Axis Communications 0417-004 User manual

USER'S MANUAL

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

About this document

This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P7214 Video Encoder, and is applicable to ﬁrmware 5.40 and later. It includes instructions for using and managing the product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product. Some knowledge of UNIX or Linux-based systems may also be beneﬁcial, for developing shell scripts and applications. Later version of this document will be posted to the Axiswebsite,asrequired.Seealso the product’s online help, available via the w eb-based interface.

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AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Table of Contents

HardwareOverview .......................................... 4

Connectors .................................................... 4

LEDIndicators .................................................. 5

AccessingtheProduct ....................................... 6

AccessfromaBrowser ........................................... 6

AccessfromtheInternet .......................................... 7

SettheRootPassword ........................................... 7

TheLiveViewPage .............................................. 8

MediaStreams ............................................. 11

HowtoStreamH.264 ............................................ 11

MJPEG ........................................................ 11

AXISMediaControl(AMC) ........................................ 11

AlternativeMethodsofAccessingtheVideoStream .................... 12

AccessingAudioStreams ......................................... 13

SettingUptheProduct ...................................... 14

BasicSetup .................................................... 14

VideoandAudio ............................................ 15

VideoStream ................................................... 15

Quadstream ................................................... 16

Stream Proﬁles ................................................. 16

CameraSettings ................................................ 17

PrivacyMask ................................................... 17

Overlay ........................................................ 17

AudioSettings .................................................. 18

AudioClips .................................................... 20

Live View Conﬁg ............................................ 21

PTZ(PanTiltZoom) ......................................... 24

PresetPositions ................................................. 24

Advanced ...................................................... 24

ControlQueue .................................................. 25

Detectors .................................................. 26

CameraTampering .............................................. 26

MotionDetection ............................................... 26

AudioDetection ................................................ 28

Events .................................................... 29

SettingUpanActionRule ........................................ 30

Recipients ..................................................... 30

Schedules ...................................................... 31

Recurrences .................................................... 31

Recordings ................................................. 32

RecordingList .................................................. 32

ContinuousRecording ............................................ 32

SystemOptions ............................................. 34

Security ....................................................... 34

Date&Time .................................................... 35

Network ....................................................... 36

Storage ....................................................... 40

Ports&Devices ................................................. 41

Maintenance ................................................... 42

Support ....................................................... 43

Advanced ...................................................... 44

ResettoFactoryDefaultSettings ................................... 44

Troubleshooting ............................................ 45

CheckingtheFirmware ........................................... 45

UpgradingtheFirmware .......................................... 45

EmergencyRecoveryProcedure .................................... 45

Symptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActions ..................... 46

Technical Speciﬁcations ...................................... 50

PerformanceConsiderations ....................................... 51

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Hardware Overview

IN 1 IN 2 OUT 1

Audio input 1

Audio input 2

Audio output 1

Video input connectors

LED indicators for power, status, network

Mounting holes

SD card slot (microSD )

I/O connector

RS-485/RS-422 connector

10.

Control button

11.

Power connector

12.

Network connector (PoE)

Connectors

For technical speciﬁcations, see

Network connector - RJ-45 Ethernet connector. Supports Power over Ethernet (PoE).

NOTICE

Due to local regulations or the environmental and electrical conditions in which the product is to be used, a shielded network cable (STP) may be appropriate or required. A ny network cables that are routed in outdoor environments or similar shall be shielded (STP) and intended for their speciﬁc use. Make sure that the network switch is properly grounded. See for regulatory requirements.

Audio in (pink) - 3.5 mm input for a m ono microphone, or a line-in mono signal (left channel is used from a stereo signal).

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Audio out (green) - 3.5 mm output for audio (line level) that can be connected to a public address (PA) system or an active s peaker with a built-in am pliﬁer. A stereo connector must be used for audio out.

SD card slot - A standard or high-capacity SD card (not included) can be used for local recording with removable storage.

OTICE

To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should be unmounted before removal. To unmount, go to Setup > System Options > Storage > SD Card and click Unmount.

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Hardware Overview

Control button - The control button is used for:

• ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice. See 1 second until the Status LED ﬂashes green.

