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  • Page 1 AXIS F9111 Main Unit User manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Table of Contents Get started ..........

  • Page 3: Get Started

    For more information, see the Connector Kit FAKRA Installation Guide. Find the device on the network To find Axis devices on the network and assign them IP addresses in Windows®, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager. Both applications are free and can be downloaded from axis.com/support.
  • Page 4 1. Open a browser and enter the IP address or host name of the Axis device. If you do not know the IP address, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager to find the device on the network. 2. Enter the username and password. If you access the device for the first time, you must set the root password. See Set a new password for the root account on page 4 .

  • Page 5: Web Interface Overview

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Get started • Don’t expose the password. • Change the password at a recurring interval, at least once a year. Web interface overview This video gives you an overview of the device’s web interface. To watch this video, go to the web version of this document.

  • Page 6: Installation

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Installation Installation Preview mode Preview mode is ideal for installers when fine tuning the camera view during the installation. No login is required to access the camera view in preview mode. It is available only in factory defaulted state for a limited time from powering up the device.

  • Page 7: Configure Your Device

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device Configure your device Adjust the image This section includes instructions about configuring your device. If you want to learn more about how certain features work, go to Learn more on page 49. Level the camera To adjust the view in relation to a reference area or an object, use the level grid in combination with a mechanical adjustment of the camera.
  • Page 8 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device Note A high max shutter value can result in motion blur. • To slow down the shutter speed, set max shutter to the highest possible value. • If possible, open the aperture. Reduce motion blur in low-light conditions To reduce motion blur in low-light conditions, adjust one or more of the following settings in Video >...
  • Page 9 Use corridor format to better utilize the full field of view in a long and narrow area, for example a staircase, hallway, road, or tunnel. 1. Depending on your device, turn the camera or the 3-axis lens in the camera 90° or 270°.

  • Page 10: View And Record Video

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device 1. Go to Video > Overlays. 2. Select Image and click 3. Click Images. 4. Drag and drop an image. 5. Click Upload. 6. Click Manage overlay. 7. Select the image and a position. You can also drag the overlay image in the live view to change the position.

  • Page 11: Set Up Rules For Events

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device 4. Type the name of the shared location on the host server under Network share. 5. Type the username and password. 6. Select the SMB version or leave it on Auto. 7. Select Add share even if connection fails if you experience temporary connection issues, or if the share is not yet configured.
  • Page 12 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device Before you start: • Make sure you have an SD card installed. 1. Start the application if it is not already running. 2. Make sure you have set up the application according to your needs.
  • Page 13 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device Note If you update the overlay text it will be automatically updated on all video streams dynamically. Record video when the camera detects loud noises This example explains how to set up the camera to start recording to the SD card five seconds before it detects loud noise and to stop two minutes after.
  • Page 14 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device 6. Type an email address to send the email to. 7. The camera doesn’t have it’s own email server, so it will need to log into another email server to be able to send mails. Fill in the rest of the information according to your email provider.

  • Page 15: Audio

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Configure your device 14. In the list of actions, under Notifications, select Send notification to email and then select the recipient from the list. 15. Type a subject and a message for the email. 16. Click Save.

  • Page 16: The Web Interface

    Shows what kind of access to the device that is active, and what encryption protocols are in use. Recommendations to the settings are based on the AXIS OS Hardening Guide. Hardening guide: Link to AXIS OS Hardening guide where you can learn more about cybersecurity on Axis devices and best practices.

  • Page 17: Video

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Device info Shows the device information, including firmware version and serial number. Upgrade firmware: Upgrade the firmware on your device. Takes you to the Maintenance page where you can do a firmware upgrade.
  • Page 18 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Starts the wiper. Click and select a preset position to go to that preset position in the live view. Or, click Setup to go to the preset position page. Adds or removes a focus recall area. When you add a focus recall area, the camera saves the focus settings at that specific pan/tilt range.
  • Page 19 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Installation Capture mode : A capture mode is a preset configuration that defines how the camera captures images. When you change the capture mode, it can affect many other settings, such as view areas and privacy masks.
  • Page 20 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Sharpness: Use the slider to make objects in the image appear sharper by adjusting the edge contrast. If you increase the sharpness, it may increase the bitrate and the amount of storage space needed as well.
  • Page 21 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface • Fixed – indoors: Fixed color adjustment for a room with some artificial light other than fluorescent lighting and good for a normal color temperature around 2800 K. • Fixed – outdoors 1: Fixed color adjustment for sunny weather conditions with a color temperature around 5500 K.
  • Page 22 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface • Full : Uses the entire live view to calculate the exposure. • Upper : Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the upper part of the image to calculate the exposure.
  • Page 23 Zipstream is a bitrate reduction technology, optimized for video surveillance, that reduces the average bitrate in an H.264 or H.265 stream in real time. Axis Zipstream applies a high bitrate in scenes where there are multiple regions of interest, for example, in scenes with moving objects.
  • Page 24 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface • Average: Select to automatically adjust the bitrate over a longer time period and provide the best possible image quality based on the available storage. Click to calculate the target bitrate based on available storage, retention time, and bitrate limit.

