Axis M1045-LW, User Manual

Page 1: ...AXIS M3006 V Network Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ...demarks or registered trademarks of SD 3C LLC in the United States other countries or both Regulatory Information Europe This product complies with the applicable CE marking directives and harmonized standards Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Directive 2004 108 EC See Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC on page 2 Low Voltage LVD Directive 2006 95 EC See Safety on page 2 Restrictions of Hazardous Su...

Page 3: ...E is applicable in the European Union member states To prevent potential harm to human health and the environment the product must be disposed of in an approved and environmentally safe recycling process For information about your nearest designated collection point contact your local authority responsible for waste disposal Businesses should contact the product supplier for information about how ...

Page 4: ... result in death or serious injury CAUTION Indicates a hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in minor or moderate injury NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE Indicates a situation which if not avoided could result in damage to property Other Message Levels Important Indicates significant information which is essential for the product to function correctly Note Indicates useful information which ...

Page 5: ...p Video Streams 17 Stream Profiles 18 Camera Settings 19 View Area 21 Overlay 21 Privacy Mask 23 Configure the Live View Page 24 PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom 26 Preset Positions 26 Guard Tour 26 Advanced 27 Detectors 28 Camera Tampering 28 Motion Detection 28 Applications 31 Application Licenses 31 Upload Application 31 Application Considerations 31 Events 33 Set Up Action Rules 33 Add Recipients 35 Create S...

Page 6: ...twork Camera Table of Contents Check the Firmware 55 Upgrade the Firmware 55 Emergency Recovery Procedure 55 Symptoms Possible Causes and Remedial Actions 56 Technical Specifications 59 Performance Considerations 60 6 ...

Page 7: ...trol Button For location of the control button see Hardware Overview on page 7 The control button is used for Resetting the product to factory default settings See page 53 Connecting to an AXIS Video Hosting System service See page 46 To connect press and hold the button for about 3 seconds until the Status LED flashes green Connecting to AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service See page 46 To connect pr...

Page 8: ...entifying the unit Go to Setup System Options Maintenance Status LED Indication Unlit Connection and normal operation Green Shows steady green for 10 seconds for normal operation after startup completed Amber Steady during startup Flashes during firmware upgrade Amber Red Flashes amber red if network connection is unavailable or lost Red Flashes red for firmware upgrade failure 8 ...

Page 9: ...o discover and assign an IP address see the document Assign an IP Address and Access the Video Stream on Axis Support web at www axis com techsup Note To show Bonjour as a browser bookmark go to Safari Preferences 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 Set the Root Password on page 10 4 T...

Page 10: ...e enter it to confirm the spelling 3 Click OK The password has now been configured Configure Capture Mode Capture mode defines the maximum resolution and maximum frame rate available in the Axis product The capture mode setting also affects the camera s angle of view Select the desired capture mode from the drop down list and click OK See also Capture Mode on page 19 Set Power Line Frequency Power...

Page 11: ...anual trigger can for example be used to validate actions during product installation and configuration To configure the manual trigger 1 Go to Setup Events 2 Click Add to add a new action rule 3 From the Trigger drop down list select Input Signal 4 From the second drop down list select Manual Trigger 5 Select the desired action and configure the other settings as required For more information abo...

Page 12: ...k 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 the area to be magnified To zoom out rotate the mouse wheel Click the Ctrl panel button to open the PTZ control panel which provides additional PTZ controls User defined buttons...

Page 13: ...affic on the network until a client connects and requests the stream Note that there are a maximum of 20 simultaneous unicast connections Multicast RTP This method RTP over UDP should be used for live multicast video The video stream is always up to date even if some frames are dropped Multicasting provides the most efficient usage of bandwidth when there are large numbers of clients viewing simul...

Page 14: ...xis product in the following ways Motion JPEG server push if supported by the client Chrome or Firefox for example This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the browser and sends data as and when required for as long as required Still JPEG images in a browser Enter the path http ip axis cgi jpg image cgi Windows Media Player This requires AXIS Media Control and the H 264 decoder to be insta...

Page 15: ...Note ip IP address The Axis product supports QuickTime 6 5 1 and later QuickTime may add latency to the video stream It may be possible to use other players to view the H 264 stream using the paths above although Axis does not guarantee this 15 ...

Page 16: ...e View page Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings Operators have restricted access to settings see Users on page 42 See also the online help Basic Setup Basic Setup provides shortcuts to the settings that should be made before using the Axis product 1 Users See page 42 2 TCP IP See page 45 3 Date Time See page 44 4 Video Stream See page 17 The Basic Setup menu can be disabled fro...

