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Axis 295 User Manual

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  • Page 1 AXIS Media Control (AMC) User's Manual...

  • Page 2: About This Document

    Liability Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual; Please inform your local Axis office of any inaccuracies or omissions. Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ... 5 AMC & MPEG-4 Decoder ... 6 Installing AMC ... 6 Removing AMC (Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, & Windows XP) Removing AMC (Windows Vista) Installing an AAC Decoder Removing an AAC Decoder Installing an MPEG-4 Decoder Removing an MPEG-4 Decoder Installing Windows Media Format Runtime Toolbar Controls...
  • Page 4 PTZ Tab ... 28 Joystick Settings ... 28 Miscellaneous ... 29 AXIS 295 Video Surveillance Joystick Joystick Button Configuration Using Your Mouse ... 31 Using the AXIS 295 Video Surveillance Joystick ... 26 ... 27 ... 30 ... 31 ... 32...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction This document gives you an overview of the controls provided by Axis Media Control (AMC). AMC is an ActiveX component that enables live video to be viewed in a Web browser. Administrator or Operator rights are required to install and use AMC.

  • Page 6: Amc & Mpeg-4 Decoder

    If you are logged in and have Administrator rights to your computer, AMC will be installed when you access an Axis camera or video server for the first time, or when a newer version of the AMC is required by the Axis camera or video server.

  • Page 7: Removing Amc (Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, & Windows Xp)

    1. If you need to remove AMC from your computer, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs to remove the program. 2. Select AXIS Media Control Embedded. Do not delete the AXIS Media Control program since other Axis products may use it Removing AMC (Windows Vista) 1.

  • Page 8: Installing An Aac Decoder

    Installing an AAC Decoder If you want to hear or transmit audio from your Axis camera over your network or over the Internet, and your hardware supports AAC audio, you will need to install an AAC decoder. 1. To start the installation, select the Click here to install or upgrade the AAC Decoder link in the Live View page as shown in the figure below.
  • Page 9 3. Click on the dialog bar at the top of the window and select Install ActiveX Control. 4. (Windows Vista) A User Account popup will ask you want want to install AMC. Click Continue.
  • Page 10 5. An Internet Explorer Security warning popup will ask you want want to the installation. Click Install. 6. Finally, click Close to complete the installation.

  • Page 11: Removing An Aac Decoder

    Removing an AAC Decoder To remove the decoder: 1. Open the C:\Program Files\Axis Communications\Components folder. 2. Right-click the file AxAacDec.dll and select Delete.

  • Page 12: Installing An Mpeg-4 Decoder

    Installing an MPEG-4 Decoder On the live view page of your Axis camera, you can select to view live video over your network or over the Internet, using either Motion JPEG or MPEG-4. If you select MPEG-4, you will be prompted to install an MPEG-4 decoder.
  • Page 13 3. Click on the dialog bar at the top of the window and select Install ActiveX Control. 4. (Windows Vista) A User Account popup will ask you want want to install AMC. Click Continue.
  • Page 14 5. Click Install to continue. 6. Click Close (3) to complete the installation.

  • Page 15: Removing An Mpeg-4 Decoder

    Removing an MPEG-4 Decoder To remove the decoder: 1. Open the C:\Program Files\Axis Communications\Components folder. 2. Right-click the file AxMP4Dec.dll and select Delete.

  • Page 16: Installing Windows Media Format Runtime

    Installing Windows Media Format Runtime Windows Media Format Runtime (WMFR) is used to create a high-definition Windows Media Video files. This is the file format AMC uses to store recorded video. For more information see the Tab. If WMFR is not already installed on your computer when you install AMC, you will be prompted to install it.

  • Page 17: Toolbar Controls

    Toolbar Controls The AMC toolbar, visible below the video image in the Live View page of an Axis camera or video server, will have general controls for playing or stopping the media stream. The Live View page may also have other controls depending on the Axis product and how it has been configured in the Setup page.

  • Page 18: Pan/Tilt/Zoom Controls

    Pan/Tilt/Zoom Controls Center Mode The default setting for PTZ is the Center Mode. When in Center Mode, click on any part of the image other than its exact center and the camera will move so that the point you clicked on becomes the new center of the image.

