Axis M5526-E 50Hz PTZ Camera User Manual

AXISM5526-EPTZCamera

Usermanual

AXISM5526-EPTZCamera

TableofContents

Installation................................................3

Previewmode..................................................3

Getstarted................................................4

Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................4

Openthedevice'swebinterface....................................4

Createanadministratoraccount...................................4

Securepasswords...............................................4

Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware....................5

Webinterfaceoverview..........................................5

Congureyourdevice........................................6

Basicsettings..................................................6

Adjusttheimage................................................6

Adjustthecameraview(PTZ)......................................11

Viewandrecordvideo............................................1 1

Setuprulesforevents...........................................12

Audio.........................................................15

Thewebinterface...........................................17

Status........................................................17

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

PTZ...........................................................27

Audio.........................................................

Recordings.....................................................31

Apps..........................................................32

System........................................................

Maintenance...................................................

Learnmore................................................51

Capturemodes.................................................51

Privacymasks..................................................

Overlays.......................................................

Pan,tilt,andzoom(PTZ)..........................................52

Streamingandstorage...........................................52

Applications....................................................53

Cybersecurity...................................................

Specications..............................................55

Productoverview................................................

LEDindicators..................................................

SDcardslot....................................................

Buttons.......................................................

Connectors....................................................

Cleaningrecommendations...................................58

Troubleshooting............................................59

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................59

Firmwareoptions...............................................59

Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................

Upgradethermware............................................59

Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................60

Performanceconsiderations.......................................61

Contactsupport.................................................62

AXISM5526-EPTZCamera

Installation

Previewmode

Previewmodeisidealforinstallerswhennetuningthecameraviewduringtheinstallation.Nologinisrequiredtoaccessthe

cameraviewinpreviewmode.Itisavailableonlyinfactorydefaultedstateforalimitedtimefrompoweringupthedevice.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

help.axis.com/?&piaId=88375&section=preview-mode

Thisvideodemonstratehowtousepreviewmode.

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Getstarted

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both

applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.

Browsersupport

Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:

Chrome

Firefox

Edge

Safari

Windows

recommended

macOS

recommendedrecommended

Linux

recommendedrecommended

Otheroperatingsystems*

*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings

Settings

> >

Safari Safari

Safari

> >

Advanced Advanced

Advanced

> >

Experimental Experimental

Experimental

Features Features

Features

anddisable

NSURLSessionWebsocket.

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.

Openthedevice'swebinterface

1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.See

Createanadministratoraccountonpage4.

Createanadministratoraccount

Thersttimeyoulogintoyourdevice,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.

1.Enterausername.

2.Enterapassword.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.

3.Re-enterthepassword.

4.ClickAdduser.

Important

Thedevicehasnodefaultaccount.Ifyoulosethepasswordforyouradministratoraccount,youmustresetthedevice.See

Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage59.

Securepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set

upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

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Getstarted

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey

maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware

TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:

1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage59.

Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.

2.Congureandinstallthedevice.

Webinterfaceoverview

Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedevice’swebinterface.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

help.axis.com/?&piaId=88375&section=web-interface-overview

Axisdevicewebinterface

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

Basicsettings

Setthecapturemode

1.GotoVideo>Installation>Capturemode.

2.ClickChange.

3.SelectacapturemodeandclickSaveandrestart.

SeealsoCapturemodesonpage51.

Setthepowerlinefrequency

1.GotoVideo>Installation>Powerlinefrequency.

2.ClickChange.

3.SelectapowerlinefrequencyandclickSaveandrestart.

Settheorientation

1.GotoVideo>Installation>Rotate.

2.Select0,90,180or270degrees.

Seealso.

Adjusttheimage

Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go

toLearnmoreonpage51.

Levelthecamera

Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelgridincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment

ofthecamera.

1.GotoVideo>Image>andclick

2.Click

toshowthelevelgrid.

3.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelgrid.

Adjustthefocusfasterwithfocusrecallareas

Tosavethefocussettingsataspecicpan/tiltrange,addafocusrecallarea.Eachtimethecameramovesintothatareaitrecallsthe

previouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfofthefocusrecallareaintheliveview.

Werecommendthefocusrecallfeatureinthefollowingscenarios:

•Whenthereisalotofmanualoperationinliveview,forexamplewithajoystick.

•WherePTZpresetpositionswithmanualfocusarenotefcient,forexamplemovementswherethefocussettingchanges

continuously.

•Inlow-lightscenarios,wheretheautofocusischallengedbythelightingconditions.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

Important

•Thefocusrecalloverridesthecamera’sautofocusatthespecicpan/tiltrange.

•Apresetpositionoverridesthefocussettingsavedinthefocusrecallarea.

•Themaximumnumberoffocusrecallareasis20.

Createafocusrecallarea

1.Pan,tilt,andzoomintotheareawhereyouwouldliketohavefocus.

Aslongasthefocusrecallbuttonshowsaplus

,youcanaddafocusrecallareainthatposition.

2.Adjustthefocus.

3.Clickthefocusrecallbutton.

Deleteafocusrecallarea

1.Pan,tilt,andzoomintothefocusrecallareayouwanttodelete.

Thefocusrecallbuttontogglestominuswhenthecameradetectsafocusrecallarea:

2.Clickthefocusrecallbutton.

Selectsceneprole

Asceneproleisasetofpredenedimageappearancesettingsincludingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrastandlocal

contrast.Sceneprolesarepreconguredintheproductforquicksetuptoaspecicscenario,forexampleForensicwhichis

optimizedforsurveillanceconditions.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seeThewebinterfaceonpage17.

Youcanselectasceneproleduringtheinitialsetupofthecamera.Youcanalsoselectorchangesceneprolelater.

1.GotoVideo>Image>Appearance.

2.GotoSceneproleandselectaprole.

Reduceimageprocessingtimewithlowlatencymode

Youcanoptimizetheimageprocessingtimeofyourlivestreambyturningonlowlatencymode.Thelatencyinyourlivestreamis

reducedtoaminimum.Whenyouuselowlatencymode,theimagequalityislowerthanusual.

1.GotoSystem>Plaincong.

2.SelectImageSourcefromthedrop-downlist.

3.GotoImageSource/I0/Sensor>LowlatencymodeandselectOn.

4.ClickSave.

Selectexposuremode

Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter

speed,andgain.GotoVideo>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:

•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand

sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.

Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.

•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.

BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode

Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Butasthevisiblelightdiminishes,colorimagesbecomeless

brightandclear.Ifyouswitchtonightmodewhenthishappens,thecamerausesbothvisibleandnear-infraredlighttodeliverbright

anddetailedblack-and-whiteimagesinstead.Youcansetthecameratoswitchtonightmodeautomatically.

1.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.

Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions

Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:

•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoVideo>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off

slidertowardLownoise.

•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.

Note

Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.

•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.

Note

Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.

•Setthemaxgaintoalowervalue.

•Ifpossible,opentheaperture.

•Reducesharpnessintheimage,underVideo>Image>Appearance.

Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions

Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinVideo>Image>Exposure:

•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.

Note

Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.

•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.

Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:

•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.

•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.

Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight

Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest

areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange

(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

ImagewithoutWDR.

ImagewithWDR.

Note

•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.

•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.

1.GotoVideo>Image>Widedynamicrange.

2.TurnonWDR.

3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.

4.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.

FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.

Verifythepixelresolution

Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizelicenseplates,youcanusethepixel

counter.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

ABC 123

1.GotoVideo>Image.

2.Click

3.ClickforPixelcounter.

4.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhereyou

expectlicenseplatestoappear.

5.Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides,anddecideifthevaluesareenoughforyourneeds.

Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks

Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.

1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.

2.Click

3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.

4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.

5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,clickPrivacymasksandselectacolor.

SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage51

Showanimageoverlay

Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.

1.GotoVideo>Overlays.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

2.SelectImageandclick.

3.ClickImages.

4.Draganddropanimage.

5.ClickUpload.

6.ClickManageoverlay.

7.Selecttheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.

Showatextoverlay

Youcanaddatexteldasanoverlayinthevideostream.Thisisusefulforexamplewhenyouwanttodisplaythedate,timeora

companynameinthevideostream.

1.GotoVideo>Overlays.

2.SelectTextandclick

3.Typethetextyouwanttodisplayinthevideostream.

4.Selectaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlaytexteldintheliveviewtochangetheposition.

Adjustthecameraview(PTZ)

Limitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements

Iftherearepartsofthescenethatyoudon’twantthecameratoreach,youcanlimitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements.For

example,youwanttoprotecttheprivacyofresidentsinanapartmentbuilding,whichislocatedclosetoaparkinglotthatyou

intendtomonitor.

Tolimitthemovements:

1.GotoPTZ>Limits.

2.Setthelimitsasneeded.

Viewandrecordvideo

Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto

Streamingandstorageonpage52.

Setupnetworkstorage

Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.

1.GotoSystem>Storage.

2.Click

AddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.

3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.

4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.

5.Typetheusernameandpassword.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.

7.SelectAddsharewithouttestingifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyetcongured.

8.ClickAdd.

Recordandwatchvideo

Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera

1.GotoVideo>Image.

2.Tostartarecording,click

Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,click

and.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup

networkstorageonpage11

3.Tostoprecording,click

again.

Watchvideo

1.GotoRecordings.

2.Click

foryourrecordinginthelist.

Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththevideo

Withsignedvideo,youcanmakesurethatnoonehastamperedwiththevideorecordedbythecamera.

1.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandturnonSignedvideo.

2.UseAXISCameraStation(5.46orlater)oranothercompatiblevideomanagementsoftwaretorecordvideo.For

instructions,seetheAXISCameraStationusermanual.

3.Exporttherecordedvideo.

4.UseAXISFilePlayertoplaythevideo.DownloadAXISFilePlayer.

indicatesthatnoonehastamperedwiththevideo.

Note

Togetmoreinformationaboutthevideo,right-clickthevideoandselectShowdigitalsignature.

Setuprulesforevents

Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.

Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects

motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.

Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.

Triggeranaction

1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset

uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

2.EnteraName.

3.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe

conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.

4.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.

Note

Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.

Savepowerwhennomotionisdetected

Thisexampleexplainshowtoturnonpowersavingmodewhennomotionisdetectedinthescene.

Note

Whenyouturnonpowersavingmode,theIRilluminationrangeisreduced.

MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:

1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createarule:

1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.

4.SelectInvertthiscondition.

5.Inthelistofactions,underPowersavingmode,selectUsepowersavingmodewhiletheruleisactive.

6.ClickSave.

Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardwhenthecameradetectsanobject.Therecording

willincludevesecondsbeforedetectionandoneminuteafterdetectionends.

Beforeyoustart:

•MakesureyouhaveanSDcardinstalled.

MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:

1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Createarule:

1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.

5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.

6.Selectacameraandastreamprole.

7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.

8.Setthepostbuffertimeto1minute.

9.ClickSave.

Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.

MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:

1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addtheoverlaytext:

1.GotoVideo>Overlays.

2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick

3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.

5.Topositionthetextoverlay,click

andselectanoption.

Createarule:

1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.

4.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.

5.Selectavideochannel.

6.InText,type“Motiondetected”.

7.Settheduration.

8.ClickSave.

Directthecameratoapresetpositionwhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratogotoapresetpositionwhenitdetectsmotionintheimage.

MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:

1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.

2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.

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3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.

Addapresetposition:

GotoPTZandsetwhereyouwantthecameratobedirectedbycreatingapresetposition.

Createarule:

1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Typeanamefortherule.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.

4.Inthelistofactions,selectGotopresetposition.

5.Selectthepresetpositionyouwantthecameratogoto.

6.ClickSave.

Zoominonaspecicareaautomaticallywithgatekeeper

Thisexampleexplainshowtousethegatekeeperfunctionalitytomakethecamerazoominautomaticallyonthelicenseplateofa

carthatpassesthroughagate.Whenthecarhaspassed,thecamerazoomsouttothehomeposition.

Createthepresetpositions:

1.GotoPTZ>Presetpositions.

2.Createthehomepositionthatincludestheentranceofthegate.

3.Createthezoomed-inpresetpositionsothatitcoverstheareaintheimagewhereyouassumethatthelicenseplate

willappear.

Setupmotiondetection:

1.GotoAppsandstartandopenAXISObjectAnalytics.

2.Createanobjectinareascenarioforvehicles,withanincludeareathatcoverstheentranceofthegate.

Createarule:

1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.

2.Nametherule“Gatekeeper”.

3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selecttheObjectAnalyticsscenario.

4.Inthelistofactions,underPresetpositions,selectGotopresetposition.

5.SelectaVideochannel.

6.SelectthePresetposition.

7.Tomakethecamerawaitawhilebeforeitreturnstothehomeposition,setatimeforHometimeout.

8.ClickSave.

