AXIS Q1798-LE Network Camera

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• About: View device information, including AXIS OS version and serial number.

Upgrade AXIS OS: Upgrade the software on your device. Takes you to the Maintenance page where you can do the upgrade.

NTP settings: View and update the NTP settings. Takes you to the Time and location page where you can change the NTP settings.

Hardening guide: Link to AXIS OS Hardening guide where you can learn more about cybersecurity on Axis devices and best practices.

Test: Start a test of the PTZ mechanics. During the test, there are no video streams available. When the test is finished, the device restores to its home position.

View details: View and update the list of connected clients. The list shows IP address, protocol, port, state, and PID/process of each connection.

Recordings: View ongoing and filtered recordings and their source. For more information, see Recordings

Shows the storage space where the recording is saved.

Click-and-drag to pan and tilt in the live view.

Zoom Use the slider to zoom in and out.

Focus Use this setting to set focus in the shown area. Depending on the device, different focus modes are available.

• Auto: The camera automatically adjusts focus based on the entire image.

• Manual: Set the focus manually at a fixed distance.

• Area: The camera automatically adjusts focus for a selected area of the image.

• Spot: The camera automatically adjusts focus for the center of the image.

Brightness Use this setting to adjust the light intensity in the image, for example, to make objects easier to see. Brightness is applied after image capture, and does not affect the information in the image. To get more details in a dark area, it is sometimes better to try to increase gain or increase exposure time.

Click to play the live video stream.

Click to freeze the live video stream.

Click to take a snapshot of the live video stream. The file is saved in the ‘Downloads’ folder on your computer. The image file name is [snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg]. The size of the snapshot depends on the compression that the specific web-browser engine where the snapshot is received applies, therefore, the snapshot size may vary from the actual compression setting that is configured in the device.

Click to show I/O output ports. Use the switch to open or close the circuit of a port, for example, to test external devices.

Click to manually turn on or turn off the IR illumination.

Click to manually turn on or turn off the white light.

Click to access onscreen controls:

• Predefined controls: Turn on to use the available onscreen controls.

• Custom controls: Click Add custom control to add an onscreen control.

Starts the washer. When the sequence starts, the camera moves to the configured position to receive the wash spray. When the whole wash sequence is completed, the camera returns to its previous position. This icon is only visible when the washer is connected and configured.

Starts the wiper.

Click and select a preset position to go to that preset position in the live view. Or, click Setup to go to the preset position page.

Adds or removes a focus recall area. When you add a focus recall area, the camera saves the focus settings at that specific pan/tilt range. When you have set a focus recall area and the camera enters that area in the live view, the camera recalls the previously saved focus. It’s enough to cover half of the area for the camera to recall the focus.

Click to select a guard tour, then click Start to play the guard tour. Or, click Setup to go to the guard tours page.

Click to manually turn on the heater for a selected period of time.

Click to start a continuous recording of the live video stream. Click again to stop the recording. If a recording is ongoing, it will resume automatically after a reboot.

Click to show the storage that is configured for the device. To configure the storage, you need to be logged in as an administrator.

Click to access more settings:

• Video format: Select the encoding format to use in the live view.

• Autoplay: Turn on to autoplay a muted video stream whenever you open the device in a new session.

• Client stream information: Turn on to show dynamic information about the video stream used by the browser that shows the live video stream. The bitrate information differs from the information shown in a text overlay, because of different information sources. The bitrate in the client stream information is the bitrate of the last second, and it comes from the encoding driver of the device. The bitrate in the overlay is the average bitrate of the last 5 seconds, and it comes from the browser. Both values cover only the raw video stream and not the additional bandwidth generated when it’s transported over the network through UDP/TCP/HTTP.

• Adaptive stream: Turn on to adapt the image resolution to the viewing client’s actual display resolution, to improve the user experience and help prevent a possible overload of the client’s hardware. The adaptive stream is only applied when you view the live video stream in the web interface in a browser. When adaptive stream is turned on, the maximum frame rate is 30 fps. If you take a snapshot while adaptive stream is turned on, it will use the image resolution selected by the adaptive stream.

• Level grid: Click to show the level grid. The grid helps you decide if the image is horizontally aligned. Click to hide it.

• Pixel counter: Click to show the pixel counter. Drag and resize the box to contain your area of interest. You can also define the pixel size of the box in the Width and Height fields.

• Refresh: Click to refresh the still image in the live view.

• PTZ controls: Turn on to display PTZ controls in the live view.

Click to show the live view at full resolution. If the full resolution is larger than your screen size, use the smaller image to navigate in the image.

Click to show the live video stream in full screen. Press Esc to exit full screen mode.

Capture mode: A capture mode is a preset configuration that defines how the camera captures images. When you change the capture mode, it can affect many other settings, such as view areas and privacy masks.

Mounting position: The orientation of the image can change depending on how you mount the camera.

Power line frequency: To minimize image flicker, select the frequency your region uses. The American regions usually use 60 Hz. The rest of the world mostly uses 50 Hz. If you're not sure of your region's power line frequency, check with the local authorities.

Rotate: Select the preferred image orientation.

Barrel distortion correction (BDC): Turn on to get a straighter image if it suffers from barrel distortion. Barrel distortion is a lens effect that makes the image appear curved and bent outwards. The condition is seen more clearly when the image is zoomed out.

Crop: Use the slider to adjust the correction level. A lower level means that the image width is kept at the expense of image height and resolution. A higher level means that image height and resolution are kept at the expense of image width.

Remove distortion: Use the slider to adjust the correction level. Pucker means that the image width is kept at the expense of image height and resolution. Bloat means that image height and resolution are kept at the expense of image width.

Image stabilization: Turn on to get a smoother and steadier image with less blur. We recommend that you use image stabilization in environments where the device is mounted in an exposed location and subject to vibrations due to, for example, wind or passing traffic.

Focal length: Use the slider to adjust the focal length. A higher value leads to higher magnification and a narrower angle of view, while a lower value leads to a lower magnification and a wider angle of view.

Stabilizer margin: Use the slider to adjust the size of the stabilizer margin, which determines the level of vibration to stabilize. If the product is mounted in an environment with a lot of vibration, move the slider towards Max. As a result, a smaller scene is captured. If the environment has less vibration, move the slider towards Min.

Focus breathing correction: Turn on to keep the angle of view constant while you change the focus. You might not be able to zoom in as much with this function activated.

Straighten image: Turn on and use the slider to straighten the image horizontally by rotating and cropping it digitally. The functionality is useful when it’s not possible to mount the camera exactly level. Ideally, straighten the image during installation.

: Click to show a supporting grid in the image.

: Click to hide the grid.

Scene profile: Select a scene profile that suits your surveillance scenario. A scene profile optimizes image settings, including color level, brightness, sharpness, contrast, and local contrast, for a specific environment or purpose.

• Forensic: Suitable for surveillance purposes.

• Indoor: Suitable for indoor environments.

• Outdoor: Suitable for outdoor environments.

• Vivid: Useful for demonstration purposes.

• Traffic overview: Suitable for vehicle traffic monitoring.

• License plate: Suitable for capturing license plates.

Saturation: Use the slider to adjust the color intensity. You can, for example, get a grayscale image.

Contrast: Use the slider to adjust the difference between light and dark.

Brightness: Use the slider to adjust the light intensity. This can make objects easier to see. Brightness is applied after image capture, and doesn’t affect the information in the image. To get more details from a dark area, it’s usually better to increase gain or exposure time.

Sharpness: Use the slider to make objects in the image appear sharper by adjusting the edge contrast. If you increase the sharpness, it may increase the bitrate and the amount of storage space needed as well.

WDR: Turn on to make both bright and dark areas of the image visible.

Local contrast: Use the slider to adjust the contrast of the image. A higher value makes the contrast higher between dark and light areas.

Tone mapping: Use the slider to adjust the amount of tone mapping that is applied to the image. If the value is set to zero, only the standard gamma correction is applied, while a higher value increases the visibility of the darkest and brightest parts in the image.

Light environment:

• Automatic: Automatic identification and compensation for the light source color. This is the recommended setting which can be used in most situations.

• Automatic – outdoors: Automatic identification and compensation for the light source color. This is the recommended setting which can be used in most outdoor situations.

• Custom – indoors: Fixed color adjustment for a room with some artificial light other than fluorescent lighting and good for a normal color temperature around 2800 K.

• Custom – outdoors: Fixed color adjustment for sunny weather conditions with a color temperature around 5500 K.

• Fixed – fluorescent 1: Fixed color adjustment for fluorescent lighting with a color temperature around 4000 K.

• Fixed – fluorescent 2: Fixed color adjustment for fluorescent lighting with a color temperature around 3000 K.

• Fixed – indoors: Fixed color adjustment for a room with some artificial light other than fluorescent lighting and good for a normal color temperature around 2800 K.

• Fixed – outdoors 1: Fixed color adjustment for sunny weather conditions with a color temperature around 5500 K.

• Fixed – outdoors 2: Fixed color adjustment for cloudy weather condition with a color temperature around 6500 K.

