Axis T8705 User manual

Brand: Axis

Model: T8705

Category: Video servers/encoders

Type: User manual

Axis T8705, your newly acquired video decoder, offers a feature-packed solution for managing and displaying video content from multiple sources. With its advanced capabilities, you can effortlessly connect to and monitor live video feeds from Axis cameras, ensuring a seamless surveillance experience. The device's intuitive interface allows you to set up your surveillance system quickly and efficiently, enabling you to make the most of its powerful features.

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TableofContents

Solutionoverview...........................................3

Getstarted................................................4

Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................4

Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................4

Webpageoverview..............................................5

Congureyourdevice........................................6

Addmultiplecameras............................................6

Addacamera..................................................6

Congureamonitor.............................................6

Advancedcamerasettings........................................7

Removeacamera...............................................7

Upgradeyourdevicetormwareversion6.0.x........................7

Thedeviceinterface.........................................8

Status........................................................8

Videosources...................................................9

Display........................................................10

Jobs..........................................................11

System........................................................11

Maintenance...................................................15

Conguration..................................................15

Learnmore................................................16

Streamingandstorage...........................................16

Troubleshooting............................................17

Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................17

Firmwareoptions...............................................17

Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................17

Upgradethermware............................................17

Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................18

Performanceconsiderations.......................................18

Contactsupport.................................................19

Specications..............................................20

Productoverview................................................20

LED...........................................................20

Buttons.......................................................20

Connectors....................................................20

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Solutionoverview

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Getstarted

Findthedeviceonthenetwork

TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both

applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.

FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.

Browsersupport

Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:

ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®

Windows®recommendedrecommended

macOS®recommendedrecommended

Linux®recommendedrecommended

Otheroperatingsystems*

*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings

Settings> >

>Safari Safari

Safari> >

>Advanced Advanced

Advanced> >

>Experimental Experimental

ExperimentalFeatures Features

Featuresanddisable

NSURLSessionWebsocket.

Openthedevice'swebpage

1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.

2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta

newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage4.

Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst

timeyoulogintothedevice.

1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.

2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickAdduser.

Important

Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage17andfollowtheinstructions.

Securepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set

upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey

maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

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•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Webpageoverview

Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

help.axis.com/?&piaId=41938&section=webpage-overview

Axisdevicewebinterface

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Conﬁgureyourdevice

Addmultiplecameras

Note

ThecamerawizardonlyworkswithAxiscameras.Youmustaddcamerasfromotherbrandsonebyone,seeAddacamera

onpage6.

1.GotoVideosources.

2.ClickAddvideosourcesandselectthemethodStep-by-step.

3.ClickNext.

ThewizardsearchesthenetworkforAxiscameras.

4.ClickAddcredentialsandenterName,UsernameandPassword.ClickSave.

Thedecoderneedsusernamesandpasswordstothecamerastoaccessthevideostreams.Thedecodercanhavemultiple

credentialssaved.Itwilltrytoaccessallcamerasusingallofthestoredcredentials.

5.ClickNext.

6.SelectthecamerasyouwanttoaddandclickSave.

Thedecoderwilltrytoaccessthecamerawithallsavedcredentials.

Toaccessmoresettingsforthecameras,seeAdvancedcamerasettingsonpage7.

Addacamera

1.GotoVideosources.

2.ClickAddvideosourcesandselectthemethodManual.

3.ClickNext.

4.SelectavideosourcetypeandclickNext.

5.Enterthecongurationdetails.

-ForanAxiscamera:Enteraname,IPaddress,usernameandpasswordforthecamera.

-Forotherbrands:Enteraname,aURLthatcanbeusedtoaccessthevideostream,thecamera’susername

andpassword,andthecodecusedforthestream.

6.ClickSave.

Toaccessmoresettingsforthecameras,seeAdvancedcamerasettingsonpage7.

Congureamonitor

1.GotoDisplay.

