Axis 0812-003 M1045-LW 2MP Indoor Wireless Cube Camera User Manual

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

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AboutthisDocument

ThismanualisintendedforadministratorsandusersofAXISM1045-LW

NetworkCamera,andisapplicabletormware6.15andlater.It

includesinstructionsforusingandmanagingtheproductonyour

network.Previousexperienceofnetworkingwillbeofusewhenusing

thisproduct.SomeknowledgeofUNIXorLinux-basedsystemsmay

alsobeusefulwhendevelopingshellscriptsandapplications.Later

versionsofthisdocumentwillbepostedatwww.axis.com.Seealsothe

product’sonlinehelp,availablethroughtheweb-basedinterface.

LegalConsiderations

Videosurveillancecanberegulatedbylawsthatvaryfromcountryto

country.Checkthelawsinyourlocalregionbeforeusingthisproduct

forsurveillancepurposes.

Thisproductincludesone(1)H.264decoderlicense.Topurchase

furtherlicenses,contactyourreseller.

Liability

Everycarehasbeentakeninthepreparationofthisdocument.Please

informyourlocalAxisofceofanyinaccuraciesoromissions.Axis

CommunicationsABcannotbeheldresponsibleforanytechnicalor

typographicalerrorsandreservestherighttomakechangestothe

productandmanualswithoutpriornotice.AxisCommunicationsAB

makesnowarrantyofanykindwithregardtothematerialcontained

withinthisdocument,including,butnotlimitedto,theimplied

warrantiesofmerchantabilityandtnessforaparticularpurpose.Axis

CommunicationsABshallnotbeliablenorresponsibleforincidentalor

consequentialdamagesinconnectionwiththefurnishing,performance

oruseofthismaterial.Thisproductisonlytobeusedforitsintended

purpose.

IntellectualPropertyRights

AxisABhasintellectualpropertyrightsrelatingtotechnologyembodied

intheproductdescribedinthisdocument.Inparticular,andwithout

limitation,theseintellectualpropertyrightsmayincludeoneormore

ofthepatentslistedatwww.axis.com/patent.htmandoneormore

additionalpatentsorpendingpatentapplicationsintheUSandother

countries.

Thisproductcontainslicensedthird-partysoftware.Seethemenuitem

“About”intheproduct’suserinterfaceformoreinformation.

ThisproductcontainssourcecodecopyrightAppleComputer,

Inc.,underthetermsofApplePublicSourceLicense2.0(see

www.opensource.apple.com/apsl).Thesourcecodeisavailablefrom

https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/

EquipmentModications

Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledandusedinstrictaccordancewiththe

instructionsgivenintheuserdocumentation.Thisequipmentcontains

nouser-serviceablecomponents.Unauthorizedequipmentchangesor

modicationswillinvalidateallapplicableregulatorycertications

andapprovals.

TrademarkAcknowledgments

AXISCOMMUNICATIONS,AXIS,ETRAX,ARTPECandVAPIXare

registeredtrademarksortrademarkapplicationsofAxisABinvarious

jurisdictions.Allothercompanynamesandproductsaretrademarksor

registeredtrademarksoftheirrespectivecompanies.

Apple,Boa,Apache,Bonjour,Ethernet,InternetExplorer,Linux,

Microsoft,Mozilla,Real,SMPTE,QuickTime,UNIX,Windows,Windows

VistaandWWWareregisteredtrademarksoftherespectiveholders.

JavaandallJava-basedtrademarksandlogosaretrademarksor

registeredtrademarksofOracleand/oritsafliates.UPnP

isa

certicationmarkoftheUPnP

ImplementersCorporation.

SD,SDHCandSDXCaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,

LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.Also,miniSD,microSD,

miniSDHC,microSDHC,microSDXCarealltrademarksorregistered

trademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

WPA,WPA2andWi-FiProtectedSetuparemarksoftheWi-FiAlliance.

RegulatoryInformation

Europe

Thisproductisintendedforindooruseonly.

ThisproductcomplieswiththeapplicableCEmarkingdirectivesand

harmonizedstandards:

•ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)Directive2014/30/EU.See

ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)onpage2.

•RadioandTelecommunicationsTerminalEquipment(R&TTE)

Directive1999/5/EC.SeeRadioTransmissiononpage2.

•LowVoltage(LVD)Directive2014/35/EU.SeeSafetyonpage3.

•RestrictionsofHazardousSubstances(RoHS)Directive2011/65/EU.

SeeDisposalandRecyclingonpage4.

Acopyoftheoriginaldeclarationofconformitymaybeobtainedfrom

AxisCommunicationsAB.SeeContactInformationonpage4.

ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)

Thisequipmenthasbeendesignedandtestedtofulllapplicable

standardsfor:

•Radiofrequencyemissionwheninstalledaccordingtothe

instructionsandusedinitsintendedenvironment.

•Immunitytoelectricalandelectromagneticphenomenawhen

installedaccordingtotheinstructionsandusedinitsintended

environment.

USA

Thisequipmenthasbeentestedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)

andfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,

pursuanttopart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesigned

toprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceina

residentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiate

radiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordance

withtheinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradio

communications.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterference

willnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoes

causeharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,which

canbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuseris

encouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthe

followingmeasures:

•Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

•Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfrom

thattowhichthereceiverisconnected.

•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

Theproductshallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)

thatisproperlygrounded.

Canada

ThisdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCANICES-3(ClassB).Theproduct

shallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatis

properlygrounded.Cetappareilnumériqueestconformeàlanorme

CANNMB-3(classeB).Leproduitdoitêtreconnectéàl'aided'uncâble

réseaublindé(STP)quiestcorrectementmisàlaterre.

Europe

ThisdigitalequipmentfulllstherequirementsforRFemission

accordingtotheClassBlimitofEN55032.Theproductshallbe

connectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatisproperly

grounded.

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforimmunityaccording

toEN61000-6-1residential,commercialandlight-industrial

environments.

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforimmunityaccordingto

EN61000-6-2industrialenvironments.

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforimmunityaccordingto

EN55024ofceandcommercialenvironments.

Korea

이기기는가정용(B급)전자파적합기기로서주로가정에

서사용하는것을목적으로하며,모든지역에서사용할수

있습니다.적절히접지된STP(shieldedtwistedpair)케이

블을사용하여제품을연결하십시오.

RadioTransmission

Thisequipmentmaygenerateoruseradiofrequencyenergy.Theuser

couldlosetheauthoritytooperatethisequipmentifanunauthorized

changeormodicationismade.

USA

ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubject

tothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmful

interference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,

includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesirableoperation.

ThisproductcomplieswithFCCradiationexposurelimitsforan

uncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshallbeinstalledand

operatedwithaminimumdistanceof20cm(7.9in)betweentheuser

andthedevice.

Canada

ThisdevicecomplieswithIndustryCanadalicence-exemptRSS

standard(s).Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)

thisdevicemaynotcauseinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustaccept

anyinterference,includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesired

operationofthedevice.

ThisproductcomplieswithICradiationexposurelimitsforan

uncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshallbeinstalledand

operatedwithaminimumdistanceof20cm(7.9in)betweenthe

userandthedevice.Thisdeviceforoperationinthefrequencyband

5150–5250MHzisonlyforindoorusetoreducethepotentialfor

harmfulinterferencetoco-channelmobilesatellitesystems.

LeprésentappareilestconformeauxCNRd'IndustrieCanada

applicablesauxappareilsradioexemptsdelicence.L'exploitationest

autoriséeauxdeuxconditionssuivantes:(1)l'appareilnedoitpas

produiredebrouillage,et(2)l'utilisateurdel'appareildoitacceptertout

brouillageradioélectriquesubi,mêmesilebrouillageestsusceptible

d'encompromettrelefonctionnement.

Ceproduitestconformeauxlimitesd'expositionauxradiationsICpour

unenvironnementnoncontrôlé.L’équipementdoitêtreinstalléet

fonctionnéàunedistanceminimumde20cm(7,9po)entrel’utilisateur

etledispositif.Danslabandedefréquencesde5150à5250MHz,

cetappareildoituniquementêtreutiliséàl’intérieuranderéduirele

risquedebrouillagepréjudiciabledesystèmesdeservicemobilepar

satellitesetrouvantdanslemêmecanal.

Europe

Hereby,AxisCommunicationsABdeclaresthatthisproductisin

compliancewiththeessentialrequirementsandotherrelevant

provisionsofDirective1999/5/EC.

ParlaprésenteAxisCommunicationsABdéclarequel’appareil

ceproduitestconformeauxexigencesessentiellesetauxautres

dispositionspertinentesdeladirective1999/5/CE.

HiermiterklärtAxisCommunicationsAB,dasssichdiesesProduktin

ÜbereinstimmungmitdengrundlegendenAnforderungenundden

anderenrelevantenVorschriftenderRichtlinie1999/5/EGbendet.

ConlapresenteAxisCommunicationsABdichiarachequestoprodotto

èconformeairequisitiessenzialiedallealtredisposizionipertinenti

stabilitedalladirettiva1999/5/CE.

PormediodelapresenteAxisCommunicationsABdeclaraqueeleste

productocumpleconlosrequisitosesencialesycualesquieraotras

disposicionesaplicablesoexigiblesdelaDirectiva1999/5/CE.

AxisCommunicationsABvakuuttaatätenettätämätuotetyyppinen

laiteondirektiivin1999/5/EYoleellistenvaatimustenjasitäkoskevien

direktiivinmuidenehtojenmukainen.

HierbijverklaartAxisCommunicationsABdathettoestelin

overeenstemmingismetdeessentiëleeisenendeandererelevante

bepalingenvanrichtlijn1999/5/EG.

HärmedintygarAxisCommunicationsABattdennaproduktstår

iöverensstämmelsemeddeväsentligaegenskapskravochövriga

relevantabestämmelsersomframgåravdirektiv1999/5/EG.

UndertegnedeAxisCommunicationsABerklærerherved,atfølgende

udstyroverholderdevæsentligekravogøvrigerelevantekravidirektiv

1999/5/EF.

AxisCommunicationsABdeclaraqueesteprodutoestáconformecom

osrequisitosessenciaiseoutrasdisposiçõesdaDirectiva1999/5/CE.

ΜΕΤΗΝΠΑΡΟΥΣΑAxisCommunicationsABΔΗΛΩΝΕΙΟΤΙ

αυτότοπροϊόνΣΥΜΜΟΡΦΩΝΕΤΑΙΠΡΟΣΤΙΣΟΥΣΙΩΔΕΙΣ

ΑΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΙΣΚΑΙΤΙΣΛΟΙΠΕΣΣΧΕΤΙΚΕΣΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΙΣΤΗΣ

ΟΔΗΓΙΑΣ1999/5/EK.

Thisequipmentcanbeusedinthefollowingcountries:

AT,BE,BG,CH,CY,CZ,DE,DK,EE,EL,ES,FI,FR,HR,HU,IE,IS,IT,LI,LT,

LU,LV,MT,NL,NO,PL,PT,RO,SE,SI,SK,TR,UK

Australia/NewZealand

ThisdigitalequipmentfulllstherequirementsoftheRadio

CommunicationsStandardAS/NZS4268.

Taiwan

【低功率警語】(主要針對BT/WIFI)BT/Wi-FiStatement第⼗⼆條

經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機，⾮經許可，公司、商號或

使⽤者均不得擅⾃變更頻率、加⼤功率或變更原設計之特性及

功能。第⼗四條低功率射頻電機之使⽤不得影響⾶航安全及

⼲擾合法通信；經發現有⼲擾現象時，應⽴即停⽤，並改善⾄

無⼲擾時⽅得繼續使⽤。前項合法通信，指依電信法規定作

業之無線電通信。低功率射頻電機須忍受合法通信或⼯業、科

學及醫療⽤電波輻射性電機設備之⼲擾。

Japan

本製品は、特定無線設備の技術基準適合証明を受けてい

ます。

Brazil

EsteprodutoestáhomologadopelaANATEL,deacordocomos

procedimentosregulamentadospelaResolução242/2000eatende

aosrequisitostécnicosaplicados.

Esteequipamentooperaemcarátersecundário,istoé,nãotemdireito

aproteçãocontrainterferênciaprejudicial,mesmodeestaçõesdo

mesmotipo,enãopodecausarinterferênciaasistemasoperandoem

caráterprimário.

Paramaioresinformações,consulteositedaANATELwww.anatel.gov.br

Mexico

Laoperacióndeesteequipoestásujetaalassiguientesdoscondiciones:

1.Esposiblequeesteequipoodispositivonocauseinterferencia

perjudicial.

2.Esteequipoodispositivodebeaceptarcualquierinterferencia.

Incluyendolaquepuedacausarsuoperaciónnodeseada.

Safety

ThisproductcomplieswithIEC/EN/UL60950-1,SafetyofInformation

TechnologyEquipment.

Ifitsconnectingcablesareroutedoutdoors,theproductshallbe

groundedeitherthroughashieldednetworkcable(STP)orother

appropriatemethod.

Thepowersupplyusedwiththisproductshallfullltherequirements

forSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)andLimitedPowerSource(LPS)

accordingtoIEC/EN/UL60950-1.

PhotobiologicalSafety

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforphotobiologicalsafety

accordingtoIEC/EN62471(riskgroup1).

Battery

TheAxisproductusesa3.0VBR1632lithiumbatteryasthepower

supplyforitsinternalreal-timeclock(RTC).Undernormalconditions

thisbatterywilllastforaminimumofveyears.

LowbatterypoweraffectstheoperationoftheRTC,causingittoreset

ateverypower-up.Whenthebatteryneedsreplacing,alogmessage

willappearintheproduct’sserverreport.Formoreinformationabout

theserverreport,seetheproduct´ssetuppagesorcontactAxissupport.

Thebatteryshouldnotbereplacedunlessrequired,butifthebattery

doesneedreplacing,contactAxissupportatwww.axis.com/techsupfor

assistance.

Lithiumcoincell3.0Vbatteriescontain1,2-dimethoxyethane;ethylene

glycoldimethylether(EGDME),CASno.110-71-4.

WARNING

•Riskofexplosionifthebatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

•Replaceonlywithanidenticalbatteryorabatterywhichis

recommendedbyAxis.

•Disposeofusedbatteriesaccordingtolocalregulationsor

thebatterymanufacturer'sinstructions.

DisposalandRecycling

Whenthisproducthasreachedtheendofitsusefullife,disposeof

itaccordingtolocallawsandregulations.Forinformationabout

yournearestdesignatedcollectionpoint,contactyourlocalauthority

responsibleforwastedisposal.Inaccordancewithlocallegislation,

penaltiesmaybeapplicableforincorrectdisposalofthiswaste.

Europe

Thissymbolmeansthattheproductshallnotbedisposedof

togetherwithhouseholdorcommercialwaste.Directive2012/19/EU

onwasteelectricalandelectronicequipment(WEEE)isapplicablein

theEuropeanUnionmemberstates.Topreventpotentialharmto

humanhealthandtheenvironment,theproductmustbedisposed

ofinanapprovedandenvironmentallysaferecyclingprocess.For

informationaboutyournearestdesignatedcollectionpoint,contact

yourlocalauthorityresponsibleforwastedisposal.Businessesshould

contacttheproductsupplierforinformationabouthowtodispose

ofthisproductcorrectly.

ThisproductcomplieswiththerequirementsofDirective2011/65/EUon

therestrictionoftheuseofcertainhazardoussubstancesinelectrical

andelectronicequipment(RoHS).

China

Thisproductcomplieswiththerequirementsofthelegislative

actAdministrationontheControlofPollutionCausedbyElectronic

InformationProducts(ACPEIP).

ContactInformation

AxisCommunicationsAB

Emdalavägen14

22369Lund

Sweden

Tel:+46462721800

Fax:+4646136130

www.axis.com

Support

Shouldyourequireanytechnicalassistance,pleasecontactyourAxis

reseller.Ifyourquestionscannotbeansweredimmediately,your

resellerwillforwardyourqueriesthroughtheappropriatechannelsto

ensurearapidresponse.IfyouareconnectedtotheInternet,youcan:

•downloaduserdocumentationandsoftwareupdates

•ndanswerstoresolvedproblemsintheFAQdatabase.Search

byproduct,category,orphrase

•reportproblemstoAxissupportstaffbyloggingintoyourprivate

supportarea

•chatwithAxissupportstaff

•visitAxisSupportatwww.axis.com/techsup/

WarrantyInformation

ForinformationaboutAxis’productwarrantyandtheretorelated

information,seewww.axis.com/warranty/

LearnMore!

VisitAxislearningcenterwww.axis.com/academy/forusefultrainings,

webinars,tutorialsandguides.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

TableofContents

SafetyInformation..........................................7

HazardLevels...................................................7

OtherMessageLevels............................................7

HardwareOverview..........................................8

ConnectorsandButtons..........................................8

LEDIndicators..................................................9

AccesstheProduct..........................................10

AccessfromaBrowser...........................................10

AccessfromtheInternet..........................................10

SettheRootPassword...........................................11

SetPowerLineFrequency.........................................11

TheLiveViewPage..............................................11

MediaStreams.............................................14

HowtoStreamH.264............................................14

MJPEG........................................................14

AXISMediaControl(AMC)........................................14

AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream....................15

SetUptheProduct..........................................17

BasicSetup....................................................17

Howtochangethecamerafocus...................................17

Video.....................................................18

SetUpVideoStreams............................................18

Aboutstreamproles............................................20

AboutONVIFmediaproles.......................................20

CameraSettings................................................21

ViewArea.....................................................23

Aboutoverlays..................................................23

Aboutprivacymasks.............................................25

ConguretheLiveViewPage.................................26

PTZ(PanTiltZoom).........................................28

Aboutpresetpositions...........................................28

Aboutguardtours...............................................28

Advanced......................................................28

Detectors..................................................30

Aboutcameratampering.........................................30

Howtoconguretamperingdetection..............................30

Howtocongureanactionrulefortamperingalarm...................30

MotionDetection...............................................30

Applications...............................................33

ApplicationLicenses.............................................33

UploadApplication..............................................33

ApplicationConsiderations........................................33

AXISVideoMotionDetection.................................35

Considerations..................................................35

StartandStoptheApplication.....................................35

CongureApplication............................................35

UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule.............................39

Events....................................................41

SetUpActionRules.............................................41

AddRecipients..................................................43

CreateSchedules................................................44

SetUpRecurrences..............................................44

Recordings.................................................46

FindRecordings.................................................46

PlayRecording..................................................46

ExportVideoClip................................................47

ContinuousRecording............................................47

Languages.................................................48

SystemOptions.............................................49

Security.......................................................49

Date&Time....................................................51

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TableofContents

Network.......................................................52

Storage.......................................................60

Maintenance...................................................62

Support.......................................................63

Advanced......................................................64

ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings...................................64

Troubleshooting............................................65

ChecktheFirmware.............................................65

UpgradetheFirmware...........................................65

Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions.....................66

TechnicalSpecications......................................69

PerformanceConsiderations.......................................71

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

SafetyInformation

HazardLevels

DANGER

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,willresultindeathorseriousinjury.

WARNING

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindeathorseriousinjury.

