AXIS A8105-E User Manual

AXISA8105-ENetworkVideoDoorStation

UserManual

AboutthisDocument

ThismanualisintendedforadministratorsandusersofAXISA8105–E
NetworkVideoDoorStation,andisapplicabletormware1.58.2and
later.Itincludesinstructionsforusingandmanagingtheproducton
yournetwork.Previousexperienceofnetworkingwillbeofusewhen
usingthisproduct.SomeknowledgeofUNIXorLinux-basedsystems
mayalsobeusefulwhendevelopingshellscriptsandapplications.Later
versionsofthisdocumentwillbepostedatwww.axis.com.Seealsothe
product’sonlinehelp,availablethroughtheweb-basedinterface.

Legalconsiderations

Videoandaudiosurveillancecanberegulatedbylawsthatvaryfrom
countrytocountry.Checkthelawsinyourlocalregionbeforeusing
thisproductforsurveillancepurposes.

Thisproductincludesthefollowinglicences:

•one(1)AACdecoderlicense

•one(1)H.264decoderlicense

Topurchasefurtherlicenses,contactyourreseller .

Liability

Everycarehasbeentakeninthepreparationofthisdocument.Please
informyourlocalAxisofceofanyinaccuraciesoromissions.Axis
CommunicationsABcannotbeheldresponsibleforanytechnicalor
typographicalerrorsandreservestherighttomakechangestothe
productandmanualswithoutpriornotice.AxisCommunicationsAB
makesnowarrantyofanykindwithregardtothematerialcontained
withinthisdocument,including,butnotlimitedto,theimplied
warrantiesofmerchantabilityandtnessforaparticularpurpose.Axis
CommunicationsABshallnotbeliablenorresponsibleforincidentalor
consequentialdamagesinconnectionwiththefurnishing,performance
oruseofthismaterial.Thisproductisonlytobeusedforitsintended
purpose.

Intellectualpropertyrights

AxisABhasintellectualpropertyrightsrelatingtotechnologyembodied
intheproductdescribedinthisdocument.Inparticular,andwithout
limitation,theseintellectualpropertyrightsmayincludeoneormore
ofthepatentslistedataxis.com/patentandoneormoreadditional
patentsorpendingpatentapplicationsintheUSandothercountries.

Thisproductcontainslicensedthird-partysoftware.Seethemenuitem
“About”intheproduct’suserinterfaceformoreinformation.

ThisproductcontainssourcecodecopyrightAppleComputer,
Inc.,underthetermsofApplePublicSourceLicense2.0(see

opensource.apple.com/apsl).Thesourcecodeisavailablefrom
developer.apple.com/bonjour/.

Equipmentmodications

Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledandusedinstrictaccordancewiththe
instructionsgivenintheuserdocumentation.Thisequipmentcontains
nouser-serviceablecomponents.Unauthorizedequipmentchangesor
modicationswillinvalidateallapplicableregulatorycertications
andapprovals.

Trademarkacknowledgements

AXISCOMMUNICATIONS,AXISandVAPIXareregisteredtrademarksor
trademarkapplicationsofAxisABinvariousjurisdictions.Allother
companynamesandproductsaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarks
oftheirrespectivecompanies.

Apple,Apache,Bonjour,Ethernet,InternetExplorer,Linux,Microsoft,
Mozilla,Real,SMPTE,QuickTime,UNIX,Windows,andWWWare
registeredtrademarksoftherespectiveholders.JavaandallJava-based
trademarksandlogosaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksof
Oracleand/oritsafliates.TheUPnPWordMarkandUPnPLogoare
trademarksofOpenConnectivityFoundation,Inc.intheUnitedStates
orothercountries.

trademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare
trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,
othercountriesorboth.

microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosare

Regulatoryinformation

Europe

ThisproductcomplieswiththeapplicableCEmarkingdirectivesand
harmonizedstandards:

•ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)Directive2014/30/EU.See

Electromagneticcompatibility(EMC)onpage2.

•LowVoltageDirective(LVD)2014/35/EU.SeeSafetyonpage3.

•RestrictionofHazardousSubstances(RoHS)Directive201 1/65/EU

and2015/863,includinganyamendments,updatesor

replacements.SeeDisposalandrecyclingonpage3.
Acopyoftheoriginaldeclarationofconformitymaybeobtainedfrom
AxisCommunicationsAB.SeeContactinformationonpage3.

Electromagneticcompatibility(EMC)

Thisequipmenthasbeendesignedandtestedtofulllapplicable
standardsfor:

•Radiofrequencyemissionwheninstalledaccordingtothe

instructionsandusedinitsintendedenvironment.

•Immunitytoelectricalandelectromagneticphenomenawhen

installedaccordingtotheinstructionsandusedinitsintended

environment.

USA

Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubject
tothefollowingtwoconditions:

1.Thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and

2.thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,including

interferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation.
Thisequipmenthasbeentestedusinganunshieldednetworkcable
(UTP)andfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassAdigitaldevice,
pursuanttopart15oftheFCCrules.Thisequipmenthasalsobeen
testedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)andfoundtocomplywith
thelimitsforaClassAdigitaldevice,pursuanttopart15oftheFCC
rules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainst
harmfulinterferencewhentheequipmentisoperatedinacommercial
environment.Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiateradio
frequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewith
theinstructionmanual,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradio
communications.Operationofthisequipmentinaresidentialarea
islikelytocauseharmfulinterferenceinwhichcasetheuserwillbe
requiredtocorrecttheinterferenceathisownexpense.

Contactinformation

AxisCommunicationsInc.
300ApolloDrive
Chelmsford,MA01824
UnitedStatesofAmerica
Tel:[phone]

Canada

ThisdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCANICES-3(ClassA).Theproduct
shallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatis
properlygrounded.Cetappareilnumériqueestconformeàlanorme
CANNMB-3(classeA).Leproduitdoitêtreconnectéàl'aided'uncâble
réseaublindé(STP)quiestcorrectementmisàlaterre.

Europe

ThisdigitalequipmentfulllstherequirementsforRFemission
accordingtotheClassAlimitofEN55032.Theproductshallbe
connectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatisproperly
grounded.Notice!ThisisaClassAproduct.Inadomesticenvironment
thisproductmaycauseRFinterference,inwhichcasetheusermaybe
requiredtotakeadequatemeasures.

Australia/NewZealand

ThisdigitalequipmentfulllstherequirementsforRFemission
accordingtotheClassAlimitofAS/NZSCISPR32.Theproductshall
beconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatisproperly
grounded.Notice!ThisisaClassAproduct.Inadomesticenvironment
thisproductmaycauseRFinterference,inwhichcasetheusermaybe
requiredtotakeadequatemeasures.

