgetanerrormessagewhenuploadingles.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.
-SSHhostpublickeytype(MD5):Enterthengerprintoftheremotehost’spublickey(a32-digit
hexadecimalstring).TheSFTPclientsupportsSFTPserversusingSSH-2withRSA,DSA,ECDSA,andED25519
hostkeytypes.RSAisthepreferredmethodduringnegotiation,followedbyECDSA,ED25519,andDSA.Make
suretoentertherightMD5hostkeythatisusedbyyourSFTPserver.WhiletheAxisdevicesupportsboth
MD5andSHA-256hashkeys,werecommendusingSHA-256duetostrongersecurityoverMD5.Formore
informationonhowtocongureanSFTPserverwithanAxisdevice,gototheAXISOSPortal.
-SSHhostpublickeytype(SHA256):Enterthengerprintoftheremotehost’spublickey(a43-digitBase64
encodedstring).TheSFTPclientsupportsSFTPserversusingSSH-2withRSA,DSA,ECDSA,andED25519host
keytypes.RSAisthepreferredmethodduringnegotiation,followedbyECDSA,ED25519,andDSA.Make
suretoentertherightMD5hostkeythatisusedbyyourSFTPserver.WhiletheAxisdevicesupportsboth
MD5andSHA-256hashkeys,werecommendusingSHA-256duetostrongersecurityoverMD5.Formore
informationonhowtocongureanSFTPserverwithanAxisdevice,gototheAXISOSPortal.
-Usetemporarylename:Selecttouploadleswithtemporary,automaticallygeneratedlenames.The
lesgetrenamedtothedesirednameswhentheuploadcompletes.Iftheuploadisabortedorinterrupted,
youdon’tgetanycorruptles.However,youprobablystillgetthetemporaryles.Thisway,youknow
thatalllesthathavethedesirednamearecorrect.
•SIPorVMS
:
SIP:SelecttomakeaSIPcall.
VMS:SelecttomakeaVMScall.
-FromSIPaccount:Selectfromthelist.
-ToSIPaddress:EntertheSIPaddress.
-Test:Clicktotestthatyourcallsettingsworks.
•Email
-Sendemailto:Entertheemailaddresstosendemailsto.Toentermultipleaddresses,usecommasto
separatethem.
-Sendemailfrom:Entertheemailaddressofthesendingserver.
-Username:Entertheusernameforthemailserver.Leavethiseldemptyifthemailserverdoesnot
requireauthentication.
-Password:Enterthepasswordforthemailserver.Leavethiseldemptyifthemailserverdoesnotrequire
authentication.
-Emailserver(SMTP):EnterthenameoftheSMTPserver,forexample,smtp.gmail.com,smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
-Port:EntertheportnumberfortheSMTPserver,usingvaluesintherange0-65535.Thedefaultvalueis587.
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-Encryption:Touseencryption,selecteitherSSLorTLS.
-Validateservercerticate:Ifyouuseencryption,selecttovalidatetheidentityofthedevice.Thecerticate
canbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).
-POPauthentication:TurnontoenterthenameofthePOPserver,forexample,pop.gmail.com.
Note
Someemailprovidershavesecurityltersthatpreventusersfromreceivingorviewinglargeamountof
attachments,fromreceivingscheduledemailsandsimilar.Checktheemailprovider'ssecuritypolicytoavoid
youremailaccountbeinglockedormissingoutonyourexpectedemails.
•TCP
-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris
speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.
-Port:Entertheportnumberusedtoaccesstheserver.
Test:Clicktotestthesetup.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Viewrecipient:Clicktoviewalltherecipientdetails.
Copyrecipient:Clicktocopyarecipient.Whenyoucopy,youcanmakechangestothenewrecipient.
Deleterecipient:Clicktodeletetherecipientpermanently.
Schedules
Schedulesandpulsescanbeusedasconditionsinrules.Thelistshowsalltheschedulesandpulsescurrentlyconguredinthe
product,alongwithinformationabouttheirconguration.
Addschedule:Clicktocreateascheduleorpulse.
Manualtriggers
Youcanusethemanualtriggertomanuallytriggerarule.Themanualtriggercan,forexample,beusedtovalidateactions
duringproductinstallationandconguration.
MQTT
MQTT(MessageQueuingTelemetryTransport)isastandardmessagingprotocolfortheInternetofThings(IoT).Itwasdesignedfor
simpliedIoTintegrationandisusedinawidevarietyofindustriestoconnectremotedeviceswithasmallcodefootprintand
minimalnetworkbandwidth.TheMQTTclientinAxisdevicesoftwarecansimplifyintegrationofdataandeventsproducedinthe
devicetosystemswhicharenotvideomanagementsoftware(VMS).
SetupthedeviceasanMQTTclient.MQTTcommunicationisbasedontwoentities,theclientsandthebroker.Theclientscan
sendandreceivemessages.Thebrokerisresponsibleforroutingmessagesbetweenclients.
YoucanlearnmoreaboutMQTTinAXISOSPortal.
ALPN
ALPNisaTLS/SSLextensionthatallowsfortheselectionofanapplicationprotocolduringthehandshakephaseoftheconnection
betweentheclientandserver.ThisisusedtoenableMQTTtrafcoverthesameportthatisusedforotherprotocols,suchasHTTP.
