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  • Page 1 AXIS M1145-L Network Camera User Manual...
  • Page 2 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) on page 2 . applications. Later versions of this document will be posted to the Axis • Low Voltage (LVD) Directive 2014/35/EU. See Safety on page 3 .
  • Page 3 Battery ensure a rapid response. If you are connected to the Internet, you can: This Axis product uses a ML614R rechargable cell as the power supply • for its internal real-time clock (RTC). Under normal conditions this download user documentation and software updates •...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    About AXIS Media Control (AMC) ........
  • Page 5 AXIS M1145-L Network Camera Table of Contents How to upgrade the firmware ........

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    AXIS M1145-L 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.

  • Page 7: Hardware Overview

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera Hardware overview Hardware overview For specifications of the hardware components, see Technical specifications on page 56. Light sensor (only for AXIS M1145-L) microSD card slot I/O connector Network connector Network LED Status LED Power LED Control button...

  • Page 8: How To Access The Product

    If you do not know the IP address, use AXIS IP Utility to locate the product on the network. For information about how to discover and assign an IP address, see the document Assign an IP Address and Access the Video Stream on Axis Support web at www.axis.com/support...

  • Page 9: How To Set The Root Password

    3. Click OK. The password has now been configured. Set Power Line Frequency Power line frequency is set the first time the Axis product is accessed and can only be changed from Plain Config (see page 51) or by resetting the product to factory default.
  • Page 10 2. Under Action Buttons, select Show manual trigger button. About the AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only. See About AXIS Media Control (AMC) on page 12 for more information. The toolbar displays the following buttons: The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream.
  • Page 11 AXIS M1145-L Network Camera How to access the product PTZ Controls Note These controls are available if digital PTZ is enabled in the selected view area, see View Area on page 20. With the PTZ Control Queue enabled the time each user is in control of the PTZ settings is limited. Click the buttons to request or release control of the PTZ controls.

  • Page 12: About Media Streams

    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 be changed and the options disabled, to suit specific requirements.

  • Page 13: Alternative Methods Of Accessing The Video Stream

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera About media streams The AMC Control Panel can be 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 be configured. Open the AMC Control Panel from: •...
  • Page 14 • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later. • QuickTime may add latency to the video stream. • It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stream using the paths above, although Axis does not guarantee this.

  • Page 15: How To Set Up The Product

    How to set up the product How to set up the product The Axis product can be configured by 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 window.

  • Page 16: About Video Settings

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera How to set up the product About video settings It is possible to configure the following video features in your Axis product: • Video stream. See page 16. • Stream profiles. See page 18. • ONVIF Media Profiles. See page 18.
  • Page 17 Maximum frame rate. To avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can be Limited to a fixed amount. Alternatively, the frame rate can be set as Unlimited, which means the Axis product always delivers the highest frame rate possible under the current conditions.

  • Page 18: About Stream Profiles

    ONVIF media profiles from this page. About camera settings The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product. About image appearance To change Image Appearance go to the menus under Setup > Video > Camera Settings.
  • Page 19 To change this setting go to Setup > Video > Camera Settings White balance is used to make colors in the image appear the same regardless of the color temperature of the light source. The Axis product can be set to automatically identify the light source and compensate for its color. Alternatively, select the type of light source from the drop-down list.

  • Page 20: View Area

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera How to set up the product • Fixed to use a fixed shutter speed. Gain, measured in decibel (dB), is the amount of amplification applied to the image. A high gain may provide a better image in low light situations but will increase the amount of image noise.

  • Page 21: About Overlays

    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 Overlays are superimposed over the video stream.
  • Page 22 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.

  • Page 23: About Privacy Masks

    Privacy masks cannot be bypassed using the VAPIX® application programming interface (API). The Privacy Mask List (Video > Privacy Mask) shows all the masks that are currently configured in the Axis product and indicates if they are enabled.

  • Page 24: How To Configure The Live View Window

    Select Enable recording button to enable recording from the Live View page. This button is available when using the AMC viewer. The recordings are saved to the location specified in the AMC Control Panel. See About AXIS Media Control (AMC) on page 12.
  • Page 25 Defining the link as a web link will open the link in a new window. Output Buttons External I/O devices connected to the Axis product’s output ports can be controlled directly from the Live View page. To display output buttons in the Live View page: 1.

  • Page 26: About Ptz (Pan Tilt Zoom)

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera About PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) About PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) is available if you have enabled digital PTZ in the selected view area. For more information on view areas, see View Area on page 20.

  • Page 27: Advanced

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera About PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) 6. For each preset position, enter the View Time in seconds or minutes. 7. Specify the View Order of the preset positions, or select Random view order. 8. Click Save. How to edit a guard tour 1.

  • Page 28: About The Control Queue

    60 seconds after the last PTZ control command. 2. Event — The Axis product can be configured to go to a preset position when triggered by an alarm (see About events on page 31). The event will immediately be placed first in the queue except when an administrator is in control.

  • Page 29: About Detectors

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera About detectors About detectors About camera tampering Camera Tampering can generate an alarm when the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, spray-painted or severely de-focused. To send an alarm, for example via email, an action rule must be set up.

  • Page 30: About Applications

    Manual installation — obtain the license key from the application vendor and upload the key to the Axis product To request a license, the Axis product serial number (S/N) is required. The serial number can be found on the product label and under System Options >...

