Page 2 - AXIS COMMUNICATIONS; About This Document
AXIS COMMUNICATIONS <Product Name> Quick User’s Guide 2 About This Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS 231D+/232D+ Network Dome Camera, and is applicable for software release 4.47. It includes instructions for using and managing the AXIS 231D+/232D+ on you...
Page 3 - Table of contents
3 AXIS 231D+/232D+ Table of contents AXIS 231D+/232D+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 AXIS 232D+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 5 - enabled/disabled from the internal web pages.
5 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Description AXIS 231D+/232D+ Ideal for demanding surveillance and remote monitoring applications, the AXIS 231D+/232D+ Network Dome Camera features precise pan/tilt/zoom control, superior quality Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 video, advanced event management functionality, 4 alarm inpu...
Page 6 - Hardware Description; Resetting to Factory Default Settings, on page 47; Network Connector; Connection Module
6 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Description Hardware Description Network Connector - After the start-up and self test routines, the Network and Power Indicators on the network connector flash as follows: Control Button - Press this button to restore the factory default settings, as described in Resetting to Fa...
Page 7 - Using the Network Dome Camera; field of your
7 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Using the Network Dome Camera Using the Network Dome Camera This document includes instructions for using and managing the AXIS 231D+/232D+. Instructions on how to install the AXIS 231D+/232D+ on your network are provided in the AXIS 231D+/232D+ Installation guide which is avail...
Page 8 - Setting the root password; Resetting to Factory Default
8 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Using the Network Dome Camera Setting the root password 1. When accessing the video server for the first time, the Configure Root Password dialog appears. Note: Before you enter your password at this point, you can secure con-figuration of the root password via HTTPS by creating...
Page 10 - Area Zoom; button draw a square over the area you would like to zoom into.; Dome Configuration > Advanced > PTZ Control Queue; . For more information on using; AXIS 295 Video Surveillance Joystick
10 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Using the Network Dome Camera Area Zoom This allows you to draw a box over a desired area to zoom into. To activate, click the Center button described in the AMC viewer toolbar or in other Internet browsers choose PTZ > Center . Using your mouse click in the image and while ...
Page 11 - Video Streams; Stream Types; Motion JPEG; provide high quality video streams at less than 1 Mbit/s.; subsets of these tools. These are represented as; Video object types; , which are selected for; Simple
11 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Video Streams Video Streams The AXIS 231D+/232D+ provides several different image and video stream formats. The type you want to use depends on your requirements and on the properties of your network. Unicasting is communication between a single sender and a single receiver ove...
Page 14 - Configuring the Network Dome Camera; Operator; Security; Setup; Overview of the configuration menu
14 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Configuring the Network Dome Camera Configuring the Network Dome Camera This section describes how to configure the AXIS 231D+/232D+ and is intended for the product administrator who has unrestricted access to all Setup tools and the Operator who has access to Video & Image...
Page 15 - Video & Image Settings; Image Settings; Image; . Each setting is described in the online help files; Mirroring; parameters for privacy masks and motion detection.
15 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Configuring the Network Dome Camera Video & Image Settings Image Settings To optimize the video images to suit your requirements, modify the settings under Image Appearance . Each setting is described in the online help files . All configuration of images and overlays affec...
Page 16 - Overlay Settings; Video Stream; Maximum video stream time; maximum stream time; Unlimited; Test
16 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Configuring the Network Dome Camera Overlay Settings Use these settings to include an image as an overlay, and the date and time, along with text of your own. Text overlays are included in one line at the top or bottom of the video image. Image overlays can be placed anywhere i...
Page 17 - Overlay Image Settings; Browse; Advanced Camera Settings; Lighting Conditions
17 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Configuring the Network Dome Camera Overlay Image Settings An overlay image is an image included in the video image. An overlay image might be your own company logo. To upload an overlay image: 1. Go to Setup > Video & Image > Overlay Image. 2. To upload the file to t...
Page 18 - High; MJPEG
18 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Configuring the Network Dome Camera IR cut filter ON and OFF, according to the current lighting conditions. This is only possible when the iris is set to Auto Iris, and the exposure control is set to Automatic. • Wide dynamic range - Corrects the exposure when the contrast is e...
Page 20 - Live View Config; Layout; Configure
20 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Live View Config Live View Config Layout These are the tools for deciding the layout of the Live View page. The layout can be set in two ways: • Use Axis look - the layout is unchanged.• Use custom settings - modify the default page with your own colors, or images. Click the Co...
Page 21 - Customizing the default page; Upload Own Web Files
21 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Live View Config Customizing the default page The appearance of the default AXIS 231D+/232D+ Live View page can be customized to suit your requirements, or you can upload and use your own home page. To upload your own files, click the Upload/Remove button and see the descriptio...