Audio

Addaudiotoyourrecording

Turnonaudio:

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

1.GotoVideo>Stream>Audioandincludeaudio.

2.Ifthedevicehasmorethanoneinputsource,selectthecorrectoneinSource.

3.GotoAudio>Devicesettingsandturnonthecorrectinputsource.

4.Ifyoumakeanychangestotheinputsource,clickApplychanges.

Editthestreamprolethatisusedfortherecording:

5.GotoSystem>Streamprolesandselectthestreamprole.

6.SelectIncludeaudioandturniton.

7.ClickSave.

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Thewebinterface

Toreachthedevice’swebinterface,typethedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.

Note

Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.Thisicon

indicatesthat

thefeatureorsettingisonlyavailableinsomedevices.

Showorhidethemainmenu.

Accessthereleasenotes.

Accesstheproducthelp.

Changethelanguage.

Setlightthemeordarktheme.

Theusermenucontains:

•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.

•

Changeaccount:Logoutfromthecurrentaccountandlogintoanewaccount.

•

Logout:Logoutfromthecurrentaccount.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.

•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.

•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.

•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.

•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedevice’swebinterfacetothelegacyversion.

Status

Deviceinfo

Showsthedeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.

Upgradermware:Upgradethermwareonyourdevice.TakesyoutotheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmware

upgrade.

Timesyncstatus

ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil

thenextsync.

NTPsettings:ViewandupdatetheNTPsettings.TakesyoutotheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.

Security

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Thewebinterface

Showswhatkindofaccesstothedevicethatisactive,andwhatencryptionprotocolsareinuse.Recommendationstothesettings

arebasedontheAXISOSHardeningGuide.

Hardeningguide:LinktoAXISOSHardeningguidewhereyoucanlearnmoreaboutcybersecurityonAxisdevicesandbest

practices.

PTZ

ShowsthePTZstatusandthetimeofthelasttest.

Test:StartatestofthePTZmechanics.Duringthetest,therearenovideostreamsavailable.Whenthetestisnished,the

devicerestorestoitshomeposition.

Connectedclients

Showsthenumberofconnectionsandconnectedclients.

Viewdetails:Viewandupdatethelistoftheconnectedclients.ThelistshowsIPaddress,protocol,port,andPID/Process

ofeachclient.

Ongoingrecordings

Showsongoingrecordingsandtheirdesignatedstoragespace.

Recordings:Viewongoingandlteredrecordingsandtheirsource.Formoreinformation,seeRecordingsonpage31

Showsthestoragespacewheretherecordingissaved.

Video

Click-and-dragtopanandtiltintheliveview.

ZoomUsetheslidertozoominandout.

FocusUsethissettingtosetfocusintheshownarea.Dependingonthedevice,differentfocusmodesareavailable.

•Auto:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusbasedontheentireimage.

•Manual:Setthefocusmanuallyataxeddistance.

•Area:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusforaselectedareaoftheimage.

•Spot:Thecameraautomaticallyadjustsfocusforthecenteroftheimage.

BrightnessUsethissettingtoadjustthelightintensityintheimage,forexample,tomakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessis

appliedafterimagecapture,anddoesnotaffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsinadarkarea,itissometimes

bettertotrytoincreasegainorincreaseexposuretime.

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Thewebinterface

Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.

Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.

Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage

lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatthespecic

web-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceivedapplies,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactualcompression

settingthatisconguredinthedevice.

ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexample,totestexternal

devices.

ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.

Clicktomanuallyturnonorturnoffthewhitelight.

Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:

•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.

•Customcontrols:Click

Addcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.

Startsthewasher.Whenthesequencestarts,thecameramovestotheconguredpositiontoreceivethewash

spray.Whenthewholewashsequenceiscompleted,thecamerareturnstoitspreviousposition.Thisiconisonlyvisiblewhenthe

washerisconnectedandcongured.

Startsthewiper.

Clickandselectapresetpositiontogotothatpresetpositionintheliveview.Or,clickSetuptogotothepreset

positionpage.

Addsorremovesafocusrecallarea.Whenyouaddafocusrecallarea,thecamerasavesthefocussettingsat

thatspecicpan/tiltrange.Whenyouhavesetafocusrecallareaandthecameraentersthatareaintheliveview,thecamera

recallsthepreviouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfoftheareaforthecameratorecallthefocus.

Clicktoselectaguardtour,thenclickStarttoplaytheguardtour.Or,clickSetuptogototheguardtourspage.

Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.

Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it

willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.

Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorage,youneedtobeloggedinasan

administrator.

Clicktoaccessmoresettings:

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•Videoformat:Selecttheencodingformattouseintheliveview.

•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat

showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof

differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit

comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,

anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth

generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.

•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toimprove

theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly

appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,

themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage

resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.

•Levelgrid:Click

toshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click

tohideit.

•Pixelcounter:Click

toshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan

alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.

•Refresh:Click

torefreshthestillimageintheliveview.

•PTZcontrols

:TurnontodisplayPTZcontrolsintheliveview.

Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto

navigateintheimage.

Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenmode.

Installation

Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchange

thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.

Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowyoumountthecamera.

Powerlinefrequency:Tominimizeimageicker,selectthefrequencyyourregionuses.TheAmericanregionsusuallyuse60Hz.

Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,checkwiththelocalauthorities.

Rotate:Selectthepreferredimageorientation.

Image

Appearance

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Sceneprole:Selectasceneprolethatsuitsyoursurveillancescenario.Asceneproleoptimizesimagesettings,

includingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrast,andlocalcontrast,foraspecicenvironmentorpurpose.

•Forensic:Suitableforsurveillancepurposes.

•Indoor

:Suitableforindoorenvironments.

•Outdoor

:Suitableforoutdoorenvironments.

•Vivid:Usefulfordemonstrationpurposes.

•Trafcoverview:Suitableforvehicletrafcmonitoring.

Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcan,forexample,getagrayscaleimage.

Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.

Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafterimage

capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease

gainorexposuretime.

Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe

sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswell.

Widedynamicrange

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WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisible.

Localcontrast

:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervaluemakesthecontrasthigherbetween

darkandlightareas.

Tonemapping

:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappliedtotheimage.Ifthevalueissetto

zero,onlythestandardgammacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityofthedarkestandbrightest

partsintheimage.

Whitebalance

Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominglight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecolorslookmorenatural.

Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefromthelist.

Theautomaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or

whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetypeoflight

sourceinascene,thatis,theydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinglightsourceactsasareferencefortheautomaticwhite

balancealgorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatmatchesthelightsourceyou

wanttouseasareference.

Lightenvironment:

•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsetting

whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.

•Automatic–outdoors

:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisisthe

recommendedsettingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.

•Custom–indoors

:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlighting

andgoodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.

•Custom–outdoors

:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound

5500K.

•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.

•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.

•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand

goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.

•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.

•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound6500K.

•Streetlight–mercury

:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlightscommon

instreetlighting.

•Streetlight–sodium

:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiumvapor

lightscommoninstreetlighting.

•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforlightchanges.

•Manual

:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwant

thecameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe

whitebalancemanually.

Day-nightmode

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IR-cutlter:

•Auto:SelecttoautomaticallyturnonandofftheIR-cutlter.Whenthecameraisindaymode,theIR-cutlter

isturnedonandblocksincominginfraredlight,andwheninnightmode,theIR-cutlteristurnedoffandthe

camera’slightsensitivityincreases.

•On:SelecttoturnontheIR-cutlter.Theimageisincolor,butwithreducedlightsensitivity.

•Off:SelecttoturnofftheIR-cutlter.Theimageisinblackandwhiteforincreasedlightsensitivity.

Threshold:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightthresholdwherethecamerachangesfromdaymodetonightmode.

•MovetheslidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmode

earlier.

•MovetheslidertowardsDarktoincreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmodelater.

IRlight

Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuilt-inillumination,thesecontrolsareonlyavailablewhenyouconnectasupportingAxisaccessory.

Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausethebuilt-inlightinnightmode.

Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizetheilluminationwiththesurroundinglight.Thesynchronization

betweendayandnightonlyworksiftheIR-cutlterissettoAutoorOff.

Automaticilluminationangle

:Turnontousetheautomaticilluminationangle.Turnofftosettheilluminationangle

manually.

Illuminationangle

:Usetheslidertomanuallysettheilluminationangle,forexample,iftheangleneedstobedifferent

fromthecamera’sangleofview.Ifthecamerahasawideangleofview,youcansettheilluminationangletoanarrowerangle,

whichequalsagreaterteleposition.Thiswillresultindarkcornersintheimage.

IRwavelength

:SelectthedesiredwavelengthfortheIRlight.

Whitelight

Allowillumination

:Turnontoletthecamerausewhitelightinnightmode.

Synchronizeillumination

:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizethewhitelightwiththesurroundinglight.

Exposure

Selectanexposuremodetoreducerapidlychangingirregulareffectsintheimage,forexample,ickerproducedbydifferenttypesof

lightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyourpowernetwork.

Exposuremode:

•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gain,andshutterautomatically.

•Automaticaperture

:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically.Theshutterisxed.

•Automaticshutter

:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomatically.Theapertureisxed.

•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.

•Flicker-free

:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusesonlythefollowingshutter

speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).

•Flicker-free50Hz

:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.

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•Flicker-free60Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.

•Flicker-reduced

:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan

1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.

•Flicker-reduced50Hz

:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster

than1/100sforbrighterscenes.

•Flicker-reduced60Hz

:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster

than1/120sforbrighterscenes.

•Manual

:Theaperture,gain,andshutterarexed.

Exposurezone

:Useexposurezonestooptimizetheexposureinaselectedpartofthescene,forexample,theareain

frontofanentrancedoor.

Note

Theexposurezonesarerelatedtotheoriginalimage(unrotated),andthenamesofthezonesapplytotheoriginalimage.

Thismeans,forexample,thatifthevideostreamisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecomestheRightzoneinthe

stream,andLeftbecomesLower.

•Automatic:Suitableformostsituations.

•Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand

positionintheliveview.

•Full

:Usestheentireliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.

•Upper

:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.

•Lower

:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositioninthelowerpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.

•Left

:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheleftpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.

•Right

:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherightpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.

•Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.

•Custom:Usesanareaintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.

Maxshutter:Selecttheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestimage.Lowshutterspeeds(longerexposure)mightcausemotionblur

whenthereismovement,andatoohighshutterspeedmightaffecttheimagequality.Maxshutterworkswithmaxgainto

improvetheimage.

Maxgain:Selectthesuitablemaxgain.Ifyouincreasethemaxgain,itimprovesthevisiblelevelofdetailindarkimages,but

alsoincreasesthenoiselevel.Morenoisecanalsoresultinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorage.Ifyousetthemaxgain

toahighvalue,imagescandifferalotifthelightconditionsareverydifferentfromdaytonight.Maxgainworkswithmax

shuttertoimprovetheimage.

Motion-adaptiveexposure

:Selecttoreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions.

Blur-noisetrade-off:Usetheslidertoadjusttheprioritybetweenmotionblurandnoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizelowbandwidth

andhavelessnoiseattheexpenseofdetailsinmovingobjects,movetheslidertowardsLownoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizethe

preservationofdetailsinmovingobjectsattheexpenseofnoiseandbandwidth,movetheslidertowardsLowmotionblur.

Note

Youcanchangetheexposureeitherbyadjustingtheexposuretimeorbyadjustingthegain.Ifyouincreasetheexposure

time,itresultsinmoremotionblur,andifyouincreasethegain,itresultsinmorenoise.IfyouadjusttheBlur-noise

trade-offtowardsLownoise,theautomaticexposurewillprioritizelongerexposuretimesoverincreasinggain,andthe

oppositeifyouadjustthetrade-offtowardsLowmotionblur.Boththegainandexposuretimewilleventuallyreach

theirmaximumvaluesinlow-lightconditions,regardlessofthepriorityset.

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Lockaperture:TurnontokeeptheaperturesizesetbytheApertureslider.Turnofftoallowthecameratoautomatically

adjusttheaperturesize.Youcan,forexample,locktheapertureforsceneswithpermanentlightconditions.

Aperture:Usetheslidertoadjusttheaperturesize,thatis,howmuchlightpassesthroughthelens.Toallowmorelight

toenterthesensorandtherebyproduceabrighterimageinlow-lightconditions,movetheslidertowardsOpen.Anopenaperture

alsoreducesthedepthofeld,whichmeansthatobjectsclosetoorfarfromthecameracanappearunfocused.Toallowmoreof

theimagetobeinfocus,movetheslidertowardsClosed.

Exposurelevel:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimageexposure.

Defog

:Turnontodetecttheeffectsoffoggyweatherandautomaticallyremovethemforaclearerimage.

Note

WerecommendyounottoturnonDefoginsceneswithlowcontrast,largelightlevelvariations,orwhentheautofocusis

slightlyoff.Thiscanaffecttheimagequality,forexample,byincreasingthecontrast.Furthermore,toomuchlightcan

negativelyimpacttheimagequalitywhendefogisactive.

