Accessing The Camera; Accessing From A Browser; Setting The Root Password; Accessing The Camera From The Internet - Axis 215 PTZ User Manual

Accessing the camera

The AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E can be used with most standard operating systems and supports Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6.x or later, Netscape 7.x or later and Firefox 1.4 or later.
The AXIS 215 PTZ-E Network Camera does not support audio and does not have I/O ports. All references in this
manual to audio and to the I/O parts pertain to the AXIS 215 PTZ Network Camera only.
Note:
To view streaming video in Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, you must set your browser to allow the AXIS Media Control (AMC;
see page 9) 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 camera can be configured to use a Java applet
for updating JPEG images. See the online help for more information.

Accessing from a browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape Navigator).
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215
PTZ-E in the Location/ Address field of your browser.
3. If this is the first time the camera is accessed, see Setting the Root
Password below. Otherwise enter the user name and password set
by the administrator.
4. A video image is displayed in your browser.

Setting the root password

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 pass-
word 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 set in step 2. If the password is lost, the camera
must be reset to the factory default settings. See page 37.
4. If required, click Yes to install the AXIS Media Control (AMC). You will need administrator rights on
the computer to do this.

Accessing the camera from the Internet

Once installed, the camera is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the camera from the Internet you
must configure your router/firewall to allow incoming data traffic. For security reasons this is usually done on a
specific port. Please refer to the documentation for your router/firewall for further instructions.
For more information, please visit the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service at www.axiscam.net or, for Technical
notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support Web at www.axis.com/techsup
Note:
User functions in the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E 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.
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