Page 22 - Show viewer toolbar option; to set the PTZ mode to joystick.; Enable recording button; Action Buttons
22 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Live View Config Note: It is also possible to view Motion JPEG when MPEG-4 is chosen as default and vice versa. Default Viewer From the drop-down lists, select the default method for viewing video images in your browser. The camera attempts to show the video images in the selec...
Page 24 - HTML Examples; Image Type; External Video; Working with External Video Sources; Add; Sequence Mode; Dome Configuration
24 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Live View Config HTML Examples You can add live video from your AXIS 231D+/232D+ to your own web site. The video server can send Motion-JPEG or MPEG-4 images to up to 20 simultaneous connections, although an administrator can restrict this to fewer. This does not affect or incl...
Page 25 - Pan Tilt Zoom Controls; PTZ controls; • the Pan bar - moves the camera to the right and left
25 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Live View Config Pan Tilt Zoom Controls The controls available for Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) are displayed on the Live View page by default. The administrator can enable/disable the controls for specified users. PTZ controls • the Pan bar - moves the camera to the right and left • th...
Page 26 - Focus and Iris Controls; Auto Iris; Preset Positions; Source; PTZ Control Queue; Using CGI links to control PTZ devices
26 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Live View Config Click-in-image The PTZ device can also be controlled using click-in-image movement, which can also be of relative or absolute type. Absolute click-in-image movement means that the camera view will center on the absolute position that was clicked. Relative click...
Page 28 - Advanced; Limits; zoom; Controls; Control settings; Calibration; Control Queue
28 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Dome Configuration Advanced Limits Define the pan, tilt , zoom and focus limits for the AXIS 231D+/232D+. Movements to the left and right, up and down can be restricted to narrow the area under surveillance. The near focus limit can be set to avoid focusing on objects too close...
Page 29 - Event Configuration; Event Servers; Configuration > Event Servers
29 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Event Configuration Event Configuration This section describes how to configure the AXIS 231D+/232D+ for event handling. Pre-defined parameters, known as an Event or Event Type can trigger certain actions in the camera. A common event type is an alarm that prompts the camera to...
Page 30 - Event Types; Triggered Event
30 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Event Configuration Event Types An Event Type is a set of parameters describing how and when the Network Dome Camera is to perform certain actions. Example: If a door is opened, and the net- work camera has been configured to act on this, it can record and save video images to ...
Page 33 - Motion detection; How to set up a triggered event; How to configure Motion Detection
33 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Event Configuration Motion detection In the Motion Detection menu, you can configure the video source(s) for motion detection. The motion detection feature is used to generate an alarm whenever movement occurs (or stops) in the image. The AXIS 231D+/232D+ can use a maximum of 1...
Page 34 - Please use the online help; Port Status; Under; Event Configuration > Port Status; there is a list that shows the status for the; Configure Excluded Windows; Save
34 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Event Configuration 7. Click Save . Please use the online help for descriptions of each available option. Examples: • Avoid triggering on small objects in the image by selecting a high size level. • To trigger motion detection as long as there is activity in the area, select a ...
Page 35 - System Options; Users; User Settings - check the corresponding checkboxes to enable:; IP Address Filter; Enable IP address filtering.
35 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options System Options Security User access control is enabled by default; the administrator sets the root password on first access. Other users are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow anonymous viewer login to the Live View...
Page 36 - HTTPS
36 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options The administrator can add up to 256 IP address entries to the list (a single entry can contain multiple IP addresses). The users from these IP addresses need to be specified in the user list with the appropriate access rights. This is done from Setup > System ...
Page 37 - . These are then validated by a third-party entity, such as a; RADIUS server; CA servers; governments may have their own CA, and there are free CAs available.; Current Server Time -; displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be
37 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options 802.1X - Network Admission Control IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Admission Control. It provides authentication to devices attached to a network port (wired or wireless), establishing a point-to-point connection, or, if authentication fail...
Page 39 - IP Address Configuration; can be set manually.; Services; Options for notification of IP address change -; if the IP address for the video server; AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service -; The AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service can
39 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options Network - Basic TCP/IP Settings IP Address Configuration Your Axis network camera supports both IP version 4 and IP version 6. Both versions may be enabled simultaneously, and at least one version must always be enabled. When using IPv4, the IP address can be set...
Page 41 - NAT traversal
41 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options HTTPS The default HTTPS port number (443) can be changed to any port within the range 1024-65535. HTTPS is used to provide encrypted web browsing. NAT Traversal A broadband router allows devices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Inter...