Stream

General

Resolution:Selecttheimageresolutionsuitableforthesurveillancescene.Ahigherresolutionincreasesbandwidthandstorage.

Framerate:Toavoidbandwidthproblemsonthenetworkorreducestoragesize,youcanlimittheframeratetoaxedamount.

Ifyouleavetheframerateatzero,theframerateiskeptatthehighestpossiblerateunderthecurrentconditions.Ahigher

frameraterequiresmorebandwidthandstoragecapacity.

Compression:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimagecompression.Highcompressionresultsinalowerbitrateandlowerimagequality.

Lowcompressionimprovestheimagequality,butusesmorebandwidthandstoragewhenyourecord.

Signedvideo

:Turnontoaddthesignedvideofeaturetothevideo.Signedvideoprotectsthevideofromtamperingby

addingcryptographicsignaturestothevideo.

Audio

Include:Turnontouseaudiointhevideostream.

Source:Selectwhataudiosourcetouse.

Stereo

:Turnontoincludebuilt-inaudioaswellasaudiofromanexternalmicrophone.

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Overlays

:Clicktoaddanoverlay.Selectthetypeofoverlayfromthedropdownlist:

•Text:Selecttoshowatextthatisintegratedintheliveviewimageandvisibleinallviews,recordingsandsnapshots.

Youcanenteryourowntext,andyoucanalsoincludepre-conguredmodierstoautomaticallyshow,forexample,

time,date,andframerate.

:Clicktoaddthedatemodier%Ftoshowyyyy-mm-dd.

:Clicktoaddthetimemodier%Xtoshowhh:mm:ss(24-hourclock).

-Modiers:Clicktoselectanyofthemodiersshowninthelisttoaddthemtothetextbox.Forexample,

%ashowsthedayoftheweek.

-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.

-Appearance:Selectthetextcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,whitetextonablackbackground

(default).

:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.

•Image:Selecttoshowastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Youcanuse.bmp,.png,.jpeg,or.svgles.

Touploadanimage,clickImages.Beforeyouuploadanimage,youcanchooseto:

-Scalewithresolution:Selecttoautomaticallyscaletheoverlayimagetotthevideoresolution.

-Usetransparency:SelectandentertheRGBhexadecimalvalueforthatcolor.UsetheformatRRGGBB.

Examplesofhexadecimalvalues:FFFFFFforwhite,000000forblack,FF0000forred,6633FFforblue,and

669900forgreen.Onlyfor.bmpimages.

•Sceneannotation:Selecttoshowatextoverlayinthevideostreamthatstaysinthesameposition,even

whenthecamerapansortiltsinanotherdirection.Youcanchoosetoonlyshowtheoverlaywithincertainzoomlevels.

:Clicktoaddthedatemodier%Ftoshowyyyy-mm-dd.

:Clicktoaddthetimemodier%Xtoshowhh:mm:ss(24-hourclock).

-Modiers:Clicktoselectanyofthemodiersshowninthelisttoaddthemtothetextbox.Forexample,

%ashowsthedayoftheweek.

-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.

-Appearance:Selectthetextcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,whitetextonablackbackground

(default).

:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.Theoverlayissavedandremainsinthepanand

tiltcoordinatesofthisposition.

-Annotationbetweenzoomlevels(%):Setthezoomlevelswhichtheoverlaywillbeshownwithin.

-Annotationsymbol:Selectasymbolthatappearsinsteadoftheoverlaywhenthecameraisnotwithinthe

setzoomlevels.

•Streamingindicator

:Selecttoshowananimationsuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theanimation

indicatesthatthevideostreamislive,evenifthescenedoesn’tcontainanymotion.

-Appearance:Selecttheanimationcolorandbackgroundcolor,forexample,redanimationonatransparent

background(default).

-Size:Selectthedesiredfontsize.

:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.

•Widget:Linegraph

:Showagraphchartthatdisplayshowameasuredvaluechangesovertime.

-Title:Enteratitleforthewidget.

-Overlaymodier:Selectanoverlaymodierasdatasource.IfyouhavecreatedMQTToverlays,theywillbe

locatedattheendofthelist.

:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.

-Size:Selectthesizeoftheoverlay.

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-Visibleonallchannels:Turnofftoshowonlyonyourcurrentlyselectedchannel.Turnontoshowonall

activechannels.

-Updateinterval:Choosethetimebetweendataupdates.

-Transparency:Setthetransparencyoftheentireoverlay.

-Backgroundtransparency:Setthetransparencyonlyofthebackgroundoftheoverlay.

-Points:Turnontoaddapointtothegraphlinewhendataisupdated.

-Xaxis

-Label:Enterthetextlabelforthexaxis.

-Timewindow:Enterhowlongtimethedataisvisualized.

-Timeunit:Enteratimeunitforthexaxis.

-Yaxis

-Label:Enterthetextlabelfortheyaxis.

-Dynamicscale:Turnonforthescaletoautomaticallyadapttothedatavalues.Turnofftomanuallyenter

valuesforaxedscale.

-MinalarmthresholdandMaxalarmthreshold:Thesevalueswilladdhorizontalreferencelinestothegraph,

makingiteasiertoseewhenthedatavaluebecomestoohighortoolow.

•Widget:Meter

:Showabarchartthatdisplaysthemostrecentlymeasureddatavalue.

-Title:Enteratitleforthewidget.

-Overlaymodier:Selectanoverlaymodierasdatasource.IfyouhavecreatedMQTToverlays,theywillbe

locatedattheendofthelist.

:Selectthepositionoftheoverlayintheimage.

-Size:Selectthesizeoftheoverlay.

-Visibleonallchannels:Turnofftoshowonlyonyourcurrentlyselectedchannel.Turnontoshowonall

activechannels.

-Updateinterval:Choosethetimebetweendataupdates.

-Transparency:Setthetransparencyoftheentireoverlay.

-Backgroundtransparency:Setthetransparencyonlyofthebackgroundoftheoverlay.

-Points:Turnontoaddapointtothegraphlinewhendataisupdated.

-Yaxis

-Label:Enterthetextlabelfortheyaxis.

-Dynamicscale:Turnonforthescaletoautomaticallyadapttothedatavalues.Turnofftomanuallyenter

valuesforaxedscale.

-MinalarmthresholdandMaxalarmthreshold:Thesevalueswilladdhorizontalreferencelinestothebar

chart,makingiteasiertoseewhenthedatavaluebecomestoohighortoolow.

Privacymasks

:Clicktocreateanewprivacymask.

Privacymasks:Clicktochangethecolorofallprivacymasks,ortodeleteallprivacymaskspermanently.

Cellsize:Ifyouchoosemosaiccolor,theprivacymasksappearaspixilatedpatterns.Usetheslidertochangethesizeofthepixels.

Maskx:Clicktorename,disable,orpermanentlydeletethemask.

PTZ

Presetpositions

Apresetpositionisaspecicpan,tilt,andzoompositionstoredinyourcamera’smemory.Youcanusepresetpositionstoquickly

navigatebetweendifferenteldsofviewortocreateautomatedguardtours.

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Createpresetposition:Createanewpresetpositionbasedonthecurrentpositionofyourcamera.

•Thumbnail:Turnontoaddathumbnailimageforthepresetposition.

•Name:Enteranameforthepresetposition.

•Homeposition:Turnontosetthispositionasyourcamera’sdefaulteldofview.Thehomepositionismarkedwith

.Yourcamerawillalwayshaveahomeposition.

Settings

•Returntohomepositionwheninactive:Turnontomakethecamerareturntoitshomepositionafteraspecied

periodofinactivity.

•Usethumbnails:Turnontoautomaticallyaddathumbnailtoanynewpresetpositionyoucreate.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Createthumbnails:Createathumbnailforallyourpresetpositions.

•Refreshthumbnails:Replacethethumbnailsforyourpresetpositionswithnewandupdatedthumbnails.

•Deleteallpresetpositions:Removeallyourpresetpositions.Thiswillalsocreateanewhomepositionautomatically.

Guardtours

Guardtour:Createaguardtour.

•Presetposition:Selecttocreateaguardtourwithpresetpositions.

•Recorded:Selecttocreatearecordedguardtour.

Limits

Tonarrowdowntheareaundersurveillance,youcanlimitthePTZmovements.

SaveasPan0:Clicktosetthecurrentpositionaszero-pointforpancoordinates.

Pan-tiltlimits:Thecamerausesthecoordinatesofthecenteroftheimagewhenyousetpan-tiltlimits.

•

Leftpanlimit:Clicktolimitthecamera’spanmovementstotheleft.Clickagaintoremovethelimit.

•

Rightpanlimit:Clicktolimitthecamera’spanmovementstotheright.Clickagaintoremovethelimit.

•

Toptiltlimit:Clicktolimitthecamera’stiltmovementstothetop.Clickagaintoremovethelimit.

•

Bottomtiltlimit:Clicktolimitthecamera’stiltmovementstothebottom.Clickagaintoremovethelimit.

Auto-ip

:Enablesthecameraheadtoinstantlyreverse360°andcontinuetopanbeyonditsmechanicallimit.

E-ip

:Automaticallycorrectsthecameraviewbyippingtheimage180°whenthecameratiltsbeyond-90°.

Nadir-ip

:Enablesthecameratopan180°whentiltingbeyond-90°,andthencontinueupwards.

Zoomlimit:Selectavaluetolimitthecamera’smaximumzoomlevel.Opticalordigital(e.g.480xD)valuescanbeselected.

Whenusingajoystick,onlydigitalzoomlevelscanbeusedtosetthezoomlimit.

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Nearfocuslimit:Selectavaluetopreventthecamerafromautofocusingonobjectsclosetothecamera.Thisway,thecamera

canignoreobjectssuchasoverheadwires,streetlights,orothernearbyobjects.Tomakethecamerafocusontheareasofinterest,

setthenearfocuslimittoavaluegreaterthanthedistanceatwhichtheobjectsofnointeresttendtoappear.

Motion

Proportionalspeed:Turnontosetthemaximumproportionalspeed.

•Maxproportionalspeed:Setavaluebetween1and1000tolimitthepanandtiltspeed.Maxproportionalspeedis

denedasapercentage,wherethevalue1000equals1000%.

Thisisusefulwhenthejoystickispushedallthewayout.Forexample,iftheimageisapproximately44degreeswide

whenfullyzoomedoutandthemaxproportionalspeedissetto100(100%),themaximumspeedisabout44

degrees/second.Iftheimageisthenzoomedinfrom44to10degreeswide,themaximumspeedreachesabout10

degrees/second,whichisprobablytoofastforeasyviewing.Tolimitthespeed,setthemaxproportionalspeedto50

(50%).Thisway,themaximumspeedonlyreaches50%ofthemaximumforthecurrentlyselectedzoomlevel.This

meansthatwhentheimageis44degreeswide,thegreatestpossiblespeedislimitedtoabout22degrees/second,and

whentheviewiszoomedinto10degreesthespeedislimitedtoabout5degrees/second.

Adjustablezoomspeed:Turnontousevariablespeedswhencontrollingthezoomwithajoystickoramousewheel.Thezoom

speedisautomaticallysetthroughthecommandcontinuouszoommoveintheVAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface

(API).Turnofftousethehighestzoomspeedwhichisthesamespeedformovingtopresets.

FreezeimageonPTZ

•Off:Neverfreezeimage.

•Allmovements:Freezetheimagewhilethecameraismoving.Oncethecamerareachesitsnewposition,the

viewfromthatpositionisshown.

•Presetpositions:Freezetheimageonlywhenthecameramovesbetweenpresetpositions.

Pan-tiltspeed:Selectthespeedofthecamera’spanandtiltmovements.

Gatekeeper

Agatekeepermonitorsanareasuchasanentrancegate.Whenmotionisdetectedinthemonitoredarea,thegatekeepersteers

thecameratoaselectedpresetposition.Usingazoomed-inpresetpositioncanmakeitpossibleto,forexample,readalicense

plateoridentifyaperson.Whenmotionisnolongerdetected,thecamerareturnstoitshomepositionafteradenedtime.

Controlqueue

Usercontrolqueue

•PTZcontrolqueue:TurnontoplacePTZcontrolrequestsinaqueue.Thisdisplaystheusersstatusandpositioninthe

queue.TousethePTZcontrolsinAXISCameraStation,turnoffthissetting.

-Enterqueue:ClicktoaddyourrequestforPTZcontroltothequeue.

-Releasecontrol:ClicktoreleasethePTZcontrol.

•Theusergroupsarelistedinaprioritizedorderwiththehighestpriorityontop.Tochangethepriorityofauser

group,click

anddragtheusergroupupordown.

