Accessing The Camera; Access From A Browser - Axis Q1910 User Manual

Accessing the camera

To install the thermal network camera, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with your product.
The thermal network camera can be used with most standard operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are
Internet Explorer with Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Firefox with other operating systems. For more information, see
www.axis.com
Notes:
• To view streaming video in Internet Explorer, set your browser to allow ActiveX controls and install AXIS Media
Control (AMC) on your workstation.
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• QuickTime is also supported for viewing streaming H.264 video and for audio.
• If your workstation restricts the use of additional software components, the camera can be configured to use a Java
applet for viewing Motion JPEG.
• The network camera includes one (1) decoder license for viewing H.264 video streams and one (1) AAC audio license.
These are automatically installed with AMC. The administrator can disable the decoder installation, to prevent
installation of unlicensed copies.

Access from a browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the camera in the Location/Address field of your browser.
To access the camera from a Macintosh computer (Mac OSX), click on the Bonjour tab and select your camera from
the drop-down list.
3. If this is the first time you are accessing the camera, see Setting the root password, on page 12. Otherwise enter your
user name and password, set by the administrator.
4. The camera's Live View page appears in your browser.
Note:
The layout of the Live View page may have been customized to specific requirements. Consequently, some of the
examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed on your own Live View page.
Setup - Provides all the tools for config-
uring the camera to requirements.
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AXIS Q19 Series - Accessing the camera
Help - Displays online help on all
aspects of using the camera.