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USER MANUAL

AXIS P7224

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Liability

Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual. Please inform your local Axis ofﬁce of any inaccuracies or omissions. Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. Axis Commu nications AB makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the material contained within this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and ﬁtness for a pa rticular purpose. Axis Communications AB shall not be liable nor responsible for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use o f this materia l. Th is product is only to be used for its intended purpose.

Intellectual Property Rights

Axis AB has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product described in this document. In particular, and without limitation, these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the patents listed at http://www.axis.com/patent.htm and one or more additional patents or pending patent application s in the US an d other countries.

This product co ntains licensed third-party software. See the menu item “About” in the product’s user interface for more information.

This product contains source code copyright Apple Computer, Inc.,underthetermsofApplePublicSourceLicense2.0(see http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl). The source code is available from http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/bonjour/

Equipment Modiﬁcations

This equipment must be installed and used in strict accordance wit h the instructions given in the user documentation. This equipment contains no user-serviceable components. Una uthorized equipment changes or modiﬁcations will invalidate all applicable regulatory certiﬁcations and approvals.

Trademark Acknowledgments

Apple, Boa, Bonjour, Ethernet, Internet Explorer, Linux, Microsoft, Mozilla, Real, SMPTE, QuickTime, UNIX, Windows, Windows Vista and WWW are registered trademarks of the respective holders. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its afﬁliates. UPnP mark of the UPnP

Implementers Corporation.

is a certiﬁcation

Support

Should you require any technical assistance, please contact your Axis reseller. If your questions cannot be answered immediately, your reseller will forward your queries through the appropriate channels to ensure a rapid response. If you are connected to the Internet, you ca

• download user documentation and software updates

• ﬁnd answers to resolved problems in the FAQ database. Search

by product, category, or phrase

• report p roblems to Axis support staff by logging in to your private

support area

• chat with Axis support staff (selected countries only)

• visit Axis Support at www .axis.co m/techsup/

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Table of Contents

HardwareOverview .......................................... 4

Connectors .................................................... 4

Pin Assignments for I/O Connector - AXIS 291 1U Video Server Rack . . . . . . 4

PinAssignmentsforI/OConnector-AXISQ7900Rack ................. 5

PinAssignmentsforRS-485Connector-AXISQ7900Rack .............. 5

LEDIndicators .................................................. 5

AccessingtheProduct ....................................... 7

AccessfromaBrowser ........................................... 7

AccessfromtheInternet .......................................... 8

SettheRootPassword ........................................... 8

TheLiveViewPage .............................................. 9

MediaStreams ............................................. 12

HowtoStreamH.264 ............................................ 12

MJPEG ........................................................ 12

AXISMediaControl(AMC) ........................................ 12

AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream .................... 13

AccessingAudioStreams ......................................... 14

SettingUptheProduct ...................................... 15

BasicSetup .................................................... 15

VideoandAudio ............................................ 16

VideoStream ................................................... 16

Quadstream ................................................... 17

Stream Proﬁles ................................................. 17

CameraSettings ................................................ 18

PrivacyMask ................................................... 18

Overlay ........................................................ 18

AudioSettings .................................................. 19

AudioClips .................................................... 21

Live View Conﬁg ............................................ 22

PTZ(PanTiltZoom) ......................................... 25

PresetPositions ................................................. 25

Advanced ...................................................... 25

ControlQueue .................................................. 26

Detectors .................................................. 27

CameraTampering .............................................. 27

MotionDetection ............................................... 27

AudioDetection ................................................ 29

Events .................................................... 30

SettingUpanActionRule ........................................ 31

Recipients ..................................................... 31

Schedules ...................................................... 32

Recurrences .................................................... 32

SystemOptions ............................................. 33

Security ....................................................... 33

Date&Time .................................................... 34

twork .......................................................

Ports&Devices ................................................. 39

Maintenance ................................................... 40

Support ....................................................... 40

Advanced ...................................................... 41

ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings ................................... 42

Troubleshooting ............................................ 43

CheckingtheFirmware ........................................... 43

UpgradingtheFirmware .......................................... 43

EmergencyRecoveryProcedure .................................... 43

Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions ..................... 44

Technical Speciﬁcations ...................................... 47

PerformanceConsiderations ....................................... 48

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Hardware Overview

Video inputs (4)

Audio input 1

Audio input 2

Audio output 1

Control b utton

Restart button

Status LED

Power LED

Audio mounting nut

10.

Bus connectors

11.

Part number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N). The serial number may be required during the installation.

Connectors

For technical speciﬁcations, see

Bus connector - Thesearethephysicalinte connections.

Control button - The control button is used for:

• ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHost 1 second until the Status LED ﬂashes green.

• ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService. See about 3 seconds.

• Resetting the product to factory default settings. See

Restart button - Press to restart the product.

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rfaces to the video encoder rack, providing power, network, RS-485 and I/O terminal

ing System service. See

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. To connect, press and hold the button for about

. To connect, press and hold the button for

Pin Assignments for I/O Connector - AXIS 291 1U Video Server Rack

Pin Function Description

+12V out, 100mA

GND

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7– 10

Conﬁgurable I/O 1

Conﬁgurable I/O 2

Conﬁgurable I/O 3

Conﬁgurable I/O 4

RS485A

RS485B

Digital input - Connect to GND to activate, or leave ﬂoating (or unconnected) to deactivate. Digital output - Uses an opendrain NFET transistor with the source connected to GND. If used with an external relay, a diode must be connected in parallel with the load, for protection agains t voltage transients.

Not used

A half-duplex RS-485 interface for controll ing auxiliary equipment e.g. PTZ devices.

Min input = 0V DC Max input = + 40V DC Max load = 100mA Max voltage applied = + 40V DC

Pin Assignments for I/O Connector - AXIS Q7900 Rack

Pin Function Description

5– 12

Conﬁgurable I/O 1

Conﬁgurable I/O 2

Conﬁgurable I/O 3

Conﬁgurable I/O 4

Digital input - Connect to GND to activate, or leave ﬂoating (or unconnected) to deactivate. Digital output - Internal connection to ground when activated, ﬂoating (unconnected) when deactivated. If used w ith an external relay, a diode must be connected in parallel with the load, for protection against vo ltage transients.

Not used

Min input = 0V DC Max input = + 40V DC Max load = 100mA Max voltage applied = + 40V DC

Pin Assignments for RS-485 Connector - AXIS Q7900 Rack

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RS-485A

RS-485B

Not used

Description

A half-duplex RS-485 interface for controlling auxiliary equipm ent e.g. PTZ devices.

LED Indicators

LED

Network

Status

Color

Green

Amber

Unlit No network connection.

Green Steady green for normal operation.

Amber

Red

Indication

Steady for connection to a 100 MBit/s network. Flashes for network activity.

Steady for connection to a 10 M Bit/s network. Flashes for network activity.

Steady during startup and when restoring s ettings.

Slow ﬂash for failed upgrade.

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Power

Note

Green

Amber

• The Status LED can be conﬁgured to be unlit during normal operation. To conﬁgure, go to Setup > System O ptions > Ports & Devices > LED. See the online help for more information.

• The Status LED can be conﬁgured to ﬂash for identifying the unit. Go to Setup > System O ptions > Maintenance .

Normal o per ation.

Flashes green/amber during ﬁrmware upgrade.

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Accessing the Product

To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the product.

The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer w ith Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Firefox w ith other operating systems. See Internet Explorer, allow installation of AXIS Media Control (AMC) when prompted.

Note

• QuickTime

• If your computer restricts the use of additional software components, the product can b e conﬁgured to use a Java applet for viewing Motion JPEG.

is also supported for viewing H.264 streams and for audio.

Access from a Browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).

2. Enter the IP address or host nam e of the Axis product in the browser’s Location/Address ﬁeld. To access the product from a Macintosh computer (Mac OS X), click on the Bonjour tab and select the product from the drop-down list.

Technical Speciﬁcations, on page 47

.Toviewstreamingvideoin

If you do not know the IP addre ss, use AXIS IP Utility to locate the product on the network. For more info rma tion on how to discover and assign an IP address, refer to the Installation Guide.