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. To connect, press and hold the button for about

• ConnectingtoAXISInternetDynamicDNSService. See about 3 seconds.

• Resetting the product to factory default settings. See

Power connector - 2-pin terminal block for power input.

I/O terminal connector - Use in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, time lapse recording and alarm notiﬁcations.

In addition to an auxiliary power and a GND pin, the I/O terminal connector provides the interface to:

• Digital output – For connecting external devices such as relays and LEDs. Connected devices can be activated by the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface, output buttons on the Live View page or by an Action Rule. The output will show as active (shown under System Options > Ports & Devices) if the alarm device is activated.

• Digital input – An alarm inpu t for connecting devices that can toggle between an open and closed circuit, for example: PIRs, door/window contacts, glass break detectors, etc. When a signal is received the state changes and the input becomes active (shown under System Options > Ports & Devices).

RS-485/RS-422 connector - Two 2- pin terminal blocks for RS-485/RS-422 serial interface used to control a uxiliary equipment, e.g. PTZ devices.

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. To connect, press and hold the button for

LED Indicators

LED

Network

Status

Power

Color

Green

Amber

Unlit No network connection.

Green Steady green for n ormal operation.

Amber

Red

Green

Amber

Indication

Steady for connection to a 100 MBit/s network. Flashes for netw ork activity.

Steady for connection to a 10 MBit/s network. Flashes for network activity.

Steady during startup and when restoring settings.

Slow ﬂash for failed upgrade.

Normal operation.

Flashes green/amber during ﬁrmware upgrade.

Note

• The Status LED can b e conﬁgured to be unlit during normal operation. To conﬁgure, go to Setup > System Options > Ports & Devices > LED. See the online help for more information.

• The Status LED can be conﬁgured to ﬂash for identifying the unit. Go to Setup > System O ptions > Maintenance .

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Accessing the Product

To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the product.

The product can be u sed with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Ex plore r with Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Firefox with other operating systems. See Internet Explorer, allow install ation of AXIS Media Control (AMC) when prompted.

Note

• QuickTime

• If your computer restricts the use of additional software components, the product can be conﬁgured to use a Java applet for viewing Motion JPEG.

is also supported for viewing H.264 streams and for audio.

Access from a Browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).

2. Enter the IP address o r host name of the Axis product in the browser’s Location/Address ﬁeld. To access the product from a Macintosh computer (M ac OS X), click on the Bonjour tab and select the product from the drop-down list.

Technical Speciﬁcations, on page 50

.Toviewstreamingvideoin

If you do not know the IP address, use AXIS IP Utility to locate the product on the network. For more information on how to discover and assign an IP address, refer to the Installation Guide.

3. Enter your user name and password. If this is the ﬁrst time the product is accessed, the root password must ﬁrst be conﬁgured; for instructions see

4. The product’s Live View page appears in your browser.

Note

The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet speciﬁc installation requirements and user preferences. Consequently, some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page.

Set the Root Password, on page 7

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Accessing the Product

Access from the Internet

Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you must conﬁgure your network router to allow incoming data trafﬁc to the pr oduct. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically conﬁgure the router to allow access to the product. This is enabled from Setup > System Options >

Network > TCP/IP Adva n c ed.

For more information, please see www.axiscam.net For Technical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at www.axis.com/techsup

NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4, on page 38

. See also AXIS Internet Dynamic D NS Service at

Set the Root Password

To gain access to the Axis product, you must set the password for the default administrator user root. This is done in the Conﬁgure Root Password dialog, which appears when the pro

To prevent network eavesdropping certiﬁcate. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) is a protocol used to encrypt trafﬁc between web browsers and servers. The HTTPS certiﬁcate ensures encrypted exchange of information.

To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the ﬁrst dialog.

To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, follow these steps:

1. Click Create self-signed certiﬁcate.

2. Provide the requested information and click OK.Thecertiﬁcate is created and the password can now be set securely. All trafﬁcto

3. Ente

and from the product is encrypted from this point on.

rapasswordandthenre-entertoconﬁrm the spelling. Click OK. The password has now been conﬁgured.

, the root password can be set via an encrypted HTTPS connection, which requires an HTTPS

duct is accessed for the ﬁrst time.

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Accessing the Product

Note

• The default administrator user name root is permanent and cannot be deleted.

