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USER’S MANUAL AXIS M11 Network Camera Series AXIS M1103 Network Camera AXIS M1104 Network Camera AXIS M1113 Network Camera AXIS M1114 Network Camera AXIS M1113-E Network Camera AXIS M1114-E Network Camera...
Some knowledge of UNIX or Linux-based systems may also be beneficial, for developing shell scripts and applications. Later versions of this document will be posted to the Axis Website, as required. See also the product’s online help, available via the Web-based interface.
Motion JPEG images can be provided simultaneously for easy extraction of high-quality still images. • Compact design AXIS M11 Network Cameras are compactly designed and fit in just about any camera housing on the market - perfect when old cameras are to be replaced with new, high-performing products. Digital PTZ •...
Steady during startup, during reset to factory default or when restoring settings. Slow flash for failed upgrade. Power Green Normal operation. Amber Flashes green/amber during firmware upgrade. AXIS M11 Series - Product Description Zoom puller (AXIS M1113/M1114) Status LED Network LED Power LED Iris connector (AXIS M1113/M1114)
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 Axis product from the drop-down list.
Options > Network > TCP/IP Advanced. For more information, please see NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4, on page 30. See also the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service at www.axiscam.net For Technical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at www.axis.com/techsup Setting the root password To gain access to the product, you must set the password for the default administrator user - ‘root’.
Focus adjustment - AXIS M1103/M1104 To focus AXIS M1103/M1104 follow these instructions: 1. Open the Live View page in a web browser. 2. Unscrew the focus puller on the lens by turning it counterclockwise. Adjust focus as required. Re-tighten the focus puller.
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6. If it is not possible to focus the camera in any of the four situations described in steps 2-5, adjust the CS-ring and go back to step 2. 7. Gently tighten the screw to secure the CS-ring’s position. 8. Adjust the zoom and focus position for the desired view. AXIS M11 Series - Accessing the Camera...
The Snapshot button saves a snapshot of the video image on display. This button is primarily intended for use when the AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is not available. View size – (AXIS M1104 and AXIS M1114) Click to scale the image down to 800 pixels wide or to full scale. Only available in MJPEG.
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User-defined buttons can also appear in the Control panel, see Advanced, on page 21. Click the Home button to go to the PTZ preset position defined as Home, see Preset Positions, on page 21. AXIS M11 Series - Accessing the Camera...
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 camera to determine the transport protocol to use. The order of priority, listed in the AMC Control Panel, can be changed and the options disabled, to suit specific requirements.
• QuickTime adds latency to the video stream (up to 3 seconds). • It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths above, although Axis does not guarantee this. • <ip> = IP address...
1. Users, see page 27. 2. TCP/IP, see page 28. 3. Date & Time, see page 28. 4. Video Stream, see page 15. 5. (AXIS M1113/M1114) Focus, see page 8. AXIS M11 Series - Setup Tools on each Setup page. Setup link...
Overlay Image, on page 18. Text, date, and time can also be used as an overlay. Click for information on available options. Text, date & time overlay AXIS M11 Series - Video...
To modify an existing stream profile, click Modify and change the settings as above. The original settings for the • pre-programmed profiles can always be restored by clicking Restore. • To remove a stream profile, click Remove. Pre-programmed profiles cannot be removed. AXIS M11 Series - Video...
The Shutter and Gain settings can be used to further adjust the amount of motion blur and noise in the image. See the online help Enable automatic iris adjustment - (AXIS M1113/M1114) This box should always be checked when using a DC-iris lens. View Image Settings Click View to view the video stream with the current configuration.
3. Enter a descriptive name in the Mask name field. 4. Click Save. To edit a privacy mask, select the mask and reshape or move as needed. To change the Privacy mask color, select the new color from the drop-down list. AXIS M11 Series - Video...
Displays still images only. Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a new image. Viewer Settings Check the Show viewer toolbar box to display the AXIS Media Control (AMC) or the QuickTime viewer toolbar under the video image in your browser.
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The snapshot button can be used to save a snapshot from the video stream. This button is mainly intended for use with browsers other than Internet Explorer, or when not using AXIS Media Control to view the video stream. AXIS Media Control for Internet Explorer has its own snapshot button.
Enable/Disable controls – Uncheck the boxes to disable the pan, tilt and zoom controls. Note: Disabling PTZ controls will affect preset positions. For example, if the tilt control is disabled, the camera cannot move to preset positions that require a tilt movement. AXIS M11 Series - PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)
• Descriptive name • URL (IP address or host name) • User name and password • Proxy settings • Descriptive name • Network address (IP address or host name) • Port number available from each web page. AXIS M11 Series - Events...
Continue image upload (unbuffered) – Upload video images for a fixed length of time or for as long as the trigger is active. Select type – Upload images to an FTP or HTTP server or send images by e-mail. AXIS M11 Series - Events...
Exclude windows define areas within an Include window that should be ignored (areas outside Include windows are automatically ignored). Once configured, the motion detection windows appear in the list of available triggers for triggered events. See How to set up a triggered event, on page 23. AXIS M11 Series - Events...
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To delete an Include or Exclude window: a) Using AXIS Media Control (Internet Explorer): Select the window in the list of windows and click Del. b) Using the Java applet: Select the window and click on the cross in the upper right corner.
