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USER MANUAL AXIS P1214 Network Camera.
About this document This manual is intended for administ r a tors and users of the AXIS P12 1 4 Network Camera, and is applicable to fi rmw are 5.40 a nd l ater. It includes instructions for using and managing the product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product.
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AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a H a rd w a re O v e r vi ew Hardware Overview 10 11 9 8 7 3 2 1 6 5 4 12 13 1 Power indicator LED 2 Status indicator LED 3 Network indicator LED 4 SD card slot (microSD car.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a H a rd w a re O v e r vi ew NOTICE To prevent corruption of recordings, the S D card should be unmounted before removal. To unmount, g o to Setup > System Options > Storage > SD Card and click Unmount .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a H a rd w a re O v e r vi ew 1. Cut the cable to the desired len gth. Measure from the sensor unit. 2. Strip the plastic outer coating from the end of the cable. 3. Peel back the shield. 4. Flatten the colored wires in the order describe d be low .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a A ccessing the P r oduct Accessing the Product To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the pro duct.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a A ccessing the P r oduct Access from the Internet Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local net work (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you m ust con fi gure your network router to allow incoming data traf fi c to the product.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a A ccessing the P r oduct Select the power line freq uency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) used at the locat ion o f the Axis product. Selecting the wrong frequency may cause image fl i c k e ri ft h ep r o d u c ti su s e di n fl uorescent light environments.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a A ccessing the P r oduct For more information about action rules, see Events on pa ge 25 . To show the manual trigger buttons in the Live View page: 1. Go to Setup > Live View Layout . 2. Under Action Buttons ,s e l e c t Show manual trigger button .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Media Str eams Media Streams The Axis product provides several vide o stream forma ts. Your re quirements and the properties of y our ne twork will de ter mine the type you use. The Live View page in the product provides access to H.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Media Str eams T h eA M CC o n t r o lP a n e lc a nb eu s e dt oc o n fi gure various vid eo settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AM C C ontrol Pane l is automatically instal led on fi rst us e, after whi ch it can be con fi gured.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Media Str eams Note • <ip>= IP addess • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later. • QuickTime adds latency to the video stream. • It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths a bove, although Axis does not guarantee this.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Settin g Up the P r oduct Setting Up the Product The A xis p roduct can be con fi gured by users with administrator or operator r ig hts. To open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Video Video It is possible to con fi gure the following video features in your A xis product: • Video stream. See page 15 . •S t r e a m p r o fi les. See page 16 . • Camera settings. See page 17 . • Overlay imag e.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Video Image The default image settings ca n be con fi gured under Video> Video Stream . Selec t the Image tab. The following se ttings are availa ble : • Resolution .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Video Camera Settings The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product. Image Appearance Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 100 gives maximum color saturation.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Video 3. To include date and time, select Include date and In clud e time . 4. To include a text string, select Inclu de text and enter the text in the fi eld. Modi fi ers can be used, see File Na ming & Date/Time Formats in the online he lp .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Live Vie w Con fi g Live View Con fi g You can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to de fi ne the fo llowing features of t h eL i v eV i e wp a g e . •S t r e a m P r o fi le.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Live Vie w Con fi g Browser Viewer Description AMC Recommended viewer in Internet Explorer (H.264/Motion JPEG). QuickTime H.264. Java applet A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPEG). Req uires one of the following installed on the client: • JVM (J2SE) 1.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Live Vie w Con fi g For more information about I/O ports, see I/O P orts on page 38 . 21.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Detector s Detectors Camera Tampering Camera Tamper ing can generate an alarm w henever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set u p.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Detector s Note Using the motion detection feature may dec rease the product’s overal l performance. Set Up Motion Detection Windows To set up a motion detecti on Include Window, follow these instructions: 1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Applications Applications Third p arty applications can be uploaded to and insta lle d on the Axis product. For information about available ap plications, downloads, trials and licenses, go to www.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Ev e n ts Events The Axis product can be con fi gured to pe rform actions whe n different events occur, for example, start a recording w he n motion is detected. The set of conditions that de fi nes how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Ev e n ts Setting Up an Action Rule An action rule de fi nes the conditions that must be met for the p roduct to pe rfo rm an action, f or examp le record video or send email noti fi cations. If multiple conditions are de fi ned, all must be met to trigger the action.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Ev e n ts Note A network share can also be used as a storage device for recorded video. G o to System Options > Storage to con fi gure a network share before setting up a continuo us re c o r d i n go ra na c t i o n r u l et or e c o r dv i d e o .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Re c o rd in g s Recordings T h eA x i sp r o d u c tc a nb ec o n fi gured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 28 . • To set up a c tion rules, see page 26 .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a Re c o rd in g s Note If a new stream pro fi le is selected while a recording is o ngoing, the reco rding w ill be stopped and saved in the recording list and a new recording with the new stream pro fi le will s t ar t.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options System Opti ons Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be con fi gured under System Options > Security > Users . An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is a standard for port-based Network Admissio n Control p roviding secure authentication of wired and wireless network devices. IEEE 802.1X is based on EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol).