Foreachusergroup:

-Timeoutduration:Settheamountoftimetowaitbeforetimeout.Thedefaultvalueis1minute,and

allowedvaluesarefrom1secondto60minutes.

-Timeouttype

-Timespan:Timeoutafterreachingthesetduration.

-Activity:Timeoutafterreachingthesetdurationsincethelastactivity.

-Innity:Nevertotimeoutuntilauserwithhigherprioritytakescontrol.

Settings

•Limitnumberofusersinqueue:Setthemaximumnumberofusersallowedinaqueue.Thedefaultnumberis20,

andallowedvaluesare1–100.

•Controlqueuepolltime:Sethowoftentopollthecameratoupdatetheplaceoftheusersorusergroupsinthe

queue.Thedefaultvalueis20seconds,andallowedvaluesarefrom5secondsto60minutes.

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Audio

Devicesettings

Input:Turnonoroffaudioinput.Showsthetypeofinput.

Allowstreamextraction:Turnontoallowstreamextraction.

Inputtype:Selectthetypeofinput,forinstance,ifit’sinternalmicrophoneorline.

Powertype

:Selectpowertypeforyourinput.

Applychanges

:Applyyourselection.

Separategaincontrols

:Turnontoadjustthegainseparatelyforthedifferentinputtypes.

Automaticgaincontrol

:Turnontodynamicallyadaptthegaintochangesinthesound.

Gain:Usetheslidertochangethegain.Clickthemicrophoneicontomuteorunmute.

Output:Showsthetypeofoutput.

Gain:Usetheslidertochangethegain.Clickthespeakericontomuteorunmute.

Stream

Encoding:Selecttheencodingtousefortheinputsourcestreaming.Youcanonlychooseencodingifaudioinputisturnedon.If

audioinputisturnedoff,clickEnableaudioinputtoturniton.

Audioclips

Addclip:Addanewaudioclip.Youcanuse.au,.mp3,.opus,.vorbis,.wavles.

Playtheaudioclip.

Stopplayingtheaudioclip.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Rename:Changethenameoftheaudioclip.

•Createlink:CreateaURLthat,whenused,playstheaudiocliponthedevice.Specifythevolumeandnumber

oftimestoplaytheclip.

•Download:Downloadtheaudiocliptoyourcomputer.

•Delete:Deletetheaudioclipfromthedevice.

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Audioenhancement

Input

TenBandGraphicAudioEqualizer:Turnontoadjustthelevelofdifferentfrequencybandswithinanaudiosignal.Thisfeature

isforadvanceduserswithaudiocongurationexperience.

Talkbackrange

:Choosetheoperationalrangetogatheraudiocontent.Anincreasetotheoperationalrangecausea

reductionofsimultaneoustwo-waycommunicationcapabilities.

Voiceenhancement

:Turnontoenhancethevoicecontentinrelationtoothersounds.

Recordings

Ongoingrecordings:Showallongoingrecordingsonthedevice.

Startarecordingonthedevice.

Choosewhichstoragedevicetosaveto.

Stoparecordingonthedevice.

Triggeredrecordingswillendwhenmanuallystoppedorwhenthedeviceisshutdown.

Continuousrecordingswillcontinueuntilmanuallystopped.Evenifthedeviceisshutdown,therecordingwillcontinuewhen

thedevicestartsupagain.

Playtherecording.

Stopplayingtherecording.

Showorhideinformationandoptionsabouttherecording.

Setexportrange:Ifyouonlywanttoexportpartoftherecording,enteratimespan.

Encrypt:Selecttosetapasswordforexportedrecordings.Itwillnotbepossibletoopentheexportedlewithoutthepassword.

Clicktodeletearecording.

Export:Exportthewholeorapartoftherecording.

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Clicktoltertherecordings.

From:Showrecordingsdoneafteracertainpointintime.

To:Showrecordingsupuntilacertainpointintime.

Source

:Showrecordingsbasedonsource.Thesourcereferstothesensor.

Event:Showrecordingsbasedonevents.

Storage:Showrecordingsbasedonstoragetype.

Apps

Addapp:Installanewapp.

Findmoreapps:Findmoreappstoinstall.YouwillbetakentoanoverviewpageofAxisapps.

Allowunsignedapps:Turnontoallowinstallationofunsignedapps.

Allowroot-privilegedapps:Turnontoallowappswithrootprivilegesfullaccesstothedevice.

ViewthesecurityupdatesinAXISOSandACAPapps.

Note

Thedevice’sperformancemightbeaffectedifyourunseveralappsatthesametime.

Usetheswitchnexttotheappnametostartorstoptheapp.

Open:Accesstheapp’ssettings.Theavailablesettingsdependontheapplication.Someapplicationsdon’thaveanysettings.

Thecontextmenucancontainoneormoreofthefollowingoptions:

•Open-sourcelicense:Viewinformationaboutopen-sourcelicensesusedintheapp.

•Applog:Viewalogoftheappevents.Thelogishelpfulwhenyoucontactsupport.

•Activatelicensewithakey:Iftheapprequiresalicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevice

doesn’thaveinternetaccess.

Ifyoudon’thavealicensekey,gotoaxis.com/products/analytics.YouneedalicensecodeandtheAxisproductserial

numbertogeneratealicensekey.

•Activatelicenseautomatically:Iftheapprequiresalicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevicehas

internetaccess.Youneedalicensecodetoactivatethelicense.

•Deactivatethelicense:Deactivatethelicensetoreplaceitwithanotherlicense,forexample,whenyouchangefroma

triallicensetoafulllicense.Ifyoudeactivatethelicense,youalsoremoveitfromthedevice.

•Settings:Conguretheparameters.

•Delete:Deletetheapppermanentlyfromthedevice.Ifyoudon’tdeactivatethelicenserst,itremainsactive.

System

Timeandlocation

Dateandtime

Thetimeformatdependsonthewebbrowser’slanguagesettings.

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Note

Werecommendyousynchronizethedevice’sdateandtimewithanNTPserver.

Synchronization:Selectanoptionforthedevice’sdateandtimesynchronization.

•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTSKEservers):SynchronizewiththesecureNTPkeyestablishmentservers

connectedtotheDHCPserver.

-ManualNTSKEservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,

thedevicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.

•Automaticdateandtime(NTPserversusingDHCP):SynchronizewiththeNTPserversconnectedtotheDHCPserver.

-FallbackNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwofallbackservers.

•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTPservers):SynchronizewithNTPserversofyourchoice.

-ManualNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,the

devicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.

•Customdateandtime:Manuallysetthedateandtime.ClickGetfromsystemtofetchthedateandtimesettings

oncefromyourcomputerormobiledevice.

Timezone:Selectwhichtimezonetouse.Timewillautomaticallyadjusttodaylightsavingtimeandstandardtime.

Note

Thesystemusesthedateandtimesettingsinallrecordings,logs,andsystemsettings.

Network

IPv4

AssignIPv4automatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.Werecommend

automaticIP(DHCP)formostnetworks.

IPaddress:EnterauniqueIPaddressforthedevice.StaticIPaddressescanbeassignedatrandomwithinisolatednetworks,

providedthateachaddressisunique.Toavoidconicts,werecommendyoucontactyournetworkadministratorbeforeyou

assignastaticIPaddress.

Subnetmask:Enterthesubnetmasktodenewhataddressesareinsidethelocalareanetwork.Anyaddressoutsidethelocal

areanetworkgoesthroughtherouter.

Router:EntertheIPaddressofthedefaultrouter(gateway)usedtoconnectdevicesthatareattachedtodifferentnetworksand

networksegments.

FallbacktostaticIPaddressifDHCPisn’tavailable:SelectifyouwanttoaddastaticIPaddresstouseasfallbackifDHCP

isunavailableandcan’tassignanIPaddressautomatically.

Note

IfDHCPisn’tavailableandthedeviceusesastaticaddressfallback,thestaticaddressisconguredwithalimitedscope.

IPv6

AssignIPv6automatically:SelecttoturnonIPv6andtoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.

Hostname

Assignhostnameautomatically:Selecttoletthenetworkrouterassignahostnametothedeviceautomatically.

Hostname:Enterthehostnamemanuallytouseasanalternativewayofaccessingthedevice.Theserverreportandsystemlog

usethehostname.AllowedcharactersareA–Z,a–z,0–9and-.

DNSservers

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AssignDNSautomatically:SelecttolettheDHCPserverassignsearchdomainsandDNSserveraddressestothedevice

automatically.WerecommendautomaticDNS(DHCP)formostnetworks.

Searchdomains:Whenyouuseahostnamethatisnotfullyqualied,clickAddsearchdomainandenteradomaininwhichto

searchforthehostnamethedeviceuses.

DNSservers:ClickAddDNSserverandentertheIPaddressoftheDNSserver.ThisprovidesthetranslationofhostnamestoIP

addressesonyournetwork.

HTTPandHTTPS

HTTPSisaprotocolthatprovidesencryptionforpagerequestsfromusersandforthepagesreturnedbythewebserver.Theencrypted

exchangeofinformationisgovernedbytheuseofanHTTPScerticate,whichguaranteestheauthenticityoftheserver.

TouseHTTPSonthedevice,youmustinstallanHTTPScerticate.GotoSystem>Securitytocreateandinstallcerticates.

Allowaccessthrough:SelectifauserisallowedtoconnecttothedevicethroughtheHTTP,HTTPS,orbothHTTPandHTTPS

protocols.

Note

IfyouviewencryptedwebpagesthroughHTTPS,youmightexperienceadropinperformance,especiallywhenyou

requestapageforthersttime.

HTTPport:EntertheHTTPporttouse.Thedeviceallowsport80oranyportintherange1024-65535.Ifyouareloggedinasan

administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.

HTTPSport:EntertheHTTPSporttouse.Thedeviceallowsport443oranyportintherange1024-65535.Ifyouareloggedinas

anadministrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.

Certicate:SelectacerticatetoenableHTTPSforthedevice.

Networkdiscoveryprotocols

Bonjour

:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.

Bonjourname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.

UPnP

:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.

UPnPname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.

WS-Discovery:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.

One-clickcloudconnection

One-clickcloudconnection(O3C)togetherwithanO3Cserviceprovideseasyandsecureinternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideo

fromanylocation.Formoreinformation,seeaxis.com/end-to-end-solutions/hosted-services.

AllowO3C:

•One-click:Thisisthedefaultsetting.PressandholdthecontrolbuttononthedevicetoconnecttoanO3Cservice

overtheinternet.YouneedtoregisterthedevicewiththeO3Cservicewithin24hoursafteryoupressthecontrol

button.Otherwise,thedevicedisconnectsfromtheO3Cservice.Onceyouregisterthedevice,Alwaysisenabledand

thedevicestaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.

•Always:ThedeviceconstantlyattemptstoconnecttoanO3Cserviceovertheinternet.Onceyouregisterthedevice,

itstaysconnectedtotheO3Cservice.Usethisoptionifthecontrolbuttononthedeviceisoutofreach.

•No:DisablestheO3Cservice.

Proxysettings:Ifneeded,entertheproxysettingstoconnecttotheproxyserver.

Host:Entertheproxyserver’saddress.

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Port:Entertheportnumberusedforaccess.

LoginandPassword:Ifneeded,enterusernameandpasswordfortheproxyserver.

Authenticationmethod:

•Basic:ThismethodisthemostcompatibleauthenticationschemeforHTTP.It’slesssecurethantheDigestmethod

becauseitsendstheusernameandpasswordunencryptedtotheserver.

•Digest:Thismethodismoresecurebecauseitalwaystransfersthepasswordencryptedacrossthenetwork.

•Auto:Thisoptionletsthedeviceselecttheauthenticationmethoddependingonthesupportedmethods.Itprioritizes

theDigestmethodovertheBasicmethod.

Ownerauthenticationkey(OAK):ClickGetkeytofetchtheownerauthenticationkey.Thisisonlypossibleifthedeviceis

connectedtotheinternetwithoutarewallorproxy.

SNMP

TheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsremotemanagementofnetworkdevices.

SNMP:SelecttheversionofSNMPtouse.

•v1andv2c:

-Readcommunity:Enterthecommunitynamethathasread-onlyaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects.The

defaultvalueispublic.

-Writecommunity:EnterthecommunitynamethathasreadorwriteaccesstoallsupportedSNMPobjects

(exceptread-onlyobjects).Thedefaultvalueiswrite.

-Activatetraps:Turnontoactivatetrapreporting.Thedeviceusestrapstosendmessagesforimportant

eventsorstatuschangestoamanagementsystem.Inthewebinterface,youcansetuptrapsforSNMPv1

andv2c.TrapsareautomaticallyturnedoffifyouchangetoSNMPv3orturnoffSNMP.IfyouuseSNMPv3,

youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3managementapplication.

-Trapaddress:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthemanagementserver.