Page 17: ...the mouse to move and resize the rectangle or enter the number of pixels in the Width and Height fields and click Apply When accessing the Live View page in Internet Explorer with AXIS Media Control AMC in Windows Right click in the image and select Pixel counter Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle Image The default image settings can be configured under Video Video Stream Select the Im...

Page 18: ...xity using up more bandwidth for increased activity in the scene and less for lower scene activity MBR allows you to set a target bit rate that limits the bandwidth consumption The MBR target bit rate works like the ceiling of a tent It limits the bit rate while maintaining some flexibility The bit rate may bounce up and down within the set target but when it nears the set target value the limitat...

Page 19: ...e Appearance go to the menus under Setup Video Camera Settings Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation The value 100 gives maximum color saturation and the value 0 gives minimum color saturation The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0 100 where a higher value produces a brighter image Increasing the Sharpness can increase bandwidth usage A sharper image might increase...

Page 20: ...e and bandwidth it is often necessary to prioritize either low motion blur or low noise The Axis product allows using different prioritization in normal light and in low light Shutter speed is related to the amount of time the shutter is opened and is measured in seconds s A slow shutter speed allows more light to reach the sensor and can help produce a brighter image in low light situations On th...

Page 21: ...PTZ for the view area 7 Click Save to save the settings To modify a view area select the view area in the list and modify the settings as required Click Save To remove a view area select the view area and click Remove Note The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product Use a view area to crop out a specific part of the full view Overlay Overlays are used to provide extra i...

Page 22: ...xt overlay occupies 16 or 32 pixels in height depending on the resolution and has the same width as the video image To automatically scale the image to the resolution used by the Axis product select the option Scale with resolution from the Transparency Settings page which is displayed when uploading in the image To upload an overlay image 1 Go to Video Overlay Image 2 Click Browse and browse to t...

Page 23: ... details 4 From the Actions list select Overlay Text 5 Enter the text to display in the Text field This is the text that D will be replaced by 6 Specify the Duration The text can be displayed while the rule is active or for a fixed number of seconds Example To display the text Motion detected when motion is detected enter D in the Include text field and enter Motion detected in the Text field when...

Page 24: ...er Push Recommended viewer for other browsers Motion JPEG QuickTime H 264 Other browsers Still image Displays still images only Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a new image For more information please see the online help Viewer Settings To configure options for the viewer go to Live View Config Viewer Settings Select Show viewer toolbar to display the AXIS Media Control AMC or the ...

Page 25: ...nd then enter the URL to link to When defining a web link do not remove the http from the URL address Custom links can be used to run scripts or activate external devices connected to the product or they can link to a web page Custom links defined as cgi links will run the script in the background in a hidden frame Defining the link as a web link will open the link in a new window 25 ...

Page 26: ...ion field 4 Click Add to save the preset position To include the preset position name in the overlay text go to Video select Include overlay text and enter the modifier P in the field For more information about modifiers see File Naming Date Time Formats in the online help Set the Home Position The entire view area is treated as the Home position which is readily accessible by clicking the Home bu...

Page 27: ...der PTZ Advanced Controls The Panel Shortcut Command Buttons list shows the user defined buttons that can be accessed from the Live View page s Ctrl panel These buttons can be used to provide direct access to commands issued using the VAPIX application programming interface Click Add to add a new shortcut command button The following PTZ controls are enabled by default Pan control Tilt control Zoo...

Page 28: ... send an email select Send Notification and select a Recipient from the list of defined recipients Note The While the rule is active option under Duration cannot be used with camera tampering since camera tampering does not have a duration and once it has been triggered it will not automatically return to its untriggered state For more information on actions rules see Events on page 33 Motion Dete...

Page 29: ...eaks in the Activity window 6 Click Save To exclude parts of the include window select the Configure Excluded Windows and position the exclude window within the include window To delete an include or exclude window select the window in the list of windows and click Del Motion Detection Parameters The parameters controlling motion detection are described in the table below Parameter Object Size His...

Page 30: ... a low object size To avoid triggering on small objects select a high object size While monitoring an area where moving objects are not expected select a high history level This will cause motion detection to trigger as long as the object is present in the window To only detect flashing light select a low sensitivity In other cases high sensitivity is recommended 30 ...

Page 31: ...cable For instructions see the documentation provided by the application vendor 4 Start the application Go to page Applications select the application in the list of installed applications and click Start 5 Configure the application For instructions see the documentation provided by the application vendor Note Applications can be uploaded by product administrators Applications and licenses can be ...

Page 32: ...6 V Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default uploaded applications and their settings are removed For information about factory default see Reset to Factory Default Settings 32 ...