CAUTION

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultinminorormoderateinjury.

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Indicatesasituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindamagetoproperty.

OtherMessageLevels

Important

Indicatessignicantinformationwhichisessentialfortheproducttofunctioncorrectly.

Note

Indicatesusefulinformationwhichhelpsingettingthemostoutoftheproduct.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

HardwareOverview

Forspecicationsofthehardwarecomponents,seeTechnicalSpecicationsonpage69.

Focuslockring

Focusring

IRLED

StatusLED

Controlbutton

WLANpairingbutton

Networkconnector

SDcardslot

Powerconnector

ConnectorsandButtons

NetworkConnector

RJ45Ethernetconnector.

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Theproductshallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP).Allcablesconnectingtheproducttothenetworkshall

beintendedfortheirspecicuse.Makesurethatthenetworkdevicesareinstalledinaccordancewiththemanufacturer’s

instructions.Forinformationaboutregulatoryrequirements,seeElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)onpage2.

Powerconnector

ThismicroUSBtypeBconnectorisforpoweronly.WerecommendusingAxismicroUSBpowersupply.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

HardwareOverview

SDcardslot

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjectsorexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.Disconnectpoweror

unmounttheSDcardfromtheAxisproduct’swebpagesbeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards(notincluded).

ForSDcardrecommendations,seewww.axis.com

ControlButton

Forlocationofthecontrolbutton,seeHardwareOverviewonpage8.

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.Seepage64.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Seepage53.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3

secondsuntiltheStatusLEDashesgreen.

•ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService.Seepage53.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3seconds.

WLANPairingButton

TheWLANpairingbuttonisusedforconnectingtoanaccesspointthroughpushbuttonconguration(PBC),seeWirelessSettingson

page56.

LEDIndicators

Note

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashforidentifyingtheunit.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenance.

StatusLED

Indication

Unlit

Connectionandnormaloperation.

GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Flashesgreenduringwirelessnetworkpairing.

Amber

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

RedFirmwareupgradefailure.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

AccesstheProduct

ToinstalltheAxisproduct,seetheInstallationGuidesuppliedwiththeproduct.

Theproductcanbeusedwithmostoperatingsystemsandbrowsers.Werecommendthefollowingbrowsers:

•InternetExplorer

withWindows

•Safari

withOSX

•Chrome

orFirefox

withotheroperatingsystems.

ToviewstreamingvideoinInternetExplorer,allowinstallationofAXISMediaControl(AMC)whenprompted.

TheAxisproductincludesone(1)H.264decoderlicenseforviewingvideostreams.ThelicenseisautomaticallyinstalledwithAMC.

Theadministratorcandisabletheinstallationofthedecoderstopreventinstallationofunlicensedcopies.

Note

•QuickTime

isalsosupportedforviewingH.264streams.

AccessfromaBrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’sLocation/Addresseld.

ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe

drop-downlist.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout

howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis

Supportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup

Note

ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe

congured.Forinstructions,seeSettheRootPasswordonpage1 1.

4.Theproduct’sLiveViewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Note

ThecontrolsandlayoutoftheLiveViewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsand

userpreferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedin

yourownLiveViewpage.

AccessfromtheInternet

Onceconnected,theAxisproductisaccessibleonyourlocalnetwork(LAN).ToaccesstheproductfromtheInternetyoumust

congureyournetworkroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheproduct.Todothis,enabletheNAT-traversalfeature,which

willattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheproduct.ThisisenabledfromSetup>SystemOptions>

Network>TCP/IPAdvanced.

Formoreinformation,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4onpage55.SeealsoAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceat

www.axiscam.net

ForTechnicalnotesonthisandothertopics,visittheAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

AccesstheProduct

SettheRootPassword

ToaccesstheAxisproduct,youmustsetthepasswordforthedefaultadministratoruserroot.ThisisdoneintheCongureRoot

Passworddialog,whichopenswhentheproductisaccessedforthersttime.

Topreventnetworkeavesdropping,therootpasswordcanbesetviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,whichrequiresanHTTPS

certicate.HTTPS(HypertextTransferProtocoloverSSL)isaprotocolusedtoencrypttrafcbetweenwebbrowsersandservers.The

HTTPScerticateensuresencryptedexchangeofinformation.SeeHTTPSonpage50.

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustbe

resettothefactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettoFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage64.

TosetthepasswordviaastandardHTTPconnection,enteritdirectlyinthedialog.

TosetthepasswordviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,followthesesteps:

1.ClickUseHTTPS.

Atemporarycerticate(validforoneyear)iscreated,enablingencryptionofalltrafctoandfromtheproduct,andthe

passwordcannowbesetsecurely.

2.Enterapasswordandthenre-enterittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickOK.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

SetPowerLineFrequency

PowerlinefrequencyissetthersttimetheAxisproductisaccessedandcanonlybechangedfromPlainCong(seepage64)

orbyresettingtheproducttofactorydefault.

Selectthepowerlinefrequency(50Hzor60Hz)usedatthelocationoftheAxisproduct.Selectingthewrongfrequencymaycause

imageickeriftheproductisusedinuorescentlightenvironments.

Whenusing50Hz,themaximumframerateislimitedto25fps.

Note

Powerlinefrequencyvariesdependingongeographicregion.TheAmericasusuallyuse60Hz,whereasmostotherpartsof

theworlduse50Hz.Localvariationscouldapply.Alwayscheckwiththelocalauthorities.

TheLiveViewPage

ThecontrolsandlayoutoftheLiveViewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsanduser

preferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedinyourownLiveView

page.Thefollowingprovidesanoverviewofeachavailablecontrol.

ControlsontheLiveViewPage

ClicktheViewsizebuttonstoshowtheimageinfullsize(rightbutton)ortoscaledowntheimageto

tthebrowserwindow(leftbutton).

SelectastreamprolefortheLiveViewpagefromtheStreamProledrop-downlist.Forinformation

abouthowtocongurestreamproles,seepage20.

UsetheManualTriggerbuttontotriggeranactionrulefromtheLiveViewpage.Forinformationabout

howtocongureandenablethebutton,seeManualTriggeronpage12.

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ClickSnapshottosaveasnapshotofthevideoimage.Thisbuttonisprimarilyintendedforusewhen

theAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisnotavailable.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>

ActionButtons.

Activateorde-activateIRilluminationfromSetup>Video>CameraSettings.Enablethisbuttonfrom

LiveViewCong>ActionButtons.

MovetheslidertoincreaseordecreasetheintensityoftheIRillumination.

ManualTrigger

TheManualTriggerisusedtotriggeranactionrulefromtheLiveViewpage.Themanualtriggercanforexamplebeusedto

validateactionsduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Tocongurethemanualtrigger:

1.GotoSetup>Events.

2.ClickAddtoaddanewactionrule.

3.FromtheTriggerdrop-downlist,selectInputSignal.

4.Fromtheseconddrop-downlist,selectManualTrigger.

5.Selectthedesiredactionandconguretheothersettingsasrequired.

Formoreinformationaboutactionrules,seeEventsonpage41.

ToshowthemanualtriggerbuttonsintheLiveViewpage:

1.GotoSetup>LiveViewCong.

2.UnderActionButtons,selectShowmanualtriggerbutton.

AXISMediaControlviewertoolbar

TheAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisavailableinInternetExploreronly.SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC)onpage14formore

information.Thetoolbardisplaysthefollowingbuttons:

ThePlaybuttonconnectstotheAxisproductandstartsplayingamediastream.

TheStopbuttonstopsthemediastream.

TheSnapshotbuttontakesasnapshotofthevideoimage.

ClicktheViewFullScreenbuttonandthevideoimagewilllltheentirescreen.PressESC(Escape)onthecomputer

keyboardtocancelfullscreenview.

TheRecordbuttonisusedtorecordthecurrentvideostreamonyourcomputer.Thelocationwheretherecordingissaved

canbespeciedintheAMCControlPanel.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>ViewerSettings.

PTZControls

Note

ThesecontrolsareavailableifdigitalPTZisenabledintheselectedviewarea,seeViewAreaonpage23.

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AccesstheProduct

ClicktheEmulatejoystickmodebuttonandclickintheimagetomovethecameraviewinthedirectionofthe

mousepointer.

ClicktheCentermodebuttonandclickintheimagetocenterthecameraviewonthatposition.

Thecentermodebuttoncouldalsobeusedtozoominonaspecicarea.Clickintheimageanddragtodrawa

rectanglesurroundingtheareatobemagnied.Tozoomout,rotatethemousewheel.

SelectaPTZpresetpositiontosteerthecameraviewtothesavedposition.SeeAboutpreset

positionsonpage28.

PanandTiltbars–Usethearrowstopanandtiltthecameraview,orclickonapositiononthebartosteerthecameraviewto

thatposition.

Zoombar–Usethearrowstozoominandout,orclickonapositiononthebartozoomtothatposition.

ThePTZcontrolscanbedisabledunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls,seeControlsonpage28.

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MediaStreams

TheAxisproductprovidesseveralvideostreamformats.Yourrequirementsandthepropertiesofyournetworkwilldeterminethe

typeyouuse.

TheLiveViewpageintheproductprovidesaccesstoH.264andMotionJPEGvideostreams,andtothelistofavailablestream

proles.Otherapplicationsandclientscanaccessvideostreamsdirectly,withoutgoingviatheLiveViewpage.

HowtoStreamH.264

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedwiththeMotion

JPEGformatandasmuchas50%morethantheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatmuchlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,muchhighervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

Decidingwhichcombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesof

yournetwork.TheavailableoptionsinAXISMediaControlare:

UnicastRTP

Thisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)isused

forliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitis

importanttohaveanup-to-datevideostream,

evenifsomeframesaredropped.

RTPoverRTSP

Thisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)

isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletocongure

rewallstoallowRTSPtrafc.

RTPoverRTSPoverHTTP

Thisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraverse

rewalls.Firewallsarecommonlyconguredto

allowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPto

betunneled.

Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demand

transmissionsothatthereisnovideotrafc

onthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsand

requeststhestream.

Notethatthereareamaximumof20

simultaneousunicastconnections.

MulticastRTP

Thismethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.Thevideostreamisalways

up-to-date,evenifsomeframesaredropped.

Multicastingprovidesthemostefcientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersof

clientsviewingsimultaneously.Amulticastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlessthe

routerisconguredtoallowthis.ItisnotpossibletomulticastovertheInternet,forexample.

Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof20

simultaneousconnections.

AXISMediaControlnegotiateswiththeAxisproducttodeterminethetransportprotocoltouse.Theorderofpriority,listedinthe

AMCControlPanel,canbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitspecicrequirements.

Note

H.264islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

MJPEG

ThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufcient

tocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage

containedinthestream.TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAxisproductistousetheAXIS

MediaControlinInternetExplorerinWindows.

AXISMediaControl(AMC)

AXISMediaControl(AMC)inInternetExplorerinWindowsistherecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideofromtheAxisproduct.

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MediaStreams

TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtocongurevariousvideosettings.PleaseseetheAXISMediaControlUser’sManualformore

information.

TheAMCControlPanelisautomaticallyinstalledonrstuse,afterwhichitcanbecongured.OpentheAMCControlPanelfrom:

•WindowsControlPanel(fromtheStartscreenorStartmenu)

•Alternatively,right-clickthevideoimageinInternetExplorerandclickSettings.

AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream

YoucanalsoaccessvideoandimagesfromtheAxisproductinthefollowingways:

•MotionJPEGserverpush(ifsupportedbytheclient,ChromeorFirefox,forexample).ThisoptionmaintainsanopenHTTP

connectiontothebrowserandsendsdataasandwhenrequired,foraslongasrequired.

•StillJPEGimagesinabrowser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

•WindowsMediaPlayer.ThisrequiresAXISMediaControlandtheH.264decodertobeinstalled.Thefollowingpaths

canbeused:

-UnicastviaRTP:axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP:axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP,tunneledviaHTTP:axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-Multicast:axrtpm://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

•QuickTime

.Thefollowingpathscanbeused:

-rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.3gp

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Note

•<ip>=IPaddress

•TheAxisproductsupportsQuickTime6.5.1andlater.

•QuickTimemayaddlatencytothevideostream.

•ItmaybepossibletouseotherplayerstoviewtheH.264streamusingthepathsabove,althoughAxisdoesnotguarantee

this.

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SetUptheProduct

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredbyuserswithadministratororoperatorrights.Toopentheproduct’sSetuppages,clickSetupin

thetopright-handcorneroftheLiveViewpage.

•Administratorshaveunrestrictedaccesstoallsettings.

•Operatorshaverestrictedaccesstosettings,seeUsersonpage49

Seealsotheonlinehelp

BasicSetup

BasicSetupprovidesshortcutstothesettingsthatshouldbemadebeforeusingtheAxisproduct:

1.Users.Seepage49.

2.Wireless.Seepage55.

3.TCP/IP.Seepage52.

4.Date&Time.Seepage51.

5.VideoStream.Seepage18.

TheBasicSetupmenucanbedisabledfromSystemOptions>Security>Users.

Howtochangethecamerafocus

Focuslockring

Focusring

1.Turnthefocuslockringcounterclockwisetounlockthefocusring.

2.Turnthefocusringtoadjustthefocus.

3.Turnthefocuslockringclockwisetolockthepositionofthefocusring.

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Video

ItispossibletocongurethefollowingvideofeaturesinyourAxisproduct:

•Videostream.Seepage18.

•Streamproles.Seepage20.

•Camerasettings.Seepage21.

•Viewarea.Seepage23.

•Overlayimage.Seepage23.

•Privacymask.Seepage25.

SetUpVideoStreams

Tosetuptheproduct’svideostreams,gotoVideo>VideoStream.

Thevideostreamsettingsaredividedintothefollowingtabs:

•Image.Seepage18.

•H.264.Seepage19.

•Zipstream.Seepage20

•MJPEG.Seepage20.

PixelCounter

Thepixelcountershowsthenumberofpixelsinanareaoftheimage.Thepixelcounterisusefulinsituationswherethereis

aspecicsizerequirement,forexampleinfacerecognition.

Thepixelcountercanbeused:

•Whensettingupavideostream,seeSetUpVideoStreamsonpage18.UnderPreview,clickOpenandselecttheShow

pixelcounteroptiontoenabletherectangleintheimage.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle,orenterthe

numberofpixelsintheWidthandHeighteldsandclickApply.

•WhenaccessingtheLiveViewpageinInternetExplorerwithAXISMediaControl(AMC)inWindows.Right-clickinthe

imageandselectPixelcounter.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle.

Image

ThedefaultimagesettingscanbeconguredunderVideo>VideoStream.SelecttheImagetab.

Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:

•Resolution.Selectthedefaultresolution.

•Compression.Thecompressionlevelaffectstheimagequality,bandwidthandlesizeofsavedimages;thelowerthe

compression,thehighertheimagequalitywithhigherbandwidthrequirementsandlargerlesizes.

•Mirrorimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanbemirrored.

•Rotateimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanberotated.

•Colorsetting.SelecteitherColororBlack&White.Black&WhiteuseslessbandwidththanColor.

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•Maximumframerate.Toavoidbandwidthproblems,theframerateallowedtoeachviewercanbeLimitedtoaxed

amount.Alternatively,theframeratecanbesetasUnlimited,whichmeanstheAxisproductalwaysdeliversthehighest

frameratepossibleunderthecurrentconditions.

•Overlaysettings.SeeAboutoverlaytextonpage23.

ClickSavetoapplythenewsettings.

AboutH.264

H.264,alsoknownasMPEG-4Part10/AVC,isavideocompressionstandardthatprovideshighqualityvideostreamsatlowbitrates.

AnH.264videostreamconsistsofdifferenttypesofframessuchasI-framesandP-frames.AnI-frameisacompleteimage,whereas

P-framesonlycontainthedifferencesfrompreviousframes.

AboutGOPlength

AGroupofPictures(GOP)containsoneI-framefollowedbyanumberofP-frames.TheGOPlengthisthenumberofframes

betweentwoI-frames.

IfyousettheGOPlengthandtheframerateequallyyouwillgetoneGOPpersecond.IfyouchangetheGOPlengthtoahigher

valueyouwillgetmoresmallsizedP-framesandlessbigsizedI-frameswhilekeepingthesameframerate.Inotherwords,ahigh

GOP-lengthvaluesavesbandwidth,butthevideoqualitymaydecrease.AlowGOP-lengthvalueincreasesthevideoquality

butneedsmorebandwidth.

AboutH.264proles

TheAxisproductsupportsthefollowingH.264prole(s):

•Baseline:UsetheBaselineproleiftheclientdoesnotsupportCABACentropycoding.

•Main:TheMainproleusesCABACandprovidesabettercompressionwithmaintainedvideoquality.Itrequiresalarger

amountofprocessingpowertodecodethantheBaselineprole.

•High:TheHighproleprovidesahighercompressionthanbothMainandBaselineproles,butrequiresmoreprocessing

powertodecode.Highprolesupports8x8blocks,whichreducesthebitratefurthercomparedtotheMainprole.

Aboutbitratecontrol

Bitratecontrolisusefultomakesurethevideostreamingdoesnottakeuptoomuchbandwidth.

Thebuilt-inbitratecontrolcanbecombinedwithZipstream,seeAboutZipstreamonpage20.Werecommendusingahighbitrate

limittoenablethefullpotentialofZipstream.

Aboutvariablebitrate

Variablebitrate(VBR)adjuststhebitrateaccordingtotheimagecomplexity.Whentheactivityinthesceneincreases,VBRadjusts

thebitrateaccordingtothecomplexity,usingupmorebandwidthforincreasedactivityinthescene,andlessforlowersceneactivity.

Variablebitrateissuitableifthereisasurplusinbandwidth,wheretheincreasedbitratemaynotbeanissue.

Aboutmaximumbitrate

Ifyouhavelimitedbandwidth,werecommendMaximumbitrate(MBR).MBRallowsyoutosetatargetbitratetocontrolthe

bandwidthconsumption.Thetargetvaluelimitsthebitrate,butitmaintainsaexibilitytobeabletoprioritizeacontinuousvideo

stream.Consequently,theframeratemightneedtogodownandtheimagequalitymightdecrease.Topartlycompensateforthis,

youcanselectwhichvariableshallbeprioritized.Notsettingaprioritymeansthatframerateandimagequalityareequallyaffected.

HowtosetanH.264prole

1.TochangethesettingsforallH.264streamsthatdonotuseastreamprole,gotoVideo&Audio>VideoStream>H.264.

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Video

2.ToincreaseordecreasethenumberofframesperGOP,settheGOPlength.

3.SelectoneoftheH.264proles.

4.Selectonofthefollowing:

-Variablebitrate

-Maximumbitrate

5.IfyouselectMaximumbitrate,selectwhichvariabletoprioritizeinthePrioritydrop-downlist.

6.ClickSave.

AboutZipstream

Axis’ZipstreamTechnologyisabitratereductiontechnologyoptimizedforvideosurveillance.Zipstreamreducestheaveragebitrate

intheH.264streambyremovingunnecessarydataandmakesitpossibletoallowhigherresolutions,reducestoragecostor

tokeeprecordingsforalongertime.