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To reduce the number of triggers if there is a lot of movement during a short period of time, select a high history level. To only detect flashing light, select low sensitivity. In other cases, a high sensitivity level is recommended. • AXIS M11 Series - Events...
Properties button. The HTTPS Connection Policy must also be set in the drop-down lists to enable HTTPS in the camera. For more information, please refer to the online help AXIS M11 Series - System Options...
(host name). If DHCP is enabled and you cannot access the unit, run AXIS IP Utility to search the network for connected Axis products or reset the network camera to factory default settings and then perform the installation again.
AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service Enable this option to use AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS service to assign a host name for easy access to your network camera (requires access to the Internet) Click Settings to register the camera with AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS service, or to modify the existing settings. The domain name currently registered at AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS service for your product can at any time be removed.
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UPnP™. Note that UPnP™ must be enabled in the camera (see System Options > Network > UPnP). Use manually selected NAT router – Select this option to manually select a NAT router and enter the IP address for the router in the field provided. AXIS M11 Series - System Options WAN (internet) Broadband...
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The QoS in Axis network video products marks the data packets for various types of network traffic originating from the product. This makes it possible for network routers and switches to reserve a fixed amount of bandwidth for these types of traffic.
These settings are the port range, IP address, video port number, and Time-to-live value to use for the video stream(s) in multicast H.264 format. Only certain IP addresses and port numbers should be used for multicast streams. For more information, please see the online help. AXIS M11 Series - System Options for more information.
IP address, security, event and image settings and recent log items. Many of the captions are also links to the proper Setup page to conveniently make adjustments in the camera’s settings. AXIS M11 Series - System Options...
A backup file may be of use to return the unit to its latest configuration. Axis strongly recommends that you do not use this function unless you understand the consequences. Note that Axis support does not provide assistance for problems with customized scripts.
Plain Config Plain Config is for the advanced user with experience of Axis network camera configuration. All parameters can be set and modified from this page. Help is available from the standard help pages. About Here you can find basic information about your network camera. You can also view third party software licenses.
The current firmware version in your camera is displayed on the page Setup > Basic Setup or under About. Upgrading the firmware When you upgrade your camera with the latest firmware from the Axis website, your camera receives the latest functionality available. Always read the upgrade instructions and release notes available with each new release, before updating the firmware.
AXIS M11 Series - Troubleshooting Axis Support If you contact Axis support, please help us resolve your problem expediently by providing a Server Report and a detailed description of the problem. The Server Report contains important information about the server and its software, as well as a list of the current parameters.
You may need to manually type http or https in the browser’s address field. If the camera and client are on the same network, Run AXIS IP Utility to locate the camera. Identify the camera using its model or serial number Alternatively: 1) Move the camera to an isolated network or to one with no DHCP or BOOTP server.
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Motion Detection triggers unexpectedly Changes in luminance For further assistance, please contact your reseller or see the support pages on the Axis website at www.axis.com/techsup Reduce number of applications running on the client computer. Limit the number of simultaneous viewers.
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• DirectX 9c or higher • For other operating systems and browers see www.axis.com/techsup • AXIS Camera Management tool on CD and web-based configuration • Firmware upgrades over HTTP or FTP, firmware available at www.axis.com Pixel counter Aluminum and plastic ARTPEC-3, 128 MB RAM, 128 MB Flash Power over Ethernet IEEE 802.3af Class 1...
AXIS M11 Series - Technical Specifications Specification AXIS M1103/AXIS M1104 2.8 mm: 43 x 61 x 107 mm (1.7” x 2.4” x 4.2”) AXIS M1103/AXIS M1104 6 mm: 43 x 61 x 110 mm (1.7” x 2.4” x 4.3”) AXIS M1113: 43 x 61 x 140 mm (1.7” x 2.4” x 5.5”) AXIS M1114: 43 x 61 x 142 mm (1.7”...
MAC address for an IP address. ARTPEC (Axis Real Time Picture Encoder) - This chip is used for image compression, and image processing such as conversion of raw image sensor data, color correction, sharpening, noise filtering etc.
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Ethernet systems are 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T10, which provide transmission speeds up to 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps respectively. ETRAX (Ethernet Token Ring AXIS) - Axis' own microprocessor. Factory default settings - These are the settings that originally applied for a device when it was first delivered from the factory.
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AXIS M11 Series - Glossary of Terms Local storage - If a camera or video encoder supports local storage, an SD card can be inserted into the SD card slot to locally record and store a video stream.
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A proxy server receives requests for Internet services (such as web page requests) from many users. If the proxy server is also AXIS M11 Series - Glossary of Terms a cache server, it looks in its local cache of previously downloaded web pages.
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TCP is a connection-oriented protocol, which means that a connection is established between the two end-points and is AXIS M11 Series - Glossary of Terms maintained until the data has been successfully exchanged between the communicating applications.
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AXIS M11 Series - Glossary of Terms server access statistics. WEP (Wireless Equivalent Privacy) - A wireless security protocol, specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard, which is designed to provide a wireless local area network (WLAN) with a level of security and privacy comparable to that usually expected of a wired LAN.
Index Action Buttons 10, 20 Alarm 24 AMC 6 ARP/Ping 29 AXIS Media Control 13 AXIS Media Control toolbar 10 Back focus 8, 9 Backlight compensation 17 Backup 33 Bit Rate 16 Bonjour 6 Buffer Size 23 Camera tampering 24...
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