Insomecases,theremightnotbeadedicatedportopenforMQTTcommunication.AsolutioninsuchcasesistouseALPNto
negotiatetheuseofMQTTastheapplicationprotocolonastandardport,allowedbytherewalls.
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Connect:TurnonorofftheMQTTclient.
Status:ShowsthecurrentstatusoftheMQTTclient.
Broker
Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheMQTTserver.
Protocol:Selectwhichprotocoltouse.
Port:Entertheportnumber.
•1883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverTCP
•8883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverSSL
•80isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocket
•443isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocketSecure
ALPNprotocol:EntertheALPNprotocolnameprovidedbyyourMQTTbrokerprovider.ThisisonlyapplicablewithMQTToverSSL
andMQTToverWebSocketSecure.
Username:Entertheusernamethattheclientwillusetoaccesstheserver.
Password:Enterapasswordfortheusername.
ClientID:EnteraclientID.Theclientidentierissenttotheserverwhentheclientconnectstoit.
Cleansession:Controlsthebehavioratconnectionanddisconnectiontime.Whenselected,thestateinformationisdiscarded
atconnectanddisconnect.
HTTPproxy:AURLwithamaximumlengthof255bytes.Youcanleavetheeldemptyifyoudon'twanttouseanHTTPproxy.
HTTPSproxy:AURLwithamaximumlengthof255bytes.Youcanleavetheeldemptyifyoudon'twanttouseanHTTPSproxy.
Keepaliveinterval:Enablestheclienttodetectwhentheserverisnolongeravailablewithouthavingtowaitforthelong
TCP/IPtimeout.
Timeout:Thetimeintervalinsecondstoallowaconnecttocomplete.Defaultvalue:60
Devicetopicprex:UsedinthedefaultvaluesforthetopicintheconnectmessageandLWTmessageontheMQTTclienttab,
andinthepublicationconditionsontheMQTTpublicationtab.
Reconnectautomatically:Specieswhethertheclientshouldreconnectautomaticallyafteradisconnect.
Connectmessage
Speciesifamessageshouldbesentoutwhenaconnectionisestablished.
Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.
Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.
Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.
Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.
Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic
QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.
LastWillandTestamentmessage
TheLastWillTestament(LWT)letsaclientprovideatestamentalongwithitscredentialswhenconnectingtothebroker.Ifthe
clientdisconnectsungracefullyatsomepointlater(maybebecausehispowersourcedied),itcanletthebrokerdeliveramessage
tootherclients.ThisLWTmessagehasthesameformasanordinarymessageandgetsroutedviathesamemechanics.
Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.
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Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.
Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.
Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.
Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic
QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.
MQTTpublication
Usedefaulttopicprex:Selecttousethedefaulttopicprex,thatisdenedinthedevicetopicprexintheMQTTclienttab.
Includetopicname:SelecttoincludethetopicthatdescribestheconditionintheMQTTtopic.
Includetopicnamespaces:SelecttoincludeONVIFtopicnamespacesintheMQTTtopic.
Includeserialnumber:Selecttoincludethedevice’sserialnumberintheMQTTpayload.
Addcondition:Clicktoaddacondition.
Retain:DeneswhichMQTTmessagesaresentasretained.
•None:Sendallmessagesasnon-retained.
•Property:Sendonlystatefulmessagesasretained.
•All:Sendbothstatefulandstatelessmessagesasretained.
QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTpublication.
MQTTsubscriptions
Addsubscription:ClicktoaddanewMQTTsubscription.
Subscriptionlter:EntertheMQTTtopicthatyouwanttosubscribeto.
Usedevicetopicprex:AddthesubscriptionlterasprextotheMQTTtopic.
Subscriptiontype:
•Stateless:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoastatelessmessage.
•Stateful:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoacondition.Thepayloadisusedasthestate.
QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTsubscription.
MQTToverlays
Note
ConnecttoanMQTTbrokerbeforeyouaddMQTToverlaymodiers.
Addoverlaymodier:Clicktoaddanewoverlaymodier.
Topiclter:AddtheMQTTtopicthatcontainsthedatayouwanttoshowintheoverlay.
Dataeld:Specifythekeyforthemessagepayloadthatyouwanttoshowintheoverlay,assumingthemessageisinJSONformat.
Modier:Usetheresultingmodierwhenyoucreatetheoverlay.
•Modiersthatstartwith#XMPshowallofthedatareceivedfromthetopic.
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•Modiersthatstartwith#XMDshowthedataspeciedinthedataeld.
Storage
Networkstorage
Ignore:Turnontoignorenetworkstorage.
Addnetworkstorage:Clicktoaddanetworksharewhereyoucansaverecordings.
•Address:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthehostserver,typicallyaNAS(network-attachedstorage).We
recommendyoutocongurethehosttouseaxedIPaddress(notDHCPsinceadynamicIPaddresscanchange)or
thatyouuseDNS.WindowsSMB/CIFSnamesarenotsupported.
•Networkshare:Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.SeveralAxisdevicescanusethesame
networksharesinceeachdevicegetsitsownfolder.
•User:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,entertheusername.Tologintoaspecicdomainserver,type
DOMAIN\username.
•Password:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,enterthepassword.
•SMBversion:SelecttheSMBstorageprotocolversiontoconnecttotheNAS.IfyouselectAuto,thedevicetries
tonegotiateoneofthesecureversionsSMB:3.02,3.0,or2.1.Select1.0or2.0toconnecttoolderNASthatdon’t
supporthigherversions.YoucanreadmoreaboutSMBsupportinAxisdeviceshere.
