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  • Page 1 AXISM30NetworkCameraS eries AXIS M30 Network Camera Series AXIS M3067-P Network Camera AXIS M3068-P Network Camera User manual...

  • Page 2: Installation

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Installation To watch this video, go to the web version of this document. Installation video for the product. 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Table of Contents Installation ..............................2 Preview mode ............................2 Get started..............................5 Find the device on the network.........................5 Browser support ..........................5 Open the device's web interface........................5 Verify that no one has tampered with the device software ..............5 Create an administrator account ......................5...
  • Page 4 How do Image, Stream, and Stream profile settings relate to each other? ..........65 Bitrate control..........................65 Applications ............................67 Troubleshooting............................68 Reset to factory default settings ......................68 AXIS OS options ............................68 Check the current AXIS OS version ......................68 Upgrade AXIS OS...........................68 Technical issues, clues, and solutions.......................69 Performance considerations ........................71 Contact support ............................71 Specifications..............................72 Product overview ..........................72...

  • Page 5: Get Started

    Verify that no one has tampered with the device software To make sure that the device has its original AXIS OS, or to take full control of the device after a security attack: Reset to factory default settings. See .

  • Page 6: Secure Passwords

    Secure passwords Important Axis devices send the initially set password in clear text over the network. To protect your device after the first login, set up a secure and encrypted HTTPS connection and then change the password. The device password is the primary protection for your data and services. Axis devices do not impose a password policy as they may be used in various types of installations.

  • Page 7: Configure Your Device

    Note If you select capture mode “360° overview only @ 60/50 fps no WDR” on AXIS M3067-P or capture mode “360° overview only @ 30/25 fps no WDR” on AXIS M3068-P, you will only have Overview as an option.

  • Page 8: Select Exposure Mode

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Quad View 2560x1920 to 3584x2668 to 384x288 256x192 16:9 3584x2016 to 512x288 2560x1440 to 512x288 View Areas 1-4 1920x1440 to 2048x1536 to 320x240 320x240 16:9 2048x1152 to 256x144 1920x1080 to 256x144 Corner Left/Right 2304x864 to 192x72...

  • Page 9: Reduce Motion Blur In Low-Light Conditions

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series 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 > Image > Exposure: Note When you increase the gain, image noise also increases.

  • Page 10: Hide Parts Of The Image With Privacy Masks

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Find out more about WDR and how to use it at axis.com/web-articles/wdr. Hide parts of the image with privacy masks You can create one or several privacy masks to hide parts of the image. Go to Video > Privacy masks.

  • Page 11: Create A Guard Tour With Preset Positions

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Create a guard tour with preset positions A guard tour displays the video stream from different preset positions either in a predetermined or random order, and for configurable periods of time. Go to PTZ > Guard tours.

  • Page 12: Set Up Network Storage

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Set up network storage To store recordings on the network, you need to set up your network storage. Go to System > Storage. Click Add network storage under Network storage. Type the IP address of the host server.

  • Page 13: Show A Text Overlay In The Video Stream When The Device Detects An Object

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Before you start: • Make sure you have an SD card installed. Start the application if it is not already running. Make sure you have set up the application according to your needs. Create a rule: Go to System >...

  • Page 14: Audio

    1 Axis network video device 2 Axis portcast device 3 Switch Once the devices are connected, an audio tab becomes visible in the settings for your Axis network video device. Go to the audio tab and turn on Allow audio.
  • Page 15 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series See your Axis portcast device’s user manual for more information.

  • Page 16: Clean Your Device

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Clean your device You can clean your device with lukewarm water. NOTICE • Harsh chemicals can damage the device. Don’t use chemicals such as window cleaner or acetone to clean your device. • Avoid cleaning in direct sunlight or elevated temperatures, since this can cause stains.

  • Page 17: The Web Interface

    Shows what kind of access to the device that is active, what encryption protocols are in use, and if unsigned apps are allowed. 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 18 Shows the storage space where the recording is saved. Device info Shows the device information, including AXIS OS version and serial number. Upgrade AXIS OS: Upgrade the software on your device. Takes you to the Maintenance page where you can do the upgrade. Connected clients Shows the number of connections and connected clients.

  • Page 19: Video

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Video Click to play the live video stream. Click to freeze the live video stream. Click to take a snapshot of the live video stream. The file is saved in the ‘Downloads’ folder on your computer.