• Street light – mercury: Fixed color adjustment for ultraviolet emission in mercury vapor lights common in street lighting.

• Street light – sodium: Fixed color adjustment that compensates for the yellow orange color of sodium vapor lights common in street lighting.

• Hold current: Keep the current settings and do not compensate for light changes.

• Manual: Fix the white balance with the help of a white object. Drag the circle to an object that you want the camera to interpret as white in the live view image. Use the Red balance and Blue balance sliders to adjust the white balance manually.

IR-cut filter:

• Auto: Select to automatically turn on and off the IR-cut filter. When the camera is in day mode, the IR-cut filter is turned on and blocks incoming infrared light, and when in night mode, the IR-cut filter is turned off and the camera’s light sensitivity increases.

• Note

  • Some devices have IR-pass filters in night mode. The IR-pass filter increases IR-light sensitivity but blocks visible light.

• On: Select to turn on the IR-cut filter. The image is in color, but with reduced light sensitivity.

• Off: Select to turn off the IR-cut filter. The image is in black and white for increased light sensitivity.

Threshold: Use the slider to adjust the light threshold where the camera changes from day mode to night mode.

• Move the slider towards Bright to decrease the threshold for the IR-cut filter. The camera changes to night mode earlier.

• Move the slider towards Dark to increase the threshold for the IR-cut filter. The camera changes to night mode later.

IR light

If your device doesn’t have built-in illumination, these controls are only available when you connect a supported Axis illuminator.

Allow illumination: Turn on to let the camera use the built-in light in night mode.

Synchronize illumination: Turn on to automatically synchronize the illumination with the surrounding light. The synchronization between day and night only works if the IR-cut filter is set to Auto or Off.

Automatic illumination angle: Turn on to use the automatic illumination angle. Turn off to set the illumination angle manually.

Illumination angle: Use the slider to manually set the illumination angle, for example, if the angle needs to be different from the camera’s angle of view. If the camera has a wide angle of view, you can set the illumination angle to a narrower angle, which equals a greater tele position. This will result in dark corners in the image.

IR wavelength: Select the desired wavelength for the IR light.

White light

Allow illumination: Turn on to let the camera use white light in night mode.

Synchronize illumination: Turn on to automatically synchronize the white light with the surrounding light.

Exposure mode:

• Automatic: The camera adjusts the aperture, gain, and shutter automatically.

• Automatic aperture: The camera adjusts the aperture and gain automatically. The shutter is fixed.

• Automatic shutter: The camera adjusts the shutter and gain automatically. The aperture is fixed.

• Hold current: Locks the current exposure settings.

• Flicker-free: The camera adjusts the aperture and gain automatically, and uses only the following shutter speeds: 1/50 s (50 Hz) and 1/60 s (60 Hz).

• Flicker-free 50 Hz: The camera adjusts the aperture and gain automatically, and uses the shutter speed 1/50 s.

• Flicker-free 60 Hz: The camera adjusts the aperture and gain automatically, and uses the shutter speed 1/60 s.

• Flicker-reduced: This is the same as flicker-free, but the camera might use shutter speeds faster than 1/100 s (50 Hz) and 1/120 s (60 Hz) for brighter scenes.

• Flicker-reduced 50 Hz: This is the same as flicker-free, but the camera might use shutter speeds faster than 1/100 s for brighter scenes.

• Flicker-reduced 60 Hz: This is the same as flicker-free, but the camera might use shutter speeds faster than 1/120 s for brighter scenes.

• Manual: The aperture, gain, and shutter are fixed.

Exposure zone: Use exposure zones to optimize the exposure in a selected part of the scene, for example, the area in front of an entrance door.

• Automatic: Suitable for most situations.

• Center: Uses a fixed area in the center of the image to calculate the exposure. The area has a fixed size and position in the live view.

• Full: Uses the entire live view to calculate the exposure.

• Upper: Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the upper part of the image to calculate the exposure.

• Lower: Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the lower part of the image to calculate the exposure.

• Left: Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the left part of the image to calculate the exposure.

• Right: Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the right part of the image to calculate the exposure.

• Spot: Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the live view to calculate the exposure.

• Custom: Uses an area in the live view to calculate the exposure. You can adjust the size and position of the area.

Max shutter: Select the shutter speed to provide the best image. Low shutter speeds (longer exposure) might cause motion blur when there is movement, and a too high shutter speed might affect the image quality. Max shutter works with max gain to improve the image.

Max gain: Select the suitable max gain. If you increase the max gain, it improves the visible level of detail in dark images, but also increases the noise level. More noise can also result in increased use of bandwidth and storage. If you set the max gain to a high value, images can differ a lot if the light conditions are very different from day to night. Max gain works with max shutter to improve the image.

Motion-adaptive exposure: Select to reduce motion blur in low-light conditions.

Blur-noise trade-off: Use the slider to adjust the priority between motion blur and noise. If you want to prioritize low bandwidth and have less noise at the expense of details in moving objects, move the slider towards Low noise. If you want to prioritize the preservation of details in moving objects at the expense of noise and bandwidth, move the slider towards Low motion blur.

Lock aperture: Turn on to keep the aperture size set by the Aperture slider. Turn off to allow the camera to automatically adjust the aperture size. You can, for example, lock the aperture for scenes with permanent light conditions.

Aperture: Use the slider to adjust the aperture size, that is, how much light passes through the lens. To allow more light to enter the sensor and thereby produce a brighter image in low-light conditions, move the slider towards Open. An open aperture also reduces the depth of field, which means that objects close to or far from the camera can appear unfocused. To allow more of the image to be in focus, move the slider towards Closed.

Exposure level: Use the slider to adjust the image exposure.

Defog: Turn on to detect the effects of foggy weather and automatically remove them for a clearer image.

Resolution: Select the image resolution suitable for the surveillance scene. A higher resolution increases bandwidth and storage.

Frame rate: To avoid bandwidth problems on the network or reduce storage size, you can limit the frame rate to a fixed amount. If you leave the frame rate at zero, the frame rate is kept at the highest possible rate under the current conditions. A higher frame rate requires more bandwidth and storage capacity.

P-frames: A P-frame is a predicted image that shows only the changes in the image from the previous frame. Enter the desired number of P-frames. The higher the number, the less bandwidth is required. However, if there is network congestion, there could be a noticeable deterioration in the video quality.

Compression: Use the slider to adjust the image compression. High compression results in a lower bitrate and lower image quality. Low compression improves the image quality, but uses more bandwidth and storage when you record.

Signed video: Turn on to add the signed video feature to the video. Signed video protects the video from tampering by adding cryptographic signatures to the video.

• Select the bitrate reduction Strength:

• Off: No bitrate reduction.

• Low: No visible quality degradation in most scenes. This is the default option and it can be used in all types of scenes to reduce the bitrate.

• Medium: Visible effects in some scenes through less noise and a slightly lower level of detail in regions of lower interest, for example, where there’s no movement.

• High: Visible effects in some scenes through less noise and a lower level of detail in regions of lower interest, for example, where there’s no movement. We recommend this level for cloud-connected devices and devices that use local storage.

• Higher: Visible effects in some scenes through less noise and a lower level of detail in regions of lower interest, for example, where there’s no movement.

• Extreme: Visible effects in most scenes. The bitrate is optimized for smallest possible storage.

Optimize for storage: Turn on to minimize the bitrate while maintaining quality. The optimization does not apply to the stream shown in the web client. This can only be used if your VMS supports B-frames. Turning on Optimize for storage also turns on Dynamic GOP.

Dynamic FPS (frames per second): Turn on to allow the bandwidth to vary based on the level of activity in the scene. More activity requires more bandwidth.

Lower limit: Enter a value to adjust the frame rate between minimal fps and the stream default fps based on scene motion. We recommend you to use lower limit in scenes with very little motion, where the fps could drop to 1 or lower.

Dynamic GOP (Group of Pictures): Turn on to dynamically adjust the interval between I-frames based on the level of activity in the scene.

Upper limit: Enter a maximum GOP length, that is, the maximum number of P-frames between two I-frames. An I-frame is a self-contained image frame that is independent of other frames.

• Average: Select to automatically adjust the bitrate over a longer time period and provide the best possible image quality based on the available storage.

• • Click to calculate the target bitrate based on available storage, retention time, and bitrate limit.

  • Target bitrate: Enter desired target bitrate.

  • Retention time: Enter the number of days to keep the recordings.

  • Storage: Shows the estimated storage that can be used for the stream.

  • Maximum bitrate: Turn on to set a bitrate limit.

  • Bitrate limit: Enter a bitrate limit that is higher than the target bitrate.

• Maximum: Select to set a maximum instant bitrate of the stream based on your network bandwidth.

• • Maximum: Enter the maximum bitrate.

• Variable: Select to allow the bitrate to vary based on the level of activity in the scene. More activity requires more bandwidth. We recommend this option for most situations.

Mirror: Turn on to mirror the image.

Include: Turn on to use audio in the video stream.

Source: Select what audio source to use.

Stereo: Turn on to include built-in audio as well as audio from an external microphone.

