AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
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UserManual
AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
TableofContents
Aboutthismanual..........................................3
Productoverview...........................................4
Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................5
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................5
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................5
Setup.....................................................7
Productwebpageoverview........................................7
Imagequality...................................................9
Privacymasks..................................................12
Overlays.......................................................12
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................13
Streamingandstorage...........................................14
Events........................................................15
Applications....................................................17
Troubleshooting............................................19
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................19
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................19
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................19
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................20
Performanceconsiderations.......................................
Specications..............................................23
LEDindicators..................................................
SDcardslot....................................................
Buttons.......................................................
Connectors....................................................
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AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Aboutthismanual
Aboutthismanual
Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.
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AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Productoverview
Productoverview
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Mountingbracket
2
Cameraunit
3
Cover
4
IRillumination
5
Lid
6
Networkconnector(PoE)
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Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)
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StatusLEDindicator
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I/Oconnector
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Controlbutton
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HDMIconnector
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SDcardslot
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AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Howtoaccesstheproduct
Howtoaccesstheproduct
AXISIPUtilityandAXISDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•Windows
•OSX®:Chrome
•Otheroperatingsystems:Chrome
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support
®
:Chrome
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser
1.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
TM
(recommended),Firefox
TM
(recommended)orSafari
®
®
,Edge
,orOpera
®
TM
orFirefox
®
.
®
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
productpageataxis.com.
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththedevices.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator .
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,thedevicemustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.
1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.
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AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Howtoaccesstheproduct
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Setup
Setup
Productwebpageoverview
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Liveviewcontrolbar
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Liveview
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Productname
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Controls
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Videocontrolbar
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Settingstoggle
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AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Setup
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Settingstabs
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
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