3. Enter your user name and password. If this is the ﬁrst time the product is accessed, the root password must ﬁrst be conﬁgured; for instructions see

4. The product’s Live View page appears in your browser.

Note

The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet speciﬁc installation requirem ents and user preferences. Consequently, some of the examples and functions fea tured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page.

Set the Root Password, on page 8

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Access from the Internet

Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you must conﬁgure your network router to allow incoming data trafﬁc to the product. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically con ﬁgure the router to allow access t o the product. This is enabled fr

Network > TCP/IP A d va n ced.

For more information, please s ee www.axiscam.net For Technical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at w ww.axis.com/techsup

NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4, on page 37

. See also AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service at

om Setup > System Options >

Set the Root Password

To gain access to the Axis product, you must set the password for the default administrator user root. This is done in the Conﬁgure Root Password dialog, which appears when the product is accessed for the ﬁrst tim e.

To prevent network eavesdropping, the root password can be set via an encrypted HTTPS connection, which requires an HTTPS certiﬁcate. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) is a protocol used to encrypt trafﬁc between web browsers and servers. The HTTPS certiﬁcate ensures encrypted exchange of information.

To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the ﬁrst dialog.

To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, follow these steps:

1. Click Create self-signed certiﬁcate.

2. Provide the requested information and click OK.Thecertiﬁcate is created a nd the password can now be set securely. A ll trafﬁc to and from the product is encrypted from this point on.

3. Enter a password and the n re-enter to conﬁrm the spelling. Click OK. The password has now been conﬁgured.

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Note

• The default administrator user name root is permanent and cannot be deleted.

• If the p assw ord for root is lost, the product must be reset to the factory default settings. See

Settings, on page 42

Reset to Factory Default

TheLiveViewPage

The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet speciﬁc installation requirements and user preferences. Consequently, some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page. The following provides an overview of each available control.

Controls on the Live View Page

The Stream Proﬁle drop-down list allows you to select a customized or pre-pro g ram m ed stream proﬁle. Stream proﬁles are conﬁgured under Video & Audio > Stream Proﬁles.See

Click Pulse to activate the output for a deﬁned period of time, such as switching on an external light for 20 seconds.

Click the Active/Inactive buttons to manu on and off.

The Manual Trigger button is used to trigger an action rule from the Live View page, see .

ally start and stop a connected device — e.g. switch an external light

Stream Proﬁles, on page 17

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Click Snapshot to save a snapshot of the video image. Right-click the video image to save it in JPEG format on your computer. This button is primarily intended for use when the AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is not available. Enable this button from Live View C onﬁg > Action Buttons.

The Audio clip drop-down list allows you to play an audio clip from the Live View page. Select the audio clip and click the Play button.

AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar

The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is availab le in Internet Explore r only. See information. The toolbar displays the following buttons:

The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream.

The Stop button stops the media stream.

The Snapshot button takes a snapshot of the video image. The locationwheretheimageissavedcanbespeciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel.

Click the View Full Screen button and the video image will ﬁll the entire screen. Press ESC (Escape) on the computer keyboard to cancel full screen view.

The Record button is used to record the current video strea m . The location where the recording is saved can b e speciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel.

AMC Audio Controls

AMC audio buttons control the speakers and microphone connected to the client computer. The buttons are only visible when audio is enabled.

Speaker button — Click to turn the speakers on or off.

Microphone button – Click to mute or unmute the microphone. In

buttons must both be active to send audio to the Axis product. Click either button to stop audio transmission.

AXIS Media Control (AMC), on page 12

Simplex - speaker only mode

,theMicrophone and Talk

for more

Use the slider to control the volume of the speakers and the microphone.

Half-duplex mode

The Talk/Listen button is used to switch betw from the Audio tab in the AMC Control panel:

• Push-To-Talk m ode: Click and hold the button to talk/send. Release the button to listen.

• Toggle mode: Click once to switch betwee

een sending and receiving audio. The button can be conﬁgured

n talking and listening.

Simplex – speaker only mode

To send audio, the Ta lk and Microphone buttons must both be active. Click either button to stop audio transmission.

PTZ Controls

TheLiveViewpagealsod System Options > Security > Users.

With the PTZ Control Queue enabled the time each user is in control of the PTZ settings is limited. Click the buttons to request or release control of the PTZ controls. The PTZ Control Queue is set up under PTZ > Control Queue.

isplays Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) controls. The administrator can enable/disable controls for speciﬁed users under

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Click the Emulate joystick mode button and click in the image to move the camera view in the direction of the mouse pointer.

Click the Center mode button and click in the image to center the camera view on that position. The center mode button could also be used to zoom in on a speciﬁc area. Click in the image and drag to draw a rectangle surrounding theareatobemagniﬁed. To zoom out, rotate the mouse wheel.

Pan and Tilt b ars – Use the arrows to pan and tilt the camera view, or click on a position on the bar to steer the camera view to that position.

Zoom bar – Use the arrows to zoom in and out, or click on a position on the bar to zoom to that position.

Click the Ctrl panel button to open the PTZ control panel which provides additional PTZ controls. User-deﬁned buttons can also appear in the Control panel. See

Select the video channel or a PTZ preset position to steer the camera view to the saved position. See

Preset Positions, on page 25

Controls, on page 26

Focus bar – Use the arrows to focus the camera, or click on a position o n the bar to set the focus position. Using the focus bar will disable the product’s autofocus. To re-enable, use the PTZ control panel which is opened by clicking the Ctrl panel button (see above).

Iris bar – Click on a position on the iris bar to change the de gre e to which the iris is opened. This will disable the product’s auto iris. To re-en able, use the PTZ control panel which is opened by clicking the Ctrl panel button (see above).

The PTZ controls can be disabled under PTZ > Advanced > Controls,see

Controls, on page 26

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Media Streams

The Axis product provides several audio and video stream formats. Your requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use.

The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, audio streamsandtothelistofavailable stream proﬁles. Other applications and clients can access video and audio streams directly, without going via the Live View page.

How to Stream H.264

The video compression standard H.264 makes good use of bandwidth, and can provide high quality video streams at less than 1 Mbit/s.

Deciding which c ombination of protocols and methods to use depends on your viewing requirements, and on the properties of your network. The available options in AXIS Media Control are:

Unicast RTP

RTP over RTSP

RTP over RTSP over HTTP

Multicast RTP

AXIS Media Control negotiates with the Axis product to determine the transport protocol to use. The order of priority, listed in the AMC Control Panel, can be changed and the options disabled, to suit speciﬁc requirements.

Note

H.264 is licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.264 viewing c lie nt license. Install ing additional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To

This unicast method (RTP over UDP) is used for live unicast video, especially when it is important to always have an up-to-date video stream, even if some images are dropped.

This unicast method (RTP tunneled over RTSP) is useful as it is relatively simp le to conﬁgure ﬁrewallstoallowRTSPtrafﬁc.

This unicast method can be used to traverse ﬁrewalls. Firewalls are commonly conﬁgured to allow the HTTP protocol, thus allowing RTP to be tunneled.

This method (RTP over UDP) should be used for liv e multicast video. The video stream is always up-to-date, even if some images are dropped. Multicasting provides the most efﬁcient usage of bandwidth when there are large numbers of clients viewing simultaneously. A multicast cannot however, pass a network router unless the router is conﬁgured to allow this. It is not possible to multicast over the Internet, for example. Note also that all multicast viewers count as one unicast viewer in the maximum total of 20 simultaneous connections.

purchase additional licenses, conta c t your Axis reseller.

Unicasting is used for video-on-demand transmission so that there is no video trafﬁc on the network until a client connects and requests the stream. Note that there are a maximum of 20 simultaneous unicast connections.

MJPEG

This format uses standard JPEG still images fo r the video stream. These images a re then displayedandupdatedataratesufﬁcient to create a stream that shows constantly updated motion.

The Motion JPEG stream uses considerable amounts of bandwidth, but provides excellent image qualityandaccesstoeveryimage contained in the stream. The recommended method of accessing Motion JPEG live video from the Axis product is to use the AXIS Media Control in Intern et Explorer in Windows.