-Trapcommunity:Enterthecommunitytousewhenthedevicesendsatrapmessagetothemanagement

system.

-Traps:

-Coldstart:Sendsatrapmessagewhenthedevicestarts.

-Warmstart:SendsatrapmessagewhenyouchangeanSNMPsetting.

-Linkup:Sendsatrapmessagewhenalinkchangesfromdowntoup.

-Authenticationfailed:Sendsatrapmessagewhenanauthenticationattemptfails.

Note

AllAxisVideoMIBtrapsareenabledwhenyouturnonSNMPv1andv2ctraps.Formoreinformation,see

AXISOSPortal>SNMP.

•v3:SNMPv3isamoresecureversion,whichprovidesencryptionandsecurepasswords.TouseSNMPv3,we

recommendyoutoactivateHTTPS,asthepasswordisthensentthroughHTTPS.Thisalsopreventsunauthorized

parties’accesstounencryptedSNMPv1andv2ctraps.IfyouuseSNMPv3,youcansetuptrapsthroughtheSNMPv3

managementapplication.

-Passwordfortheaccount“initial”:EntertheSNMPpasswordfortheaccountnamed“initial”.Althoughthe

passwordcanbesentwithoutactivatingHTTPS,wedon’trecommendit.TheSNMPv3passwordcanonly

besetonce,andpreferablyonlywhenHTTPSisenabled.Oncethepasswordisset,thepasswordeldisno

longerdisplayed.Tosetthepasswordagain,youmustresetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.

Security

Certicates

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Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Thedevicesupportstwotypesofcerticates:

•Client/servercerticates

Aclient/servercerticatevalidatesthedevice’sidentity,andcanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).

Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.

•CAcerticates

YoucanuseaCAcerticatetoauthenticateapeercerticate,forexampletovalidatetheidentityofanauthentication

serverwhenthedeviceconnectstoanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X.Thedevicehasseveralpre-installedCA

certicates.

Theseformatsaresupported:

•Certicateformats:.PEM,.CER,and.PFX

•Privatekeyformats:PKCS#1andPKCS#12

Important

Ifyouresetthedevicetofactorydefault,allcerticatesaredeleted.Anypre-installedCAcerticatesarereinstalled.

Filterthecerticatesinthelist.

Addcerticate:Clicktoaddacerticate.

•More:Showmoreeldstollinorselect.

•Securekeystore:SelecttouseSecureelementorTrustedPlatformModule2.0tosecurelystoretheprivatekey.For

moreinformationonwhichsecurekeystoretoselect,gotohelp.axis.com/en-us/axis-os#cryptographic-support.

•Keytype:Selectthedefaultoradifferentencryptionalgorithmfromthedrop-downlisttoprotectthecerticate.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Certicateinformation:Viewaninstalledcerticate’sproperties.

•Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.

•Createcerticatesigningrequest:Createacerticatesigningrequesttosendtoaregistrationauthoritytoapply

foradigitalidentitycerticate.

Securekeystore

•Secureelement(CCEAL6+):Selecttousesecureelementforsecurekeystore.

•TrustedPlatformModule2.0(CCEAL4+,FIPS140-2Level2):SelecttouseTPM2.0forsecurekeystore.

IEEE802.1xandIEEE802.1AEMACsec

IEEE802.1xisanIEEEstandardforport-basednetworkadmissioncontrolprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwireless

networkdevices.IEEE802.1xisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).

ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1x,networkdevicesmustauthenticatethemselves.Theauthenticationisperformedby

anauthenticationserver,typicallyaRADIUSserver(forexample,FreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationServer).

Certicates

WhenconguredwithoutaCAcerticate,servercerticatevalidationisdisabledandthedevicetriestoauthenticateitself

regardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.

Whenusingacerticate,inAxis'implementation,thedeviceandtheauthenticationserverauthenticatethemselveswithdigital

certicatesusingEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).

Toallowthedevicetoaccessanetworkprotectedthroughcerticates,youmustinstallasignedclientcerticateonthedevice.

Authenticationmethod:SelectanEAPtypeusedforauthentication.ThedefaultoptionisEAP-TLS.

Clientcerticate:SelectaclientcerticatetouseIEEE802.1x.Theauthenticationserverusesthecerticatetovalidatethe

client’sidentity.

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CAcerticate:SelectCAcerticatestovalidatetheauthenticationserver’sidentity.Whennocerticateisselected,thedevice

triestoauthenticateitselfregardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.

EAPidentity:Entertheuseridentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.

EAPOLversion:SelecttheEAPOLversionthatisusedinthenetworkswitch.

UseIEEE802.1x:SelecttousetheIEEE802.1xprotocol.

IEEE802.1AEMACsec

IEEE802.1AEMACsecisanIEEEstandardformediaaccesscontrol(MAC)securitythatdenesconnectionlessdatacondentiality

andintegrityformediaaccessindependentprotocols.

ThesettingsareonlyavailableifyouuseEAP-TLSastheauthenticationmethod.

Mode

•DynamicCAK/EAP-TLS:Thedefaultoption.Afterasecuredconnection,thedevicechecksforMACseconthenetwork.

•StaticCAK/pre-sharedkey(PSK):Selecttosetthekeynameandvaluetoconnecttothenetwork.

Preventbrute-forceattacks

Blocking:Turnontoblockbrute-forceattacks.Abrute-forceattackusestrial-and-errortoguesslogininfoorencryptionkeys.

Blockingperiod:Enterthenumberofsecondstoblockabrute-forceattack.

Blockingconditions:Enterthenumberofauthenticationfailuresallowedpersecondbeforetheblockstarts.Youcansetthe

numberoffailuresallowedbothonpagelevelanddevicelevel.

IPaddresslter

Uselter:SelecttolterwhichIPaddressesareallowedtoaccessthedevice.

Policy:ChoosewhethertoAlloworDenyaccessforcertainIPaddresses.

Addresses:EntertheIPnumbersthatareeitherallowedordeniedaccesstothedevice.YoucanalsousetheCIDRformat.

Customsignedrmwarecerticate

ToinstalltestrmwareorothercustomrmwarefromAxisonthedevice,youneedacustomsignedrmwarecerticate.The

certicateveriesthatthermwareisapprovedbyboththedeviceownerandAxis.Thermwarecanonlyrunonaspecic

devicewhichisidentiedbyitsuniqueserialnumberandchipID.OnlyAxiscancreatecustomsignedrmwarecerticates,

sinceAxisholdsthekeytosignthem.

Install:Clicktoinstallthecerticate.Youneedtoinstallthecerticatebeforeyouinstallthermware.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.

Accounts

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Addaccount:Clicktoaddanewaccount.Youcanaddupto100accounts.

Account:Enterauniqueaccountname.

Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheaccount.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters

(code32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexample,letters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.

Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.

Privileges:

•Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotheraccounts.

•Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:

-AllSystemsettings.

-Addingapps.

•Viewer:Hasaccessto:

-Watchandtakesnapshotsofavideostream.

-Watchandexportrecordings.

-Pan,tilt,andzoom;withPTZuseraccess.

Thecontextmenucontains:

Updateaccount:Edittheaccountproperties.

Deleteaccount:Deletetheaccount.Youcan’tdeletetherootaccount.

Anonymousaccess

Allowanonymousviewing:Turnontoallowanyoneaccessthedeviceasaviewerwithoutlogginginwithanaccount.

AllowanonymousPTZoperating:Turnontoallowanonymoususerstopan,tilt,andzoomtheimage.

Events

Rules

Aruledenestheconditionsthattriggerstheproducttoperformanaction.Thelistshowsallthecurrentlyconguredrulesin

theproduct.

Note

Youcancreateupto256actionrules.

Addarule:Createarule.

Name:Enteranamefortherule.

Waitbetweenactions:Entertheminimumtime(hh:mm:ss)thatmustpassbetweenruleactivations.Itisusefuliftheruleis

activatedby,forexample,day-nightmodeconditions,toavoidthatsmalllightchangesduringsunriseandsunsetactivate

therulerepeatedly.

Condition:Selectaconditionfromthelist.Aconditionmustbemetforthedevicetoperformanaction.Ifmultiple

conditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.Forinformationaboutspecicconditions,see

Getstartedwithrulesforevents.

Usethisconditionasatrigger:Selecttomakethisrstconditionfunctiononlyasastartingtrigger.Itmeansthatoncetherule

isactivated,itremainsactiveforaslongasalltheotherconditionsaremet,nomatterthestateoftherstcondition.Ifyoudon’t

selectthisoption,therulewillsimplybeactivewheneveralltheconditionsaremet.

Invertthiscondition:Selectifyouwanttheconditiontobetheoppositeofyourselection.

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Addacondition:Clicktoaddanadditionalcondition.

Action:Selectanactionfromthelistandenteritsrequiredinformation.Forinformationaboutspecicactions,see

Getstartedwithrulesforevents.

Recipients

Youcansetupyourdevicetonotifyrecipientsabouteventsorsendles.Thelistshowsalltherecipientscurrentlyconguredinthe

product,alongwithinformationabouttheirconguration.

Note

Youcancreateupto20recipients.

Addarecipient:Clicktoaddarecipient.

Name:Enteranamefortherecipient.

Type:Selectfromthelist:

•FTP

-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris

speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.

-Port:EntertheportnumberusedbytheFTPserver.Thedefaultis21.

-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.Ifthisdirectorydoesn’talreadyexist

ontheFTPserver,youwillgetanerrormessagewhenuploadingles.

-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.

-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.

-Usetemporarylename:Selecttouploadleswithtemporary,automaticallygeneratedlenames.The

lesgetrenamedtothedesirednameswhentheuploadcompletes.Iftheuploadisaborted/interrupted,

youdon’tgetanycorruptles.However,youprobablystillgetthetemporaryles.Thiswayyouknow

thatalllesthathavethedesirednamearecorrect.

-UsepassiveFTP:Undernormalcircumstances,theproductsimplyrequeststhetargetFTPservertoopenthe

dataconnection.ThedeviceactivelyinitiatesboththeFTPcontrolanddataconnectionstothetargetserver.

ThisisnormallyneededifthereisarewallbetweenthedeviceandthetargetFTPserver.

•HTTP

-URL:EnterthenetworkaddresstotheHTTPserverandthescriptthatwillhandletherequest.Forexample,

http://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.

-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.

-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.

-Proxy:TurnonandentertherequiredinformationifaproxyservermustbepassedtoconnecttotheHTTP

server.

•HTTPS

-URL:EnterthenetworkaddresstotheHTTPSserverandthescriptthatwillhandletherequest.Forexample,

https://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.

-Validateservercerticate:SelecttovalidatethecerticatethatwascreatedbyHTTPSserver.

-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.

-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.

-Proxy:TurnonandentertherequiredinformationifaproxyservermustbepassedtoconnecttotheHTTPS

server.

•Networkstorage

YoucanaddnetworkstoragesuchasNAS(network-attachedstorage)anduseitasarecipienttostoreles.Theles

arestoredintheMatroska(MKV)leformat.

-Host:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameforthenetworkstorage.

-Share:Enterthenameoftheshareonthehost.

-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.

-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.

-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.

•SFTP

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-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris

speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.

-Port:EntertheportnumberusedbytheSFTPserver.Thedefaultis22.

-Folder:Enterthepathtothedirectorywhereyouwanttostoreles.Ifthisdirectorydoesn’talreadyexiston

theSFTPserver,youwillgetanerrormessagewhenuploadingles.

-Username:Entertheusernameforthelogin.

-Password:Enterthepasswordforthelogin.

-SSHhostpublickeytype(MD5):Enterthengerprintoftheremotehost’spublickey(a32-digit

hexadecimalstring).TheSFTPclientsupportsSFTPserversusingSSH-2withRSA,DSA,ECDSA,andED25519

hostkeytypes.RSAisthepreferredmethodduringnegotiation,followedbyECDSA,ED25519,andDSA.Make

suretoentertherightMD5hostkeythatisusedbyyourSFTPserver.WhiletheAxisdevicesupportsboth

MD5andSHA-256hashkeys,werecommendusingSHA-256duetostrongersecurityoverMD5.Formore

informationonhowtocongureanSFTPserverwithanAxisdevice,gototheAXISOSPortal.

-SSHhostpublickeytype(SHA256):Enterthengerprintoftheremotehost’spublickey(a43-digitBase64

encodedstring).TheSFTPclientsupportsSFTPserversusingSSH-2withRSA,DSA,ECDSA,andED25519host

keytypes.RSAisthepreferredmethodduringnegotiation,followedbyECDSA,ED25519,andDSA.Make

suretoentertherightMD5hostkeythatisusedbyyourSFTPserver.WhiletheAxisdevicesupportsboth

MD5andSHA-256hashkeys,werecommendusingSHA-256duetostrongersecurityoverMD5.Formore

informationonhowtocongureanSFTPserverwithanAxisdevice,gototheAXISOSPortal.