: Click to add an overlay. Select the type of overlay from the dropdown list:

• Text: Select to show a text that is integrated in the live view image and visible in all views, recordings and snapshots. You can enter your own text, and you can also include pre-configured modifiers to automatically show, for example, time, date, and frame rate.

• • : Click to add the date modifier %F to show yyyy-mm-dd.

  • : Click to add the time modifier %X to show hh:mm:ss (24-hour clock).

  • Modifiers: Click to select any of the modifiers shown in the list to add them to the text box. For example, %a shows the day of the week.

  • Size: Select the desired font size.

  • Appearance: Select the text color and background color, for example, white text on a black background (default).

  • : Select the position of the overlay in the image or click and drag the overlay to move it around in the live view.

• Image: Select to show a static image superimposed over the video stream. You can use .bmp, .png, .jpeg, or .svg files.

  To upload an image, click Images. Before you upload an image, you can choose to:

• • Scale with resolution: Select to automatically scale the overlay image to fit the video resolution.

  • Use transparency: Select and enter the RGB hexadecimal value for that color. Use the format RRGGBB. Examples of hexadecimal values: FFFFFF for white, 000000 for black, FF0000 for red, 6633FF for blue, and 669900 for green. Only for .bmp images.

• Scene annotation: Select to show a text overlay in the video stream that stays in the same position, even when the camera pans or tilts in another direction. You can choose to only show the overlay within certain zoom levels.

• • : Click to add the date modifier %F to show yyyy-mm-dd.

  • : Click to add the time modifier %X to show hh:mm:ss (24-hour clock).

  • Modifiers: Click to select any of the modifiers shown in the list to add them to the text box. For example, %a shows the day of the week.

  • Size: Select the desired font size.

  • Appearance: Select the text color and background color, for example, white text on a black background (default).

  • : Select the position of the overlay in the image or click and drag the overlay to move it around in the live view. The overlay is saved and remains in the pan and tilt coordinates of this position.

  • Annotation between zoom levels (%): Set the zoom levels which the overlay will be shown within.

  • Annotation symbol: Select a symbol that appears instead of the overlay when the camera is not within the set zoom levels.

• Streaming indicator: Select to show an animation superimposed over the video stream. The animation indicates that the video stream is live, even if the scene doesn’t contain any motion.

• • Appearance: Select the animation color and background color, for example, red animation on a transparent background (default).

  • Size: Select the desired font size.

  • : Select the position of the overlay in the image or click and drag the overlay to move it around in the live view.

• Widget: Linegraph: Show a graph chart that displays how a measured value changes over time.

• • Title: Enter a title for the widget.

  • Overlay modifier: Select an overlay modifier as data source. If you have created MQTT overlays, they will be located at the end of the list.

  • : Select the position of the overlay in the image or click and drag the overlay to move it around in the live view.

  • Size: Select the size of the overlay.

  • Visible on all channels: Turn off to show only on your currently selected channel. Turn on to show on all active channels.

  • Update interval: Choose the time between data updates.

  • Transparency: Set the transparency of the entire overlay.

  • Background transparency: Set the transparency only of the background of the overlay.

  • Points: Turn on to add a point to the graph line when data is updated.

  • X axis

  • • Label: Enter the text label for the x axis.

    • Time window: Enter how long time the data is visualized.

    • Time unit: Enter a time unit for the x axis.

  • Y axis

  • • Label: Enter the text label for the y axis.

    • Dynamic scale: Turn on for the scale to automatically adapt to the data values. Turn off to manually enter values for a fixed scale.

    • Min alarm threshold and Max alarm threshold: These values will add horizontal reference lines to the graph, making it easier to see when the data value becomes too high or too low.

• Widget: Meter: Show a bar chart that displays the most recently measured data value.

• • Title: Enter a title for the widget.

  • Overlay modifier: Select an overlay modifier as data source. If you have created MQTT overlays, they will be located at the end of the list.

  • : Select the position of the overlay in the image or click and drag the overlay to move it around in the live view.

  • Size: Select the size of the overlay.

  • Visible on all channels: Turn off to show only on your currently selected channel. Turn on to show on all active channels.

  • Update interval: Choose the time between data updates.

  • Transparency: Set the transparency of the entire overlay.

  • Background transparency: Set the transparency only of the background of the overlay.

  • Points: Turn on to add a point to the graph line when data is updated.

  • Y axis

  • • Label: Enter the text label for the y axis.

    • Dynamic scale: Turn on for the scale to automatically adapt to the data values. Turn off to manually enter values for a fixed scale.

    • Min alarm threshold and Max alarm threshold: These values will add horizontal reference lines to the bar chart, making it easier to see when the data value becomes too high or too low.

: Click to create a new privacy mask.

Privacy masks: Click to change the color of all privacy masks, or to delete all privacy masks permanently.

Cell size: If you choose mosaic color, the privacy masks appear as pixilated patterns. Use the slider to change the size of the pixels.

Mask x: Click to rename, disable, or permanently delete the mask.

Preset positions

• Create preset position: Create a new preset position based on the current position of your camera.

• • Thumbnail: Turn on to add a thumbnail image for the preset position.

  • Name: Enter a name for the preset position.

  • Home position: Turn on to set this position as your camera’s default field of view. The home position is marked with . Your camera will always have a home position.

Settings

• Return to home position when inactive: Turn on to make the camera return to its home position after a specified period of inactivity.

• Use thumbnails: Turn on to automatically add a thumbnail to any new preset position you create.

The context menu contains:

• Create thumbnails: Create a thumbnail for all your preset positions.

• Refresh thumbnails: Replace the thumbnails for your preset positions with new and updated thumbnails.

• Delete all preset positions: Remove all your preset positions. This will also create a new home position automatically.

Guard tour: Create a guard tour.

• Preset position: Select to create a guard tour with preset positions.

• Recorded: Select to create a recorded guard tour.

Settings

• General settings

• • Name: Enter a name for the guard tour.

  • Play guard tour in random order: Turn on to make the camera move unpredictably between the preset positions during the guard tour.

  • Pause between runs: Enter your desired time interval between guard tours. You can enter any interval from 0 minutes to 2 hours and 45 minutes.

• Step settings

• • Duration: Choose how long you want the camera to stay at each preset position. The default value is 10 seconds, and the maximum allowed value is 60 minutes.

  • Move speed: Choose how quickly you want the camera to move to the next preset position. The default value is 70, but you can select any value from 1–100.

Preset positions: To select multiple preset positions, press shift while selecting the preset positions. Click and drag the preset positions to the View order area.

View order: Displays the preset positions included in the guard tour.

• Import all preset positions: Add all preset positions in the order they were created, starting from the oldest one.

• : Start the guard tour.

To narrow down the area under surveillance, you can limit the PTZ movements.

Save as Pan 0ᐤ: Click to set the current position as zero-point for pan coordinates.

Pan-tilt limits: The camera uses the coordinates of the center of the image when you set pan-tilt limits.

• Left pan limit: Click to limit the camera’s pan movements to the left. Click again to remove the limit.

• Right pan limit: Click to limit the camera’s pan movements to the right. Click again to remove the limit.

• Top tilt limit: Click to limit the camera’s tilt movements to the top. Click again to remove the limit.

• Bottom tilt limit: Click to limit the camera’s tilt movements to the bottom. Click again to remove the limit.

Auto-flip: Enables the camera head to instantly reverse 360° and continue to pan beyond its mechanical limit.

E-flip: Automatically corrects the camera view by flipping the image 180° when the camera tilts beyond -90°.

Nadir-flip: Enables the camera to pan 180° when tilting beyond -90°, and then continue upwards.

Zoom limit: Select a value to limit the camera’s maximum zoom level. Optical or digital (e.g. 480x D) values can be selected. When using a joystick, only digital zoom levels can be used to set the zoom limit.

Near focus limit: Select a value to prevent the camera from autofocusing on objects close to the camera. This way, the camera can ignore objects such as overhead wires, streetlights, or other nearby objects. To make the camera focus on the areas of interest, set the near focus limit to a value greater than the distance at which the objects of no interest tend to appear.

Proportional speed: Turn on to set the maximum proportional speed.

• Max proportional speed: Set a value between 1 and 1000 to limit the pan and tilt speed. Max proportional speed is defined as a percentage, where the value 1000 equals 1000%.

  This is useful when the joystick is pushed all the way out. For example, if the image is approximately 44 degrees wide when fully zoomed out and the max proportional speed is set to 100 (100%), the maximum speed is about 44 degrees/second. If the image is then zoomed in from 44 to 10 degrees wide, the maximum speed reaches about 10 degrees/second, which is probably too fast for easy viewing. To limit the speed, set the max proportional speed to 50 (50%). This way, the maximum speed only reaches 50% of the maximum for the currently selected zoom level. This means that when the image is 44 degrees wide, the greatest possible speed is limited to about 22 degrees/second, and when the view is zoomed in to 10 degrees the speed is limited to about 5 degrees/second.

Adjustable zoom speed: Turn on to use variable speeds when controlling the zoom with a joystick or a mouse wheel. The zoom speed is automatically set through the command continuouszoommove in the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface (API). Turn off to use the highest zoom speed which is the same speed for moving to presets.

