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AXISP37–PLENetworkCameras
TableofContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................4
Accessthedevice...............................................4
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................4
Setup.....................................................5
Productwebpageoverview........................................5
Imagequality...................................................7
Privacymasks..................................................9
Overlays.......................................................10
Streamingandstorage...........................................1 1
Events........................................................12
Applications....................................................13
Troubleshooting............................................14
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................14
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................14
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................14
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................15
Performanceconsiderations.......................................16
Specications..............................................
LEDindicators..................................................
SDcardslot....................................................
Buttons.......................................................
Connectors....................................................
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AXISP37–PLENetworkCameras
Productoverview
Productoverview
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Mountingbracket
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Cameraunit
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Domecover
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IRillumination
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Networkconnector(PoE)
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SDcardslots
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Controlbutton
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StatusLEDindicator
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Restartbutton
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Findthedeviceonthenetwork
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com
Accessthedevice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage4.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator .
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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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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Settingstabs
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
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