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AXIS207NetworkCameraUser'sManualAXISCOMMUNICATIONSQuickUser'sGuideAboutthisDocumentThismanualisintendedforadministratorsandusersoftheAXIS207NetworkCamera,andisapplicableforsoftwarerelease4.
40andlater.
ItincludesinstructionsforusingandmanagingtheAXIS207onyournetwork.
Previousexperienceofnetworkingwillbeofusewhenusingthisproduct.
SomeknowledgeofUNIXorLinux-basedsystemsmayalsobebeneficial,fordevelopingshellscriptsandapplications.
LaterversionsofthisdocumentwillbepostedtotheAxisWebsite,asrequired.
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htmandoneormoreadditionalpatentsorpendingpatentapplicationsintheUSandothercountries.
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,underthetermsofApplePublicSourceLicense2.
0(seehttp://www.
opensource.
apple.
com/apsl/).
Thesourcecodeisavailablefrom:http://developer.
apple.
com/darwin/projects/bonjour/LegalConsiderationsVideoandaudiosurveillancecanbeprohibitedbylawsthatvaryfromcountrytocountry.
Checkthelawsinyourlocalregionbeforeusingthisproductforsurveillancepurposes.
Thisproductincludesone(1)MPEG-4decoderlicense.
Topurchasefurtherlicenses,contactyourreseller.
ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.
However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.
Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:Re-orientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.
Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.
Connecttheequipmenttoanoutletonadifferentcircuittothereceiver.
Consultyourdealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.
Shielded(STP)networkcablesmustbeusedwiththisunittoensurecompliancewithEMCstandards.
USA-ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBcomputingdevicepursuanttoSubpartBofPart15ofFCCrules,whicharedesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstsuchinterferencewhenoperatedinacommercialenvironment.
Operationofthisequipmentinaresidentialareaislikelytocauseinterference,inwhichcasetheuserathis/herownexpensewillberequiredtotakewhatevermeasuresmayberequiredtocorrecttheinterference.
Canada-ThisClassBdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCanadianICES-003.
Europe-ThisdigitalequipmentfulfillstherequirementsforradiatedemissionaccordingtolimitBofEN55022/1998,andtherequirementsforimmunityaccordingtoEN55024/1998residential,commercial,andlightindustry.
Japan-ThisisaclassBproductbasedonthestandardoftheVoluntaryControlCouncilforInterferencefromInformationTechnologyEquipment(VCCI).
Ifthisisusedneararadioortelevisionreceiverinadomesticenvironment,itmaycauseradiointerference.
Installandusetheequipmentaccordingtotheinstructionmanual.
Australia-ThiselectronicdevicemeetstherequirementsoftheRadiocommunications(ElectromagneticCompatibility)Standard1998AS/NZS3548.
SafetyCompiestoEN60950,SafetyofInformationTechnologyequipment.
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ThisproductincludesMPEG-4AACaudiocodingtechnologylicensedbyFraunhoferIIS.
RefertoFHGaudiohomepagehttp://www.
iis.
fraunhofer.
de/amm/SupportShouldyourequireanytechnicalassistance,pleasecontactyourAxisreseller.
Ifyourquestionscannotbeansweredimmediately,yourresellerwillforwardyourqueriesthroughtheappropriatechannelstoensurearapidresponse.
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Searchbyproduct,category,orphrasesreportproblemstoAxissupportbyloggingintoyourprivatesupportareavisitAxisSupportatwww.
axis.
com/techsup/AXIS207User'sManualRev.
3.
0PartNo:25384r6August2006CopyrightAxisCommunicationsAB,2005-20064AXIS207ContentsProductFeatures.
6Keyfeatures6Overview7LEDindicators.
8AccessingtheCamera9Accessfromabrowser9SettingthePassword10AccessingthecamerafromtheInternet103GPPCompatibility.
10Focusing11TheLiveViewPage11VideoStreams13HowtostreamMPEG-4.
13MPEG-4clients.
14MotionJPEG14Configuration16AccessingtheSetuptools16AXISMediaControl16VideoandImagesettings.
17AudioSettings.
19LiveViewConfig20Layout20HTMLExamples.
23EventConfiguration24PortStatus27SystemOptions28Security28Date&Time28Network-BasicTCP/IPSettings29Network-AdvancedTCP/IPSettings29QoS(Qualityofservice)32SMTP(email)33UPnP33RTP/MPEG-433Bonjour33Ports&Devices.
335AXIS207LEDSettings33Maintenance.
34Support34Advanced.
35TheI/OTerminalConnector36Troubleshooting38TechnicalSpecifications.
43GlossaryofTerms46Index536AXIS207-ProductFeaturesProductFeaturesTheAXIS207istheworld'ssmallesttrueMPEG-4networkcamera,fromAxisCommunications-themarketleaderinnetworkvideo.
KeyfeaturesTrueMPEG-4imagecompressionforoptimizedbandwidthefficiencyMotiondetectionforbandwidthefficiencyBuilt-inWebserverforremotemonitoringandsurveillanceSupportforQualityofService(QoS)Built-inmicrophoneforone-wayaudioExcellentlowlightperformancedownto1luxSuperiorimagequalitywith30fpsinfullVGAresolutionCompatiblewithPDAs/cellphonesusing3GPPmediaplayersMultilevelpasswordprotectionforrestrictingcameraaccessNAT-Traversal,whichallowsacameralocatedonanintranet(LAN)tobemadeavailablefromtheother(WAN)sideofaNATrouterSupportforUPnPSupportforBonjourSuppliedwithstand,clamp,applicationsoftware(ACE)andafixedirislens.
