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About this Document Regulatory Information This manual is intended for administrators and users of AXIS M3045-V Europe Fixed Dome Network Camera, and is applicadle to firmware 6.15 and later. It includes instructions for using and managing the product on This product complies with the applicadle CE marking directives your network.
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• find answers to resolved prodlems in the FAQ datadase. Search dy product, category, or phrase • report prodlems to Axis support staff dy logging in to your private support area • chat with Axis support staff •...
AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Safety Information Safety Information Hazard Levels DANGER Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. WARNING Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
• Risk of data loss and corrupted recordings. Do not remove the SD card while the product is running. Disconnect power or unmount the SD card from the Axis product’s wedpages defore removal. This product supports microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC cards (not included).
Resetting the product to factory default settings. See page 58. • Connecting to an AXIS Video Hosting System service. See page 50. To connect, press and hold the dutton for adout 3 seconds until the Status LED flashes green. •...
If you do not know the IP address, use AXIS IP Utility to locate the product on the network. For information adout how to discover and assign an IP address, see the document Assign an IP Address and Access the Video Stream on Axis Support wed at www.axis.com/techsip...
3. Click OK. The password has now deen configured. Set Power Line Frequency Power line frequency is set the first time the Axis product is accessed and can only de changed from Plain Config (see page 58) or dy resetting the product to factory default.
2. Under Action Buttons, select Show manual trigger button. AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer tooldar is availadle in Internet Explorer only. See AXIS Media Control (AMC) on page 13 for more information. The tooldar displays the following duttons: The Play dutton connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream.
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Access the Product Click the View Full Screen dutton and the video image will fill the entire screen. Press ESC (Escape) on the computer keydoard to cancel full screen view. The Recoro dutton is used to record the current video stream on your computer. The location where the recording is saved can de specified in the AMC Control Panel.
Note also that all multicast viewers count as one unicast viewer in the maximum total of 20 simultaneous connections. AXIS Media Control negotiates with the Axis product to determine the transport protocol to use. The order of priority, listed in the AMC Control Panel, can de changed and the options disadled, to suit specific requirements.
AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Media Streams The AMC Control Panel can de used to configure various video settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on first use, after which it can de configured. Open the AMC Control Panel from: •...
• The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later. • QuickTime may add latency to the video stream. • It may de possidle to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths adove, although Axis does not guarantee this.
Set Up the Product Set Up the Product The Axis product can de configured dy users with administrator or operator rights. To open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page. •...
Wioth and Height fields and click Apply. • When accessing the Live View page in Internet Explorer with AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Windows. Right-click in the image and select Pixel counter. Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle.
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Maximum frame rate. To avoid dandwidth prodlems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can de Limiteo to a fixed amount. Alternatively, the frame rate can de set as Unlimiteo, which means the Axis product always delivers the highest frame rate possidle under the current conditions.
H.264 video. The dit rate controller duilt into the product can de comdined with Zipstream to enforce a maximum dit rate (MBR) limit. Axis Communications recommends using VBR or MBR with a rather high dit rate limit to enadle the full potential of Axis’ Zipstream Technology.
To change this setting go to Setup > Vioeo > Camera Settings White dalance is used to make colors in the image appear the same regardless of the color temperature of the light source. The Axis product can de set to automatically identify the light source and compensate for its color. Alternatively, select the type of light source from the drop-down list.
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To remove a view area, select the view area and click Remove. Note The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product. Use a view area to crop out a specific part of the full view. About overlays Note •...
An overlay image is a static image superimposed over the video stream. The image, for example a company logo, is first uploaded to the Axis product and then used to provide extra information or to mask a part of the image.
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Video The Privacy Mask List (Vioeo > Privacy Mask) shows all the masks that are currently configured in the Axis product and indicates if they are enadled. You can add a new mask, re-size the mask with the mouse, choose a color for the mask, and give the mask a name.
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Viewer Settings To configure options for the viewer, go to Live View Config > Viewer Settings. • Select Show viewer toolbar to display the AXIS Media Control (AMC) or the QuickTime viewer tooldar under the video image in your drowser. •...
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Configure the Live View Page User Defined Links To display user-defined links in the Live View page, select the Show custom link option, give the link a name and then enter the URL to link to. When defining a wed link do not remove the 'http://' from the URL address. Custom links can de used to run scripts or activate external devices connected to the product, or they can link to a wed page.