-Usetemporarylename:Selecttouploadleswithtemporary,automaticallygeneratedlenames.The

lesgetrenamedtothedesirednameswhentheuploadcompletes.Iftheuploadisabortedorinterrupted,

youdon’tgetanycorruptles.However,youprobablystillgetthetemporaryles.Thisway,youknow

thatalllesthathavethedesirednamearecorrect.

•SIPorVMS

SIP:SelecttomakeaSIPcall.

VMS:SelecttomakeaVMScall.

-FromSIPaccount:Selectfromthelist.

-ToSIPaddress:EntertheSIPaddress.

-Test:Clicktotestthatyourcallsettingsworks.

•Email

-Sendemailto:Entertheemailaddresstosendemailsto.Toentermultipleaddresses,usecommasto

separatethem.

-Sendemailfrom:Entertheemailaddressofthesendingserver.

-Username:Entertheusernameforthemailserver.Leavethiseldemptyifthemailserverdoesnot

requireauthentication.

-Password:Enterthepasswordforthemailserver.Leavethiseldemptyifthemailserverdoesnotrequire

authentication.

-Emailserver(SMTP):EnterthenameoftheSMTPserver,forexample,smtp.gmail.com,smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

-Port:EntertheportnumberfortheSMTPserver,usingvaluesintherange0-65535.Thedefaultvalueis587.

-Encryption:Touseencryption,selecteitherSSLorTLS.

-Validateservercerticate:Ifyouuseencryption,selecttovalidatetheidentityofthedevice.Thecerticate

canbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).

-POPauthentication:TurnontoenterthenameofthePOPserver,forexample,pop.gmail.com.

Note

Someemailprovidershavesecurityltersthatpreventusersfromreceivingorviewinglargeamountof

attachments,fromreceivingscheduledemailsandsimilar.Checktheemailprovider'ssecuritypolicytoavoid

youremailaccountbeinglockedormissingoutonyourexpectedemails.

•TCP

-Host:Entertheserver'sIPaddressorhostname.Ifyouenterahostname,makesurethataDNSserveris

speciedunderSystem>Network>IPv4andIPv6.

-Port:Entertheportnumberusedtoaccesstheserver.

Test:Clicktotestthesetup.

Thecontextmenucontains:

Viewrecipient:Clicktoviewalltherecipientdetails.

Copyrecipient:Clicktocopyarecipient.Whenyoucopy,youcanmakechangestothenewrecipient.

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Deleterecipient:Clicktodeletetherecipientpermanently.

Schedules

Schedulesandpulsescanbeusedasconditionsinrules.Thelistshowsalltheschedulesandpulsescurrentlyconguredinthe

product,alongwithinformationabouttheirconguration.

Addschedule:Clicktocreateascheduleorpulse.

Manualtriggers

Youcanusethemanualtriggertomanuallytriggerarule.Themanualtriggercan,forexample,beusedtovalidateactions

duringproductinstallationandconguration.

MQTT

MQTT(MessageQueuingTelemetryTransport)isastandardmessagingprotocolfortheInternetofThings(IoT).Itwasdesignedfor

simpliedIoTintegrationandisusedinawidevarietyofindustriestoconnectremotedeviceswithasmallcodefootprintand

minimalnetworkbandwidth.TheMQTTclientinAxisdevicermwarecansimplifyintegrationofdataandeventsproducedinthe

devicetosystemswhicharenotvideomanagementsoftware(VMS).

SetupthedeviceasanMQTTclient.MQTTcommunicationisbasedontwoentities,theclientsandthebroker.Theclientscan

sendandreceivemessages.Thebrokerisresponsibleforroutingmessagesbetweenclients.

YoucanlearnmoreaboutMQTTinAXISOSPortal.

ALPN

ALPNisaTLS/SSLextensionthatallowsfortheselectionofanapplicationprotocolduringthehandshakephaseoftheconnection

betweentheclientandserver.ThisisusedtoenableMQTTtrafcoverthesameportthatisusedforotherprotocols,suchasHTTP.

Insomecases,theremightnotbeadedicatedportopenforMQTTcommunication.AsolutioninsuchcasesistouseALPNto

negotiatetheuseofMQTTastheapplicationprotocolonastandardport,allowedbytherewalls.

MQTTclient

Connect:TurnonorofftheMQTTclient.

Status:ShowsthecurrentstatusoftheMQTTclient.

Broker

Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheMQTTserver.

Protocol:Selectwhichprotocoltouse.

Port:Entertheportnumber.

•1883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverTCP

•8883isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverSSL

•80isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocket

•443isthedefaultvalueforMQTToverWebSocketSecure

ALPNprotocol:EntertheALPNprotocolnameprovidedbyyourMQTTbrokerprovider.ThisisonlyapplicablewithMQTToverSSL

andMQTToverWebSocketSecure.

Username:Entertheusernamethattheclientwillusetoaccesstheserver.

Password:Enterapasswordfortheusername.

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ClientID:EnteraclientID.Theclientidentierissenttotheserverwhentheclientconnectstoit.

Cleansession:Controlsthebehavioratconnectionanddisconnectiontime.Whenselected,thestateinformationisdiscarded

atconnectanddisconnect.

HTTPproxy:AURLwithamaximumlengthof255bytes.Youcanleavetheeldemptyifyoudon'twanttouseanHTTPproxy.

HTTPSproxy:AURLwithamaximumlengthof255bytes.Youcanleavetheeldemptyifyoudon'twanttouseanHTTPSproxy.

Keepaliveinterval:Enablestheclienttodetectwhentheserverisnolongeravailablewithouthavingtowaitforthelong

TCP/IPtimeout.

Timeout:Thetimeintervalinsecondstoallowaconnecttocomplete.Defaultvalue:60

Devicetopicprex:UsedinthedefaultvaluesforthetopicintheconnectmessageandLWTmessageontheMQTTclienttab,

andinthepublicationconditionsontheMQTTpublicationtab.

Reconnectautomatically:Specieswhethertheclientshouldreconnectautomaticallyafteradisconnect.

Connectmessage

Speciesifamessageshouldbesentoutwhenaconnectionisestablished.

Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.

Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.

Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.

Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.

Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic

QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.

LastWillandTestamentmessage

TheLastWillTestament(LWT)letsaclientprovideatestamentalongwithitscredentialswhenconnectingtothebroker.Ifthe

clientdisconnectsungracefullyatsomepointlater(maybebecausehispowersourcedied),itcanletthebrokerdeliveramessage

tootherclients.ThisLWTmessagehasthesameformasanordinarymessageandgetsroutedviathesamemechanics.

Sendmessage:Turnontosendmessages.

Usedefault:Turnofftoenteryourowndefaultmessage.

Topic:Enterthetopicforthedefaultmessage.

Payload:Enterthecontentforthedefaultmessage.

Retain:SelecttokeepthestateofclientonthisTopic

QoS:ChangetheQoSlayerforthepacketow.

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Usedefaulttopicprex:Selecttousethedefaulttopicprex,thatisdenedinthedevicetopicprexintheMQTTclienttab.

Includetopicname:SelecttoincludethetopicthatdescribestheconditionintheMQTTtopic.

Includetopicnamespaces:SelecttoincludeONVIFtopicnamespacesintheMQTTtopic.

Includeserialnumber:Selecttoincludethedevice’sserialnumberintheMQTTpayload.

Addcondition:Clicktoaddacondition.

Retain:DeneswhichMQTTmessagesaresentasretained.

•None:Sendallmessagesasnon-retained.

•Property:Sendonlystatefulmessagesasretained.

•All:Sendbothstatefulandstatelessmessagesasretained.

QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTpublication.

MQTTsubscriptions

Addsubscription:ClicktoaddanewMQTTsubscription.

Subscriptionlter:EntertheMQTTtopicthatyouwanttosubscribeto.

Usedevicetopicprex:AddthesubscriptionlterasprextotheMQTTtopic.

Subscriptiontype:

•Stateless:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoastatelessmessage.

•Stateful:SelecttoconvertMQTTmessagesintoacondition.Thepayloadisusedasthestate.

QoS:SelectthedesiredlevelfortheMQTTsubscription.

MQTToverlays

Note

ConnecttoanMQTTbrokerbeforeyouaddMQTToverlaymodiers.

Addoverlaymodier:Clicktoaddanewoverlaymodier.

Topiclter:AddtheMQTTtopicthatcontainsthedatayouwanttoshowintheoverlay.

Dataeld:Specifythekeyforthemessagepayloadthatyouwanttoshowintheoverlay,assumingthemessageisinJSONformat.

Modier:Usetheresultingmodierwhenyoucreatetheoverlay.

•Modiersthatstartwith#XMPshowallofthedatareceivedfromthetopic.

•Modiersthatstartwith#XMDshowthedataspeciedinthedataeld.

Storage

Networkstorage

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Ignore:Turnontoignorenetworkstorage.

Addnetworkstorage:Clicktoaddanetworksharewhereyoucansaverecordings.

•Address:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthehostserver,typicallyaNAS(network-attachedstorage).We

recommendyoutocongurethehosttouseaxedIPaddress(notDHCPsinceadynamicIPaddresscanchange)or

thatyouuseDNS.WindowsSMB/CIFSnamesarenotsupported.

•Networkshare:Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.SeveralAxisdevicescanusethesame

networksharesinceeachdevicegetsitsownfolder.

•User:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,entertheusername.Tologintoaspecicdomainserver,type

DOMAIN\username.

•Password:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,enterthepassword.

•SMBversion:SelecttheSMBstorageprotocolversiontoconnecttotheNAS.IfyouselectAuto,thedevicetries

tonegotiateoneofthesecureversionsSMB:3.02,3.0,or2.1.Select1.0or2.0toconnecttoolderNASthatdon’t

supporthigherversions.YoucanreadmoreaboutSMBsupportinAxisdeviceshere.

•Addsharewithouttesting:Selecttoaddthenetworkshareevenifanerrorisdiscoveredduringtheconnectiontest.

Theerrorcanbe,forexample,thatyoudidn’tenterapasswordeventhoughtheserverrequiresone.

Removenetworkstorage:Clicktounmount,unbind,andremovetheconnectiontothenetworkshare.Thisremovesallsettings

forthenetworkshare.

Unbind:Clicktounbindanddisconnectthenetworkshare.

Bind:Clicktobindandconnectthenetworkshare.

Unmount:Clicktounmountthenetworkshare.

Mount:Clicktomountthenetworkshare.

Writeprotect:Turnontostopwritingtothenetworkshareandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata

write-protectednetworkshare.

Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordings,ortocomplywithregulationsregarding

datastorage.Ifthenetworkstoragebecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodpasses.

Tools

•Testconnection:Testtheconnectiontothenetworkshare.

•Format:Formatthenetworkshare,forexample,whenyouneedtoquicklyerasealldata.CIFSistheavailable

lesystemoption.

Usetool:Clicktoactivatetheselectedtool.

Onboardstorage

Important

Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhilethedeviceisrunning.UnmounttheSD

cardbeforeyouremoveit.

Unmount:ClicktosafelyremovetheSDcard.

Writeprotect:TurnontostopwritingtotheSDcardandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata

write-protectedSDcard.

Autoformat:TurnontoautomaticallyformatanewlyinsertedSDcard.Itformatsthelesystemintoext4.

Ignore:TurnontostopstoringrecordingsontheSDcard.WhenyouignoretheSDcard,thedevicenolongerrecognizesthatthe

cardexists.Thesettingisonlyavailableforadministrators.

Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordings,ortocomplywithregulationsregarding

datastorage.IftheSDcardbecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodhaspassed.

Tools

•Check:CheckforerrorsontheSDcard.Thisonlyworksfortheext4lesystem.

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•Repair:Repairerrorsintheext4lesystem.TorepairanSDcardwiththeVFATlesystem,ejecttheSDcard,insertit

inacomputer,andperformadiskrepair.

•Format:FormattheSDcard,forexample,whenyouneedtochangethelesystemorquicklyerasealldata.VFAT

andext4arethetwoavailablelesystemoptions.Therecommendedformatisext4,duetoitsresilienceagainst

datalossifthecardisejectedorifthereisanabruptpowerloss.However,youneedathird-partyext4driveror

applicationtoaccessthelesystemfromWindows®.

•Encrypt:UsethistooltoformattheSDcardandenableencryption.EncryptdeletesalldatastoredontheSDcard.

AfterusingEncrypt,thedatathat’sstoredontheSDcardisprotectedusingencryption.

•Decrypt:UsethistooltoformattheSDcardwithoutencryption.DecryptdeletesalldatastoredontheSDcard.After

usingDecrypt,thedatathat’sstoredontheSDcardisnotprotectedusingencryption.