Forindooruseonly.
UPnPisacertificationmarkoftheUPnPImplementersCorporation.
7AXIS207-ProductFeaturesOverviewLockringNetworkconnectorNetworkindicatorControlbuttonProductID&serialnumber(S/N)labelPowerindicatorI/OterminalconnectorPowerconnectorFocusringStatusindicator(outerring)MicrophoneMicrophone-Built-inmicrophoneforonewayMPEG-4,ISMA,3GPPcompatibleaudio.
PowerConnector-ForconnectionofthePS-Lpoweradapter(included).
I/OConnector-TheI/Oterminalconnectorprovidesthephysicalinterfacetoonetransistoroutput,onedigitalinputandanauxiliaryconnectionpointforDCpower.
Formoreinformation,seeTheI/OTerminalConnector,onpage36.
NetworkConnector-TheAXIS207connectstothenetworkviaastandardnetworkcable,andautomaticallydetectsthespeedofthelocalnetworksegment(10BaseT/100BaseTXEthernet).
ProductID&SerialNumberLabel-Theserialnumbermayberequiredduringinstallation.
ControlButton-PressthisbuttontoinstallusingtheAXISInternetDynamicDNSService,ortorestorethefactorydefaultsettings,asdescribedinResettingtotheFactoryDefaultSettings,onpage35.
8AXIS207-ProductFeaturesLEDindicatorsAftercompletionofthestartupandselftestroutines,themulti-coloredNetwork,Status,andPowerLEDindicatorsflashasfollows:AmberSteadyforconnectiontoa10Mbit/snetwork.
Flashesfornetworkactivity.
GreenSteadyforconnectiontoa100Mbit/snetwork.
Flashesfornetworkactivity.
UnlitNonetworkconnection.
GreenSteadyfornormaloperation.
Canbeconfiguredtoflashgreenatintervalswheneverthecameraisaccessed.
Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.
UnlitWhenconfiguredfor"noflash"oncameraaccess.
AmberSteadyduringstartup,resettofactorydefaultorwhenrestoringsettings.
RedSlowflashforfailedupgrade.
GreenNormaloperation.
AmberFlashesgreen/amberduringfirmwareupgrade.
NetworkStatusPower9AXIS207-AccessingtheCameraAccessingtheCameraBeforeaccessingthecameraitmustbeinstalled.
Pleaseseetheinstallationguidesuppliedwithyourproduct.
Thecameracanbeusedwithmoststandardoperatingsystemsandbrowsers.
TherecommendedbrowserisMicrosoftInternetExplorerwithWindows,SafariwithMacintoshandMozillawithotheroperatingsystems.
Notes:ToviewstreamingvideoinMicrosoftInternetExplorer,setyourbrowsertoallowActiveXcontrolsandallowtheAXISMediaControl(AMC)tobeinstalledonyourworkstation.
QuickTimeTMandRealPlayerTMarealsosupportedforviewingstreamingMPEG-4videoandaudio.
Ifyourworkstationrestrictstheuseofadditionalsoftwarecomponents,thecameracanbeconfiguredtouseaJavaappletforviewingmotionJPEG.
TheAXIS207includesone(1)decoderlicenseforviewingMPEG-4videostreams.
ThisisautomaticallyinstalledwithAMC.
TheadministratorcandisabletheinstallationoftheMPEG-4decoder,topreventunlicensedcopiesbeinginstalled.
Accessfromabrowser1.
Startabrowser(e.
g.
InternetExplorer,Mozilla)2.
EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthecameraintheLocation/Addressfieldofyourbrowser.
ToaccessthecamerafromaMacintoshcomputer(MacOSX),simplyclickontheBonjourtabandselecttheAXIS207fromthedrop-downlist.
3.
Ifthisisthefirsttimethecameraisaccessed,seeSettingthePassword,onpage10.
Otherwiseenteryourusernameandpassword,assetbytheadministrator.
4.
Thecamera'sLiveViewpageisnowdisplayedinyourbrowser.
Note:ThelayoutoftheLiveViewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtospecificrequirements.
Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedonyourownLiveViewpage.
10AXIS207-AccessingtheCameraSettingthePassword1.
Whenaccessingthecameraforthefirsttime,the'ConfigureRootPassword'dialogwillbedisplayedonthescreen.
2.
Enterapasswordandthenre-enterit,toconfirmthespelling.
ClickOK.
3.
The'EnterNetworkPassword'dialogwillappear.
EntertheUsername:rootNote:Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.
4.
Enterthepasswordassetinstep2above,andclickOK.
Ifthepasswordislost,thecameramustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
Seepage35.
5.
Ifrequired,clickYestoinstalltheAXISMediaControl(AMC).
Youwillneedadministratorrightsonthecomputertodothis.
AccessingthecamerafromtheInternetOnceinstalled,thecameraisaccessibleonyourlocalnetwork(LAN).
ToaccessthecamerafromtheInternetyoumustconfigureyourbroadbandroutertoallowincomingdatatraffictothecamera.
Todothis,enabletheNAT-traversalfeature,whichwillattempttoautomaticallyconfiguretheroutertoallowaccesstothecamera.
ThisisenabledfromSetup>SystemOptions>Network>TCP/IPAdvanced.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseeNATtraversal(portmapping),onpage30.
SeealsotheAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceatwww.
axiscam.
netor,forTechnicalnotesonthisandothertopics,visittheAxisSupportWebatwww.
axis.
com/techsup3GPPCompatibilityTheAXIS207is3GPPcompatiblebydefault.
Toviewlivevideoover3GPP:Contactyourcellphoneproviderandmakesurethattheconfigurationiscorrect.
ItishighlyrecommendedthatyouhaveanaccountwithapublicIPaddress.
CheckthattheAXIS207hasacompletelypublicIPaddress,i.
e.
noportsblockedbyafirewall.
InSetup>Video&Image>ImageAppearance,settheResolutionto160x120or176x144InSetup>Video&Image>Advanced>MPEG-4>BitRateControl,settheMaximumBitRateto64or128kbit/sInSetup>Video&Image>Advanced>MPEG-4>GOVSettings,settheLengthto8.
11AXIS207-AccessingtheCameraFocusingStatusIndicatorFocusRingTofocus:Openabrowserandexaminetheimage.
Ifrequired,adjustthefocusringuntilthefocusissatisfactory.
Smalldotabovethelensassembly.
Note:Upondelivery,theraisedlineonthefocusringisalignedwiththedotabovethelens,andthefocusissettoinfinity.
(outerring)(innerring)Raisedlineonfocusring.
TheLiveViewPageDependingonwhetherornottheLiveViewpagehasbeencustomized,thebuttonsdescribedbelowmayormaynotbevisible.
TheVideoFormatdrop-downlistallowsthevideoformatontheLiveViewpagetobetemporarilychanged.
TheOutputbuttonscontroltheoutputdirectlyfromtheLiveViewpage.
ThesebuttonsareconfiguredunderSetup>LiveViewConfig>Layout.
Pulse-clickthisbuttontoactivatetheoutputforadefinedperiodoftime,e.
g.
toswitchonalightfor20seconds.
Active/Inactive-clickthesebuttonstomanuallystartandstopaconnecteddevice,e.
g.
switchalighton/off.
TheTriggerbuttonscantriggeraneventdirectlyfromtheLiveViewpage.
TheseareconfiguredunderSetup>LiveViewConfig>Layout.
12AXIS207-AccessingtheCameraAMCaudiocontrolsThereareaudiocontrolsforcontrollingtheclientcomputer'sspeakeroutput.
ThesecontrolsareonlyavailableinMPEG-4videoformatandwhenaudioisenabled,seeAudioSettings,onpage19.
ClicktheMute/Soundbuttontoswitchthesoundoffandon.
Usetheslidertocontrolthevolume.
Thevolumecanbesetbetween0and100.
TheSnapshotbuttonshowsasnapshotofthevideoimagecurrentlybeingdisplayed.
Right-clickonthevideoimagetosaveitinJPEGformatonyourcomputer.
ThisbuttonisprimarilyintendedforusewhentheAMCviewertoolbarisnotavailable.
TheAMCviewertoolbar(AXISMediaControl)isavailableinMicrosoftInternetExploreronly.
Itdisplaysthefollowingbuttons:ThePlay/Stopbuttonstartsandstopsthelivevideostream.
TheSnapshotbuttonsavesasnapshotofthevideoimagecurrentlybeingdisplayed.
TheSnapshotfunctionandthetargetdirectoryforsavingsnapshotscanbeconfiguredfromtheAMCControlApplet,whichcanbeopenedfromtheWindowsControlPanelorbyright-clickingtheimageinInternetExplorer.
ClicktheViewFullScreenbuttontomakethevideoimagefilltheentirescreenarea.
Nootherwindowswillbevisible.
PressEsc(Escape)onthecomputerkeyboardtoexitfullscreen.
13AXIS207-VideoStreamsVideoStreamsTheAXIS207providesseveraldifferentimageandvideostreamformats.
Thetypetousedependsonyourrequirementsandonthepropertiesofyournetwork.
TheLiveViewpageintheAXIS207providesaccesstoMPEG-4andMotionJPEGvideostreams,aswellastosingleJPEGimages.
Otherapplicationsandclientscanalsoaccessthesevideostreams/imagesdirectly,withoutgoingviatheLiveViewpage.
HowtostreamMPEG-4Thisvideocompressionstandardmakesgooduseofbandwidth,andcanprovidehigh-qualityvideostreamsatlessthan1Mbit/s.
NotethattheimagesettingsoftheMPEG-4streamarethesameforallclients.
Decidingonthecombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.
TheavailableoptionsinAMCare:UnicastRTPThisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeyourfirstconsiderationforliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitisimportanttoalwayshaveanup-to-datevideostream,evenifsomeimagesaredropped.
Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demandbroad-casting,sothatthereisnovideotrafficonthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsandrequeststhestream.
Note:Thereisamaximumof10simultaneousunicastconnections.
RTPoverRTSPThisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletoconfigurefire-wallstoallowRTSPtraffic.
RTPoverRTSPoverHTTPThisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraversefire-walls.
FirewallsarecommonlyconfiguredtoallowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPtobetunneled.
MulticastRTPThismethod(RTPoverTCP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.
Thevideostreamisalwaysup-to-date,evenifsomeimagesaredropped.
Multicastingprovidesthemostefficientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersofclientsviewingsimultaneously.
Amulticastbroadcastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlesstherouterisconfiguredtoallowthis.
Itisthusnotpossibletomulticastovere.
g.
theInternet.
Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof10simulta-neousconnnections.