Japan

この装置は、クラスA機器です。この装置を住宅環境で使⽤
すると電波妨害を引き起こすことがあります。この場合に
は使⽤者が適切な対策を講ずるよう要求されることがあり
ます。VCCI‒A

本製品は、シールドネットワークケーブル(STP)を使⽤して接
続してください。また適切に接地してください。
本製品は電気通信事業者（移動通信会社、固定通信会社、
インターネットプロバイダ等）の通信回線（公衆無線LAN
を含む）に直接接続することができません。本製品をイン
ターネットに接続する場合は、必ずルータ等を経由し接続
してください。

Korea

이기기는업무용환경에서사용할목적으로적합성평가를받
은기기로서가정용환경에서사용하는경우전파간섭의우려
가있습니다.적절히접지된STP(shieldedtwistedpair)케이
블을사용하여제품을연결하십시오.

Safety

ThisproductcomplieswithIEC/EN/UL62368-1and
IEC/EN/UL60950-22,SafetyofInformationTechnology
Equipment.Theproductshallbegroundedeitherthroughashielded
networkcable(STP)orotherappropriatemethod.

Thepowersupplyusedwiththisproductshallfullltherequirements
forSafetyExtraLowVoltage(SELV)andLimitedPowerSource(LPS)
accordingtoIEC/EN/UL62368-1.

Battery

TheAxisproductusesa3.0VCR2032lithiumbatteryasthepower
supplyforitsinternalreal-timeclock(RTC).Undernormalconditions
thisbatterywilllastforaminimumofveyears.

Lithiumcoincell3.0Vbatteriescontain1,2-dimethoxyethane;ethylene
glycoldimethylether(EGDME),CASno.1 10-7 1-4.

Disposalandrecycling

Whenthisproducthasreachedtheendofitsusefullife,disposeof
itaccordingtolocallawsandregulations.Forinformationabout
yournearestdesignatedcollectionpoint,contactyourlocalauthority
responsibleforwastedisposal.Inaccordancewithlocallegislation,
penaltiesmaybeapplicableforincorrectdisposalofthiswaste.

Europe

Thissymbolmeansthattheproductshallnotbedisposedof
togetherwithhouseholdorcommercialwaste.Directive2012/19/EU
onwasteelectricalandelectronicequipment(WEEE)isapplicablein
theEuropeanUnionmemberstates.Topreventpotentialharmto
humanhealthandtheenvironment,theproductmustbedisposed
ofinanapprovedandenvironmentallysaferecyclingprocess.For
informationaboutyournearestdesignatedcollectionpoint,contact
yourlocalauthorityresponsibleforwastedisposal.Businessesshould
contacttheproductsupplierforinformationabouthowtodispose
ofthisproductcorrectly.

ThisproductcomplieswiththerequirementsofDirective2011/65/EU
and2015/863ontherestrictionoftheuseofcertainhazardous
substancesinelectricalandelectronicequipment(RoHS).

China

电
气
实
装
部
分

0:表示该有毒有害物质在该部件均质材料中的含量均在GB/T
26572标准规定的限量要求以下。

X:表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含
量超出GB/T26572标准规定的限量要求。

Contactinformation

AxisCommunicationsAB
Emdalavägen14
22369Lund
Sweden

Tel:[phone]
Fax:[phone]

axis.com

X

00000

Warrantyinformation

ForinformationaboutAxis’productwarrantyandtheretorelated
information,gotoaxis.com/warranty.

Support

Shouldyourequireanytechnicalassistance,pleasecontactyourAxis
reseller.Ifyourquestionscannotbeansweredimmediately,your
resellerwillforwardyourqueriesthroughtheappropriatechannelsto
ensurearapidresponse.IfyouareconnectedtotheInternet,youcan:

•downloaduserdocumentationandsoftwareupdates

•ndanswerstoresolvedproblemsintheFAQdatabase,search

byproduct,category,orphrase

•reportproblemstoAxissupportstaffbyloggingintoyourprivate

supportarea

•chatwithAxissupportstaff

•visitAxisSupportataxis.com/support

Learnmore!

VisitAxislearningcenteraxis.com/academyforusefultrainings,
webinars,tutorialsandguides.

ThisproductcomplieswiththerequirementsofSJ/T1 1364-2014,
Markingfortherestrictionofhazardoussubstancesinelectricaland
electronicproducts.

有毒有害物质或元素

部
件
名
称

铅

(Pb)

汞

(Hg)

镉

(Cd)

六价

铬

(Cr(VI)
)

多溴

联苯

(PBB)

多溴
二苯
醚

(PBDE)

AXISA8105-ENetworkVideoDoorStation

TableofContents

Safetyinformation..........................................6

Hazardlevels...................................................6

Othermessagelevels.............................................6

RequirementsforCompliancewithUL2946thEdition.............7

PerformanceLevelsforAccessControl...............................8

Hardwareoverview..........................................9

TypicalScenarios................................................10

Connectorsandbuttons..........................................1 1

LEDIndicators..................................................11

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................13

Accessthedevice...............................................13

Howtoaccesstheproductfromtheinternet.........................13

Howtosettherootpassword.....................................14

SetPowerLineFrequency.........................................14

Liveviewwindow...............................................14

Mediastreams..............................................18

HowToStreamH.264............................................18

MJPEGformat..................................................18

AXISMediaControl(AMC)........................................18

Accessthevideostream..........................................

AccessAudioStreams............................................

Howtosetuptheproduct....................................21

Howtoperformabasicsetup.....................................21

VideoandAudio............................................22

Howtosetupvideostreams......................................22

Streamproles.................................................25

AboutONVIFmediaproles.......................................25

Camerasettings................................................25

ViewArea.....................................................

Privacymasks..................................................

SetUpAudio...................................................30

AudioClips....................................................32

VoiceoverIP(VoIP).........................................

VoIPOverviewPage..............................................33

ConguretheSIPSettings........................................33

ConguretheVMSSettings.......................................35

TheAccountSettingsPage........................................36

AboutDual-ToneMulti-Frequency(DTMF)...........................40

Howtoconguretheliveviewwindow.........................42

Howtosetdefaultviewerforbrowsers..............................

Viewersettings.................................................42

User-denedlinks...............................................

LightButtons...................................................43

OutputButtons.................................................43

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

Aboutpresetpositions...........................................44

Aboutguardtours...............................................44

Advanced......................................................45

Controlqueue..................................................45

Detectors..................................................47

CameraTampering..............................................47

Shockdetection.................................................47

TiltDetection...................................................47

AudioDetection................................................48

Applications...............................................

Applicationlicenses.............................................