Page 33: ...etectors from the Trigger drop down list 4 Select Motion Detection from the drop down list Select the motion detection window to use 5 Optionally select a Schedule and Additional conditions See below 6 Under Actions select Record Video from the Type drop down list 7 Select a Stream profile and configure the Duration settings as described below 8 Select Network Share from the Storage drop down list...

Page 34: ...riggered by motion detection to record video while the camera view moves due to a PTZ operation Preset Reached Trigger the rule when the camera stops at a preset position This can be for example be used with the Send Images action to upload images from the preset position Storage Disruption Trigger the rule if storage problems are detected for example if the storage device is unavailable removed f...

Page 35: ...lable options see Recipient Types on page 35 To add a recipient 1 Go to Events Recipients and click Add 2 Enter a descriptive name 3 Select a recipient Type 4 Enter the information needed for the recipient type 5 Click Test to test the connection to the recipient 6 Click OK Recipient Types The following recipients are available Recipient Use with action Notes Email Send Images Send Notification Se...

Page 36: ...and locked email accounts To set up an email recipient using one of the listed providers 1 Go to Events Recipients and click Add 2 Enter a Name and select Email from the Type list 3 Enter the email addresses to send emails to in the To field Use commas to separate multiple addresses 4 Select the email provider from the Provider list 5 Enter the user ID and password for the email account 6 Click Te...

Page 37: ...ample every 5 minutes or every hour To set up a recurrence 1 Go to Events Recurrences and click Add 2 Enter a descriptive name and recurrence pattern 3 Click OK To use the recurrence in an action rule first select Time from the Trigger drop down list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop down list To modify or remove recurrences select the recurrence in ...

Page 38: ...gured under System Options Date Time see Date Time on page 44 To find a recording follow these steps 1 Go to Recordings List 2 To reduce the number of recordings displayed select the desired options under Filter Recording time List recordings that started between the From and To times Event List recordings that were triggered by a specific event Select continuous to list continuous recordings Stor...

Page 39: ... selected To export a part of the recording modify the start and stop times 5 Optionally enter a file name for the recording 6 Click Export Note Recordings can also be exported from the playback window Recording List Recorded videos are listed on the Recordings List page The list shows each recording s start date and time duration and the event that triggered the recording To play or download a re...

Page 40: ...w stream profile is selected while a recording is ongoing the recording will be stopped and saved in the recording list and a new recording with the new stream profile will start All previous continuous recordings will remain in the recording list until they are removed manually or through automatic removal of old recordings To start a continuous recording follow these steps 1 Go to Recordings Con...

Page 41: ...g the product to factory default settings will erase any uploaded language files and reset the product language to English Clicking the Restore button on the Maintenance page will not affect the language A firmware upgrade will not affect the language used However if you have uploaded a new language to the product and later upgrade the firmware it may happen that the translation no longer matches ...

Page 42: ...d the firmware and existing clients support encryption but need to log in again and be configured to use this functionality Under User Settings select the Enable anonymous viewer login option to allow anonymous users access to the Live View page Select the Enable anonymous PTZ control login to allow anonymous users access to the PTZ controls Deselect the Enable Basic Setup option to hide the Basic...

Page 43: ...ased Network Admission Control providing secure authentication of wired and wireless network devices IEEE 802 1X is based on EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol To access a network protected by IEEE 802 1X devices must be authenticated The authentication is performed by an authentication server typically a RADIUS server examples of which are FreeRADIUS and Microsoft Internet Authentication Serv...

Page 44: ... request and provide the requested information 4 Copy the PEM formatted request and send to the CA of your choice 5 When the signed certificate is returned click Install certificate and upload the certificate Server Client certificates can be installed as Certificate from signing request or as Certificate and private key Select Certificate and private key if the private key is to be upload as a se...

Page 45: ...nnected Axis products or reset the product to the factory default settings see page 53 and then perform the installation again To use a static IP address check Use the following IP address and specify the IP address subnet mask and default router IPv6 Address Configuration If IPv6 IP version 6 is enabled the Axis product will receive an IP address according to the configuration in the network rout...

Page 46: ...essible from any location For more information and help to find a local AVHS Service Provider go to www axis com hosting The AVHS settings are configured under System Options Network TCP IP Basic The possibility to connect to an AVHS service is enabled by default To disable clear the Enable AVHS box One click enabled Press and hold the product s control button see Hardware Overview on page 7 for a...

Page 47: ...dress and enter the host name or IP address of the NTP server Host Name Configuration The Axis product can be accessed using a host name instead of an IP address The host name is usually the same as the assigned DNS name The host name is configured under System Options Network TCP IP Advanced Select Obtain host name via IPv4 DHCP to use host name provided by the DHCP server running on IPv4 Select ...