WhentheReconnectStrategyisnotenabled,AMCwillnegotiatewiththecameratodetermineexactlywhichtransportprotocoltouse,intheorderlistedabove.
Thisordercanbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitanyspecificrequirements.
SeealsotheAMCUser'smanual,availablefromwww.
axis.
com/techsupImportant!
MPEG-4islicensedtechnology.
TheAXIS207includesoneviewingclientlicense.
Installingadditionalunlicensedcopiesoftheviewingclientisprohibited.
Topur-chaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
14AXIS207-VideoStreamsMPEG-4clientsAXISMediaControl(AMC)Therecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideo(MPEG-4andMotionJPEG)fromtheAXIS207istousetheAXISMediaControl(AMC)inMicrosoftInternetExplorerinWindows.
TheAMCcontrolpanelcanbeusedtoconfigurevariousvideoandaudiosettings.
Pleaseseethereadmefileincludedinthetoolformoreinformation.
TheAMCcontrolpanelisautomaticallyinstalledonfirstuse,afterwhichitcanbeconfigured.
OpentheAMCControlPanelfrom:WindowsControlPanel(fromtheStartmenu)Alternatively,right-clickthevideoimageinInternetExplorerandclickSettingsinthemenu.
QuickTime&RealPlayerToaccessthevideostreamfrome.
g.
QuickTimeorRealPlayerthefollowingpathscanbeused:rtsp:///mpeg4/media.
amprtsp:///mpeg4/media.
3gpSeealso3GPPCompatibility,onpage10formoreinformation.
Notes:TheAXIS207supportsQuickTime6.
5.
1(orlater)andRealPlayer10.
5(orlater)QuickTimeaddslatencytothevideoandaudiostream(upto3seconds)ItmaybepossibletouseotherplayerstoviewtheMPEG-4streamusingthepathsabove,althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxis=IPaddressMotionJPEGThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.
Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufficienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeachandeveryindividualimagecontainedinthestream.
TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAXIS207istousetheAXISMediaControl(AMC)inMicrosoftInternetExplorerinWindows.
15AXIS207-VideoStreamsNotealsothatmultipleclientsaccessingMotionJPEGstreamscanusedifferentimagesettings.
AlternativemethodsofaccessingthevideostreamVideo/imagesfromtheAXIS207canalsobeaccessedinthefollowingways:TheAXIS207is3GPPcompatible-enterthepath:rtsp:///mpeg4/media.
3gpSeealso3GPPCompatibility,onpage10formoreinformation.
MotionJPEGserverpush(ifsupportedbytheclient,e.
g.
Mozilla/Firefox).
ThisoptionmaintainsanopenHTTPconnectiontothebrowserandsendsdataasandwhenrequired,foraslongasrequired.
SeeHTMLExamples,onpage23.
StillJPEGimagesinabrowser.
Entere.
g.
thepath:http:///axis-cgi/jpg/image.
cgiresolution=320x240WindowsMediaPlayer.
ThisrequiresAMCandtheMPEG-4viewingclienttobeinstalled.
Thepathsthatcanbeusedarelistedbelowintheorderofpreference.
UnicastviaRTP:axrtpu:///mpeg4/media.
ampUnicastviaRTSP:axrtsp:///mpeg4/media.
ampUnicastviaRTSP,tunneledviaHTTP:axrtsphttp:///mpeg4/media.
ampMulticast:axrtpm:///mpeg4/media.
ampNote:=IPaddress16AXIS207-ConfigurationConfigurationThissectiondescribeshowtoconfigurethecamera,andisintendedforproductAdministrators,whohaveunrestrictedaccesstoalltheSetuptools,andOperators,whohaveaccesstothesettingsforVideo&Image,Audio,LiveViewConfigandEventConfiguration.
ThecameraisconfiguredfromSetup,fromastandardbrowser(seeTechnicalSpecifications,onpage43).
ThedescriptionsbelowshowexamplesofthefeaturesavailableintheAXIS207.
Fordetailsofeachsetting,pleaserefertotheonlinehelpavailablefromthesetuptools.
Clicktoaccesstheonlinehelp.
AccessingtheSetuptoolsFollowtheinstructionsbelowtoaccesstheSetuptoolsfromabrowser.
1.
StartyourbrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameofthecamerainthelocation/addressfield.
2.
TheLiveViewpageisnowdisplayed.
ClickSetuptodisplaytheSetuptools.
AXISMediaControlTheAXISMediaControl(AMC)isinstalledautomaticallythefirsttimethecameraisaccessedfromMicrosoftInternetExplorer.
TheAMCcontrolpanelcanbeopenedbyright-clickingonthevideoimageintheLiveViewwebpage.
TheAMCcontrolpanelcanbeusedtoconfigurevariousvideoandaudiosettings.
Pleaseseethereadmefileincludedinthetoolformoreinformation.
Setuptools17AXIS207-ConfigurationVideoandImagesettingsImageAppearanceUsethesesettingstochangetheimageasrequired.
Theimagecanberotated,theimageresolutionandcompressioncanbeadjusted,andthewhitebalancecanbechanged.
Theconfigurationofthevideoimagewillaffectthecamera'soverallperformance,dependingonhowitisusedandontheavailablebandwidth.
Settinghigherresolutionandlowercompressionimprovesvideoimagequality,butincreasestheamountofbandwidthused.
Pleaseseetheonlinehelpforfurtherinformationonthesesettings.
OverlaySettingsUsethesesettingstoincludeatext,dateandtimeoverlay.