Howtouploadandstartanapplication.............................49

ApplicationConsiderations........................................49

AXISVideoMotionDetection.................................50

Cameramountingrecommendations................................50

StartandStoptheApplication.....................................50

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CongureApplication............................................50

UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule.............................53

Setuprulesandalerts.......................................54

Howtosetupactionrules........................................54

Howtoaddrecipients............................................57

Howtocreateschedules..........................................59

Howtosetuprecurrences........................................59

Pre-conguredActionRules.......................................59

Recordings.................................................61

Howtondrecordings...........................................61

Howtoplayrecordings...........................................61

Howtoexportavideoclip........................................62

Continuousrecording............................................62

Languages.................................................63

Systemoptions.............................................64

Security.......................................................64

Date&Time....................................................66

Network.......................................................67

Storage.......................................................72

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

Maintenance...................................................

Support.......................................................75

Advanced......................................................

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................76

Troubleshooting............................................78

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................78

Symptoms,possiblecausesandremedialactions......................79

Specications..............................................82

Connectors....................................................

ConnectionDiagrams............................................85

Performanceconsiderations.......................................

74
75

76

78

84

85

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Safetyinformation

Safetyinformation

Hazardlevels

DANGER

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,willresultindeathorseriousinjury.

WARNING

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindeathorseriousinjury.

CAUTION

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultinminorormoderateinjury.

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

Indicatesasituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindamagetoproperty.

Othermessagelevels

Important

Indicatessignicantinformationwhichisessentialfortheproducttofunctioncorrectly.

Note

Indicatesusefulinformationwhichhelpsingettingthemostoutoftheproduct.

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RequirementsforCompliancewithUL2946thEdition

RequirementsforCompliancewithUL2946thEdition

ThissectioncontainsinformationandinstructionsrequiredforULcompliance.TomakesuretheinstallationisULcompliant,follow
theinstructionsbelowinadditiontothegeneralinformationandinstructionsprovidedthroughoutthisdocument.Incaseswhere
piecesofinformationcontradicteachother,therequirementsforULcompliancealwaysreplacegeneralinformationandinstructions.

SafetyInstructions

•TheAxisproductshallbeinstalledandservicedbyafactorytrainedprofessional.

•TheAxisproductshallbeinstalledwithintheprotectedpremises(securedarea).

•IftheAxisproductisusedtogetherwithAXISA9801SecurityRelay ,theAxisproductcanbeusedinperimeterinstallations.
AXISA9801SecurityRelayimprovessecurityfordoorscontrolledbyAxisnetworkvideodoorstations.AXISA9801is
placedonthesecuresideofthedoor.Atanyattempttotamperwiththedoorstation,AXISA9801cutstheconnectionto
thedoorstrikeandensuresthatthedoorremainssecurelylocked.

•ThisproductmustbepoweredbyaUL294ListedClass2powerlimitedPoEinjector,providing44–57VDC,15.4W.

•AllwiringmethodsshallbeperformedinaccordancewithNFPA70,localcodesandauthoritieshavingjurisdiction.

•Recommendedtestmethodtoverifythatthedoorstationcanreceivecallsandunlockdoors:Pressthecallbuttonand
verifythatthecallisreceivedontheoperatorside.Unlockthedoorfromtheoperatorside,andverifythatthedoor
isunlocked.
Testfrequency:onceayear.

•WhentheAxisproducthasreachedtheendofitsusefullife,disposeofitaccordingtolocallawsandregulations.The
productshouldnotbedisposedoftogetherwithhouseholdorcommercialwaste.SeeDisposalandrecyclingonpage3.

•Battery

-The3.0VlithiumbatteryusedbytheAxisproductisaULRecognizedcomponent:TypeCR2032,manufacturers:
Fuji,Maxell,Renata,Varta,Panasonic,JHIH,PowerGloryBatteryTech

-Usersshallnotreplacethebattery.Ifthebatteryneedsreplacing,afactorytrainedserviceprofessionalshall
contactAxissupportatwww.axis.com/techsupforassistance.

-Usedbatteriesshallbedisposedofaccordingtolocallawsandregulations,whichmayvaryfromstatetostate.
WasteCRlithiumcellsareneitherlistednorexemptedfromtheUSEPAhazardouswasteregulations.Waste
lithiumbatteriescanbeconsideredreactivehazardouswasteifthereisasignicantamountofunreacted,or
unconsumedlithiumremaining.Forinformationabouthowtodisposeofusedlithiumbatteries,contact
yourlocalauthorityforwastedisposal.

SetUptheProduct

•WallandFlushMount

-IfusingaushmounttomounttheAxisproduct,theushmountshallbeULListed.

•Wiring

-CompliancewithIEEE802.3(atoraf)specicationshasnotbeenveriedaspartofUL294/B.

-ProductisnotintendedforoutsidewiringascoveredbyArticle800intheNationalElectricalCode,NFPA70.

-TheminimumconductorgaugetobeusedbetweenthePSEorpowerinjectorandthePDE,mustbe26AWG.
Maximumwirelength30m(98.4ft).

-Theconductorgaugetobeusedforanyinterconnectingwireshallbenolessthan22AWG.Maximumwire
length30m(98.4ft).

-AllinterconnectingdevicesandwiringmustbeListed.

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RequirementsforCompliancewithUL2946thEdition

-Category5ecablingistheminimumperformancecategoryrecommended.

-AllwiringshallbeperformedinaccordancewithNFPA70,localcodesandauthoritieshavingjurisdiction.

•SystemConsiderations

-Theaccesscontrolsystemshallnotimpairtheintendedoperationofthepanichardwareusedinconjunction
withit.

•Tampering

-TocomplywithUL294/38.1.3(ElectricalSupervision),theaccelerometershalltriggeranactionwhenthe
Axisproductissubjectedtotampering.

•FirmwareVersion

-ULapprovedrmwareversion:AXISA8105-ENetworkDoorStation–1.XX.X.X

-VerifyULapprovedrmwareversion:LogintotheproductwebpagesandgotoSetup>BasicSetupor
Setup>AbouttoverifythatthestatedrmwareversionintheAxisproductisthesameastheULapproved
rmwareversion.

•TechnicalSpecications

-Operatingconditions:-35°Cto66°C(-31°Fto150.8°F.Humidity85%±5%RH(non-condensing).

•Connectors

-I/Oconnector:Pin5andpin6:TheproductwasevaluatedbyULformaxcurrent/voltage350mAat12V
externalsourced.AllotherratingswerenotevaluatedbyUL.

PerformanceLevelsforAccessControl

ThissectioncontainsperformancelevelinformationrequiredforUL294compliance.

FeatureLevel

DestructiveAttackTestI

LineSecurity

EnduranceIV

StandbyPower

I

I

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Hardwareoverview

Hardwareoverview

1.