  • Page 20: Installation

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series • Video format: Select the encoding format to use in the live view. • Autoplay: Turn on to autoplay a muted video stream whenever you open the device in a new session. • Client stream information: Turn on to show dynamic information about the video stream used by the browser that shows the live video stream.
  • Page 21 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Scene profile : Select a scene profile that suits your surveillance scenario. A scene profile optimizes image settings, including color level, brightness, sharpness, contrast, and local contrast, for a specific environment or purpose. • Forensic: Suitable for surveillance purposes.
  • Page 22 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series : Turn on to make both bright and dark areas of the image visible. Local contrast : Use the slider to adjust the contrast of the image. A higher value makes the contrast higher between dark and light areas.
  • Page 23 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Light environment: • Automatic: Automatic identification and compensation for the light source color. This is the recommended setting which can be used in most situations. • Automatic – outdoors : Automatic identification and compensation for the light source color.
  • Page 24 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series IR-cut filter: • Auto: Select to automatically turn on and off the IR-cut filter. When the camera is in day mode, the IR-cut filter is turned on and blocks incoming infrared light, and when in night mode, the IR-cut filter is turned off and the camera’s light sensitivity increases.
  • Page 25 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Exposure mode: • Automatic: The camera adjusts the aperture, gain, and shutter automatically. • Automatic aperture : The camera adjusts the aperture and gain automatically. The shutter is fixed. • Automatic shutter : The camera adjusts the shutter and gain automatically. The aperture is fixed.

  • Page 26: Stream

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series • Right : Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the right part of the image to calculate the exposure. • Spot: Uses an area with a fixed size and position in the live view to calculate the exposure.
  • Page 27 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. When the scene is more static, Zipstream applies a lower bitrate, and thereby reduces the required storage.
  • Page 28 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series • 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 29: Overlays

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Overlays : Click to add an overlay. Select the type of overlay from the dropdown list: • Text: Select to show a text that is integrated in the live view image and visible in all views, recordings and snapshots.
  • Page 30 Label: Enter the text label for the x axis. – Time window: Enter how long time the data is visualized. – Time unit: Enter a time unit for the x axis. – Y axis – Label: Enter the text label for the y axis.

  • Page 31: Privacy Masks

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series – Min alarm threshold and Max alarm threshold: These values will add horizontal reference lines to the bar chart, making it easier to see when the data value becomes too high or too low. Privacy masks : Click to create a new privacy mask.
  • Page 32 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Preset position A guard tour with preset positions continuously streams footage from a selection of preset positions in a random or fixed sequence. You can choose how long the camera should stay at each preset position before moving on to the next.

  • Page 33: Limits

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Limits To narrow down the area under surveillance, you can limit the PTZ movements. Save as Pan 0 : Click to set the current position as zero-point for pan coordinates. Pan-tilt limits: The camera uses the coordinates of the center of the image when you set pan-tilt limits.

  • Page 34: Motion

    • PTZ control queue: Turn on to place PTZ control requests in a queue. This displays the users status and position in the queue. To use the PTZ controls in AXIS Camera Station, turn off this setting. – Enter queue: Click to add your request for PTZ control to the queue.

  • Page 35: Settings

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Settings Use PTZ: Turn on to allow PTZ functionality in the selected view. Recordings Click to filter the recordings. From: Show recordings done after a certain point in time. To: Show recordings up until a certain point in time.

  • Page 36: Apps

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Apps Add app: Install a new app. Find more apps: Find more apps to install. You will be taken to an overview page of Axis apps. Allow unsigned apps : Turn on to allow installation of unsigned apps.

  • Page 37: Network

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Synchronization: Select an option for the device’s date and time synchronization. • Automatic date and time (manual NTS KE servers): Synchronize with the secure NTP key establishment servers connected to the DHCP server. – Manual NTS KE servers: Enter the IP address of one or two NTP servers. When you use two NTP servers, the device synchronizes and adapts its time based on input from both.
  • Page 38 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Assign IPv4 automatically: Select to let the network router assign an IP address to the device automatically. We recommend automatic IP (DHCP) for most networks. IP address: Enter a unique IP address for the device. Static IP addresses can be assigned at random within isolated networks, provided that each address is unique.
  • Page 39 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Allow access through: Select if a user is allowed to connect to the device through the HTTP, HTTPS, or both HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Note If you view encrypted web pages through HTTPS, you might experience a drop in performance, especially when you request a page for the first time.
  • Page 40 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series 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. Allow O3C: • One-click: This is the default setting. Press and hold the control button on the device to connect to an O3C service over the internet.

  • Page 41: Security

    – 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 42 : Show more fields to fill in or select. • Secure keystore: Select to use Secure element or Trusted Platform Module 2.0 to securely store the private key. For more information on which secure keystore to select, go to help.axis.com/en-us/axis- os#cryptographic-support. •...
  • Page 43 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 44 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Blocking: Turn on to block brute-force attacks. A brute-force attack uses trial-and-error to guess login info or encryption keys. Blocking period: Enter the number of seconds to block a brute-force attack. Blocking conditions: Enter the number of authentication failures allowed per second before the block starts.

  • Page 45: Accounts

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series To install test software or other custom software from Axis on the device, you need a custom signed AXIS OS certificate. The certificate verifies that the software is approved by both the device owner and Axis. The software can only run on a specific device which is identified by its unique serial number and chip ID.
  • Page 46 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Add SSH account: Click to add a new SSH account. • Restrict root access: Turn on to restrict functionality that requires root access. • Enable SSH: Turn on to use SSH service. Account: Enter a unique account name.