Page 48: ... selected Alternative HTTP port Select this option to manually define an external HTTP port Enter a port in the range 1024 65535 If the port field is empty or contains the default setting which is 0 a port number is automatically selected when enabling NAT traversal Note An alternative HTTP port can be used or be active even if NAT traversal is disabled This is useful if your NAT router does not s...

Page 49: ...nagement system on important events and status changes Check Enable traps and enter the IP address where the trap message should be sent and the Trap community that should receive the message Note If HTTPS is enabled SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c should be disabled Traps for SNMP v1 v2 are used by the Axis product to send messages to a management system on important events and status changes Check Enable t...

Page 50: ...on the card from the Windows operating system a third party ext4 driver or application is required vFAT supported by most operating systems for personal computers The SD card is managed on the System Options Storage page Click SD Card to open Storage Management If the card s status shows as failed click Check disk to see if the problem can be found and then try Repair This option is only available...

Page 51: ... one of the supported file systems To manually format the SD card follow these steps 1 Insert the SD card in the SD card slot 2 Open the Axis product s webpages and go to Setup System Options Storage 3 Click SD Card 4 Click Format and select the desired file system 5 Click OK to start formatting the card Network Share Network share allows you to add network storage such as a NAS network attached s...

Page 52: ...with caution The Axis product can also be reset to factory default using the control button see Reset to Factory Default Settings on page 53 To identify the product or test the Status LED click Flash LED under Identify and specify the duration in seconds minutes or hours This can be useful for identifying the product among other products installed in the same location For information about firmwar...

Page 53: ...xpected behavior and loss of contact with the Axis product Axis strongly recommends that you do not use this function unless you understand the consequences Axis Support does not provide assistance for problems with customized scripts To open the Script Editor go to System Options Advanced Scripting If a script causes problems reset the product to its factory default settings see page 53 For more ...

Page 54: ...tor flashes amber 4 Release the control button The process is complete when the status LED indicator turns green The product has been reset to the factory default settings If no DHCP server is available on the network the default IP address is 192 168 0 90 5 Using the installation and management software tools assign an IP address set the password and access the video stream It is also possible to...

Page 55: ... to your computer The latest version of the firmware is available free of charge from Axis website at www axis com techsup 2 Go to Setup System Options Maintenance in the product s webpages 3 Under Upgrade Server click Browse and locate the file on your computer Click Upgrade 4 Wait approximately 10 minutes while the product is being upgraded and restarted Then access the product AXIS Camera Manag...

Page 56: ...t if the same default static IP address is also used by another device there may be problems accessing the product The product cannot be accessed from a browser Cannot log in When HTTPS is enabled ensure that the correct protocol HTTP or HTTPS is used when attempting to log in You may need to manually type http or https in the browser s address field If the password for the user root is lost the p...

Page 57: ... usually be downloaded from the manufacturer s website Color saturation is different in H 264 and Motion JPEG Modify the settings for your graphics adapter Refer to the adapter s documentation for more information Lower frame rate than expected See Performance Considerations on page 60 Reduce the number of applications running on the client computer Limit the number of simultaneous viewers Check w...

Page 58: ...System Log under System Options Support Logs Reports Depending on the problem it might be necessary to re mount the storage device For information on how to set up a storage disruption alarm see Events on page 33 Video cannot be recorded Check that the SD card is not write protected that is read only SD card cannot be mounted Reformat the SD card and then click Mount NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE Formatt...

Page 59: ...ure control Backlight compensation Wide dynamic range dynamic contrast Text and image overlay Mirroring of images Privacy mask Exposure zones Fine tuning of low light behavior Rotation 0 90 180 270 including Corridor Format Network Security Password protection IP address filtering HTTPSa encryption IEEE 802 1Xa network access control Digest authentication User access log Centralized Certificate Ma...

Page 60: ...2 Class B KN24 IEC EN UL 60950 1 IEC EN 60529 IP42 IEC EN 62262 Class IK08 Weight 640 g 1 41 lb Included accessories Installation Guide Windows decoder 1 user license Drill hole template Torx L key Video management software AXIS Camera Companion AXIS Camera Station Video management software from Axis Application Development Partners available on www axis com techsup software Warranty Axis 1 year w...

Page 61: ...load Frame rate affected Using HTTPS may reduce frame rate in particular if streaming Motion JPEG Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructure Bandwidth affected Viewing on poorly performing client computers lowers perceived performance Frame rate affected Running multiple AXIS Camera Application Platform ACAP applications simultaneously may affect the frame rate and the general performanc...

Page 62: ...User Manual Ver M4 4 AXIS M3006 V Network Camera Date June 2015 Axis Communications AB 2012 2015 Part No 1474599 ...