Microphone

2.

Camera

3.

Speaker

4.

Callbutton

5.

Gasket

6.

Resistorxscrew

7.

I/Oconnector

8.

Controlbutton

9.

Networkconnector(PoE)

10.

Network,StatusandPowerLEDs

11.

microSD/microSDHC/microSDXCslotsupportingmemorycardupto64GB(cardnotincluded)

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Hardwareoverview

TypicalScenarios

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Hardwareoverview

Connectorsandbuttons

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

I/Oconnector

UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm
notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:

Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window
contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterfaceorfromtheproduct’swebpage.

SDcardslot

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe
SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard
fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com.

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare

Controlbutton

Forlocationofthecontrolbutton,seepage9.

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.Seepage76.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Seepage68.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3

secondsuntiltheStatusLEDashesgreen.

•ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService.Seepage68.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3seconds.

LEDIndicators

Note

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtobeunlitduringnormaloperation.Tocongure,gotoSetup>SystemOptions>Ports
&Devices>LED.Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.

•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashforidentifyingtheunit.GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenance.

StatusLED

Unlit

GreenSteadygreenfornormaloperation.

Indication

Connectionandnormaloperation.

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Hardwareoverview

Amber

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

RedFirmwareupgradefailure.

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

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AXISA8105-ENetworkVideoDoorStation

Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

ToinstalltheAxisproduct,seetheInstallationGuidesuppliedwiththeproduct.

ToviewstreamingvideoinInternetExplorer,allowinstallationofAXISMediaControl(AMC)whenprompted.

TheAxisproductincludesone(1)H.264decoderlicenseforviewingvideostreamsandone(1)AACaudiolicense.Thelicensesare
automaticallyinstalledwithAMC.Theadministratorcandisabletheinstallationofthedecoderstopreventinstallationofunlicensed
copies.

Note

•QuickTime

Accessthedevice

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

TM

isalsosupportedforviewingH.264streamsandforaudio.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeHowto

settherootpasswordonpage14.

3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromtheinternet

Anetworkrouterallowsproductsonaprivatenetwork(LAN)toshareasingleconnectiontotheinternet.Thisisdonebyforwarding
networktrafcfromtheprivatenetworktotheinternet.

Mostroutersarepre-conguredtostopattemptstoaccesstheprivatenetwork(LAN)fromthepublicnetwork(internet).

IftheAxisproductislocatedonanintranet(LAN)andyouwanttomakeitavailablefromtheother(WAN)sideofaNAT(Network
AddressTranslator)router,turnonNATtraversal.WithNATtraversalproperlycongured,allHTTPtrafctoanexternalHTTPport
intheNATrouterisforwardedtotheproduct.

HowtoturnontheNAT-traversalfeature

•GotoSettings>System>Plaincong>Network.

•SelectNATtraversalenabled.

•EnterExternalIPaddress.

•EntertheIPaddressoftheNATtraversalrouter.

•ManuallycongureyourNATroutertoallowaccessfromtheinternet.

SeealsoAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceatwww.axiscam.net

Note

•Inthiscontext,a“router”referstoanynetworkroutingdevicesuchasaNATrouter,networkrouter,internetgateway ,
broadbandrouter,broadbandsharingdevice,orasoftwaresuchasarewall.

•ForNATtraversaltowork,NATtraversalmustbesupportedbytherouter.TheroutermustalsosupportUPnP

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtosettherootpassword

ToaccesstheAxisproduct,youmustsetthepasswordforthedefaultadministratoruserroot.ThisisdoneintheCongureRoot
Passworddialog,whichopenswhentheproductisaccessedforthersttime.

Topreventnetworkeavesdropping,therootpasswordcanbesetviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,whichrequiresanHTTPS
certicate.HTTPS(HypertextTransferProtocoloverSSL)isaprotocolusedtoencrypttrafcbetweenwebbrowsersandservers.The
HTTPScerticateensuresencryptedexchangeofinformation.SeeHTTPSonpage64.

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustbe
resettothefactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage76.

Tosetthepassword,enteritdirectlyinthedialog.

SetPowerLineFrequency

PowerlinefrequencyissetthersttimetheAxisproductisaccessedandcanonlybechangedfromPlainCong(seepage76)
orbyresettingtheproducttofactorydefault.

Selectthepowerlinefrequency(50Hzor60Hz)usedatthelocationoftheAxisproduct.Selectingthewrongfrequencymaycause
imageickeriftheproductisusedinuorescentlightenvironments.

Whenusing50Hz,themaximumframerateislimitedto25fps(withWDR)and50fps(withoutWDR).

Note

Powerlinefrequencyvariesdependingongeographicregion.TheAmericasusuallyuse60Hz,whereasmostotherpartsof
theworlduse50Hz.Localvariationscouldapply.Alwayscheckwiththelocalauthorities.

Liveviewwindow

Thecontrolsandlayoutoftheliveviewwindowmayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsanduser
preferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedinyourownliveview
window.Thefollowingprovidesanoverviewofeachavailablecontrol.

Controlsintheliveviewwindow

ClicktheViewsizebuttonstoshowtheimageinfullsize(rightbutton)ortoscaledowntheimageto
tthebrowserwindow(leftbutton).

ClickWDRontoenableWDRinintensebacklightconditions.ClickWDRofftodisableWDRinlow
lightconditionsforoptimalexposure.

SelectastreamprolefortheliveviewwindowfromtheStreamProledrop-downlist.Forinformation
abouthowtocongurestreamproles,seepage25.

Clickthebuttonactivatethebuilt-inlightforadenedperiodoftime,forexample20seconds.

EnabletheWLilluminationbuttonfromLiveViewCong>ActionButtons.ClicktheOn/Offbuttons
tomanuallyactivateordeactiveWLillumination.

MovetheslidertoincreaseordecreasetheintensityofWLillumination.

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Clickthebuttonactivatetheproduct’soutputportforadenedperiodoftime.Forinformationabout
howtoenableandcongureoutputbuttons,seepage43.Theoutputbuttonnamemaydifferdepending
onthenameenteredintheI/OPortsconguration.

ClicktheOn/Offbuttonstomanuallyactivateorinactivetheproduct’soutputport.Forinformation
abouthowtoenableandcongureoutputbuttons,seepage43.

UsetheManualTriggerbuttontotriggeranactionrulefromtheliveviewwindow.Forinformation
abouthowtocongureandenablethebutton,seeManualtriggeronpage15.

ClickSnapshottosaveasnapshotofthevideoimage.Thisbuttonisprimarilyintendedforusewhen
theAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisnotavailable.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>
ActionButtons.