  • Page 47: Events

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Client ID: Enter the OpenID username. Outgoing Proxy: Enter the proxy address for the OpenID connection to use a proxy server. Admin claim: Enter a value for the admin role. Provider URL: Enter the web link for the API endpoint authentication. Format should be https://[insert URL]/.
  • Page 48 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Recipients You can set up your device to notify recipients about events or send files. Note If you set up your device to use FTP or SFTP, don’t change or remove the unique sequence number that’s added to the file names.
  • Page 49 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Add a recipient: Click to add a recipient. Name: Enter a name for the recipient. Type: Select from the list: • – Host: Enter the server's IP address or hostname. If you enter a hostname, make sure that a DNS server is specified under System >...
  • Page 50 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 51: Mqtt

    (IoT). It was designed for simplified 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 software can simplify integration of data and events produced in the device to systems which are not video management software (VMS).
  • Page 52 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series MQTT client...
  • Page 53 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series 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 54 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series can let the broker deliver a message to other clients. This LWT message has the same form as an ordinary message and gets routed via the same mechanics. Send message: Turn on to send messages.

  • Page 55: Storage

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Note Connect to an MQTT broker before you add MQTT overlay modifiers. Add overlay modifier: Click to add a new overlay modifier. Topic filter: Add the MQTT topic that contains the data you want to show in the overlay.
  • Page 56 IP address can change) or that you use 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 57: Stream Profiles

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Important Risk of data loss and corrupted recordings. Do not remove the SD card while the device is running. Unmount the SD card before you remove it. Unmount: Click to safely remove the SD card.

  • Page 58: Onvif

    ONVIF enables interoperability between different vendor products, increased flexibility, reduced cost and future-proof systems. When you create an ONVIF account, you automatically enable ONVIF communication. Use the account name and password for all ONVIF communication with the device. For more information see the Axis Developer Community at axis.com.
  • Page 59 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Add accounts: Click to add a new ONVIF account. Account: Enter a unique account name. New password: Enter a password for the account. 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 60 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Add media profile: Click to add a new ONVIF media profile. Profile name: Add a name for the media profile. Video source: Select the video source for your configuration. • Select configuration: Select a user-defined configuration from the list. The configurations in the drop-down list correspond to the device's video channels, including multiviews, view areas and virtual channels.

  • Page 61: Analytics Metadata

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Analytics metadata Metadata producers Lists the apps that stream metadata and the channels they use. Producer: The app that produces the metadata. Below the app is a list of the types of metadata the app streams from the device.

  • Page 62: Plain Config

    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.

  • Page 63: Maintenance

    Note All Axis device software is digitally signed to ensure that you only install verified software on your device. This further increases the overall minimum cybersecurity level of Axis devices. For more information, see the white paper “Axis Edge Vault” at axis.com.

  • Page 64: 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.

  • Page 65: How Do Image, Stream, And Stream Profile Settings Relate To Each Other

    H.265 can, without compromising image quality, reduce the size of a digital video file by more than 25% compared to H.264. Note • H.265 is licensed technology. The Axis product includes one H.265 viewing client license. Installing additional unlicensed copies of the client is prohibited. To purchase additional licenses, contact your Axis reseller. •...
  • Page 66 AXIS M30 Network Camera Series 1 Target bitrate Average bitrate (ABR) With average bitrate, the bitrate is automatically adjusted over a longer period of time. This is so you can meet the specified target and provide the best video quality based on your available storage. Bitrate is higher in scenes with a lot of activity, compared to static scenes.

  • Page 67: Applications

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Applications With applications, you can get more out of your Axis device. AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) is an open platform that makes it possible for third parties to develop analytics and other applications for Axis devices.

  • Page 68: Troubleshooting

    LTS tracks provide a fixed platform with periodic releases focused mainly on bug fixes and security updates. Using AXIS OS 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 69: Technical Issues, Clues, And Solutions

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Note When you upgrade the device with the latest AXIS OS version in the active track, the product receives the latest functionality available. Always read the upgrade instructions and release notes available with each new release before you upgrade. To find the latest AXIS OS version and the release notes, go to axis.com/ support/device-software.
  • Page 70 AXIS Camera Station Edge: free of charge, ideal for small systems with basic surveillance needs. • AXIS Camera Station 5: 30-day trial version free of charge, ideal for small to mid-size systems. • AXIS Camera Station Pro: 90-day trial version free of charge, ideal for small to mid-size systems.

  • Page 71: Performance Considerations

    • 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 If you need more help, go to axis.com/support.

  • Page 72: Specifications

    AXIS M30 Network Camera Series Specifications Product overview 1 Control button 2 Status LED indicator 3 Network connector (PoE) 4 SD card slot 5 Part number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N) LED indicators Note • The Status LED can be configured to flash while an event is active.

  • Page 73: 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 74 T10140166 2024-06 (M19.2) © 2019 – 2024 Axis Communications AB...

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