Freeze image on PTZ

• Off: Never freeze image.

• All movements: Freeze the image while the camera is moving. Once the camera reaches its new position, the view from that position is shown.

• Preset positions: Freeze the image only when the camera moves between preset positions.

Pan-tilt speed: Select the speed of the camera’s pan and tilt movements.

A gatekeeper monitors an area such as an entrance gate. When motion is detected in the monitored area, the gatekeeper steers the camera to a selected preset position. Using a zoomed-in preset position can make it possible to, for example, read a license plate or identify a person. When motion is no longer detected, the camera returns to its home position after a defined time.

User control queue

• PTZ control queue: Turn on to place PTZ control requests in a queue. This displays the users status and position in the queue. To use the PTZ controls in AXIS Camera Station, turn off this setting.

• • Enter queue: Click to add your request for PTZ control to the queue.

  • Release control: Click to release the PTZ control.

• The user groups are listed in a prioritized order with the highest priority on top. To change the priority of a user group, click and drag the user group up or down.

  For each user group:

• • Timeout duration: Set the amount of time to wait before timeout. The default value is 1 minute, and allowed values are from 1 second to 60 minutes.

  • Timeout type

  • • Timespan: Time out after reaching the set duration.

    • Activity: Time out after reaching the set duration since the last activity.

    • Infinity: Never to time out until a user with higher priority takes control.

Settings

• Limit number of users in queue: Set the maximum number of users allowed in a queue. The default number is 20, and allowed values are 1–100.

• Control queue poll time: Set how often to poll the camera to update the place of the users or user groups in the queue. The default value is 20 seconds, and allowed values are from 5 seconds to 60 minutes.

Start: Click to start AXIS Object Analytics. The application will run in the background, and you can create rules for events based on the application’s current settings.

Open: Click to open AXIS Object Analytics. The application opens up in a new browser tab where you can configure its settings.

Not installed: AXIS Object Analytics is not installed on this device. Upgrade AXIS OS to the latest version to get the latest version of the application.

The camera detects moving objects and classes them according to object type. In the view, a classified object has a colored bounding box around it along with its assigned id.

Id: A unique identification number for the identified object and the type. This number is shown in both the list and the view.

Type: Classifies a moving object as Human, Face, Car, Bus, Truck, Bike, or License Plate. The color of the bounding box depends on the type classification.

Confidence: The bar indicates the level of confidence in the classification of the object type.

Producer: The app that produces the metadata. Below the app is a list of the types of metadata the app streams from the device.

Channel: The channel that the app uses. Select to enable the metadata stream. Deselect for compatibility or resource management reasons.

Allow stream extraction: Turn on to allow stream extraction.

Input type: Select the type of input, for instance, if it’s a microphone or line.

Power type: Select power type for your input.

Apply changes: Apply your selection.

Echo cancellation: Turn on to remove echoes during two-way communication.

Separate gain controls: Turn on to adjust the gain separately for the different input types.

Automatic gain control: Turn on to dynamically adapt the gain to changes in the sound.

Gain: Use the slider to change the gain. Click the microphone icon to mute or unmute.

Encoding: Select the encoding to use for the input source streaming. You can only choose encoding if audio input is turned on. If audio input is turned off, click Enable audio input to turn it on.

Ten Band Graphic Audio Equalizer: Turn on to adjust the level of different frequency bands within an audio signal. This feature is for advanced users with audio configuration experience.

Talkback range: Choose the operational range to gather audio content. An increase to the operational range cause a reduction of simultaneous two-way communication capabilities.

Voice enhancement: Turn on to enhance the voice content in relation to other sounds.

Ongoing recordings: Show all ongoing recordings on the device.

Start a recording on the device.

Choose which storage device to save to.

Stop a recording on the device.

Triggered recordings will end when manually stopped or when the device is shut down.

Continuous recordings will continue until manually stopped. Even if the device is shut down, the recording will continue when the device starts up again.

Play the recording.

Stop playing the recording.

Show or hide information and options about the recording.

Set export range: If you only want to export part of the recording, enter a time span. Note that if you work in a different time zone than the location of the device, the time span is based on the device’s time zone.

Encrypt: Select to set a password for exported recordings. It will not be possible to open the exported file without the password.

Click to delete a recording.

Export: Export the whole or a part of the recording.

Click to filter the recordings.

From: Show recordings done after a certain point in time.

To: Show recordings up until a certain point in time.

Source: Show recordings based on source. The source refers to the sensor.

Event: Show recordings based on events.

Storage: Show recordings based on storage type.

Add app: Install a new app.

Find more apps: Find more apps to install. You will be taken to an overview page of Axis apps.

Allow unsigned apps: Turn on to allow installation of unsigned apps.

View the security updates in AXIS OS and ACAP apps.

Use the switch next to the app name to start or stop the app.

Open: Access the app’s settings. The available settings depend on the application. Some applications don’t have any settings.

The context menu can contain one or more of the following options:

• Open-source license: View information about open-source licenses used in the app.

• App log: View a log of the app events. The log is helpful when you contact support.

• Activate license with a key: If the app requires a license, you need to activate it. Use this option if your device doesn’t have internet access.

  If you don’t have a license key, go to axis.com/products/analytics. You need a license code and the Axis product serial number to generate a license key.

• Activate license automatically: If the app requires a license, you need to activate it. Use this option if your device has internet access. You need a license code to activate the license.

• Deactivate the license: Deactivate the license to replace it with another license, for example, when you change from a trial license to a full license. If you deactivate the license, you also remove it from the device.

• Settings: Configure the parameters.

• Delete: Delete the app permanently from the device. If you don’t deactivate the license first, it remains active.

Synchronization: Select an option for the device’s date and time synchronization.

• Automatic date and time (manual NTS KE servers): Synchronize with the secure NTP key establishment servers connected to the DHCP server.

• • Manual NTS KE servers: Enter the IP address of one or two NTP servers. When you use two NTP servers, the device synchronizes and adapts its time based on input from both.

  • Max NTP poll time: Select the maximum amount of time the device should wait before it polls the NTP server to get an updated time.

  • Min NTP poll time: Select the minimum amount of time the device should wait before it polls the NTP server to get an updated time.

• Automatic date and time (NTP servers using DHCP): Synchronize with the NTP servers connected to the DHCP server.

• • Fallback NTP servers: Enter the IP address of one or two fallback servers.

  • Max NTP poll time: Select the maximum amount of time the device should wait before it polls the NTP server to get an updated time.

  • Min NTP poll time: Select the minimum amount of time the device should wait before it polls the NTP server to get an updated time.

• Automatic date and time (manual NTP servers): Synchronize with NTP servers of your choice.

• • Manual NTP servers: Enter the IP address of one or two NTP servers. When you use two NTP servers, the device synchronizes and adapts its time based on input from both.

  • Max NTP poll time: Select the maximum amount of time the device should wait before it polls the NTP server to get an updated time.

  • Min NTP poll time: Select the minimum amount of time the device should wait before it polls the NTP server to get an updated time.

• Custom date and time: Manually set the date and time. Click Get from system to fetch the date and time settings once from your computer or mobile device.

Time zone: Select which time zone to use. Time will automatically adjust to daylight saving time and standard time.

• DHCP: Adopts the time zone of the DHCP server. The device must connected to a DHCP server before you can select this option.

• Manual: Select a time zone from the drop-down list.

• Format: Select the format to use when you enter your device's latitude and longitude.

• Latitude: Positive values are north of the equator.

• Longitude: Positive values are east of the prime meridian.

• Heading: Enter the compass direction that the device is facing. 0 is due north.

• Label: Enter a descriptive name for your device.

• Save: Click to save your device location.

Assign IPv4 automatically: Select to let the network router assign an IP address to the device automatically. We recommend automatic IP (DHCP) for most networks.

IP address: Enter a unique IP address for the device. Static IP addresses can be assigned at random within isolated networks, provided that each address is unique. To avoid conflicts, we recommend you contact your network administrator before you assign a static IP address.

Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask to define what addresses are inside the local area network. Any address outside the local area network goes through the router.

Router: Enter the IP address of the default router (gateway) used to connect devices that are attached to different networks and network segments.

Fallback to static IP address if DHCP isn’t available: Select if you want to add a static IP address to use as fallback if DHCP is unavailable and can’t assign an IP address automatically.

Assign IPv6 automatically: Select to turn on IPv6 and to let the network router assign an IP address to the device automatically.

Assign hostname automatically: Select to let the network router assign a hostname to the device automatically.

Hostname: Enter the hostname manually to use as an alternative way of accessing the device. The server report and system log use the hostname. Allowed characters are A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and -.

Enable dynamic DNS updates:  Allow your device to automatically update its domain name server records whenever its IP address changes.

Register DNS name: Enter a unique domain name that points to your device's IP address. Allowed characters are A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and -.

TTL: Time to Live (TTL) sets how long a DNS record stays valid before it needs to be updated.