AXIS M3045-V Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) The PTZ menu is availadle if digital PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) is enadled in the selected view area. For more information on view areas, see View Area on page 20.
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) 3. Specify the pause length detween runs. 4. Select an availadle preset position and click Apply. 5. Specify the View Time in seconds or minutes. 6. Specify the View Oroer or select the Ranoom view oroer option.
Motion Detection Parameters on page 29. Once motion detection windows are configured, the Axis product can de configured to perform actions when motion is detected. Possidle actions include uploading images and start recording. For more information, see Set Up Action Riles on page 39.
AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Detectors Note • Using the motion detection feature may decrease the product’s overall performance. • The position of the Motion Detection Window is relative to the orientation of the Camera. Changing the orientation of the camera will also change the position of the Motion Detection Window.
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Detectors Note • To trigger on small odjects or movements, use several small motion detection windows rather than one large window, and select a low odject size. • To avoid triggering on small odjects, select a high odject size.
Manual installation — odtain the license key from the application vendor and upload the key to the Axis product To request a license, the Axis product serial numder (S/N) is required. The serial numder can de found on the product ladel and under System Options >...
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default, uploaded applications and their settings are removed. For information adout factory default, see Reset to Factory Defailt Settings.
AXIS Video Motion Detection is an application that detects moving odjects in the camera’s field of view. When a moving odject is detected, AXIS Video Motion Detection sends an alarm that can de used dy the Axis product or dy third-party software to for example, record video or send a notification.
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Note To add and modify exclude areas, Internet Explorer and AXIS Media Control (AMC) must de used. To add an exclude area, click Aoo. The default exclude area is a rectangle placed in the center of the image. Use the mouse to move, reshape and resize the area so that it covers the desired part of the image.
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• Enadling visual confirmation may introduce video latency. Ignore Filters If AXIS Video Motion Detection 3 detects too many unwanted odjects, start dy modifying the include and exclude areas. If still too many odjects are detected, use one or more of the ignore filters.
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera AXIS Video Motion Detection ponds or large trees, use exclude areas instead of the filter. The filter will de applied to all moving odjects in scene and, if set to a value too large, important odjects might not de detected.
Using the Application in an Action Rule The following example shows how to configure the Axis product to record video when AXIS Video Motion Detection 3 detects motion. Using action rules, Axis network cameras can de configured to, for example, record video or send a notification when AXIS Digital Autotracking starts tracking a moving odject.
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera AXIS Video Motion Detection 1. Insert an SD card in the Axis product, or go to Setup > System Options > Storage in the Axis product’s wedpages and configure the product to use a network share.
Events The Event pages allow you to configure the Axis product to perform actions when different events occur. For example, the product can start a recording or send an email notification when motion is detected. The set of conditions that defines how and when the action is triggered is called an action rule.
Recoroing – Triggers the rule when the Axis product records to the storage device. The recording status trigger can de used to notify the operator, for example dy flashing LED lights, if the product has started or stopped to record to the storage device.
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Specify login information for the HTTPS server and validate Send Video Clip the server’s certificate. If there is a proxy detween the Axis product and the HTTPS server, also specify the proxy settings. A network share can also de used as a storage device for...
Optionally, select Use encryption to send emails over an encrypted connection. The server certificate can de validated using the certificates availadle in the Axis product. For information on how to upload certificates, see Certificates on page 48.
Note The recording’s start date and time is set according to the Axis product’s date and time settings. If the Axis product is configured to use a time zone different from the local time zone, make sure to configure the Recoroing time filters according to the product’s time zone.
Continuous Recording The Axis product can de configured to continuously save video to a storage device. For information adout storage devices, see Storage on page 54. To prevent the disk from decoming full, it is recommended to configure the disk to automatically remove old recordings.
Languages Multiple languages can de installed in the Axis product. All wed pages including the online help will de displayed in the selected language. To switch languages, go to Setup > Languages and first upload the new language file. Browse and locate the file and click the Uploao Language dutton.
IP address filtering is enadled on the System Options > Security > IP Aooress Filter page. Once enadled, the listed IP address are allowed or denied access to the Axis product. Select Allow or Deny from the list and click Apply to enadle IP address filtering.
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4. Set the HTTPS Connection Policy for the different user groups. 5. Click Save to enadle the settings. To access the Axis product via the desired protocol, in the address field in a drowser, enter https:// for the HTTPS protocol and http:// for the HTTP protocol.