Toreducethebitrate,Zipstreamreducesthenumberofbitsintheareasoftheimagethatarelessinterestingfromavideo

surveillanceperspective,forexamplethebackground.Imagedetailsthatareimportantforforensicvideoanalysis,forexamplefaces

andlicenseplates,arepreservedwithenoughnumberofbits.

Axis’ZipstreamTechnologyforH.264conformstotheH.264standardandiscompatiblewiththird-partyclientsandVMSsolutions

thatdecodeH.264video.

MJPEG

Sometimestheimagesizeislargeduetolowlightorcomplexscenery.Adjustingthemaximumframesizehelpstocontrolthe

bandwidthandstorageusedbytheMotionJPEGvideostreaminthesesituations.SettingtheframesizetotheDefaultsetting

providesconsistentlygoodimagequalityattheexpenseofincreasedbandwidthandstorageusageinlowlight.Limitingtheframe

sizeoptimizesbandwidthandstorageusage,butmaygivepoorimagequality.Topreventincreasedbandwidthandstorageusage,

themaximumframesizeshouldbesettoanoptimalvalue.

Aboutstreamproles

Astreamproleisasetofpredenedstreamsettingsincludingresolution,compression,framerateandoverlaysettings.Stream

prolescanbeused:

•Whensettinguprecordingusingactionrules.SeeEventsonpage41.

•Whensettingupcontinuousrecording.SeeContinuousRecordingonpage47.

•IntheLiveViewpage–selectthestreamprolefromtheStreamproledrop-downlist.

Tocreateanewproleormodifyanexistingprole,gotoSetup>Video>StreamProles.

ToselectadefaultstreamprolefortheLiveViewpage,gotoSetup>LiveViewCong.

AboutONVIFmediaproles

AnONVIFmediaproleconsistsofasetofcongurationsthatcanbeusedtochangemediastreamsettings.ONVIFmediaproles

canbeusedbyaclienttoconguremediastreamproperties.

TheONVIFMediaProlespagelistsallpreconguredproles.Theseprolesareincludedintheproductforquicksetup.Youcan

add,modifyorremoveONVIFmediaprolesfromthispage.

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CameraSettings

TheVideo>CameraSettingspageprovidesaccesstoadvancedimagesettingsfortheAxisproduct.

ImageAppearance

TochangeImageAppearancegotothemenusunderSetup>Video>CameraSettings.

IncreasingtheColorlevelincreasesthecolorsaturation.Thevalue100givesmaximumcolorsaturationandthevalue0gives

minimumcolorsaturation.

TheimageBrightnesscanbeadjustedintherange0–100,whereahighervalueproducesabrighterimage.

IncreasingtheSharpnesscanincreasebandwidthusage.Asharperimagemightincreaseimagenoiseespeciallyinlowlight

conditions.Alowersettingreducesimagenoise,butthewholeimagewillappearlesssharp.

TheContrastchangestherelativedifferencebetweenlightanddark.Itcanbeadjustedusingtheslidebar.

WhiteBalance

TochangethissettinggotoSetup>Video>CameraSettings

Whitebalanceisusedtomakecolorsintheimageappearthesameregardlessofthecolortemperatureofthelightsource.TheAxis

productcanbesettoautomaticallyidentifythelightsourceandcompensateforitscolor.Alternatively,selectthetypeoflight

sourcefromthedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seetheonlinehelp.

ThewhitebalancewindowisenabledfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptionsthatappearintheWhitebalancedrop-down

list.Selectoneoftheoptionsfromthedrop-downlisttosetthewhitebalancewindowproperties.SelectAutomatictousethe

defaultsettingsfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptions(intheWhitebalancedrop-downlist).SelectCustomtomanually

setareferencewindowforwhitebalanceintheviewarea.

WideDynamicRange

WideDynamicRangecanimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetweenlightanddarkareasintheimage.

EnableWDRinintensebacklightconditions.DisableWDRinlowlightconditionsforoptimalexposure.

ExposureSettings

Exposureistheamountoflightthecamera’ssensorcapturesforascene.Toomuchlightresultsinawashedoutimageandtoo

littlelightresultsinadarkimage.

Conguretheexposuresettingstosuittheimagequalityrequirementsinrelationtolighting,framerateandbandwidth

considerations.

Exposurevalue-Clickinthebartone-tunetheexposure.

Exposurecontrol-Selectasuitableoptiontocontrolexposure.

Formostscenes,theAutomaticoptionwillprovidethebestresults.Theshutterspeedisautomaticallysettoproduceoptimum

imagequality.

Fluorescentlampsorotherlightsourcescansometimescauseickeringintheimage.Toreduceickerintheimage,selecttheFlicker

optionthatmatchesthepowerlinefrequency.

TheHoldcurrentoptionlocksthecurrentexposuresettings.

Shutter&Gain

Theshutterandgainsettingsaffecttheamountofmotionblurandnoiseintheimage.Toadapttodifferentlighting,available

storagespaceandbandwidth,itisoftennecessarytoprioritizeeitherlowmotionblurorlownoise.TheAxisproductallowsdifferent

prioritizationinnormallightandinlowlight.

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Shutterspeedisrelatedtotheamountoftimetheshutterisopenedandismeasuredinseconds(s).Aslowshutterspeedallows

morelighttoreachthesensorandcanhelpproduceabrighterimageinlowlightsituations.Ontheotherhand,aslowshutter

speedcancausemovingobjectstoappearblurry.

SetWideDynamicRangetoWDROffandsetShutterto

•Autotosettheshutterspeedautomatically.Ifrequired,useMaxshuttertolimittheshutterspeedtopreventtheframe

ratefrombeingreduced.

Forexample,toget30fps,setMaxshutterto1/30.

•Fixedtouseaxedshutterspeed.

Gain,measuredindecibel(dB),istheamountofamplicationappliedtotheimage.Ahighgainmayprovideabetterimageinlow

lightsituationsbutwillincreasetheamountofimagenoise.

SetGainto

•Autotosetthegainautomatically.Ifrequired,useMaxgaintolimittheappliedgain.

•Fixedtouseaxedgain.

Example

Ifstoragespaceorbandwidthislimited,tryusingalowergain.Thiswillreduceimagenoiseandproducesmallerimageles.

Theshutterandgainsettingsaffecttheamountofmotionblurandnoiseintheimage.Toadapttodifferentlighting,available

storagespaceandbandwidth,itisoftennecessarytoprioritizeeitherlowmotionblurorlownoise.TheAxisproductallows

usingdifferentprioritizationinnormallightandinlowlight.

SetExposurepriorityto

•Automatictosettheshutterspeedautomatically.

•Lowmotionblurtoprioritizelowmotionblur.

•Lownoisetoprioritizelownoise.

ItisalsopossibletosettheMinandMaxlimitsforShutterandGain.

Shutterisrelatedtotheamountoftimetheshutterisopenedandismeasuredinseconds(s).Aslowshutterspeedallowsmorelight

toreachthesensorandcanhelpproduceabrighterimageinlowlightsituations.Ontheotherhand,aslowshutterspeedcan

causemovingobjectstoappearblurry.

Gain,measuredindecibel(dB),istheamountofamplicationappliedtotheimage.Ahighgainmayprovideabetterimageinlow

lightsituationsbutwillincreasetheamountofimagenoise.

Example

Ifstoragespaceorbandwidthislimited,tryusingalowergain.Thiswillreduceimagenoiseandproducesmallerimageles.

Day/Night

TheIRcutlterpreventsinfrared(IR)lightfromreachingtheimagesensor.Inpoorlightingconditions,forexampleatnight,orwhen

usinganexternalIRlamp,settheIRcutltertoOff.Thisincreaseslightsensitivityandallowstheproductto“see”infraredlight.The

imageisshowninblackandwhitewhentheIRcutlterisoff.

IfusingautomaticExposurecontrol,settheIRcutltertoAutotoautomaticallyswitchbetweenOnandOffaccordingtothe

lightingconditions.

TheDay/Nightshiftlevelbarhelpsdeterminewhenthecamerawillshiftfromdaymodetonightmode.Normally,thecamera

automaticallychangesmodefromdaytonightwhenverydark(level100intheslider).BysettingDay/Nightshiftleveltoa

lowervalue,thecamerawillchangetonightmodeearlier.

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Built-inIRIllumination

WARNING

Riskofeyeinjury.DonotlookdirectlyintotheIRLEDatshortdistance.SincethelightprovidedfromtheIRLEDisoutsideof

thevisiblerange,itisnotpossibletoseeifitisactive.UsethecameratocheckiftheIRilluminationisactive.

TheIRilluminationcanbeactivatedorde-activated,anditsintensitycanbeincreasedordecreasedbymovingtheslider,from

theproduct’sLiveViewpage.

OthersettingscanbedenedfromSetup>Video>CameraSettings.

De-selecttheEnableIRilluminationoptiontodisableIRilluminationaltogether.IfyoudisabletheSynchronizeIRilluminationwith

day/nightoption,IRilluminationwillnotbesynchronizedwithday/nightchanges.

ViewArea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.TheviewareaistreatedasavideosourceinLiveViewandhasitsownvideo

streamandPTZsettings.

Whensettingupaviewareaitisrecommendedthatthevideostreamresolutionisthesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea

size.Settingthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,

requiringmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Toenable,gotoVideo>CameraSettingsandselectEnableViewArea.

Toconguretheviewarea:

1.GotoVideo>ViewArea.

2.SelectanAspectratioandaVideostreamresolution.

3.Usethemousetomoveandresizetheviewarea.

4.SelectEnablePTZtoenabledigitalPTZfortheviewarea.

5.ClickSavetosavethesettings.

Note

ThePTZfunctionalityisusefulduringinstallationoftheAxisproduct.Useaviewareatocropoutaspecicpartofthe

fullview.

Aboutoverlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,

orduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Aboutoverlaytext

Anoverlaytextcanincludethecurrentdateandtime,oratextstring.Whenusingatextstring,so-calledmodierscanbeusedto

display,forexample,thecurrentbitrateorthecurrentframerate.

Youcanchoosebetweenthefollowingtextoverlaysizes:

Size

TextheightBackgroundheight

Small

10pixels20pixels

Medium16pixels28pixels

Large21pixels36pixels

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Itisalsopossibletodisplaytextwhenanactionruleistriggered,seeHowtoincludeoverlaytextinanactionruleonpage24.

Howtoincludeoverlaytext

1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.

2.Toincludedateandtime,selectIncludedateandIncludetime.

3.Toincludeatextstring,selectIncludetextandenterthetextintheeld.Modierscanbeused,seeFileNaming&

Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp

4.Selectsize,color,andplacementofthetextstring.

5.ClickSave.

Tomodifythedateandtimeformat,gotoSystemOptions>Date&Time.SeeDate&Timeonpage51.

Howtoincludeoverlaytextinanactionrule

1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.

2.UnderOverlaySettings,selectIncludetext.

3.Enterthemodier#D.Whentheruleistriggered,#Disreplacedbythetextspeciedintheactionrule.

Additionaltextinthiseldwillbedisplayedalsowhentheactionruleisnotactive.

4.GotoEvents>ActionRulesandcreateyouractionrule.

5.FromtheActionslist,selectOverlayText.

6.EnterthetexttodisplayintheTexteld.

7.SpecifytheDuration.Thetextcanbedisplayedwhiletheruleisactiveorforaxednumberofseconds.

Aboutoverlayimages

Anoverlayimageisastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theimage,forexampleacompanylogo,isrstuploadedto

theAxisproductandthenusedtoprovideextrainformationortomaskapartoftheimage.

Imagespecications:

•TheuploadedimageshouldbeaWindows24-bitBMPimagewithmaximum250colors.

•Theimagewidthandheight,inpixels,mustbeexactlydivisiblebyfour.

•Theimagecannotbelargerthanthemaximumimageresolution.

•Ifyoucombineatextoverlaywithandimageoverlay,thetextoverlayalwaystakespresidenceovertheoverlayimagein

height.Atextoverlayalwaysstretchesacrossthewholevideoimagewhichmeansyoucannotshrinktheoverlaystripto

makeroomforanimage.Forinformationaboutthedifferenttextoverlayheights,seeAboutoverlaytext.

Sinceitisstatic,thepositionandsizeofanoverlayimageremainsthesameregardlessofresolutionandpan,tiltorzoommovements.

Toalwayscoveraselectedpartofthemonitoredarea,useaprivacymask.SeeAboutprivacymasksonpage25.

Howtouploadanoverlayimage

1.GotoVideo>OverlayImage.

2.ClickBrowseandbrowsetothele.

3.ClickUpload.

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4.TheTransparencySettingspageisnowdisplayed:

-Tomakeacolorintheoverlayimagetransparent,selectUsetransparencyandentertheRGBhexadecimalvalue

forthecolor.Example:Tomakewhitetransparent,enterFFFFFF.

Formoreexamplesofhexadecimalvalues,seetheonlinehelp

-Toscaletheimageautomatically,selectScalewithresolution.Theimagewillbescaleddowntotthe

resolutionusedbytheAxisproduct.

5.ClickSave.

Howtoincludeanoverlayimage

1.GotoVideo>OverlayImage.

2.SelecttheimagetousefromtheUseoverlayimagelistandclickSave.

3.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.

4.UnderOverlaySettings,selectIncludeoverlayimageatthecoordinates.

5.Tocontroltheimage’sposition,entertheX(horizontal)andY(vertical)coordinates.TheX=0andY=0positionis

thetopleftcorner.Ifapartoftheimageispositionedoutsidethevideoimage,theoverlayimagewillbemovedso

thatthewholeimageisvisible.

6.ClickSave.

Aboutprivacymasks

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatcoverspartsofthemonitoredarea.Privacymasksappearasblocksofsolidcolorandare

appliedonthevideostream.PrivacymaskscannotbebypassedusingtheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API).

ThePrivacyMaskList(Video>PrivacyMask)showsallthemasksthatarecurrentlyconguredintheAxisproductandindicates

iftheyareenabled.

Youcanaddanewmask,re-sizethemaskwiththemouse,chooseacolorforthemask,andgivethemaskaname.

Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp

Important

Addingmanyprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

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ConﬁguretheLiveViewPage

YoucancustomizetheLiveViewpageandalterittosuityourrequirements.Itispossibletodenethefollowingfeaturesof

theLiveViewpage.

•StreamProle.Seepage20.

•DefaultViewerforBrowser.Seepage26.

•ViewerSettings.Seepage26.

•ActionButtons.ThesearethebuttonsdescribedinControlsontheLiveViewPageonpage11.

•UserDenedLinks.Seepage27.

DefaultViewerforBrowsers

FromLiveViewCong>DefaultViewerselectthedefaultmethodforviewingvideoimagesinyourbrowser.Theproductattempts

toshowthevideoimagesintheselectedvideoformatandviewer.Ifthisisnotpossible,theproductoverridesthesettingsand

selectsthebestavailablecombination.

BrowserViewerDescription

AMC

RecommendedviewerinInternetExplorer(H.264/MotionJPEG).

QuickTime

H.264.

WindowsInternetExplorer

StillimageDisplaysstillimagesonly.ClicktheRefreshbuttoninyourbrowsertoviewa

newimage.

ServerPush

Recommendedviewerforotherbrowsers(MotionJPEG).

QuickTime

H.264.

Otherbrowsers

StillimageDisplaysstillimagesonly.ClicktheRefreshbuttoninyourbrowsertoviewa

newimage.

Formoreinformation,pleaseseetheonlinehelp.

ViewerSettings

Tocongureoptionsfortheviewer,gotoLiveViewCong>ViewerSettings.

•SelectShowviewertoolbartodisplaytheAXISMediaControl(AMC)ortheQuickTimeviewertoolbarunderthevideo

imageinyourbrowser.

•H.264decoderinstallation.TheadministratorcandisableinstallationoftheH.264decoderincludedwithAXISMedia

Control.Thisisusedtopreventinstallationofunlicensedcopies.Furtherdecoderlicensescanbepurchasedfromyour

Axisreseller.

•SelectShowcrosshairinPTZjoystickmodetoenableacrossthatwillindicatethecenteroftheimageinPTZjoystick

mode.

•SelectUsePTZjoystickmodeasdefaulttoenablejoystickmode.Themodecanbechangedtemporarilyfromthe

PTZcontrolpanel.

•SelectEnablerecordingbuttontoenablerecordingfromtheLiveViewpage.Thisbuttonisavailablewhenusingthe

AMCviewer.TherecordingsaresavedtothelocationspeciedintheAMCControlPanel.SeeAXISMediaControl

(AMC)onpage14.

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ConﬁguretheLiveViewPage

UserDenedLinks

Todisplayuser-denedlinksintheLiveViewpage,selecttheShowcustomlinkoption,givethelinkanameandthenentertheURL

tolinkto.Whendeningaweblinkdonotremovethe'http://'fromtheURLaddress.Customlinkscanbeusedtorunscriptsor

activateexternaldevicesconnectedtotheproduct,ortheycanlinktoawebpage.Customlinksdenedascgilinkswillrunthe

scriptinthebackground,inahiddenframe.Deningthelinkasaweblinkwillopenthelinkinanewwindow.

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PTZ(PanTiltZoom)

PTZ(pan,tiltandzoom)isavailableifyouhaveenableddigitalPTZintheselectedviewarea.Formoreinformationonviewareas,

seeViewAreaonpage23.

Aboutpresetpositions

Apresetpositionisasavedviewthatcanbeusedtoquicklysteerthecameratoaspecicposition.Apresetpositionconsistsof

thefollowingvalues:

•Panandtiltpositions

•Zoomposition

Howtoaccessthepresetpositions

Presetpositionscanbeaccessedinseveralways:

•ByselectingthepresetfromtheSourcedrop-downlistintheLiveViewPage.

•Whensettingupactionrules.Seepage41.

•Whensettingupguardtours.Seepage28.

Howtoaddapresetposition

1.GotoSetup>PTZ>PresetPositions.

2.Clickintheimageorusethecontrolstosteerthecameraviewtothedesiredposition.

3.WriteanameintheCurrentpositioneld.

4.ClickAddtosavethepresetposition.

SettheHomePosition

TheentireviewareaistreatedastheHomepositionwhichisreadilyaccessiblebyclickingtheHomebuttonontheLiveView

pageandinthePresetPositionssetupwindow.

TheproductcanbeconguredtoreturntotheHomepositionwhenthePTZfunctionalityhasbeeninactiveforaspeciedlengthof

time.EnterthelengthoftimeintheReturntohomeaftereldandclickSave.Setthetimetozerotopreventtheproductfrom

automaticallyreturningtotheHomeposition.

Aboutguardtours

Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositions,one-by-one,inapredeterminedorderoratrandomandfor

congurabletimeperiods.Theenabledguardtourwillkeeprunningaftertheuserhasloggedofforclosedthebrowser.

Note

Forproductsthatsupportlimitedguardtours,thereisaxedminimumviewtimeof10seconds.

Advanced

Controls

AdvancedPTZsettingscanbeconguredunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls.

