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TableofContents
Systemoverview............................................3
Productoverview...........................................4
Howtochooselens..............................................4
Aboutnetworkredundancy.......................................5
Aboutpowerredundancy.........................................5
Setup.....................................................6
Howtoaccesstheproduct........................................6
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................7
Aboutcapturemodes............................................7
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat............................8
Howtofocus...................................................8
Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions..........................8
Howtoselectexposuremode......................................9
Howtomaximizethedetailsintheimage...........................9
Troubleshooting............................................10
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................10
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................10
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................10
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................11
Performanceconsiderations.......................................12
Technicalspecications......................................13
LEDindicators..................................................13
SDcardslot....................................................13
Buttons.......................................................13
Connectors....................................................13
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Systemoverview
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Productoverview
Productoverview
1
EFlensmountindex
2
EF-Slensmountindex
3
EFmount
4
Unlockbutton
5
Networkconnector(PoE)
6
Powerconnector(DCinput)
7
microSDcardslot
8
StatusLED
9
Networkconnector(SFP)
10
RS485/RS422connector
11
Controlbutton
12
I/Oconnector
13
Audioin
14
Audioout
15
Cameramount
16
Groundingscrew
Howtochooselens
Thereareseverallensoptionsforthiscamera.Whichlenstochoosedependsonthesurveillancerequirements.Thelenseshave 
differentcapabilitieswhenitcomestolightsensitivityandeldofview.Seetheproduct’sdatasheetforlensalternatives.
Aboutdepthofeldandsensorsize
Thedepthofelddependsonthelensaperture,thesizeoftheimagesensorandthedistancetothescene.Thelowerthef-number 
andlargerthesensor,theshallowerdepthofeld.Duetothelargesensor,thedepthofeldismoreshallowinthisparticular
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productthanintraditionalsurveillancecameras.Depthofeldbecomesshallowerindarkconditions,duetothefactthattheiris 
opensuptoprovideenoughlighttothesensor.
Tolearnmore,gotowww.axis.com/learning/web-articles/lenses-for-network-video-cameras
Aboutfocusandlightsensitivity
Thefocuspointisaffectedbytheaperture(f-stop)ofthelens.Thelowerthef-stopvalue,themorelightreachestheimagesensor. 
Thesmallertheaperture,thedeeperdepthofeldwhichmayleadtoanunwantedabsolutefocuspoint.Duringlowlightconditions, 
whentheapertureisaslargeaspossible,thedepthofelddecreasesandtheimagemaythereforeappearunfocused.
Examplesofaperturesfordifferentf-numbers.
Tocalculatethedistancebetweenthecameraandtheobjectofinterestinrelationtoscenedimensions,resolution,andfocallength, 
usethelenscalculatortool,seewww.axis.com/tools/lens-calculator
Aboutlenslters
Youcanuseanylterforstandardopticstoprotectthelensfromdamagesortomodifytheimage.Thiscanbeusefulindifcultlight 
conditions,toltercertainwavelengthsortoreducereections.
Aboutnetworkredundancy
Thesoftwarecontrolsthenetworkredundancyandrequiresthatbothnetworkconnectors(RJ45andSFP)areconnected.TheSFP 
modulehashigherprioritythantheRJ45connector.IftheconnectionbetweentheSFPmoduleandtheswitchislosttheproduct 
switchestotheRJ45connectortoestablishacontinuedconnection.
Aboutpowerredundancy
Thesoftwarecontrolsthepowerredundancy.If,forexample,theDCconnectionfails,thecameraautomaticallyswitchestoPoE. 
Dependingonthesetup,thecameramayrestartforthechangetotakeeffect.
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Setup
Setup
Howtoaccesstheproduct
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•Chrome
•Chrome
•Chrome
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser
1.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
TM
(recommended),Firefox
TM
(recommended)orSafari
TM
orFirefox
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe 
drop-downlist.
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withotheroperatingsystems.
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,Edge
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,orOpera
withOSX
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withWindows
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IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout 
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis 
Supportwebatwww.axis.com/support
Note
ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe 
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser .
Note
Thecontrolsandlayoutoftheliveviewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsand 
userpreferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedin 
yourownliveviewpage.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng, 
rstsetupasecureanencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts 
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:
•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
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Setapasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproduct 
mustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited 
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.