Page 42 - FTP; and user applications. Check the box to enable the service.; RTSP; port number to use. The default setting is 554.; Network Traffic; The default setting is; Maximum bandwidth; For more information, please see the online help; SOCKS
42 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options Notes: • An alternative HTTP port can be used/be active even if NAT traversal is disabled. This is useful if for example, your NAT router does not support UPnP and you need to manually configure port forwarding in the NAT router. • If you attempt to manually ente...
Page 43 - QoS Settings; for example, how much bandwidth to reserve for it.
43 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options QoS (Quality of service) Quality of Service (QoS) provides the means to guarantee a certain level of a specified resource to selected traffic on a network. Quality can be defined as a maintained level of bandwidth, low latency, and no packet losses. The main bene...
Page 44 - Bonjour
44 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows remote management of network devices. Depending on the level of security required, select the version of SNMP to use. The three levels of security are: • SNMP V1 - includes no security.• SNMP V2c - uses ve...
Page 45 - Maintenance; Support; Support Overview
45 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options Maintenance • Restart - the unit is restarted without changing any setting. Use this method if the unit is not behaving as expected. • Restore - the unit is restarted and most current settings are reset to factory default val- ues. The settings that will not be r...
Page 47 - Using the Control Button; Power Indicator
47 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - System Options About Third Party Software Licenses - click View licenses for a list of the licensed software used in the AXIS 231D+/232D+ Network Dome Camera. Resetting to Factory Default Settings To reset the AXIS 231D+/232D+ to the original default settings, go to the System ...
Page 48 - the input is active (shown under; Connection Module Pinout
48 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Connection Module Connection Module This section describes the pinout provided by the Connection module consisting of: • 4 transistor outputs• 4 digital inputs• power and GND (ground) The inputs/outputs are used in applications for event triggering, time lapse recording, alarm ...
Page 50 - Troubleshooting; Checking the Firmware; Upgrade Server
50 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checking the Firmware One of your first actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the firmware version. The latest version may contain a correction that fixes your particular problem. See the support section at http://www.axis.com...
Page 51 - Emergency Recovery Procedure; found on the label on the product casing.; button to select the upgrade file to use, for example; . The Log file records events
51 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Troubleshooting Emergency Recovery Procedure If power or the network connection to the AXIS 231D+/232D+ is lost during the upgrade, the process will fail and the unit become unresponsive. A flashing red Network LED indicates a failed upgrade. To recover the unit, follow the ste...
Page 52 - Symptoms, Possible Causes and Remedial Actions
52 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Troubleshooting Symptoms, Possible Causes and Remedial Actions Problems setting the IP address Using ARP Ping The IP address must be set within two minutes after the power has been applied to the AXIS 231D+/232D+; restart the server and try again. Also, make sure the ping lengt...
Page 54 - Technical Specifications
54 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Item Specification Models • AXIS 231D+ 50 Hz/PAL• AXIS 231D+ 60 Hz/NTSC• AXIS 232D+ 50 Hz/PAL (Automatic day/night)• AXIS 232D+ 60 Hz/NTSC (Automatic day/night) Image sensor • 1/4” Sony EXview HAD CCD Lens • F1.4-3.0• f=4.1 mm w...
Page 56 - General performance considerations; reaches its maximum, this also affects the frame rate.
56 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Technical Specifications General performance considerations When setting up your system, it is important to consider how various settings and situations will affect performance. Some factors affect the bandwidth (the bit rate) required, others can affect the frame rate, and som...
Page 57 - Optimizing your system; Frame rates - Motion JPEG
57 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Technical Specifications The following factors are among the most important to consider: • High image resolutions and/or lower compression levels result in larger images. Bandwidth affected. • Access by large numbers of Motion JPEG and/or unicast MPEG-4 clients. Band- width aff...
Page 58 - Bandwidth; amounts. The settings that affect bandwidth are:
58 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Technical Specifications Frame rates - MPEG-4 The following test results show the frame rates in frames/second (fps) for MPEG-4 streams from the AXIS 231D+/232D+. Note that these values are guidelines only - actual values may vary. The MPEG-4 test conditions: • Compression leve...
Page 60 - Glossary of Terms
60 AXIS 231D+/232D+ - Glossary of Terms Glossary of Terms ActiveX - A standard that enables software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language(s) used to create them. Web browsers may come into contact with ActiveX controls, ActiveX documents, and...
Page 67 - Index
67 AXIS 231D+/232D+ Index A Accessing the video stream 13 Action buttons 8, 22 Active/Inactive 8, 23 ActiveX controls 7 Administrator 14 Advanced TCP/IP settings 40 Alarm 33, 48 AMC 9, 13 B Backlight compensation 18 Backup 45 Bandwidth 12, 58 Buffer Size 31 Buffers 31 C CGI links 23, 26 Click-in-ima...