Assign DNS automatically: Select to let the DHCP server assign search domains and DNS server addresses to the device automatically. We recommend automatic DNS (DHCP) for most networks.

Search domains: When you use a hostname that is not fully qualified, click Add search domain and enter a domain in which to search for the hostname the device uses.

DNS servers: Click Add DNS server and enter the IP address of the DNS server. This provides the translation of hostnames to IP addresses on your network.

Allow access through: Select if a user is allowed to connect to the device through the HTTP, HTTPS, or both HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

HTTP port: Enter the HTTP port to use. The device allows port 80 or any port in the range 1024-65535. If you are logged in as an administrator, you can also enter any port in the range 1-1023. If you use a port in this range, you get a warning.

HTTPS port: Enter the HTTPS port to use. The device allows port 443 or any port in the range 1024-65535. If you are logged in as an administrator, you can also enter any port in the range 1-1023. If you use a port in this range, you get a warning.

Certificate: Select a certificate to enable HTTPS for the device.

Bonjour^®: Turn on to allow automatic discovery on the network.

Bonjour name: Enter a friendly name to be visible on the network. The default name is the device name and MAC address.

UPnP^®: Turn on to allow automatic discovery on the network.

UPnP name: Enter a friendly name to be visible on the network. The default name is the device name and MAC address.

WS-Discovery: Turn on to allow automatic discovery on the network.

LLDP and CDP: Turn on to allow automatic discovery on the network. Turning LLDP and CDP off can impact the PoE power negotiation. To resolve any issues with the PoE power negotiation, configure the PoE switch for hardware PoE power negotiation only.

Http proxy: Specify a global proxy host or IP address according to the allowed format.

Https proxy: Specify a global proxy host or IP address according to the allowed format.

• Allowed formats for http and https proxies:

• http(s)://host:port

• http(s)://user@host:port

• http(s)://user:pass@host:port

• No proxy: Use No proxy to bypass global proxies. Enter one of the options in the list, or enter several separated by a comma:

• Leave empty

• Specify an IP address

• Specify an IP address in CIDR format

• Specify a domain name, for example: www.<domain name>.com

• Specify all subdomains in a specific domain, for example .<domain name>.com

Allow O3C:

• One-click: This is the default setting. Press and hold the control button on the device to connect to an O3C service over the internet. You need to register the device with the O3C service within 24 hours after you press the control button. Otherwise, the device disconnects from the O3C service. Once you register the device, Always is enabled and the device stays connected to the O3C service.

• Always: The device constantly attempts to connect to an O3C service over the internet. Once you register the device, it stays connected to the O3C service. Use this option if the control button on the device is out of reach.

• No: Disables the O3C service.

Proxy settings: If needed, enter the proxy settings to connect to the proxy server.

Host: Enter the proxy server’s address.

Port: Enter the port number used for access.

Login and Password: If needed, enter username and password for the proxy server.

Authentication method:

• Basic: This method is the most compatible authentication scheme for HTTP. It’s less secure than the Digest method because it sends the username and password unencrypted to the server.

• Digest: This method is more secure because it always transfers the password encrypted across the network.

• Auto: This option lets the device select the authentication method depending on the supported methods. It prioritizes the Digest method over the Basic method.

Owner authentication key (OAK): Click Get key to fetch the owner authentication key. This is only possible if the device is connected to the internet without a firewall or proxy.

SNMP: Select the version of SNMP to use.

• v1 and v2c:

• • Read community: Enter the community name that has read-only access to all supported SNMP objects. The default value is public.

  • Write community: Enter the community name that has read or write access to all supported SNMP objects (except read-only objects). The default value is write.

  • Activate traps: Turn on to activate trap reporting. The device uses traps to send messages for important events or status changes to a management system. In the web interface, you can set up traps for SNMP v1 and v2c. Traps are automatically turned off if you change to SNMP v3 or turn off SNMP. If you use SNMP v3, you can set up traps through the SNMP v3 management application.

  • Trap address: Enter the IP address or host name of the management server.

  • Trap community: Enter the community to use when the device sends a trap message to the management system.

  • Traps:

  • • Cold start: Sends a trap message when the device starts.

    • Link up: Sends a trap message when a link changes from down to up.

    • Link down: Sends a trap message when a link changes from up to down.

    • Authentication failed: Sends a trap message when an authentication attempt fails.

• v3: SNMP v3 is a more secure version, which provides encryption and secure passwords. To use SNMP v3, we recommend you to activate HTTPS, as the password is then sent through HTTPS. This also prevents unauthorized parties’ access to unencrypted SNMP v1 and v2c traps. If you use SNMP v3, you can set up traps through the SNMP v3 management application.

• • Password for the account “initial”: Enter the SNMP password for the account named “initial”. Although the password can be sent without activating HTTPS, we don’t recommend it. The SNMP v3 password can only be set once, and preferably only when HTTPS is enabled. Once the password is set, the password field is no longer displayed. To set the password again, you must reset the device to factory default settings.

Certificates are used to authenticate devices on a network. The device supports two types of certificates:

• Client/server certificates

  A client/server certificate validates the device’s identity, and can be self-signed or issued by a Certificate Authority (CA). A self-signed certificate offers limited protection and can be used before a CA-issued certificate has been obtained.

• CA certificates

  You can use a CA certificate to authenticate a peer certificate, for example to validate the identity of an authentication server when the device connects to a network protected by IEEE 802.1X. The device has several pre-installed CA certificates.

These formats are supported:

• Certificate formats: .PEM, .CER, and .PFX

• Private key formats: PKCS#1 and PKCS#12

Add certificate : Click to add a certificate. A step-by-step guide opens up.

• More: Show more fields to fill in or select.

• Secure keystore: Select to use Trusted Execution Environment (SoC TEE), Secure element or Trusted Platform Module 2.0 to securely store the private key. For more information on which secure keystore to select, go to help.axis.com/en-us/axis-os#cryptographic-support.

• Key type: Select the default or a different encryption algorithm from the drop-down list to protect the certificate.

The context menu contains:

• Certificate information: View an installed certificate’s properties.

• Delete certificate: Delete the certificate.

• Create certificate signing request: Create a certificate signing request to send to a registration authority to apply for a digital identity certificate.

Secure keystore:

• Trusted Execution Environment (SoC TEE): Select to use SoC TEE for secure keystore.

• Secure element (CC EAL6+): Select to use secure element for secure keystore.

• Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (CC EAL4+, FIPS 140-2 Level 2): Select to use TPM 2.0 for secure keystore.

IEEE 802.1x

IEEE 802.1x is an IEEE standard for port-based network admission control providing secure authentication of wired and wireless network devices. IEEE 802.1x is based on EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol).

To access a network protected by IEEE 802.1x, network devices must authenticate themselves. The authentication is performed by an authentication server, typically a RADIUS server (for example, FreeRADIUS and Microsoft Internet Authentication Server).

IEEE 802.1AE MACsec

IEEE 802.1AE MACsec is an IEEE standard for media access control (MAC) security that defines connectionless data confidentiality and integrity for media access independent protocols.

Certificates

When configured without a CA certificate, server certificate validation is disabled and the device tries to authenticate itself regardless of what network it is connected to.

When using a certificate, in Axis' implementation, the device and the authentication server authenticate themselves with digital certificates using EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport Layer Security).

To allow the device to access a network protected through certificates, you must install a signed client certificate on the device.

Authentication method: Select an EAP type used for authentication.

Client certificate: Select a client certificate to use IEEE 802.1x. The authentication server uses the certificate to validate the client’s identity.

CA certificates: Select CA certificates to validate the authentication server’s identity. When no certificate is selected, the device tries to authenticate itself regardless of what network it is connected to.

EAP identity: Enter the user identity associated with the client certificate.

EAPOL version: Select the EAPOL version that is used in the network switch.

Use IEEE 802.1x: Select to use the IEEE 802.1x protocol.

These settings are only available if you use IEEE 802.1x PEAP-MSCHAPv2 as the authentication method:

• Password: Enter the password for your user identity.

• Peap version: Select the Peap version that is used in the network switch.

• Label: Select 1 to use client EAP encryption; select 2 to use client PEAP encryption. Select the Label that the network switch uses when using Peap version 1.

These settings are only available if you use IEEE 802.1ae MACsec (Static CAK/Pre-Shared Key) as the authentication method:

• Key agreement connectivity association key name: Enter the connectivity association name (CKN). It must be 2 to 64 (divisible by 2) hexadecimal characters. The CKN must be manually configured in the connectivity association and must match on both ends of the link to initially enable MACsec.

• Key agreement connectivity association key: Enter the connectivity association key (CAK). It should be either 32 or 64 hexadecimal characters long. The CAK must be manually configured in the connectivity association and must match on both ends of the link to initially enable MACsec.

Blocking: Turn on to block brute-force attacks. A brute-force attack uses trial-and-error to guess login info or encryption keys.

Blocking period: Enter the number of seconds to block a brute-force attack.

Blocking conditions: Enter the number of authentication failures allowed per second before the block starts. You can set the number of failures allowed both on page level and device level.

Activate: Turn on the firewall.

• Default Policy: Select the default state for the firewall.

