Axis C8033 User manual

AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
User Manual
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AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
Safety information
Safety information
Hazard levels
DANGER
Indicates ahazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
WARNING
Indicates ahazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Indicates ahazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
NONO
NOTICETICE TICE
Indicates asituation which, if not avoided, could result in damage to property.
Other message levels
Important
Indicates signicant information which is essential for the product to function correctly.
Note
Indicates useful information which helps in getting the most out of the product.
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AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
Table of Contents
Safety information .......................................... 2
Hazard levels ................................................... 2
Other message levels ............................................. 2
Product overview ........................................... 4
onnectors and Buttons .......................................... 4
LED Indicators .................................................. 4
How to acce the product .................................... 6
How to access the product from a browser ........................... 6
How to access the product from the internet ......................... 6
How to set the root password ..................................... 6
How to et up the product .................................... 7
How to perform a basic setup ..................................... 7
Audio ..................................................... 8
Overview ...................................................... 8
System settings ................................................. 9
................................................. 9 Device settings
lips .......................................................... 10
Detector .................................................. 12
Audio Alarm Level ............................................... 12
Activity ....................................................... 12
Voice over IP (VoIP) ......................................... 13
VoIP Overview Page .............................................. 13
ongure the SIP Settings ........................................ 13
The Account Settings Page ........................................ 15
About application .......................................... 19
About application licenses ........................................ 19
How to upload and start an application ............................. 19
Application onsiderations ........................................ 19
AXIS Audio Player ............................................... 20
About event ............................................... 21
How to set up action rules ........................................ 21
How to add recipients ............................................ 22
How to create schedules .......................................... 23
How to set up recurrences ........................................ 24
About language ............................................ 25
About y tem option ........................................ 26
Security ....................................................... 26
Date & Time .................................................... 27
Network ....................................................... 28
Storage ....................................................... 32
Ports & Devices ................................................. 32
Maintenance ................................................... 33
Support ....................................................... 33
Advanced ...................................................... 34
How to reset to factory default settings ............................. 34
Trouble hooting ............................................ 35
How to check the current rmware ................................. 35
How to upgrade the rmware ..................................... 35
Symptoms, possible causes and remedial actions ...................... 35
Specication .............................................. 37
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AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
roduct overview
roduct overview
1Power connector (DC)
2Network connector
3SD memory card slot
4Status LED nd cator
5Control button
6RCA connector
7Aud o- n connector
8I/O connector
Conne tors and Buttons
Network onne tor
NONO
NOTICETICE TICE
The product shall be connected using ashielded network cable (STP). All cables connecting the product to the network shall
be intended for their specic use. Make sure that the network devices are installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions. For information about regulatory requirements, see the Installation Guide at www.ax s.com.
Control button
For location of the control button, see Product overv ew on page 4.
The control button is used for:
• Resetting the product to factory default settings. See page 34.
• onnecting to an AXIS Video Hosting System service. See page 29.To connect, press and hold the button for about 3
seconds until the Status LED ashes green.
• onnecting to AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service. See page 29.To connect, press and hold the button for about 3seconds.
LED Indi ators
Statu LED Indication
Unlit Unlit for normal operation.
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roduct overview
Green Steady green for normal operation.
Amber Steady during startup and when restoring settings.
Red Slow ash for failed upgrade.
Red/Green Flashes fast between red/green when identifying an audio device is selected.
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AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
How to access the product
How to access the product
To install the Axis product, see the Installation Guide supplied with the product.
How to a ess the produ t from abrowser
1. Start aweb browser.
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the Axis product in the browser’s address eld.
To access the product from aMac computer (OS X), go to Safari, click on Bonjour and select the product from the
drop-down list.
Note
To show Bonjour as abrowser bookmark, go to Safari >Preference .
3. Enter your username and password. If this is the rst time the product is accessed, the root password must rst be
congured.
How to a ess the produ t from the internet
Once connected, you can access the product on your local network (LAN).
To access the product from the internet you must congure your network router to allow incoming data trafc to the product. To do
this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically congure the router to allow access to the product.
This is enabled from .
For more information, see NAT traversal (port mapp ng) for IPv4 on page 30.
For Technical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at www.ax s.com/support
See also AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service at www.ax scam.net
How to set the root password
To access the Axis product, you must set the password for the default administrator user root.This is done in the Congure Root
Pa word dialog, which opens when the product is accessed for the rst time.
To prevent network eavesdropping, the root password can be set via an encrypted HTTPS connection, which requires an HTTPS
certicate. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) is aprotocol used to encrypt trafc between web browsers and servers. The
HTTPS certicate ensures encrypted exchange of information. See HTTPS on page 26.
The default administrator user name root is permanent and cannot be deleted. If the password for root is lost, the product must be
reset to the factory default settings. See How to reset to factory default sett ngs on page 34.
To set the password via astandard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the dialog.
To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, follow these steps:
1. lick U e HTTPS.
Atemporary certicate (valid for one year) is created, enabling encryption of all trafc to and from the product, and the
password can now be set securely.
2. Enter apassword and then re-enter it to conrm the spelling.
3. lick OK.The password has now been congured.
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How to set up the product
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How to set up the product
The Axis product can be congured by users with administrator rights. Go to Setup >Ba ic Setup >1U er to administer users.
•Admini trator have unrestricted access to all settings.
See also the online help
How to perform abasi setup
Basic Setup provides shortcuts to the settings that should be made before using the Axis product:
1. Users. See page 26.
2. T P/IP.See page 28.
3. Date &Time. See page 27.
4. VoIP Settings. See page 13.
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AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
Audio
Audio
The audio settings can be used to adjust audio quality. You can congure the following:
• Overview. See Overv ew.