AXIS Media Control (AMC)

AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Internet Explorer in Windows is the recommended method of accessing live video from the Axis product.

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Media Streams

TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtoconﬁgure various video and audio settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information.

The AMC Control Pane l is automatically installed o n ﬁrst use, after whi ch it can be conﬁgured. Open the AMC Control Panel from:

• Windows Control Panel (from the Start menu)

• Alternatively, right-click the video image in Internet Explorer and click Settings.

Alternative Methods of Accessing the Video Stream

You can also access video and images from the Axis product in the following ways:

• Motion JPEG server push (if supported by the client, Firefox, for example). This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the brow s er and sends data as and when required, for as long a s required.

• Still JPEG images in a browser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

• Windows Media Player . This requires AXIS Media Control and the H.264 decoder to be installed. The following paths can be used:

- Unicast via RTP : axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

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

• QuickTime

. The following paths can be used:

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

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

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Note

• <ip>= IP addess

• The Axis product s upports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later.

• QuickTime ad ds latency to the video stream.

• It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths above, although Axis does not guarantee this.

Accessing Audio Streams

The Live View page provides access to audio through AXIS Media Contro l; in addition audio can be accessed in the following ways:

• VAPIX® Application Programming Interface (API) For more information, visit www.axis.com/developer

• Windows Media Player supports simplex a udio. The following paths can be used:

- Unicast via RTP : axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

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

• QuickTime

•TheJava applet supports simplex audio with G.711 encoding.

supports G.711 and AAC audio encoding. The follow ing paths can be used:

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

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

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Setting Up the Product

The Axis product can be conﬁgured by use rs with administrator or operator rights. To open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page.

• Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings.

• Operators have access to all settings except System Options

See also the online help

Basic Setup

Basic Setup provides shortcuts to the settings thatshouldbemadebeforeusingtheAxisproduct:

1. Users. See

2. TCP/IP. See

3. Date & Time. See

4. Video Stream. See

5. Audio Settings. See

The Basic Setup menu can be disabled from System Options > Security > Users.

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Video and Audio

The video and audio settings can be used to optimize video and audio quality. You can conﬁgure the following:

• Video stream settings. See

•Streamproﬁles. See

• Camera settings. See

• Overlay im age. S ee

• Audio settings. See

• Audio cl ips. See

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Video Stream

You can de ﬁne the following video stream settings from Video & Audio > Video Stream:

•Image.See

• H.264. See

•MJPEG.See

Note

Video stream can be con ﬁgured for each channel including quad stream.

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Image

The default image settings can be conﬁgured under Video & Audio > Video Stream.SelecttheImage tab.

The following settings are available:

• Resolution. Select the default resolution.

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Video and Audio

• Compression. The compression level affects the image quality, bandwidth and ﬁle size of saved images; the lower the compression, the higher the image quality with higher bandwidth requirements and larger ﬁle sizes.

• Rotate image. If required, the image can be rotated.

• Maximum frame rate. To avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allo we d to each viewer can be limited .

• Overlay settings.See

Click Save to apply the new s ettings.

Overlay, on page 18

H.264

H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC, is a video compression standard that provides high quality video streams at low bit rates. An H.264 video stream consists of different types of frames such as I-frames and P-frames. An I-frame is a complete image whe re as P-frames only contain the differences from previous fram e s .

The GOV length is the number of frames between two consecutive I-frames. Increasing the GOV length may save considerably on bandwidth requirements in s ome cases, but may also have an adverse a ffe ct on image quality.

ThebitratecanbesetasVariable Bit Rate (VBR) or Constant Bit Rate (CBR). VBR adjusts the bit rate according to the image complexity, using up more bandwidth for increased activity in the image, and less for lower image activity. CBR allows you to set a ﬁxed Target bit rate that consumes a predictable amount of bandwidth. As the bit rate wo uld usually need to increase for increased image activity, but in this case cannot, frame rate and image qualityareaffectednegatively. Topartly compensate for this, it is possible to prioritize either frame rate or image quality. Not setting a priority means that frame rate and image quality are equally affected. You must save your settings before they can take effect.

The current bit rate can be set to appear as text overlay. To do this, select the Include text check box option under Overlay Settings and enter the modiﬁer #b in the ﬁeld.

MJPEG

Sometimes the image size is large due to low light or comp lex scenery. Adjusting the maximum fram e size helps to control the bandwidth and storage used by the Motion JPEG video stream in these situations. provides consistently good im age quality at the expense of increased bandwidth and storage usage in low light. Limiting the frame size optimizes bandwidth and storage usage, but may give poor image quality. To prevent increased bandwidth and storage usage, the maximum frame size should be set to an optimal value.

Setting the fra me size to the Default setting

Quad stream

A Quad view displays images from all four channels on a single scree n; where the images from each camera take up a quarter of the display area. It is possible to deﬁne settings for the video stream in quad view.

Stream Proﬁles

Astreamproﬁle is a s Stream proﬁles can be used:

• When setting up recording using action rules, see

• When setting up a continuous recording, see .

• In the Live View page — select the stream proﬁle from the Stream proﬁle drop-down list.

Four pre-programmed stream proﬁles are available for quick set up. Each pre -progr amm e d proﬁle has a descriptive name, indicating its purpose. If required, the pre-programmed stream proﬁles can be m odiﬁed and new customi z ed stream proﬁles ca n be created.

To create a new proﬁle or modify an existing pro ﬁle, go to Setup > Video & Audio > Stream Proﬁles.

To select a default stre am proﬁle for the Live View page, go to Setup > Live View Conﬁg.

et of pre-conﬁgured stream settings including resolution, compression, frame rate and overlay settings.

Events, on page 30

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Video and Audio

Camera Settings

The Video & Audio > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product.

Image Appearance

The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0–100, where a higher value produces a brighter image.

The Contrast changes the relative difference b et we en light and dark. It can be adjusted using the slidebar.

Video input

• Enter a descriptive name for your video source in the Video source name ﬁeld.

• The values in the Offset Adjustments ﬁelds affect the horizontal and vertical synchronization for the image. T his can be used to eliminate any black border surrounding the image. High values, both negative and positive ca n pu t the image out of sync.

• De-interlacing - is used to im prove video stream image quality from analog devices. Select a ny of the following options from the De-interlacing drop-down list. Select None if de-interlacing is not necessary; Blending for improved image quality that is not as processor intensive; Adaptive Interpolation performs de-interlacing of the video stream by applying different

ﬁlters on the image. This m a y give a better result than Motion Adaptive Interpolation in rare ca ses; Motion Adaptive Interpolation performs de-interlacing of the video stream by applying different ﬁlters depending on the motion in different

parts of the image. This will in most cases result in the best im a g e quality.

• Antialiasing w ill minimize distortion know n as aliasing, which happens when a high-resolution image is represented at alowerresolution.

• For each video input 75 Ohm video termination can be enabled/disabled via the product's web page at Video & Audio > Video Input > Vid eo termination. These terminations are enabled on factory default. In cases where the product is to be connected in parallel w ith other equipment, for optimum video quality, it is recommended that termination be enabled for only the last device in the video signal chain.

Image Settings

Noise reduction - Set to On to enable noise reduction. Noise reduction may increase the amount of motion blur.

Privacy Mask

A privacy mask is an area of solid color that prohibits users from viewing parts of the monitored area. Privacy masks cannot be bypassed via the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface (API).

The Privacy M ask List (Video & Audio > Privacy Mask) shows all the masks that are currently conﬁgured in the Axis product and indicates if they are e nabled.

You can add a new mask, r

For more information, s ee the online help

Important

Adding many p rivacy masks may affect the product’s performance.

Note

Privacy mask is not available for the quad stream. How ever, privacy masks conﬁgured on e ach channel will be displayed

equad.

in th

e-size the mask with the mouse, choose a color for the mask, and give the mask a name.

Overlay

Overlays are used to provide extra information, for example for forensic video analysis or during product installation and conﬁguration. Overlays are superimposed over the video stream.