  • Page 25: Audio

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface : Select the position of the overlay in the image. Privacy masks : Click to create a new privacy mask. Privacy masks: Click to change the color of all privacy masks, or to delete all privacy masks permanently.

  • Page 26: Recordings

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Audio clips Add clip: Add a new audio clip. You can use .au, .mp3, .opus, .vorbis, .wav files. Play the audio clip. Stop playing the audio clip. The context menu contains: • Rename: Change the name of the audio clip.

  • Page 27: Apps

    • Activate license with a key: If the app requires a license, you need to activate it. Use this option if your device doesn’t have internet access. If you don’t have a license key, go to axis.com/products/analytics. You need a license code and the Axis product serial number to generate a license key.
  • Page 28 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface The time format depends on the web browser’s language settings. Note We recommend you synchronize the device’s date and time with an NTP server. Synchronization: Select an option for the device’s date and time synchronization.
  • Page 29 WS-Discovery: Turn on to allow automatic discovery on the network. One-click cloud connection One-click cloud connection (O3C) together with an O3C service provides easy and secure internet access to live and recorded video from any location. For more information, see axis.com/end-to-end-solutions/hosted-services.
  • Page 30 Authentication failed: Sends a trap message when an authentication attempt fails. Note All Axis Video MIB traps are enabled when you turn on SNMP v1 and v2c traps. For more information, see AXIS OS Portal > SNMP. • v3: SNMP v3 is a more secure version, which provides encryption and secure passwords. To use SNMP v3, we recommend you to activate HTTPS, as the password is then sent through HTTPS.
  • Page 31 When configured without a CA certificate, server certificate validation is disabled and the device tries to authenticate itself regardless of what network it is connected to. When using a certificate, in Axis' implementation, the device and the authentication server authenticate themselves with digital certificates using EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport Layer Security).
  • Page 32 To install test firmware or other custom firmware from Axis on the device, you need a custom-signed firmware certificate. The certificate verifies that the firmware is approved by both the device owner and Axis. The firmware can only run on a specific device which is identified by its unique serial number and chip ID.
  • Page 33 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Watch and export recordings. Pan, tilt, and zoom; with PTZ user access. The context menu contains: Update account: Edit the account properties. Delete account: Delete the account. You can’t delete the root account.
  • Page 34 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Add a rule: Create a rule. Name: Enter a name for the rule. Wait between actions: Enter the minimum time (hh:mm:ss) that must pass between rule activations. It is useful if the rule is activated by, for example, day-night mode conditions, to avoid that small light changes during sunrise and sunset activate the rule repeatedly.
  • Page 35 RSA is the preferred method during negotiation, followed by ECDSA, ED25519, and DSA. Make sure to enter the right MD5 host key that is used by your SFTP server. While the Axis device supports both MD5 and SHA-256 hash keys, we recommend using SHA-256 due to stronger security over MD5. For more information on how to configure an SFTP server with an Axis device, go to the AXIS OS Portal.
  • Page 36 IoT integration and is used in a wide variety of industries to connect remote devices with a small code footprint and minimal network bandwidth. The MQTT client in Axis device firmware can simplify integration of data and events produced in the device to systems which are not video management software (VMS).
  • Page 37 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Connect: Turn on or off the MQTT client. Status: Shows the current status of the MQTT client. Broker Host: Enter the hostname or IP address of the MQTT server. Protocol: Select which protocol to use.
  • Page 38 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Payload: Enter the content for the default message. Retain: Select to keep the state of client on this Topic QoS: Change the QoS layer for the packet flow. MQTT publication Use default topic prefix: Select to use the default topic prefix, that is defined in the device topic prefix in the MQTT client tab.
  • Page 39 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Settings Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used for interactive communication sessions between users. The sessions can include audio and video. Enable SIP: Check this option to make it possible to initiate and receive SIP calls.
  • Page 40 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface • UDP-to-TCP switching: Select to allow calls to switch transport protocols from UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) temporarily. The reason for switching is to avoid fragmentation, and the switch can take place if a request is within 200 bytes of the maximum transmission unit (MTU) or larger than 1300 bytes.
  • Page 41 DNS. Windows SMB/CIFS names are not supported. • Network share: Enter the name of the shared location on the host server. Several Axis devices can use the same network share since each device gets its own folder.
  • Page 42 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface • Test connection: Test the connection to the network share. • Format: Format the network share, for example, when you need to quickly erase all data. CIFS is the available file system option.
  • Page 43 When you create an ONVIF user, you automatically enable ONVIF communication. Use the username and password for all ONVIF communication with the device. For more information see the Axis Developer Community at axis.com.
  • Page 44 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Add user: Click to add a new ONVIF user. Username: Enter a unique username. New password: Enter a password for the user. Passwords must be 1 to 64 characters long. Only ASCII printable characters (code 32 to 126) are allowed in the password, for example, letters, numbers, punctuation, and some symbols.
  • Page 45 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface These settings are available for each audio input. Sound level: Adjust the sound level to a value from 0–100, where 0 is the most sensitive and 100 the least sensitive. Use the activity indicator as a guide when you set the sound level. When you create events, you can use the sound level as a condition.
  • Page 46 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface Note During restart, the output circuit is open. When the restart is complete, the circuit goes back to the normal position. If you change any settings on this page, the output circuits go back to their normal positions regardless of any active triggers.