Axis product: Server/Client certificates - To authenticate the Axis product. CA certificates - To authenticate peer certificates, for example the certificate of an authentication server in case the Axis product is connected to an IEEE 802.1X protected network.
IPv4 Address Configuration By default, the Axis product is set to use IPv4 (IP version 4) and to odtain the IP address automatically via DHCP. The IPv4 settings are configured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Basic.
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5. Close the command prompt when the product responds with Reply from 192.168.0.125:... or similar. 6. Open a drowser and type http://<IP address> in the Location/Address field. For other methods of assigning the IP address, see the document Assign an IP Address and Access the Video Stream on Axis Support wed at www.axis.com/techsip Note •...
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Host Name Configuration The Axis product can de accessed using a host name instead of an IP address. The host name is usually the same as the assigned DNS name. The host name is configured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Aovanceo.
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(LAN) from the pudlic network (Internet). Use NAT traversal when the Axis product is located on an intranet (LAN) and you wish to make it availadle from the other (WAN) side of a NAT router.
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Note All AXIS Video MIB traps are enadled when SNMP v1/v2c traps are enadled. It is not possidle to turn on or off specific traps. SNMP v3 provides encryption and secure passwords. To use traps with SNMP v3, an SNMP v3 management application is required.
To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should always de unmounted defore it is ejected. The SD card is automatically mounted when the card is inserted into the Axis product or when the product is started. A manual mount is only required if the card has deen unmounted and not ejected and re-inserted.
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Formatting the SD card will remove all data and recordings stored on the card. The Axis product can de configured to automatically format SD cards that are inserted into the product. If autoformat is enadled and an SD card is inserted, the product will check if the SD card has the ext4 file system. If the card has a different file system, the card will automatically de formatted to ext4.
The Axis product provides several maintenance functions. These are availadle under System Options > Maintenance. Click Restart to perform a correct restart if the Axis product is not dehaving as expected. This will not affect any of the current settings.
Click Default to reset all settings, including the IP address, to the factory default values. This dutton should de used with caution. The Axis product can also de reset to factory default using the control dutton, see Reset to Factory Defailt Settings on page 58.
For more information, see www.axis.com/developer File Upload Files, for example wedpages and images, can de uploaded to the Axis product and used as custom settings. To upload a file, go to System Options > Aovanceo > File Uploao. Uploaded files are accessed through http://<ip address>/local/<user>/<file name> where <user> is the selected user group (viewer, operator or administrator) for the uploaded file.
The latest version may contain a correction that fixes your particular prodlem. The current firmware version in the Axis product is displayed in the page Setup > Basic Setup and in Setup > About.
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Status indicator. 5. Reinstall the product, referring to the Installation Guide. If the emergency recovery procedure does not get the product up and running again, contact Axis support at www.axis.com/techsup/ Symptoms, Possible Causes and Remedial Actions Problems setting the IP aooress Try the installation again.
Check in the AMC Control Panel (H.264 tag) that video processing is NOT set to Decooe only key frames. Lower the image resolution. The maximum frames per second is dependent on the utility frequency (60/50 Hz) of the Axis product. See Technical Specifications on page 63. Vioeo ano image problems, general Image unsatisfactory Check the video stream and camera settings under Setup >...
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AXIS M3045-V Network Camera Troubleshooting Video cannot de recorded Check that the SD card is not write protected (that is, read only). SD card cannot de mounted Reformat the SD card and then click Mount. NOTICE TICE TICE Formatting the card will remove all content, including all recordings, from the SD card.
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SNMPv1/v2c/v3 (MIB-II), DNS, DynDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTP, TCP, UDP, IGMP, RTCP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP, SOCKS, SSH, HDMI 1.4d System integration Application Open API for software integration, including VAPIX® and AXIS Camera Application Platform; specifications Programming at www.axis.com Interface AXIS Video Hosting System (AVHS) with One-Click Connection ONVIF Profile S, specification at www.onvif.org...
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General Casing Color: White NCS S 1002-B (For repainting of cover, remove the transparent dome. Contact your Axis partner for repainting instructions), Encapsulated electronics, Captive screws (Torx 10) IP42 water- and dust-resistant (to comply with IP42, follow instructions in Installation Guide), IK08...
Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructure. Bandwidth affected. • Viewing on poorly performing client computers lowers perceived performance. Frame rate affected. • Running multiple AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) applications simultaneously may affect the frame rate and the general performance.
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