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Video and Audio

An overlay text can display the current date and time, or a text string. When using a text string, modi ﬁers can be used to display information such as the current bit rate or the current frame rate. For inform ation about available modiﬁers, see

Date/Time Form ats

To enab le overlays:

1. Go to Video & Audio > Video Stream and select the Image tab.

2. To include an overlay image, select Include overlay image at the coordinates. The overlay image must ﬁrst be uploaded to the Axis product, see

3. To include date and time, select Include date and Include time.

in the online help .

Overlay Image

File Naming &

4. To include a text string, select Include text and enter the text in the ﬁeld. Modiﬁers can be use d, see

Date/Time Formats

5. Select the text color, the text background color and the position of the overlay.

6. Click Save.

Tomodifythedateandtimeformat,gotoSystem Options > Date & Time.See

Note

Overlay is not possible for quad stream.

in the online h e lp .

Date & Time, on page 34

File Naming &

Overlay Image

An overlay image is a static image superimposed over the video stream. The image, for example company logo, is used to provide extra information or to mask a part of the image.

To use an overlay image, the image must ﬁrst be uploaded to the Axis product:

1. Go to Video & Audio > Overlay Image.

2. Click Browse andbrowsetotheﬁle.

3. Click Upload.

4. Select the image to use from the Use overlay image list.

5. Click Save.

To display the overlay image:

1. Go to Video & Audio > Video Stream and select the Image tab.

2. Under Overlay Settings,selectInclude overlay image at the coordinates and enter the X and Y coordinates.

3. Click Save.

r information about supported image formats, see the online help

Audio Settings

The audio functionality for each video stream is enabled under Video & Audio > Video Stream > Audio.

Select the desired audio channel from the drop-down list.

Audio Modes

The Axis product supports the following audio modes:

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Video and Audio

Full duplex - Simultaneous two-way audio allowing the Axis product to transmit and receive audio at the same time. There is no echo cancellation; if feedback loops appear, try moving the microphone or the speaker.

Half-duplex - Audio can be transmitted to and from the Axis product but only in one direction at a time. To transmit audio using the Live View page, use the Talk and Listen buttons, see

Simplex — speaker only - Audio is transmitted from a client to the Axis product and can be played by a speaker connected to the product. To transmit audio using the Live View page, the Talk and Microphone buttons must both be active, see

Audio Controls, on page 10

Simplex — microphone only - Audio captured by the product microphone is transmitted from the Axis product to one or more clients.

To set the audio mode, go to Video & Audio > Audio Settings and select the desired mode from the Audio mode drop-down list.

Audio Input

An external microphone or a line source can be connected to the product’s Audio-in connector. Conﬁgure the audio input se ttings under Video & Audio > Audio Settings.

Source - Select Microphone for an external microphone or Line for a Line in device, e.g. an audio mixer for multiple microphones or a microphone with a built-in ampliﬁer.

AMC Audio Controls, on page 10

AMC

Microphone power - The E nab le microphone power option provides DC power for an external microp hone. Microphone power should only be used with microphones that have no battery. This setting should not be enabled when using a dynamic or battery powered microphone. Microphone power will no t harm the microphone; if you are uncertain, try switching it off and on. To use a professional microphone requiring 48V phantom power, you need an external power supply and a balanced-unbalanced converter (audio transfo rm e r) in between.

Input g ain - Control the volume (dB Full Scale) of the audio input. If the sound is to o low, choose a higher dB, to amplify the sound. If the sound is too high, choose a lower dB. The Level bar gives a visual representati relative to the full-scale input level.

• Green — the signal is at a good level.

• Yellow — the signal is becoming distorted.

• Red — the signal is distorted.

Encoding - Select digital audio encoding for

• AAC requires a license for both encoding and decoding. AAC is the least complicated and most widely used codec. If achieving the best possible audio quality is a priority, AAC is the recommended codec to use. An AAC license is included in the Axis product.

• G711

• G726

Sample rate - The number of times per second the sound is sampled. A higher sample rate w ill provide better audio quality, but also requires a greater bandwidth.

mat.

on of the audio signal level in dB

Bit rate - Set the required bit rate depending on the selected encoding. A higher bit ra te will give better audio quality. A lower bit rate may have latency or delay, but will require less bandw idth.

For more information about these settings, please see the online help

Audio Output

An external speaker can b e connected to the product’s Audio-out connector (a built-in ampliﬁ er is required for this). The output can be connected to another ampliﬁer with speakers. A stereo connector must be used for the audio out.

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Video and Audio

Conﬁgure the audio output settings under Video & Audio > Audio Settings.

Output gain - Contro l the volume (dB Full Scale) of the line audio output. If the sound is too low, choose a higher dB. If the

sound is too high, choose a lower dB.

Audio Clips

An audio clip is a sound ﬁle that can be played when events occur or directly from the Live View page. The audio clip must ﬁrst be uploaded to the Axis product or recorded by a microphone connected to the product.

To add, download, modify or remove audio clips, go to Video & Audio > Audio Clips. For more information see the online help

To conﬁgure the Axis product to play audio clips when an event occurs, an action rule must be set up. For more information, see

Events, on page 30

Note

Audio clips cannot be used if the product’s audio functionality is enabled. The audio functionality is enabled on the Audio tab under Video & Audio > Video Stream.

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Live View Conﬁg

You can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to deﬁne the following features of theLiveViewpage.

•StreamProﬁle. See

• Default Viewer for Browser. See

• Viewer Settings. See

• Action Buttons. These are the buttons described in

•UserDeﬁned Links. See

• Output Buttons. See

page 17

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Controls on the Live View Page, on page 9

Default live view video

Select the d efa u lt video source to be displayed in the Live View page from Setup > Live View Conﬁg This could be one of the 4 video streams or Quad stream. See

Quad stream, on page 17

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Live View Conﬁg

Default Viewer for Browsers

From Live View Conﬁg > Default Viewer select the default method for v iew ing video images in your browser. The product attempts to show the video images in the selected video f o rm a t and viewer. If this is not possible, the product overrides the settings and selects the best available combination.

Browser Viewer Description

Windows Internet Explorer

Other browsers

AMC

QuickTime

Java applet

Still image Displays still images only. Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a

Server Push

QuickTime

Java applet

Still image Displays still images only. Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a

Recommended viewer in Internet Explorer (H.264/Motion JPEG)

H.264

A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPEG). Requires one of the following installed on the client:

• JVM (J2SE) 1.4.2 or higher

• JRE (J2SE) 5.0 or higher

new image

Recommended viewe r for other browsers (Motion JP EG) .

H.264

A slower imaging alternative to Server Push (Motion JPEG only).

new image

For more information, please see the online help .

Viewer Settings

To conﬁgure options for the viewer, go to Live View Conﬁg > Viewer Settings.

•SelectShow viewer toolbar to display the AXIS Media Control (AMC) or the QuickTime viewer toolbar under the video image i n your browser.

• H.264 decoder installation. The administrator can disable installation of the H.264 decoder included w ith AXIS Media Control. This is used to prevent installation of unlicensed c opies. Further decoder licenses ca n be purchased from your Axis re seller.

•SelectShow crosshair in PTZ joystick mode to enable a cross tha t will indicate the center of the image in PTZ joystick mode.

•SelectUse PTZ joystick mode as default to enable joystick mode. The mode can be changed temporarily from the PTZ control panel.

•SelectEnable recording button to enable recording from the Live View page. This button is available when using the AMC viewer. The recordings are saved to the location speciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel. See

(AMC), o n page 12

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User Deﬁned Links

To display user-deﬁned links in the Live View page, s e lect the Show custom link option, give the link a name and then enter the URL to link to. When deﬁning a web link do not remove the 'http://' from the URL address. Custom links can be used to run scripts or activate external devices connected to the product, or they can link to a web page. Custo m links deﬁned as cgi links will run the script in the background, in a hidden frame. Deﬁning the link as a web link will open the link in a new windo w.

Output Buttons

External I/O devices connected to the Axis product’s output ports can be controlled directly from the Live View page.