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PTZ(PanTiltZoom)

ThePanelShortcutCommandButtonslistshowstheuser-denedbuttonsthatcanbeaccessedfromtheLiveViewpage’sCtrl

panel.ThesebuttonscanbeusedtoprovidedirectaccesstocommandsissuedusingtheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface.

ClickAddtoaddanewshortcutcommandbutton.

ThefollowingPTZcontrolsareenabledbydefault:

•Pancontrol

•Tiltcontrol

•Zoomcontrol

Todisablespeciccontrols,deselecttheoptionsunderEnable/Disablecontrols.

Note

DisablingPTZcontrolswillnotaffectpresetpositions.Forexample,ifthetiltcontrolisdisabled,theproductcanstillmoveto

presetpositionsthatrequireatiltmovement.

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Detectors

Aboutcameratampering

CameraTamperingcangenerateanalarmwhenthecameraisrepositioned,orwhenthelensiscovered,spray-paintedorseverely

de-focused.Tosendanalarm,forexampleviaemail,anactionrulemustbesetup.

Howtoconguretamperingdetection

1.GotoDetectors>CameraTampering.

2.SettheMinimumduration,thatisthetimethatmustelapsebeforeanalarmisgenerated.Increasetimetoprevent

falsealarmsforknownconditionsthataffecttheimage.

3.SelectAlarmfordarkimagesifanalarmshouldbegeneratedwhenlightsaredimmedorturnedoff,orifthelensis

sprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.

4.ClickSave.

Howtocongureanactionrulefortamperingalarm

1.GotoEvents>ActionRules.

2.ClickAddtosetupanewactionrule.

3.EnteraNamefortheactionrule.

4.UnderCondition,selectDetectorsfromtheTriggerlist.

5.SelectTamperingfromthelistofdetectors.

6.Optionally,selectascheduleandsetadditionalconditions.

7.Selecttheaction.Example:Tosendanemail,selectSendNoticationandselectaRecipientfromthelistofdened

recipients.

Note

TheWhiletheruleisactiveoptionunderDurationcannotbeusedwithcameratampering,sincecameratamperingdoesnot

haveadurationandonceithasbeentriggereditwillnotautomaticallyreturntoitsuntriggeredstate.

Formoreinformationonactionsrules,seeEventsonpage41.

MotionDetection

Motiondetectionisusedtogenerateanalarmwhenevermovementstartsorstopsinthecameraview.

Motiondetectionisconguredbydeningupto10IncludeandExcludewindows:

•Includewindows—deneareaswheremotionshouldbedetected

•Excludewindows—deneareaswithinanIncludewindowthatshouldbeignored(areasoutsideIncludewindows

areautomaticallyignored).

Forinstructions,seeSetUpMotionDetectionWindowsonpage31.

Tocontrolthenumberofmotiondetectionalarms,theparametersObjectSize,HistoryandSensitivitycanbeadjusted.See

MotionDetectionParametersonpage31.

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Oncemotiondetectionwindowsarecongured,theAxisproductcanbeconguredtoperformactionswhenmotionisdetected.

Possibleactionsincludeuploadingimagesandstartrecording.Formoreinformation,seeSetUpActionRulesonpage41.

Note

•Usingthemotiondetectionfeaturemaydecreasetheproduct’soverallperformance.

•ThepositionoftheMotionDetectionWindowisrelativetotheorientationoftheCamera.Changingtheorientationofthe

camerawillalsochangethepositionoftheMotionDetectionWindow.

SetUpMotionDetectionWindows

TosetupamotiondetectionIncludeWindow,followtheseinstructions:

1.GotoDetectors>MotionDetection.

2.SelecttheCongureIncludedWindowsoptionandclickNew.Selectthenewwindowinthelistofwindowsand

enteradescriptivename.

3.Adjustthesize(dragthebottomright-handcorner)andtheposition(clickonthetextatthetopanddragtothedesired

position)ofthewindow.

4.AdjusttheObjectSize,HistoryandSensitivityprolesliders(seeMotionDetectionParametersfordetails).Anydetected

motionwithinanactivewindowisindicatedbyredpeaksintheActivitywindow.

5.ClickSave.

Toexcludepartsoftheincludewindow,selecttheCongureExcludedWindowsandpositiontheexcludewindowwithinthe

includewindow.

Todeleteanincludeorexcludewindow,selectthewindowinthelistofwindowsandclickDel.

MotionDetectionParameters

Theparameterscontrollingmotiondetectionaredescribedinthetablebelow:

Parameter

ObjectSize

History

Sensitivity

Description

Objectsizerelativetowindow

size.

Objectmemorylength.

Differenceinluminance

betweenbackgroundand

object.

Highlevel(100%)

Onlyverylargeobjectstrigger

motiondetection.

Anobjectthatappearsin

thewindowtriggersmotion

detectionforalongtime

beforeitisconsideredas

non-moving.

Ordinarycoloredobjectson

ordinarybackgroundstrigger

motiondetection.

Mediumlevel(50%)

Alargedifferenceinluminance

isrequiredtotriggermotion

detection.

Lowlevel(0%)

Evenverysmallobjectstrigger

motiondetection.

Anobjectthatappearsin

thewindowtriggersmotion

detectiononlyforaveryshort

timebeforeitisconsideredas

non-moving.

Onlyverybrightobjectson

adarkbackgroundtrigger

motiondetection.

Recommendedvalues

5–15%60–90%75–95%

Defaultvalues

15%90%90%

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Note

•Totriggeronsmallobjectsormovements,useseveralsmallmotiondetectionwindowsratherthanonelargewindow,

andselectalowobjectsize.

•Toavoidtriggeringonsmallobjects,selectahighobjectsize.

•Whilemonitoringanareawheremovingobjectsarenotexpected,selectahighhistorylevel.Thiswillcausemotion

detectiontotriggeraslongastheobjectispresentinthewindow.

•Toonlydetectashinglight,selectalowsensitivity.Inothercaseshighsensitivityisrecommended.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

Applications

AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications

forAxisproducts.Forinformationaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotowww.axis.com/applications

Note

•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain

combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify

thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.

ApplicationLicenses

Someapplicationsneedalicensetorun.Licensescanbeinstalledintwoways:

•Automaticinstallation—requiresaccesstotheInternet

•Manualinstallation—obtainthelicensekeyfromtheapplicationvendoranduploadthekeytotheAxisproduct

Torequestalicense,theAxisproductserialnumber(S/N)isrequired.Theserialnumbercanbefoundontheproductlabelandunder

SystemOptions>Support>SystemOverview.

UploadApplication

Touploadandstartanapplication:

1.GotoSetup>Applications.

2.UnderUploadApplication,clickBrowse.LocatetheapplicationleandclickUploadPackage.

3.Installthelicense(ifapplicable).Forinstructions,seethedocumentationprovidedbytheapplicationvendor.

4.Starttheapplication.GotopageApplications,selecttheapplicationinthelistofinstalledapplicationsandclickStart.

5.Conguretheapplication.Forinstructions,seethedocumentationprovidedbytheapplicationvendor.

Note

•Applicationscanbeuploadedbyproductadministrators.

•ApplicationsandlicensescanbeinstalledonmultipleproductsatthesametimeusingAXISCameraManagement,version

3.10andlater.

Togeneratealoglefortheapplication,gotoApplications.SelecttheapplicationandclickLog.

ApplicationConsiderations

Ifanapplicationisupgraded,applicationsettings,includingthelicense,willberemoved.Thelicensemustbereinstalledand

theapplicationrecongured.

IftheAxisproduct’srmwareisupgraded,uploadedapplicationsandtheirsettingswillremainunchanged,althoughthisisnot

guaranteedbyAxisCommunications.Notethattheapplicationmustbesupportedbythenewrmware.Forinformationabout

rmwareupgrades,seeUpgradetheFirmwareonpage65.

IftheAxisproductisrestarted,runningapplicationswillrestartautomatically.

IftheAxisproductisrestored,uploadedapplicationsremainunchangedbutmustberestarted.Tostarttheapplication,goto

Setup>Applications.SelecttheapplicationinthelistofinstalledapplicationsandclickStart.Forinformationaboutrestoring

theAxisproduct,seeMaintenanceonpage62.

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Applications

IftheAxisproductisresettofactorydefault,uploadedapplicationsandtheirsettingsareremoved.Forinformationaboutfactory

default,seeResettoFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage64.

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AXISVideoMotionDetection

AXISVideoMotionDetectionisanapplicationthatdetectsmovingobjectsinthecamera’seldofview.Whenamovingobject

isdetected,AXISVideoMotionDetectionsendsanalarmthatcanbeusedbytheAxisproductorbythird-partysoftwareto

forexample,recordvideoorsendanotication.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3isincludedwiththeAxisproductandisavailableunderSetup>Applications.TouseAXISVideo

MotionDetection,theapplicationmustrstbestarted.Toavoiddetectingunwantedobjects,theapplicationshouldbecongured.

Duringconguration,visualconrmationcanbeusedtohelpunderstandtheeffectofthedifferentlters.Whenvisualconrmation

isenabled,redpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationdetectsandgreenpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationignores.

Considerations

BeforeusingAXISVideoMotionDetection3,takethefollowingintoconsideration:

BeforeusingAXISDigitalAutotracking,takethefollowingintoconsideration:

•Smallanddistantobjectsmightnotbedetected.

•Smallanddistantobjectsmightnotbetracked.

•Detectionaccuracymaybeaffectedbyweatherconditionssuchasheavyrainorsnow.

•MakesurethatthelightingconditionsarewithintheAxisproduct’sspecication.Addadditionallightingifneeded.

•Makesurethatthecameraisnotsubjecttoexcessivevibrations.Vibrationsmightcausefalsedetections.

•Makesurethatthecameraisnotsubjecttoexcessivevibrations.Vibrationsmightcausefalsedetectionsandunwanted

trackedobjects.

StartandStoptheApplication

Tostarttheapplication,selectitintheInstalledApplicationslistontheApplicationspageandclickStart.

Tostoptheapplication,selectitinthelistandclickStop.

CongureApplication

TheapplicationisavailablefromSetup>Applications>MotionDetection3.GotoSettingsandthenclickAXIS AXIS

AXIS

Video Video

Video

Motion Motion

Motion

Detection Detection

Detection

settings settings

settings

toopentheapplication’swebpage.

TocongureAXISVideoMotionDetection3,followthesesteps:

TocongureAXISDigitalAutotracking,followthesesteps:

1.Modifythesizeandpositionoftheincludearea.Thisistheareainwhichmovingobjectswillbedetected.SeeInclude

Areaonpage36.

2.Modifythesizeandpositionoftheincludearea.Thisistheareainwhichmovingobjectswillbetracked.SeeIncludeArea

onpage36.

3.Optionally,addoneormoreexcludeareas.Objectsinanexcludeareawillbeignored.SeeExcludeAreaonpage36.

4.ClickSavetoapplythechanges.

5.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.SeeVisualConrmationonpage37.

6.Iftoomanyunwantedobjectsaredetected,enableandcongureoneormoreoftheignorelters.SeeIgnoreFilters

onpage37.

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7.Iftoomanyunwantedobjectsaretracked,enableandcongureoneormoreoftheignorelters.SeeIgnoreFilters

onpage37.

Aftermodifyingasetting,clickSavetoapplythechanges.Thevideostreamwillberestartedanditmaytakeafewseconds

beforethechangeisapplied.

IncludeArea

Theincludeareaistheareainwhichmovingobjectswillbedetected.Objectsmovingoutsidetheincludeareawillbeignored.

Theobjectwillbedetectedalsoifonlyapartoftheobjectisinsidetheincludearea.

Theincludeareaistheareainwhichmovingobjectswillbetracked.Objectsmovingoutsidetheincludeareawillbeignored.The

objectwillbetrackedalsoifonlyapartoftheobjectisinsidetheincludearea.

Note

Tomodifytheincludearea,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)mustbeused.

Thedefaultincludeareaisasquarethatcoversthewholeimage.Clickonthe

icontohighlightthearea.

Usethemousetoreshapeandresizetheareasothatitonlycoversthepartoftheimageinwhichmovingobjectsshouldbedetected.

Thedefaultsquarecanbechangedtoapolygonwithupto20points(corners).

•Toaddanewpoint,clickontheincludeareaborder.Dragthepointtothedesiredposition.

•Toremoveapoint,right-clickonthepoint.

•Tomoveapoint,dragthepointtothenewposition.

•Tomovetheentireincludearea,placethemousepointerinsidethearea.Whenthepointerbecomesacross,dragthe

areatothenewposition.

•Toselecttheincludearea,clickontheborder.

Toresettheincludeareatoitsdefaultsize,clickReset.

ExcludeArea

Anexcludeareaisanareainwhichmovingobjectswillbeignored.Useexcludeareasifthereareareasinsidetheincludearea

thattriggeralotofunwanteddetectedobjects.Upto10excludeareascanbeused.

Anexcludeareaisanareainwhichmovingobjectswillbeignored.Useexcludeareasifthereareareasinsidetheincludearea

thattriggeralotofunwantedtrackedobjects.Upto10excludeareascanbeused.

Note

Toaddandmodifyexcludeareas,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)mustbeused.

Toaddanexcludearea,clickAdd.Thedefaultexcludeareaisarectangleplacedinthecenteroftheimage.Usethemouse

tomove,reshapeandresizetheareasothatitcoversthedesiredpartoftheimage.Thedefaultsquarecanbechangedtoa

polygonwithupto20points(corners).

•Tomovetheexcludearea,placethemousepointerinsidethearea.Whenthepointerbecomesacross,dragthearea

tothenewposition.

•Toaddanewpoint,clickontheexcludeareaborder.Dragthepointtothedesiredposition.

•Toremoveapoint,right-clickonthepoint.

•Tomoveapoint,dragthepointtothenewposition.

•Toselectanexcludearea,clickontheborder.

Toremoveanexcludearea,selecttheareaandthenclickRemove.

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Tohighlighttheexcludeareas,clickontheicon.

VisualConrmation

Visualconrmationisusedtovalidatethatthesettingsarecorrect,thatis,thatallobjectsthatshouldbedetectedaredetected.

Visualconrmationisusedtovalidatethatthesettingsarecorrect,thatis,thatallobjectsthatshouldbetrackedaretracked.

Note

Tousevisualconrmation,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)mustbeused.

Whenvisualconrmationisenabled,allmovingobjectsfoundbytheapplicationwillbeencircledandfollowedbypolygons.Ared

polygonindicatesthattheobjectisfoundandisdetectedasamovingobject.Agreenpolygonindicatesthattheobjectisfoundbut

isignoredbecauseitisnotintheincludeareaorbecauseofoneoftheignorelters.

Whenvisualconrmationisenabled,allmovingobjectsfoundbytheapplicationwillbeencircledandfollowedbypolygons.Ared

polygonindicatesthattheobjectisfoundandthattrackinghasstarted.Agreenpolygonindicatesthattheobjectisfoundbutis

ignoredbecauseitisnotintheincludeareaorbecauseofoneoftheignorelters.

Theyellowrectangleshowshowtheviewareafollowsmovingobjectsandhowtheviewareazoomlevelisadaptedtoincludeall

movingobjects.

Toenablevisualconrmation:

1.SelecttheEnablevisualconrmationoption.

2.ClickSave.

Note

•Visualconrmationisdisabledafter15minutes.

•Aftermodifyingasetting,clickSavetoapplythechange.Thevideostreamwillberestartedanditmaytakeafewseconds

beforethechangeisapplied.

•Enablingvisualconrmationmayintroducevideolatency.

IgnoreFilters

IfAXISVideoMotionDetection3detectstoomanyunwantedobjects,startbymodifyingtheincludeandexcludeareas.Ifstilltoo

manyobjectsaredetected,useoneormoreoftheignorelters.

IfAXISDigitalAutotrackingtrackstoomanyunwantedobjects,startbymodifyingtheincludeandexcludeareas.Ifstilltoo

manyobjectsaretracked,useoneormoreoftheignorelters.

Supportedignorelters:

•Swayingobjects—Usedtoignoreobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance

•Short-livedobjects—Usedtoignoreobjectsthatonlyappearintheimageforashortperiodoftime

•Smallobjects—Usedtoignoresmallobjects

Ignoreltersareappliedtoallmovingobjectsfoundbytheapplicationandshouldbeconguredwithcaretoensurethatno

importantobjectsareignored.

Onlyuseignoreltersifneededanduseasfewltersaspossible.Enableandcongureonelteratatimeandusevisualconrmation

toverifythesettingsbeforeenablinganotherlter.Whenconguringalter,startwithasmallltersize,clickSaveandusevisual

conrmationtoverifythesettings.Ifrequired,increasetheltersizeinsmallstepsuntilthenumberofunwantedobjectsisreduced.

SwayingObjectIgnoreFilter

Theswayingobjectlterisusedtoavoiddetectingobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance,forexamplemovingtrees,agsandtheir

shadows.Usethelterifsuchobjectscausealotoffalsedetections.Iftheswayingobjectsinthescenearelarge,forexamplelarge

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pondsorlargetrees,useexcludeareasinsteadofthelter.Thelterwillbeappliedtoallmovingobjectsinsceneand,ifsetto

avaluetoolarge,importantobjectsmightnotbedetected.

Theswayingobjectlterisusedtoavoidtrackingobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance,forexamplemovingtrees,agsandtheir

shadows.Usethelterifsuchobjectscausealotofunwantedtrackedobjects.Iftheswayingobjectsinthescenearelarge,for

examplelargepondsorlargetrees,useexcludeareasinsteadofthelter.Thelterwillbeappliedtoallmovingobjectsinsceneand,

ifsettoavaluetoolarge,importantobjectsmightnotbetracked.

Whentheswayingobjectlterisenabledandtheapplicationndsamovingobject,theobjectwillnotbereportedasdetected(red

polygoninvisualconrmation)untilithastravelledadistancelargerthanthesetltersize.Thealarmsentbytheapplicationwillbe

sentwhentheobjectisdetected.Ifthealarmisusedtostartarecording,congurethepre-triggertimesothattherecordingalso

includesthetimetheobjectmovedinthescenebeforebeingdetected.

Whentheswayingobjectlterisenabledandtheapplicationndsamovingobject,trackingwillnotstart(redpolygoninvisual

conrmation)untiltheobjecthastravelledadistancelargerthanthesetltersize.Ifthealarmsentbytheapplicationisused

tostartarecording,congurethepre-triggertimesothattherecordingalsoincludesthetimetheobjectmovedinthescene

beforetrackingstarted.

Toenablethelter:

1.SelecttheSwayingobjectsoption.

2.Clickonthe

icontoshowtheltersizeintheimage.

3.Usethemousetoadjusttheltersize.Startwithasmallsize.Objectsmovingadistanceshorterthanthedistancefrom

thecenterofthecrosstooneofthearrowheadswillbeignored.Theltercanbemovedtothelocationofaswaying

objecttomakeiteasiertoadjustthesize.Notethatthelterwillbeappliedtoallobjectsintheimage,notonlytothe

onesatthelocationwherethelterisplaced.

4.ClickSavetoapplythelter.

5.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.

6.Iftheresultisnotsatisfactory,increasetheltersizeinsmallsteps.

