Axis M1145L User manual

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Model: M1145L

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AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

UserManual

AboutthisDocument

ThismanualisintendedforadministratorsandusersoftheAXIS

M1145–LFixedDomeNetworkCamera,andisapplicabletormware

6.50andlater.Itincludesinstructionsforusingandmanagingthe

productonyournetwork.Previousexperienceofnetworkingwillbeof

usewhenusingthisproduct.SomeknowledgeofUNIXorLinux-based

systemsmayalsobebenecial,fordevelopingshellscriptsand

applications.LaterversionsofthisdocumentwillbepostedtotheAxis

website,asrequired.Seealsotheproduct’sonlinehelp,availablevia

theweb-basedinterface.

Legalconsiderations

Videosurveillancecanberegulatedbylawsthatvaryfromcountryto

country.Checkthelawsinyourlocalregionbeforeusingthisproduct

forsurveillancepurposes.

Thisproductincludesthefollowinglicences:

•one(1)H.264decoderlicense

Topurchasefurtherlicenses,contactyourreseller.

Liability

Everycarehasbeentakeninthepreparationofthisdocument.Please

informyourlocalAxisofceofanyinaccuraciesoromissions.Axis

CommunicationsABcannotbeheldresponsibleforanytechnicalor

typographicalerrorsandreservestherighttomakechangestothe

productandmanualswithoutpriornotice.AxisCommunicationsAB

makesnowarrantyofanykindwithregardtothematerialcontained

withinthisdocument,including,butnotlimitedto,theimplied

warrantiesofmerchantabilityandtnessforaparticularpurpose.Axis

CommunicationsABshallnotbeliablenorresponsibleforincidentalor

consequentialdamagesinconnectionwiththefurnishing,performance

oruseofthismaterial.Thisproductisonlytobeusedforitsintended

purpose.

Intellectualpropertyrights

AxisABhasintellectualpropertyrightsrelatingtotechnologyembodied

intheproductdescribedinthisdocument.Inparticular,andwithout

limitation,theseintellectualpropertyrightsmayincludeoneormore

ofthepatentslistedatwww.axis.com/patent.htmandoneormore

additionalpatentsorpendingpatentapplicationsintheUSandother

countries.

Thisproductcontainslicensedthird-partysoftware.Seethemenuitem

“About”intheproduct’suserinterfaceformoreinformation.

ThisproductcontainssourcecodecopyrightAppleComputer,

Inc.,underthetermsofApplePublicSourceLicense2.0(see

www.opensource.apple.com/apsl).Thesourcecodeisavailablefrom

https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/

Equipmentmodications

Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledandusedinstrictaccordancewiththe

instructionsgivenintheuserdocumentation.Thisequipmentcontains

nouser-serviceablecomponents.Unauthorizedequipmentchangesor

modicationswillinvalidateallapplicableregulatorycertications

andapprovals.

Trademarkacknowledgments

AXISCOMMUNICATIONS,AXISandVAPIXareregisteredtrademarksor

trademarkapplicationsofAxisABinvariousjurisdictions.Allother

companynamesandproductsaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarks

oftheirrespectivecompanies.

Apple,Boa,Apache,Bonjour,Ethernet,InternetExplorer,Linux,

Microsoft,Mozilla,Real,SMPTE,QuickTime,UNIX,Windows,Windows

VistaandWWWareregisteredtrademarksoftherespectiveholders.

JavaandallJava-basedtrademarksandlogosaretrademarksor

registeredtrademarksofOracleand/oritsafliates.UPnP

isa

certicationmarkoftheUPnP

ImplementersCorporation.

SD,SDHCandSDXCaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,

LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.Also,miniSD,microSD,

miniSDHC,microSDHC,microSDXCarealltrademarksorregistered

trademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

Regulatoryinformation

Europe

ThisproductcomplieswiththeapplicableCEmarkingdirectives

andharmonizedstandards:

•ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)Directive2014/30/EU.See

Electromagneticcompatibility(EMC)onpage2.

•LowVoltage(LVD)Directive2014/35/EU.SeeSafetyonpage3.

•RestrictionsofHazardousSubstances(RoHS)Directive2011/65/EU.

SeeDisposalandrecyclingonpage3.

Acopyoftheoriginaldeclarationofconformitymaybeobtainedfrom

AxisCommunicationsAB.SeeContactinformationonpage3.

Electromagneticcompatibility(EMC)

Thisequipmenthasbeendesignedandtestedtofulllapplicable

standardsfor:

•Radiofrequencyemissionwheninstalledaccordingtothe

instructionsandusedinitsintendedenvironment.

•Immunitytoelectricalandelectromagneticphenomenawhen

installedaccordingtotheinstructionsandusedinitsintended

environment.

USA

Usinganunshieldednetworkcable(UTP)–Thisequipmenthas

beentestedusinganunshieldednetworkcable(UTP)andfoundto

complywiththelimitsforaClassAdigitaldevice,pursuanttopart

15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonable

protectionagainstharmfulinterferencewhentheequipmentis

operatedinacommercialenvironment.Thisequipmentgenerates,

uses,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledand

usedinaccordancewiththeinstructionmanual,maycauseharmful

interferencetoradiocommunications.Operationofthisequipmentina

residentialareaislikelytocauseharmfulinterferenceinwhichcase

theuserwillberequiredtocorrecttheinterferenceathisownexpense.