•Changepassword:ChangethepasswordrequiredtoencrypttheSDcard.

Usetool:Clicktoactivatetheselectedtool.

Weartrigger:SetavaluefortheSDcardwearlevelatwhichyouwanttotriggeranaction.Thewearlevelrangesfrom0–200%.

AnewSDcardthathasneverbeenusedhasawearlevelof0%.Awearlevelof100%indicatesthattheSDcardiscloseto

itsexpectedlifetime.Whenthewear-levelreaches200%,thereisahighriskoftheSDcardmalfunctioning.Werecommend

settingtheweartriggerbetween80–90%.ThisgivesyoutimetodownloadanyrecordingsaswellasreplacetheSDcardin

timebeforeitpotentiallywearsout.Theweartriggerallowsyoutosetupaneventandgetanoticationwhenthewear

levelreachesyoursetvalue.

Streamproles

Astreamproleisagroupofsettingsthataffectthevideostream.Youcanusestreamprolesindifferentsituations,forexample,

whenyoucreateeventsanduserulestorecord.

Addstreamprole:Clicktocreateanewstreamprole.

Preview:Apreviewofthevideostreamwiththestreamprolesettingsyouselect.Thepreviewupdateswhenyouchangethe

settingsonthepage.Ifyourdevicehasdifferentviewareas,youcanchangetheviewareainthedrop-downinthebottomleft

corneroftheimage.

Name:Addanameforyourprole.

Description:Addadescriptionofyourprole.

Videocodec:Selectthevideocodecthatshouldapplyfortheprole.

Resolution:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

Framerate:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

Compression:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

Zipstream

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

Optimizeforstorage

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

DynamicFPS

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

DynamicGOP

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

Mirror

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

GOPlength

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

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Bitratecontrol:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

Includeoverlays:Selectwhattypeofoverlaystoinclude.SeeOverlaysonpage26forinformationabouthowtoaddoverlays.

Includeaudio

:SeeStreamonpage25foradescriptionofthissetting.

ONVIF

ONVIFaccounts

ONVIF(OpenNetworkVideoInterfaceForum)isaglobalinterfacestandardthatmakesiteasierforend-users,integrators,

consultants,andmanufacturerstotakeadvantageofthepossibilitiesofferedbynetworkvideotechnology.ONVIFenables

interoperabilitybetweendifferentvendorproducts,increasedexibility,reducedcostandfuture-proofsystems.

WhenyoucreateanONVIFaccount,youautomaticallyenableONVIFcommunication.Usetheaccountnameandpasswordforall

ONVIFcommunicationwiththedevice.FormoreinformationseetheAxisDeveloperCommunityataxis.com.

Addaccounts:ClicktoaddanewONVIFaccount.

Account:Enterauniqueaccountname.

Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheaccount.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters

(code32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexample,letters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.

Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.

Role:

•Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotheraccounts.

•Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:

-AllSystemsettings.

-Addingapps.

•Mediaaccount:Allowsaccesstothevideostreamonly.

Thecontextmenucontains:

Updateaccount:Edittheaccountproperties.

Deleteaccount:Deletetheaccount.Youcan’tdeletetherootaccount.

ONVIFmediaproles

AnONVIFmediaproleconsistsofasetofcongurationsthatyoucanusetochangemediastreamsettings.Youcancreatenew

proleswithyourownsetofcongurationsorusepreconguredprolesforaquicksetup.

Addmediaprole:ClicktoaddanewONVIFmediaprole.

Prolename:Addanameforthemediaprole.

Videosource:Selectthevideosourceforyourconguration.

•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelist.Thecongurationsinthedrop-downlist

correspondtothedevice'svideochannels,includingmultiviews,viewareasandvirtualchannels.

Videoencoder:Selectthevideoencodingformatforyourconguration.

•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjusttheencodingsettings.The

congurationsinthedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesofthevideoencoderconguration.Selectuser0to15

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toapplyyourownsettings,orselectoneofthedefaultusersifyouwanttousepredenedsettingsforaspecic

encodingformat.

Note

Enableaudiointhedevicetogettheoptiontoselectanaudiosourceandaudioencoderconguration.

Audiosource

:Selecttheaudioinputsourceforyourconguration.

•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjusttheaudiosettings.The

congurationsinthedrop-downlistcorrespondtothedevice'saudioinputs.Ifthedevicehasoneaudioinput,it's

user0.Ifthedevicehasseveralaudioinputs,therewillbeadditionalusersinthelist.

Audioencoder

:Selecttheaudioencodingformatforyourconguration.

•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjusttheaudioencodingsettings.The

congurationsinthedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesoftheaudioencoderconguration.

Metadata:Selectthemetadatatoincludeinyourconguration.

•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjustthemetadatasettings.The

congurationsinthedrop-downlistactasidentiers/namesofthemetadataconguration.

PTZ

:SelectthePTZsettingsforyourconguration.

•Selectconguration:Selectauser-denedcongurationfromthelistandadjustthePTZsettings.Thecongurations

inthedrop-downlistcorrespondtothedevice'svideochannelswithPTZsupport.

Create:Clicktosaveyoursettingsandcreatetheprole.

Cancel:Clicktocancelthecongurationandclearallsettings.

prole_x:Clickontheprolenametoopenandeditthepreconguredprole.

Analyticsmetadata

Metadataproducers

Liststheappsthatstreammetadataandthechannelstheyuse.

Producer:Theappthatproducesthemetadata.Belowtheappisalistofthetypesofmetadatatheappstreamsfromthedevice.

Channel:Thechannelthattheappuses.Selecttoenablethemetadatastream.Deselectforcompatibilityorresource

managementreasons.

Detectors

Audiodetection

Thesesettingsareavailableforeachaudioinput.

Soundlevel:Adjustthesoundleveltoavaluefrom0–100,where0isthemostsensitiveand100theleastsensitive.Usethe

activityindicatorasaguidewhenyousetthesoundlevel.Whenyoucreateevents,youcanusethesoundlevelasacondition.

Youcanchoosetotriggeranactionifthesoundlevelrisesabove,fallsbeloworpassesthesetvalue.

Accessories

I/Oports

Usedigitalinputtoconnectexternaldevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexample,PIRsensors,door

orwindowcontacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

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UsedigitaloutputtoconnectexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.YoucanactivateconnecteddevicesthroughtheVAPIX®

ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorthewebinterface.

Port

Name:Editthetexttorenametheport.

Direction:indicatesthattheportisaninputport.indicatesthatit’sanoutputport.Iftheportiscongurable,

youcanclicktheiconstochangebetweeninputandoutput.

Normalstate:Click

foropencircuit,andforclosedcircuit.

Currentstate:Showsthecurrentstateoftheport.Theinputoroutputisactivatedwhenthecurrentstateisdifferentfromthe

normalstate.Aninputonthedevicehasanopencircuitwhenit’sdisconnectedorwhenthereisavoltageabove1VDC.

Note

Duringrestart,theoutputcircuitisopen.Whentherestartiscomplete,thecircuitgoesbacktothenormalposition.Ifyou

changeanysettingsonthispage,theoutputcircuitsgobacktotheirnormalpositionsregardlessofanyactivetriggers.

Supervised

:Turnontomakeitpossibletodetectandtriggeractionsifsomeonetamperswiththeconnectiontodigital

I/Odevices.Inadditiontodetectingifaninputisopenorclosed,youcanalsodetectifsomeonehastamperedwithit(thatis,cut

orshorted).Tosupervisetheconnectionrequiresadditionalhardware(end-of-lineresistors)intheexternalI/Oloop.

Logs

Reportsandlogs

Reports

•Viewthedeviceserverreport:Viewinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccessLogis

automaticallyincludedintheServerReport.

•Downloadthedeviceserverreport:Itcreatesa.ziplethatcontainsacompleteserverreporttextleinUTF–8

format,aswellasasnapshotofthecurrentliveviewimage.Alwaysincludetheserverreport.ziplewhenyou

contactsupport.

•Downloadthecrashreport:Downloadanarchivewithdetailedinformationabouttheserver'sstatus.Thecrashreport

containsinformationthatisintheserverreportaswellasdetaileddebuginformation.Thisreportmightcontain

sensitiveinformationsuchasnetworktraces.Itcantakeseveralminutestogeneratethereport.

Logs

•Viewthesystemlog:Clicktoshowinformationaboutsystemeventssuchasdevicestartup,warnings,andcritical

messages.

•Viewtheaccesslog:Clicktoshowallfailedattemptstoaccessthedevice,forexample,whenawronglogin

passwordisused.

Networktrace

Important

Anetworktracelemightcontainsensitiveinformation,forexamplecerticatesorpasswords.

Anetworktracelecanhelpyoutroubleshootproblemsbyrecordingactivityonthenetwork.

Tracetime:Selectthedurationofthetraceinsecondsorminutes,andclickDownload.

Remotesystemlog

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Syslogisastandardformessagelogging.Itallowsseparationofthesoftwarethatgeneratesmessages,thesystemthatstoresthem,

andthesoftwarethatreportsandanalyzesthem.Eachmessageislabeledwithafacilitycode,whichindicatesthesoftware

typegeneratingthemessage,andassignedaseveritylevel.

Server:Clicktoaddanewserver.

Host:EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserver.

Format:Selectwhichsyslogmessageformattouse.

•Axis

•RFC3164

•RFC5424

Protocol:Selecttheprotocolandporttouse:

•UDP(Defaultportis514)

•TCP(Defaultportis601)

•TLS(Defaultportis6514)

Severity:Selectwhichmessagestosendwhentriggered.

CAcerticateset:Seethecurrentsettingsoraddacerticate.

Plaincong

PlaincongisforadvanceduserswithexperienceofAxisdeviceconguration.Mostparameterscanbesetandeditedfrom

thispage.

Maintenance

Restart:Restartthedevice.Thisdoesnotaffectanyofthecurrentsettings.Runningapplicationsrestartautomatically.

Restore:Returnmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Afterwardsyoumustrecongurethedeviceandapps,reinstallany

appsthatdidn’tcomepreinstalled,andrecreateanyeventsandpresets.

Important

Theonlysettingssavedafterrestoreare:

•Bootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)

•StaticIPaddress

•Defaultrouter

•Subnetmask

•802.1Xsettings

•O3Csettings

Factorydefault:Returnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.AfterwardsyoumustresettheIPaddresstomakethedevice

accessible.

Note

AllAxisdevicermwareisdigitallysignedtoensurethatyouonlyinstallveriedrmwareonyourdevice.Thisfurther

increasestheoverallminimumcybersecuritylevelofAxisdevices.Formoreinformation,seethewhitepaper“Signed

rmware,secureboot,andsecurityofprivatekeys”ataxis.com.

Firmwareupgrade:Upgradetoanewrmwareversion.Newrmwarereleasescancontainimprovedfunctionality,bug

xes,andcompletelynewfeatures.Werecommendyoutoalwaysusethelatestrelease.Todownloadthelatestrelease,go

toaxis.com/support.

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Whenyouupgrade,youcanchoosebetweenthreeoptions:

•Standardupgrade:Upgradetothenewrmwareversion.

•Factorydefault:Upgradeandreturnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Whenyouchoosethisoption,youcan’t

reverttothepreviousrmwareversionaftertheupgrade.

•Autorollback:Upgradeandconrmtheupgradewithinthesettime.Ifyoudon’tconrm,thedevicerevertstothe

previousrmwareversion.

Firmwarerollback:Reverttothepreviouslyinstalledrmwareversion.

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Capturemodes

Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Thecapturemodesettingcanaffectthe

camera’seldofviewandaspectratio.Theshutterspeedcanalsobeaffected,whichinturnaffectsthelightsensitivity.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodemightbesampledfromtheoriginalresolution,oritmightbecroppedoutfromtheoriginal,in

whichcasetheeldofviewcouldalsobeaffected.

Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Whatcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsfortheframerateandresolutionofthespecicsurveillancesetup.For

specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheetataxis.com.

Privacymasks

Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatcoversapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacymasksappeareitheras

blocksofsolidcolororwithamosaicpattern.

You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.

YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)tohidetheprivacymasks.

Important

Ifyouusemultipleprivacymasksitmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

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Youcancreateseveralprivacymasks.Eachmaskcanhave3to10anchorpoints.

Overlays

Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,

orduringproductinstallationandconguration.Youcanaddeithertextoranimage.

Pan,tilt,andzoom(PTZ)

Guardtours

Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder,andforcongurable

periodsoftime.Oncestarted,aguardtourcontinuestorununtilstopped,evenwhentherearenoclients(webbrowsers)viewingthe

images.

Note

Thepausebetweensuccessiveguardtoursisatleast10minutes,andthexedminimumviewingtimeis10seconds.

Streamingandstorage

Videocompressionformats

Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The

availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

MotionJPEG,orMJPEG,isadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen

displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion

videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage

containedinthestream.

