Axis T8705 Service Manual

AXIST8705VideoDecoder

UserManual

AXIST8705VideoDecoder

TableofContents

Solutionoverview...........................................3

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

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................5

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................5

Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................5

Setup.....................................................6

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................6

Howtocongureamonitor.......................................6

HowtoaddAxiscameras.........................................6

Howtoaddasinglecamera.......................................6

Howtoaddusernamesandpasswordsforcameras....................7

Advancedcamerasettings........................................7

Howtoremoveacamera.........................................7

Troubleshooting............................................8

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................8

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................8

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................8

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................9

Specications..............................................

LED...........................................................10

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

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

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Solutionoverview

Solutionoverview

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Productoverview

Productoverview

1

Networkconnector

2

Powerconnector

3

NetworkLED

4

Restartbutton

5

HDMIconnector

6

Reservedforoperatingsystem

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Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

•Chrome

•Chrome

TM

(recommended),Firefox

TM

(recommended)orSafari

TM

orFirefox

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withotheroperatingsystems.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

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

®

,Edge

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,orOpera

withOSX

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withWindows

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

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:

•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththedevices.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Theadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothe
factorydefaultsettings.

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.

2.Thersttimeyoulogontothedevice,usethedefaultusernamerootandpasswordpass.

3.Typeanewpasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

4.ClickNext.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

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Setup

Setup

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpthroughyourproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Therearetwohelpfeaturesintheuserinterface:

•Togetgeneralinformationaboutthecontrolsoneachpage,click

•Togetdetailedinformationaboutanindividualsetting,click

inthebottomrightcornerofthebrowserwindow.

nexttothesetting.

Howtocongureamonitor

1.GotoDisplay.

2.SelectoneoftheseoptionsunderMultimode:

-Toshowthevideosourcesoneatatimeinsequence,selectSequencer,andsettheintervalthateachsource
isdisplayed.

-Toshowmultiplevideosourcesatthesametime,selectMultiview,andselectalayout.

3.UnderVideooutput,selectaresolutionandrefreshratethatworkswithyourdisplay .Seethedocumentationforyour
display.

HowtoaddAxiscameras

Note

ThecamerawizardonlyworkswithAxiscameras.Addcamerasfromotherbrandsoneatatime.SeeHowtoaddasingle
cameraonpage6.

1.GotoVideosources.

2.ClickCamerawizard.

ThewizardsearchesthenetworkforAxiscameras.

3.Whenyouopenthecamerawizard,theAddcredentialswindowopensautomatically.Ifyoudon’twanttoaddany
credentials,closethewindow.

4.SelectthecamerastoaddandclickConnect.

Thedecoderwilltrytoaccessthecamerawithallsavedcredentials.SeeHowtoaddusernamesandpasswordsfor
camerasonpage7.

5.Toaccessmoresettingsforthecameras,seeAdvancedcamerasettingsonpage7.

Howtoaddasinglecamera

1.GotoVideosources.

2.ClickAddcamera.

-ForanAxiscamera:EnteranameandIPaddressforthecamera.

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-Forotherbrands:Enteraname,aURLthatcanbeusedtoaccessthevideostream,andthecodecusedfor
thestream.

3.Enterausernameandapasswordforthecamera.

4.ClickSaveCamera.

5.Toaccessmoresettingsforthecameras,seeAdvancedcamerasettingsonpage7.

Howtoaddusernamesandpasswordsforcameras

Thedecoderneedsusernamesandpasswordstothecamerasinordertoaccessthevideostreams.

Thedecodercanhavemultiplecredentialssaved.Itwilltrytoaccessallcamerasusingallofthestoredcredentials.

1.GotoVideosources.

2.ClickCamerawizard.

3.Whenyouopenthecamerawizard,theAddcredentialswindowopensautomatically.Tomanuallyopenthewindow,
clickAddunderCredentials.

4.Enteranamefortheaccount,ausername,andapassword.

5.ClickAdd.

Advancedcamerasettings

1.GotoVideosources.

2.Tochangesettingsforavideosource,click

Howtoremoveacamera

1.GotoVideosources.

2.Toremoveavideosource,click

.

.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.

1.GotoMaintenance.

2.SelectDefaultsystemconguration.

3.SelectConrm.

4.ClickSet.

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultwiththerestartbutton.Withthedeviceturnedon,pressandholdthe
restartbuttonfor10seconds.

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware

Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.

2.SelectStatus.

3.ThermwareversionisshownunderVersion.

Howtoupgradethermware

Important

Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Important

Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware

1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware

2.Logintotheproduct.

3.GotoMaintenance.

4.SelectFirmwareupdate,andfollowtheinstructions.Whentheupgradehasnished,theproductrestartsautomatically.

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Troubleshooting

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,theproductreloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Theproductislocatedona
differentsubnet

TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice

PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourproductandtryagain.

IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOS
window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct):

•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstalltheproduct.

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.

Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP

Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Routerconguration

Firewallprotection

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
See.

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas
beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe
network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename
hasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support

CheckthatyourrouterallowsincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct.Theroutermustsupport
UPnP

ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.

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Specifications

Specifications

Tondthelatestversionoftheproduct’sdatasheet,gototheproductpageonaxis.comandlocateSupport&Documentation.

LED

NetworkLEDIndication

RedFlashesfornetworkactivity.

UnlitNonetworkconnection.

Buttons

Restartbutton

Presstherestartbuttontorestarttheproduct.

Pressandholdtherestartbuttonfor10secondstoresetallparameterstofactorydefault.

Connectors

HDMIconnector

UsetheHDMI

Networkconnector

RJ45Ethernetconnector.

Powerconnector

DCconnector.Usethesuppliedadapter.

TM

connectortoconnectadisplayorpublicviewmonitor.

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©AxisCommunicationsAB,2017

Date:November2017

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