2.SelectoneoftheseoptionsunderMultimode:

-Toshowthevideosourcesoneatatimeinsequence,selectSequencer,andsettheintervalthateachsource

isdisplayed.

-Toshowmultiplevideosourcesatthesametime,selectMultiview,andselectalayout.

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3.UnderVideooutput,selectaresolutionandrefreshratethatworkswithyourdisplay.Seethedocumentationforyour

display.

Advancedcamerasettings

Afteryou’veaddedacamera,youcanaccessmorecamerasettingsfromtheEditview.

1.GotoVideosources.

2.Selectavideosource.

3.ClickandthenclickEditvideosource.

Removeacamera

1.GotoVideosources.

2.Findthecamerayouwanttoremove.

3.ClckandthenclickDeletevideosource.

Upgradeyourdevicetormwareversion6.0.x

ToupgradeyourdevicetoV6.0.xyoumustrstupgradeittoV5.1.8.5.Youneedthefollowingles:

•FirmwareT8705_V5.1.8.5.bin(bridgermware)

•FirmwareT8705_V6.0.x.bin

GotoMaintenance>FirmwareupgradeandclickUpgrade.Followtheinstructions.

•UnupgradefromV5.1.8.2orV5.1.8.4toV5.1.8.5takesapproximately10minutes.

•UnupgradefromV5.1.8.5toV6.0.xtakesapproximately15minutes.

Ifthermwareupgradefailed

1.Sendareporttoaxis.com/support.Includeinformationaboutthedevice’sMACaddressinthereport.

2.Unziptheincludedwicle(decoder-image-prod-6.0.x.wic.gz)andsaveittoanSDcard.

3.InserttheSDcardintoanSDcardreader.Opentheleandfollowtheinstructionstoupgradethermwarewith

thewicle.

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Thedeviceinterface

Toreachthedeviceinterface,enterthedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.

Showorhidethemainmenu.

Accesstheproducthelp.

Changethelanguage.

Setlightthemeordarktheme.

Theusermenucontains:

•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.

•Changeuser:Logoutthecurrentuserandloginanewuser.

•Logout:Logoutthecurrentuser.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.

•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.

•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.

•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.

Status

RAMuse:PercentageofRAMthat’sused.

CPUuse:PercentageofCPUthat’sused.

GPUuse:PercentageofGPUthat’sused.

GPUbususe:PercentageofGPUbusthat’sused.

Decodingprocess:Currentstatusofthedecodingprocess,RunningorStopped.

IPaddress:Thedevice’sIPaddress.

Dateandtime:Thedevice’sdateandtime.

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Videosources

Name:Thevideosource’sname.

Type:Thevideosource’stype,AxisorGeneric.

Addvideosources:Createanewvideosource.Youcanusetwodifferentmethods:

•Step-by-step:AddanAxisdevicewithhelpfromawizard.

•Manual:Addanydevicemanually.

Thecontextmenucontains:

Editvideosource:Editthepropertiesofthevideosource.

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Deletevideosource:Deletethevideosource.

Display

Clicktocongurethesequenceorder.Withthesequenceyoucandecideinwhichorderyouwanttoseethedifferentviews.

Clicktoaddanewview.Youcanaddasmanyviewsasyoulike.

Startsequence:Clicktoturnonthesequence.

Viewsettings:

•Name:Enteranicenameoftheview.

•Duration:Decidehowlongtheviewwillbedisplayedinasequence.

•Layout:Selectascreenlayout,thendecidewhereeachdeviceshouldbedisplayed.

Resolution:Selectwhichresolutionyouwanttousefortheview.

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Jobs

Addjob:Clicktoaddanewjob.

Name:Enterauniquenameforthejob.

Type:Selectatype.

•Restartdecoding:Restartsthedecodingatacertaintime.

•Rebootsystem:Rebootsthesystematacertaintime.

•NTPsync:Re-synchronizetheNTPserveratacertaintime.