1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage6.
2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp
Tosetuptheproduct,youneedtoaccesstheproduct’swebpage.Inthewebpageyoucanalsonddetailedinstructionsinthe 
product’sbuilt-inhelp.
Aboutcapturemodes
Acapturemodeconsistsofaresolutionandthecorrespondingframerateavailableintheproduct.Thecapturemodesetting 
affectsthecamera’seldofviewandaspectratio.
Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.
Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.
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Howtoselectcapturemode
Whatcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.See 
thedatasheetforspecicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotowww.axis.com> 
product>Support&Documentation.
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat
Decidingwhichcompressionmethodtochoosedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The 
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen 
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion 
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage 
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed 
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion 
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace 
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Formoreinformation,seewww.axis.com/learning/web-articles/technical-guide-to-network-video/compression-formats
Howtofocus
1.GototheImagetabintheproduct’swebpage.
2.ClickAutofocus.
Focusaid
Iftheautofocusfunctionisnotsufcient,ortopreventfocusfrombeinglostwhenthelightingconditionschangesfromdayto 
night,werecommendthatyouusethefocusaid.Followtheinstructionsinthefocusaidwindowtosettheapertureaslargeas 
possiblebeforeturningonautofocus.Thismakesthecamerakeepfocuswhenthelightingconditionschanges.
Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Makesurethattheexposuremodeisautomatic.
Note
Increasingthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
•Tryloweringthemaxgainvalue.
Iftheabovesettingsdonotimprovetheimagesufciently,changetoalenswithalowerf-value.
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Fordetailedinstructions,gototheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
Howtoselectexposuremode
Thereareseveralexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor 
specicsurveillancescenes.IntheImagetab,selectbetweenthefollowingoptions:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forfastmovingobjectsthatrequireafastorxedshutter,selectAutomaticaperture.
•Tomaintainalongerdepthofeldorfocusrange,selectAutomaticshutter.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand 
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
•Ifyouneedfullcontrolofallparameters,mostlyusefulforsceneswithlittlechangeinlighting,selectManual.
Formoredetailedinstructions,gototheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
Howtomaximizethedetailsintheimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizethedetailsintheimagethebitratebecomeshigherwhichinturnmightresultinreducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodewiththehighestresolution.
•Setthecompressionassmallaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnofftheZipstreamfunctionality.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga 
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular 
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.ClickAbout.
Howtoupgradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein 
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Note
Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread 
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest 
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotowww.axis.com>product>Support&Documentation.
1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeatwww.axis.com/support/rmware
2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.
3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceintheproduct’swebpageandfollowtheinstructions.
4.Theupgradetakesawhile,don'tbreakthepowertotheproduct.Whentheupgradeisnished,theproductrestarts 
automatically.
AXISCameraManagementcanbeusedformultipleupgrades,seewww.axis.com/products/axis-camera-managementformore 
information.
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to 
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverview.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset 
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
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Troubleshooting
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonwww.axis.com/support
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionatwww.axis.com/support
Problemsupgradingthermware
FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,theproductreloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
WhenusingARP/Ping
Theproductislocatedona 
differentsubnet
TheIPaddressisbeingused 
byanotherdevice
isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele 
correspondstoyourproductandtryagain.
Trytheinstallationagain.TheIPaddressmustbesetwithintwominutesafterpowerhasbeen 
appliedtotheproduct.Ensurethatthepinglengthissetto408.
IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe 
productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork 
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.
DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOS 
window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct):
PossibleIPaddressconict 
withanotherdeviceonthe 
samesubnet
Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser
Cannotlogin
TheIPaddresshasbeen 
changedbyDHCP
Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Routerconguration
Firewallprotection
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress. 
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay 
beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.
WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting 
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings. 
SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas 
beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe 
network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename 
hasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,goto 
www.axis.com/support.
CheckthatyourrouterallowsincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct.Theroutermustsupport 
UPnP
ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10... 
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork. 
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstalltheproduct.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable 
forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.
TM
.
ProblemswithstreamingH.264
MulticastH.264only 
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe 
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
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NomulticastH.264 
displayedintheclient
PoorrenderingofH.264 
images
Colorsaturationisdifferent 
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Lowerframeratethan 
expected
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct 
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver .Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe 
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore 
information.