•Addsharewithouttesting:Selecttoaddthenetworkshareevenifanerrorisdiscoveredduringtheconnectiontest.
Theerrorcanbe,forexample,thatyoudidn’tenterapasswordeventhoughtheserverrequiresone.
Removenetworkstorage:Clicktounmount,unbind,andremovetheconnectiontothenetworkshare.Thisremovesallsettings
forthenetworkshare.
Unbind:Clicktounbindanddisconnectthenetworkshare.
Bind:Clicktobindandconnectthenetworkshare.
Unmount:Clicktounmountthenetworkshare.
Mount:Clicktomountthenetworkshare.
Writeprotect:Turnontostopwritingtothenetworkshareandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata
write-protectednetworkshare.
Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordings,ortocomplywithregulationsregarding
datastorage.Ifthenetworkstoragebecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodpasses.
Tools
•Testconnection:Testtheconnectiontothenetworkshare.
•Format:Formatthenetworkshare,forexample,whenyouneedtoquicklyerasealldata.CIFSistheavailable
lesystemoption.
Usetool:Clicktoactivatetheselectedtool.
Onboardstorage
Important
Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhilethedeviceisrunning.UnmounttheSD
cardbeforeyouremoveit.
Unmount:ClicktosafelyremovetheSDcard.
Writeprotect:TurnontostopwritingtotheSDcardandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata
write-protectedSDcard.
Autoformat:TurnontoautomaticallyformatanewlyinsertedSDcard.Itformatsthelesystemintoext4.
Ignore:TurnontostopstoringrecordingsontheSDcard.WhenyouignoretheSDcard,thedevicenolongerrecognizesthatthe
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Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordings,ortocomplywithregulationsregarding
datastorage.IftheSDcardbecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodhaspassed.
Tools
•Check:CheckforerrorsontheSDcard.Thisonlyworksfortheext4lesystem.
•Repair:Repairerrorsintheext4lesystem.TorepairanSDcardwiththeVFATlesystem,ejecttheSDcard,insertit
inacomputer,andperformadiskrepair.
•Format:FormattheSDcard,forexample,whenyouneedtochangethelesystemorquicklyerasealldata.VFAT
andext4arethetwoavailablelesystemoptions.Therecommendedformatisext4,duetoitsresilienceagainst
datalossifthecardisejectedorifthereisanabruptpowerloss.However,youneedathird-partyext4driveror
applicationtoaccessthelesystemfromWindows®.
•Encrypt:UsethistooltoformattheSDcardandenableencryption.EncryptdeletesalldatastoredontheSDcard.
AfterusingEncrypt,thedatathat’sstoredontheSDcardisprotectedusingencryption.
•Decrypt:UsethistooltoformattheSDcardwithoutencryption.DecryptdeletesalldatastoredontheSDcard.After
usingDecrypt,thedatathat’sstoredontheSDcardisnotprotectedusingencryption.
•Changepassword:ChangethepasswordrequiredtoencrypttheSDcard.
Usetool:Clicktoactivatetheselectedtool.
Weartrigger:SetavaluefortheSDcardwearlevelatwhichyouwanttotriggeranaction.Thewearlevelrangesfrom0–200%.
AnewSDcardthathasneverbeenusedhasawearlevelof0%.Awearlevelof100%indicatesthattheSDcardiscloseto
itsexpectedlifetime.Whenthewear-levelreaches200%,thereisahighriskoftheSDcardmalfunctioning.Werecommend
settingtheweartriggerbetween80–90%.ThisgivesyoutimetodownloadanyrecordingsaswellasreplacetheSDcardin
timebeforeitpotentiallywearsout.Theweartriggerallowsyoutosetupaneventandgetanoticationwhenthewear
levelreachesyoursetvalue.
Streamproles
Astreamproleisagroupofsettingsthataffectthevideostream.Youcanusestreamprolesindifferentsituations,forexample,
whenyoucreateeventsanduserulestorecord.
Addstreamprole:Clicktocreateanewstreamprole.
Preview:Apreviewofthevideostreamwiththestreamprolesettingsyouselect.Thepreviewupdateswhenyouchangethe
settingsonthepage.Ifyourdevicehasdifferentviewareas,youcanchangetheviewareainthedrop-downinthebottomleft
corneroftheimage.
Name:Addanameforyourprole.
Description:Addadescriptionofyourprole.
Videocodec:Selectthevideocodecthatshouldapplyfortheprole.
Resolution:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Framerate:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Compression:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Zipstream
:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Optimizeforstorage
:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
DynamicFPS
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DynamicGOP:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Mirror
:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
GOPlength
:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Bitratecontrol:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
Includeoverlays:Selectwhattypeofoverlaystoinclude.SeeOverlaysonpage22forinformationabouthowtoaddoverlays.
Includeaudio
:SeeStreamonpage20foradescriptionofthissetting.
ONVIF
ONVIFaccounts
ONVIF(OpenNetworkVideoInterfaceForum)isaglobalinterfacestandardthatmakesiteasierforend-users,integrators,
consultants,andmanufacturerstotakeadvantageofthepossibilitiesofferedbynetworkvideotechnology.ONVIFenables
interoperabilitybetweendifferentvendorproducts,increasedexibility,reducedcostandfuture-proofsystems.