To display output buttons in the Live View page:

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Live View Conﬁg

1. Go to Setup > Live View Conﬁg.

2. Under Output Buttons, select the type of control to u se:

- Pulse activates the output for a deﬁned period of time. The pulse time can be set from 1/100 second to 60 seconds.

- Active/Inactive displays two buttons, one or each action.

To conﬁguretheactiveandinactivestates,gotoSystem Options > Ports & Devices > I/O Ports and set the port’s Normal state.

For more information about I/O ports, see

I/O Ports, on page 39

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PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)

Preset Positions

A preset position is a predeﬁned view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a speciﬁc location. Preset positions can be accessed in several ways:

• By selecting the preset from the Preset positions drop-down list in the Live View Page.

• When setting up action rules. See

• When setting up Guard Tour. See .

To add a preset position:

1. Go to PTZ > Preset Positions.

2. Use the pan, tilt and zoom controls to steer the camera view to the desired position.

3. Enter a descriptive name in the Current position ﬁeld.

4. If required, select Use current position as Home.

5. Click Add. Thecamera’sposition,irisandfocussettingsaresavedasapresetposition.

The Home position is readily accessible by clicking the Home button on the Live View page and in the Preset Positions se

To set a customized home position, select Use current position as Home when adding a preset position. The u position will have (H) added, for examp le, Entrance (H). The de faul t Home position, called “Home”, will still b e available.

The product can be conﬁgured to return to the Home position when the PTZ functionality has been inactive for a speciﬁed length of time. Enter the length of time in the Return to home when inactive ﬁeld and click Save. Setthetimetozerotopreventthe product from automatically re turning to the Home posi

To include the preset position name in the over

the ﬁeld. For more information about modiﬁers, see

page 30

tup window.

ser-deﬁned home

tion.

lay text, go to Video & Audio,selectInclude overlay text and enter the modiﬁer #P in

File Naming & Date/Tim e Formats

in the online help .

Advanced

Limits

Deﬁne the pan, tilt, zoom and focus limits for the Axis product. Movements to the left and right, up and down, can be restricted to narrow the area under surveillance.

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PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)

Move speed sets the speed of the camera’s pan and tilt movements. The default setting is maximum speed.

When using a joystick (or emulating one with the mouse) the Enable proportional speed setting can b e used to reduce the maximum pan/tilt movement speed, i.e. the speed the camera view moves at when the joystick is pushed all the way out in any direction. This is useful then the view is zoomed in on an object.

See the online help

for more information.

Controls

Panel Shortcut Command Buttons can be conﬁg u red to provide direct access to commands issued via the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface. The buttons will be displayed in the PTZ control panel, which is available in the Live View page through the Ctrl panel button, see

Deselect the options under Enable/Disable controls to disable the pan, tilt, zoom, focus and iris controls.

page 10

Control Queue

The administrator can s et up a queue for PTZ controllers from PTZ > Control Queue. Once set up, the PTZ Control Queue buttons appear in the Live Vie w page offering one view e r exclusive control for a limited period of time. Other users w ill be placed in queue.

A user who belongs to a group (see take control of the product. The order of priority is as follows:

1. Administrator — An administrator takes over PTZ control regardless of who is ﬁrst in queue. The administrator will be removed from the queue 60 seconds after the last PTZ control command.

2. Event — The Axis product can be conﬁguredtogotoapresetpositionwhen triggered by an alarm (see The event will immediately be placed ﬁrst in the queue except when an adm inis trator is in control.

3. Operator — Same as administrator but with low er priority

4. Guard Tour — A guard tour (see ) has PTZ control for an indeﬁnite period of time. It may be overridden by an operator, event or adm inistr ator. The guard tour will resume when higher priority groups leave the queue.

Users, on page 33

) with a higher PTZ priority can go before other users in the queue and

Events, on page 30

5. Viewer — Multiple viewers must wait for their turn. The viewer has 60 seconds PTZ control before control is passed on to the next viewer in queue.

Note

• The administrator can ena ble and disable PTZ control s for selected users.

• To identify different users in the vi

ewer group, cookies must be enabled on the client.

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Detectors

Camera Tampering

Camera Tampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up.

To conﬁgure tampering:

1. Go to Detectors > Camera Tampering.

2. Set the Minimum duration, that is, the tim e that must elapse before an alarm is generated. This can help prevent false alarms for known conditions that affect the image.

3. Select Alarm for dark images if an alarm should be generated if lights are dimmed or turned off, or if the lens is sprayed, covered, or rendered severely out of focus.

4. Click Save.

To conﬁgure the product to send an alarm when tampering occurs:

1. Go to Events > Action Rules.

2. Click Add to set up a new action rule.

3. Enter a Name for the action rule.

4. Under Condition,selectDetectors from the Trigger list.

5. Select Tampering from the list of detectors.

6. Select the video channel.

7. Optiona lly, select a schedule and set additional conditions

8. Select the action. To send an email, select Send Notiﬁ

Note

The While the rule is active option under Duration cannot be used with camera tampering, since camera tampering does not have a duration and once it has been triggered it will not automatically return to its untriggered state.

For more information on actions rules, see

Motion Detect

Motion detection is used to generate an alarm whenever movement starts or stops in the camera view.

Motion detection is conﬁgured by deﬁning up to 10 Include and Exclude windows:

• Include w indows —deﬁne areas where motion should be detected

• Exclude windows —deﬁne areas within an Include window that should b e ignored (areas outside Include windows are autom atical ly ignored).

ion

Events, on page 30

cation and select a Recipient from the list of deﬁned re c ipie nts.

For instructions, see

To control the number of motion detection alarms, the parameters Object Size, History and Sensitivity can be adjusted. See

Detection Parameters, on page 28

Once motion detection windows are conﬁgured, the Axis product can be conﬁgured to perform actions when motion is detected. Possible actions include uploading images and start recording. For more information, see

Set Up Motion Detection Windows, on page 28

Motion

Setting Up an Action Rule, on page 31

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Detectors

Note

Using the motion detection feature may decrease the product’s overall p erform a nce.

Set Up Motion Detection Windows

To set up a motion detection Include Window, follow these instructions:

1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection.

2. Select the Conﬁgure Included Windows option and click New. Select the new window in the list of windows and enter a descriptive name.

3. Adjustthesize(dragthebottomright-handcorner)andtheposition (click on the text at the top and drag to the desired position) of the window.

4. Adjust the Object Size, History and Sensitivity proﬁle sliders (see motion within an active window is indicated by red peaks in the Activity window.

5. Click Save.

To exclude parts of the include window, select the Conﬁgure Excluded Window include windo w.

To delete an include or exclude window, select the window in the list of windows and click Del.

Motion Detection Parameters

s and position the exclude window w ithin the

for details). Any detected

Motion Detection Parameters

The parameters controlling motion detection are described in the table below:

Parameter

Description

High level (100%)

Medium level (50%)

Object Size

Object size relative to window size.

Only very large objects trigger motion detection.

History

Object memory length.

An object that appears in the window tr detection for a long time before it is considered as non-movi

iggers motion

ng.

Sensitivity

Difference in luminance between background and object.

Ordinary colo red objects on ordinary backgrounds trigger motion detection.

A large difference in luminance is require d to trigger motion detection.

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Detectors

Low level (0%)

Recommended values

Default values

Note

• To trigger on small objects or movements, use several small motion detection windows rather than one large window and select a low object size.

• To avoid triggering on small objects, select a high object size.

• If no objects should appear in the Include Window, select a high history level. This will cause motion detection to trigger as long as the object is present in the window.

• To only detect ﬂashing light, select a low sensitivity. In other cases high sensitivity is recommended.

Even very small objects trigger motion detection.

5–15% 60–90% 75–95%

15% 90% 90%

An object that appears in the window triggers motion detection only for a very short time before it is considered as non-moving.

Only very bright objects on a dark background trigger motion detection.

Audio Detection

The Axis product can be conﬁgured to generate an alarm when audio rises above or falls below the thres hold value. The threshold value can be set in the range 0–100 where 0 is the most sensitive and 100 the least sensitive.

