Accessing The Camera; Accessing The Camera From A Browser; Setting The Password For Root - Axis 214 PTZ User Manual

Accessing the camera

The AXIS 214 PTZ can be used with most standard operating systems, and supports Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.x or later, Netscape 7.x or later and Mozilla 1.4 or later.

Accessing the camera from a browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape Navigator).
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the AXIS 214 PTZ
in the Location/Address field of your browser.
3. Enter the user name and password set by the
administrator. If required, click Yes to install the AXIS
Media Control (AMC).
The Live View page is then displayed in your
browser.
Note:
If this is the first time the camera is accessed, the 'Configure
Root Password' dialog will be displayed on the screen. "root"
is the default administrator user name.

Setting the password for root

1. When accessing the camera for the first
time, the 'Configure Root Password' dialog appears.
Note:
Before you enter your password at this point, you can secure configuration of the
root password via HTTPS by creating a self-signed certificate. To do so, click the
Create self-signed certificate... button in the Create Certificate window, and then
proceed as follows.
2. Enter a password and re-enter, to confirm. Click OK. The
Enter Network Password dialog appears.
3. Enter the password as set above, and click OK. If the
password is lost, the cameras must be reset to the factory
default settings. See page 38.
Notes:
•The layout of the Live View page in the AXIS 214 PTZ may have been customized to meet the specific requirements of the
application. Consequently, many of the examples and functions in this section may differ from those displayed in your Live
View page.
•If the AXIS 214 PTZ is to be mounted on a ceiling, the image must be rotated. Go to Setup > Video & Image and set Rotate
image to 180 degrees.
•To view streaming video with AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must set your browser to allow
AXIS Media Control (AMC) to be installed on your computer. The first time an MPEG-4 video stream is accessed, AMC also
installs an MPEG-4 decoder for viewing the video stream. As a license is required for each instance of the decoder, the
product administrator may have disabled the installation. If your workstation restricts the use of additional software
components, the cameras can be configured to use a Java applet for updating JPEG images. See the online help for more
information.
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