  • Page 47: Maintenance

    Severity: Select which messages to send when triggered. CA certificate set: See the current settings or add a certificate. Plain config Plain config is for advanced users with experience of Axis device configuration. Most parameters can be set and edited from this page. Maintenance Restart: Restart the device.
  • Page 48 AXIS F9111 Main Unit The web interface • Factory default: Upgrade and return all settings to the factory default values. When you choose this option, you can’t revert to the previous firmware version after the upgrade. • Autorollback: Upgrade and confirm the upgrade within the set time. If you don’t confirm, the device reverts to the previous firmware version.

  • Page 49: Learn More

    H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC Note H.264 is a licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.264 viewing client license. To install additional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To purchase additional licenses, contact your Axis reseller. H.264 can, without compromising image quality, reduce the size of a digital video file by more than 80% compared to the Motion JPEG format and by as much as 50% compared to older MPEG formats.
  • Page 50 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Learn more How do Image, Stream, and Stream profile settings relate to each other? The Image tab contains camera settings that affect all video streams from the product. If you change something in this tab, it immediately affects all video streams and recordings.

  • Page 51: Applications

    AXIS Object Analytics AXIS Object Analytics is an analytic application that comes preinstalled on the camera. It detects objects that move in the scene and classifies them as, for example, humans or vehicles. You can set up the application to send alarms for different types of objects. To find out more about how the application works, see AXIS Object Analytics user manual.

  • Page 52: Specifications

    AXIS F9111 Main Unit Specifications Specifications Product overview MicroSD card slot Kensington lock FAKRA connector 2x Audio in Audio out Control button I/O connector Power connector RS232/RS485 connector 10 Network connector (PoE) LED indicators Status LED Indication Unlit Connection and normal operation.

  • Page 53: Sd Card Slot

    Don’t remove the SD card while the product is running. This device supports microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC cards. For SD card recommendations, see axis.com. microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC Logos are trademarks of SD-3C LLC. microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC are trademarks or registered trademarks of SD-3C, LLC in the United States, other countries or both.
  • Page 54 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Specifications Digital output - For connecting external devices such as relays and LEDs. Connected devices can be activated by the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface, through an event or from the device’s web interface. 6-pin terminal block...
  • Page 55 5-pin terminal block for the RS232/RS485 serial interface used to control auxiliary equipment. In order to use the RS232/RS485 port you need a third-party application for AXIS Camera Application Platform. The port can be used in the following modes: •...

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    Using firmware from the active track is recommended if you want to access the newest features, or if you use Axis end-to-end system offerings. The LTS tracks are recommended if you use third-party integrations, which are not continuously validated against the latest active track.

  • Page 57: Technical Issues, Clues And Solutions

    3. Go to Settings > System > Maintenance. Follow the instructions on the page. When the upgrade has finished, the product restarts automatically. Technical issues, clues and solutions If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, try the troubleshooting section at axis.com/support. Problems upgrading the firmware Firmware upgrade failure If the firmware upgrade fails, the device reloads the previous firmware.
  • Page 58 Axis device. Check all cabling and reinstall the device. Possible IP address conflict The static IP address in the Axis device is used before the DHCP server sets a dynamic address. with another device on the...

  • Page 59: 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. Contact support Contact support at axis.com/support.
  • Page 60 User manual Ver. M7.2 AXIS F9111 Main Unit Date: September 2023 © Axis Communications AB, 2021 - 2023 Part no. T10168519...

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