Usingashieldednetworkcable(STP)–Thisequipmenthasalso

beentestedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)andfoundtocomply

withthelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuanttopart15ofthe

FCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotection

againstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.This

equipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,

ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycause

harmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.However,thereisno

guaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.If

thisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevision

reception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffand

on,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneor

moreofthefollowingmeasures:

•Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

•Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfrom

thattowhichthereceiverisconnected.

•Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

Tobeusedinaresidentialareaorademandingelectricalenvironment,

theproductshallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)

thatisproperlygrounded.

Canada

ThisdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCANICES-3(ClassB).Theproduct

shallbeconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatis

properlygrounded.Cetappareilnumériqueestconformeàlanorme

CANNMB-3(classeB).Leproduitdoitêtreconnectéàl'aided'uncâble

réseaublindé(STP)quiestcorrectementmisàlaterre.

Europe

ThisdigitalequipmentfulllstherequirementsforRFemission

accordingtotheClassBlimitofEN55022.Theproductshallbe

connectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatisproperly

grounded.

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforimmunityaccording

toEN61000-6-1residential,commercialandlight-industrial

environments.

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforimmunityaccordingto

EN61000-6-2industrialenvironments.

Thisproductfulllstherequirementsforimmunityaccordingto

EN55024ofceandcommercialenvironments.

Australia/NewZealand

ThisdigitalequipmentfulllstherequirementsforRFemission

accordingtotheClassBlimitofAS/NZSCISPR22.Theproductshall

beconnectedusingashieldednetworkcable(STP)thatisproperly

grounded.

Japan

この装置は、クラスB情報技術装置です。この装置は、家

庭環境で使⽤することを⽬的としていますが、この装置が

ラジオやテレビジョン受信機に近接して使⽤されると、受

信障害を引き起こすことがあります。取扱説明書に従って

正しい取り扱いをして下さい。本製品は、シールドネット

ワークケーブル(STP)を使⽤して接続してください。また

適切に接地してください。

Korea

이기기는가정용(B급)전자파적합기기로서주로가정에

서사용하는것을목적으로하며,모든지역에서사용할수

있습니다.적절히접지된STP(shieldedtwistedpair)케이

블을사용하여제품을연결하십시오.

가정용방송통신기자재

이기기는가정용(B급)으로전자파적합기기로서주로가

정에서사용하는것을목적으로하며,모든지역에서사용

할수있습니다.적절히접지된STP(shieldedtwistedpair)케이

블을사용하여제품을연결하십시오.

제품사양

•사용온도:0°C~40°C(32°F~104°F),습도(20~80%)

•저장온도:-20~60°C(-4°F~140°F)

•전원:PoweroverEthernetIEEE802.3af/802.3atType1Class3,

Max.10.5W

적합성평가를받은자의상호:AxisCommunicationsAB

기자재의명칭(모델명):NetworkCamera(M1 145-L)

인증번호:MSIP-REM-PNB-M1145-L

제조자/제조국가:AxisCommunicationsAB/Sweden

제조년월:별도표시

A/S정보

AxisCommunicationsAB한국지사

주소:서울특별시금천구가산동685번지가산디지털엠

파이어1012호

TEL:82-2-780-9636

FAX:82-2-6280-9636

Safety

ThisproductcomplieswithIEC/EN/UL60950-1,SafetyofInformation

TechnologyEquipment.

Ifitsconnectingcablesareroutedoutdoors,theproductshallbe

groundedeitherthroughashieldednetworkcable(STP)orother

appropriatemethod.

Battery

ThisAxisproductusesaML614Rrechargablecellasthepowersupply

foritsinternalreal-timeclock(RTC).Undernormalconditionsthis

batterywilllastforaminimumof2weeks.

Lithiumcoincell3.0Vbatteriescontain1,2-dimethoxyethane;ethylene

glycoldimethylether(EGDME),CASno.110-71-4.

WARNING

Disposeofusedbatteriesaccordingtothemanufacturer's

instructions.

Disposalandrecycling

Whenthisproducthasreachedtheendofitsusefullife,disposeof

itaccordingtolocallawsandregulations.Forinformationabout

yournearestdesignatedcollectionpoint,contactyourlocalauthority

responsibleforwastedisposal.Inaccordancewithlocallegislation,

penaltiesmaybeapplicableforincorrectdisposalofthiswaste.

Europe

Thissymbolmeansthattheproductshallnotbedisposedof

togetherwithhouseholdorcommercialwaste.Directive2012/19/EU

onwasteelectricalandelectronicequipment(WEEE)isapplicablein

theEuropeanUnionmemberstates.Topreventpotentialharmto

humanhealthandtheenvironment,theproductmustbedisposed

ofinanapprovedandenvironmentallysaferecyclingprocess.For

informationaboutyournearestdesignatedcollectionpoint,contact

yourlocalauthorityresponsibleforwastedisposal.Businessesshould

contacttheproductsupplierforinformationabouthowtodispose

ofthisproductcorrectly.

ThisproductcomplieswiththerequirementsofDirective2011/65/EUon

therestrictionoftheuseofcertainhazardoussubstancesinelectrical

andelectronicequipment(RoHS).

China

ThisproductcomplieswiththerequirementsofSJ/T11364-2014,

Markingfortherestrictionofhazardoussubstancesinelectricaland

electronicproducts.