1. Go to Detectors > Audio Detection.

2. Set the audio alarm level and click Save.

ge 31

3. Go to Events > Action Rules and set up an action rule, see

Setting Up an Action Rule, on pa

Detected audio is indicated by colored peaks in the Activity indicator. An e v e below the threshold value, which is represented by the bar.

nt is triggered whe n detected audio rises above or falls

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Events

The Axis product can be conﬁgured to perform actions when different events occur, for example, start a recording when motion is detected. The set of conditions that deﬁ nes how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule.

Available Action Rule triggers and conditions include:

• Applications — us e installed a pplica tions to trigger the rule, see .

• Detectors

- Audio Detection — trigger the rule when audio is detected, see

- Motion Detection — trigger the rule when motion is detected, see

- Tampering — trigger the rule when tampe ring is detected, see

• Hardware

- Video Signal — trigger the rule if video signal is lost.

- Network — trigger the r ule if network connection is lost or restored.

• Input Signal

- Digital Input Port — trig ger the rule when an I/O port receives a signal from a connected device, see

- Manual Trigger — trigger the rule using the Manual Trigger button in the Live View page, see

• PTZ

- Moving — trigger the rule when the cam era view moves due t

- Preset Reached —triggertherulewhenthecamerastopsatapresetposition. Thiscanbeforexamplebeused

• Storage

Audio Detection, on page 29

Motion Detection, on page 27

Camera Tampering, on page 27

I/O

Ports, on page 39

Controls on the

Live View Page, on page 9

and conﬁguration.

as an additi onal condition to prevent an action rule triggered by motion detection to re cord video while the camera view moves due to a PTZ operation.

with the Send Images action to u

. This ca n for example be used to validate a ctions during pro duct installation

o a PTZ operation. This can for example be used

pload images from the preset position.

- Available — trigge used to send maintenance notiﬁcations.

- Full — trigger the rule w he n the storage device is full. Under normal operation, the oldest recordings will be overwritten to prevent the storage device from becoming full.

- Locked — trigger the rule if the storage device is locked (write protected).

• System

- System Initializing — trigger the rule when the product is being started. This can for examp le be used to send a notiﬁcation when the pro duct restarts.

• Time

- Recurrence — trigger the rule periodically, see upload an image every 5 minutes.

- Use Schedule — trigger the rule accor ding to the selected schedule, see

Available actions include:

r the rule when the storage device is unmounted or removed. This can for example be

Recurrences, on page 32

. This can for example be used to

Schedules, on page 32

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• Output Port — activate an I/O port to control an external device.

• Play Audio Clip —see

• PTZ Control

- Preset Position — go to a preset position.

- Guard Tour — start a guard tour, see .

• Record Video — record video to a selected storage.

• Send Images —sendimagestoarecipient.

• Send Notiﬁcations —sendanotiﬁcatio n message to a recipient.

Audio C lips, on page 21

Setting Up an Action Rule

An action rule deﬁnes the conditions that must be met for the product to perform an action, for example record video or send email notiﬁcations. If multiple conditions are deﬁned, all must be met to trigger the action.

The following example describes how to set up an action rule to record video to a network share if there is movement in the camera’s ﬁeld of view.

Set up motion detection and add a network share:

1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection and conﬁgure a motion detection window, see

2. Go to System Options > Storage and set up the network share, see .

Set up the action rule:

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1. Go to Events > Action Rules and click Add.

2. Select Enable rule and enter a descriptive name for the rule.

3. Select Detectors from the Trigger drop-down list.

4. Select Motion Detection from the drop-down list. Select the motion detection window to use.

5. Optiona lly, select a Schedule and Additional conditions,seebelow.

6. Under Actions, select Record Video fro m the Type drop-down list.

7. Select a Stream proﬁle and conﬁgure the Duration settings as described below.

8. Select Network Share from the Storage drop-down list.

To add additional criteria, se lect the Additional conditions option and add additional triggers. To p reve nt an action from being triggered repeatedly, a Wait at least time can be set. Enter the time in hours, minutes and seconds, d uring which the trigger should be ignored before the action rule can be activated again.

The recording Duration of some actions can be set to include time immediately before and after the event. Select Pre-trigger time and/or Post-trigger time and enter the number of seconds. When While the rule is active is enabled and the action is triggered again during the post-trigger time, the recording time will be extended with another post-trigger time period.

For more information, see the online help

Recipients

Recipients receive media ﬁles and notiﬁcation messages. The following recipients are available:

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Events

Recipient Use with action

FTP

HTTP

Network Share Send Images

TCP Send Notiﬁcation

To add a recipient:

1. Go to Events > Recipients and click Add.

2. Enter a descriptive name

3. Select a recipient Type.

Send Images

Send Notiﬁcation

Send Images

Send Notiﬁcation

4. Enter the information needed for the recipient type.

5. Click Test to test the connection to the recipient.

6. Click OK.

Schedules

Schedules can be used as action rule triggers or as additional conditions, for example to record video if motion is detected outside ofﬁce hours. Use one of the predeﬁned schedules or create a new schedule as described below.

To create a new schedule:

1. Go to Events > Schedules and click Add.

2. Enter a descriptive name and the information needed for a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly schedule.

3. Click OK.

To use the schedule in an Action Rule, select the schedule from the Schedule drop-down list in the Action Rule Setup page.

Recurrences

Recurrences are use d to trigger A ction Rules repeatedly, for example every 5 minutes or every hour.

To set up a recurrence:

1. Go to Events > Recurrences and click Add.

2. Enter a descriptive name and re curre nce pattern.

3. Click OK.

To use the recurrence in an Action Rule, ﬁrst select Time from the Trigger drop-down list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop-down list.

To modify or remove recurrences, selec t the recurrence in the Recurrences List and click Modify or Remove.

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System Options

Security

Users

User access control is enabled by default and can be conﬁgured under System Options > Security > Users. An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords. It is also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which means that anybody may access the Live View page.

The user list displays authorized users and use r groups (access levels):

Viewer - Access to the Live View page

Operator - Access to the Live View pag e and to all settings except System Options

Administrator - Unrestricted access to all settings; can add, modify and remove other users.

Under HTTP/RTSPPasswordSettings, select the type of password to allow. You may need to allow unencrypted passwords if there are viewing clients that d o not support encryption, or if you upgraded the ﬁrmware and existing clients support encryption but need to log in again and be conﬁguredtousethisfunctionality.

Under User Settings, select the Enable anonymous viewer login option to allow anonymous users access to the Live View page.

Select the Enable anonymous PTZ control login to allow anonymous users access to the PTZ controls.

Deselect the Enable Basic Setup option to hide the Basic Setup menu. Basic S etup provides quick access to settings that should be made before using the Axis product.

ONVIF

ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) is a global interface standard that makes it easier for end users, integrators, consultants, and manufacturers to take advantage of the possibilities offered by network video technology. ONVIF enables interoperablity between different vendor products, increased ﬂexibility, red

By creating a user you automaticall with the product. For more information see www.onvif.org

y enable ONVIF communication. Use the user name and password with all ONVIF communication

uced cost and future-proof systems.

IP Address Filter

IP address ﬁltering is enabled on the System Options > Security > IP Address Filter page. Once enabled, the listed IP address are allowed or denied a cces

The administr

ator can add up to 256 IP address entries to the list (a single entry can contain multiple IP addresses).

s to the Axis product. Select Allow or Deny from the list and click Apply to enable IP address ﬁltering.

HTTPS

The Axis product supports encrypted brows ing using HTTPS. This is conﬁgured on the System O ptions > Security > HTTPS page.

A self-signed certiﬁcate can be used until a Certiﬁcate Authority-issued certiﬁcate has been obtained. Click Create self-signed certiﬁcate to install a self-signed certiﬁcate. Although self-signed certiﬁcates are free and offer some protection, true security is only implemented after the installation of a signed certiﬁcate issued by a Certiﬁcate Authority.

