Axis All Camera Station Q61s Speed Dry integration in AXIS Camera Station

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Please note that AXIS does not take any responsibility for how this configuration may affect
your system. If the modification fails or if you get other unexpected results, you may have to
restore the factory default settings as described in the User’s manual.

Axis Camera Station Action Button to activate Speed Dry on Axis Q61

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Axis Camera Station Action Button to activate Speed Dry on Axis Q61 ....................................................... 1

Configuration on Q61 ................................................................................................................................ 2

Configuration in Axis Camera Station 4 .................................................................................................... 2

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Please note that AXIS does not take any responsibility for how this configuration may affect
your system. If the modification fails or if you get other unexpected results, you may have to
restore the factory default settings as described in the User’s manual.

Configuration on Q61

There is no additional configuration necessary on Q61. Speed Dry in general is enabled per default as
well as usable in the Live View of the camera.

The VAPIX Call to trigger a Speed Dry operation is:

http://ip-address/axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi?auxiliary=speeddry

Configuration in Axis Camera Station 4

We want to activate Speed dry via Action Button in Live View of Axis Camera Station. Therefore, follow
the generic steps to create an Action Button with HTTP-Notification and enter the following
configuration:

Please enter the following VAPIX Call into the URL field and enter a valid IP-address:

http://ip-address/axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi?auxiliary=speeddry

To be able to trigger Speed Dry on Q61 you can use any user with permission to control the PTZ (e.g. root

user). A dedicated user needs to have the box “Enable PTZ Control” ticked when configuring the user on

Q61.