有毒有害物质或元素

部

件

名

称

铅

(Pb)

汞

(Hg)

镉

(Cd)

六价

铬

(Cr(VI)

)

多溴

联苯

(PBB)

多溴

二苯

醚

(PBDE)

电

气

实

装

部

分

00000

0:表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有均质材料中的含量均在

GB/T26572标准规定的限量要求以下。

X:表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含

量超出GB/T26572标准规定的限量要求。

Contactinformation

AxisCommunicationsAB

Emdalavägen14

22369Lund

Sweden

Tel:+46462721800

Fax:+4646136130

www.axis.com

Support

Shouldyourequireanytechnicalassistance,pleasecontactyourAxis

reseller.Ifyourquestionscannotbeansweredimmediately,your

resellerwillforwardyourqueriesthroughtheappropriatechannelsto

ensurearapidresponse.IfyouareconnectedtotheInternet,youcan:

•downloaduserdocumentationandsoftwareupdates

•ndanswerstoresolvedproblemsintheFAQdatabase.Search

byproduct,category,orphrase

•reportproblemstoAxissupportstaffbyloggingintoyourprivate

supportarea

•chatwithAxissupportstaff

•visitAxisSupportatwww.axis.com/support

Warrantyinformation

ForinformationaboutAxis’productwarrantyandtheretorelated

information,gotowww.axis.com/warranty/

Learnmore!

VisitAxislearningcenterwww.axis.com/academy/forusefultrainings,

webinars,tutorialsandguides.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

TableofContents

Safetyinformation..........................................6

Hazardlevels...................................................6

Othermessagelevels.............................................6

Hardwareoverview..........................................7

Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................8

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................8

HowtoaccesstheproductfromtheInternet.........................8

Howtosettherootpassword.....................................9

SetPowerLineFrequency.........................................9

Abouttheliveviewwindow.......................................9

Aboutmediastreams........................................12

AboutH.264format.............................................12

AboutMJPEGformat............................................12

AboutAXISMediaControl(AMC)...................................12

Alternativemethodsofaccessingthevideostream....................13

Howtosetuptheproduct....................................15

Howtoperformabasicsetup.....................................15

Aboutvideosettings.............................................16

Howtosetupvideostreams......................................16

Aboutstreamproles............................................18

AboutONVIFmediaproles.......................................18

Aboutcamerasettings...........................................18

ViewArea.....................................................20

Aboutoverlays..................................................21

Aboutprivacymasks.............................................23

Setfocusandzoom..............................................23

Howtoconguretheliveviewwindow.........................24

AboutPTZ(PanTiltZoom)....................................26

Aboutpresetpositions...........................................26

Aboutguardtours...............................................26

Advanced......................................................27

Aboutthecontrolqueue..........................................28

Aboutdetectors............................................29

Aboutcameratampering.........................................29

Aboutapplications..........................................30

Aboutapplicationlicenses........................................30

Howtouploadandstartanapplication.............................30

ApplicationConsiderations........................................30

Aboutevents...............................................31

Howtosetupactionrules........................................31

Howtoaddrecipients............................................33

Howtocreateschedules..........................................35

Howtosetuprecurrences........................................35

Aboutrecordings...........................................36

Howtondrecordings...........................................36

Howtoplayrecordings...........................................36

Howtoexportavideoclip........................................37

Aboutcontinuousrecording.......................................37

Aboutlanguages............................................38

Aboutsystemoptions........................................39

Security.......................................................39

Date&Time....................................................41

Network.......................................................42

Storage.......................................................47

Ports&Devices.................................................49

Maintenance...................................................49

Support.......................................................50

Advanced......................................................51

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................51

Troubleshooting............................................52

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................52

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

TableofContents

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................52

Symptoms,possiblecausesandremedialactions......................53

Technicalspecications......................................56

LEDIndicators..................................................56

SDcardslot....................................................56

Buttons.......................................................57

Connectors....................................................57

Performanceconsiderations.......................................58

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Safetyinformation

Hazardlevels

DANGER

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,willresultindeathorseriousinjury.

WARNING

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindeathorseriousinjury.

CAUTION

Indicatesahazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultinminorormoderateinjury.

NO NO

TICE TICE

TICE

Indicatesasituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindamagetoproperty.

Othermessagelevels

Important

Indicatessignicantinformationwhichisessentialfortheproducttofunctioncorrectly.

Note

Indicatesusefulinformationwhichhelpsingettingthemostoutoftheproduct.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Hardwareoverview

Forspecicationsofthehardwarecomponents,seeTechnicalspecicationsonpage56.

Lightsensor(onlyforAXISM1 145-L)

microSDcardslot

I/Oconnector

Networkconnector

NetworkLED

StatusLED

PowerLED

Controlbutton

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Howtoaccesstheproduct

ToinstalltheAxisproduct,seetheInstallationGuidesuppliedwiththeproduct.

Theproductcanbeusedwithmostoperatingsystemsandbrowsers.Werecommendthefollowingbrowsers:

•InternetExplorer

withWindows

•Safari

withOSX

•Chrome

orFirefox

withotheroperatingsystems.

ToviewstreamingvideoinInternetExplorer,allowinstallationofAXISMediaControl(AMC)whenprompted.

TheAxisproductincludesone(1)H.264decoderlicenseforviewingvideostreams.ThelicenseisautomaticallyinstalledwithAMC.

