Axon Fleet 3 (AX1034, AX1035) Manual

Introduction

The Axon Fleet 3 wireless microphone is a hardware solution for audio capture outside of the Fleet 3equipped vehicle where Axon Body Worn Cameras have not been deployed. The charge base is mounted in the vehicle, connected to the hub via Ethernet, and handles all charging and data needs for the Wireless mic while docked. The charge base also facilitates all pairing and audio communication to the microphone while in use. The Axon Fleet 3 Hub can support up to two wireless microphones and two charge bases per vehicle.

Wireless microphone performance:

• The wireless microphone has a range of 1,000 ft (300 m) with unobstructed line-of-sight and at least 500 ft (150 m) with a person and vehicle obstruction.
• When fully charged, the wireless microphone lasts 12 hours. When inserted in the charging base, a wireless microphone recharges to 85% within 90 minutes.
• wireless microphone uses the Axon RAPIDLOCK mounting solution, sharing all the same mounting configurations as Axon Body Worn cameras.
• The wireless microphone is shipped with an optional lapel microphone, which provides superior audio capture quality and wind noise cancellation.

Hardware kit

The Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone Kit (SKU 72035) includes the following components:

Charge outside the vehicle

Axon offers a solution for charging the wireless microphone outside of the vehicle. The hardware kit for this consists of an AC power over ethernet (PoE) injector and charging base, To supplement your in vehicle charging with in-office charging, purchase an additional charging base and an injector for each microphone.

Get to know your wireless microphone

These are the different components of the Axon Fleet 3 wireless microphone system:

Axon Fleet 3 wireless microphone and lapel microphone

Top Status LED – Mirrors the Axon Fleet 3 front camera operating mode, except for error states.

Notifications

Operating Mode	LEDs	Audio Notification	Haptic Notification
Powering on or off	-	One beep	Once
The device is ready to record (buffering)	Blink green	-	-
Recording an event	Blink red	Two beeps (every 2 minutes)	Twice (every 2 minutes)
Mute audio recording	Blink blue	-	-
Low battery notifications: When in BUFFERING mode and battery has power for 20 minutes or less When in EVENT (recording) mode and battery nearly discharged (the microphone shuts down within a few minutes)	-	Four quick beeps (every 20 seconds)	Four times, quickly (every 20 seconds)
Connection lost/out of range	Blink yellow	One beep (every 10 seconds)	Once (every 10 seconds)

Operation

Charge the battery

A fully charged Axon Fleet 3 wireless microphone battery has enough power for approximately 14 hours of normal operation. Charge your microphone for a minimum of 1.5 hours after a typical 12-hour shift. Charge the microphone by docking it in its charging base. Operational thermal limits for charging are 41– 104 ⁰F (5–40 ⁰C). No audio is recorded while the mic is docked.

Axon Fleet 3 charging base for wireless microphone

Charging status

While docked, the wireless microphone's top and front Status LEDs show information on the charge level. The LEDs display as yellow when below 100% charge and green at full charge.

Pair the microphone

The first time the wireless microphone is docked in a charging base, it enters the pairing process. Once paired, the microphone automatically reconnects when:

• The wireless microphone goes out of range and comes back in range.
• The wireless microphone is powered off and then powered back on.
• Pairing reoccurs if the wireless microphone is placed in a different charging base. When this happens, it loses pairing with its original charging base and becomes paired with its new charging base.

For simplicity, pairing and re-connection have the same experience:

• Pairing Process – Screen displays PAIRING and the LED is white .
• Successful Pairing and Connection – Screen displays READY and the LED shows the charge level (if docked) or the recording status (if undocked).
  

Firmware updates

Firmware updates for the Axon Fleet 3 wireless microphone and charging base are executed through the Fleet Dashboard application.

Always dock the wireless microphone before installing a Fleet 3 update so the wireless microphone also receives the latest update.

Operation overview

This section describes all controls, operations, and status messages for the wireless microphone.

Backlight on/off

Control: Double press Select. The back-lit display stays on for five seconds, then turns off.

Battery exceeds thermal limits

When the microphone's battery is too hot or too cold to operate, you'll enter a thermal shutdown mode. If the microphone is undocked, it turns off immediately. If the microphone is docked, the displays shows TEMP. Acceptable thermal range is -6–176 ⁰F (-21–80 ⁰C):
Control: The Status LED blinks yellow , screen icon indicating temperature is out of range.

Battery status: critical

Control: Battery reaches 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%. Battery critical icon with charge percentage shown on screen, periodic haptic and sound warnings, emits 4 beeps and haptic vibrations every 20 seconds.

Battery status: full

Control: Battery full icon with 100% on screen.

Battery status: low

Control: Battery low icon with charge percentage shown on screen.

Battery status: partial

Control: Battery partial icon with charge percentage shown on screen.

Error

If the wireless microphone encounters an error state, restart the wireless microphone to recover it.

Control: The Status LED blinks yellow , ERROR displays on the screen.

Firmware updates

Control: Initiate a Firmware update through the Dashboard app; see Firmware updates. The top LED blinks white and the screen displays UPDATING.

Hard reset

In rare situations the wireless microphone may become unresponsive, even while paired. If this occurs, execute a hard reset of the device.
Control: Hold Power 10 seconds.

Lapel mic plugged in

Control: Plug your lapel mic accessory into the right side of your wireless mic. When plugged in, the screen shows a mic icon next to the signal strength bars. Unplugging the lapel mic removes the icon.

Mute off

Control: Press Select for three seconds. The Mute icon disappears, followed by a short vibration and sound. The LED goes back to blinking red to reflect active recording state.

Mute on

Control: Press and hold Select for three seconds while recording. Mute is only available while recording. Attempting to mute while not recording has no effect. Mute is automatically disabled at the end of a recording. Mute icon displays with a short vibration and sound and the LED blinks blue .

