Axis 01152-001 User Manual

AXISM30Series

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AXISM30Series

TableofContents

Aboutthismanual..........................................3

Productoverview...........................................4

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................5

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................5

Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................5

Setup.....................................................7

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................7

Imagequality...................................................7

Overlays.......................................................10

Streamingandstorage...........................................1 1

Events........................................................12

Applications....................................................13

Troubleshooting............................................15

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................15

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................15

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................15

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................16

Performanceconsiderations.......................................17

Specications..............................................19

LEDindicators..................................................19

SDcardslot....................................................19

Buttons.......................................................19

Connectors....................................................19

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Aboutthismanual

Aboutthismanual

Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.

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Productoverview

Productoverview

1

SDcardslot(microSD)

2

StatusLED

3

RJ45connector

4

Controlbutton

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

•Chrome

•Chrome

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

TM

(recommended),Firefox

TM

(recommended)orSafari

TM

orFirefox

®

withotheroperatingsystems.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

®

,Edge

®

®

,orOpera

withOSX

®

withWindows

®

®

ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support

Note

ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser .

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:

•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator .

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setapasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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