Recurrence:Selectwhenthesystemshouldrunthejob.

•Minutely:Thesystemrunsthejobatacertaininterval,forexampleevery15thmin.

•Hourly:Thesystemrunsthejobatacertaininterval,forexampleeverysecondhourand15thmin.

•Daily:Thesystemrunsthejobeverydayatacertaininterval.

•Weekdays:Thesystemrunsthejobacertaindayatacertaininterval.

Thecontextmenucontains:

Delete:Deletethejob.

System

Dateandtime

Thetimeformatdependsonthewebbrowser’slanguagesettings.

Note

Werecommendyoutosynchronizethedevice’sdateandtimewithanNTPserver.

Synchronization:Selectanoptionforsynchronizingthedevice’sdateandtime.

•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTSKEservers):SynchronizewiththesecureNTPkeyestablishmentservers

connectedtotheDHCPserver.

-ManualNTSKEservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,

thedevicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.

•Automaticdateandtime(NTPserversusingDHCP):SynchronizewiththeNTPserversconnectedtotheDHCPserver.

-FallbackNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwofallbackservers.

•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTPservers):SynchronizewithNTPserversofyourchoice.

-ManualNTPservers:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.WhenyouusetwoNTPservers,the

devicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.

•Customdateandtime:Manuallysetthedateandtime.ClickGetfromsystemtofetchthedateandtimesettings

oncefromyourcomputerormobiledevice.

Timezone:Selectwhichtimezonetouse.Timewillbeautomaticallyadjustedfordaylightsavingtimeandstandardtime.

Note

Thesystemusesthedateandtimesettingsinallrecordings,logsandsystemsettings.

Network

IPv4

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AssignIPv4automatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.Werecommend

automaticIP(DHCP)formostnetworks.

IPaddress:EnterauniqueIPaddressforthedevice.StaticIPaddressescanbeassignedatrandomwithinisolatednetworks,

providedthateachaddressisunique.Toavoidconicts,werecommendyoutocontactyournetworkadministratorbeforeyou

assignastaticIPaddress.

Subnetmask:Enterthesubnetmasktodenewhataddressesareinsidethelocalareanetwork.Anyaddressoutsidethelocal

areanetworkgoesthroughtherouter.

Router:EntertheIPaddressofthedefaultrouter(gateway)usedtoconnectdevicesthatareattachedtodifferentnetworksand

networksegments.

IPv6

AssignIPv6automatically:SelecttoturnonIPv6andtoletthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomatically.

Hostname

Assignhostnameautomatically:Selecttoletthenetworkrouterassignahostnametothedeviceautomatically.

Hostname:Enterthehostnamemanuallytouseasanalternativewayofaccessingthedevice.TheHostnameisusedintheserver

reportandinthesystemlog.AllowedcharactersareA–Z,a–z,0–9and-.

DNSservers

AssignDNSautomatically:SelecttoletthenetworkrouterassignsearchdomainsandDNSserveraddressestothedevice

automatically.WerecommendautomaticDNS(DHCP)formostnetworks.

Searchdomains:Whenyouuseahostnamethatisnotfullyqualied,clickAddsearchdomainandenteradomaininwhichto

searchforthehostnameusedbythedevice.

DNSservers:ClickAddDNSserverandentertheIPaddressoftheDNSserver.ThisprovidesthetranslationofhostnamestoIP

addressesonyournetwork.

HTTPandHTTPS

Allowaccessthrough:SelectifauserisallowedtoconnecttothedevicethroughtheHTTP,HTTPS,orbothHTTPandHTTPS

protocols.

HTTPSisaprotocolthatprovidesencryptionforpagerequestsfromusersandforthepagesreturnedbythewebserver.The

encryptedexchangeofinformationisgovernedbytheuseofanHTTPScerticate,whichguaranteestheauthenticityoftheserver.