  • Page 31: About Events

    How to set up motion detection and add a network share: 1. Go to Applications to start and configure AXIS Video Motion Detection. See the online help. 2. Go to System Options > Storage and set up the network share. See page 49.
  • Page 32 Recording – Triggers the rule when the Axis product records to the storage device. The recording status trigger can be used to notify the operator, for example by flashing LED lights, if the product has started or stopped to record to the storage device.

  • Page 33: How To Add Recipients

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera About events • Overlay Text – Display an overlay text. See How to include overlay text in an action rule on page 22. • PTZ Control Preset Position – Go to a preset position. • Record Video – Record video to a selected storage.
  • Page 34 Optionally, select Use encryption to send emails over an encrypted connection. The server certificate can be validated using the certificates available in the Axis product. For information on how to upload certificates, see About certificates on page 41.

  • Page 35: How To Create Schedules

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera About events How to create schedules Schedules can be used as action rule triggers or as additional conditions, for example to record video if motion is detected outside office hours. Use one of the predefined schedules or create a new schedule as described below.

  • Page 36: About Recordings

    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 Recording time filters according to the product’s time zone.

  • Page 37: How To Export A Video Clip

    About continuous recording The Axis product can be configured to continuously save video to a storage device. For information about storage devices, see Storage on page 47. To prevent the disk from becoming full, it is recommended to configure the disk to automatically remove old recordings.

  • Page 38: About Languages

    About languages Multiple languages can be installed in the Axis product. All web pages including the online help will be 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 Upload Language button.

  • Page 39: About System Options

    IP address filtering is enabled on the System Options > Security > IP Address Filter page. Once enabled, the listed IP address are allowed or denied access to the Axis product. Select Allow or Deny from the list and click Apply to enable IP address filtering.
  • Page 40 4. Set the HTTPS Connection Policy for the different user groups. 5. Click Save to enable the settings. To access the Axis product via the desired protocol, in the address field in a browser, enter https:// for the HTTPS protocol and http:// for the HTTP protocol.

  • Page 41: Date & Time

    Authority (CA). A self-signed certificate offers limited protection and can be used before a CA-issued certificate has been obtained. 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.

  • Page 42: Network

    IPv4 Address Configuration By default, the Axis product is set to use IPv4 (IP version 4) and to obtain the IP address automatically via DHCP. The IPv4 settings are configured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Basic.
  • Page 43 5. Close the command prompt when the product responds with Reply from 192.168.0.125:... or similar. 6. Open a browser 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 web at www.axis.com/support Note •...
  • Page 44 Host Name Configuration The Axis product can be 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 > Advanced.
  • Page 45 About system options Use NAT traversal when the Axis product is located on an intranet (LAN) and you wish to make it available from the other (WAN) side of a NAT router. With NAT traversal properly configured, all HTTP traffic to an external HTTP port in the NAT router is forwarded to the product.
  • Page 46 Note All AXIS Video MIB traps are enabled when SNMP v1/v2c traps are enabled. It is not possible 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.

  • Page 47: Storage

    To prevent corruption of recordings, the SD card should always be unmounted before 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 been unmounted and not ejected and re-inserted.
  • Page 48 About system options The Axis product can be configured to automatically format SD cards that are inserted into the product. If autoformat is enabled 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 be formatted to ext4.

  • Page 49: Ports & Devices

    The Axis product provides several maintenance functions. These are available under System Options > Maintenance. Click Restart to perform a correct restart if the Axis product is not behaving as expected. This will not affect any of the current settings.

  • Page 50: Support

    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 default using the control button, see How to reset to factory default settings on page 51.

  • Page 51: Advanced

    For more information, see www.axis.com/developer File Upload Files, for example webpages and images, can be uploaded to the Axis product and used as custom settings. To upload a file, go to System Options > Advanced > File Upload. 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.

  • Page 52: Troubleshooting

    The latest version may contain a correction that fixes your particular problem. The current firmware version in the Axis product is displayed in the page Setup > Basic Setup and in Setup > About.

  • Page 53: Symptoms, Possible Causes And Remedial Actions

    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/support Symptoms, possible causes and remedial actions Problems upgrading the firmware Firmware upgrade failure If the firmware upgrade fails, the product reloads the previous firmware.
  • Page 54 Check in the AMC Control Panel (H.264 tag) that video processing is not set to Decode 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. Status and Network indicator LEDs are flashing red rapidly Hardware failure Contact your Axis reseller.
  • Page 55 AXIS M1145-L Network Camera Troubleshooting Storage and disk management problems Storage disruption A storage disruption alarm is sent if a storage device is unavailable, removed, full, locked or if other read or write problems occur. To identify the source of the problem, check the System Log under System Options >...

  • Page 56: Technical Specifications

    AXIS M1145-L Network Camera Technical specifications Technical specifications You can find the latest version of the datasheet at www.axis.com LED Indicators Note • The Status LED can be configured to be unlit during normal operation. To configure, go to Setup > System Options > Ports &...

  • Page 57: Buttons

    Resetting the product to factory default settings. See page 51. • Connecting to an AXIS Video Hosting System service. See page 43. To connect, press and hold the button for about 3 seconds until the Status LED flashes green. •...

  • Page 58: Performance Considerations

    Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructure affects the bandwidth. • Viewing on poorly performing client computers lowers perceived performance and affects frame rate. • Running multiple AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) applications simultaneously may affect the frame rate and the general performance.
  • Page 59 User Manual Ver. M4.3 AXIS M1145-L Network Camera Date: February 2017 © Axis Communications AB, 2014 - 2017 Part No. 57268...

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