Theltersizecanalsobesetbyenteringavaluebetween10and50intheeld.Thevaluecorrespondstothedistancefromthe

centerofthecrosstooneofthearrowheads.Thevalue100impliesthatanobjectmusttravelfromitsinitialpointtoonethirdofthe

imagewidthorheightbeforebeingdetected.Thevalue50implieshalfthatdistance,thatis,theobjectmusttraveladistanceof

onesixthoftheimagewidthorheightbeforebeingdetected.

Theltersizecanalsobesetbyenteringavaluebetween10and50intheeld.Thevaluecorrespondstothedistancefromthe

centerofthecrosstooneofthearrowheads.Thevalue50impliesthatanobjectmusttravelfromitsinitialpointtoonesixthofthe

imagewidthorheightbeforebeingtracked.Thevalue25implieshalfthatdistance,thatis,theobjectmusttraveladistanceofone

twelfthoftheimagewidthorheightbeforebeingtracked.

Short-LivedObjectIgnoreFilter

Theshort-livedobjectlterisusedtoavoiddetectingobjectsthatonlyappearforashortperiodoftime,suchaslightbeamsfroma

passingcarandquicklymovingshadows.Usethelterifsuchobjectscausealotoffalsedetections.

Theshort-livedobjectlterisusedtoavoidtrackingobjectsthatonlyappearforashortperiodoftime,suchaslightbeamsfroma

passingcarandquicklymovingshadows.Usethelterifsuchobjectscausealotofunwantedtrackedobjects.

Whentheshort-livedobjectlterisenabledandtheapplicationndsamovingobject,theobjectwillnotbereportedasdetected

(redpolygoninvisualconrmation)untilthesettimeaspassed.Thealarmsentbytheapplicationwillbesentwhentheobjectis

detected.Ifthealarmisusedtostartarecording,congurethepre-triggertimesothattherecordingalsoincludesthetimethe

objectmovedinthescenebeforebeingdetected.

Whentheshort-livedobjectlterisenabledandtheapplicationndsamovingobject,trackingwillnotstart(redpolygoninvisual

conrmation)untilthesettimeaspassed.Ifthealarmsentbytheapplicationisusedtostartarecording,congurethepre-trigger

timesothattherecordingalsoincludesthetimetheobjectmovedinthescenebeforetrackingstarted.

Toenablethelter:

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AXISVideoMotionDetection

1.SelecttheShort-livedobjectsoption.

2.Enterthenumberofsecondsintheeld.Thenumberofsecondsistheminimumtimethatmustpassbeforetheobjectis

detected.Startwithasmallnumber.

3.Enterthenumberofsecondsintheeld.Thenumberofsecondsistheminimumtimethatmustpassbeforetracking

starts.Startwithasmallnumber.

4.ClickSavetoapplythelter.

5.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.

6.Iftheresultisnotsatisfactory,increasetheltersizeinsmallsteps.

SmallObjectIgnoreFilter

Thesmallobjectlterisusedtoavoiddetectingobjectsthataretoosmall.Forexample,ifonlymovingcarsshouldbedetected,the

smallobjectltercanbeusedtoavoiddetectingpeopleandanimals.

Thesmallobjectlterisusedtoavoidtrackingobjectsthataretoosmall.Forexample,ifonlymovingcarsshouldbetracked,the

smallobjectltercanbeusedtoavoidtrackingpeopleandanimals.

Ifusingthesmallobjectlter,takeintoconsiderationthatanobjectfarfromthecameraappearssmallerthananobjectclosetothe

camera.Ifthelterissettoignoreobjectsthesizeofaperson,peoplethatareclosetobecameracanstillbedetectedbecause

theyarelargerthantheltersize.

Ifusingthesmallobjectlter,takeintoconsiderationthatanobjectfarfromthecameraappearssmallerthananobjectclosetothe

camera.Ifthelterissettoignoreobjectsthesizeofaperson,peoplethatareclosetobecameracanstillbetrackedbecause

theyarelargerthantheltersize.

Toenablethelter:

1.SelecttheSmallobjectsoption.

2.Clickonthe

icontoshowtheltersizeintheimage.

3.Usethemousetoadjusttheltersize.Startwithasmallsize.Movingobjectsthattinsidetherectanglewillbeignored.

Thelterdisplayedintheimagecanbemovedtomakeiteasiertocomparetheltersizewiththesizeofobjects

intheimage.Notethatthelterwillbeappliedtoallobjectsintheimage,alsotoobjectsthatarenotlocatedat

thepositionofthedisplayedlter.

4.ClickSavetoapplythelter.

5.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.

6.Iftheresultisnotsatisfactory,increasetheltersizeinsmallsteps.

Theltersizecanalsobesetbyenteringthewidthandheightintheelds.Thewidthandheightarethemaximumwidthand

maximumheightoftheobjectstoignoreandaremeasuredinpercentoftheimagewidthandheight.Valuesbetween5and100

canbeused.

UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule

ThefollowingexampleshowshowtoconguretheAxisproducttorecordvideowhenAXISVideoMotionDetection3detectsmotion.

Usingactionrules,Axisnetworkcamerascanbeconguredto,forexample,recordvideoorsendanoticationwhen

AXISDigitalAutotrackingstartstrackingamovingobject.

ThefollowingexampleshowshowtoconguretheAxisproducttorecordvideotoanSDcardornetworksharewhen

AXISDigitalAutotrackingstartstracking.Fordetailedinformationaboutthedifferentsettings,seetheAxisproduct’sonline

helporUserManual.

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AXISVideoMotionDetection

1.InsertanSDcardintheAxisproduct,orgotoSetup>SystemOptions>StorageintheAxisproduct’swebpagesand

conguretheproducttouseanetworkshare.

2.Optionally,gotoSetup>Video>StreamProlesandcreateastreamproletouseforrecording.

3.GotoSetup>Events>ActionRulesandclickAddtocreateanewactionrule.

4.FromtheTriggerdrop-downlist,selectApplicationsandthenselectVMD3DigitalAutoTracking.

5.Congureothersettingsasrequired.Forexample,toonlyrecordvideoduringcertaintimeperiods,selectaSchedule.

6.UnderActions,selectRecordVideofromtheTypedrop-downlist.

7.Torecordtheviewareausedforautotracking,selecttheviewareacalledDigitalAutotrackingView.

8.Selectthestreamproleandstoragedevicetouseandcongurethepre-andpost-triggertimes.

9.MakesurethattheruleisenabledandthenclickOK.

Note

ToappearintheTriggerlist,theapplicationmustbestartedanditsstatusmustbeIdleorRunning.

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Events

TheEventpagesallowyoutoconguretheAxisproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct

canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen

theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.

SetUpActionRules

Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan

emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.

Formoreinformationaboutavailabletriggersandactions,seeTriggersonpage41andActionsonpage42.

Tousemorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,selectAdditionalconditionsandclickAddtoaddadditionaltriggers.Whenusing

additionalconditions,allconditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.

Topreventanactionfrombeingtriggeredrepeatedly,aWaitatleasttimecanbeset.Enterthetimeinhours,minutesandseconds,

duringwhichthetriggershouldbeignoredbeforetheactionrulecanbeactivatedagain.

TherecordingDurationofsomeactionscanbesettoincludetimeimmediatelybeforeandaftertheevent.SelectPre-triggertime

and/orPost-triggertimeandenterthenumberofseconds.WhenWhiletheruleisactiveisenabledandtheactionistriggered

againduringthepost-triggertime,therecordingtimewillbeextendedwithanotherpost-triggertimeperiod.

Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp

Triggers

Availableactionruletriggersandconditionsinclude:

•Applications–Useinstalledapplicationstotriggertherule.SeeApplicationsonpage33.

•Detectors

-Day/NightMode–Triggertherulewhentheproductswitchesbetweendaymode(IRcutlteron)andnight

mode(IRcutlteroff).Thiscanforexamplebeusedtocontrolanexternalinfrared(IR)lightconnected

toanoutputport.

-LiveStreamAccessed–Triggertherulewhenanystreamisaccessedandduringedgestorageplayback.

Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendnotications.

-Tampering–Triggertherulewhentamperingisdetected.SeeAboutcameratamperingonpage30.

•Hardware

-Network–Triggertheruleifnetworkconnectionislostorrestored.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtostart

recordingtotheSDcard.

-Temperature–Triggertheruleifthetemperaturefallsoutsideorinsidetheoperatingrangeoftheproduct.This

canforexamplebeusedtosendmaintenancenotications.

•InputSignal

-ManualTrigger–TriggertheruleusingtheManualTriggerbuttonintheLiveViewpage.SeeControlson

theLiveViewPageonpage11.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtovalidateactionsduringproductinstallation

andconguration.

-VirtualInputs–canbeusedbyaVMS(VideoManagementSystem)totriggeractions.Virtualinputscan,for

example,beconnectedtobuttonsintheVMSuserinterface.

•PTZ

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Events

-Moving–TriggertherulewhenthecameraviewmovesduetoaPTZoperation.Thiscanforexamplebeused

asanadditionalconditiontopreventanactionruletriggeredbymotiondetectiontorecordvideowhilethe

cameraviewmovesduetoaPTZoperation.

-PresetReached–Triggertherulewhenthecamerastopsatapresetposition.Thiscanbeforexamplebeused

withtheSendImagesactiontouploadimagesfromthepresetposition.

•Storage

-Disruption–Triggertheruleifstorageproblemsaredetected,forexampleifthestoragedeviceisunavailable,

removed,full,lockedorifotherreadorwriteproblemsoccur.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtosendmaintenance

notications.

-Recording–TriggerstherulewhentheAxisproductrecordstothestoragedevice.Therecordingstatustrigger

canbeusedtonotifytheoperator,forexamplebyashingLEDlights,iftheproducthasstartedorstoppedto

recordtothestoragedevice.Notethat,thistriggercanbeusedonlyforedgestoragerecordingstatus.

•System

-SystemReady–Triggertherulewhentheproducthasbeenstartedandallservicesarerunning.Thiscanfor

examplebeusedtosendanoticationwhentheproductrestarts.

•Time

-Recurrence–Triggertheruleperiodically.SeeSetUpRecurrencesonpage44.Thiscanforexamplebeusedto

uploadanimageevery5minutes.

-UseSchedule–Triggertheruleaccordingtotheselectedschedule.SeeCreateSchedulesonpage44.

Actions

Availableactionsinclude:

•IRIllumination–ActivateordeactivateIRlight.

•Day/NightVisionMode–Setdaymode(IRcutlteron)ornightmode(IRcutlteroff).

•OverlayText–Displayanoverlaytext.SeeHowtoincludeoverlaytextinanactionruleonpage24.

•PTZControl

-PresetPosition–Gotoapresetposition.

-GuardTour–Startaguardtour.SeeAboutguardtoursonpage28.

•RecordVideo–Recordvideotoaselectedstorage.

•SendImages–Sendimagestoarecipient.

•SendNotication–Sendanoticationmessagetoarecipient.

•SendSNMPTrap–SendanSNMPtrapmessagetotheoperator.MakesurethatSNMPisenabledandcongured

underSystemOptions>Network>SNMP.

•SendVideoClip–Sendavideocliptoarecipient.

•StatusLED–FlashtheLEDindicator.Thiscanforexamplebeusedtovalidatetriggerssuchasmotiondetectionduring

productinstallationandconguration.

•WDRMode–TheWDRModecanbeturnedonoroffwhentheactionruleistriggered.

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Events

AddRecipients

Theproductcansendmedialesandmessagestonotifyusersaboutevents.Beforetheproductcansendmedialesornotication

messages,youmustdeneoneoremorerecipients.Forinformationaboutavailableoptions,seeRecipientTypesonpage43.

Toaddarecipient:

1.GotoEvents>RecipientsandclickAdd.

2.Enteradescriptivename.

3.SelectarecipientType.

4.Entertheinformationneededfortherecipienttype.

5.ClickTesttotesttheconnectiontotherecipient.

6.ClickOK.

RecipientTypes

Thefollowingrecipientsareavailable:

RecipientUsewithactionNotes

SendImages

SendNotication

SendVideoClip

Anemailrecipientcancontainmultipleemailaddresses.

FTP

SendImages

SendVideoClip

SFTPSendImages

SendVideoClip

EncryptedletransferusingSSHFileTransportProtocol

(SFTP).SFTPisamoresecuremethodthanFTPbutle

transfermightbeslower,especiallyforlargelessuchashigh

resolutionvideo.

SpecifylogininformationfortheSFTPserverandtheserver’s

publickeyMD5ngerprint(32hexadecimaldigits).

TheSFTPrecipientsupportsSFTPserversusingSSH-2with

RSAandDSAhostkeytypes.RSAisthepreferredmethod.To

useDSA,disabletheRSAkeyontheSFTPserver.

HTTP

SendImages

SendNotication

SendVideoClip

HTTPSSendImages

SendNotication

SendVideoClip

EncryptedletransferusingHyperTextTransferProtocol

Secure(HTTPS).

SpecifylogininformationfortheHTTPSserverandvalidate

theserver’scerticate.IfthereisaproxybetweentheAxis

productandtheHTTPSserver,alsospecifytheproxysettings.

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Events

NetworkShareSendImages

SendVideoClip

Anetworksharecanalsobeusedasastoragedevicefor

recordedvideo.GoSystemOptions>Storagetocongure

anetworksharebeforesettingupacontinuousrecordingor

anactionruletorecordvideo.Formoreinformationabout

storagedevices,seeStorageonpage60.

TCPSendNotication

SetUpEmailRecipients

Emailrecipientscanbeconguredbyselectingoneofthelistedemailproviders,orbyspecifyingtheSMTPserver,portand

authenticationusedby,forexample,acorporateemailserver.

Note

Someemailprovidershavesecurityltersthatpreventusersfromreceivingorviewinglargeattachments,fromreceiving

scheduledemailsandsimilar.Checktheemailprovider’ssecuritypolicytoavoiddeliveryproblemsandlockedemailaccounts.

Tosetupanemailrecipientusingoneofthelistedproviders:

1.GotoEvents>RecipientsandclickAdd.

2.EnteraNameandselectEmailfromtheTypelist.

3.EntertheemailaddressestosendemailstointheToeld.Usecommastoseparatemultipleaddresses.

4.SelecttheemailproviderfromtheProviderlist.

5.EntertheuserIDandpasswordfortheemailaccount.

6.ClickTesttosendatestemail.

Tosetupanemailrecipientusingforexampleacorporateemailserver,followtheinstructionsabovebutselectUserdenedas

Provider.EntertheemailaddresstoappearassenderintheFromeld.SelectAdvancedsettingsandspecifytheSMTPserver

address,portandauthenticationmethod.Optionally,selectUseencryptiontosendemailsoveranencryptedconnection.Theserver

certicatecanbevalidatedusingthecerticatesavailableintheAxisproduct.Forinformationonhowtouploadcerticates,see

Aboutcerticatesonpage51.

CreateSchedules

Schedulescanbeusedasactionruletriggersorasadditionalconditions,forexampletorecordvideoifmotionisdetectedoutside

ofcehours.Useoneofthepredenedschedulesorcreateanewscheduleasdescribedbelow.

Tocreateanewschedule:

1.GotoEvents>SchedulesandclickAdd.

2.Enteradescriptivenameandtheinformationneededforadaily,weekly,monthlyoryearlyschedule.

3.ClickOK.

Tousethescheduleinanactionrule,selecttheschedulefromtheScheduledrop-downlistintheActionRuleSetuppage.

SetUpRecurrences

Recurrencesareusedtotriggeractionrulesrepeatedly,forexampleevery5minutesoreveryhour.

Tosetuparecurrence:

1.GotoEvents>RecurrencesandclickAdd.

2.Enteradescriptivenameandrecurrencepattern.

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Events

3.ClickOK.

Tousetherecurrenceinanactionrule,rstselectTimefromtheTriggerdrop-downlistintheActionRuleSetuppageandthen

selecttherecurrencefromtheseconddrop-downlist.

Tomodifyorremoverecurrences,selecttherecurrenceintheRecurrencesListandclickModifyorRemove.

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Recordings

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtorecordvideocontinuouslyoraccordingtoanactionrule:

•Tostartacontinuousrecording,seepage47.

•Tosetupactionrules,seepage41.

•Toaccessrecordings,seeFindRecordingsonpage46.

•Toplayrecordings,seePlayRecordingonpage46.

•Toexportarecordingasavideoclip,seeExportVideoCliponpage47.

•Tocongurecameracontrolledstorage,seeStorageonpage60.

FindRecordings

RecordingsstoredontheSDcardornetworksharecanbeaccessedfromtheRecordings>Listpage.Thepagelistsallrecordingson

thestoragedeviceandshowseachrecording’sstartdateandtime,durationandtheeventthattriggeredtherecording.

Note

Therecording’sstartdateandtimeissetaccordingtotheAxisproduct’sdateandtimesettings.IftheAxisproductis

conguredtouseatimezonedifferentfromthelocaltimezone,makesuretoconguretheRecordingtimeltersaccording

totheproduct’stimezone.DateandtimesettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Date&Time,seeDate&Time

onpage51.

Tondarecording,followthesesteps:

1.GotoRecordings>List.

2.Toreducethenumberofrecordingsdisplayed,selectthedesiredoptionsunderFilter:

Recordingtime–ListrecordingsthatstartedbetweentheFromandTotimes.

Event–Listrecordingsthatweretriggeredbyaspecicevent.Selectcontinuoustolistcontinuousrecordings.

Storage–Listrecordingsfromaspecicstoragedevice.

Sort–Specifyhowrecordingsshouldbesortedinthelist.

Results–Specifythemaximumnumberofrecordingstodisplay.

3.Toapplythelters,clicktheFilterbutton.Someltersmaytakealongtimetocomplete.

4.TherecordingsaredisplayedintheRecordinglist.

Toplayarecording,selecttherecordingandclickPlay.SeealsoPlayRecordingonpage46.

Toviewdetailedinformationaboutarecording,selecttherecordingandclickProperties.

Toexportarecordingorapartofarecordingasavideoclip,selecttherecordingandclickExport.SeealsoExportVideoClipon

page47.

Toremovearecordingfromthestoragedevice,selecttherecordingandclickRemove.

PlayRecording

RecordingsontheSDcardornetworksharecanbeplayeddirectlyfromtheAxisproduct’swebpages.

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Recordings

Toplayarecording,followthesesteps:

1.GotoRecordings>List.

2.Toreducethenumberofrecordingsdisplayed,selectthedesiredoptionsunderFilterandclicktheFilterbuttonto

applythelters.SeealsoFindRecordingsonpage46.

3.SelecttherecordingandclickPlay.Therecordingwillbeplayedinanewbrowserwindow.

ExportVideoClip

RecordingsontheSDcardornetworksharecanbeexportedasvideoclips.Itispossibletoexportacompleterecordingora

partofarecording.

Note

TheexportedrecordingisaMatroskavideole(.mkv).ToplaytherecordinginWindowsMediaPlayer,AXISMatroskaFile

Splittermustbeinstalled.AXISMatroskaFileSplittercanbedownloadedfromwww.axis.com/techsup/software

Toexportavideoclip,followthesesteps:

1.GotoRecordings>List.