WhenyoucreateanONVIFaccount,youautomaticallyenableONVIFcommunication.Usetheaccountnameandpasswordforall
ONVIFcommunicationwiththedevice.FormoreinformationseetheAxisDeveloperCommunityataxis.com.
Addaccounts:ClicktoaddanewONVIFaccount.
Account:Enterauniqueaccountname.
Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheaccount.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters
(code32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexample,letters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.
Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.
Role:
•Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotheraccounts.
•Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:
-AllSystemsettings.
-Addingapps.
•Mediaaccount:Allowsaccesstothevideostreamonly.
Thecontextmenucontains:
Updateaccount:Edittheaccountproperties.
Deleteaccount:Deletetheaccount.Youcan’tdeletetherootaccount.
ONVIFmediaproles
AnONVIFmediaproleconsistsofasetofcongurationsthatyoucanusetochangemediastreamsettings.Youcancreatenew
proleswithyourownsetofcongurationsorusepreconguredprolesforaquicksetup.
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Addmediaprole:ClicktoaddanewONVIFmediaprole.
Prolename:Addanameforthemediaprole.
Videosource:Selectthevideosourceforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelist.Thecongurationsinthedrop-downlist
correspondtothedevice'svideochannels,includingmultiviews,viewareasandvirtualchannels.
Videoencoder:Selectthevideoencodingformatforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjusttheencodingsettings.The
congurationsinthedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesofthevideoencoderconguration.Selectuser0to15
toapplyyourownsettings,orselectoneofthedefaultusersifyouwanttousepredenedsettingsforaspecic
encodingformat.
Note
Enableaudiointhedevicetogettheoptiontoselectanaudiosourceandaudioencoderconguration.
Audiosource:Selecttheaudioinputsourceforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjusttheaudiosettings.The
congurationsinthedrop-downlistcorrespondtothedevice'saudioinputs.Ifthedevicehasoneaudioinput,it's
user0.Ifthedevicehasseveralaudioinputs,therewillbeadditionalusersinthelist.
Audioencoder
:Selecttheaudioencodingformatforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjusttheaudioencodingsettings.The
congurationsinthedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesoftheaudioencoderconguration.
Audiodecoder
:Selecttheaudiodecodingformatforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjustthesettings.Thecongurationsin
thedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesoftheconguration.
Audiooutput
:Selecttheaudiooutputformatforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjustthesettings.Thecongurationsin
thedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesoftheconguration.
Metadata:Selectthemetadatatoincludeinyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjustthemetadatasettings.The
congurationsinthedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesofthemetadataconguration.
PTZ
:SelectthePTZsettingsforyourconguration.
•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjustthePTZsettings.Thecongurations
inthedrop-downlistcorrespondtothedevice'svideochannelswithPTZsupport.
Create:Clicktosaveyoursettingsandcreatetheprole.
Cancel:Clicktocancelthecongurationandclearallsettings.
prole_x:Clickontheprolenametoopenandeditthepreconguredprole.
Analyticsmetadata
Metadataproducers
Liststheappsthatstreammetadataandthechannelstheyuse.
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Producer:Theappthatproducesthemetadata.Belowtheappisalistofthetypesofmetadatatheappstreamsfromthedevice.
Channel:Thechannelthattheappuses.Selecttoenablethemetadatastream.Deselectforcompatibilityorresource
managementreasons.
Detectors
Cameratampering
Thecameratamperingdetectorgeneratesanalarmwhenthescenechanges,forexample,whenthelensiscovered,sprayed
orseverelyputoutoffocus,andthetimeinTriggerdelayhaspassed.Thetamperingdetectoronlyactivateswhenthecamera
hasnotmovedforatleast10seconds.Duringthisperiod,thedetectorsetsupascenemodeltouseasacomparisontodetect
tamperingincurrentimages.Forthescenemodeltobesetupproperly,makesurethatthecameraisinfocus,thelighting
conditionsarecorrect,andthecameradoesn’tpointatascenethatlackscontours,forexample,ablankwall.Cameratampering
canbeusedasaconditiontotriggeractions.
Triggerdelay:Entertheminimumtimethatthetamperingconditionsmustbeactivebeforethealarmtriggers.Thiscanhelp
preventfalsealarmsforknownconditionsthataffecttheimage.
Triggerondarkimages:Itisverydifculttogeneratealarmswhenthecameralensissprayed,sinceitisimpossibletodistinguish
thateventfromothersituationswheretheimageturnsdarkinasimilarway,forexample,whenthelightingconditionschange.
Turnonthisparametertogeneratealarmsforallcaseswheretheimageturnsdark.Whenit’sturnedoff,thedevicedoesn’t
generateanyalarmwhentheimageturnsdark.
Note
Fordetectionoftamperingattemptsinstaticandnon-crowdedscenes.
Logs
Reportsandlogs
Reports
•Viewthedeviceserverreport:Viewinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccessLogis
automaticallyincludedintheServerReport.
•Downloadthedeviceserverreport:Itcreatesa.ziplethatcontainsacompleteserverreporttextleinUTF–8
format,aswellasasnapshotofthecurrentliveviewimage.Alwaysincludetheserverreport.ziplewhenyou
contactsupport.