• Allow: Allows all connections to the device. This option is set by default.

• Deny: Denies all connections to the device.

To make exceptions to the default policy, you can create rules that allows or denies connections to the device from specific addresses, protocols, and ports.

• Address: Enter an address in IPv4/IPv6 or CIDR format that you want to allow or deny access to.

• Protocol: Select a protocol that you want to allow or deny access to.

• Port: Enter a port number that you want to allow or deny access to. You can add a port number between 1 and 65535.

• Policy: Select the policy of the rule.

: Click to create another rule.

• Add rules: Click to add the rules that you have defined.

• Time in seconds: Set a time limit for testing the rules. The default time limit is set to 300 seconds. To activate the rules straight away, set the time to 0 seconds.

• Confirm rules: Confirm the rules and their time limit. If you have set a time limit of more than 1 second, the rules will be active during this time. If you have set the time to 0, the rules will be active straight away.

Pending rules: An overview of the latest tested rules that you are yet to confirm.

Confirm rules: Click to activate the pending rules.

Active rules: An overview of the rules you are currently running on the device.

: Click to delete an active rule.

: Click to delete all rules, both pending and active.

To install test software or other custom software from Axis on the device, you need a custom signed AXIS OS certificate. The certificate verifies that the software is approved by both the device owner and Axis. The software can only run on a specific device which is identified by its unique serial number and chip ID. Only Axis can create custom signed AXIS OS certificates, since Axis holds the key to sign them.

Install: Click to install the certificate. You need to install the certificate before you install the software.

The context menu contains:

• Delete certificate: Delete the certificate.

Add account: Click to add a new account. You can add up to 100 accounts.

Account: Enter a unique account name.

New password: Enter a password for the account. Passwords must be 1 to 64 characters long. Only ASCII printable characters (code 32 to 126) are allowed in the password, for example, letters, numbers, punctuation, and some symbols.

Repeat password: Enter the same password again.

Privileges:

• Administrator: Has full access to all settings. Administrators can also add, update, and remove other accounts.

• Operator: Has access to all settings except:

• • All System settings.

• Viewer: Has access to:

• • Watch and take snapshots of a video stream.

  • Watch and export recordings.

  • Pan, tilt, and zoom; with PTZ account access.

The context menu contains:

Update account: Edit the account properties.

Delete account: Delete the account. You can’t delete the root account.

Allow anonymous viewing: Turn on to allow anyone access the device as a viewer without logging in with an account.

Allow anonymous PTZ operating: Turn on to allow anonymous users to pan, tilt, and zoom the image.

Add SSH account: Click to add a new SSH account.

• Enable SSH: Turn on to use SSH service.

Account: Enter a unique account name.

New password: Enter a password for the account. Passwords must be 1 to 64 characters long. Only ASCII printable characters (code 32 to 126) are allowed in the password, for example, letters, numbers, punctuation, and some symbols.

Repeat password: Enter the same password again.

Comment: Enter a comment (optional).

The context menu contains:

Update SSH account: Edit the account properties.

Delete SSH account: Delete the account. You can’t delete the root account.

Add virtual host: Click to add a new virtual host.

Enabled: Select to use this virtual host.

Server name: Enter the name of the server. Only use numbers 0-9, letters A-Z, and hyphen (-).

Port: Enter the port the server is connected to.

Type: Select the type of authentication to use. Select between Basic, Digest, and Open ID.

The context menu contains:

• Update: Update the virtual host.

• Delete: Delete the virtual host.

Disabled: The server is disabled.

Client ID: Enter the OpenID username.

Outgoing Proxy: Enter the proxy address for the OpenID connection to use a proxy server.

Admin claim: Enter a value for the admin role.

Provider URL: Enter the web link for the API endpoint authentication. Format should be https://[insert URL]/.well-known/openid-configuration

Operator claim: Enter a value for the operator role.

Require claim: Enter the data that should be in the token.

Viewer claim: Enter the value for the viewer role.

Remote user: Enter a value to identify remote users. This assists to display the current user in the device’s web interface.

Scopes: Optional scopes that could be part of the token.

Client secret: Enter the OpenID password

Save: Click to save the OpenID values.

Enable OpenID: Turn on to close current connection and allow device authentication from the provider URL.

Add a rule: Create a rule.

Name: Enter a name for the rule.

Wait between actions: Enter the minimum time (hh:mm:ss) that must pass between rule activations. It is useful if the rule is activated by, for example, day-night mode conditions, to avoid that small light changes during sunrise and sunset activate the rule repeatedly.

Condition: Select a condition from the list. A condition must be met for the device to perform an action. If multiple conditions are defined, all of them must be met to trigger the action. For information about specific conditions, see Get started with rules for events.

Use this condition as a trigger: Select to make this first condition function only as a starting trigger. It means that once the rule is activated, it remains active for as long as all the other conditions are met, no matter the state of the first condition. If you don’t select this option, the rule will simply be active whenever all the conditions are met.

Invert this condition: Select if you want the condition to be the opposite of your selection.

Add a condition: Click to add an additional condition.

Action: Select an action from the list and enter its required information. For information about specific actions, see Get started with rules for events.

Add a recipient: Click to add a recipient.

Name: Enter a name for the recipient.

Type: Select from the list:

• FTP

• • Host: Enter the server's IP address or hostname. If you enter a hostname, make sure that a DNS server is specified under System > Network > IPv4 and IPv6.

  • Port: Enter the port number used by the FTP server. The default is 21.

  • Folder: Enter the path to the directory where you want to store files. If this directory doesn’t already exist on the FTP server, you will get an error message when uploading files.

  • Username: Enter the username for the login.

  • Password: Enter the password for the login.

  • Use temporary file name: Select to upload files with temporary, automatically generated filenames. The files get renamed to the desired names when the upload completes. If the upload is aborted/interrupted, you don’t get any corrupt files. However, you probably still get the temporary files. This way you know that all files that have the desired name are correct.

  • Use passive FTP: Under normal circumstances, the product simply requests the target FTP server to open the data connection. The device actively initiates both the FTP control and data connections to the target server. This is normally needed if there is a firewall between the device and the target FTP server.

• HTTP

• • URL: Enter the network address to the HTTP server and the script that will handle the request. For example, http://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.

  • Username: Enter the username for the login.

  • Password: Enter the password for the login.

  • Proxy: Turn on and enter the required information if a proxy server must be passed to connect to the HTTP server.

• HTTPS

• • URL: Enter the network address to the HTTPS server and the script that will handle the request. For example, https://192.168.254.10/cgi-bin/notify.cgi.

  • Validate server certificate: Select to validate the certificate that was created by HTTPS server.

  • Username: Enter the username for the login.

  • Password: Enter the password for the login.

  • Proxy: Turn on and enter the required information if a proxy server must be passed to connect to the HTTPS server.

• Network storage

  You can add network storage such as NAS (network-attached storage) and use it as a recipient to store files. The files are stored in the Matroska (MKV) file format.

• • Host: Enter the IP address or hostname for the network storage.

  • Share: Enter the name of the share on the host.

  • Folder: Enter the path to the directory where you want to store files.

  • Username: Enter the username for the login.

  • Password: Enter the password for the login.

• SFTP

• • Host: Enter the server's IP address or hostname. If you enter a hostname, make sure that a DNS server is specified under System > Network > IPv4 and IPv6.

  • Port: Enter the port number used by the SFTP server. The default is 22.

  • Folder: Enter the path to the directory where you want to store files. If this directory doesn’t already exist on the SFTP server, you will get an error message when uploading files.

  • Username: Enter the username for the login.

  • Password: Enter the password for the login.

  • SSH host public key type (MD5): Enter the fingerprint of the remote host’s public key (a 32-digit hexadecimal string). The SFTP client supports SFTP servers using SSH-2 with RSA, DSA, ECDSA, and ED25519 host key types. RSA is the preferred method during negotiation, followed by ECDSA, ED25519, and DSA. Make sure to enter the right MD5 host key that is used by your SFTP server. While the Axis device supports both MD5 and SHA-256 hash keys, we recommend using SHA-256 due to stronger security over MD5. For more information on how to configure an SFTP server with an Axis device, go to the AXIS OS Portal.

  • SSH host public key type (SHA256): Enter the fingerprint of the remote host’s public key (a 43-digit Base64 encoded string). The SFTP client supports SFTP servers using SSH-2 with RSA, DSA, ECDSA, and ED25519 host key types. RSA is the preferred method during negotiation, followed by ECDSA, ED25519, and DSA. Make sure to enter the right MD5 host key that is used by your SFTP server. While the Axis device supports both MD5 and SHA-256 hash keys, we recommend using SHA-256 due to stronger security over MD5. For more information on how to configure an SFTP server with an Axis device, go to the AXIS OS Portal.

  • Use temporary file name: Select to upload files with temporary, automatically generated filenames. The files get renamed to the desired names when the upload completes. If the upload is aborted or interrupted, you don’t get any corrupt files. However, you probably still get the temporary files. This way, you know that all files that have the desired name are correct.

• SIP or VMS:

  SIP: Select to make a SIP call.