TheAudioclipdrop-downlistallowsyoutoplayanaudioclipfromtheliveviewwindow.Selectthe
audioclipandclickthePlaybutton.

ClickPulsetoactivatetheproduct’sdoorrelayforadenedperiodoftime.

ClicktheActiveTampering/InactiveTamperingbuttonstomanuallyactivateandinactivetheproduct’s
Tamperingoutputport.

Selectapre-conguredviewareaorapresetposition.Viewareasandpresetpositionsareconguredin
Setup>Video&Audio>ViewAreas.

Manualtrigger

TheManualTriggerisusedtotriggeranactionrulefromtheLiveViewpage.Themanualtriggercanforexamplebeusedto
validateactionsduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Tocongurethemanualtrigger:

1.GotoSetup>Events.

2.ClickAddtoaddanewactionrule.

3.FromtheTriggerdrop-downlist,selectInputSignal.

4.Fromtheseconddrop-downlist,selectManualTrigger.

5.Selectthedesiredactionandconguretheothersettingsasrequired.

Formoreinformationaboutactionrules,seeSetuprulesandalertsonpage54.

ToshowthemanualtriggerbuttonsintheLiveViewpage:

1.GotoSetup>LiveViewCong.

2.UnderActionButtons,selectShowmanualtriggerbutton.

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AXISMediaControlviewertoolbar

TheAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisavailableinInternetExploreronly .SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC)onpage18formore
information.Thetoolbardisplaysthefollowingbuttons:

ThePlaybuttonconnectstotheAxisproductandstartsplayingamediastream.

TheStopbuttonstopsthemediastream.

TheSnapshotbuttontakesasnapshotofthevideoimage.

ClicktheViewFullScreenbuttonandthevideoimagewilllltheentirescreen.PressESC(Escape)onthecomputer
keyboardtocancelfullscreenview.

TheRecordbuttonisusedtorecordthecurrentvideostreamonyourcomputer.Thelocationwheretherecordingissaved
canbespeciedintheAMCControlPanel.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>ViewerSettings.

AMCAudioControls

AMCaudiobuttonscontrolthespeakersandmicrophoneconnectedtotheclientcomputer.Thebuttonsareonlyvisiblewhen
audioisenabled.

Forinformationabouthowtocongureaudio,seeSetUpAudioonpage30.

Speakerbutton—Clicktoturnthespeakersonoroff.

Microphonebutton–Clicktomuteorunmutethemicrophone.InSimplex-speakeronlymode,theMicrophoneandTalk

buttonsmustbothbeactivetosendaudiototheAxisproduct.Clickeitherbuttontostopaudiotransmission.

Usetheslidertocontrolthevolumeofthespeakersandthemicrophone.

Half-duplexmode

TheTalk/Listenbuttonisusedtoswitchbetweensendingandreceivingaudio.Thebuttoncanbecongured
fromtheAudiotabintheAMCControlpanel:

Simplex–speakeronlymode

Tosendaudio,theTalkandMicrophonebuttonsmustbothbeactive.Clickeitherbuttontostopaudio
transmission.

•Push-To-Talkmode:Clickandholdthebuttontotalk/send.Releasethebuttontolisten.

•Togglemode:Clickoncetoswitchbetweentalkingandlistening.

PTZControls

Note

ThesecontrolsareavailableifdigitalPTZisenabledintheselectedviewarea,seeViewAreaonpage27.

WiththePTZControlQueueenabledthetimeeachuserisincontrolofthePTZsettingsislimited.Clickthebuttonstorequestor
releasecontrolofthePTZcontrols.ThePTZControlQueueissetupunderPTZ>ControlQueue.

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ClicktheEmulatejoystickmodebuttonandclickintheimagetomovethecameraviewinthedirectionofthe
mousepointer.

ClicktheCentermodebuttonandclickintheimagetocenterthecameraviewonthatposition.

Thecentermodebuttoncouldalsobeusedtozoominonaspecicarea.Clickintheimageanddragtodrawa
rectanglesurroundingtheareatobemagnied.Tozoomout,rotatethemousewheel.

Toviewaspecicviewareaorpresetposition,selectitfromtheSourcelist.

PanandTiltbars–Usethearrowstopanandtiltthecameraview,orclickonapositiononthebartosteerthecameraviewto
thatposition.

Zoombar–Usethearrowstozoominandout,orclickonapositiononthebartozoomtothatposition.

ThePTZcontrolscanbedisabledunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls,seeAboutadvancedPTZsettingsonpage45.

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Mediastreams

TheAxisproductprovidesseveralaudioandvideostreamformats.Yourrequirementsandthepropertiesofyournetworkwill
determinethetypeyouuse.

TheliveviewwindowintheproductprovidesaccesstoH.264andMotionJPEGvideostreams,audiostreamsandtothelistofavailable
streamproles.Otherapplicationsandclientscanaccessvideoandaudiostreamsdirectly,withoutgoingviatheliveviewwindow.

HowToStreamH.264

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedwiththeMotion
JPEGformatandasmuchas50%morethantheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatmuchlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,muchhighervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

Decidingwhichcombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesof
yournetwork.TheavailableoptionsinAXISMediaControlare:

UnicastRTP

RTPoverRTSP

RTPoverRTSPoverHTTP

MulticastRTP

AXISMediaControlnegotiateswiththeAxisproducttodeterminethetransportprotocoltouse.Theorderofpriority,listedinthe
AMCControlPanel,canbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitspecicrequirements.

Note

H.264islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

Thisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)isused
forliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitis
importanttohaveanup-to-datevideostream,
evenifsomeframesaredropped.

Thisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)
isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletocongure
rewallstoallowRTSPtrafc.

Thisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraverse
rewalls.Firewallsarecommonlyconguredto
allowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPto
betunneled.

Thismethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.Thevideostreamisalways
up-to-date,evenifsomeframesaredropped.
Multicastingprovidesthemostefcientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersof
clientsviewingsimultaneously.Amulticastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlessthe
routerisconguredtoallowthis.ItisnotpossibletomulticastovertheInternet,forexample.
Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof8
simultaneousconnections.

Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demand
transmissionsothatthereisnovideotrafc
onthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsand
requeststhestream.
Notethatthereareamaximumof8
simultaneousunicastconnections.

MJPEGformat

ThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufcient
tocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAxisproductistousetheAXIS
MediaControlinInternetExplorerinWindows.

AXISMediaControl(AMC)

AXISMediaControl(AMC)inInternetExplorerinWindowsistherecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideofromtheAxisproduct.

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TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtocongurevariousvideoandaudiosettings.PleaseseetheAXISMediaControlUser’s
Manualformoreinformation.