Theadministratorcandisabletheinstallationofthedecoderstopreventinstallationofunlicensedcopies.

Note

•QuickTime

isalsosupportedforviewingH.264streams.

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe

drop-downlist.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout

howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis

Supportwebatwww.axis.com/support

Note

ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe

congured.

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Note

Thecontrolsandlayoutoftheliveviewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsand

userpreferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedin

yourownliveviewpage.

HowtoaccesstheproductfromtheInternet

Onceconnected,theAxisproductisaccessibleonyourlocalnetwork(LAN).ToaccesstheproductfromtheInternetyoumust

congureyournetworkroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheproduct.Todothis,enabletheNAT-traversalfeature,which

willattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheproduct.ThisisenabledfromSetup>SystemOptions>

Network>TCP/IPAdvanced.

Formoreinformation,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4onpage44.SeealsoAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceat

www.axiscam.net

ForTechnicalnotesonthisandothertopics,visittheAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/support

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Howtoaccesstheproduct

Howtosettherootpassword

ToaccesstheAxisproduct,youmustsetthepasswordforthedefaultadministratoruserroot.ThisisdoneintheCongureRoot

Passworddialog,whichopenswhentheproductisaccessedforthersttime.

Topreventnetworkeavesdropping,therootpasswordcanbesetviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,whichrequiresanHTTPS

certicate.HTTPS(HypertextTransferProtocoloverSSL)isaprotocolusedtoencrypttrafcbetweenwebbrowsersandservers.The

HTTPScerticateensuresencryptedexchangeofinformation.SeeHTTPSonpage40.

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustbe

resettothefactorydefaultsettings.SeeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage51.

TosetthepasswordviaastandardHTTPconnection,enteritdirectlyinthedialog.

TosetthepasswordviaanencryptedHTTPSconnection,followthesesteps:

1.ClickUseHTTPS.

Atemporarycerticate(validforoneyear)iscreated,enablingencryptionofalltrafctoandfromtheproduct,andthe

passwordcannowbesetsecurely.

2.Enterapasswordandthenre-enterittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickOK.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

SetPowerLineFrequency

PowerlinefrequencyissetthersttimetheAxisproductisaccessedandcanonlybechangedfromPlainCong(seepage51)

orbyresettingtheproducttofactorydefault.

Selectthepowerlinefrequency(50Hzor60Hz)usedatthelocationoftheAxisproduct.Selectingthewrongfrequencymaycause

imageickeriftheproductisusedinuorescentlightenvironments.

Whenusing50Hz,themaximumframerateislimitedto25fps.

Note

Powerlinefrequencyvariesdependingongeographicregion.TheAmericasusuallyuse60Hz,whereasmostotherpartsof

theworlduse50Hz.Localvariationscouldapply.Alwayscheckwiththelocalauthorities.

Abouttheliveviewwindow

Thecontrolsandlayoutoftheliveviewwindowmayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsanduser

preferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedinyourownliveview

window.Thefollowingprovidesanoverviewofeachavailablecontrol.

Aboutthecontrolsintheliveviewwindow

ClicktheViewsizebuttonstoshowtheimageinfullsize(rightbutton)ortoscaledowntheimageto

tthebrowserwindow(leftbutton).

SelectastreamprolefortheliveviewwindowfromtheStreamProledrop-downlist.Forinformation

abouthowtocongurestreamproles,seepage18.

ClickPulsetoactivatetheproduct’soutputportforadenedperiodoftime.Forinformationabouthow

toenableandcongureoutputbuttons,seepage25.Theoutputbuttonnamemaydifferdependingon

thenameenteredintheI/OPortsconguration.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Howtoaccesstheproduct

ClicktheActive/Inactivebuttonstomanuallyactivateandinactivetheproduct’soutputport.For

informationabouthowtoenableandcongureoutputbuttons,seepage25.

UsetheManualTriggerbuttontotriggeranactionrulefromtheliveviewwindow.Forinformation

abouthowtocongureandenablethebutton,seeAboutthemanualtriggeronpage10.

ClickSnapshottosaveasnapshotofthevideoimage.Thisbuttonisprimarilyintendedforusewhen

theAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisnotavailable.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>

ActionButtons.

Activateorde-activateIRilluminationfromSetup>Video>CameraSettings.Enablethisbuttonfrom

LiveViewCong>ActionButtons.

MovetheslidertoincreaseordecreasetheintensityoftheIRillumination.

Aboutthemanualtrigger

TheManualTriggerisusedtotriggeranactionrulefromtheLiveViewpage.Themanualtriggercanforexamplebeusedto

validateactionsduringproductinstallationandconguration.

Tocongurethemanualtrigger:

1.GotoSetup>Events.

2.ClickAddtoaddanewactionrule.

3.FromtheTriggerdrop-downlist,selectInputSignal.

4.Fromtheseconddrop-downlist,selectManualTrigger.

5.Selectthedesiredactionandconguretheothersettingsasrequired.

Formoreinformationaboutactionrules,seeAbouteventsonpage31.

ToshowthemanualtriggerbuttonsintheLiveViewpage:

1.GotoSetup>LiveViewCong.

2.UnderActionButtons,selectShowmanualtriggerbutton.