To obtain a signed certiﬁcate from an issuing Certiﬁcate Authority, click Create Certiﬁcate Request. When the signed certiﬁcate is returned, c lick Install signed certiﬁcate to import the certiﬁcate. The properties of any certiﬁcate request currently resident in the product or installed can be viewed by clicking Properties.

To enable HTTPS in the Axis p roduct, the HTTPS Connection Policy must be set for each user group.

For more information, see the online help

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System Options

IEEE 802.1X

IEEE 802.1X is a standard for port-based Network Admission Control providing secure authentication of wired and wireless network devices. IEEE 802.1X is based on EAP (Extensible Authentication P rotocol).

To access a network protected by IEEE 802.1X, devices must authenticate themselves. The authentication is performed by a third-party entity called an authentication server, typically a RADIUS server, examples of which are FreeRADIUS and Microsoft Internet Authentication Service.

In Axis' implementation, the network device and the authentication server authenticate themselves with the help of digital certiﬁcates using EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport Layer Security). The certiﬁcates are provided by an Certiﬁcation Authority (CA). You need:

•aCAcertiﬁcate to validate the identity of the authentication server

• a CA-signed c lie nt certiﬁcate and a private key to authenticate the network device.

To allow the network device to access a network protected by IEEE 802.1X:

1. Obtain a CA certiﬁcate, a client certiﬁcate and a client private key (contact your network administrator).

2. Go to Setup > System Options > Security > IEEE 802.1X and upload the CA certiﬁcate, the client certiﬁcate and the client private key.

3. Under Settings, select the EAPOL version, provide your EAP identity and private key password.

4. Check the box to enable IEEE 802.1X and click Save.

Certiﬁcates

CA Certiﬁcate The CA certiﬁcate is used to validate the identity of the authentication server. Enter the path to

the certiﬁcate directly, or locate the ﬁle using the Browse button. Then click U acertiﬁcate, click Remove.

Client certiﬁcate Client private key

Settings

EAPOL version

EAP identity

Private key password

Enable IEEE 802.1X

The client certiﬁcate and private key are used to authenticate the network device. They can be uploaded as separate ﬁ les or in one combined ﬁle (e.g. a PFX ﬁle or a PEM ﬁle). Use the Client

private key ﬁeld if uploading one combined ﬁle. For each ﬁle, enter the path to the ﬁle using the Browse button. Then click Upload.Toremoveaﬁle, click Remove.

SelecttheEAPOLversion(1or2)asusedinyournetworkswitch.

Enter the user identity (maximum 16 chara cters) associated with your certiﬁcate.

Enter the password (maximum

Check the box to enable the IEEE 802.1X protocol.

16 characters) for the private key.

pload.Toremove

ﬁle, or locate the

Audio Support

Select Enable audio support to allow clients to retrieve audio streams from the Axis product. For information on how to conﬁgure audio settings, see

Audio Settings, on page 19

Note

Deselecting this option will disable audio globally in the Axis product, for conﬁg ured events and proﬁles with audio as well.

Date & Time

The Axis product’s date and time settings are conﬁgured under System Options > Date & Time.

Current Server Time displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock in the text overlay (see

below).

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To change the date and time settings, select the preferred Time mode under New Server Time:

• Synchronize with computer time sets date and time according to the computer’s clock. With this option, date and time are set once and will not be updated a utomatica lly.

• Synchronize with N TP Server obtains date and time from an NTP server. With this option, date and time settings are updated continuously. For information on NTP settings, see

NTP Conﬁguration, on page 36

If using a host name for the NTP server, a DNS server must be conﬁgured. See

• Set manually allows you to manually set date a nd time.

If using an NTP server, select your Time zone from the drop-down list. If required, check Automatically adjust for daylight saving time changes.

The Date & Time Format Used in Images is the date and time format displayed as a text overlay in the video stream. Use the

predeﬁned formats or see time formats. To include date and time in the overlay text, go to Video & Audio and select Include date and Include time.

File Naming & Date/Time Formats

in the online help for information on how to create custom date and

DNS Conﬁguration, on page 36

Network

Basic TCP/IP Settings

The Axis product supports IP version 4 and IP version 6. Both versions can be enabled simultaneously, and at least one version must always be enabled.

IPv4 Address Conﬁguration

By default, the Axis product is set to use IPv4 (IP version 4) and to obtain the IP address automatically via DHCP. The IPv4 settings are conﬁgured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Basic.

DHCP (Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol) allows network administrators to centrally manage and automate the assignment of IP addresses. DHCP should only be enabled if using dynamic IP address notiﬁcatio n , or if the DHCP can update a DNS server. It is then possible to access the Axis product by name (host name).

If DHCP is enabled and the product cannot be accessed, run AXIS IP Utility to search the network for connected Axis products, or reset the product to the factory default settings (see

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) and then perform the installation again.

To use a static IP address, check Use the following IP address and specify the IP address, subnet mask and default router.

IPv6 Address Conﬁguration

If IPv6 (IP version 6) is enabled, the Axis product will receive an IP address according to the conﬁguration in the network router.

To enable IPv6, go to System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Basic. Other settings for IPv6 should be conﬁgured in the network router.

ARP/Ping

The IP address can be set using ARP and Ping . For instructions, see the product’s Installation Guide.

ARP/Ping is enabled by default. To disable, uncheck the box under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Basic.

The ARP/Ping service is automatica lly disabled two minutes after the product is started, or as soon as an IP address is set. To reset the IP address, the product must be restarted to a ctivate ARP/Ping for an additional two minutes.

Pinging the product is still possible when this service is disabled.

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AXIS Video Hosting System (AVHS)

AVHS used in conjunction with an AVHS service, provides easy and secure Internet access to live a nd recorded video accessible from any location. For more information and help to ﬁnd a local AVHS Service Pro vider go to www.axis.com/hosting

AVHS is enabled by default. The settings are conﬁgured under System Options > Network > TCP IP > Basic.

One-click enabled - Press the product’s control button (see Internet. Once registered, Always will be enabled and the Axis product stays connected to the AVHS service. If the product is not registered within 24 hours from when the button is pressed, the product will disconnect from the AVHS service.

Always - The Axis product will constantly attempt to connect to the AVHS service over the Internet. Once registered the product will stay connected to the service. This option can be used when the product is already installed and it is not convenient to use the one-click insta llation.

AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service

AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service assigns a host name for easy access to the product. For more information, see www.axiscam.net

To register the Axis product with AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service, go to System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Basic.Under Services, click the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service Settings button (requires access to the Internet). The domain name currently registered at AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS service for the product can at any time be removed.

Hardware Overview, on page 4

) to connect to an AVHS service over the

Advanced TCP/IP Settings

DNS Conﬁguration

DNS (Domain Name Service) provides the translation of host names to IP addresses. The DNS settings are conﬁgured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.

Select Obtain DNS server address v ia DHCP to use the DNS settings provided by the DHCP server.

To make manual settings, select Use the following DNS server address and specify the following:

Domain name - Enter the domain(s) to search for the host name used by the Axis pro d uct. Multiple do m ains can be se par ated by semicolons. The host name is always the ﬁrstpartofafullyqualiﬁed domain name, for example, myserver is the host name in the fully qualiﬁed domai n name myserver.mycompany.com where mycompany.com is the domain name.

Primary/Secondary DNS server - Enter the IP addresses of the primary and secondary DNS servers. The secondary DNS server is optional and will be used if the primary is unavailable.

NTP Conﬁguration

NTP (Network Time Protocol) is used to synchronize the clock times of devices in a network. The NTP settings are conﬁgured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.

Select Obtain NTP server address via DHCP to use the NTP settings provided by the DHCP server.

To make manual settings, select Use the following NTP server address and enter the host name or IP address of the NTP server.

Host Name Conﬁguration

The Axis product can be accessed using a host name ins t ea d of an IP address. The host name is usually the same as the assigned DNS name. The host name is conﬁgured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.

Select Obtain host name via IPv4 DHCP to use host name provided by the DHCP server running on IPv4.

Select Use the host name to set the host name manually.

Select Enable dynamic DNS updates to dynamically update local DNS servers whenever the Axis product’s IP address changes.

