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TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Productoverview...........................................4
Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................5
Setup.....................................................6
Needmorehelp?................................................6
Imagequality...................................................6
Overlays.......................................................8
Streamingandstorage...........................................9
Events........................................................10
Applications....................................................11
Addaudiotoyourproduct........................................11
Troubleshooting............................................13
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................13
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................13
Upgradethermware............................................13
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................14
Performanceconsiderations.......................................15
Specications..............................................17
LEDIndicators..................................................17
SDcardslot....................................................
Buttons.......................................................
Connectors....................................................
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Productoverview
Productoverview
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StatusLED
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microSDcardslot
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Focusring
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Controlbutton
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Networkconnector(PoE)
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Findthedeviceonthenetwork
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both 
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour 
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com
Accessthedevice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd 
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See 
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage5.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser .
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set 
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey 
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Needmorehelp?
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromthedevice’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationonthedevice’sfeaturesand 
theirsettings.
Imagequality
Selectexposuremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor 
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand 
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Viewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth 
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts 
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea 
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture, 
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy 
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
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Createaprivacymask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
Improvefacialrecognition
Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel 
counter.
1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere 
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof 
therectangle.
Note
Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest 
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange 
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
1.GotoSettings>Image.
2.Ifrequired,turnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.
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ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
Maximizedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.
•Setthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp, 
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
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1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createarule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
8.Typeanamefortherule.
9.Inthelistofconditions,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection.
10.Inthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.
11.Selectaviewarea.
12.Type“Motiondetected”.
13.Settheduration.
14.ClickSave.
Streamingandstorage
Choosevideocompressionformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,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.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
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1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver .
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
Events
Rulesandalerts
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions. 
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects 
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhenitrecords.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetuparule.Theruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertainactions.Rules 
canbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.
2.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe 
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,thentheruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto 
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
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3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
8.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.
9.ClickSave.
Applications
Applications
AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications 
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com
Note
•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify 
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
Addaudiotoyourproduct
Addaudiocapabilitytoyourproduct
EventhoughyourAxisnetworkvideoproducthasnobuilt-inaudiocapability,itisstillpossibletoaddthisfunctionality,byusinga 
productfromtheAXIST61SeriesAudioandI/OInterface(suppliedseparately),whicheffectivelyprovidesmicrophonecapability 
whereitdoesnotexist.
ThissetuprequirestheAXIST61Seriesproduct(2)tobeconnectedbetweenyourAxisnetworkvideodevice(1)andthePoE 
switch(3)providingpower.
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Oncethevariousdevicesarecorrectlyconnected,therewillbeanaudiotabinthesettingsforyourAxisnetworkvideoproduct.
TheAXIST61Seriesproductcanbeusedtogoodeffectinsituationssuchasinterviewrooms.TheAxisnetworkvideoproductis 
mountedonthewallorceilingtogivegoodvisualcoverage,whiletheAXIST61Seriesproductcanbemounted,forexample,onor 
abovetheinterviewtable.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support
Resettofactorydefaultsettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to 
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage4.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset 
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support
Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand 
clickDefault.
Checkthecurrentrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga 
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular 
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.ClickAbout.
Upgradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein 
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Important
Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
Note
Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality 
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthe 
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware
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1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware
2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator .
3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the 
productrestartsautomatically.
AXISDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-device-manager
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support
Problemsupgradingthermware
FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
Thedeviceislocatedona 
differentsubnet
TheIPaddressisbeingused 
byanotherdevice
isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele 
correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.
IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe 
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork 
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.
DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow, 
typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10... 
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork. 
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable 
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.
PossibleIPaddressconict 
withanotherdeviceonthe 
samesubnet
Thedevicecannotbeaccessedfromabrowser
Cannotlogin
TheIPaddresshasbeen 
changedbyDHCP
Certicateerrorwhenusing 
IEEE802.1X
Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress. 
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay 
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.
WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting 
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings. 
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen 
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify 
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe 
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime
®
:
•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.
•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/products/axis-companion
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Problemswithstreaming
MulticastH.264only 
accessiblebylocalclients
NomulticastH.264 
displayedintheclient
PoorrenderingofH.264 
images
Colorsaturationisdifferent 
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Lowerframeratethan 
expected
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe 
deviceneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice 
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver .Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe 
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore 
information.
•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage15.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate. 
Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum 
resolutiondependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.
•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz) 
oftheAxisdevice.
Problemsretrievingadditionalvideostreams
‘VideoError’displayedin 
AXISCompanion,or
‘Stream:Error.Something 
wentwrong.Maybethere 
aretoomanyviewers.’in 
Chrome/Firefox,or
‘503serviceunavailable’ 
errorinQuickTime,or
‘Cameranot 
available’displayedin 
AXISCameraStation,or
‘Errorreadingvideostream’ 
messageinbrowserwhen 
usingtheJavaapplet
Thiscameraisdesignedtodeliveruptofourdifferentstreams.Ifafthuniquestreamisrequested, 
thecamerawillnotbeabletoprovideit,andanerrormessageisdisplayed.Theerrormessage 
dependsonthewaythestreamisrequested.Thestreamsareusedonarstcome,rstserved 
basis.Examplesofinstancesusingastreamare:
•Liveviewinginawebbrowserorotherapplication
•Whilerecording-continuousormotiontriggeredrecording
•Aneventusingimagesonthecamera,forexampleaneventsendingane-mailwithan 
imageeveryhour
•Aninstalledandrunningapplication,suchasAXISVideoMotionDetection,willalways 
consumeavideostream,whetheritisusedornot.Astoppedapplicationdoesnot 
consumeavideostream.
Thecameracandelivermorethanfoursimultaneousstreamsprovidedthecongurationofany 
additionalstreamisidenticaltoanyoftherstfourstreams.Identicalcongurationimpliesexactly 
thesameresolution,framerate,compression,videoformat,rotationetc.Formoreinformationsee 
thewhitepaper“Maxnumberofuniquevideostreamcongurations”,availableataxis.com
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors 
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe 
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe 
bandwidth.
•RotatingthelensmanuallywillresultinbetterperformancecomparedtorotatingtheimagefromtheGUI.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
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•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand 
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat 
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand 
thegeneralperformance.
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Specifications
Specifications
Tondthelatestversionoftheproduct’sdatasheet,gototheproductpageataxis.comandlocateSupport&Documentation.
LEDIndicators
Note
•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.
•TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashforidentifyingtheunit.GotoSettings>System>Plaincong.
StatusLED
Unlit
GreenSteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.
Amber
Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.
RedFirmwareupgradefailure.
Note
Amberisacombinationofredandgreen,andcanbeperceivedaseitherofthesecolorsdependingonviewingangle.
Indication
Connectionandnormaloperation.
Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.
SDcardslot
NO
TICE
NO NO
TICE TICE
•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe
SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.
•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard
fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.
ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.
ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com
trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.
microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare
Buttons
Controlbutton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.
•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe 
statusLEDashesgreen.
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Connectors
HDMIConnector
TheHDMI
Networkconnector
RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).
TM
connectorisnotusedbythisproductanditisnotpossibletogetavideostreamfromit.
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Date:April2019
PartNo.T10129997