Thetext,dateandtimeoverlayisincludedononelineatthetoporbottomofthevideoimage.
Text,dateandtimeoverlay18AXIS207-ConfigurationVideoStreamDefinethemaximumvideostreamtimepersessioninseconds,minutesorhours,orsetitasunlimited.
Whenthesettimehasexpired,anewstreamcanbestartedbyrefreshingthepageinthebrowser.
Notethatthemaximumvideostreamtimedoesnotapplytoclientsconnectingviamulticast.
Theframerateallowedtoeachviewercanalsobelimited,toavoidbandwidthproblemsonthenetwork.
TestForapreviewoftheimagebeforesaving,clickTest.
Whensatisfiedwiththesettings,clickSave.
PleasenotethatthepreviewimagewillbeinJPEGformat,eventhoughthesettingsarevalidbothforMotionJPEGandMPEG-4.
Pleaserefertotheonlinehelpformoreinformation.
Advanced-CameraSettingsThispagecontainssettingsforfine-tuningthevideoimage.
Theseincludethecolorlevel,brightness,sharpnessandexposurecontrol.
Pleaseseetheonlinehelpforfurtherinformationonthesesettings.
LowLightBehaviorExposureprioritydefinesthebalancebetweenimagequalityandtheframerate.
Higherimagequalitymayreduceframerateandincreasemotionblur.
Aprioritizedframeratemayinsteadincreasetheimagenoise.
Dependingonrequirements,usethistogivehigherprioritytotheimagequalityortotheframerate.
Advanced-MPEG-4SettingsGOVSettingsTheGOVstructuredescribesthecompositionoftheMPEG-4videostream.
SettingtheGOV-lengthtoahighvaluesavesconsiderablyonbandwidth.
TheCyclicrefreshparametergivesasmootherbitrateandcanbeusefulifbandwidthislimited.
Note:CyclicrefreshshouldnotbeenabledifEventhandlingisenabledandthefileformatissettoMPEG-4underUploadimages/video(underSetup>Eventconfiguration>Eventsettings).
BitRateControlLimitingthemaximumbitrateisagoodwayofcontrollingthebandwidthusedbytheMPEG-4videostream.
LeavingtheMaximumbitrateasunlimitedwillprovideconsistentlygoodimagequality,butattheexpenseofincreasedbandwithusagewheneverthereismoreactivityintheimage.
Limitingthebitratetoadefinedvaluewillpreventexcessivebandwidthusage,butimageswillbelostwhenthelimitisexceeded.
Notethatamaximumbitratecanbeusedforbothvariableandconstantbitrates.
19AXIS207-ConfigurationThebitratetypecanbesetasVariableBitRate(VBR)orConstantBitRate(CBR).
VBRwilladjustthebitrateaccordingtotheimages'complexity,thususingalotofbandwidthforalotofactivityintheimageandlessforloweractivityinthemonitoredarea.
AudioSettingsGeneralTheAXIS207hasabuilt-inmicrophoneforonewayMPEG-4,ISMA,3GPPcompatibleaudio.
Enableaudio-clickthecheckboxtoenableAudio(disabledbydefault).
Note:Toreceivesynchronizedvideoandsound,itisrecommendedthatthecameratimeissynchronizedwithanNTPServer.
ThisisenabledunderSystemOptions>Date&Time.
Pleaserefertothehelppagesformoreinformation.
20AXIS207-LiveViewConfigLiveViewConfigLayoutThesearethetoolsfordecidingthelayoutoftheLiveViewpage.
Thelayoutcanbesetin3ways:UseAxislook-thelayoutisunchanged.
Usecustomsettings-modifytheAxislook,withyourowncolors,imagesetc.
ClicktheConfigurebuttonandseeCustomizingthedefaultpage,onpage21.
OwnHomePage-Uploadanduseyourowncustompageasthedefaultwebpage.
ClicktheConfigurebuttonandseeCustomizingthedefaultpage,onpage21.
Theothersettingsonthispageconcernthefeaturestoincludeontheliveviewpage;e.
g.
actionbutton,outputbutton,etc.
Therearealsosettingsforthedefaultvideoformatandviewer.
Seepage22andtheonlingehelpformoreinformation.
21AXIS207-LiveViewConfigCustomizingthedefaultpageTheappearanceofthedefaultLiveViewpagecanbecustomizedtosuityourownrequirements,oryoucanuploadanduseyourownhomepage.
Touploadyourownfiles,clicktheUpload/Removebuttonandseethedescriptionbelow.
UploadOwnWebFilesYourownwebfiles,backgroundpictures,etc.
,mustfirstbeuploadedtothecamerainordertobeavailableforselectionintheCustomSettingssetupdialog.
Onceuploaded,thefilesareshowninthedrop-downlists.
1.
ClicktheUpload/Removebutton.
2.
Enterthepathtothefile,e.
g.
afilelocatedonyourworkstationorclicktheBrowsebutton.
3.
Selecttheuserlevelfortheuploadedfile.
Settingtheuseraccesslevelmeansthatyouhavecompletecontroloverwhichpagescanbeviewedbywhichusers.
4.
Whenthepathisshowncorrectlyinthetextfield,clicktheUploadbutton.
Alluploadedfilesareshowninthelistinthelowersectionofthepage.
Toremoveafile,checktheboxprovidednexttoitandthenclicktheRemovebutton.
UncheckingtheboxforShowsetuplinkwillremovethesetuplinkfromtheproduct'sHomePage.