2.Toreducethenumberofrecordingsdisplayed,selectthedesiredoptionsunderFilterandclicktheFilterbuttonto

applythelters.SeealsoFindRecordingsonpage46.

3.SelecttherecordingandclickExport.TheExportRecordingdialogopens.

4.Bydefault,thecompleterecordingisselected.Toexportapartoftherecording,modifythestartandstoptimes.

5.Optionally,enteralenamefortherecording.

6.ClickExport.

Note

Recordingscanalsobeexportedfromtheplaybackwindow.

ContinuousRecording

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtocontinuouslysavevideotoastoragedevice.Forinformationaboutstoragedevices,seeStorage

onpage60.Topreventthediskfrombecomingfull,itisrecommendedtocongurethedisktoautomaticallyremoveoldrecordings.

Ifanewstreamproleisselectedwhilearecordingisongoing,therecordingwillbestoppedandsavedintherecordinglistanda

newrecordingwiththenewstreamprolewillstart.Allpreviouscontinuousrecordingswillremainintherecordinglistuntilthey

areremovedmanuallyorthroughautomaticremovalofoldrecordings.

Tostartacontinuousrecording,followthesesteps:

1.GotoRecordings>Continuous.

2.SelectEnabled.

3.SelectthetypeofstoragedevicefromtheStoragelist.

4.SelectaStreamproletouseforcontinuousrecordings.

5.ClickSavetosaveandstarttherecording.

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Languages

MultiplelanguagescanbeinstalledintheAxisproduct.Allwebpagesincludingtheonlinehelpwillbedisplayedintheselected

language.Toswitchlanguages,gotoSetup>Languagesandrstuploadthenewlanguagele.Browseandlocatetheleandclick

theUploadLanguagebutton.SelectthenewlanguagefromthelistandclickSave.

Note

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettingswilleraseanyuploadedlanguagelesandresettheproductlanguageto

English.

•ClickingtheRestorebuttonontheMaintenancepagewillnotaffectthelanguage.

•Armwareupgradewillnotaffectthelanguageused.Howeverifyouhaveuploadedanewlanguagetotheproductand

laterupgradethermware,itmayhappenthatthetranslationnolongermatchestheproduct'swebpages.Inthiscase,

uploadanupdatedlanguagele.

•Alanguagealreadyinstalledintheproductwillbereplacedwhenacurrentoralaterversionofthelanguageleisuploaded.

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SystemOptions

Security

Users

UseraccesscontrolisenabledbydefaultandcanbeconguredunderSystemOptions>Security>Users.Anadministratorcan

setupotherusersbygivingthemusernamesandpasswords.Itisalsopossibletoallowanonymousviewerlogin,whichmeans

thatanybodymayaccesstheLiveViewpage.

Theuserlistdisplaysauthorizedusersandusergroups(accesslevels):

•ViewershaveaccesstotheLiveViewpage

•Operatorshaveaccesstoallsettingsexcept:

-creatingandmodifyingPTZpresets

-creatingandmodifyingPTZcontrolsettings

-creatingandmodifyingprivacymasksettings

-uploadingapplicationsandlanguageles

-anyofthesettingsincludedintheSystemOptions

•Administratorshaveunrestrictedaccesstoallsettings.Theadministratorcanadd,modifyandremoveotherusers.

Note

NotethatwhentheoptionEncrypted&unencryptedisselected,thewebserverwillencryptthepassword.Thisisthedefault

optionforanewunitoraunitresettofactorydefaultsettings.

UnderHTTP/RTSPPasswordSettings,selectthetypeofpasswordtoallow.Youmayneedtoallowunencryptedpasswordsifthereare

viewingclientsthatdonotsupportencryption,orifyouupgradedthermwareandexistingclientssupportencryptionbutneed

tologinagainandbeconguredtousethisfunctionality.

UnderUserSettings,selecttheEnableanonymousviewerloginoptiontoallowanonymoususersaccesstotheLiveViewpage.

SelecttheEnableanonymousPTZcontrollogintoallowanonymoususersaccesstothePTZcontrols.

DeselecttheEnableBasicSetupoptiontohidetheBasicSetupmenu.BasicSetupprovidesquickaccesstosettingsthatshouldbe

madebeforeusingtheAxisproduct.

ONVIF

ONVIF(OpenNetworkVideoInterfaceForum)isaglobalinterfacestandardthatmakesiteasierforendusers,integrators,consultants,

andmanufacturerstotakeadvantageofthepossibilitiesofferedbynetworkvideotechnology.ONVIFenablesinteroperability

betweendifferentvendorproducts,increasedexibility,reducedcostandfuture-proofsystems.

BycreatingauseryouautomaticallyenableONVIFcommunication.UsetheusernameandpasswordwithallONVIFcommunication

withtheproduct.Formoreinformationseewww.onvif.org

IPAddressFilter

IPaddresslteringisenabledontheSystemOptions>Security>IPAddressFilterpage.Onceenabled,thelistedIPaddressare

allowedordeniedaccesstotheAxisproduct.SelectAlloworDenyfromthelistandclickApplytoenableIPaddressltering.

Theadministratorcanaddupto256IPaddressentriestothelist(asingleentrycancontainmultipleIPaddresses).

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SystemOptions

HTTPS

HTTPS(HyperTextTransferProtocoloverSecureSocketLayer,orHTTPoverSSL)isawebprotocolprovidingencryptedbrowsing.

HTTPScanalsobeusedbyusersandclientstoverifythatthecorrectdeviceisbeingaccessed.Thesecuritylevelprovidedby

HTTPSisconsideredadequateformostcommercialexchanges.

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtorequireHTTPSwhenusersfromdifferentusergroups(administrator,operator,viewer)login.

TouseHTTPS,anHTTPScerticatemustrstbeinstalled.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicatestoinstallandmanage

certicates.SeeAboutcerticatesonpage51.

ToenableHTTPSontheAxisproduct:

1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>HTTPS

2.SelectanHTTPScerticatefromthelistofinstalledcerticates.

3.Optionally,clickCiphersandselecttheencryptionalgorithmstouseforSSL.

4.SettheHTTPSConnectionPolicyforthedifferentusergroups.

5.ClickSavetoenablethesettings.

ToaccesstheAxisproductviathedesiredprotocol,intheaddresseldinabrowser,enterhttps://fortheHTTPSprotocol

andhttp://fortheHTTPprotocol.

TheHTTPSportcanbechangedontheSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advancedpage.

IEEE802.1X

IEEE802.1Xisastandardforport-basedNetworkAdmissionControlprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwirelessnetwork

devices.IEEE802.1XisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).

ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X,devicesmustbeauthenticated.Theauthenticationisperformedbyanauthentication

server,typicallyaRADIUSserver,examplesofwhichareFreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationService.

InAxisimplementation,theAxisproductandtheauthenticationserveridentifythemselveswithdigitalcerticatesusingEAP-TLS

(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).ThecerticatesareprovidedbyaCerticationAuthority(CA).

Youneed:

•aCAcerticatetoauthenticatetheauthenticationserver.

•aCA-signedclientcerticatetoauthenticatetheAxisproduct.

Tocreateandinstallcerticates,gotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicates.SeeAboutcerticatesonpage51.

ToallowtheproducttoaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X:

1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>IEEE802.1X.

2.SelectaCACerticateandaClientCerticatefromthelistsofinstalledcerticates.

3.UnderSettings,selecttheEAPOLversionandprovidetheEAPidentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.

4.ChecktheboxtoenableIEEE802.1XandclickSave.

Note

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductshouldbesynchronizedwithanNTP

server.SeeDate&Timeonpage51.

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SystemOptions

Aboutcerticates

Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Typicalapplicationsincludeencryptedwebbrowsing(HTTPS),network

protectionviaIEEE802.1Xandsecureuploadofimagesandnoticationmessagesforexampleviaemail.Twotypesofcerticates

canbeusedwiththeAxisproduct:

Server/Clientcerticates-ToauthenticatetheAxisproduct.AServer/Clientcerticatecanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticate

Authority(CA).Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.

CAcerticates-Toauthenticatepeercerticates,forexamplethecerticateofanauthenticationserverincasetheAxisproductis

connectedtoanIEEE802.1Xprotectednetwork.TheAxisproductisshippedwithseveralpreinstalledCAcerticates.

Note

•Iftheproductisresettofactorydefault,allcerticates,exceptpreinstalledCAcerticates,willbedeleted.

•Iftheproductisresettofactorydefault,allpreinstalledCAcerticatesthathavebeendeletedwillbereinstalled.

Howtocreateaself-signedcerticate

1.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Certicates.

2.ClickCreateself-signedcerticateandprovidetherequestedinformation.

HowtocreateandinstallaCA-signedcerticate

1.Createaself-signedcerticate,seeHowtocreateaself-signedcerticateonpage51.

2.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Certicates.

3.ClickCreatecerticatesigningrequestandprovidetherequestedinformation.

4.CopythePEM-formattedrequestandsendtotheCAofyourchoice.

5.Whenthesignedcerticateisreturned,clickInstallcerticateanduploadthecerticate.

HowtoinstalladditionalCAcerticates

1.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Certicates.

2.ClickInstallcerticateanduploadthecerticate.

Date&Time

TheAxisproduct’sdateandtimesettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Date&Time.

CurrentServerTimedisplaysthecurrentdateandtime(24hclock).Thetimecanbedisplayedin12hclockinthetextoverlay(see

below).

Tochangethedateandtimesettings,selectthepreferredTimemodeunderNewServerTime:

•Synchronizewithcomputertime–Setsdateandtimeaccordingtothecomputer’sclock.Withthisoption,dateand

timearesetonceandwillnotbeupdatedautomatically.

•SynchronizewithNTPServer–ObtainsdateandtimefromanNTPserver.Withthisoption,dateandtimesettingsare

updatedcontinuously.ForinformationonNTPsettings,seeNTPCongurationonpage54.

IfusingahostnamefortheNTPserver,aDNSservermustbecongured.SeeDNSCongurationonpage54.

•Setmanually–Allowsyoutomanuallysetdateandtime.

IfusinganNTPserver,selectyourTimezonefromthedrop-downlist.Ifrequired,checkAutomaticallyadjustfordaylightsaving

timechanges.

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SystemOptions

TheDate&TimeFormatUsedinImagesisthedateandtimeformatdisplayedasatextoverlayinthevideostream.Usethe

predenedformatsorseeFileNaming&Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelpforinformationonhowtocreatecustomdateand

timeformats.Toincludedateandtimeintheoverlaytext,gotoVideoandselectIncludedateandIncludetime.

Network

BasicTCP/IPSettings

TheAxisproductsupportsIPversion4andIPversion6.Bothversionscanbeenabledsimultaneously,andatleastoneversion

mustalwaysbeenabled.

NetworkInterfaceMode

ThenetworkinterfacetotheAXISproductcanbewiredorwireless.Differentsettingscanbeusedforeachnetworkinterface,but

onlyonecanbeusedatatime.InAutomodetheproductwilluseawirelessnetworkunlessanetworkcableisconnected,inwhich

caseitwillusethewirednetwork.InWiredmodetheproductwillrequireanetworkcabletoconnecttothenetwork.

IPv4AddressConguration

Bydefault,theAxisproductissettouseIPv4(IPversion4)andtoobtaintheIPaddressautomaticallyviaDHCP.TheIPv4settingsare

conguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.

DHCP(DynamicHostCongurationProtocol)allowsnetworkadministratorstocentrallymanageandautomatetheassignmentof

IPaddresses.DHCPshouldonlybeenabledifusingdynamicIPaddressnotication,oriftheDHCPcanupdateaDNSserver.Itis

thenpossibletoaccesstheAxisproductbyname(hostname).

IfDHCPisenabledandtheproductcannotbeaccessed,runAXISIPUtilitytosearchthenetworkforconnectedAxisproducts,orreset

theproducttothefactorydefaultsettings(seepage64)andthenperformtheinstallationagain.

TouseastaticIPaddress,checkUsethefollowingIPaddressandspecifytheIPaddress,subnetmaskanddefaultrouter.

IPv6AddressConguration

IfIPv6(IPversion6)isenabled,theAxisproductwillreceiveanIPaddressaccordingtothecongurationinthenetworkrouter.

ToenableIPv6,gotoSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.OthersettingsforIPv6shouldbeconguredinthenetworkrouter.

ARP/Ping

Theproduct’sIPaddresscanbeassignedusingARPandPing.Forinstructions,seeAssignIPAddressUsingARP/Pingonpage52.

TheARP/Pingserviceisenabledbydefaultbutisautomaticallydisabledtwominutesaftertheproductisstarted,orassoonasanIP

addressisassigned.Tore-assignIPaddressusingARP/Ping,theproductmustberestartedtoenableARP/Pingforanadditional

twominutes.

Todisabletheservice,gotoSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>BasicandcleartheoptionEnableARP/PingsettingofIPaddress.

Pingingtheproductisstillpossiblewhentheserviceisdisabled.

AssignIPAddressUsingARP/Ping

Theproduct'sIPaddresscanbeassignedusingARP/Ping.Thecommandmustbeissuedwithin2minutesofconnectingpower.

1.AcquireafreestaticIPaddressonthesamenetworksegmentasthecomputer.

2.Locatetheserialnumber(S/N)ontheproductlabel.

3.Openacommandpromptandenterthefollowingcommands:

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SystemOptions

Linux/Unixsyntax

arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>temp

ping-s408<IPaddress>

Linux/Unixexample

arp-s192.168.0.12500:40:8c:18:10:00temp

ping-s408192.168.0.125

Windowssyntax(thismayrequirethatyourunthecommandpromptasanadministrator)

arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>

ping-l408-t<IPaddress>

Windowsexample(thismayrequirethatyourunthecommandpromptasanadministrator)

arp-s192.168.0.12500-40-8c-18-10-00

ping-l408-t192.168.0.125

4.Checkthatthenetworkcableisconnectedandthenrestarttheproductbydisconnectingandreconnectingpower.

5.ClosethecommandpromptwhentheproductrespondswithReplyfrom192.168.0.125:...orsimilar.

6.Openabrowserandtypehttp://<IPaddress>intheLocation/Addresseld.

ForothermethodsofassigningtheIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxisSupport

webatwww.axis.com/techsup

Note

•ToopenacommandpromptinWindows,opentheStartmenuandtypecmdintheRun/Searcheld.

•TousetheARPcommandinWindows8/Windows7/WindowsVista,right-clickthecommandprompticonandselect

Runasadministrator.

•ToopenacommandpromptinMacOSX,opentheTerminalutilityfromApplication>Utilities.

AXISVideoHostingSystem(AVHS)

AVHSusedinconjunctionwithanAVHSservice,provideseasyandsecureInternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideoaccessiblefrom

anylocation.FormoreinformationandhelptondalocalAVHSServiceProvidergotowww.axis.com/hosting

TheAVHSsettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCPIP>Basic.ThepossibilitytoconnecttoanAVHSservice

isenabledbydefault.Todisable,cleartheEnableAVHSbox.

One-clickenabled-Pressandholdtheproduct’scontrolbutton(seeHardwareOverviewonpage8)forabout3secondsto

connecttoanAVHSserviceovertheInternet.Onceregistered,AlwayswillbeenabledandtheAxisproductstaysconnectedto

theAVHSservice.Iftheproductisnotregisteredwithin24hoursfromwhenthebuttonispressed,theproductwilldisconnect

fromtheAVHSservice.

Always-TheAxisproductwillconstantlyattempttoconnecttotheAVHSserviceovertheInternet.Onceregisteredtheproductwill

stayconnectedtotheservice.Thisoptioncanbeusedwhentheproductisalreadyinstalledanditisnotconvenienttousethe

one-clickinstallation.

AXISInternetDynamicDNSService

AXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceassignsahostnameforeasyaccesstotheproduct.Formoreinformation,seewww.axiscam.net

ToregistertheAxisproductwithAXISInternetDynamicDNSService,gotoSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Basic.Under

Services,clicktheAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceSettingsbutton(requiresaccesstotheInternet).Thedomainnamecurrently

registeredatAXISInternetDynamicDNSservicefortheproductcanatanytimeberemoved.

Note

AXISInternetDynamicDNSServicerequiresIPv4.

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SystemOptions

AdvancedTCP/IPSettings

DNSConguration

DNS(DomainNameService)providesthetranslationofhostnamestoIPaddresses.TheDNSsettingsareconguredunderSystem

Options>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

SelectObtainDNSserveraddressviaDHCPtousetheDNSsettingsprovidedbytheDHCPserver.

Tomakemanualsettings,selectUsethefollowingDNSserveraddressandspecifythefollowing:

Domainname-Enterthedomain(s)tosearchforthehostnameusedbytheAxisproduct.Multipledomainscanbeseparatedby

semicolons.Thehostnameisalwaystherstpartofafullyqualieddomainname,forexample,myserveristhehostnameinthe

fullyqualieddomainnamemyserver.mycompany.comwheremycompany.comisthedomainname.

Primary/SecondaryDNSserver-EntertheIPaddressesoftheprimaryandsecondaryDNSservers.ThesecondaryDNSserveris

optionalandwillbeusediftheprimaryisunavailable.

NTPConguration

NTP(NetworkTimeProtocol)isusedtosynchronizetheclocktimesofdevicesinanetwork.TheNTPsettingsareconguredunder

SystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

SelectObtainNTPserveraddressviaDHCPtousetheNTPsettingsprovidedbytheDHCPserver.

Tomakemanualsettings,selectUsethefollowingNTPserveraddressandenterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheNTPserver.

HostNameConguration

TheAxisproductcanbeaccessedusingahostnameinsteadofanIPaddress.ThehostnameisusuallythesameastheassignedDNS

name.ThehostnameisconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

SelectObtainhostnameviaIPv4DHCPtousehostnameprovidedbytheDHCPserverrunningonIPv4.

SelectUsethehostnametosetthehostnamemanually.

SelectEnabledynamicDNSupdatestodynamicallyupdatelocalDNSserverswhenevertheAxisproduct’sIPaddresschanges.

Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp

Link-LocalIPv4Address

Link-LocalAddressisenabledbydefaultandassignstheAxisproductanadditionalIPaddresswhichcanbeusedtoaccess

theproductfromotherhostsonthesamesegmentonthelocalnetwork.TheproductcanhaveaLink-LocalIPandastatic

orDHCP-suppliedIPaddressatthesametime.

ThisfunctioncanbedisabledunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

HTTP

TheHTTPportusedbytheAxisproductcanbechangedunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.Inadditiontothe

defaultsetting,whichis80,anyportintherange1024–65535canbeused.

HTTPS

TheHTTPSportusedbytheAxisproductcanbechangedunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.Inadditionto

thedefaultsetting,whichis443,anyportintherange1024–65535canbeused.

ToenableHTTPS,gotoSystemOptions>Security>HTTPS.Formoreinformation,seeHTTPSonpage50.