TouseHTTPSonthedevice,youmustinstallanHTTPScerticate.GotoSystem>Securitytocreateandinstallcerticates.

Note

IfyouviewencryptedwebpagesthroughHTTPS,youmightexperienceadropinperformance,especiallywhenyou

requestapageforthersttime.

HTTPport:EntertheHTTPporttouse.Port80oranyportintherange1024-65535areallowed.Ifyouareloggedinasan

administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.

HTTPSport:EntertheHTTPSporttouse.Port443oranyportintherange1024-65535areallowed.Ifyouareloggedinasan

administrator,youcanalsoenteranyportintherange1-1023.Ifyouuseaportinthisrange,yougetawarning.

Certicate:SelectacerticatetoenableHTTPSforthedevice.

Friendlyname

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Bonjour®:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.

Bonjourname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.

UseUPnP®:Turnontoallowautomaticdiscoveryonthenetwork.

UPnPname:Enterafriendlynametobevisibleonthenetwork.ThedefaultnameisthedevicenameandMACaddress.

Security

Certicates

Certicatesareusedtoauthenticatedevicesonanetwork.Thedevicesupportstwotypesofcerticates:

•Client/servercerticates

Aclient/servercerticatevalidatesthedevice’sidentity,andcanbeself-signedorissuedbyaCerticateAuthority(CA).

Aself-signedcerticateofferslimitedprotectionandcanbeusedbeforeaCA-issuedcerticatehasbeenobtained.

•CAcerticates

YoucanuseaCAcerticatetoauthenticateapeercerticate,forexampletovalidatetheidentityofanauthentication

serverwhenthedeviceconnectstoanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1X.Thedevicehasseveralpre-installedCA

certicates.

Theseformatsaresupported:

•Certicateformats:.PEM,.CER,and.PFX

•Privatekeyformats:PKCS#1andPKCS#12

Important

Ifyouresetthedevicetofactorydefault,allcerticatesaredeleted.Anypre-installedCAcerticatesarereinstalled.

Filterthecerticatesinthelist.

Addcerticate:Clicktoaddacerticate.

Thecontextmenucontains:

•Certicateinformation:Viewaninstalledcerticate’sproperties.

•Deletecerticate:Deletethecerticate.

•Createcerticatesigningrequest:Createacerticatesigningrequesttosendtoaregistrationauthoritytoapply

foradigitalidentitycerticate.

IEEE802.1x

IEEE802.1xisanIEEEstandardforport-basednetworkadmissioncontrolprovidingsecureauthenticationofwiredandwireless

networkdevices.IEEE802.1xisbasedonEAP(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol).

ToaccessanetworkprotectedbyIEEE802.1x,networkdevicesmustauthenticatethemselves.Theauthenticationisperformedby

anauthenticationserver,typicallyaRADIUSserver(forexampleFreeRADIUSandMicrosoftInternetAuthenticationServer).

Certicates

WhenconguredwithoutaCAcerticate,servercerticatevalidationisdisabledandthedevicetriestoauthenticateitself

regardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.

Whenusingacerticate,inAxis'implementation,thedeviceandtheauthenticationserverauthenticatethemselveswithdigital

certicatesusingEAP-TLS(ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol-TransportLayerSecurity).

Toallowthedevicetoaccessanetworkprotectedthroughcerticates,asignedclientcerticatemustbeinstalledonthedevice.

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Clientcerticate:SelectaclientcerticatetouseIEEE802.1x.Theauthenticationserverusesthecerticatetovalidatethe

client’sidentity.

CAcerticate:SelectaCAcerticatetovalidatetheauthenticationserver’sidentity.Whennocerticateisselected,thedevice

triestoauthenticateitselfregardlessofwhatnetworkitisconnectedto.

EAPidentity:Entertheuseridentityassociatedwiththeclientcerticate.

EAPOLversion:SelecttheEAPOLversionthatisusedinthenetworkswitch.