AbouttheAXISMediaControlviewertoolbar

TheAXISMediaControlviewertoolbarisavailableinInternetExploreronly.SeeAboutAXISMediaControl(AMC)onpage12for

moreinformation.Thetoolbardisplaysthefollowingbuttons:

ThePlaybuttonconnectstotheAxisproductandstartsplayingamediastream.

TheStopbuttonstopsthemediastream.

TheSnapshotbuttontakesasnapshotofthevideoimage.

ClicktheViewFullScreenbuttonandthevideoimagewilllltheentirescreen.PressESC(Escape)onthecomputer

keyboardtocancelfullscreenview.

TheRecordbuttonisusedtorecordthecurrentvideostreamonyourcomputer.Thelocationwheretherecordingissaved

canbespeciedintheAMCControlPanel.EnablethisbuttonfromLiveViewCong>ViewerSettings.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Howtoaccesstheproduct

PTZControls

Note

ThesecontrolsareavailableifdigitalPTZisenabledintheselectedviewarea,seeViewAreaonpage20.

WiththePTZControlQueueenabledthetimeeachuserisincontrolofthePTZsettingsislimited.Clickthebuttonstorequestor

releasecontrolofthePTZcontrols.ThePTZControlQueueissetupunderPTZ>ControlQueue.

ClicktheEmulatejoystickmodebuttonandclickintheimagetomovethecameraviewinthedirectionofthe

mousepointer.

ClicktheCentermodebuttonandclickintheimagetocenterthecameraviewonthatposition.

Thecentermodebuttoncouldalsobeusedtozoominonaspecicarea.Clickintheimageanddragtodrawa

rectanglesurroundingtheareatobemagnied.Tozoomout,rotatethemousewheel.

Toviewaspecicviewareaorpresetposition,selectitfromtheSourcelist.

PanandTiltbars–Usethearrowstopanandtiltthecameraview,orclickonapositiononthebartosteerthecameraviewto

thatposition.

Zoombar–Usethearrowstozoominandout,orclickonapositiononthebartozoomtothatposition.

ThePTZcontrolscanbedisabledunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls,seeAboutadvancedPTZsettingsonpage27.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Aboutmediastreams

TheAxisproductprovidesseveralvideostreamformats.Yourrequirementsandthepropertiesofyournetworkwilldeterminethe

typeyouuse.

TheliveviewwindowintheproductprovidesaccesstoH.264andMotionJPEGvideostreams,andtothelistofavailablestream

proles.Otherapplicationsandclientscanaccessvideostreamsdirectly,withoutgoingviatheliveviewwindow.

AboutH.264format

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedwiththeMotion

JPEGformatandasmuchas50%morethantheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatmuchlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,muchhighervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

Decidingwhichcombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesof

yournetwork.TheavailableoptionsinAXISMediaControlare:

UnicastRTP

Thisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)isused

forliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitis

importanttohaveanup-to-datevideostream,

evenifsomeframesaredropped.

RTPoverRTSP

Thisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)

isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletocongure

rewallstoallowRTSPtrafc.

RTPoverRTSPoverHTTP

Thisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraverse

rewalls.Firewallsarecommonlyconguredto

allowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPto

betunneled.

Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demand

transmissionsothatthereisnovideotrafc

onthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsand

requeststhestream.

Notethatthereareamaximumof20

simultaneousunicastconnections.

MulticastRTP

Thismethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.Thevideostreamisalways

up-to-date,evenifsomeframesaredropped.

Multicastingprovidesthemostefcientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersof

clientsviewingsimultaneously.Amulticastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlessthe

routerisconguredtoallowthis.ItisnotpossibletomulticastovertheInternet,forexample.

Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof20

simultaneousconnections.

AXISMediaControlnegotiateswiththeAxisproducttodeterminethetransportprotocoltouse.Theorderofpriority,listedinthe

AMCControlPanel,canbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitspecicrequirements.

Note

H.264islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

AboutMJPEGformat

ThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufcient

tocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage

containedinthestream.TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAxisproductistousetheAXIS

MediaControlinInternetExplorerinWindows.

AboutAXISMediaControl(AMC)

AXISMediaControl(AMC)inInternetExplorerinWindowsistherecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideofromtheAxisproduct.

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Aboutmediastreams

TheAMCControlPanelcanbeusedtocongurevariousvideosettings.PleaseseetheAXISMediaControlUser’sManualformore

information.

TheAMCControlPanelisautomaticallyinstalledonrstuse,afterwhichitcanbecongured.OpentheAMCControlPanelfrom:

•WindowsControlPanel(fromtheStartscreenorStartmenu)

•Alternatively,right-clickthevideoimageinInternetExplorerandclickSettings.

Alternativemethodsofaccessingthevideostream

YoucanalsoaccessvideoandimagesfromtheAxisproductinthefollowingways:

•MotionJPEGserverpush(ifsupportedbytheclient,ChromeorFirefox,forexample).ThisoptionmaintainsanopenHTTP

connectiontothebrowserandsendsdataasandwhenrequired,foraslongasrequired.

•StillJPEGimagesinabrowser.Enterthepathhttp://<ip>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

•WindowsMediaPlayer.ThisrequiresAXISMediaControlandtheH.264decodertobeinstalled.Thefollowingpaths

canbeused:

-UnicastviaRTP:axrtpu://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP:axrtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-UnicastviaRTSP,tunneledviaHTTP:axrtsphttp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-Multicast:axrtpm://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

•QuickTime

.Thefollowingpathscanbeused:

-rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.amp

-rtsp://<ip>/axis-media/media.3gp

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Aboutmediastreams

Note

•<ip>=IPaddress

•TheAxisproductsupportsQuickTime6.5.1andlater.