TheAMCControlPanelisautomaticallyinstalledonrstuse,afterwhichitcanbecongured.OpentheAMCControlPanelfrom:

•WindowsControlPanel(fromtheStartscreenorStartmenu)

•Alternatively,right-clickthevideoimageinInternetExplorerandclickSettings.

Accessthevideostream

•MotionJPEGserverpush(ifsupportedbytheclient,forexampleChromeorFirefox).ThisoptionmaintainsanopenHTTP

connectiontothebrowserandsendsdataasandwhenrequired,foraslongasrequired.

•StillJPEGimagesinabrowser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

•WindowsMediaPlayer.ThisrequiresthatyouinstallbothAXISMediaControlandtheH.264decoder.Thefollowing

pathscanbeused:

-UnicastviaRTP:axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP:axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP,tunneledviaHTTP:axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

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

•QuickTime

TM

.Thefollowingpathscanbeused:

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

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

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•<ip>=IPaddress

•AxisdevicessupportQuickTime6.5.1andlater.

•QuickTimemayaddlatencytothevideostream.

•ItmaybepossibletouseotherplayerstoviewtheH.264streamusingthepathsabove,althoughAxisdoesnotguarantee
this.

AccessAudioStreams

TheLiveViewpageprovidesaccesstoaudiothroughAXISMediaControl;inadditionaudiocanbeaccessedinthefollowingways:

•VAPIX®ApplicationProgrammingInterface(API)Formoreinformation,visitwww.axis.com/developer

•WindowsMediaPlayersupportssimplexaudio.Thefollowingpathscanbeused:

-UnicastviaRTP:axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP:axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP,tunneledviaHTTP:axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

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

•QuickTime

TM

supportsG.7 11andAACaudioencoding.Thefollowingpathscanbeused:

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

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

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Howtosetuptheproduct

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredbyuserswithadministratororoperatorrights.Toopentheproduct’ssetuppages,clickSetupin
thetopright-handcorneroftheliveviewwindow.

•Administratorshaveunrestrictedaccesstoallsettings.

•Operatorshaverestrictedaccesstosettings,seeUsersonpage64

Seealsotheonlinehelp

.

Howtoperformabasicsetup

BasicSetupprovidesshortcutstothesettingsthatshouldbemadebeforeusingtheAxisproduct:

1.Users.Seepage64.

2.TCP/IP.Seepage67.

3.Date&Time.Seepage66.

4.VideoStream.Seepage22.

5.Audiosettings.Seepage30.

6.VoIPSettings.Seepage33.

TheBasicSetupmenucanbedisabledfromSystemOptions>Security>Users.

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VideoandAudio

Thevideoandaudiosettingscanbeusedtooptimizevideoandaudioquality.Youcancongurethefollowing:

•Videostreamsettings.Seepage22.

•Streamproles.Seepage25.

•ONVIFMediaProles.Seepage25.

•Camerasettings.Seepage25.

•Viewareas.Seepage27.

•Overlayimage.Seepage28.

•Privacymask.Seepage30.

•Audiosettings.Seepage30.

•Audioclips.Seepage32.

Howtosetupvideostreams

Tosetuptheproduct’svideostreams,gotoVideo&Audio>VideoStream.

Thevideostreamsettingsaredividedintothefollowingtabs:

•Image.Seepage22.

•Audio.Seepage30.

•H.264.Seepage23.

•MJPEG.Seepage25.

Pixelcounter

Thepixelcountershowsthenumberofpixelsinanareaoftheimage.Thepixelcounterisusefulinsituationswherethereis
aspecicsizerequirement,forexampleinfacerecognition.

Thepixelcountercanbeused:

•Whensettingupavideostream,Video&Audio>VideoStream.UnderPreview,clickOpenandselecttheShowpixel

counteroptiontoenabletherectangleintheimage.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle,orenterthenumber
ofpixelsintheWidthandHeighteldsandclickApply.

•WhenaccessingtheLiveViewpageinInternetExplorerwithAXISMediaControl(AMC)inWindows.Right-clickinthe

imageandselectPixelcounter.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle.

Image

ThedefaultimagesettingscanbeconguredunderVideo&Audio>VideoStream.SelecttheImagetab.

Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:

•Resolution.Selectthedefaultresolution.

•Compression.Thecompressionlevelaffectstheimagequality,bandwidthandlesizeofsavedimages;thelowerthe

compression,thehighertheimagequalitywithhigherbandwidthrequirementsandlargerlesizes.

•Mirrorimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanbemirrored.

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•Rotateimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanberotated.

•Maximumframerate.Toavoidbandwidthproblems,theframerateallowedtoeachviewercanbeLimitedtoaxed

amount.Alternatively,theframeratecanbesetasUnlimited,whichmeanstheAxisproductalwaysdeliversthehighest
frameratepossibleunderthecurrentconditions.

•Overlaysettings.SeeAboutoverlaytextonpage28.

ClickSavetoapplythenewsettings.

H.264

H.264,alsoknownasMPEG-4Part10/AVC,isavideocompressionstandardthatprovideshighqualityvideostreamsatlowbitrates.
AnH.264videostreamconsistsofdifferenttypesofframessuchasI-framesandP-frames.AnI-frameisacompleteimage,whereas
P-framesonlycontainthedifferencesfrompreviousframes.

GOPlength

AGroupofPictures(GOP)containsoneI-framefollowedbyanumberofP-frames.TheGOPlengthisthenumberofframes
betweentwoI-frames.

EqualvaluesforGOPlengthandframerateresultinoneGOPpersecond.AhigherGOPlengthvalueresultsinmoresmall-sized
P-framesandfewerlarge-sizedI-frameswhilekeepingthesameframerate.Inotherwords,ahighGOP-lengthvaluesaves
bandwidth,butthevideoqualitymaydecrease.AlowGOP-lengthvalueincreasesthevideoqualitybutrequiresmorebandwidth.

H.264proles

TheAxisproductsupportsthefollowingH.264prole(s):

•Baseline:UsetheBaselineproleiftheclientdoesnotsupportCABACentropycoding.

•Main:TheMainproleusesCABACandprovidesabettercompressionwithmaintainedvideoquality.Itrequiresalarger

amountofprocessingpowertodecodethantheBaselineprole.

•High:TheHighproleprovidesahighercompressionthanbothMainandBaselineproles,butrequiresmoreprocessing

powertodecode.Highprolesupports8x8blocks,whichreducesthebitratefurthercomparedtotheMainprole.

Bitratecontrol

Bitratecontrolisusefultomakesurethevideostreamingdoesnottakeuptoomuchbandwidth.