UseIEEE802.1x:SelecttousetheIEEE802.1xprotocol.

Users

Adduser:Clicktoaddanewuser.Youcanaddupto100users.

Username:Enterauniqueusername.

Newpassword:Enterapasswordfortheuser.Passwordsmustbe1to64characterslong.OnlyASCIIprintablecharacters(code

32to126)areallowedinthepassword,forexampleletters,numbers,punctuation,andsomesymbols.

Repeatpassword:Enterthesamepasswordagain.

Role:

•Administrator:Hasfullaccesstoallsettings.Administratorscanalsoadd,update,andremoveotherusers.

•Operator:Hasaccesstoallsettingsexcept:

-AllSystemsettings.

•Viewer:Hasaccessto:

-Status

-Display

Thecontextmenucontains:

Updateuser:Edittheuser’sproperties.

Deleteuser:Deletetheuser.Youcan’tdeletetherootuser.

Logs

Reportsandlogs

Reports

•Viewthedeviceserverreport:Clicktoshowinformationabouttheproductstatusinapop-upwindow.TheAccess

LogisautomaticallyincludedintheServerReport.

•Downloadthedeviceserverreport:Clicktodownloadtheserverreport.Itcreatesa.ziplethatcontainsacomplete

serverreporttextleinUTF–8format,aswellasasnapshotofthecurrentliveviewimage.Alwaysincludetheserver

report.ziplewhenyoucontactsupport.

Logs

•Viewthesystemlog:Clicktoshowinformationaboutsystemeventssuchasdevicestartup,warningsandcritical

messages.

•Viewtheaccesslog:Clicktoshowallfailedattemptstoaccessthedevice,forexamplewhenawronglogin

passwordisused.

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Plaincong

PlaincongisforadvanceduserswithexperienceofAxisdeviceconguration.Mostparameterscanbesetandeditedfrom

thispage.

Maintenance

Restart:Restartthedevice.Thisdoesnotaffectanyofthecurrentsettings.Runningapplicationsrestartautomatically.

Restore:Returnmostsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Afterwardsyoumustrecongurethedeviceandrecreateany

eventsandPTZpresets.

Important

Theonlysettingssavedafterrestoreare:

•Bootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)

•StaticIPaddress

•Defaultrouter

•Subnetmask

•802.1Xsettings

•O3Csettings

Factorydefault:Returnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.AfterwardsyoumustresettheIPaddresstomakethedevice

accessible.

Note

AllAxisdevicermwareisdigitallysignedtoensurethatyouonlyinstallveriedrmwareonyourdevice.Thisfurther

increasestheoverallminimumcybersecuritylevelofAxisdevices.Formoreinformation,seethewhitepaper“Signed

rmware,secureboot,andsecurityofprivatekeys”ataxis.com.

Firmwareupgrade:Upgradetoanewrmwareversion.Newrmwarereleasescancontainimprovedfunctionality,bug

xes,andcompletelynewfeatures.Werecommendyoutoalwaysusethelatestrelease.Todownloadthelatestrelease,go

toaxis.com/support.

Whenyouupgrade,youcanchoosebetweenthreeoptions:

•Standardupgrade:Upgradetothenewrmwareversion.

•Factorydefault:Upgradeandreturnallsettingstothefactorydefaultvalues.Whenyouchoosethisoption,youcan’t

reverttothepreviousrmwareversionaftertheupgrade.

•Autorollback:Upgradeandconrmtheupgradewithinthesettime.Ifyoudon’tconrm,thedevicerevertstothe

previousrmwareversion.

Firmwarerollback:Reverttothepreviouslyinstalledrmwareversion.

Conguration

Downloadcongurationle:Selectwhichsettingsyouwanttoincludeinthecongurationle.Thelewon'tinclude

certicatesorprivatekeys.