  VMS: Select to make a VMS call.

• • From SIP account: Select from the list.

  • To SIP address: Enter the SIP address.

  • Test: Click to test that your call settings works.

• Email

• • Send email to: Enter the email address to send emails to. To enter multiple addresses, use commas to separate them.

  • Send email from: Enter the email address of the sending server.

  • Username: Enter the username for the mail server. Leave this field empty if the mail server does not require authentication.

  • Password: Enter the password for the mail server. Leave this field empty if the mail server does not require authentication.

  • Email server (SMTP): Enter the name of the SMTP server, for example, smtp.gmail.com, smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

  • Port: Enter the port number for the SMTP server, using values in the range 0-65535. The default value is 587.

  • Encryption: To use encryption, select either SSL or TLS.

  • Validate server certificate: If you use encryption, select to validate the identity of the device. The certificate can be self-signed or issued by a Certificate Authority (CA).

  • POP authentication: Turn on to enter the name of the POP server, for example, pop.gmail.com.

  • Note

    Some email providers have security filters that prevent users from receiving or viewing large amount of attachments, from receiving scheduled emails and similar. Check the email provider's security policy to avoid your email account being locked or missing out on your expected emails.

• TCP

• • Host: Enter the server's IP address or hostname. If you enter a hostname, make sure that a DNS server is specified under System > Network > IPv4 and IPv6.

  • Port: Enter the port number used to access the server.

Test: Click to test the setup.

The context menu contains:

View recipient: Click to view all the recipient details.

Copy recipient: Click to copy a recipient. When you copy, you can make changes to the new recipient.

Delete recipient: Click to delete the recipient permanently.

Schedules and pulses can be used as conditions in rules. The list shows all the schedules and pulses currently configured in the product, along with information about their configuration.

Add schedule: Click to create a schedule or pulse.

You can use the manual trigger to manually trigger a rule. The manual trigger can, for example, be used to validate actions during product installation and configuration.

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a standard messaging protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). It was designed for simplified IoT integration and is used in a wide variety of industries to connect remote devices with a small code footprint and minimal network bandwidth. The MQTT client in Axis device software can simplify integration of data and events produced in the device to systems which are not video management software (VMS).

Set up the device as an MQTT client. MQTT communication is based on two entities, the clients and the broker. The clients can send and receive messages. The broker is responsible for routing messages between clients.

You can learn more about MQTT in AXIS OS Knowledge base.

ALPN is a TLS/SSL extension that allows for the selection of an application protocol during the handshake phase of the connection between the client and server. This is used to enable MQTT traffic over the same port that is used for other protocols, such as HTTP. In some cases, there might not be a dedicated port open for MQTT communication. A solution in such cases is to use ALPN to negotiate the use of MQTT as the application protocol on a standard port, allowed by the firewalls.

Connect: Turn on or off the MQTT client.

Status: Shows the current status of the MQTT client.

Broker

Host: Enter the hostname or IP address of the MQTT server.

Protocol: Select which protocol to use.

Port: Enter the port number.

• 1883 is the default value for MQTT over TCP

• 8883 is the default value for MQTT over SSL

• 80 is the default value for MQTT over WebSocket

• 443 is the default value for MQTT over WebSocket Secure

ALPN protocol: Enter the ALPN protocol name provided by your MQTT broker provider. This is only applicable with MQTT over SSL and MQTT over WebSocket Secure.

Username: Enter the username that the client will use to access the server.

Password: Enter a password for the username.

Client ID: Enter a client ID. The client identifier is sent to the server when the client connects to it.

Clean session: Controls the behavior at connection and disconnection time. When selected, the state information is discarded at connect and disconnect.

HTTP proxy: A URL with a maximum length of 255 bytes. You can leave the field empty if you don't want to use an HTTP proxy.

HTTPS proxy: A URL with a maximum length of 255 bytes. You can leave the field empty if you don't want to use an HTTPS proxy.

Keep alive interval: Enables the client to detect when the server is no longer available without having to wait for the long TCP/IP timeout.

Timeout: The time interval in seconds to allow a connect to complete. Default value: 60

Device topic prefix: Used in the default values for the topic in the connect message and LWT message on the MQTT client tab, and in the publication conditions on the MQTT publication tab.

Reconnect automatically: Specifies whether the client should reconnect automatically after a disconnect.

Connect message

Specifies if a message should be sent out when a connection is established.

Send message: Turn on to send messages.

Use default: Turn off to enter your own default message.

Topic: Enter the topic for the default message.

Payload: Enter the content for the default message.

Retain: Select to keep the state of client on this Topic

QoS: Change the QoS layer for the packet flow.

Last Will and Testament message

The Last Will Testament (LWT) lets a client provide a testament along with its credentials when connecting to the broker. If the client disconnects ungracefully at some point later (maybe because his power source died), it can let the broker deliver a message to other clients. This LWT message has the same form as an ordinary message and gets routed via the same mechanics.

Send message: Turn on to send messages.

Use default: Turn off to enter your own default message.

Topic: Enter the topic for the default message.

Payload: Enter the content for the default message.

Retain: Select to keep the state of client on this Topic

QoS: Change the QoS layer for the packet flow.

Use default topic prefix: Select to use the default topic prefix, that is defined in the device topic prefix in the MQTT client tab.

Include topic name: Select to include the topic that describes the condition in the MQTT topic.

Include topic namespaces: Select to include ONVIF topic namespaces in the MQTT topic.

Include serial number: Select to include the device’s serial number in the MQTT payload.

Add condition: Click to add a condition.

Retain: Defines which MQTT messages are sent as retained.

• None: Send all messages as non-retained.

• Property: Send only stateful messages as retained.

• All: Send both stateful and stateless messages as retained.

QoS: Select the desired level for the MQTT publication.

Add subscription: Click to add a new MQTT subscription.

Subscription filter: Enter the MQTT topic that you want to subscribe to.

Use device topic prefix: Add the subscription filter as prefix to the MQTT topic.

Subscription type:

• Stateless: Select to convert MQTT messages into a stateless message.

• Stateful: Select to convert MQTT messages into a condition. The payload is used as the state.

QoS: Select the desired level for the MQTT subscription.

Add overlay modifier: Click to add a new overlay modifier.

Topic filter: Add the MQTT topic that contains the data you want to show in the overlay.

Data field: Specify the key for the message payload that you want to show in the overlay, assuming the message is in JSON format.

• Modifier: Use the resulting modifier when you create the overlay.

• Modifiers that start with #XMP show all of the data received from the topic.

• Modifiers that start with #XMD show the data specified in the data field.

Ignore: Turn on to ignore network storage.

Add network storage: Click to add a network share where you can save recordings.

• Address: Enter the IP address or host name of the host server, typically a NAS (network-attached storage). We recommend you to configure the host to use a fixed IP address (not DHCP since a dynamic IP address can change) or that you use DNS. Windows SMB/CIFS names are not supported.

• Network share: Enter the name of the shared location on the host server. Several Axis devices can use the same network share since each device gets its own folder.

• User: If the server requires a login, enter the username. To log in to a specific domain server, type DOMAIN\username.

• Password: If the server requires a login, enter the password.

• SMB version: Select the SMB storage protocol version to connect to the NAS. If you select Auto, the device tries to negotiate one of the secure versions SMB: 3.02, 3.0, or 2.1. Select 1.0 or 2.0 to connect to older NAS that don’t support higher versions. You can read more about SMB support in Axis devices here.

• Add share without testing: Select to add the network share even if an error is discovered during the connection test. The error can be, for example, that you didn’t enter a password even though the server requires one.

Remove network storage: Click to unmount, unbind, and remove the connection to the network share. This removes all settings for the network share.

Unbind: Click to unbind and disconnect the network share.
Bind: Click to bind and connect the network share.

Unmount: Click to unmount the network share.
Mount: Click to mount the network share.

Write protect: Turn on to stop writing to the network share and protect recordings from being removed. You can’t format a write-protected network share.

Retention time: Select how long to keep recordings, to limit the amount of old recordings, or to comply with regulations regarding data storage. If the network storage becomes full, old recordings are removed before the selected time period passes.

Tools

• Test connection: Test the connection to the network share.

• Format: Format the network share, for example, when you need to quickly erase all data. CIFS is the available file system option.

• Use tool: Click to activate the selected tool.

Unmount: Click to safely remove the SD card.

Write protect: Turn on to stop writing to the SD card and protect recordings from being removed. You can’t format a write-protected SD card.

Autoformat: Turn on to automatically format a newly inserted SD card. It formats the file system into ext4.

Ignore: Turn on to stop storing recordings on the SD card. When you ignore the SD card, the device no longer recognizes that the card exists. The setting is only available to administrators.

Retention time: Select how long to keep recordings to limit the amount of old recordings or comply with data storage regulations. When the SD card is full, it deletes old recordings before their retention time has passed.

Tools

• Check: Check for errors on the SD card.

• Repair: Repair errors in the file system.

• Format: Format the SD card to change the file system and erase all data. You can only format the SD card to the ext4 file system. You need a third-party ext4 driver or application to access the file system from Windows®.