• System settings. See page 9.
• Device settings. See Dev ce sett ngs.
• lips. See Cl ps.
Overview
This page provides an overview of the leader audio device and the audio devices added to the zone.
onnect several audio devices into azone, and manage music playlists, streams, announcements, scheduling and volume settings
from asingle audio device.
Log in to the audio device that you want to set as the leader in the zone, and connect all the other audio devices as followers.
About announ ements
In the schedule it is possible to overlap your playlist with pre-recorded announcements. It is also possible to do live announcements
when playing aplaylist, see Vo ce over IP (VoIP).
In both cases the music will mute during the announcement.
About standalone mode
These settings are available in standalone mode (no audio devices are added into the zone).
Use the slider to increase or decrease the volume.
To identify the audio bridge, click on the tone and the LED on the audio bridge will ash fast between green and red.
How to set the volume for audio devi es in azone
Go to Audio >Overview.
These settings are available when the audio device is connected to at least one more audio device.
1. Use the slider Sy tem under Volume to set system volume for max announcement sound level
2. Set volume in Axis Audio Player for the background music sound level.
3. If needed use the sliders beside the followers to adjust the balance between speakers by decreasing the individual volume
for the louder speakers and repeat step 1and 2.
How to identify audio devi es in azone
Go to Audio >Audio Overview.
Identify all audio device in the zone -lick the upper tone and all speakers that are connected to the system will play asound in a
sequence. All type of audio devices will also ash its LED repeatedly in green and red.
Identify aingle audio device in the zone -lick the tone beside afollower. Aspeaker will make asound. All type of audio devices
will also ash its LED repeatedly in green and red.
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AXIS C8033 Network Audio Bridge
Audio
System settings
This page provides options to setup anetwork audio device system.
How to set up an audio devi e system (zone)
1. Log in to the audio device that you want to set as the leader in the zone.
2. Go to Audio >Sy tem Setting .
3. Rename your leader audio device:
- To edit the leader audio device, click the pencil
- Set audio device name and enter username and password.
- If the systems includes more than 50 audio devices, change to Multica t.
- Select Enable broadca t of analog audio input to enable the audio from aconnected analog audio source
to be played.
- lick Apply
4. Add audio devices to the zone:
- Under Available audio device ,click the plus sign to add aaudio device to the zone. If your device is not
listed, click Add device manually to add the device.
- For each audio device: Set audio device name and enter username and password.
- lick Apply.
Devi e settings
To set up the Axis product, go to Audio >Device Setting .
Audio Modes
The Axis product supports the following audio modes:
• Full duplex –Simultaneous two-way audio allowing the Axis product to transmit and receive audio at the same time.
There is no echo cancellation; if feedback loops appear, try moving the microphone or the speaker.
• Half-duplex –Audio can be transmitted to and from the Axis product but only in one direction at atime.
• Simplex –Speaker only -Audio is transmitted from aclient to the Axis product. This is the default audio mode.
• Simplex –Microphone only -Audio captured by the product microphone is transmitted from the Axis product to
one or more clients.
To set the audio mode, go to Audio >Device Setting and select the desired mode from the Audio mode drop-down list.
Audio Input
ongure the audio input settings under Audio>Device Setting .
Source:Select Microphone to use an external microphone or Line to use aLine in device, e.g. an audio mixer for multiple
microphones or amicrophone with abuilt-in amplier, as audio source.
Use the Input gain to control the volume (dB Full Scale) of the audio input. If the sound is too low, choose ahigher dB, to amplify
the sound. If the sound is too high, choose alower dB. The Level bar gives avisual representation of the audio signal level in dB
relative to the full-scale input level.
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Audio
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• Green –the signal is at agood level.
• Yellow –the signal is becoming distorted.
•Red –the signal is distorted.
Use the Encoding option to select digital audio encoding format.
• AAC is used for encoding only in the Axis product. For decoding, no license is included in the Axis product.
• G711 is an unlicensed standard codec that is useful when integrating audio into aVoIP system
• G726 is an unlicensed speech codec that is most commonly used within the security industry.
The Sample rate denes the number of times per second the sound is sampled. Ahigher sample rate will provide better audio
quality, but also requires agreater bandwidth.
Set the required Bit rate depending on the selected encoding. Ahigher bit rate will give better audio quality. Alower bit rate
may have latency or delay, but will require less bandwidth.
For more information about these settings, please see the online help
Audio Output
ongure the audio output settings under Audio >Device Setting .
Output gain -Move the slider to adjust the volume of the audio output. To mute the sound, move the slider to the left end
of the slider.
Clips
Audio Clip List
Audio clips can be played when an event occurs. Audio clips are created by uploading asound le to the Axis product. To add, play,
download, modify or remove audio clips, go to Audio >Audio Clip .For more information see the online help .
• Add –To add an audio clip, click Add,select the Upload radio button and click Brow e.Navigate to the desired le
and click Upload to upload the audio clip.
- The following audio formats are supported: .au G.711 u-law, 8-bit, mono (8, 16 kHz) ,
.wav P M, 16-bit, mono (8, 16, 32 kHz) and MP3.
- The typical le size is 10MB.
• Play –To play an audio clip, select an audio clip in the Audio Clip Li t and click Play.Audio clips can only be played if the
audio device is not streaming audio or playing another clip.
• Stop –To stop an audio clip, select it and click Stop.
• Download –To download arecording to ahard drive or network disk, select it and click Download.
• Modify –To change the name of the audio clip, select it and click Modify.
• Remove –To remove an audio clip, select it and click Remove.
To congure the Axis product to play audio clips when an event occurs, an action rule must be set up. For more information,
see About events on page 21.
Congure Audio Clip Link
To create alink to acongured audio clip:
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