Variablebitrate

Variablebitrate(VBR)adjuststhebitrateaccordingtotheimagecomplexity.Whentheactivityinthesceneincreases,VBRadjusts
thebitrateaccordingtothecomplexity,usingupmorebandwidthforincreasedactivityinthescene,andlessforlowersceneactivity.
Variablebitrateissuitableifthereisasurplusinbandwidth,wheretheincreasedbitratemaynotbeanissue.

Maximumbitrate

Ifyouhavelimitedbandwidth,werecommendMaximumbitrate(MBR).MBRallowsyoutosetatargetbitratetocontrolthe
bandwidthconsumption.Thetargetvaluelimitsthebitrate,butitmaintainsaexibilitytobeabletoprioritizeacontinuousvideo
stream.Consequently,theframeratemightneedtogodownandtheimagequalitymightdecrease.Topartlycompensateforthis,
youcanselectwhichvariableshallbeprioritized.Notsettingaprioritymeansthatframerateandimagequalityareequallyaffected.

Aboutconstantbitrate

HowtosetanH.264prole

1.TochangethesettingsforallH.264streamsthatdonotuseastreamprole,gotoVideo&Audio>VideoStream>H.264.

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2.ToincreaseordecreasethenumberofframesperGOP,settheGOPlength.

3.SelectoneoftheH.264proles.

4.Selectoneofthefollowing:

-Variablebitrate

-Maximumbitrate

5.IfyouselectMaximumbitrate,selectwhichvariabletoprioritizeinthePrioritydrop-downlist.

6.ClickSave.

Howtoincludecurrentbitrateinatextoverlay

1.GotoVideo&Audio>VideoStream>OverlaySettings.

2.IntheIncludetexteldenter#b.

3.ClickSave.

AxisZipstreamtechnology

AxisZipstreamtechnologyisabitratereductiontechnologyoptimizedforvideosurveillance.Zipstreamreducestheaveragebitrate
intheH.264streambyremovingunnecessarydata,whichmakesitpossibletostreamhigherresolutions,reducestoragecost
orkeeprecordingsforalongertime.

Toreducetheaveragebitrate,Zipstreamreducesthebitrateinareasoftheimagethatarelessinterestingfromavideosurveillance
perspective,forexamplethebackground.Imagedetailsthatareimportantforforensicvideoanalysis,forexamplefacesand
licenseplates,areencodedwithahigherbitrate.

AxisZipstreamtechnologyforH.264conformstotheH.264standardandiscompatiblewiththird-partyclientsandVMSsolutions
thatdecodeH.264video.

Recommendeduseofbitratereduction

Zipstreamoffersanumberofbitratereductionpresets,fromLowtoExtreme.Lowbitratereductionisenabledbydefaultandis
safetouseinallapplicationswhilestillreducingthebitrate.

WerecommendusingtheExtremebitratereductiontomaximizestoragetimeforcloud-connectedcamerasorcamerasusingedge
storage.Thissettingissuitabletocombinewithmotiondetectiontriggeringandvariablebitrate(VBR)wherethebitrateisallowed
toadapttochangesincomplexityinthescene.

HowtosavebandwidthandstorageusingZipstream

ThebitratecontrollerbuiltintotheproductcanbecombinedwithZipstreamtoensureamaximumbitrate(MBR)limit.We
recommendusingVBRorMBRwithahighbitratelimittoenablethefullpotentialofZipstream.

Forinstanceinrailwaysurveillancewhereattimesthereisalotofmovementinthesceneandwhereitisimportanttocapture
details,suchasfacialfeatures,theMBRshouldbesetto10Mbit/s(for1080presolutionat30fps).

TofurthersavebandwidthgotoSetup>Video&Audio>VideoStreamanddooneormoreofthefollowing:

•GototheImagetabandsetalowMaximumframeratevalue.

•GototheH.264tabandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.

•GototheZipstreamtabandselectExtremeH.264bitratereduction.

•GototheZipstreamtab.EnableDynamicGOPandsetahighMaxdynamicGOPlengthvalue.

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Alwaysverifythatthevideostreammeetsthequalityrequirementsforyoursurveillancepurposesafterchangingthevideostream
settings.

MJPEGsettings

Sometimestheimagesizeislargeduetolowlightorcomplexscenery.Adjustingthemaximumframesizehelpstocontrolthe
bandwidthandstorageusedbytheMotionJPEGvideostreaminthesesituations.SettingtheframesizetotheDefaultsetting
providesconsistentlygoodimagequalityattheexpenseofincreasedbandwidthandstorageusageinlowlight.Limitingtheframe
sizeoptimizesbandwidthandstorageusage,butmayresultinpoorimagequality.

Streamproles

Astreamproleisasetofpredenedstreamsettingsincludingresolution,compression,framerateandoverlaysettings.Stream
prolescanbeused:

•Whensettinguprecordingusingactionrules.SeeSetuprulesandalertsonpage54.

•Whensettingupcontinuousrecording.SeeContinuousrecordingonpage62.

•IntheLiveViewpage–selectthestreamprolefromtheStreamproledrop-downlist.

Tocreateanewproleormodifyanexistingprole,gotoSetup>Video&Audio>StreamProles.

ToselectadefaultstreamprolefortheLiveViewpage,gotoSetup>LiveViewCong.

AboutONVIFmediaproles

AnONVIFmediaproleconsistsofasetofcongurationsthatcanbeusedtochangemediastreamsettings.ONVIFmediaproles
canbeusedbyaclienttoconguremediastreamproperties.

TheONVIFMediaProlespagelistsallpreconguredproles.Theseprolesareincludedintheproductforquicksetup.Youcan
add,modifyorremoveONVIFmediaprolesfromthispage.

Camerasettings

TheVideo&Audio>CameraSettingspageprovidesaccesstoadvancedimagesettingsfortheAxisproduct.

Aboutcapturemodes

Thecapturemodesettingreducesimageickerinuorescentlightenvironmentsasimagedataissampledataratethatmatches
thelocalpowerlinefrequency.Capturemodeissetthersttimetheproductisaccessed.Selectthecapturemodewiththe
powerlinefrequency(50Hzor60Hz)usedatthelocationoftheAxisproductandclickOK.Whenusing50Hz,themaximum
framerateislimitedto25fps(withWDR)and50fps(withoutWDR).Whenusing60Hz,themaximumframerateislimitedto
20fps(withWDR)and30fps(withoutWDR).

Note

Powerlinefrequencyisdifferentindifferentgeographicregions.IntheAmericas,60Hzisusuallyused;mostotherpartsof
theworlduse50Hz.Localvariationsmayapply,alwayscheckwiththelocalauthorities.

Tochangecapturemode,followthesesteps:

1.GotoSetup>Video&Audio>CameraSettings.

