Axis P1245 operation manual

AXISP12Series

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UserManual

AXISP12Series

TableofContents

Aboutthismanual..........................................3

Productoverview...........................................4

Aboutthesensorunits...........................................4

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................6

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................6

Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................6

Setup.....................................................8

Productwebpageoverview........................................8

Imagequality...................................................10

Privacymasks..................................................13

Overlays.......................................................13

Streamingandstorage...........................................14

Events........................................................15

Applications....................................................16

Troubleshooting............................................18

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................18

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................18

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................18

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................19

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

Specications..............................................21

LEDindicators..................................................

SDcardslot....................................................

Buttons.......................................................

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

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Aboutthismanual

Aboutthismanual

Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.

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Productoverview

Productoverview

AXISP12MkIIMainUnit

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StatusLED

2

Controlbutton

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RJ12connector

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Networkconnector(PoE)

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SDcardslot(microSDcard)

Aboutthesensorunits

Werecommendthatyouconnectthesensorunitstothemainunitbeforepoweringthemainunit.Ifyoudisconnectasensorunit,
andconnectadifferentsensorunit,itmaybenecessarytorestartthemainunit.

Howtoshortenthesensorunitcable

Note

Thiscablecanonlybeshortened,notextendedormodiedinanyotherway.

Thesensorunitisdeliveredwithacable.Toshortenthecablefollowthesesteps:

1.Cutthecabletothedesiredlength.Measurefromthesensorunit.

2.Striptheplasticoutercoatingfromtheendofthecable.

3.Peelbacktheshield.

4.Flattenthecoloredwiresintheorderdescribedbelow.

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Productoverview

NO

NO NO

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Brown

2

White/brown

3

Notused

4

Notused

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White/blue

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Blue

TICE

TICE TICE

Makesurethatthewiresstayinthecorrectorderandthatthecableshieldmakesgoodcontactwiththeconnectorshield.

5.Insertthewiresallthewayintoashielded6P6CRJ12connector.

6.Useacrimpingtooltofastentheconnectortothecable.

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Windows

•OSX®:Chrome

•Otheroperatingsystems:Chrome

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

®

:Chrome

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

TM

(recommended),Firefox

TM

(recommended)orSafari

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,Edge

,orOpera

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TM

orFirefox

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.

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ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
productpageataxis.com.

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:

•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththedevices.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,thedevicemustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage6.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

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3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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