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SystemOptions

NATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4

Anetworkrouterallowsdevicesonaprivatenetwork(LAN)toshareasingleconnectiontotheInternet.Thisisdonebyforwarding

networktrafcfromtheprivatenetworktothe“outside”,thatis,theInternet.Securityontheprivatenetwork(LAN)isincreased

sincemostroutersarepre-conguredtostopattemptstoaccesstheprivatenetwork(LAN)fromthepublicnetwork(Internet).

UseNATtraversalwhentheAxisproductislocatedonanintranet(LAN)andyouwishtomakeitavailablefromtheother(WAN)side

ofaNATrouter.WithNATtraversalproperlycongured,allHTTPtrafctoanexternalHTTPportintheNATrouterisforwardedto

theproduct.

NATtraversalisconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

Note

•ForNATtraversaltowork,thismustbesupportedbytherouter.TheroutermustalsosupportUPnP

•Inthiscontext,routerreferstoanynetworkroutingdevicesuchasaNATrouter,Networkrouter,InternetGateway,

Broadbandrouter,Broadbandsharingdevice,orasoftwaresuchasarewall.

Enable/Disable-Whenenabled,theAxisproductattemptstocongureportmappinginaNATrouteronyournetwork,usingUPnP

NotethatUPnP

mustbeenabledintheproduct(seeSystemOptions>Network>UPnP).

UsemanuallyselectedNATrouter-SelectthisoptiontomanuallyselectaNATrouterandentertheIPaddressfortherouterin

theeld.Ifnorouterisspecied,theproductautomaticallysearchesforNATroutersonyournetwork.Ifmorethanonerouteris

found,thedefaultrouterisselected.

AlternativeHTTPport-SelectthisoptiontomanuallydeneanexternalHTTPport.Enteraportintherange1024–65535.Ifthe

porteldisemptyorcontainsthedefaultsetting,whichis0,aportnumberisautomaticallyselectedwhenenablingNATtraversal.

Note

•AnalternativeHTTPportcanbeusedorbeactiveevenifNATtraversalisdisabled.ThisisusefulifyourNATrouterdoesnot

supportUPnPandyouneedtomanuallycongureportforwardingintheNATrouter.

•Ifyouattempttomanuallyenteraportthatisalreadyinuse,anotheravailableportisautomaticallyselected.

•Whentheportisselectedautomaticallyitisdisplayedinthiseld.Tochangethis,enteranewportnumberandclickSave.

FTP

TheFTPserverrunningintheAxisproductenablesuploadofnewrmware,userapplications,etc.TheFTPservercanbedisabled

underSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

Note

ThisFTPserverhasnothingtodowiththeproduct’sabilitytotransferimagesviaFTPtootherlocationsandservers.

RTSP

TheRTSPserverrunningintheAxisproductallowsaconnectingclienttostartanH.264stream.TheRTSPportnumbercanbe

changedunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.Thedefaultportis554.

Note

H.264videostreamswillnotbeavailableiftheRTSPserverisdisabled.

Wireless

Statusofwirelessnetworks

Toviewalistofavailablewirelessnetworks,gotoSystemOptions>Network>Wireless.Thestatusofwirelessnetworkslististhe

resultofanetworkscanandprovidesthefollowinginformation:

•SSIDisthenameofawirelessnetwork.

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SystemOptions

•Modeshowsthetypeofnetwork,forexampleMaster(anaccesspoint).

•Securityshowsthetypeofsecuritythenetworkuses.

•Channelshowsthewirelesschannelcurrentlyinuse.

•Signalstrengthshowsthequality,thestrength,ofthesignal.

•BitrateshowsthecurrentbitrateinMbit/s.Thiscanonlybeshownfortheaccesspointcurrentlyinuse.

ClickRefreshtoperformanewscan.

AccesspointswithadisabledSSIDBroadcastwillnotappearunlesstheAxisproductisassociatedwithit.Oncethewireless

connectionisestablished,thenetworktheAxisproductiscurrentlylinkedtoisshowninblue.Anetworkusingunsupported

securityisshowningrey.

WirelessSettings

Important

•Toestablishandmaintaincommunication,allwirelesssettingsmustbeexactlythesameintheAxisproductasinthe

accesspoint.

•AlwayscongureorchangethewirelesssettingsintheAxisproductrst,beforechangingthesettingsinthewireless

accesspoint.

•Keys,passphrasesandcerticatesthatareusedforsecuritymustbeenteredmanually.ContactyourNetworkAdministrator

fortherequirementsfortheselectedaccesspoint.

ThewirelesssettingscontrolhowtheAxisproductinteractswiththewirelessnetwork.Apartfromidentifyingthewirelessnetwork,it

isalsopossibletoenablewirelessencryption.

SelectEnablecongestioncontroltosecurethewirelessconnectionbetweentheAxisproductandaccesspointincongested

environments,forexamplewheretherearemanyavailablenetworksandwheremanydevicesareusingthesameaccesspoint.

CongestioncontrolusesaRequestToSend/ClearToSend(RTS/CTS)handshaketoreserveaccesstothewirelessmediabefore

transmittingapacket.Usingthehandshakedecreasesthroughputsinceitaddsanoverhead.Insomesituations,however,the

overheadoftheRTS/CTShandshakeislowerthantheoverheadcausedbycollisionsonthewirelessmedia.Congestioncontrolis

disabledbydefault.

SelectEnableWLANpairingbuttontoallowthewirelessAxisproducttoconnecttoanaccesspointbypushingabuttononboth

ofthedeviceswithina120secondtimewindow.Duringthistimethedeviceswillautomaticallydiscovereachotherandagree

onaconguration.

Makesuretheaccesspointalsohaspushbuttonconguration(PBC)enabledandthattheAxisproductisnotconnectedtothewired

network.AfterasuccessfulpairinganyWLANsettingssetbytheuserintheAxisproductareoverwritten.TheWLANpairingbutton

isenabledbydefault;deselectthisoptiontopreventunauthorizedWLANpairing.

SSIDisthenameoftheselectedwirelessnetwork,whichmustbeexactlythesameasthenameinthewirelessaccesspoint.Ifthe

eldisleftblanktheAxisproductwillnotconnecttoanywirelessnetwork.

Note

SSIDissometimeswrittenasESSID.

SelectthenetworkSecuritymethod.Allsettingsmustmatchthesettingsintheaccesspoint.Thefollowingsecuritymethodsare

supported,whereWPA

-/WPA2

-EnterpriseismoresecurethanWPA-/WPA2-PSK,whichinturnismoresecurethanWEP:

•WPA-/WPA2–PSK.Seepage57.

•WPA-/WPA2-Enterprise.Seepage57.

•Nosecurity(notrecommended).Seepage58.

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SystemOptions

Ifapplicable,selecttheNetworktype.SelectMastertoaccessthenetworkviaanaccesspointtoaccessanyotherwireless

deviceandcreatealocalnetwork.

Aboutwirelesscerticates

Wirelessnetworkcerticatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonawirelessnetwork.Wirelessnetworksusingthe

WPA

-/WPA2-EnterprisesecuritymethodareprotectedbyEAPOL(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocolOverLan),whichispartof

theIEEE802.1Xstandard.Theclientauthenticatestheserverusingdigitalcerticates.Theserverauthenticatestheclientusing

digitalcerticatesorapassworddependingontheselectedWPA-Enterprisetype.

Toinstallandmanagecerticates,gotoSystemOptions>Security>Certicates.Formoreinformation,seeAboutcerticateson

page51andIEEE802.1Xonpage50.

WPA

-/WPA2

-PSK

ThesecuritymethodWPA-/WPA2–PSKisdesignedforsmallnetworksanddoesnotrequireanauthenticationserver.TheAxis

productusesaPSK(Pre-SharedKey)toauthenticatewiththeaccesspoint.Thekeycanbeenteredeitherasmanualhex—a64

hexdecimalnumber(0–9,A-F)—orapassphraseusing8–63ASCIIcharacters.Thelongerthepassphrase,themoresecureisthekey.

HowtocongurethewirelesssettingsusingWPA-/WPA2–PSK

1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Wireless.

2.IntheSSIDeld,typethenameofthewirelessnetwork.

3.UnderSecurity,selectWPA-/WPA2–PSK.

4.EntertherequiredPassphrasefortheaccesspoint.

5.ClickSave.

WPA

-/WPA2-Enterprise

ThesecuritymethodWPA-/WPA2-Enterpriseisdesignedforlargenetworksandrequiresanauthenticationserver.Thenetworkis

protectedbyEAPOL(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocolOverLan).

SelecttheWPA-Enterprisetypebeingusedbytheaccesspoint:

•EAP-TLS.Seepage57.

•EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2.Seepage58.

AboutEAP-TLS

TheauthenticationprotocolEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity)allowstheclientandserverto

authenticateeachotherusingdigitalcerticatesprovidedbyaCerticationAuthority.Togainaccesstotheprotectednetwork,the

Axisproductpresentsitscerticatetothenetworkaccesspoint.Accessisgrantedifthecerticateisapproved.

Important

Toensuresuccessfulcerticatevalidation,timesynchronizationshouldbeperformedonallclientsandserverspriorto

conguration.

HowtocongurethewirelesssettingsusingWPA

-/WPA2-EnterpriseandEAP-TLS

1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Wireless.

2.IntheSSIDeld,typethenameofthewirelessnetwork.

3.UnderSecurity,selectWPA-/WPA2–Enterprise.

4.UnderWPA-Enterprisetype,selectEAP-TLS.

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SystemOptions

5.EntertheuserIdentityassociatedwithyourcerticate.

6.SelecttheEAPOLversion(1or2)asusedintheaccesspoint.

7.SelecttheCAcerticateandtheclientcerticatetouseforwirelessauthentication.

8.ClickSave.

AboutEAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2

TheauthenticationprotocolEAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-ProtectedExtensibleAuthentication

Protocol/MicrosoftChallengeHandshakeAuthenticationProtocol)allowstheclienttoauthenticatethenetworkusingadigital

certicateprovidedbyaCerticationAuthority.Thenetworkauthenticatestheclientusinganidentityandapassword.Togain

accesstotheprotectednetwork,theAxisproductpresentsitsidentityandpasswordtothenetworkaccesspoint.Ifthesecredentials

areapproved,theaccesspointallowsaccessonapreconguredport.

Important

Toensuresuccessfulcerticatevalidation,timesynchronizationshouldbeperformedonallclientsandserverspriorto

conguration.

HowtocongurethewirelesssettingsusingWPA

-/WPA2-EnterpriseandEAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2

1.GotoSystemOptions>Security>Wireless

2.IntheSSIDeld,typethenameofthewirelessnetwork.

3.UnderSecurity,selectWPA-/WPA2–Enterprise.

4.UnderWPA-Enterprisetype,selectEAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2.

5.EntertheuserIdentityassociatedwithyourcerticate.

6.EnterthePasswordforyouruseridentity.

7.SelectthePEAPVersion(0or1)asusedintheaccesspoint.

8.SelectthePEAPLabelthattheaccesspointuseswhenusingPEAPversion1.Select1touseclientEAPencryption;select

2touseclientPEAPencryption.

9.SelecttheEAPOLversion(1or2)asusedintheaccesspoint.

10.SelecttheCAcerticatewithwhichtovalidatethenetwork/APcerticate.

11.ClickSave.

NoSecurity

TheNosecurityoptionprovidesnoprotectionagainstattacks.Itisnotarecommendedmethodandshouldonlybeusedduring

shortperiodsandexceptionalcases.

Tocongurethewirelesssettingswithnosecurity:

1.Selectthenetworktypebeingusedbytheaccesspoint,Master.

2.ClickSave.

SOCKS

SOCKSisanetworkingproxyprotocol.TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtouseaSOCKSservertoreachnetworksontheother

sideofarewallorproxyserver.ThisfunctionalityisusefuliftheAxisproductislocatedonalocalnetworkbehindarewall,and

notications,uploads,alarms,etcneedtobesenttoadestinationoutsidethelocalnetwork(forexampletheInternet).

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SystemOptions

SOCKSisconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>SOCKS.Formoreinformation,seetheonlinehelp.

QoS(QualityofService)

QoS(QualityofService)guaranteesacertainlevelofaspeciedresourcetoselectedtrafconanetwork.AQoS-awarenetwork

prioritizesnetworktrafcandprovidesagreaternetworkreliabilitybycontrollingtheamountofbandwidthanapplicationmayuse.

TheQoSsettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>QoS.UsingDSCP(DifferentiatedServicesCodepoint)values,the

Axisproductcanmarkdifferenttypesoftrafc.

SNMP

TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.AnSNMPcommunityisthe

groupofdevicesandmanagementstationrunningSNMP.Communitynamesareusedtoidentifygroups.

AXISVideoMIB(ManagementInformationBase)forvideohardwarecanbeusedtomonitorAxis-specic,hardware-related

issuesthatmayneedadministrativeattention.FormoreinformationaboutAXISVideoMIBandtodownloadMIBles,goto

www.axis.com/techsup

ToenableandcongureSNMPintheAxisproduct,gototheSystemOptions>Network>SNMPpage.

Dependingonthelevelofsecurityrequired,selecttheversiononSNMPtouse.

TrapsareusedbytheAxisproducttosendmessagestoamanagementsystemonimportanteventsandstatuschanges.CheckEnable

trapsandentertheIPaddresswherethetrapmessageshouldbesentandtheTrapcommunitythatshouldreceivethemessage.

Note

IfHTTPSisenabled,SNMPv1andSNMPv2cshouldbedisabled.

TrapsforSNMPv1/v2areusedbytheAxisproducttosendmessagestoamanagementsystemonimportanteventsandstatus

changes.CheckEnabletrapsandentertheIPaddresswherethetrapmessageshouldbesentandtheTrapcommunitythat

shouldreceivethemessage.

Thefollowingtrapsareavailable:

•Coldstart

•Warmstart

•Linkup

•Authenticationfailed

Note

AllAXISVideoMIBtrapsareenabledwhenSNMPv1/v2ctrapsareenabled.Itisnotpossibletoturnonoroffspecictraps.

SNMPv3providesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TousetrapswithSNMPv3,anSNMPv3managementapplicationisrequired.

TouseSNMPv3,HTTPSmustbeenabled,seeHTTPSonpage50.ToenableSNMPv3,checktheboxandprovidetheinitialuser

password.

Note

Theinitialpasswordcanonlybesetonce.Ifthepasswordislost,theAxisproductmustberesettofactorydefault,see

ResettoFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage64.

UPnP

TheAxisproductincludessupportforUPnP

.UPnP

isenabledbydefaultandtheproductisautomaticallydetectedbyoperating

systemsandclientsthatsupportthisprotocol.

UPnP

canbedisabledunderSystemOptions>Network>UPnP

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SystemOptions

RTP/H.264

TheRTPportrangeandmulticastsettingsareconguredunderSystemOptions>Network>RTP.

TheRTPportrangedenestherangeofportsfromwhichthevideoportsareautomaticallyselected.Formulticaststreams,only

certainIPaddressesandportnumbersshouldbeused.

SelectAlwaysMulticastVideotostartmulticaststreamingwithoutopeninganRTSPsession.

Bonjour

TheAxisproductincludessupportforBonjour.Bonjourisenabledbydefaultandtheproductisautomaticallydetectedbyoperating

systemsandclientsthatsupportthisprotocol.

BonjourcanbedisabledunderSystemOptions>Network>Bonjour.

Storage

SDCard

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Topreventdatacorruption,theSDcardshouldbeunmountedbeforeremoval.

Note

ForSDcardrecommendationsseewww.axis.com

Note

DonotinsertorejecttheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.Theproductwillloseitsconnectiontothewirelessnetwork.

Reboottheproducttoreestablishthewirelessconnectionafterthecardhasbeeninsertedorejected.

TheAxisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ThefollowingSDcardlesystemsaresupported:

•ext4—recommendedduetoitsresilienceagainstdatalossifthecardisejectedorifthereisabruptpowerloss.Toaccess

datastoredonthecardfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem,athird-partyext4driverorapplicationisrequired.

•vFAT—supportedbymostoperatingsystemsforpersonalcomputers.

TheSDcardismanagedontheSystemOptions>Storagepage.ClickSDCardtoopenStorageManagement.

Ifthecard’sstatusshowsasfailed,clickCheckdisktoseeiftheproblemcanbefoundandthentryRepair.Thisoptionisonly

availableforSDcardswithext4.ForSDcardswithvFAT,useacardreaderorcomputertotroubleshootthecard.

Toavoidllingthecard,itisrecommendedtoremoverecordingscontinuously.UnderGeneralSettings,selectRemoverecordings

olderthanandselectthenumberofdaysorweeks.

Tostopwritingtothecardandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved,selectLockunderGeneralSettings.

MountandUnmountSDCard

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Topreventcorruptionofrecordings,theSDcardshouldalwaysbeunmountedbeforeitisejected.

TheSDcardisautomaticallymountedwhenthecardisinsertedintotheAxisproductorwhentheproductisstarted.Amanual

mountisonlyrequiredifthecardhasbeenunmountedandnotejectedandre-inserted.

TounmounttheSDcard:

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SystemOptions

1.OpentheAxisproduct’swebpagesandgotoSetup>SystemOptions>Storage.

2.ClickSDCard.

3.ClickUnmount.

4.Thecardcannowberemoved.

FormatSDCard

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

FormattingtheSDcardwillremovealldataandrecordingsstoredonthecard.

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtoautomaticallyformatSDcardsthatareinsertedintotheproduct.Ifautoformatisenabledand

anSDcardisinserted,theproductwillcheckiftheSDcardhastheext4lesystem.Ifthecardhasadifferentlesystem,the

cardwillautomaticallybeformattedtoext4.

Important

Ifautoformatisenabled,onlyuseneworemptySDcards.Anydatastoredonthecardwillbelostwhenthecardisinserted

intotheAxisproduct.

Toenableautomaticformatting,followthesesteps:

1.OpentheAxisproduct’swebpagesandgotoSetup>SystemOptions>Storage.

2.ClickSDCard.

3.UnderGeneralSettings,selectAutoformatto.

4.ClickOKtosavesettings.

AnSDcardinsertedintotheproductcanbemanuallyformattedtooneofthesupportedlesystems.Tomanuallyformatthe

SDcard,followthesesteps:

1.InserttheSDcardintheSDcardslot.

2.OpentheAxisproduct’swebpagesandgotoSetup>SystemOptions>Storage.

3.ClickSDCard.

4.ClickFormatandselectthedesiredlesystem.

5.ClickOKtostartformattingthecard.

EncryptSDCardData

Topreventunauthorizedindividualsandsystemsfromaccessingrecordedvideo,theSDcardcontentcanbeencrypted.Encryption

canonlybeenabledwhenthecardisunmounted.Afterenablingencryption,theSDcardmustbeformattedsothatnounencrypted

dataremainsonthecard.Thecardmustalsobemountedbeforeitcanbeused.

Note

Ifautoformatisenabled,thecardwillbeformattedandmountedautomaticallywhenencryptionisenabled.Theformatand

mountstepsbelowshouldthenbeskipped.

ToencrypttheSDcardcontent:

1.OpentheAxisproduct’swebpagesandgotoSetup>SystemOptions>Storage.