•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage12.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Intheproduct’swebpage,setacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.Changingthe 
capturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximumresolutiondepending 
ontheproductusedandcapturemodesavailable.
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors 
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe 
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe 
bandwidth.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand 
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat 
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand 
thegeneralperformance.
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Technicalspecifications
Technicalspecifications
Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotowww.axis.com>product>Support&Documentation.
Forlocationofthecomponents,seeProductoverviewonpage4.
LEDindicators
StatusLED
GreenConnectionandnormaloperation.
Amber
Indication
Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.
SDcardslot
NO
TICE
NO NO
TICE TICE
•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe
SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.
•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.Disconnectpoweror
unmounttheSDcardfromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.
ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards(notincluded).
ForSDcardrecommendations,seewww.axis.com
Buttons
Controlbutton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage10.
•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe 
statusLEDashesgreen.
Connectors
Networkconnector
RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).
SFPconnector.
NO
TICE
NO NO
TICE TICE
Theproductshallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)oranopticalbercable.Allcablesconnectingthe 
producttothenetworkshallbeintendedfortheirspecicuse.Makesurethatthenetworkdevicesareinstalledin 
accordancewiththemanufacturer’sinstructions.Forinformationaboutregulatoryrequirements,seetheInstallation 
Guideavailableatwww.axis.com
AboutI/Oconnectors
UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,tamperingalarms,motiondetection,eventtriggering, 
andalarmnotications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:
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Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX® 
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorintheproduct’swebpage.
Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window 
contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.
4-pinterminalblock
FunctionPinNotes
0VDC(-)
DCoutput
(InputorOutput)
1
2
3–4
DCground0VDC
Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment. 
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.
Digitalinput–Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating 
(unconnected)todeactivate.
Digitaloutput–Connectedtopin1whenactivated,oating 
(unconnected)whendeactivated.Ifusedwithaninductiveload,e.g. 
arelay,adiodemustbeconnectedinparallelwiththeload,for 
protectionagainstvoltagetransients.
Specications
12VDC 
Maxload=50mA
0tomax30VDC Congurable
0tomax30VDC,opendrain, 
100mA
1
0VDC(-)
2
DCoutput12V,max50mA
A
I/Oconguredasinput
B
I/Oconguredasoutput
Audioconnector
TheAxisproducthasthefollowingaudioconnectors:
•Audioin(pink)–3.5mminputforamonomicrophone,oraline-inmonosignal.
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•Audioout(green)–3.5mmoutputforaudio(linelevel)thatcanbeconnectedtoapublicaddress(PA)systemoran 
activespeakerwithabuilt-inamplier.Astereoconnectormustbeusedforaudioout.
Foraudioin,theleftchannelisusedfromastereosignal.
3.5mmaudioconnectors 
(stereo)
1Tip2Ring
AudioInput
AudioOutput
Microphone/Linein
Lineout,mono(stereoconnector 
compatible)
Lineout,mono(stereoconnector 
compatible)
Powerconnector
2-pinterminalblockforDCpowerinput.UseaSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)compliant 
limitedpowersource(LPS)witheitheraratedoutputpowerlimitedto≤100Woraratedoutput 
currentlimitedto≤5A.
Powersupply
20–28VDC,max15.8W
RS485/RS422connector
Two2-pinterminalblocksforRS485/RS422serialinterfaceusedtocontrolauxiliaryequipmentsuchaspan-tiltdevices.
Theserialportcanbeconguredtosupport:
3Sleeve
Ground
Ground
•Two-wireRS485halfduplex
•Four-wireRS485fullduplex
•Two-wireRS422simplex
•Four-wireRS422fullduplexpointtopointcommunication
FunctionPinNotes
RS485BaltRS485/422RX(B)
RS485AaltRS485/422RX(A)
RS485/RS422TX(B)
RS485/RS422TX(A)
Important
Therecommendedmaximumcablelengthis30m(98ft).
1
2
3
4
RXpairforallmodes(combinedRX/TXfor2-wireRS485)
TXpairforRS422and4-wireRS485
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©AxisCommunicationsAB,2016-2017
Date:March2017 
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