•Downloadthecrashreport:Downloadanarchivewithdetailedinformationabouttheserver'sstatus.Thecrashreport
containsinformationthatisintheserverreportaswellasdetaileddebuginformation.Thisreportmightcontain
sensitiveinformationsuchasnetworktraces.Itcantakeseveralminutestogeneratethereport.
Logs
•Viewthesystemlog:Clicktoshowinformationaboutsystemeventssuchasdevicestartup,warnings,andcritical
messages.
•Viewtheaccesslog:Clicktoshowallfailedattemptstoaccessthedevice,forexample,whenawronglogin
passwordisused.
Networktrace
Important
Anetworktracelemightcontainsensitiveinformation,forexamplecerticatesorpasswords.
Anetworktracelecanhelpyoutroubleshootproblemsbyrecordingactivityonthenetwork.
Tracetime:Selectthedurationofthetraceinsecondsorminutes,andclickDownload.
Remotesystemlog
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Syslogisastandardformessagelogging.Itallowsseparationofthesoftwarethatgeneratesmessages,thesystemthatstoresthem,
andthesoftwarethatreportsandanalyzesthem.Eachmessageislabeledwithafacilitycode,whichindicatesthesoftware
typegeneratingthemessage,andassignedaseveritylevel.
Server:Clicktoaddanewserver.
Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserver.
Format:Selectwhichsyslogmessageformattouse.
•Axis
•RFC3164
•RFC5424
Protocol:Selecttheprotocoltouse:
•UDP(Defaultportis514)
•TCP(Defaultportis601)
•TLS(Defaultportis6514)
Port:Edittheportnumbertouseadifferentport.
Severity:Selectwhichmessagestosendwhentriggered.
CAcerticateset:Seethecurrentsettingsoraddacerticate.
Plaincong
PlaincongisforadvanceduserswithexperienceofAxisdeviceconguration.Mostparameterscanbesetandeditedfrom
thispage.
Maintenance
Restart:Restartthedevice.Thisdoesnotaffectanyofthecurrentsettings.Runningapplicationsrestartautomatically.
Restore:Returnmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Afterwardsyoumustrecongurethedeviceandapps,reinstallany
appsthatdidn’tcomepreinstalled,andrecreateanyeventsandpresets.
Important
Theonlysettingssavedafterrestoreare:
•Bootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)
•StaticIPaddress
•Defaultrouter
•Subnetmask
•802.1Xsettings
•O3Csettings
•DNSserverIPaddress
Factorydefault:Returnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.AfterwardsyoumustresettheIPaddresstomakethedevice
accessible.
Note
AllAxisdevicesoftwareisdigitallysignedtoensurethatyouonlyinstallveriedsoftwareonyourdevice.Thisfurther
increasestheoverallminimumcybersecuritylevelofAxisdevices.Formoreinformation,seethewhitepaper“Axis
EdgeVault”ataxis.com.
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AXISOSupgrade:UpgradetoanewAXISOSversion.Newreleasescancontainimprovedfunctionality,bugxes,andcompletely
newfeatures.WerecommendyoutoalwaysusethelatestAXISOSrelease.Todownloadthelatestrelease,gotoaxis.com/support.
Whenyouupgrade,youcanchoosebetweenthreeoptions:
•Standardupgrade:UpgradetothenewAXISOSversion.
•Factorydefault:Upgradeandreturnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Whenyouchoosethisoption,youcan’t
reverttothepreviousAXISOSversionaftertheupgrade.
•Autorollback:Upgradeandconrmtheupgradewithinthesettime.Ifyoudon’tconrm,thedevicerevertstothe
previousAXISOSversion.
AXISOSrollback:ReverttothepreviouslyinstalledAXISOSversion.
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Long-distanceconnections
Thisproductsupportsber-opticcableinstallationsthroughamediaconverter.Fiber-opticcableinstallationsofferanumber
ofbenetssuchas:
•Long-distanceconnection
•Highspeed
•Longlifetime
•Largecapacityofdatatransmission
•Electromagneticinterferenceimmunity
Findoutmoreaboutber-opticcableinstallationsinthewhitepaper“Longdistancesurveillance-Fiber-opticcommunicationin
networkvideo”ataxis.com/learning/white-papers.
ForinformationabouthowtoinstallthemediaconverterseetheInstallationGuideforthisproduct.
Viewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Privacymasks
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)tohidetheprivacymasks.
Important
Ifyouusemultipleprivacymasksitmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Youcancreateseveralprivacymasks.Eachmaskcanhave3to10anchorpoints.
Note
Privacymasksmayappearwarpedinsomeviewmodes.
Overlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.Youcanaddeithertextoranimage.
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Streamingandstorage
Videocompressionformats
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEG,orMJPEG,isadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtoolderMPEGformats.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEVC
H.265can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan25%comparedtoH.264.
Note
•H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
•Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.
HowdoImage,Stream,andStreamprolesettingsrelatetoeachother?
TheImagetabcontainscamerasettingsthataffectallvideostreamsfromtheproduct.Ifyouchangesomethinginthistab,it
immediatelyaffectsallvideostreamsandrecordings.
TheStreamtabcontainssettingsforvideostreams.Yougetthesesettingsifyourequestavideostreamfromtheproductanddon’t
specifyforexampleresolution,orframerate.WhenyouchangethesettingsintheStreamtab,itdoesn’taffectongoingstreams,but
itwilltakeeffectwhenyoustartanewstream.