H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion

JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtoolderMPEGformats.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEVC

H.265can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan25%comparedtoH.264.

Note

•H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

•Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.

InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.

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HowdoImage,Stream,andStreamprolesettingsrelatetoeachother?

TheImagetabcontainscamerasettingsthataffectallvideostreamsfromtheproduct.Ifyouchangesomethinginthistab,it

immediatelyaffectsallvideostreamsandrecordings.

TheStreamtabcontainssettingsforvideostreams.Yougetthesesettingsifyourequestavideostreamfromtheproductanddon’t

specifyforexampleresolution,orframerate.WhenyouchangethesettingsintheStreamtab,itdoesn’taffectongoingstreams,but

itwilltakeeffectwhenyoustartanewstream.

TheStreamprolessettingsoverridethesettingsfromtheStreamtab.Ifyourequestastreamwithaspecicstreamprole,the

streamcontainsthesettingsofthatprole.Ifyourequestastreamwithoutspecifyingastreamprole,orrequestastreamprole

thatdoesn'texistintheproduct,thestreamcontainsthesettingsfromtheStreamtab.

Bitratecontrol

Bitratecontrolhelpsyoutomanagethebandwidthconsumptionofyourvideostream.

Variablebitrate(VBR)

Variablebitrateallowsthebandwidthconsumptiontovarydependingonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Themoreactivity,

themorebandwidthyouneed.Withvariablebitrateyouareguaranteedconstantimagequality,butyouneedtomakesure

youhavestoragemargins.

Maximumbitrate(MBR)

Maximumbitrateletsyousetatargetbitratetohandlebitratelimitationsinyoursystem.Youmightseeadeclineinimagequalityor

framerateastheinstantaneousbitrateiskeptbelowthespeciedtargetbitrate.Youcanchoosetoprioritizeeitherimagequality

orframerate.Werecommendthatyoucongurethetargetbitratetoahighervaluethantheexpectedbitrate.Thisgivesyoua

marginincasethereisahighlevelofactivityinthescene.

Targetbitrate

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Applications

Withapplications,youcangetmoreoutofyourAxisdevice.AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthat

makesitpossibleforthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplicationsforAxisdevices.Applicationscanbepreinstalledonthe

device,availablefordownloadforfree,orforalicensefee.

TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotohelp.axis.com.

AXISObjectAnalytics

AXISObjectAnalyticsisananalyticapplicationthatcomespreinstalledonthecamera.Itdetectsobjectsthatmoveinthesceneand

classiesthemas,forexample,humansorvehicles.Youcansetuptheapplicationtosendalarmsfordifferenttypesofobjects.To

ndoutmoreabouthowtheapplicationworks,seeAXISObjectAnalyticsusermanual.

Cybersecurity

Signedrmware

Signedrmwareisimplementedbythesoftwarevendorsigningthermwareimagewithaprivatekey.Whenarmwarehasthis

signatureattachedtoit,adevicewillvalidatethermwarebeforeacceptingtoinstallit.Ifthedevicedetectsthatthermware

integrityiscompromised,thermwareupgradewillberejected.

Secureboot

Securebootisabootprocessthatconsistsofanunbrokenchainofcryptographicallyvalidatedsoftware,startinginimmutable

memory(bootROM).Beingbasedontheuseofsignedrmware,securebootensuresthatadevicecanbootonlywithauthorized

rmware.

AxisEdgeVault

AxisEdgeVaultprovidesahardware-basedcybersecurityplatformthatsafeguardstheAxisdevice.Itoffersfeaturestoguaranteethe

device’sidentityandintegrityandtoprotectyoursensitiveinformationfromunauthorizedaccess.Itbuildsonastrongfoundationof

cryptographiccomputingmodules(secureelementandTPM)andSoCsecurity(TEEandsecureboot),combinedwithexpertisein

edgedevicesecurity.

TPMmodule

TheTPM(TrustedPlatformModule)isacomponentthatprovidescryptographicfeaturestoprotectinformationfromunauthorized

access.Itisalwaysactivatedandtherearenosettingsyoucanchange.

AxisdeviceID

Beingabletoverifytheoriginofthedeviceiskeytoestablishingtrustinthedeviceidentity.Duringproduction,deviceswith

AxisEdgeVaultareassignedaunique,factory-provisioned,andIEEE802.1AR-compliantAxisdeviceIDcerticate.Thisworks

likeapassporttoprovetheoriginofthedevice.ThedeviceIDissecurelyandpermanentlystoredinthesecurekeystoreasa

certicatesignedbyAxisrootcerticate.ThedeviceIDcanbeleveragedbythecustomer’sITinfrastructureforautomatedsecure

deviceonboardingandsecuredeviceidentication

Signedvideo

Signedvideoensuresthatvideoevidencecanbeveriedasuntamperedwithoutprovingthechainofcustodyofthevideole.Each

camerausesitsuniquevideosigningkey,whichissecurelystoredinthesecurekeystore,toaddasignatureintothevideostream.

Whenthevideoisplayed,theleplayershowswhetherthevideoisintact.Signedvideomakesitpossibletotracethevideobackto

thecameraoriginandveriesthatthevideohasnotbeentamperedwithafteritleftthecamera.

TolearnmoreaboutAxisEdgeVaultandcybersecurityfeaturesinAxisdevices,gotoaxis.com/learning/white-papersandsearchfor

cybersecurity.

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Speciﬁcations

Productoverview

SDcardslot(microSD)

Controlbutton

StatusLED

Networkconnector(PoE)

Audioconnector

I/Oconnector

Powerconnector(DC)

LEDindicators

StatusLED

Indication

Unlit

Connectionandnormaloperation.

GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Amber

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

AXISM5526-EPTZCamera

Speciﬁcations

SDcardslot

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Don’tusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingtheSDcard.

Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.UnmounttheSDcardfromthedevice’swebinterfacebeforeremovingit.

Don’tremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.

ThisdevicesupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com.

microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage59.

•Connectingtoaone-clickcloudconnection(O3C)serviceovertheinternet.Toconnect,pressandholdthebutton

forabout3secondsuntilthestatusLEDashesgreen.

Connectors

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

Audioconnector

4-pinterminalblockforaudioinputandoutput.

FunctionPinNotes

AUDIOIN

Microphoneorlinein(mono).5Vmicrophonebiasisavailable.

AUDIOINGND

Groundaudioin

AUDIOOUT

Lineaudioout

AUDIOOUTGND

Groundaudioout

I/Oconnector

UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm

notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(12VDCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:

Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window

contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®

ApplicationProgrammingInterface,throughaneventorfromthedevice’swebinterface.

6-pinterminalblock

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FunctionPinNotes

Specications

DCground

0VDC

DCoutput

Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.

Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.

12VDC

Maxload=50mA

Digitalinput–Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating

(unconnected)todeactivate.

0tomax30VDC Congurable

(InputorOutput)

3–6

Digitaloutput–Internallyconnectedtopin1(DCground)when

active,andoating(unconnected)wheninactive.Ifusedwithan

inductiveload,e.g.,arelay,connectadiodeinparallelwiththeload,

toprotectagainstvoltagetransients.

0tomax30VDC,opendrain,

100mA

Example

DCground

DCoutput12V,max50mA

I/Oconguredasinput

I/Oconguredasoutput

CongurableI/O

Powerconnector

2-pinterminalblockforDCpowerinput.UseaSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)compliantlimitedpowersource(LPS)witheither

aratedoutputpowerlimitedto≤100Woraratedoutputcurrentlimitedto≤5A.

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Cleaningrecommendations

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Neveruseharshdetergent,forexamplegasoline,benzene,oracetone.

1.Useacanofcompressedairtoremoveanydustorloosedirtfromthedevice.

2.Ifnecessary,cleanthelenswithasoftclothdampenedwithlukewarmwater.

Note

Avoidcleaningindirectsunlightoratelevatedtemperatures,asthismaycausestainswhenthewaterdropletsdry.

AXISM5526-EPTZCamera

Troubleshooting

Resettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to

thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage55.

3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset

tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.

5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthedevice.

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support.

Youcanalsoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthedevice’swebinterface.GotoMaintenance>Factorydefaultand

clickDefault.

Firmwareoptions

Axisoffersproductrmwaremanagementaccordingtoeithertheactivetrackorthelong-termsupport(LTS)tracks.Beingonthe

activetrackmeanscontinuouslygettingaccesstoallthelatestproductfeatures,whiletheLTStracksprovideaxedplatformwith

periodicreleasesfocusedmainlyonbugxesandsecurityupdates.

Usingrmwarefromtheactivetrackisrecommendedifyouwanttoaccessthenewestfeatures,orifyouuseAxisend-to-end

systemofferings.TheLTStracksarerecommendedifyouusethird-partyintegrations,whicharenotcontinuouslyvalidated

againstthelatestactivetrack.WithLTS,theproductscanmaintaincybersecuritywithoutintroducinganysignicantfunctional

changesoraffectinganyexistingintegrations.FormoredetailedinformationaboutAxisproductrmwarestrategy,goto

axis.com/support/device-software.

Checkthecurrentrmwareversion

Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Whenyoutroubleshootaproblem,werecommend

youtostartbycheckingthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestrmwareversionmightcontainacorrectionthatxesyour

particularproblem.

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gotothedevice’swebinterface>Status.

2.SeethermwareversionunderDeviceinfo.

Upgradethermware

Important

•Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenyouupgradethermware(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein

thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

•Makesurethedeviceremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

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Note

Whenyouupgradethedevicewiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality

available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeyouupgradethe

rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/device-software.

1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/device-software.

2.Logintothedeviceasanadministrator.

3.GotoMaintenance>FirmwareupgradeandclickUpgrade.

Whentheupgradehasnished,theproductrestartsautomatically.

YoucanuseAXISDeviceManagertoupgrademultipledevicesatthesametime.Findoutmoreat

axis.com/products/axis-device-manager.

Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions

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

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele

correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.

Problemsafterrmware

upgrade

Ifyouexperienceproblemsafterarmwareupgrade,rollbacktothepreviouslyinstalledversion

fromtheMaintenancepage.

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Thedeviceislocatedona

differentsubnet

IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe

devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork

administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

TheIPaddressisbeingused

byanotherdevice

DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,

typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):

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

thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.

ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable

forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.

PossibleIPaddressconict

withanotherdeviceonthe

samesubnet

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.

ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay

beproblemsaccessingthedevice.

Thedevicecan’tbeaccessedfromabrowser

Can’tlogin

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting

tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortherootaccountislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.

SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage59.

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TheIPaddresshasbeen

changedbyDHCP

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen

changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify

thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.

Certicateerrorwhenusing

IEEE802.1X

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe

synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSystem>Dateandtime.

Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendyoutouseoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows

•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.

•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.

Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.

Problemswithstreaming

MulticastH.264only

accessiblebylocalclients

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,orifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsbetween

theclientandthedevice.YoumightneedtoincreasetheTTL(TimeToLive)value.

NomulticastH.264

displayedintheclient

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice

arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallthatpreventsviewing.

PoorrenderingofH.264

images

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardusesthelatestdriver.Youcanusuallydownloadthelatestdrivers

fromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Colorsaturationisdifferent

inH.264andMotionJPEG

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore

information.

Lowerframeratethan

expected

•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage61.

•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

•Lowertheimageresolution.

•Logintothedevice’swebinterfaceandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.

Ifyouchangethecapturemodetoprioritizeframerateitmightlowerthemaximum

resolution,dependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.

Can'tselectH.265encoding

inliveview

Webbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication

thatsupportsH.265decoding.

Can’tconnectoverport8883withMQTToverSSL

Therewallblockstrafc

usingport8883asit’s

deemedinsecure.

Insomecasestheserver/brokermightnotprovideaspecicportforMQTTcommunication.Itmay

stillbepossibletouseMQTToveraportnormallyusedforHTTP/HTTPStrafc.

•Iftheserver/brokersupportsWebSocket/WebSocketSecure(WS/WSS),typicallyon

port443,usethisprotocolinstead.Checkwiththeserver/brokerprovidertoseeif

WS/WSSissupportedandwhichportandbasepathtouse.

•Iftheserver/brokersupportsALPN,theuseofMQTTcanbenegotiatedoveranopen

port,suchas443.Checkwithyourserver/brokerprovidertoseeifALPNissupported

andwhichALPNprotocolandporttouse.

Performanceconsiderations

Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors

affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe

CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.

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Troubleshooting

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe

bandwidth.

•RotatingtheimageintheGUIcanincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.265clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand

bandwidth.

Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat

streamsareidentical.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.265videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.

•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand

thegeneralperformance.

Contactsupport

Contactsupportataxis.com/support.

UsermanualVer.M1.12

AXISM5526-EPTZCamera

Date:January2024

Partno.T10194183

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