Axis M1045-LW User manual

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISM1045-LWNetworkCamera
TableofContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Getstarted................................................4
Connectthecameratoawirelessnetwork...........................4
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................4
Accessthedevice...............................................5
Webpageoverview..............................................6
Additionalsettings..........................................8
Adjusttheimage................................................8
iewandrecordvideo............................................9
Setuprulesandalerts...........................................10
Advancedwirelesssettings........................................1 1
Learnmore................................................13
Streamingandstorage...........................................13
Applications....................................................14
Troubleshooting............................................15
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................15
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................15
Upgradethermware............................................15
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................16
Performanceconsiderations.......................................17
Specications..............................................19
LEDindicators..................................................19
SDcardslot....................................................19
Buttons.......................................................19
Connectors....................................................19
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Prouctoverview
Prouctoverview
1Focuslockring
2Focusring
3IRLED
4StatusLED
5Controlbutton
6WLANpairingbutton
Networkconnector
8SDcardslot
9Powerconnector
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Getstarte
Getstarte
Connectthecameratoawirelessnetwork
1.PressandveryquicklyreleasetheWLANpairingbuttononthecamera.
2.PresstheWLANpairingbuttononthewirelessaccesspointwithin120secondsfrompushingthebuttononthecamera.
3.MakesuretheLEDindicatorshowssteadygreenfor10seconds,thismeansthatthecameraisconnected.
4.GotoSettings>System>WirelessandturntheWLANpairingbuttonofftopreventunauthorizedWLANpairing.
Ifthewirelessaccesspointdoesnotsupportpush-buttonconguration,youhavetocongurethewirelessnetworkmanually,see
Congurethewirelessnetworkmanuallyonpage4.
Conurethewirelessnetworkmanually
1.Useanetworkcabletoconnectthecameratothenetwork.
2.Makesuretheaccesspointisupandrunning.
3.Logintotheproduct’swebpages,seeFindthedeviceonthenetworkonpage4.
4.GotoSettings>System>Wireless.
5.Inthelist,selectthewirelessnetworkorgotoAddanothernetworkandadditmanuallywiththeSSID.
6.Enterthepasswordfortheaccesspoint.
7.ClickSave.
8.Disconnectthenetworkcablefromthecamera.
9.MakesuretheLEDindicatorshowssteadygreenfor10seconds,thismeansthatthecameraisconnected.
IfthenetworkissetupwithanothersecuritymethodthanWPA2-PSK,seeAdvancedwirelesssettingsonpage11.
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®Safari®
Windows®recommendedxx
macOS®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
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Getstarte
Accessthedevice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage5.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/22461#t10098905
Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.Clickreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
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Getstarte
Webpaeoverview
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Userinformation,colorthemes,andhelp
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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Getstarte
Settingstabs
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Aitionalsettings
Aitionalsettings
Adjusttheimae
Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatures
function,gotoLearnmoreonpage13.
Howtochanethecamerafocus
1Focuslockring
2Focusring
1.Turnthefocuslockringcounterclockwisetounlockthefocusring.
2.Turnthefocusringtoadjustthefocus.
3.Turnthefocuslockringclockwisetolockthepositionofthefocusring.
Handlesceneswithstronbackliht
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
ImagewithoutWDR.
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Aitionalsettings
ImagewithWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage13.
Reducebandwidthandstorae
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
Note
ThezipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Note
WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.UseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.
Setupnetworkstorae
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
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Aitionalsettings
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.Clickonnect.
Setuprulesandalerts
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/22461#t10106619
Howtorecordavideostreamwhenthecameradetectsmotion
MakesurethatAXISideoMotionDetectionisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.Ifyouneedhelp,seethe
usermanualforAXISVideoMotionDetection4.
Createarule:
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
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Aitionalsettings
8.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.
9.ClickSave.
Advancedwirelesssettins
ThemostcommonsecuritymethodisWPA-/WPA2-PSK.ThisproductalsosupportsWPATM-/WPA2TM-Enterprisewhichisamore
securemethod.Allsettingsmustmatchthesettingsintheaccesspoint.
WPATM-/WPA2TM-PSK
ThesecuritymethodWPA-/WPA2–PSKisdesignedforsmallnetworksanddoesnotrequireanauthenticationserver.TheAxis
productusesaPSK(Pre-SharedKey)toauthenticatewiththeaccesspoint.Thekeycanbeenteredeitherasmanualhex—a64
hexdecimalnumber(0–9,A-F)—orapassphraseusing8–63ASCIIcharacters.Thelongerthepassphrase,themoresecureisthekey.
WPATM-/WPA2-Enterprise
ThesecuritymethodWPA-/WPA2-Enterpriseisdesignedforlargenetworksandrequiresanauthenticationserver.Thenetworkis
protectedbyEAPOL(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocolOverLan).
SelecttheWPA-Enterprisetypebeingusedbytheaccesspoint:
•EAP-TLS.Seepage11.
•EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2.Seepage11.
EAP-TLS
TheauthenticationprotocolEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity)allowstheclientandserverto
authenticateeachotherusingdigitalcerticatesprovidedbyaCerticationAuthority.Togainaccesstotheprotectednetwork,the
Axisproductpresentsitscerticatetothenetworkaccesspoint.Accessisgrantedifthecerticateisapproved.
Important
Toensuresuccessfulcerticatevalidation,timesynchronizationshouldbeperformedonallclientsandserverspriorto
conguration.