Mute while out of range

When attempting to mute while out of range, the request fails. The microphone shows UNAVAILABLE and emits an error sound and haptic vibrations. The system then reverts to its original state.

Record while out of range
When attempting to record while out of range, the request fails. The microphone shows UNAVAILABLE and emits an error sound and haptic vibrations. The system then reverts to its original state.

Power off

Control: Press Power for three seconds. Power down sound, devices turns off.

Power on

Control: Press Power until you feel a short vibration. Power up sound, progresses through pairing, then screen displays READY and Status LED blinks green .

Ready to record

Control: This is the default state after pairing a wireless microphone. READY on screen, LED blinks green .

Recording start

Control: Double press Event. The LEDs blink red , RECORDING and an icon appear on the display, and the device emits a sound and haptic vibration every two minutes while recording.

Recording stop

Control: You can't terminate active recordings from the wireless microphone. All recording termination events must be initiated from the Fleet Dashboard application or the front camera primary button. LEDs go back to blinking green and display shows READY.

Signal strength

Control: Signal strength is represented by 1-4 bars, with four bars indicating the strongest signal strength.

Stealth off

Control: Press Volume Up for three seconds. Lights, haptics, and sounds turn back on. Stealth icon disappears from the screen screen.

Stealth on

Control: Press Volume Down for three seconds. Lights, haptics, and sounds turn off. No backlight and no screen light, but the backlight still illuminates when pressing Select. Stealth icon appears on the top-left corner of the screen.

Volume down

Control: Press Volume Down. The Volume icon decreases and the wireless microphone's speaker beeps at the new volume level. At the lowest volume, the screen displays SOUND OFF and the device vibrates once. This does not change the volume of the video recording, only the volume of the microphone's speaker.

Volume up

Control: Press Volume Up. The Volume icon increases and the wireless microphone's speaker beeps at the new volume level. This does not change the volume of the video recording, only the volume of the microphone's speaker.

Wireless connection lost

Control: The Status LED blinks yellow . Sound and haptic vibration reminders emit every 10 seconds while out of range.

Confirm microphone readiness with Fleet Dashboard

A wireless microphone ready indicator displays on Fleet 3 Dashboard's camera view tab. The Front 1x tile has iconography on the top left that shows when a wireless microphone charging base is plugged into the Fleet 3 Hub. It has one of two states:

• MIC ON – Indicates the wireless microphone is paired and undocked from the CB. All evidence capture use the wireless microphone for evidence capture.
• MIC OFF – Indicates the wireless microphone is not paired or available to record audio.
  

Evidence review in Dashboard

The Axon Fleet Dashboard application Evidence Review tab supports the playback of video evidence. When playing front camera evidence files recorded with a wireless microphone, only the microphone audio plays in the application. The front camera audio stream is available in Axon Evidence.

For vehicles with two wireless microphones installed, by default, the only available audio playback within the Dashboard application comes from the microphone paired to the charging base with the lower serial number (of the two charging bases in the vehicle).

Axon Evidence review

Evidence created with Fleet 3 wireless microphones attached contains additional audio tracks. This evidence is saved in MP4 format and contains the Front camera audio as an audio track, as well as one additional audio track for each wireless microphone connected to the Fleet 3 Hub. Wireless microphone audio becomes the default audio track that is used during video playback in Axon Evidence.

Axon Evidence has an audio track selection button, which enables toggling between audio sources during video playback.

Installation

Unbox and separate all Fleet 3 wireless microphone components: charging base, microphone, ethernet cable, lapel microphone, windshield antenna, microphone mount.

Included mounting hardware for charging base:

• (5) Self-drilling #8 x ¾ screws
• (5) 8/32".50 in, pan head Phillips screw
• (5) 8/32", hex nut
• Alcohol prep wipe

1. Identify a mounting surface and location for the charging base. Ideal locations are on the foreside of the prisoner partition adjacent to the driver's seat, or on the side of the console. To reduce inadvertent bodily contact with the charging base, it may be prudent to mount the single charging base on the passenger side of the console. Affix the charging base to the surface using either the provided nut and bolt or the self-tapping screws.
   Exercise caution before drilling pilot holes or screwing in the self-taping screws: ensure the surroundings are properly evaluated and you know what lies behind the mounting surface.
   
2. Attach the windshield antenna SMA connector to the side of the charging base. Use a 4 in/lb.
   Torque wrench to connect the antenna. If the connector is over-torqued, it may begin to spin.
   
3. Use the alcohol preparation wipe to clean the glass surface the antenna is being mounted to. Wipe the area with a clean, dry cloth. Mount the antenna to the windshield to ensure maximum range and optimal performance of the wireless microphone.
   
4. Connect the charging base ethernet pigtail to the hub using the provided ethernet cable. Secure the pigtail and ethernet cable together using the provided ethernet pigtail splints. Refer to the Fleet 3 installation guide on proper installation procedure for splint application
5. Power on the Fleet 3 system with the wireless microphone docked. The microphone enters PAIRING status, before transitioning shortly thereafter to READY status.
6. Undock the microphone and double press Event on the front of the device. Ensure the Fleet 3 front camera begins recording. This confirms the installation is successful and the communication protocols are functional.

Troubleshooting

Any error states encountered with the wireless microphone and/or charging base can typically be cleared by restarting the devices.

To restart the wireless microphone: press Power for several seconds until it turns off, wait 12–15 seconds, then press Power again for a few seconds to restart.

Technical support

View support options at www.axon.com
or call 1-800-978-2737.

Warnings

For a full list of the warnings associated with this product, see www.axon.com.

Documents / Resources

References

• Axon | Protect Life - Axon.com
• Axon | Protect Life - Axon.com

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