•QuickTimemayaddlatencytothevideostream.

•ItmaybepossibletouseotherplayerstoviewtheH.264streamusingthepathsabove,althoughAxisdoesnotguarantee

this.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Howtosetuptheproduct

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredbyuserswithadministratororoperatorrights.Toopentheproduct’ssetuppages,clickSetupin

thetopright-handcorneroftheliveviewwindow.

•Administratorshaveunrestrictedaccesstoallsettings.

•Operatorshaverestrictedaccesstosettings,seeUsersonpage39

Seealsotheonlinehelp

Howtoperformabasicsetup

BasicSetupprovidesshortcutstothesettingsthatshouldbemadebeforeusingtheAxisproduct:

1.Users.Seepage39.

2.TCP/IP.Seepage42.

3.Date&Time.Seepage41.

4.VideoStream.Seepage16.

5.Focus&Zoom.Seepage23.

TheBasicSetupmenucanbedisabledfromSystemOptions>Security>Users.

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Howtosetuptheproduct

Aboutvideosettings

ItispossibletocongurethefollowingvideofeaturesinyourAxisproduct:

•Videostream.Seepage16.

•Streamproles.Seepage18.

•ONVIFMediaProles.Seepage18.

•Camerasettings.Seepage18.

•Viewareas.Seepage20.

•Overlayimage.Seepage21.

•Privacymask.Seepage23.

•Focusandzoom.Seepage23.

Howtosetupvideostreams

Tosetuptheproduct’svideostreams,gotoVideo>VideoStream.

Thevideostreamsettingsaredividedintothefollowingtabs:

•Image.Seepage16.

•H.264.Seepage17.

•MJPEG.Seepage18.

Aboutthepixelcounter

Thepixelcountershowsthenumberofpixelsinanareaoftheimage.Thepixelcounterisusefulinsituationswherethereis

aspecicsizerequirement,forexampleinfacerecognition.

Thepixelcountercanbeused:

•Whensettingupavideostream,seeHowtosetupvideostreamsonpage16.UnderPreview,clickOpenandselectthe

Showpixelcounteroptiontoenabletherectangleintheimage.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle,orenter

thenumberofpixelsintheWidthandHeighteldsandclickApply.

•Whensettingfocus,seeSetfocusandzoomonpage23.SelecttheShowpixelcounteroptiontoenabletherectangle

intheimage.Usethemousetomoveandresizetherectangle,orenterthenumberofpixelsintheWidthandHeight

eldsandclickApply.

Image

ThedefaultimagesettingscanbeconguredunderVideo>VideoStream.SelecttheImagetab.

Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:

•Resolution.Selectthedefaultresolution.

•Compression.Thecompressionlevelaffectstheimagequality,bandwidthandlesizeofsavedimages;thelowerthe

compression,thehighertheimagequalitywithhigherbandwidthrequirementsandlargerlesizes.

•Mirrorimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanbemirrored.

•Rotateimage.Ifrequired,theimagecanberotated.

AXISM1145-LNetworkCamera

Howtosetuptheproduct

•Maximumframerate.Toavoidbandwidthproblems,theframerateallowedtoeachviewercanbeLimitedtoaxed

amount.Alternatively,theframeratecanbesetasUnlimited,whichmeanstheAxisproductalwaysdeliversthehighest

frameratepossibleunderthecurrentconditions.

•Overlaysettings.SeeAboutoverlaytextonpage21.

ClickSavetoapplythenewsettings.

AboutH.264

H.264,alsoknownasMPEG-4Part10/AVC,isavideocompressionstandardthatprovideshighqualityvideostreamsatlowbitrates.

AnH.264videostreamconsistsofdifferenttypesofframessuchasI-framesandP-frames.AnI-frameisacompleteimage,whereas

P-framesonlycontainthedifferencesfrompreviousframes.

AboutGOPlength

AGroupofPictures(GOP)containsoneI-framefollowedbyanumberofP-frames.TheGOPlengthisthenumberofframes

betweentwoI-frames.

EqualvaluesforGOPlengthandframerateresultinoneGOPpersecond.AhigherGOPlengthvalueresultsinmoresmall-sized

P-framesandlessbig-sizedI-frameswhilekeepingthesameframerate.Inotherwords,ahighGOP-lengthvaluesavesbandwidth,

butthevideoqualitymaydecrease.AlowGOP-lengthvalueincreasesthevideoqualitybutrequiresmorebandwidth.

AboutH.264proles

TheAxisproductsupportsthefollowingH.264prole(s):

•Baseline:UsetheBaselineproleiftheclientdoesnotsupportCABACentropycoding.

•Main:TheMainproleusesCABACandprovidesabettercompressionwithmaintainedvideoquality.Itrequiresalarger

amountofprocessingpowertodecodethantheBaselineprole.

Aboutbitratecontrol

Bitratecontrolisusefultomakesurethevideostreamingdoesnottakeuptoomuchbandwidth.