ConurethewirelesssettinsusinWPATM-/WPA2-EnterpriseandEAP-TLS
1.GotoSettings>System>Wireless.
2.Inthelist,selectthewirelessnetwork.
3.UnderWPA-Enterprisetype,selectEAP-TLS.
4.EntertheuserIdentityassociatedwithyourcerticate.
5.SelecttheEAPOLversion(1or2)asusedintheaccesspoint.
6.SelecttheCAcerticateandtheclientcerticatetouseforwirelessauthentication.
7.ClickSave.
EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2
TheauthenticationprotocolEAP-PEAP/MSHAPv2(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-ProtectedExtensibleAuthentication
Protocol/MicrosoftChallengeHandshakeAuthenticationProtocol)allowstheclienttoauthenticatethenetworkusingadigital
certicateprovidedbyaCerticationAuthority.Thenetworkauthenticatestheclientusinganidentityandapassword.Togain
accesstotheprotectednetwork,theAxisproductpresentsitsidentityandpasswordtothenetworkaccesspoint.Ifthesecredentials
areapproved,theaccesspointallowsaccessonapreconguredport.
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Aitionalsettings
Important
Toensuresuccessfulcerticatevalidation,timesynchronizationshouldbeperformedonallclientsandserverspriorto
conguration.
ConurethewirelesssettinsusinWPATM-/WPA2-EnterpriseandEAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2
1.GotoSettings>System>Wireless
2.Inthelist,selectthewirelessnetwork.
3.UnderWPA-Enterpriseprotocol,selectEAP-PEAP/MSHAPv2.
4.EntertheuserIdentityassociatedwithyourcerticate.
5.EnterthePasswordforyouruseridentity.
6.SelectthePEAPVersion(0or1)asusedintheaccesspoint.
7.SelectthePEAPLabelthattheaccesspointuseswhenusingPEAPversion1.Select1touseclientEAPencryption;select
2touseclientPEAPencryption.
8.SelecttheEAPOLversion(1or2)asusedintheaccesspoint.
9.SelecttheCAcerticatewithwhichtovalidatethenetwork/APcerticate.
10.ClickSave.
Wirelesscerticates
Wirelessnetworkcerticatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonawirelessnetwork.Wirelessnetworksusingthe
WPATM-/WPA2-EnterprisesecuritymethodareprotectedbyEAPOL(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocolOverLan),whichispartof
theIEEE802.1Xstandard.Theclientauthenticatestheserverusingdigitalcerticates.Theserverauthenticatestheclientusing
digitalcerticatesorapassworddependingontheselectedWPA-Enterprisetype.
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Learnmore
Learnmore
Streaminandstorae
Videocompressionformats
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEG,orMJPEG,isadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AV
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEV
Note
H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
Bitratecontrol
Withbitratecontrol,youcanmanagethebandwidthconsumptionofyourvideostream.
Variablebitrate(VBR)
Withvariablebitrate,thebandwidthconsumptionvariesbasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Themoreactivityinthescene,
themorebandwidthyouneed.Youareguaranteedconstantimagequalitybutitrequiresstoragemargins.
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Maximumbitrate(MBR)
Withmaximumbitrate,youcansetatargetbitratetohandlebitratelimitationsinyoursystem.Youmayseeadeclineinimage
qualityorframeratewhentheinstantaneousbitrateiskeptbelowthespeciedtargetbitrate.Youcanchoosetoeitherprioritize
imagequalityorframerate.Werecommendthatyoucongurethetargetbitratetoahighervaluethantheexpectedbitrate.This
givesyouamarginforadditionalcomplexitythatneedstobecaptured.
1Targetbitrate
Applications
AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications.
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com.
Note
•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.erify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/22461#t10001688
Howtodownloadandinstallanapplication
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Resettofactorydefaultsettins
WARNING
IRemittedfromthisproduct.Donotlookatoperatinglamp.
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage3.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support.
Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.
Checkthecurrentrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.ClickAbout.
Upradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Important
Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
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Note
Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.
AXISDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-device-manager.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/22461#t1009532
Howtoupgradethermware
1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware.
2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.
3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the
productrestartsautomatically.
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.
Problemsupgradingthermware
FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason
isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
Thedeviceislocatedona
differentsubnet
IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.
TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice
DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,
typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.
PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.
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Thedevicecannotbeaccessedfromabrowser
CannotloginWhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage15.
TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime.
Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows®:
•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.
•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.
Problemswithstreaming
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
deviceneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage1.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.
Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum
resolutiondependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.
•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)
oftheAxisdevice.
Can'tselectH.265encoding
inliveview
WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication
supportingH.265decoding.
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
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•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
•RotatingtheimageintheGUIwillincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•iewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
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Specifications
Specifications
LEDindicators
Note
TheStatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.
StatusLEDIndication
UnlitConnectionandnormaloperation.
GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.
AmberSteadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.
Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.
RedFirmwareupgradefailure.
SDcardslot
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe
SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.
•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard
fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.
ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.
ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com.
microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare
trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.
Buttons
Controlbutton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage15.
WLANpairinbutton
TheWLANpairingbuttonisusedforconnectingtoanaccesspointthroughpushbuttonconguration(PBC).Tondoutmore,goto.
Connectors
Networkconnector
RJ45Ethernetconnector.
Powerconnector
ThismicroUSBtypeBconnectorisforpoweronly.WerecommendusingAxismicroUSBpowersupply.
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