TheStreamprolessettingsoverridethesettingsfromtheStreamtab.Ifyourequestastreamwithaspecicstreamprole,the
streamcontainsthesettingsofthatprole.Ifyourequestastreamwithoutspecifyingastreamprole,orrequestastreamprole
thatdoesn'texistintheproduct,thestreamcontainsthesettingsfromtheStreamtab.
Bitratecontrol
Bitratecontrolhelpsyoutomanagethebandwidthconsumptionofyourvideostream.
Variablebitrate(VBR)
Variablebitrateallowsthebandwidthconsumptiontovarydependingonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Themoreactivity,
themorebandwidthyouneed.Withvariablebitrateyouareguaranteedconstantimagequality,butyouneedtomakesure
youhavestoragemargins.
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Maximumbitrate(MBR)
Maximumbitrateletsyousetatargetbitratetohandlebitratelimitationsinyoursystem.Youmightseeadeclineinimagequalityor
framerateastheinstantaneousbitrateiskeptbelowthespeciedtargetbitrate.Youcanchoosetoprioritizeeitherimagequality
orframerate.Werecommendthatyoucongurethetargetbitratetoahighervaluethantheexpectedbitrate.Thisgivesyoua
marginincasethereisahighlevelofactivityinthescene.
1
Targetbitrate
Averagebitrate(ABR)
Withaveragebitrate,thebitrateisautomaticallyadjustedoveralongerperiodoftime.Thisissoyoucanmeetthespeciedtarget
andprovidethebestvideoqualitybasedonyouravailablestorage.Bitrateishigherinsceneswithalotofactivity,comparedtostatic
scenes.Youaremorelikelytogetbetterimagequalitywheninsceneswithalotofactivityifyouusetheaveragebitrateoption.You
candenethetotalstoragerequiredtostorethevideostreamforaspeciedamountoftime(retentiontime)whenimagequalityis
adjustedtomeetthespeciedtargetbitrate.Specifytheaveragebitratesettingsinoneofthefollowingways:
•Tocalculatetheestimatedstorageneed,setthetargetbitrateandtheretentiontime.
•Tocalculatetheaveragebitrate,basedonavailablestorageandrequiredretentiontime,usethetargetbitratecalculator.
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kbit/s
s
1
2
1
Targetbitrate
2
Actualaveragebitrate
Youcanalsoturnonmaximumbitrateandspecifyatargetbitratewithintheaveragebitrateoption.
kbit/s
s
1
2
1
Targetbitrate
2
Actualaveragebitrate
Cybersecurity
AxisEdgeVault
AxisEdgeVaultprovidesahardware-basedcybersecurityplatformthatsafeguardstheAxisdevice.Itoffersfeaturestoguaranteethe
device’sidentityandintegrityandtoprotectyoursensitiveinformationfromunauthorizedaccess.Itbuildsonastrongfoundationof
cryptographiccomputingmodules(secureelementandTPM)andSoCsecurity(TEEandsecureboot),combinedwithexpertisein
edgedevicesecurity.
SignedOS
SignedOSisimplementedbythesoftwarevendorsigningtheAXISOSimagewithaprivatekey.Whenthesignatureisattached
totheoperatingsystem,thedevicewillvalidatethesoftwarebeforeinstallingit.Ifthedevicedetectsthattheintegrityofthe
softwareiscompromised,theAXISOSupgradewillberejected.
Secureboot
Securebootisabootprocessthatconsistsofanunbrokenchainofcryptographicallyvalidatedsoftware,startinginimmutable
memory(bootROM).BeingbasedontheuseofsignedOS,securebootensuresthatadevicecanbootonlywithauthorizedsoftware.
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Securekeystore
Atamper-protectedenvironmentfortheprotectionofprivatekeysandsecureexecutionofcryptographicoperations.Itprevents
unauthorizedaccessandmaliciousextractionintheeventofasecuritybreach.Dependingonsecurityrequirements,anAxisdevice
canhaveeitheroneormultiplehardware-basedcryptographiccomputingmodules,whichprovideahardware-protectedsecure
keystore.Dependingonsecurityrequirements,anAxisdevicecanhaveeitheroneormultiplehardware-basedcryptographic
computingmodules,likeaTPM2.0(TrustedPlatformModule)orasecureelement,and/oraTEE(TrustedExecutionEnvironment),
whichprovideahardware-protectedsecurekeystore.Furthermore,selectedAxisproductsfeatureaFIPS140-2Level2-certied
securekeystore.
AxisdeviceID
Beingabletoverifytheoriginofthedeviceiskeytoestablishingtrustinthedeviceidentity.Duringproduction,deviceswith
AxisEdgeVaultareassignedaunique,factory-provisioned,andIEEE802.1AR-compliantAxisdeviceIDcerticate.Thisworks
likeapassporttoprovetheoriginofthedevice.ThedeviceIDissecurelyandpermanentlystoredinthesecurekeystoreasa
certicatesignedbyAxisrootcerticate.ThedeviceIDcanbeleveragedbythecustomer’sITinfrastructureforautomatedsecure
deviceonboardingandsecuredeviceidentication
Signedvideo
Signedvideoensuresthatvideoevidencecanbeveriedasuntamperedwithoutprovingthechainofcustodyofthevideole.Each
camerausesitsuniquevideosigningkey,whichissecurelystoredinthesecurekeystore,toaddasignatureintothevideostream.