• If the password for root is lost, the product m ust be reset to the factory default settings. See

Settings, on page 44

Reset to Factory Default

TheLiveViewPage

Controls on the Live View Page

The Stream Proﬁle drop-d own list allows you to select a customized or pre-programmed stream proﬁle. Stream proﬁles are conﬁgured under Video & Audio > Stream Proﬁles.See

Click Pulse to activate the output for a deﬁned period of time, such as switching on an exte rnal light for 20 seconds .

Click the Active/Inactive buttons to manu on and off.

The Manual Trigger button is used to trigger an action rule from the Live View page, see .

ally start and stop a connected device — e.g. switch an external light

Stream Proﬁles, on page 16

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Accessing the Product

Click Snapshot to save a snapshot of the video image. Right-click the video im age to save it in JPEG format on your computer. This button is primarily intended for use when the AX IS Media Control viewer toolbar is not available. Enable this button from Live View Conﬁg > Action Buttons.

The Audio clip drop-down list allows you to play an audio clip from the Live View page. Select the audio clip and click the Play button.

AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar

The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only. See information. The toolbar displays the following buttons:

The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream.

The Stop button stops the media stream.

The Snapshot button takes a snapshot of the video image. The locationwheretheimageissavedcanbespeciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel.

Click the View F ull Screen button and the video image will ﬁll the entire screen. Press ESC (Escape) on the computer keyboard to cancel full screen view.

The Record button is used to record the current video stream. The location w h er e the recording is saved can be speciﬁed in the AMC Control Panel.

AMC Audio Controls

AMC audio buttons control the speakers and microphone connected to the client computer. The buttons are only visible when audio is enabled.

Speaker button — Click to turn the speakers on or off.

Microphone button – Click to mute or unmute the microphone. In

buttons must both be active to send audio to the Axis product. Click either button to stop audio transmission.

AXIS Media Control (AMC), on page 11

Simplex - speaker only mode

,theMicrophone and Talk

for more

Use the slider to control the volume of the speakers and the microphone.

Half-duplex mode

The Talk/Listen button is used to switch betw from the Audio tab in the AMC Control panel:

• Push-To-Talk mode: Click and hold the button to talk/send. Release the button to listen.

• Toggle mode: Click once to switch betwee

een sending and r eceiving audio. The button can be conﬁgured

n talking and listening.

Simplex – speaker only mode

To send audio, the Talk and Microphone buttons must both be active. Click either button to stop audio transmission.

PTZ Controls

TheLiveViewpagealsod System Options > Security > Users.

With the PTZ Control Queue enabled the time each user is in control of the PTZ settings is limited. Click the buttons to request or release control of the PTZ controls. The PTZ Control Queue is set up under PTZ > Control Queue.

isplays Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) controls. The administrator can enable/disable controls for speciﬁed users under

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Accessing the Product

Click the Emulate joystick mode button and click in the image to move the camera view in the direction of the mouse pointer.

Click the Center mode button and click in the image to center the camera view on that position. The center mode button could also be used to zoom in on a speciﬁc area. Click in the image and drag to draw a rectangle surrounding theareatobemagniﬁed. To zoom out, rotate the mouse w h eel.

Click the Ctrl panel button to open the PTZ control panel which pro v ides additional PTZ controls. User-deﬁned buttons can also appear in the Control panel. See

Select the video channel or a PTZ preset position to s teer the camera view to the saved position. See

Preset Positions, on page 24

Pan and Tilt b ars – U se the arrows to pan and tilt the camera view, or click on a position on the bar to steer the camera view to that position.

Zoom bar – Use the arrows to zoom in and out, or click on a position on the bar to zoom to that position.

Controls, on page 25

Focus bar – Use the arrows to focus the camera, or click on a position on the bar to set the focus position. Using the focus bar will disable the product’s autofocus. To re-enable, use the PTZ control panel which is opened by clicking the Ctrl panel button (see above).

Iris bar – Click on a position on the iris bar to change the degree to which the iris is opened. This will disable the product’s auto iris. To re-enable, use the PTZ control panel which is opened by clicking the Ctrl panel button (see above).