TheSetupToolswillthenonlybeaccessiblebyenteringthefullsetupaddressintotheaddress/URLfieldofabrowser.
OwnHomePageTouseapreviouslyuploadedwebpageasthedefaultpage,checkthebox,selectthepagefromthedrop-downlistandclickOK.
Ifthesetuplinkishidden,setupcanbereachedatthisurl:http:///operator/basic.
shtml.
22AXIS207-LiveViewConfigActionButtonsThemanualtriggerbuttonscanbeusedtomanuallytriggerandstopaneventfromtheLiveViewpage.
SeeEventConfiguration,onpage24.
EnablingthedisplayoftheSnapshotbuttonallowsuserstosaveasnapshotfromthevideostreambyclickingthebutton.
ThisbuttonismainlyintendedforusewithbrowsersotherthanInternetExplorer,orwhenotherwisenotusingAXISMediaControl(AMC)toviewthevideostream.
AMC(anActiveXcontrol)forInternetExplorerprovidesitsownsnapshotbutton.
OutputButtonsTheoutputbuttonsareusedtomanuallyactivatetheoutputfromtheLiveViewpage,e.
g.
toswitchalightonandoff.
Thereare2optionsforhowtheoutputisactivated:ThePulsebuttonactivatestheoutputforadefinedperiodActive/Inactivedisplays2buttons,oneforeachaction(on/off)DefaultVideoFormatSelectthedefaultvideoformattouseontheLiveViewpage.
CheckingtheboxforShowvideoformatselectiondisplaysadrop-downlistontheLiveViewpageallowingyoutotemporarilychangetheformat.
WhenusingMPEG-4asthevideoformat,thedefaultviewerisAXISMediaControlwithInternetExplorer.
Note:ItisalsopossibletoviewMotionJPEGwhenMPEG-4ischosenasdefaultandviceversa.
DefaultViewerFromthedrop-downlists,selectthedefaultmethodforviewingvideoimagesforyourbrowser.
Thecamerawillattempttoshowthevideoimagesintheselectedvideoformatandviewer.
Ifthisisnotpossible,thecamerawilloverridethesettingsandselectthebestavailablecombination.
AMCRecommendedviewerinWindowsInternetExplorer(MPEG-4/MotionJPEG).
QuickTimeMPEG-4only.
JavaappletAslowerimagingalternativetoAMC(MotionJPEGonly).
RequiresJavadownload.
StillimageDisplaysstillimagesonly.
HittheRefreshbuttoninyourbrowsertoviewanewimage.
ServerPushRecommendedviewerforotherbrowsers(MotionJPEG).
QuickTimeMPEG-4only.
JavaappletAslowerimagingalternativetoServerPush(MotionJPEGonly).
StillimageDisplaysstillimagesonly.
HittheRefreshbuttoninyourbrowsertoviewanewimage.
BrowserViewerDescriptionWindowsInternetExplorerOtherbrowsers23AXIS207-LiveViewConfigViewerSettingsChecktheShowviewertoolbarboxtodisplaye.
g.
theAXISMediaControl(AMC)ortheQuickTimeviewertoolbarunderthevideoimageinyourbrowser.
EnableMPEG-4decoderinstallation-TheinstallationoftheMPEG-4decoderincludedwithAMCcanbedisabledbytheadministrator,topreventtheinstallationofunlicensedcopies.
FurtherdecoderlicensescanbepurchasedfromyourAxisdealer.
Checktheboxtoenable.
EnablerecordingbuttonforMPEG-4-EnablingthisbuttonallowstheusertostartanMPEG-4recordingdirectlyfromtheLiveViewpage.
HTMLExamplesYoucanaddlivevideofromtheAXIS207toyourownwebsite.
ThecameracantransmitaMotionJPEGstreamtoupto10simultaneousconnections,althoughanadministratorcanrestrictthistofewer.
SelectthepreferredVideoFormatfromthedropdownlist.
TheavailableoptionsareMotionJPEG,MPEG-4usingAMCandMPEG-4usingQuickTime.
IfMPEG-4issetasthevideoformat,notethataseparateMPEG-4licenseisrequiredforeachviewer.
TheMotionJPEGselectionhasadditionalsettingsforImageType,ImagesizeandotheroptionalsettingstoconfigurethevideostreamtosuityourWebpage.
ClickUpdateoncesatisfied.
Thecamerageneratestherequiredsourcecodeforyourconfiguration.
CopythiscodeandpasteitintoyourownWebpagecode.
24AXIS207-EventConfigurationEventConfigurationAneventintheAXIS207iswhenatriggerisactivated,causingacertainactiontobeperformed.
Theeventisthesetofparameters(orconditions)thatspecifieshowandwhenwhichactionswillbeperformed.
Acommoneventiswhenthecamerauploadsimages,triggeredbyanalarm.
ThissectiondescribeshowtoconfiguretheAXIS207toperformcertainactionswhenanevent(e.
g.
analarm)occurs.
Triggeredby.
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.
InputPortThisdescribesthestatethattheinputmustbeinforaneventtobetriggerede.
g.
adoorsensorconnectedtothecamera'sinputport.
Ifthedoorsensorisactive,aneventistriggered.
MotionDetectionMovementinamotiondetectionwindowcanbeusedtotriggeranevent.
Selectthemotiondetectionwindowfromthedrop-downlistandspecifywhethertotriggertheeventwhenmotionstopsorstarts.