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options If using a host name for the NTP server, a DNS server m ust be con fi gured. See DNS Con fi guration on pa ge 34 . • Set manually allows you to manually set date and time. If using an NTP server, select your Time zone from the drop-down list.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options Linux/Unix syntax arp -s <IP address> <serial number> temp ping -s 408 <IP address> Linux/Unix example arp -s 192.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options Advanced TCP/IP Settings DNS Con fi guration DNS (Domain Name Service) provides the translation of host nam es to I P a ddresses. The DNS settings are con fi gured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4 A network router allows de vices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Internet. This is done by forwa rding network traf fi c from the private network to the “outside”, that is, the Int ernet.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options QoS (Quality of Service) QoS (Quality of Service) guarantees a certain level of a speci fi ed resource to selected traf fi c on a network. A QoS-aware network prioritizes network traf fi c and provides a greater network reliability by controlling the amount of bandwidth an application may use.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options RTP/H.264 The RTP port range and multicast settings a re con fi gured under System Options > Network > RTP . The RTP port range de fi nes the range of ports from which the video ports are automatica lly selected.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options Network Share Network share allows you to add network sto rage such as a NAS (Network Attached Storage) or any server that uses CIFS (Common Internet File System) and use them for storage of recording s. To add a network share: 1.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options Click Default to reset all settings, including the IP address, to the factory default values. This button should be used with caution. The Axis product can also be reset to factory d efault using the control button, see Reset to Factory Default Settings on page 40 .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a System Options NOTICE Improper use may cause unexpected behavio r a nd loss of contact with the Axis product. Axis strongly recomm ends that you do not use this function unless y ou understand the consequences. Axis Support does not provide assistance for problem s with custom ized scripts.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T r oubleshootin g Troubleshooting Checking the Firmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of network devices. One of your fi rst actions when tro ubleshooting a problem should be to check the current fi rmware vers ion.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T r oubleshootin g arp -s <IP address> <serial number> temp ping -s 408 <IP address> In Windows , type the following from a command/DOS prompt (t his may require that you run the command prompt as an administra tor): arp -s <IP address> <serial number> ping -l 408 -t <IP address> 2.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T r oubleshootin g The IP address has been changed by DHCP IP addresses obtained from a DH CP server are dynamic and m ay cha n ge. If the IP address has been changed, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Came ra Management to located the product on the network.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T r oubleshootin g Why do I not get maximum frames per second? See Perform ance Considerations on page 47 . The max imum frames per second is depe ndent on the utility frequency (60/ 50 Hz) of the Axis product. See Technical Speci fi cations on page 46 .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T r oubleshootin g Storage and disk management problems Video cannot be recorded Check that the SD card is not write protected (that is, read only).
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T echnical Speci fi cations Technical Speci fi cations Function/group Item Speci fi cations Model AXIS P1214 Image sensor Progressive scan RGB CMOS 1/4” Lens f=3.7 mm, F2.5, fi xed iris, fi xe d focus Horizontal angle of view: 57° Vertical angle of view: 31° Diagonal angle of view: 68° Light sensitivity 1.
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T echnical Speci fi cations Function/group Item Speci fi cations External output activation Status LED Video access from web browser Camera live view Video recording to .
AXIS P12 14 Network Camer a T echnical Speci fi cations The following factors are among the most imp ortant to consider: • High i mage resolution and/or lower compression levels re s u lt in imag es conta ining m o re da ta. Bandwidth affected . • Access by large numbers o f Motion JPEG and/or unicast H.
User Manual Ver. M2.2 AXIS P1214 N etwork Camera Date: August 2012 © Axis Communication s AB, 2012 Part No. 47 874.
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