2.ClickSDCardtoopenStorageManagement.

3.IftheSDcardismounted,clickUnmounttounmountthecard.

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SystemOptions

4.ClickEncrypt.

5.SelectEnableSDcardencryptionandenterapassphrase.

6.BackinStorageManagement,clickFormattoformattheSDcard.

7.ClickMounttomounttheSDcard.

Itispossibletochangethepassphrasewithoutreformattingthecard.OpenStorageManagement,clickEncryptandenterthe

oldandnewpassphrases.Thepassphrasecanonlybechangedwhenthecardismounted.Changingthepassphrasedoesnot

disruptongoingrecordings.

Todisableencryption,unmounttheSDcardandfollowthestepsabovebutcleartheEnableSDcardencryptionoption.Thecard

mustbeformattedandmountedwhenencryptionhasbeendisabled.

NetworkShare

NetworkshareallowsyoutoaddnetworkstoragesuchasaNAS(network-attachedstorage).TheNASshallbededicatedfor

recordingsanddatafromtheAxisproductsconnectedtothenetwork.ForinformationaboutreferenceNASdevices,goto

www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-companion/support-and-documentation

Note

ForNASrecommendationsseewww.axis.com

Toaddanetworkshare:

1.GotoSystemOptions>Storage.

2.ClickNetworkShare.

3.EntertheIPaddress,DNSorBonjournametothehostserverintheHosteld.

4.EnterthenameoftheshareintheShareeld.Subfolderscannotbeused.

5.Ifrequired,selectThesharerequiresloginandentertheusernameandpassword.

6.ClickConnect.

ToclearallrecordingsanddatafromtheAxisproduct’sfolderonthedesignatedshare,clickClearunderStorageTools.

Toavoidllingtheshare,itisrecommendedtoremoverecordingscontinuously.UnderRecordingSettings,selectRemoverecordings

olderthanandselectthenumberofdaysorweeks.

Tostopwritingtotheshareandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved,selectLockunderRecordingSettings.

Maintenance

TheAxisproductprovidesseveralmaintenancefunctions.TheseareavailableunderSystemOptions>Maintenance.

ClickRestarttoperformacorrectrestartiftheAxisproductisnotbehavingasexpected.Thiswillnotaffectanyofthecurrent

settings.

Note

ArestartclearsallentriesintheServerReport.

ClickRestoretoresetmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Thefollowingsettingsarenotaffected:

•thebootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)

•thestaticIPaddress

•thedefaultrouter

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

SystemOptions

•thesubnetmask

•thesystemtime

•theIEEE802.1Xsettings

•thewirelesssettings

•uploadedapplicationsarekeptbutmustberestarted

ClickDefaulttoresetallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,tothefactorydefaultvalues.Thisbuttonshouldbeusedwithcaution.The

Axisproductcanalsoberesettofactorydefaultusingthecontrolbutton,seeResettoFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage64.

ToidentifytheproductortesttheStatusLED,clickFlashLEDunderIdentifyandspecifythedurationinseconds,minutesorhours.

Thiscanbeusefulforidentifyingtheproductamongotherproductsinstalledinthesamelocation.

Forinformationaboutrmwareupgrade,seeUpgradetheFirmwareonpage65.

Support

SupportOverview

TheSystemOptions>Support>SupportOverviewpageprovidesinformationontroubleshootingandcontactinformation,

shouldyourequiretechnicalassistance.

SeealsoTroubleshootingonpage65.

SystemOverview

TogetanoverviewoftheAxisproduct’sstatusandsettings,gotoSystemOptions>Support>SystemOverview.Informationthat

canbefoundhereincludesrmwareversion,IPaddress,networkandsecuritysettings,eventsettings,imagesettingsandrecentlog

items.ManyofthecaptionsarelinkstotheproperSetuppage.

Logs&Reports

TheSystemOptions>Support>Logs&Reportspagegenerateslogsandreportsusefulforsystemanalysisandtroubleshooting.If

contactingAxisSupport,pleaseprovideavalidServerReportwithyourquery.

SystemLog-Providesinformationaboutsystemevents.

AccessLog-Listsallfailedattemptstoaccesstheproduct.TheAccessLogcanalsobeconguredtolistallconnectionstothe

product(seebelow).

ServerReport-Providesinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccessLogisautomaticallyincluded

intheServerReport.

Youcanviewordownloadtheserverreport.Downloadingtheserverreportcreatesa.ziplethatcontainsacompleteserverreport

textleinUTF–8format.SelecttheIncludesnapshotwithdefaultimagesettingsoptiontoincludeasnapshotoftheproduct’sLive

View.Theserverreport.zipleshouldalwaysbeincludedwhencontactingsupport.

ParameterList-Showstheproduct'sparametersandtheircurrentsettings.Thismayproveusefulwhentroubleshootingor

whencontactingAxisSupport.

ConnectionList-Listsallclientsthatarecurrentlyaccessingmediastreams.

CrashReport-Generatesanarchivewithdebugginginformation.Thereporttakesseveralminutestogenerate.

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SystemOptions

Advanced

Scripting

Scriptingallowsexperienceduserstocustomizeandusetheirownscripts.

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

ImproperusemaycauseunexpectedbehaviorandlossofcontactwiththeAxisproduct.

Axisstronglyrecommendsthatyoudonotusethisfunctionunlessyouunderstandtheconsequences.AxisSupportdoesnotprovide

assistanceforproblemswithcustomizedscripts.

ToopentheScriptEditor,gotoSystemOptions>Advanced>Scripting.Ifascriptcausesproblems,resettheproducttoits

factorydefaultsettings,seepage64.

Formoreinformation,seewww.axis.com/developer

FileUpload

Files,forexamplewebpagesandimages,canbeuploadedtotheAxisproductandusedascustomsettings.Touploadale,go

toSystemOptions>Advanced>FileUpload.

Uploadedlesareaccessedthroughhttp://<ipaddress>/local/<user>/<filename>where<user>isthe

selectedusergroup(viewer,operatororadministrator)fortheuploadedle.

PlainCong

PlainCongisforadvanceduserswithexperienceofAxisproductconguration.Mostparameterscanbesetandmodiedfrom

thispage.

ToopenPlainCong,gotoSystemOptions>Advanced>PlainCong.AxisSupportdoesnotprovideassistance.

ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultwillresetallsettings,includingtheIP

address,tothefactorydefaultvalues.

Note

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonwww.axis.com/techsup

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonandreconnectpower.SeeHardwareOverviewonpage8.

3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset

tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90

5.Usingtheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretools,assignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultviathewebinterface.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenanceand

clickDefault.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

Troubleshooting

ChecktheFirmware

Firmwareissoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootingaproblem

shouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticularproblem.The

currentrmwareversionintheAxisproductisdisplayedinthepageSetup>BasicSetupandinSetup>About.

UpgradetheFirmware

Important

•Yourdealerreservestherighttochargeforanyrepairattributabletofaultyupgradebytheuser.

•Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providingthefeaturesareavailableinthe

newrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Note

•Aftertheupgradeprocesshascompleted,theproductwillrestartautomatically.Ifrestartingtheproductmanuallyafterthe

upgrade,wait10minutesevenifyoususpecttheupgradehasfailed.

•WhenyouupgradetheAxisproductwiththelatestrmwarefromAxiswebsite,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality

available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgrading

thermware.

Toupgradetheproduct’srmware:

1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeatwww.axis.com/techsup

2.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenanceintheproduct’swebpages.

3.UnderUpgradeServer,clickBrowseandlocatetheleonyourcomputer.

4.ClickUpgrade.

5.Waitapproximately10minuteswhiletheproductisbeingupgradedandrestarted.Thenaccesstheproduct.

6.GotoSetup>BasicSetuptoverifythermwareupgrade.

AXISCameraManagementcanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Seewww.axis.comformoreinformation.

EmergencyRecoveryProcedure

Ifpowerornetworkconnectionislostduringtheupgrade,theprocessfailsandtheproductmaybecomeunresponsive.Flashing

redStatusindicatorindicatesafailedupgrade.Torecovertheproduct,followthestepsbelow.Theserialnumberisfoundon

theproduct’slabel.

1.InUNIX/Linux,typethefollowingfromthecommandline:

arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>temp

ping-l408<IPaddress>

InWindows,typethefollowingfromacommand/DOSprompt(thismayrequirethatyourunthecommandpromptas

anadministrator):

arp-s<IPaddress><serialnumber>

ping-l408-t<IPaddress>

2.Iftheproductdoesnotreplyin30seconds,restartitandwaitforareply.PressCTRL+CtostopPing.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

Troubleshooting

3.Openabrowserandtypeintheproduct’sIPaddress.Inthepagethatopens,usetheBrowsebuttontoselecttheupgrade

letouse.ThenclickLoadtorestarttheupgradeprocess.

4.Aftertheupgradeiscomplete(1–10minutes),theproductautomaticallyrestartsandshowsasteadygreenonthe

Statusindicator.

5.Reinstalltheproduct,referringtotheInstallationGuide.

Iftheemergencyrecoveryproceduredoesnotgettheproductupandrunningagain,contactAxissupportatwww.axis.com/techsup/

Note

Theemergencyrecoveryprocedureonlyworksonthewiredinterface.

Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions

Problemsupgradingthermware

Firmwareupgradefailure

Ifthermwareupgradefails,theproductreloadsthepreviousrmware.Checkthermware

leandtryagain.

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

WhenusingARP/Ping

Trytheinstallationagain.TheIPaddressmustbesetwithintwominutesafterpowerhasbeen

appliedtotheproduct.EnsurethePinglengthissetto408.Forinstructions,seeAssignIPAddress

UsingARP/Pingonpage52.

Theproductislocatedona

differentsubnet

IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe

productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youwillnotbeabletosettheIPaddress.Contactyour

networkadministratortoobtainanIPaddress.

TheIPaddressisbeingused

byanotherdevice

DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.RunthePingcommand(inaCommand/DOS

window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct):

•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...

thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.

ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstalltheproduct.

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable

forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.

PossibleIPaddressconict

withanotherdeviceonthe

samesubnet

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.

ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay

beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.

Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting

tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.

SeeResettoFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage64.

TheIPaddresshasbeen

changedbyDHCP

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas

beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe

network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename

hasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,seethedocumentAssign

anIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup.

Certicateerrorwhenusing

IEEE802.1X

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductshouldbe

synchronizedwithanNTPserver.SeeDate&Timeonpage51.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

Troubleshooting

Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

RoutercongurationTocongureyourroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct,enabletheNAT-traversal

featurewhichwillattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheAxis

product,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4onpage55.TheroutermustsupportUPnP

Firewallprotection

ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.

Defaultroutersrequired

CheckifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsfromSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>

Basic.

ProblemswithstreamingH.264

ProblemswithAXISMedia

Control(InternetExplorer

only)

ToenabletheupdatingofvideoimagesinInternetExplorer,setthebrowsertoallowActiveX

controls.Also,makesurethatAXISMediaControlisinstalledonyourcomputer.

NoH.264displayedinthe

client

CheckthattherelevantH.264connectionmethodsandcorrectinterfaceareenabledintheAMC

ControlPanel(streamingtab).SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC)onpage14.

IntheAMCControlPanel,selecttheH.264tabandclickSettodefaultH.264decoder.

CheckthatRTSPisenabledunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.

MulticastH.264only

accessiblebylocalclients

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe

productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.

NomulticastH.264

displayedintheclient

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct

arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.

PoorrenderingofH.264

images

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe

downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Colorsaturationisdifferent

inH.264andMotionJPEG

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore

information.

Lowerframeratethan

expected

SeePerformanceConsiderationsonpage71.

Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisnotsettoDecodeonly

keyframes.

cetodatasheetremoved

Lowertheimageresolution.

Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)oftheAxis

product.

Videoandimageproblems,general

Imageunsatisfactory

CheckthevideostreamandcamerasettingsunderSetup>Video>VideoStreamandSetup>

Video>CameraSettings.

Disturbedfocus

Tochangethecamerafocus,seeHowtochangethecamerafocusonpage17

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Troubleshooting

Storageanddiskmanagementproblems

Storagedisruption

Astoragedisruptionalarmissentifastoragedeviceisunavailable,removed,full,lockedorifother

readorwriteproblemsoccur.Toidentifythesourceoftheproblem,checktheSystemLogunder

SystemOptions>Support>Logs&Reports.Dependingontheproblem,itmightbenecessaryto

re-mountthestoragedevice.

Forinformationonhowtosetupastoragedisruptionalarm,seeEventsonpage41.

Videocannotberecorded

CheckthattheSDcardisnotwriteprotected(thatis,readonly).

SDcardcannotbemountedReformattheSDcardandthenclickMount.

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Formattingthecardwillremoveallcontent,includingallrecordings,fromtheSDcard.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

TechnicalSpeciﬁcations

Youcanndthelatestversionofthetechnicalspecicationsatwww.axis.com

Camera

Imagesensor

1/3"progressivescanRGBCMOS

LensFixedfocallength,2.8mm,F2.0

Horizontaleldofview:110°

Verticaleldofview:61°

M12mount,xediris,IRcorrected

DayandnightAutomaticallyremovableIRcutlter

Minimum

illumination

Color:0.25luxat50IREF2.0

B/W:0.05luxat50IREF2.0,0luxwithIRilluminationon

Shuttertime

1/28000sto1/5swith50Hz

1/32500sto1/5swith60Hz

Pan/Tilt/Zoom

DigitalPTZ

Video

compression

H.264(MPEG-4Part10/AVC)Baseline,MainandHighProles,MotionJPEG

Resolutions1920x1080HDTV1080pto320x240

Framerate

Upto25/30fps(50/60Hz)inallresolutions

Video

streaming

Multiple,individuallycongurablestreamsinH.264andMotionJPEG

Axis'ZipstreamtechnologyinH.264

Controllableframerateandbandwidth

VBR/MBRH.264

Imagesettings

Compression,Color,Brightness,Sharpness,Contrast,Whitebalance,Exposurecontrol,Day/Nightshiftlevel,

Rotation:0°,180°,Textandimageoverlay,Privacymasks,Mirroringofimages,WDR

Network

Wireless

interface

Internalantenna

IEEE802.11a/b/g/n@2.4GHz,@5GHz

SecurityPasswordprotection,IPaddressltering,HTTPS

encryption,IEEE802.1X

networkaccesscontrol,Digest

authentication,Useraccesslog

WPA/WPA2-PSK,WPA,WPA2Enterprise

WLANpairingbutton(Wi-FiProtectedSetup

PBCcompatible)

Supported

protocols

IPv4/v6,HTTP,HTTPS

,SSL/TLS

,QoSLayer3DiffServ,FTP,CIFS/SMB,SMTP,Bonjour,UPnP

SNMPv1/v2c/v3(MIB-II),DNS,DynDNS,NTP,RTSP,RTP,TCP,UDP,IGMP,RTCP,ICMP,DHCP,ARP,SOCKS

Systemintegration

Application

Programming

Interface

OpenAPIforsoftwareintegration,includingVAPIX®andAXISCameraApplicationPlatform;specications

atwww.axis.com

AXISVideoHostingSystem(AVHS)withOne-ClickConnection

ONVIFProleS;specicationsatwww.onvif.org

Analytics

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

SupportforAXISCameraApplicationPlatform,AXISCrossLineDetection,AXISDigitalAutotrackingandthird-party

applications,seewww.axis.com/acap

EventtriggersAnalytics,Edgestorageevents,Built-inPIR

EventactionsFileupload:FTP,HTTP,networkshareandemail

Notication:email,HTTP,HTTPSandTCP

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

TechnicalSpeciﬁcations

Videorecordingtoedgestorage,ActivationofIR-LED,Overlaytext

Pre-andpost-alarmvideobuffering

Data

streaming

Eventdata

Built-in

installation

aids

Pixelcounter

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

TechnicalSpeciﬁcations

General

Casing

Polycarbonate,Aluminium,recycledplastic

Color:WhiteNCSS1002-B

Forrepaintinginstructionsofskincoverorcasingandimpactonwarranty,contactyourAxispartner.

SustainabilityPVCfree,64%recycledplastic

Memory512MBRAM,256MBFlash

Power

4.75–5.25VDC,typical2.7W,max4.4W

IRillumination

IRillumination,LEDwithadjustableintensity.Rangeupto10m(32ft)

ConnectorsMicroUSBtypeBforpoweronly

RJ4510BASE-T/100BASE-TX

Storage

SupportformicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcard

Supportforrecordingtodedicatednetwork-attachedstorage(NAS)

ForSDcardandNASrecommendationsseewww.axis.com

Operating

conditions

0°Cto40°C(32°Fto104°F)

Humidity10-85%RH(non-condensing)

Storage

conditions

-40°Cto65°C(-40°Fto149°F)

Humidity10-85%RH(non-condensing)

Approvals

EMC

EN55032ClassB,EN61000-3-2,EN61000-3-3,EN55024,EN61000-6-1,EN61000-6-2,

FCCPart15SubpartBClassB,ICES-003ClassB,VCCIClassB,RCMAS/NZSCISPR32ClassB,KN24,KN-35

Wireless

EN300328,EN301489-1,EN301489-17,EN301893,FCCPart15SubpartC,FCCPart15SubpartE,RSS-247

Safety

IEC/EN/UL60950-1,IEC/EN62471

Dimensions

106mmx60mmx37mm(4.17x2.36x1.46in)

Weight

126g(0.28lb)

Included

accessories

Powersupply,InstallationGuide,Mountbracket,Tabletopstand,Windowsdecoder1-userlicense

Optional

accessories

AXISSurveillancemicroSDXC™Card64GB

AXIST8415InstallationDisplay

T91A10MountingKit

Formoreaccessories,seewww.axis.com

Video

management

software

AXISCompanionvideomanagementsoftware,AXISCameraStation,VideomanagementsoftwarefromAxis’

ApplicationDevelopmentPartnersavailableonwww.axis.com/techsup/software

Languages

English,German,French,Spanish,Italian,Russian,SimpliedChinese,Japanese,Korean,Portuguese,Traditional

Chinese

Warranty

Axis3-yearwarrantyandAXISExtendedWarrantyoption,seewww.axis.com/warranty

a.ThisproductincludessoftwaredevelopedbytheOpenSSLProjectforuseintheOpenSSLToolkit(http://www.openssl.org/),and

cryptographicsoftwarewrittenbyEricYoung([email protected]).

Environmentalresponsibility:

www.axis.com/environmental-responsibility

PerformanceConsiderations

Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationswillaffectperformance.Somefactors

affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe

CPUreachesitsmaximum,thiswillalsoaffecttheframerate.

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

TechnicalSpeciﬁcations

Thefollowingfactorsareamongthemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionand/orlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredata.Bandwidthaffected.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGand/orunicastH.264clients.Bandwidthaffected.

•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclients.Effectonframerateand

bandwidth.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneously.Framerateandbandwidthaffected.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffecttheproduct’sCPUload.Framerateaffected.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructure.Bandwidthaffected.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformance.Framerateaffected.

•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand

thegeneralperformance.

UserManualVer.M1.19

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera

Date:August2016

PartNo.1632648

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