Uploadcongurationle:Theuploadedcongurationleoverwritestheexistingcongurationwithinthesamearea.For

example:ifyourleonlycontainsinformationaboutvideo,thesystemsettingswon'tbeaffected.Thecongurationledoesn’t

includecerticatesorprivatekeys.Ifyouwantothercerticatesthanthedefaultself-signedones,youneedtosetthemmanually.

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Streamingandstorage

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/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion

JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtoolderMPEGformats.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

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Resettofactorydefaultsettings

Important

Usetheresettofactorydefaultfunctionwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,

tothefactorydefaultvalues.

1.GotoMaintenance>Factorydefault.

2.ClickDefault.

3.ClickRestoreall.

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultwiththerestartbutton.Withthedeviceturnedon,pressandholdthe

restartbuttonfor10seconds.

Firmwareoptions

Axisoffersproductrmwaremanagementaccordingtoeithertheactivetrackorthelong-termsupport(LTS)tracks.Beingonthe

activetrackmeanscontinuouslygettingaccesstoallthelatestproductfeatures,whiletheLTStracksprovideaxedplatformwith

periodicreleasesfocusedmainlyonbugxesandsecurityupdates.

Usingrmwarefromtheactivetrackisrecommendedifyouwanttoaccessthenewestfeatures,orifyouuseAxisend-to-endsystem

offerings.TheLTStracksarerecommendedifyouusethird-partyintegrations,whicharenotcontinuouslyvalidatedagainstthelatest

activetrack.WithLTS,theproductscanmaintaincybersecuritywithoutintroducinganysignicantfunctionalchangesoraffecting

anyexistingintegrations.FormoredetailedinformationaboutAxisproductrmwarestrategy,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.

Checkthecurrentrmwareversion

Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Whenyoutroubleshootaproblem,werecommend

youtostartbycheckingthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestrmwareversionmightcontainacorrectionthatxesyour

particularproblem.

Tocheckthecurrentrmware:

1.Gotothedeviceinterface>Status.

2.SeethermwareversionunderDeviceinfo.

Upgradethermware

Important

Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenyouupgradethermware(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein

thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Important

Makesurethedeviceremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

Note

Whenyouupgradethedevicewiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality

available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeyouupgradethe

rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.

1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware.

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2.Logintothedeviceasanadministrator.

3.GotoMaintenance>FirmwareupgradeandclickUpgrade.

Whentheupgradehasnished,theproductrestartsautomatically.

YoucanuseAXISDeviceManagertoupgrademultipledevicesatthesametime.Findoutmoreat

axis.com/products/axis-device-manager.

Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele

correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.

Problemsafterrmware

upgrade

Ifyouexperienceproblemsafterarmwareupgrade,rollbacktothepreviouslyinstalledversion

fromtheMaintenancepage.

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.

Thedevicecan’tbeaccessedfromabrowser

Can’tloginWhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting

tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.

SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage17.

TheIPaddresshasbeen

changedbyDHCP

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen

changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify

thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.

Certicateerrorwhenusing

IEEE802.1X

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe

synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSystem>Dateandtime.

Performanceconsiderations

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

AXIST8705VideoDecoder

Troubleshooting

•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe

bandwidth.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand

bandwidth.

Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat

streamsareidentical.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.

Contactsupport

Contactsupportataxis.com/support.

AXIST8705VideoDecoder

Speciﬁcations

Productoverview

1Networkconnector

2Powerconnector

3NetworkLED

4Restartbutton

5HDMIconnector

6Reservedforoperatingsystem

LED

NetworkLEDIndication

RedFlashesfornetworkactivity.

UnlitNonetworkconnection.

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage17.

Connectors

HDMIconnector

UsetheHDMITMconnectortoconnectadisplayorpublicviewmonitor.

Networkconnector

RJ45Ethernetconnector.

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Axis T8705 User manual

Brand: Axis

Model: T8705

Category: Video servers/encoders

Type: User manual

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