  • Page 19: Amc Control Panel

    Note: If you are using a simpler Axis camera, not all of the tabs shown below will be visible. If you then log into a camera with greater functionality, the necessary software will also be installed for use with that camera. If you later go back to the simpler camera, while not usable, the additional tabs will still be visible.

  • Page 20: Network Tab

    (Click View > Refresh). Timeout Timeout is the maximum time (seconds) that AMC will attempt to connect to an Axis product before displaying an error message. The maximum timeout is 999 seconds; the default is 15 seconds. Reconnection Strategy If for any reason AMC looses its connection with your Axis camera, a Reconnection Strategy can be used to set up a reconnection schedule.

  • Page 21: Mpeg-4 Connection Order

    For example, a specific IP address can be selected if the multicast stream sent from the network camera or video server is not visible. Or, if you have more than one network interface, you can select which network interface AMC will use to connect to the multicast stream sent from the Axis camera or video server listed.

  • Page 22: Recording Tab

    (Click View > Refresh). Recording Folder Specify the recording folder where recordings will be stored when the recording button is clicked. The My Documents\AXIS Media Control – Recordings default recording folder is . This folder will be created if it does not already exist.

  • Page 23: Limit Recording

    Limit Recording You can select to not record audio, and to limit the amount of time of your recording. Choose Stop recording after and set the number of minutes, or seconds for your recording. Or to conserve storage space, you can limit your recording to a specific size measured in megabytes. Windows Media Format Runtime If you have not already installed WMFR, you will not be able to record and the Recording tab will appear as the example below.

  • Page 24: Snapshot Tab

    Snapshot folder Specify the snapshot folder where snapshot images will be stored (when the Snapshot button is clicked). The default snapshot folder is My Documents\AXIS Media Control - Snapshots. This folder will be created if it does not already exist.

  • Page 25: Audio Tab

    Talk Button Option Push-to-talk – If you have configured you Axis camera to be in half duplex mode, select this option to speak by clicking and holding down the microphone button. Let go of the microphone button to be able to hear.

  • Page 26: Mpeg-2 Tab

    De-interlacing helps eliminate unwanted image effects when viewing rapidly moving objects if you use an Axis video server or Dome camera that uses interlaced display, but not if you use a video server or Dome camera that uses progressive display. The default is to not apply de-interlacing.

  • Page 27: Mpeg-4 Tab

    Rendering check box. This feature will also need to be enabled if you want to use client side overlays in emulated joystick mode with MPEG-4. By default, AXIS Media Control decodes as many MPEG-4 video frames as possible given the capabilities and performance of the computer. To decrease the amount of CPU capacity used for video processing, it is possible to only decode I or I and P frames.

  • Page 28: Ptz Tab

    USB port and after you restart the AMC Control Panel. Flip Tilt Axis – The default setting for AMC is for the camera to tilt up if you pull your joystick arm...

  • Page 29: Miscellaneous

    Check Flip Tilt Axis if you would like to reverse how your camera tilts. In other words, the camera will now tilt down if you pull the joystick arm backwards and tilt up if you push your joystick arm forward.

  • Page 30: Axis 295 Video Surveillance Joystick

    10 Configurable Buttons Base An optional device that can be used with AMC is the AXIS 295 Surveillance Joystick. It is specifically designed for responsive and accurate control of Pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) and dome cameras. This joystick has 2 configurable buttons on its arm and 10 configurable buttons on its base.

  • Page 31: Joystick Button Configuration

    Joystick Button Configuration Using Your Mouse Follow the steps below to configure one or more of the 12 joystick buttons: 1. Click once with your left mouse button to highlight one of the actions such as Toggle play/stop listed in the menu under Actions, 2.

  • Page 32: Using The Axis 295 Video Surveillance Joystick

    Using the AXIS 295 Video Surveillance Joystick Follow the steps below to configure your joystick buttons using your AXIS 295 Video Surveillance Joystick: 1. Click once with your left mouse button to highlight one of the actions such as Toggle play/stop listed in the menu under Actions, 2.

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