For more information, see the online help

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Link-Local IPv4 Address

Link-Local Address is enabled by default and assigns the Axis product an additional IP address whichcanbeusedtoaccess the product from other hosts on the same segment on the local network. The product can have a Link-Local IP and a static or DHCP-supplied IP address at the same time.

This function can be disabled under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.

HTTP

The HTTP port used by the Axis product can be changed under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced. In addition to the default setting, which is 80, any port in the range 1024–65535 can be used.

HTTPS

The HTTPS port used by the Axis product can be changed under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced. In addition to the default setting, which is 443, any port in the range 1024–65535 can be used.

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To enable HTTPS, go to System Options > Security > HTTPS. F or more information, see

NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4

A network router allows devices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Internet. This is do ne by forwarding network trafﬁc from the private network to the “outside”, that is, the Internet. Security on the private network (LAN) is increased since most routers are pre-conﬁgured to stop attempts to access the private network (LAN) from the public network (Internet).

Use NAT traversal when the Axis product is located on an intranet (LAN) and you wish to make it available from the other (WAN) side of a NAT router. With NAT traversal properly conﬁgured, all HTTP trafﬁc to an external HTTP port in the NAT router isforwardedtotheproduct.

NAT traversal is conﬁgured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.

Note

• For NAT traversal to work, this must be sup porte d by the router. The router must also support UPnP

• The router has many different names: “NA T route r”, “Ne two rk router”, “Internet Gateway”, ”Broadband router ”, “Broa dband sharing device” or “Home ﬁrewall” but the essential purpose of the device is the sa

Enable/Disable - When enabled, the Axis product attempts to conﬁgure port mapping in a NAT router on your network, using UPnP Note that UPnP

Use ma nua lly selected NAT router - Select this option to ma nually select a NAT router and enter the IP address for the router in the ﬁeld. If no router is speciﬁed, the product automatically searches for NAT routers on your network. If more than one router is found, the default router is selected.

Alternative HTTP port - Select this option to manually deﬁne an external HTTP port. Enter the port num ber in the ﬁeld. If no port is entered here, a port number is automa t ically selected when NAT traversal is enabled.

Note

must be enabled in the product (see System Options > Network > UPnP).

• An alternative H TTP port can be used or be active even if NAT traversal is disabled. This is useful if your NAT router does not support UPnP and you need to manually conﬁgure port forwarding in the NAT router.

• If you attempt to man

• When the port is selected automatically it is displayed in this ﬁeld. To change this, enter a new port number and click Save .

ually enter a port that is already in use, another available port is automatically selected.

me.

FTP

The FTP server running in the Axis product enables upload of new ﬁrmware, user applications, etc. The FTP server can be disabled under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.

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Note

This FTP server has nothing to do with the product’s ability to transfer images via FTP to other locations and servers.

RTSP

The RTSP server running in the Axis product allows a connecting client to start an H.264 stream. The RTSP port number can be changed under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced. The default port is 554.

Note

H.264 video streams will not be available if the RTSP server is disabled.

SOCKS

SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The Axis product can be conﬁgured to use a SOCKS server to reach networks on the other side of a ﬁrewall or proxy server. This functionality is useful if the Axis product is located on a local network behind a ﬁrewall, and notiﬁcations, uploads, alarms, etc need to be send to a destination outside the local network (for example the Internet).

SOCKS is conﬁgured under System Options > Network > SOCKS. For more information, see the online help

QoS (Quality of Service)

QoS (Quality of Service) guarantees a certain level of a speciﬁed resource to selected trafﬁc on a network. A QoS-aware network prioritizes network trafﬁc and provides a greater network reliability by controlling the amount of bandwidth an application may use.

The QoS settings are conﬁgured under System Options > Network > QoS. Using DSCP (Differentiated Services Codepoint) values, the Axis product can ma rk the following types of trafﬁc: live video, live audio, event/alarm trafﬁc and management trafﬁc.

Note

Live audio DSCP will be equal to live video DSCP if H.264 over RTSP is us ed .

SMTP (email)

To send email messages from the Axis product via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), an SMTP mail server must be set up. This is done under System Options > Network > SMTP (email).

Enter the host names or IP addresses and port numbers for the primary and secondary mail servers in the ﬁelds provided. A From email address is also required. If the mail serve r requires a the necessary information.

uthentication, check Use authentication to log in to this server and enter

SNMP

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows remote management of network devices. An SNM P community is the group of devices and management stati

The Axis product can be conﬁgured

on running SNMP. Community names are used to identify groups.

to support SNMP on the System Options > Network > SNMP page.

Depending on the level of sec

SNMP v1/v2 provides the access to all supported SNMP d evic es. The default password for the Read community is public and the default password for the Write community is write.

Note

If HTTPS is enabled, SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c should be disabled.

Traps for SNMP v1/v2 are used by the Axis product to send m essage s to a management system on important events and status

s. Check Enable traps and enter the IP address where the trap m essage should be sent and the Trap community that

change should rece ive the message.

urity required, select the version on SNMP to use.

lowest level of security. The community name can be speciﬁed as a password for read or read/write

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The following traps are a v aila ble :

•Coldstart

•Warmstart

•Linkup

• Authentication failed

SNMP v3 provid es encryption and secure passwords. To use traps with SNMP v3, an SNMP v3 management application is required.

To use SNMP v3, HTTPS m ust be enabled, see password.

Note

The initial password can only be set once. If the password is lost, the Axis product must be reset to factory default, see

Reset to Factory Default Settings, on page 42

UPnP

The Axis product includes support for UPnPTM.UPnPTMis enabled by default and the product is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol.

UPnP

can be disabled under System Options > Network > UPnPTM.

HTTPS, on page 33

. To enable SNMP v3, check the box and provide the initial user

RTP/H.264

The RTP port range and multicast setting s are conﬁgured under System Options > Network > RTP.

The RTP port range deﬁnes the range of ports from which the video/audio ports are auto only certain IP addresses and port numbers should be used.

Select Always Multicast Video and/or Always Multicast Audio to start multicast streaming without op enin g an RTSP session.

matically selected. For multicast streams,

Bonjour

The Axis product includes support for Bonjour. Bonjour is enabled by default and the product is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protoc

Bonjour can be disabled under System Op

ol.

tions > Network > Bonjour.

Ports & Devices

I/O Ports

COM Port

The video encoder has one RS-485/RS-422 serial port. The port supports the following modes:

• Generic HTTP allows the video encoder to receive data and send commands via HTTP.

• Pan Tilt Zoom is used to control a PTZ device. The PTZ device requires a driver. See for more inf orm a tion. Drivers can be downloaded from www.axis.com

• Generic TCP/IPallows the Axis product to receive data and send com m ands via TCP/IP. Daisy chain server - Allows Da isy chain clients to communicate with the Axis product. See also RS-485/RS-422 connector, on page 43.

Select the desired Port Type from the drop-down list. For more information on Serial Port Settings and Daisy Chain Port Settings

seetheonlinehelp

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Port Status

The list on the System Options > Ports & Devices > Port Status page shows the status of the product’s input and output ports.

Maintenance

The Axis product provides several maintenance functions. These are available under System Options > Maintenance.

Click Restart to perform a correct restart if the Axis product is not behaving as expected. This will not affect any of the current settings.

Click Restore to reset most settings to the factory default values. The following settings are not affected:

• the boot protocol (DHCP or static)

• the static IP address

• the default router

• the subnet mask

•thesystemtime

• the IEEE 802.1X settings

Click Default to reset all settings, including the IP address, to the factory default values. This button should be used with caution Axis product can also be reset to factory default using the control button, see

To identify the product or test the Status LED, click Flash LED under Identify and specify the duration in seconds, minutes or hours. This can be useful for identifying the product among other products installe d in the s ame location.

For information about ﬁrmware upgrade, see

Upgrading the Firmware, on page 4 3

Reset to Factory Default Settings, on page 42

.The

Support

Support Overview

The System Options > Support > Support Overview page provides information on troubleshooting and contact information, should you require technical assistance.

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