Axis M3014 - Manual

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Accessing the product Accessing the product To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the product. The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer with Windows, Safari with Mac...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Accessing the product Access from the Internet Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you must con fi gure your network router to allow incoming data traf fi c to the product. To do this, enable th...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Accessing the product Set Power Line Frequency Power line frequency is set the fi rst time the Axis product is accessed and can only be changed from Plain Con fi g or by resetting the product to factory default. Select the power line frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) used at the l...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Accessing the product AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only. See AXIS Media Control (AMC), on page 10 for more information. The toolbar displays the following buttons: The Play button connects to the A...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Media streams Media streams The Axis product provides several video stream formats. Your requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use. The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, and to the lis...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Media streams The AMC Control Panel can be used to con fi gure various video settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on fi rst use, after which it can be con fi gured. Open the AMC Cont...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Setting up the product Setting up the product The Axis product can be con fi gured by users with administrator or operator rights. Click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page. • Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings. • Operators have acc...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Video Video It is possible to con fi gure the following video features in your Axis product: • Video stream. See page 14 . • Stream pro fi les. See page 15 . • Camera settings. See page 16 . • View area. See page 16 . • Overlay image. See page 17 . • Privacy mask. See page ...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Video • The Live View page in Internet Explorer in Windows. Right-click in the image and select Pixel counter . Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle. Image You can modify the image resolution and compression, and rotate the image from the Image tab ( Video > Vi...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Video Camera Settings The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product. Image Appearance Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 100 gives maximum color saturation. The value 0 gives a black and...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Video 5. Click Save to save the settings. To modify the view area, modify the settings as required. Click Save . Tip: • The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product. Use a view area to crop out a speci fi c part of the full view. Overlay Overlays ...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Live View Con fi g Live View Con fi g You can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to de fi ne the following features of the Live View page. • Stream Pro fi le. See page 15 . • Default Viewer for Browser. See page 18 . • Viewer...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Live View Con fi g Browser Viewer Description AMC Recommended viewer in Internet Explorer (H.264/Motion JPEG) QuickTime H.264 Java applet A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPEG). Requires one of the following installed on the client: • JVM (J2SE) 1.4.2 or higher •...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) The PTZ menu is available if digital PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) is enabled in the selected view area. For more information on view areas, see View Area, on page 16 . Preset Positions A preset position is a prede fi ned view that can be ...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) 3. Specify the pause length between runs. 4. Select an available preset position and click Apply . 6. Specify the View Time in seconds or minutes. 7. Specify the View order or select the Random view order check box option. 8. Click Save . To modify or re...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Detectors Detectors Camera Tampering Camera Tampering can generate an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up. To con fi gure tampering: 1. G...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Detectors Set up motion detection To set up a motion detection Include Window, follow these instructions: 1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection . 2. Select the Con fi gure Included Windows option and click New . Select the new window in the list of windows and enter a de...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Applications Applications Third party applications can be uploaded to and installed on the Axis product. For information about available applications, downloads, trials and licenses, go to www.axis.com/applications To upload an application, go to Applications > Overview ...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Events Events The Axis product can be con fi gured to perform actions when different events occur, for example, start a recording when motion is detected. The set of conditions that de fi nes how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule . Available Action R...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Events • Record Video — record video to a selected storage. • Send Images — send images to a recipient. • Send Noti fi cations — send a noti fi cation message to a recipient. • Status LED — fl ash the LED indicator. This can for example be used to validate triggers such as ...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Events Recipients Recipients receive media fi les and noti fi cation messages. The following recipients are available: Recipient Use with action Email Send Images Send Noti fi cation FTP Send Images HTTP Send Images Send Noti fi cation Network Share Send Images TCP Send Not...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Recordings Recordings The Axis product can be con fi gured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 30 . • To set up action rules, see page 27 . • To access recordings, see Recording List, on page 30 . • To con...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options System Options Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be con fi gured under System Options > Security > Users . An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords. It is also possible to allow anony...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options If using a host name for the NTP server, a DNS server must be con fi gured. See DNS Con fi guration, on page 35 . • Set manually allows you to manually set date and time. If using an NTP server, select your Time zone from the drop-down list. If required, chec...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options Always - The Axis product will constantly attempt to connect to the AVHS service over the Internet. Once registered the product will stay connected to the service. This option can be used when the product is already installed and it is not convenient to use t...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options Note H.264 video streams will not be available if the RTSP server is disabled. SOCKS SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The Axis product can be con fi gured to use a SOCKS server to reach networks on the other side of a fi rewall or proxy server. This func...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options To use SNMP v3, HTTPS must be enabled, see HTTPS, on page 32 . To enable SNMP v3, check the box and provide the initial user password. Note The initial password can only be set once. If the password is lost, the Axis product must be reset to factory default, ...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options Maintenance The Axis product provides several maintenance functions. These are available under System Options > Maintenance . Click Restart to perform a correct restart if the Axis product is not behaving as expected. This will not affect any of the curren...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera System Options Parameter List - Shows the product's parameters and their current settings. This may prove useful when troubleshooting or when contacting Axis Support. Connection List - Lists all clients that are currently accessing media streams. Crash Report - Generates an...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checking the fi rmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of network devices. One of your fi rst actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the current fi rmware version. The latest version may contain a cor...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Troubleshooting arp -s <IP address> <serial number> tempping -s 408 <IP address> In Windows , type the following from a command/DOS prompt: arp -s <IP address> <serial number>ping -l 408 -t <IP address> 2. If the product does not reply wi...

AXIS M3014 Network Camera Technical Speci fi cations Performance considerations When settings up your system, it is important to consider how various settings and situations will affect performance. Some factors affect the amount of bandwidth (the bit rate) required, others can affect the frame rate...