ForinformationonhowtosetupmotiondetectionwindowsseeMotionDetection,onpage26.
ManualTriggerThisoptionmakesuseoftheactionbuttonsontheliveviewpage,whichareusedtostartorstoptheeventmanually,e.
g.
activateanalarmconnectedtothecamera'soutputport.
Alternativelytheeventcanbetriggeredviatheproduct'sAPI(ApplicationProgrammingInterface).
WhenTriggered.
.
.
Uploadimages/video-Enablingthisoptionallowsimagesorvideotobeuploadedtodifferentdestinations,viaFTP,viaHTTP,orinemailmessages.
Checktheboxtoenableandselecttherequireduploadmethod.
Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformationonthesettingsrequiredforuploadserversandemail.
Note:MailserversmustbeconfiguredunderSystemOptions>Network>SMTPFileformat-Enterthefileformat(MPEG-4orJPEG)youwishtoupload.
ChecktheIncludeaudiocheckboxifaudioistobeincluded(MPEG-4only).
25AXIS207-EventConfigurationIncludePre-triggerandPost-triggerbuffers-Thisfunctionisusefulwhencheckingtoseewhathappenedimmediatelybeforeand/orafteratrigger,e.
g.
5secondsbeforeand/orafteradoorwasopened.
Includepre-triggerbuffer-imagesstoredinternallyinthecamerafromthetimeimmediatelyprecedingthetrigger.
Checktheboxtoenablethepre-triggerbufferandenterthedesiredlengthoftime(andtherequiredimagefrequencyifJPEGisselected).
Includepost-triggerbuffer-containsimagesfromthetimeimmediatelyafterthetrig-ger.
Configureasforpre-trigger.
Notes:Pre-triggerandPost-triggerbufferswillbelostiftheconnectiontothemailserverfails.
CyclicrefreshmustbedisabledifEventhandlingisenabledandthefileformatissettoMPEG-4SeeSetup>Video&Image>Advanced>MPEG-4.
Themaximumlengthofthepre-/post-bufferdependsonthevideoimagesize(andframerate).
Basefilename-thisnamewillbeusedforalloftheimagefilessaved.
Ifsuffixesarealsoused,thefilenamewilltaketheform.
Addasequencenumbersuffix-keeptrackofuploadedimagesbyassigningeachimagewithanumber.
Useownfilenameformat-checkthisradiobuttontouseacustomizedfilename.
EnterthefilenameintheBasefilenamefieldabove.
Itispossibletoperformadvancedfilenameformatting,byincludingspecialpatternsinthefilename.
Activateoutputport-theoutputportcontrolsexternalequipmentconnectedtotheI/OportontheAXIS207,e.
g.
analarmbellorlight.
SendHTTPnotification-ThissendsnotificationmessagestoanHTTPnotificationserverthatlistensforthese.
ThedestinationservermustfirstbeconfiguredfromHTTPserversettings.
.
.
SendTCPnotification-ThissendsnotificationmessagestoaTCPnotificationserverthatlistensforthese.
ThedestinationservermustfirstbeconfiguredfromTCPserversettings.
.
.
Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformationonnotificationservers.
26AXIS207-EventConfigurationMotionDetectionThemotiondetectionfeatureisusedtogenerateanalarmwhenevermovementoccurs(orstops)inthevideoimage.
Atotalof10Includeand/orExcludewindowscanbeconfigured.
IncludedwindowstargetspecificareaswithinthewholevideoimageExcludedwindowsdefineareaswithinanIncludewindowthatshouldbeignored(areasoutsideIncludewindowsareautomaticallyignored)Onceconfigured,themotiondetectionwindowswillappearinthelistofavailabletriggers,fortriggeringevents.
SeethesectiononEventConfigurationabove.
Note:Usingthemotiondetectionfeaturemaydecreasethecamera'soverallperformance.
HowtoconfigureMotionDetection1.
ClickMotionDetectionintheEventConfigurationmenu.
2.
ClicktheConfigureIncludedWindowradiobutton.
3.
ClickNew,orifusingtheJavaApplet,clickAddWindow.
4.
EnteradescriptivenameunderWindowname.
5.
Adjustthesize(dragthebottomright-handcorner)andposition(clickonthetextatthetopanddragtothedesiredposition).
6.
AdjusttheObjectsize,HistoryandSensitivityprofilesliders(seetablebelowfordetails).
AnydetectedmotionwithinanactivewindowisthenindicatedbyredpeaksintheActivitywindow(theactivewindowhasaredframe).
7.
ClickSave.
Pleaseseetheonlinehelpfordescriptionsofeachavailableoption.
ObjectSizeHistorySensitivityHighlevelOnlyverylargeobjectstrig-germotiondetectionAnobjectthatappearsintheregionwilltriggerthemotiondetectionforalongperiodOrdinarycoloredobjectsonordinaryback-groundswilltriggerthemotiondetectionLowlevelEvenverysmallobjectstrig-germotiondetectionAnobjectthatappearsintheregionwilltriggermotiondetectionforonlyaveryshortperiodOnlyverybrightobjectsonadarkbackgroundwilltriggermotiondetectionDefaultvalueLowMediumtoHighMediumtoHighToexcludepartsoftheIncludewindow,clicktheConfigureExcludedWindowsbuttonandpositiontheExcludewindowasrequired,withintheIncludewindow.
27AXIS207-EventConfigurationExamples:Avoidtriggeringonsmallobjectsinthevideoimagebysettingtheobjectsizeleveltohigh.