Aboutvariablebitrate

Variablebitrate(VBR)adjuststhebitrateaccordingtotheimagecomplexity.Whentheactivityinthesceneincreases,VBRadjusts

thebitrateaccordingtothecomplexity,usingupmorebandwidthforincreasedactivityinthescene,andlessforlowersceneactivity.

Variablebitrateissuitableifthereisasurplusinbandwidth,wheretheincreasedbitratemaynotbeanissue.

Aboutconstantbitrate

Ifbandwidthislimited,werecommendtocontrolthebitratebyselectingConstantbitrate(CBR).CBRallowsyoutosetatarget

bitratethatlimitsthebandwidthconsumption.TheCBRtargetbitrateworksliketheceilingofatent.Itlimitsthebitrate,while

maintainingsomeexibility.Thebitratemaybounceupanddownwithinthesettargetbutwhenitnearsthesettargetvalue,the

limitationkicksin.However,becauseCBRwillalwaysprioritizeacontinuousvideostream,itallowstemporaryovershootsfromthe

targetbitrate.Topartlycompensateforthenegativeeffectonframerateandimagequality,selectwhichvariabletobeprioritized.

Notsettingaprioritymeansthatframerateandimagequalityareequallyaffected.

HowtosetanH.264prole

1.TochangethesettingsforallH.264streamsthatdonotuseastreamprole,gotoVideo>VideoStream>H.264.

2.ToincreaseordecreasethenumberofframesperGOP,settheGOPlength.

3.SelectoneoftheH.264proles.

4.Selectoneofthefollowing:

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Howtosetuptheproduct

-Variablebitrate

-Constantbitrate

5.IfyouselectConstantbitrate,selectwhichvariabletoprioritizeinthePrioritydrop-downlist.

6.ClickSave.

Howtoincludecurrentbitrateinatextoverlay

1.GotoVideo>VideoStream>OverlaySettings.

2.IntheIncludetexteldenter#b.

3.ClickSave.

AboutMJPEGsettings

Sometimestheimagesizeislargeduetolowlightorcomplexscenery.Adjustingthemaximumframesizehelpstocontrolthe

bandwidthandstorageusedbytheMotionJPEGvideostreaminthesesituations.SettingtheframesizetotheDefaultsetting

providesconsistentlygoodimagequalityattheexpenseofincreasedbandwidthandstorageusageinlowlight.Limitingtheframe

sizeoptimizesbandwidthandstorageusage,butmayresultinpoorimagequality.

Aboutstreamproles

Astreamproleisasetofpredenedstreamsettingsincludingresolution,compression,framerateandoverlaysettings.Stream

prolescanbeused:

•Whensettinguprecordingusingactionrules.SeeAbouteventsonpage31.

•Whensettingupcontinuousrecording.SeeAboutcontinuousrecordingonpage37.

•IntheLiveViewpage–selectthestreamprolefromtheStreamproledrop-downlist.

Tocreateanewproleormodifyanexistingprole,gotoSetup>Video>StreamProles.

ToselectadefaultstreamprolefortheLiveViewpage,gotoSetup>LiveViewCong.

AboutONVIFmediaproles

AnONVIFmediaproleconsistsofasetofcongurationsthatcanbeusedtochangemediastreamsettings.ONVIFmediaproles

canbeusedbyaclienttoconguremediastreamproperties.

TheONVIFMediaProlespagelistsallpreconguredproles.Theseprolesareincludedintheproductforquicksetup.Youcan

add,modifyorremoveONVIFmediaprolesfromthispage.

Aboutcamerasettings

TheVideo>CameraSettingspageprovidesaccesstoadvancedimagesettingsfortheAxisproduct.

Aboutimageappearance

TochangeImageAppearancegotothemenusunderSetup>Video>CameraSettings.

IncreasingtheColorlevelincreasesthecolorsaturation.Thevalue100producesmaximumcolorsaturationandthevalue0

resultsinablackandwhiteimage.

TheimageBrightnesscanbeadjustedintherange0–100,whereahighervalueproducesabrighterimage.

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Howtosetuptheproduct

IncreasingtheSharpnesscanincreasebandwidthusage.Asharperimagemightincreaseimagenoiseespeciallyinlowlight

conditions.Alowersettingreducesimagenoise,butthewholeimagewillappearlesssharp.

TheContrastchangestherelativedifferencebetweenlightanddark.Itcanbeadjustedusingtheslidebar.

Aboutwhitebalance

TochangethissettinggotoSetup>Video>CameraSettings

Whitebalanceisusedtomakecolorsintheimageappearthesameregardlessofthecolortemperatureofthelightsource.TheAxis

productcanbesettoautomaticallyidentifythelightsourceandcompensateforitscolor.Alternatively,selectthetypeoflight

sourcefromthedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionofeachavailablesetting,seetheonlinehelp.

ThewhitebalancewindowisenabledfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptionsthatappearintheWhitebalancedrop-down

list.Selectoneoftheoptionsfromthedrop-downlisttosetthewhitebalancewindowproperties.SelectAutomatictousethe

defaultsettingsfortheAutomaticandAutomaticoutdooroptions(intheWhitebalancedrop-downlist).SelectCustomtomanually

setareferencewindowforwhitebalanceintheviewarea.

WideDynamicRange

Widedynamicrange(DynamicContrast)canimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetweenlightanddark

areasintheimage.EnableWDRinintensebacklightconditions.DisableWDRinlowlightconditionsforoptimalexposure.