Whenthevideoisplayed,theleplayershowswhetherthevideoisintact.Signedvideomakesitpossibletotracethevideobackto
thecameraoriginandveriesthatthevideohasnotbeentamperedwithafteritleftthecamera.
Encryptedlesystem
Thesecurekeystorepreventsthemaliciousexltrationofinformationandpreventscongurationtamperingbyenforcingstrong
encryptionuponthelesystem.Thisensuresnodatastoredinthelesystemcanbeextractedortamperedwithwhenthedeviceis
notinuse,unauthenticatedaccesstothedeviceisachievedand/ortheAxisdeviceisstolen.Duringthesecurebootprocess,the
read-writelesystemisdecryptedandcanbemountedandusedbytheAxisdevice.
TolearnmoreaboutthecybersecurityfeaturesinAxisdevices,gotoaxis.com/learning/white-papersandsearchforcybersecurity.
Axissecuritynoticationservice
AxisprovidesanoticationservicewithinformationaboutvulnerabilityandothersecurityrelatedmattersforAxisdevices.Toreceive
notications,youcansubscribeataxis.com/security-notication-service.
Vulnerabilitymanagement
Tominimizecustomers'riskofexposure,Axis,asaCommonVulnerabilityandExposures(CVE)numberingauthority(CNA),follows
industrystandardstomanageandrespondtodiscoveredvulnerabilitiesinourdevices,software,andservices.Formoreinformation
aboutAxisvulnerabilitymanagementpolicy,howtoreportvulnerabilities,alreadydisclosedvulnerabilities,andcorresponding
securityadvisories,seeaxis.com/vulnerability-management.
SecureoperationofAxisdevices
Axisdeviceswithfactorydefaultsettingsarepre-conguredwithsecuredefaultprotectionmechanisms.Werecommendusingmore
securitycongurationwheninstallingthedevice.TondoutmoreaboutAxishardeningguidesandothercybersecurityrelated
documentation,gotoaxis.com/support/cybersecurity/resources.
Applications
Withapplications,youcangetmoreoutofyourAxisdevice.AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthat
makesitpossibleforthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplicationsforAxisdevices.Applicationscanbepreinstalledonthe
device,availablefordownloadforfree,orforalicensefee.
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotohelp.axis.com.
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•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
AXISObjectAnalytics
AXISObjectAnalyticsisananalyticapplicationthatcomespreinstalledonthecamera.Itdetectsobjectsthatmoveinthesceneand
classiesthemas,forexample,humansorvehicles.Youcansetuptheapplicationtosendalarmsfordifferenttypesofobjects.To
ndoutmoreabouthowtheapplicationworks,seeAXISObjectAnalyticsusermanual.
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Specifications
Productoverview
Sensorunit
1
Nut
2
Sensorunit
3
Micro-USBport
4
RJ12connector
5
Sensorunitcable
6
Micro-USBconnector
Mainunit
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RJ12connector
2
Controlbutton
3
StatusLED
4
SDcardslot(microSD)
5
Networkconnector(PoE)
LEDindicators
Note
•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.
StatusLED
Indication
Unlit
Connectionandnormaloperation.
GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.
Amber
Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringdevicesoftwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.
Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.
RedDevicesoftwareupgradefailure.
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SDcardslot
NO NO
NO
TICE TICE
TICE
•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Don’tusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingtheSDcard.
Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.
•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.UnmounttheSDcardfromthedevice’swebinterfacebeforeremovingit.
Don’tremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.
ThisdevicesupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.
ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com.
microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare
trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.
Buttons
Controlbutton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage56.
•Connectingtoaone-clickcloudconnection(O3C)serviceovertheinternet.Toconnect,pressandholdthebutton
forabout3secondsuntilthestatusLEDashesgreen.
Connectors
Networkconnector
RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).
RJ12connector
TheRJ12connectorisusedforconnectingthesensorunitcabletothemainunit.
Formoreinformationaboutconnectingthesensorunitcable,seeConnectsensorunitsonpage3.
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Cleaningrecommendations
NO NO
NO
TICE TICE
TICE
Neveruseharshdetergent,forexamplegasoline,benzene,oracetone.
1.Useacanofcompressedairtoremoveanydustorloosedirtfromthedevice.
2.Ifnecessary,cleanthelenswithasoftclothdampenedwithlukewarmwater.
Note
Avoidcleaningindirectsunlightoratelevatedtemperatures,asthismaycausestainswhenthewaterdropletsdry.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Resettofactorydefaultsettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage52.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthedevice.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support.
Youcanalsoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthedevice’swebinterface.GotoMaintenance>Factorydefaultand
clickDefault.
AXISOSoptions
Axisoffersdevicesoftwaremanagementaccordingtoeithertheactivetrackorthelong-termsupport(LTS)tracks.Beingonthe
activetrackmeanscontinuouslygettingaccesstoallthelatestproductfeatures,whiletheLTStracksprovideaxedplatformwith
periodicreleasesfocusedmainlyonbugxesandsecurityupdates.
UsingAXISOSfromtheactivetrackisrecommendedifyouwanttoaccessthenewestfeatures,orifyouuseAxisend-to-endsystem
offerings.TheLTStracksarerecommendedifyouusethird-partyintegrations,whicharenotcontinuouslyvalidatedagainstthelatest
activetrack.WithLTS,theproductscanmaintaincybersecuritywithoutintroducinganysignicantfunctionalchangesoraffecting
anyexistingintegrations.FormoredetailedinformationaboutAxisdevicesoftwarestrategy,gotoaxis.com/support/device-software.
