Axis M31 SERIES User manual

AXISM31NetworkCameraSeries
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AXISM31NetworkCameraSeries
TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Productoverview...........................................4
Howtoinstallthecamera....................................5
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................5
Aboutcapturemodes............................................6
Createstreamproles............................................6
Choosevideocompressionformat..................................7
Reducebandwidthandstorae....................................7
Reducenoiseinlow-lihtconditions................................8
Selectexposuremode............................................8
Maximizedetailsinanimae......................................8
Trieranaction................................................8
Troubleshooting............................................10
Resettofactorydefaultsettins...................................10
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................10
Upradethermware............................................10
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................11
Performanceconsiderations.......................................12
Specications..............................................13
LEDIndicators..................................................13
SDcardslot....................................................13
Buttons.......................................................13
Connectors....................................................13
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
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Productoverview
Productoverview
1StatusLEDindicator
2Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)
3Networkconnector(PoE)
4SDcardslot
5ontrolbutton
6Panlockscrew
7Tiltlockscrew
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Howtoinstalltecamera
Howtoinstalltecamera
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpae.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettins.
Findthedeiceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassinthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManaer.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassinIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceonthedevicepaeataxis.com
Accessthedeice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),otoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,otoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManaertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See.
3.Theliveviewpaeopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstloin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchanethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronlyrecommendthatyou:
•Chanethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Chanethepasswordatarecurrininterval,atleastonceayear.
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AXISInternetDynamicDNSSerice
AXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceassinsahostnameforeasyaccesstotheproduct.Formoreinformation,seewww.axiscam.net
ToreistertheAxisproductwithAXISInternetDynamicDNSService,otoSystemOptions>Network>TP/IP>Basic.Under
Services,clicktheAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceSettingsbutton(requiresaccesstotheInternet).Thedomainnamecurrently
reisteredatAXISInternetDynamicDNSservicefortheproductcanatanytimeberemoved.
Note
AXISInternetDynamicDNSServicerequiresIPv4.
AXISVideoHostingSystem(AVHS)
AVHSusedinconjunctionwithanAVHSservice,provideseasyandsecureInternetaccesstoliveandrecordedvideoaccessiblefrom
anylocation.FormoreinformationandhelptondalocalAVHSServiceProviderotowww.axis.com/hostin
TheAVHSsettinsareconuredunderSystemOptions>Network>TPIP>Basic.ThepossibilitytoconnecttoanAVHSservice
isenabledbydefault.Todisable,cleartheEnableAVHSbox.
One-clickenabled-Pressandholdtheproduct’scontrolbutton(seeProductoverviewonpage4)forabout3secondstoconnectto
anAVHSserviceovertheInternet.Oncereistered,AlwayswillbeenabledandtheAxisproductstaysconnectedtotheAVHSservice.
Iftheproductisnotreisteredwithin24hoursfromwhenthebuttonispressed,theproductwilldisconnectfromtheAVHSservice.
Always-TheAxisproductwillconstantlyattempttoconnecttotheAVHSserviceovertheInternet.Oncereistered,theproductwill
stayconnectedtotheservice.Thisoptioncanbeusedwhentheproductisalreadyinstalledanditisnotconvenientorpossibleto
usetheone-clickinstallation.
Aboutcapturemodes
Acapturemodeconsistsofaresolutionandthecorrespondinframerateavailableintheproduct.Thecapturemodesettin
affectsthecamera’seldofviewandaspectratio.
Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehihestresolution.
Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.
Selectcapturemode
Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,otoaxis.com
Createstreamproles
Streamprolescanbeusedforexamplewhencreatineventsforrecordinvideostreams.
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1.ClickSettingsandStream.
2.UnderGeneral,clickStreamproles.
3.Nowyoucaneditanexistinstreamprole,orcreateanewone.
Chooseideocompressionformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewinrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadiitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimaes.Theseimaesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imaeframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimaequalityandaccesstoeveryimae
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AV
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnoloy.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewinclientlicense.Installinadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisinimaequality,reducethesizeofadiitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoraespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,hihervideoqualitycanbeachievedforaivenbitrate.
H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEV
Note
H.265islicensedtechnoloy.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewinclientlicense.Installinadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowin:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
Note
ThezipstreamsettinsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahihGOPlenthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
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Note
WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decodin.UseavideomanaementsystemorapplicationsupportinH.265decodin.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lihtconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowinsettins:
•Makesurethattheexposuremodeisautomatic.
Note
Increasinthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehihestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimae.
Selectexposuremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andaintoimproveimaequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowinexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallihtin,forexampleuorescentlihtin,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallihtandbrihtliht,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlihtinatnihtand
sundurindaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettins,selectHoldcurrent.
Maximizedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimae,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumihtetareducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehihestresolution.
•Setthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreamin.
•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetupanactionrule.Theactionruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertain
actions.Actionrulescanbesetupasscheduled,recurrin,orforexample,trieredbymotiondetection.
2.SelectwhatTriggermustbemettotriertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanonetrierfortheactionrule,all
ofthemmustbemettotriertheaction.
3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
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Note
Ifyoumakechanestoanactiveactionrule,theactionruleneedstoberestartedforthechanestotakeeffect.
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Troublesooting
Troublesooting
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookinforhere,trythetroubleshootinsectionataxis.com/support
Resettofactorydefaultsettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettins,includintheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettins:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectinpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage4.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettins.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90
5.UsetheinstallationandmanaementsoftwaretoolstoassinanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
Theinstallationandmanaementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpaesonaxis.com/support
Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthrouhthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.
Checkthecurrentrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootina
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpae.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.ClickAbout.
Upgradethermware
Important
Preconuredandcustomizedsettinsaresavedwhenthermwareisupraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althouhthisisnotuaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Important
Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethrouhouttheupradeprocess.
Note
Whenyouupradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupradinthe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,otoaxis.com/support/rmware
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