Note

Thissettingisonlypossiblewhenusingautomaticexposurecontrol.

ExposureSettings

Exposureistheamountoflightthecamera’ssensorcapturesforascene.Toomuchlightresultsinawashedoutimageandtoo

littlelightresultsinadarkimage.

Maxexposuretime-Shutterspeed,alsocalled‘exposuretime’,standsforthelengthoftimethecamerashutterisopen,thereby

exposingthecamerasensortolight.Ifshutterspeedisfastitcanfreezeactioneffectively.Ifshutterspeedisslow,itcancause

movingobjectstoappearblurred.Decreasingtheexposuretimewillreducemotionblur.

Exposurezones-Thissettingdetermineswhichpartoftheimageisusedtocalculatetheexposure.Formostsituations,theAuto

settingcanbeused.

YoucanselectapredenedareabydeningIncludeandExcludewindowswithintheimage.Excludewindowsexcludeareasthatare

toobrightordark,andIncludewindowsincludeareasinthescenethathavebetterlightingwhichwillcontributetotheexposuredata.

TheremustbeatleastoneIncludewindow.TherecanbeatotaloftenIncludeandExcludewindowstotailortheexposurezone.

NotethatanExcludewindowiseffectiveonlywhenplacedinsideanincludewindow.

Tip:Ifanareaisextremelybright,drawanIncludewindowtocoverthewholeareaanddeneExcludewindowswithinitto

blockoutthebrightareas.

Shutter&Gain

Theshutterandgainsettingsaffecttheamountofmotionblurandnoiseintheimage.Toadapttodifferentlighting,available

storagespaceandbandwidth,itisoftennecessarytoprioritizeeitherlowmotionblurorlownoise.TheAxisproductallowsdifferent

prioritizationinnormallightandinlowlight.

Shutterspeedisrelatedtotheamountoftimetheshutterisopenedandismeasuredinseconds(s).Aslowshutterspeedallows

morelighttoreachthesensorandcanhelpproduceabrighterimageinlowlightsituations.Ontheotherhand,aslowshutter

speedcancausemovingobjectstoappearblurry.

SetShutterto:

•Autotosettheshutterspeedautomatically.Ifrequired,useMaxshuttertolimittheshutterspeedtopreventtheframe

ratefrombeingreduced.

Forexample,toget30fps,setMaxshutterto1/30.

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Howtosetuptheproduct

•Fixedtouseaxedshutterspeed.

Gain,measuredindecibel(dB),istheamountofamplicationappliedtotheimage.Ahighgainmayprovideabetterimageinlow

lightsituationsbutwillincreasetheamountofimagenoise.

SetGainto:

•Autotosetthegainautomatically.Ifrequired,useMaxgaintolimittheappliedgain.

•Fixedtouseaxedgain.

Example

Ifstoragespaceorbandwidthislimited,tryusingalowergain.Thiswillreduceimagenoiseandproducesmallerimageles.

Irisadjustment

SelectEnableautomaticirisadjustmenttoautomaticallycompensateforchanginglightconditions.Thisoptionisnotavailable

ifaxedirisisused.

UsetheIrisadjustmentslidertosetthepreferredF-value.Thescalerepresentstheamounttheirisisopen.Ifsetto0,theirisis

openedasmuchaspossible.Ifsetto100,theirisisclosedasmuchaspossible.TheactualF-valueisshownbelowtheslider.If

automaticirisadjustmentisenabled,theiriswillstayatthispositionaslongaslightconditionsarefavorable.Iflightconditions

change,theiriswilladjustitselftothebestirissettings.Ifautomaticirisadjustmentisdisabled,theiriswilllockontheset

positionregardlessoflightconditions

Day/Night

TheIRcutlterpreventsinfrared(IR)lightfromreachingtheimagesensor.Inpoorlightingconditions,forexampleatnight,orwhen

usinganexternalIRlamp,settheIRcutltertoOff.Thisincreaseslightsensitivityandallowstheproductto“see”infraredlight.The

imageisshowninblackandwhitewhentheIRcutlterisoff.

IfusingautomaticExposurecontrol,settheIRcutltertoAutotoautomaticallyswitchbetweenOnandOffaccordingtothe

lightingconditions.

TheDay/Nightshiftlevelbarhelpsdeterminewhenthecamerawillshiftfromdaymodetonightmode.Normally,thecamera

automaticallychangesmodefromdaytonightwhenverydark(level100intheslider).BysettingDay/Nightshiftleveltoa

lowervalue,thecamerawillchangetonightmodeearlier.

Built-inIRIllumination

TheIRilluminationcanbeactivatedorde-activated,anditsintensitycanbeincreasedordecreasedbymovingtheslider,from

theproduct’sLiveViewpage.

OthersettingscanbedenedfromSetup>Video>CameraSettings.

De-selecttheEnableIRilluminationoptiontodisableIRilluminationaltogether.IfyoudisabletheSynchronizeIRilluminationwith

day/nightoption,IRilluminationwillnotbesynchronizedwithday/nightchanges.

ViewArea

Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.EachviewareaistreatedasavideosourceinLiveViewandhasitsownvideo

streamandPTZsettings.

Whensettingupaviewarea,itisrecommendedthatthevideostreamresolutionisthesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea

size.Settingthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,

requiringmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.

Toenable,gotoVideo>CameraSettingsandselectEnableViewAreas.

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