The PTZ controls can b e disabled under PTZ > Advanced > Controls,see

Controls, on page 25

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Media Streams

The Axis product provides several audio and video stream formats. Your requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use.

The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, audio streamsandtothelistofavailable stream proﬁles. Other applications and clients can access video and audio streams directly, without going via the Live View page.

How to S tream H.264

The video com pression standard H.264 makes good use of bandwidth, and can provide high quality video streams at less than 1 Mbit/s.

Deciding which combination of protocols and methods to use depends on your viewing requirements, a nd on the properties of your network. The available options in AXIS Media Control are:

Unicast RTP

RTP over RTSP

RTP over RTSP over HTTP

Multicast RTP

AXIS Media Control negotiates with the Axis product to determine the tra nspo rt protocol to use. The order of priority, listed in the AMC Control Panel, can be changed and the options disabled, to suit speciﬁc requirements.

Note

H.264 is licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.264 vie wi n g client license. Installing ad ditional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To

This unicast method (RTP over UDP) is used for live unicast video, especially when it is important to always have an up-to-date video stream, even if some images are dropped.

This unicast method (RTP tunneled over RTSP) is useful as it is relatively simple to conﬁgure ﬁrewallstoallowRTSPtrafﬁc.

This unicast method can be used to traverse ﬁrewalls. Firewalls are commonly conﬁgured to allow the HTTP protocol, thus allowing RTP to be tunneled.

This method (RTP over UDP) should be used for live multicast video. The video stream is always up-to-date, even if some images are dropped. Multicasting provides the most efﬁcient usage of bandwidth when there are large numbers of clients viewing simultaneously. A multicast cannot however, pass a network router unless the router is conﬁ gured to allow this. It is not possible to multicast over the Internet, for example. Note also that all multicast viewers count as one unicast viewer in the maximum total of 20 simultaneous connections.

purchase additional licenses, c o n tact your Axis reseller.

Unicasting is used for video-on-demand transmission so that there is no video trafﬁc on the network until a client connects and requests the stream. Note that there are a maximum of 20 simultaneous unicast connections.

MJPEG

This format uses standard JPEG still imag es for the video stream. These images are then displayedandupdatedataratesufﬁcient to create a stream that shows constantly updated motion.

The Motion JPEG stream uses considerable amounts of bandwidth, but provides excellent image qualityandaccesstoeveryimage contained in the stream. The recommended method of accessing Motion JPEG live video from the Axis product is to use the AXIS Media Control in Internet Explorer in W ind ow s.

AXIS Media Control (AMC)

AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Internet Exp lorer in W indows is the recommended method of accessing live video from the Axis product.

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Media Streams

TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtoconﬁgure various video and audio settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information.

The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on ﬁrst use, after which it can be conﬁgured. Open the AMC Control Panel from:

• Windows Control Panel (from the Start m enu)

• Alternatively, right-click the video image in Internet Explorer and click Settings.

Alternative Methods of A ccessing the Video Stream

You can also access video and images from the Axis product in the following ways:

• Motion JPEG server push (if supported by the client, Firefox, for example). This option maintains an open H TTP connection to the browser and sends data as and when required, for as long as required.

• Still JPEG images in a browser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

• Windows Media Player. This requires AXIS Media Control and the H.264 decoder to be installed. The following paths can be used:

- Unicast via RTP: axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

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

• QuickTime

. The following paths can be used:

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

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

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Media Streams

Note

• <ip>= IP addess

• The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later.

• QuickTime ad ds latency to the video stream.

• It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths above, although A xis does not guarantee this.

Accessing Audio Streams

The Live View page provides access to audio through A XIS Media Control; in addition audio c an be accessed in the following wa ys:

• VAPIX® Application Programming Interface (API) For more information, visit www.axis.com/developer

• Windows Media Player supports simplex audio. The following paths can be used:

- Unicast via RTP: axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

- Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

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

• QuickTime

•TheJava applet supports simplex audio with G.711 encoding.

supports G.711 and AAC audio encoding. The following paths can be used:

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

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

AXIS P7214 Video Encoder

Setting Up th e Product

Setting Up the Product

The Axis product can be conﬁgured by users with administrator or oper ator rights. To open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page.

• Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings.

• Operators have access to all settings except System Options

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