CheckthecurrentAXISOSversion
AXISOSdeterminesthefunctionalityofourdevices.Whenyoutroubleshootaproblem,werecommendthatyoutostartbychecking
thecurrentAXISOSversion.Thelatestversionmightcontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticularproblem.
TocheckthecurrentAXISOSversion:
1.Gotothedevice’swebinterface>Status.
2.UnderDeviceinfo,seetheAXISOSversion.
UpgradeAXISOS
Important
•Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenyouupgradethedevicesoftware(providedthatthefeaturesare
availableinthenewAXISOS)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
•Makesurethedeviceremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
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Note
WhenyouupgradethedevicewiththelatestAXISOSversionintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeyouupgrade.To
ndthelatestAXISOSversionandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/device-software.
1.DownloadtheAXISOSletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/device-software.
2.Logintothedeviceasanadministrator.
3.GotoMaintenance>AXISOSupgradeandclickUpgrade.
Whentheupgradehasnished,theproductrestartsautomatically.
YoucanuseAXISDeviceManagertoupgrademultipledevicesatthesametime.Findoutmoreat
axis.com/products/axis-device-manager.
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.
ProblemsupgradingAXISOS
AXISOSupgradefailure
Iftheupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousversion.Themostcommonreasonisthatthe
wrongAXISOSlehasbeenuploaded.CheckthatthenameoftheAXISOSlecorrespondsto
yourdeviceandtryagain.
ProblemsafterAXISOS
upgrade
Ifyouexperienceproblemsaftertheupgrade,rollbacktothepreviouslyinstalledversionfrom
theMaintenancepage.
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
Thedeviceislocatedona
differentsubnet
IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.
TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice
DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,
typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.
PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.
Thedevicecan’tbeaccessedfromabrowser
Can’tlogin
WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortherootaccountislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage56.
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TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSystem>Dateandtime.
Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendyoutouseoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows
®
:
•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.
•AXISCameraStation5:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
•AXISCameraStationPro:90-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.
Problemswithstreaming
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,orifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsbetween
theclientandthedevice.YoumightneedtoincreasetheTTL(TimeToLive)value.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallthatpreventsviewing.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardusesthelatestdriver.Youcanusuallydownloadthelatestdrivers
fromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage59.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)
oftheAxisdevice.
Can'tselectH.265encoding
inliveview
Webbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication
thatsupportsH.265decoding.
Problemsretrievingadditionalvideostreams
•‘VideoError’displayedinAXISCompanion,or
•‘Stream:Error.Somethingwentwrong.Maybetherearetoomanyviewers.’inChrome/Firefox,or
•‘503serviceunavailable’errorinQuickTime,or
•‘Cameranotavailable’displayedinAXISCameraStation,or
•‘Errorreadingvideostream’messageinbrowserwhenusingtheJavaapplet
Thiscameraisdesignedtodeliveruptofourdifferentstreams.Ifafthuniquestreamisrequested,thecameracan’tprovideit,and
anerrormessageisdisplayed.Theerrormessagedependsonthewaythestreamisrequested.Thestreamsareusedonarstcome,
rstservedbasis.Examplesofinstancesthatuseastreamare:
•Liveviewinginawebbrowserorotherapplication
•Whilerecording-continuousormotiontriggeredrecording
•Aneventthatusesimagesonthecamera,forexampleaneventthatsendsane-mailwithanimageeveryhour
•Aninstalledandrunningapplication,suchasAXISVideoMotionDetection,willalwaysconsumeavideostream,whether
itisusedornot.Astoppedapplicationdoesnotconsumeavideostream.
Thecameracandelivermorethanfoursimultaneousstreamsprovidedthecongurationofanyadditionalstreamisidenticaltoany
oftherstfourstreams.Identicalcongurationimpliesexactlythesameresolution,framerate,compression,videoformat,rotation
etc.Formoreinformationseethewhitepaper“Maxnumberofuniquevideostreamcongurations”,availableataxis.com.
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Can’tconnectoverport8883withMQTToverSSL
Therewallblockstrafc
usingport8883asit’s
deemedinsecure.
Insomecasestheserver/brokermightnotprovideaspecicportforMQTTcommunication.Itmay
stillbepossibletouseMQTToveraportnormallyusedforHTTP/HTTPStrafc.
•Iftheserver/brokersupportsWebSocket/WebSocketSecure(WS/WSS),typicallyon
port443,usethisprotocolinstead.Checkwiththeserver/brokerprovidertoseeif
WS/WSSissupportedandwhichportandbasepathtouse.
•Iftheserver/brokersupportsALPN,theuseofMQTTcanbenegotiatedoveranopen
port,suchas443.Checkwithyourserver/brokerprovidertoseeifALPNissupported
andwhichALPNprotocolandporttouse.
Problemswiththeimage
Imagedegradationorimage
loss
Checkthedevicesserverreportforthenumberoftimesyouhavelostthelinktothesensorunit.
Checkthattheconnectorcablebetweenthesensorunitandthemainunitistight.
Changetoanewsensorunitcable.
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
•RotatingtheimageintheGUIcanincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.265clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.265videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
Contactsupport
Ifyouneedmorehelp,gotoaxis.com/support.
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