• Encrypt: Use this tool to format the SD card and enable encryption. This erases all data stored on the SD card. Any new data you store on the SD card will be encrypted.

• Decrypt: Use this tool to format the SD card without encryption. This erases all data stored on the SD card. Any new data you store on the SD card will not be encrypted.

• Change password: Change the password required to encrypt the SD card.

• Use tool: Click to activate the selected tool.

Wear trigger: Set a value for the SD card wear level at which you want to trigger an action. The wear level ranges from 0–200%. A new SD card that has never been used has a wear level of 0%. A wear level of 100% indicates that the SD card is close to its expected lifetime. When the wear-level reaches 200%, there is a high risk of the SD card malfunctioning. We recommend setting the wear trigger between 80–90%. This gives you time to download any recordings as well as replace the SD card in time before it potentially wears out. The wear trigger allows you to set up an event and get a notification when the wear level reaches your set value.

Add stream profile: Click to create a new stream profile.

Preview: A preview of the video stream with the stream profile settings you select. The preview updates when you change the settings on the page. If your device has different view areas, you can change the view area in the drop-down in the bottom left corner of the image.

Name: Add a name for your profile.

Description: Add a description of your profile.

Video codec: Select the video codec that should apply for the profile.

Resolution: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Frame rate: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Compression: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Zipstream: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Optimize for storage: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Dynamic FPS: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Dynamic GOP: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Mirror: See Stream for a description of this setting.

GOP length: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Bitrate control: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Include overlays: Select what type of overlays to include. See Overlays for information about how to add overlays.

Include audio: See Stream for a description of this setting.

Add accounts: Click to add a new ONVIF account.

Account: Enter a unique account name.

New password: Enter a password for the account. Passwords must be 1 to 64 characters long. Only ASCII printable characters (code 32 to 126) are allowed in the password, for example, letters, numbers, punctuation, and some symbols.

Repeat password: Enter the same password again.

Role:

• Administrator: Has full access to all settings. Administrators can also add, update, and remove other accounts.

• Operator: Has access to all settings except:

• • All System settings.

  • Adding apps.

• Media account: Allows access to the video stream only.

The context menu contains:

Update account: Edit the account properties.

Delete account: Delete the account. You can’t delete the root account.

Add media profile: Click to add a new ONVIF media profile.

Profile name: Add a name for the media profile.

Video source: Select the video source for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list. The configurations in the drop-down list correspond to the device's video channels, including multiviews, view areas and virtual channels.

Video encoder: Select the video encoding format for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the encoding settings. The configurations in the drop-down list act as identifiers/names of the video encoder configuration. Select user 0 to 15 to apply your own settings, or select one of the default users if you want to use predefined settings for a specific encoding format.

Audio source: Select the audio input source for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the audio settings. The configurations in the drop-down list correspond to the device's audio inputs. If the device has one audio input, it's user0. If the device has several audio inputs, there will be additional users in the list.

Audio encoder: Select the audio encoding format for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the audio encoding settings. The configurations in the drop-down list act as identifiers/names of the audio encoder configuration.

Audio decoder: Select the audio decoding format for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the settings. The configurations in the drop-down list act as identifiers/names of the configuration.

Audio output: Select the audio output format for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the settings. The configurations in the drop-down list act as identifiers/names of the configuration.

Metadata: Select the metadata to include in your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the metadata settings. The configurations in the drop-down list act as identifiers/names of the metadata configuration.

PTZ: Select the PTZ settings for your configuration.

• Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list and adjust the PTZ settings. The configurations in the drop-down list correspond to the device's video channels with PTZ support.

Create: Click to save your settings and create the profile.

Cancel: Click to cancel the configuration and clear all settings.

profile_x: Click on the profile name to open and edit the preconfigured profile.

Trigger delay: Enter the minimum time that the tampering conditions must be active before the alarm triggers. This can help prevent false alarms for known conditions that affect the image.

Trigger on dark images: It is very difficult to generate alarms when the camera lens is sprayed, since it is impossible to distinguish that event from other situations where the image turns dark in a similar way, for example, when the lighting conditions change. Turn on this parameter to generate alarms for all cases where the image turns dark. When it’s turned off, the device doesn’t generate any alarm when the image turns dark.

These settings are available for each audio input.

Sound level: Adjust the sound level to a value from 0–100, where 0 is the most sensitive and 100 the least sensitive. Use the activity indicator as a guide when you set the sound level. When you create events, you can use the sound level as a condition. You can choose to trigger an action if the sound level rises above, falls below or passes the set value.

Shock detector: Turn on to generate an alarm if the device is hit by an object or if it is tampered with.

Sensitivity level: Move the slider to adjust the sensitivity level at which the device should generate an alarm. A low value means that the device only generates an alarm if the hit is powerful. A high value means that the device generates an alarm even with mild tampering.

Port

Name: Edit the text to rename the port.

Direction: indicates that the port is an input port. indicates that it’s an output port. If the port is configurable, you can click the icons to change between input and output.

Normal state: Click for open circuit, and for closed circuit.

Current state: Shows the current state of the port. The input or output is activated when the current state is different from the normal state. An input on the device has an open circuit when it’s disconnected or when there is a voltage above 1 VDC.

Supervised: Turn on to make it possible to detect and trigger actions if someone tampers with the connection to digital I/O devices. In addition to detecting if an input is open or closed, you can also detect if someone has tampered with it (that is, cut or shorted). To supervise the connection requires additional hardware (end-of-line resistors) in the external I/O loop.

Add: Add a device to pair with.

Select pairing type: Select from the drop-down list.

Speaker pairing: Select to pair a network speaker.

Microphone pairing: Select to pair a microphone.

Address: Enter host name or IP address to the network speaker.

Username: Enter username.

Password: Enter password for the user.

Close: Click to clear all fields.

Connect: Click to establish connection to the device to pair with.

Reports

• View the device server report: View information about the product status in a pop-up window. The Access Log is automatically included in the Server Report.

• Download the device server report: It creates a .zip file that contains a complete server report text file in UTF–8 format, as well as a snapshot of the current live view image. Always include the server report .zip file when you contact support.

• Download the crash report: Download an archive with detailed information about the server's status. The crash report contains information that is in the server report as well as detailed debug information. This report might contain sensitive information such as network traces. It can take several minutes to generate the report.

Logs

• View the system log: Click to show information about system events such as device startup, warnings, and critical messages.

• View the access log: Click to show all failed attempts to access the device, for example, when a wrong login password is used.

Server: Click to add a new server.

Host: Enter the hostname or IP address of the server.

Format: Select which syslog message format to use.

• Axis

• RFC 3164

• RFC 5424

Protocol: Select the protocol to use:

• UDP (Default port is 514)

• TCP (Default port is 601)

• TLS (Default port is 6514)

Port: Edit the port number to use a different port.

Severity: Select which messages to send when triggered.

CA certificate set: See the current settings or add a certificate.

Plain config is for advanced users with experience of Axis device configuration. Most parameters can be set and edited from this page.

Restart: Restart the device. This does not affect any of the current settings. Running applications restart automatically.

Restore: Return most settings to the factory default values. Afterwards you must reconfigure the device and apps, reinstall any apps that didn’t come preinstalled, and recreate any events and presets.

Factory default: Return all settings to the factory default values. Afterwards you must reset the IP address to make the device accessible.

AXIS OS upgrade: Upgrade to a new AXIS OS version. New releases can contain improved functionality, bug fixes, and completely new features. We recommend you to always use the latest AXIS OS release. To download the latest release, go to axis.com/support.

• When you upgrade, you can choose between three options:

• Standard upgrade: Upgrade to the new AXIS OS version.

• Factory default: Upgrade and return all settings to the factory default values. When you choose this option, you can’t revert to the previous AXIS OS version after the upgrade.

• Autorollback: Upgrade and confirm the upgrade within the set time. If you don’t confirm, the device reverts to the previous AXIS OS version.

AXIS OS rollback: Revert to the previously installed AXIS OS version.

Reset PTR: Reset PTR if for some reason the Pan, Tilt, or Roll settings aren’t working as expected. The PTR motors are always calibrated in a new camera. But calibration can be lost, for example, if the camera loses power or if the motors are moved by hand. When you reset PTR, the camera is re-calibrated and returns to its factory default position.

Calibration: Click Calibrate to recalibrate the pan, tilt, and roll motors to their default positions.

Ping: To check if the device can reach a specific address, enter the hostname or IP address of the host you want to ping and click Start.

Port check: To verify connectivity from the device to a specific IP address and TCP/UDP port, enter the hostname or IP address and port number you want to check and click Start.

Network trace

A network trace file can help you troubleshoot problems by recording activity on the network.

Trace time: Select the duration of the trace in seconds or minutes and click Download.

Connection and normal operation.

Shows steady green for 10 seconds for normal operation after startup completed.

Steady during startup. Flashes during device software upgrade or reset to factory default.

Flashes amber/red if network connection is unavailable or lost.

Unbalanced microphone (with or without electret power) or line-in

Electret power if selected

Ground