2.Selectthenewcapturemode.

3.ClickSave.

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Imageappearance

TochangeImageAppearancegotothemenusunderSetup>Video&Audio>CameraSettings.

IncreasingtheColorlevelincreasesthecolorsaturation.Thevalue100producesmaximumcolorsaturationandthevalue0
resultsinablackandwhiteimage.

TheimageBrightnesscanbeadjustedintherange0–100,whereahighervalueproducesabrighterimage.

IncreasingtheSharpnesscanincreasebandwidthusage.Asharperimagemightincreaseimagenoiseespeciallyinlowlight
conditions.Alowersettingreducesimagenoise,butthewholeimagewillappearlesssharp.

TheContrastchangestherelativedifferencebetweenlightanddark.Itcanbeadjustedusingtheslidebar.

LocalContrastappliescontrasttoaspecicareaoftheimage.Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrast,whereahighervalueproduces
animagewithhighcontrastbetweenthedarkandlightareasandissuitableforsceneswithwidedynamicrange.

Aboutimagecorrection

TochangethesesettingsgotoSetup>Video&Audio>CameraSettings.

BarrelDistortionCorrection

Barreldistortionisalenseffectthatcausesanimagetolookcurved.Theextentofdistortiondependsonthezoomlevel.

Toeditbarreldistortionsettings,clickEditfromVideo&Audio>CameraSettings>ImageCorrection.IntheBarrelDistortion
Correctionwindow,adjusttheslidertocorrectthedistortion,usingthegridforassistance.

Note

Barreldistortioncorrectionalsoaffectsimagewidth,height,andresolution.Ahigherlevelmeansthattheimagewidth
isretainedattheexpenseofimageheightandresolution.Alowerlevelmeansthatimageheightandresolutionare
retainedattheexpenseofimagewidth.

EnableDefog

EnablethisfeaturefromVideo&Audio>CameraSettingstocountertheeffectsoffoggyweatherandforaclearimage.
Alternatively,clicktheDefogbuttonintheproduct’sLiveViewpage.ThisbuttoncanbeconguredtoappearintheLiveViewpage
fromLiveViewCong>LiveViewLayout.UsetheDefogEffectslidertoadjustthedegreeofcorrectionasrequired.

Note

Toomuchbrightnesscannegativelyimpactimagequalitywhendefogisactive.

Whitebalance

TochangethissettinggotoSetup>Video&Audio>CameraSettings

Whitebalanceisusedtomakecolorsintheimageappearthesameregardlessofthecolortemperatureofthelightsource.TheAxis
productcanbesettoautomaticallyidentifythelightsourceandcompensateforitscolor.Alternatively,selectthetypeoflight

sourcefromthedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seetheonlinehelp

ThewhitebalancewindowisenabledfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptionsthatappearintheWhitebalancedrop-down
list.Selectoneoftheoptionsfromthedrop-downlisttosetthewhitebalancewindowproperties.SelectAutomatictousethe
defaultsettingsfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptions(intheWhitebalancedrop-downlist).SelectCustomtomanually
setareferencewindowforwhitebalanceintheviewarea.

.

WideDynamicRange

Widedynamicrange(WDR-ForensicCapture)providesbalancedimagesinsceneswhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetween
lightanddarkareasintheimage.Thecameraautomaticallyhandlesthetransitionbetweensuchscenesandlow-lightconditions.In
complexlightconditionsdisablingWDRmightgiveabetterimage.

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Important

UseWDRincombinationwithautomaticexposurecontrol.Otherexposuresettingscouldproduceundesirableresults.

UsetheHighlightsrecoveryslidertoimprovetheimageappearancebydecreasingbrightnessinthebrightpartsoftheimage.

UsetheShadowsrecoveryslidertoimprovetheimageappearancebyincreasingbrightnessinthedarkpartsoftheimage.

Exposuresettings

Exposureistheamountoflightthecamera’ssensorcapturesforascene.Toomuchlightresultsinawashedoutimageandtoo
littlelightresultsinadarkimage.

Exposurecontrol-Selectasuitableoptiontocontrolexposure.
Formostscenes,theAutomaticoptionwillprovidethebestresults.Theshutterspeedisautomaticallysettoproduceoptimum
imagequality .Fluorescentlampsorotherlightsourcescansometimescauseickeringintheimage.Toreduceickerintheimage,
selecttheFlickeroptionthatmatchesthepowerlinefrequency.
TheHoldcurrentoptionlocksthecurrentexposuresettings.

Howtosetupnormalandlowlight

WhenShutterandGainarebothsettoAuto,itispossibletosetthePrioritybetweenlowmotionblurandlownoisemanuallyandto
useadifferentPriorityinNormalLightandinLowLight.

Example

Consideranareawherepeopleorvehiclesmoveduringtheday,butwherethereshouldbenomovementatnight.Tobeableto,
forexample,recognizefacesorlicenseplates,movethenormallightpriorityslidertowardlowmotionblur.Atnighttime,motion
detectionismoreimportantthanidentication.Motionblurisacceptableandsincelowlightcancausealotofnoise,move
thelowlightpriorityslidertowardlownoise.

Normallightpriority

1.UsetheslidertosetthePrioritybetweenLowmotionblurandLownoise.Whenprioritizinglownoise(slideralltheway

totheleft),thecamerawillautomaticallydecreaseshutterspeedasbrightnessdecreases.Whentheshutterspeedreaches
1/30s,thecameraincreasesgainuntilthesetmaximumgainfornormallightisreached.

Lowlightpriority

2.UsetheslidertosetthePrioritybetweenLowmotionblurandLownoise.Whenprioritizinglowmotionblur(slider

allthewaytotheright),thecameraautomaticallyincreasesgainasbrightnessdecreases.Whenthegainreachesthe
setmaximumgainforlowlight,thecamerawilldecreaseshutterspeeduntilthesetmaximumshutterforlowlightis
reached.Thisisthedefaultprioritysettingforlowlight.

3.SelecttheMaxgainvaluefromthedrop-downlist.Thisdenestheupperlimitforgaininthecontextofnormallight.

4.Maxfastshuttersetstheshutterspeedlimitinnormallight.Dependingonthescenario,theshutterspeedlimitmayneed

tobedened.ThisisdonethroughSystemOptions>Advanced>PlainCong.

ViewArea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.EachviewareaistreatedasavideosourceinLiveViewandhasitsownvideo
streamandPTZsettings.

Whensettingupaviewarea,itisrecommendedthatthevideostreamresolutionisthesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Settingthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
requiringmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Toenable,gotoVideo&Audio>CameraSettingsandselectEnableViewAreas.

Toaddanewviewarea:

1.GotoVideo&Audio>ViewArea.

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