Toreducethenumberoftriggersifthereisalotofmovementduringashortperiodoftime,selectahighhistorylevel.
Toonlydetectflashinglight,lowsensitivitycanbeselected.
Inothercases,ahighsensitivitylevelisrecommended.
PortStatusUnderEventConfiguration>PortStatusthereisalistshowingthestatusforthecamera'sinputandoutput.
ThisisforthebenefitofOperators,whohavenoaccesstotheSystemOptionssection.
Example:IftheNormalstateforapushbuttonconnectedtoaninputissettoOpencircuit-aslongasthebut-tonisnotpushed,thestateisinactive.
Ifthebuttonispushed,thestateoftheinputchangestoactive.
28AXIS207-SystemOptionsSystemOptionsSecurityUseraccesscontrolisenabledbydefault.
Anadministratorcansetupotherusers,bygivingtheseusernamesandpasswords.
Itisalsopossibletoallowanonymousviewerlogin,whichmeansthatanybodymayaccesstheLiveViewpage,asdescribedbelow:Users-theuserlistdisplaystheauthorizedusersandusergroups(levels):Providesthelowestlevelofaccess,whichonlyallowsaccesstotheLiveViewpage.
AnOperatorcanviewtheLiveViewpage,createandmodifyeventsandadjustcertainothersettings.
OperatorshavenoaccesstotheSystemOptions.
AnadministratorhasunrestrictedaccesstotheSetupToolsandcandeterminetheregistrationofallotherusers.
UserSettings-checktherelevantcheckboxestoenable:Anonymousviewerlogin-allowsanyviewerdirectaccesstotheLiveViewpage.
Maximumnumberofsimultaneousviewers-enteravalueheretorestrictthenumberofMotionJPEGandMPEG-4viewersaccessingtheunit.
Thisisusefulifyouneedtosaveonbandwidth.
Notethatwithinthelimitof10viewers,allmul-ticastviewerscountas1viewer.
Date&TimeCurrentServerTime-displaysthecurrentdateandtime(24hclock).
Thetimecanbedisplayedin12hclockformatintheOverlay(seebelow).
NewServerTime-Selectyourtimezonefromthedrop-downlist.
Ifyouwanttheserverclocktoautomaticallyadjustfordaylightsavingstime,selecttheAutomaticallyadjustfordaylightsavingtimechanges.
FromtheTimeModesection,selectthepreferredmethodtouseforsettingthetime:Synchronizewithcomputertime-setsthetimefromtheclockonyourcomputer.
SynchronizewithNTPServer-thecamerawillobtainthetimefromanNTPserverevery60minutes.
Setmanually-thisoptionallowsyoutomanuallysetthetimeanddate.
Date&TimeFormatUsedinImages-specifytheformatsforthedateandtime(12hor24h)displayedinthevideostreams.
Usethepredefinedformatsoruseyourowncustomdateandtimeformats.
SeeAdvancedFileNaming&Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelpforinformationonhowtocreateyourownfileformats.
ViewerOperatorAdministrator29AXIS207-SystemOptionsNetwork-BasicTCP/IPSettingsIPAddressConfigurationTheIPaddressoftheAXIS207canbesetautomaticallyviaDHCP,orastatic(fixed)IPaddresscanbesetmanually.
AhostnamecanbeusedandthereareoptionsforsettingupnotificationofchangesintheIPaddress.
DHCPisenabledbydefault.
Notes:DHCPisaprotocolforautomaticIPaddressassignmentonanetwork.
IPaddressassignmentviaDHCPmayleadtothesituationwheretheIPaddresschangesandyoulosecontact.
ConfiguretheoptionsfornotificationofIPaddresschange(underServices)toreceivenotificationfromthecamerawhentheIPaddresschanges.
IfyourDHCPservercanupdateaDNSserver,youcanalsoaccesstheAXIS207byahostname,whichisalwaysthesame,regardlessoftheIPaddress.
ServicesEnableARP/PingsettingofIPaddress-TheIPaddresscanbesetusingtheARP/Pingmethod,whichassociatestheunit'sMACaddresswithanIPaddress.
Checkthisboxtoenabletheservice.
LeavedisabledtopreventunintentionalresettingoftheIPaddress.
Notes:TheARP/Pingserviceisautomaticallydisabled2minutesaftertheunitisstarted,orassoonasanIPaddressisset.
Pingingtheunitwillstillbepossiblewhenthisserviceisdisabled.
OptionsfornotificationofIPaddresschange-iftheIPaddressforthecamerachanges,e.
g.
automaticallybyDHCP,youcanchoosetobenotifiedofthechange.
ClickSettings.
.
.
andentertherequiredinformation.
AXISInternetDynamicDNSService-usetheAXISInternetDynamicDNSservicetoassignahostnameforeasyaccesstoyourAXIS207.
AXISInternetDynamicDNSService-ClickthisbuttontoregisteryourAXIS207withtheAxisInternetDynamicDNSservice,ortomodifytheexistingsettings.
ThedomainnamecurrentlyregisteredattheAxisInternetDynamicDNSserviceforyourproductcanatanytimeberemoved.
ThisisalsodonebyclickingtheSettings.
.
.
button.
Network-AdvancedTCP/IPSettingsDNSConfigurationDNS(DomainNameService)providesthetranslationofhostnamestoIPaddressesonyournetwork.
ObtainDNSserveraddressviaDHCP-automaticallyusetheDNSserversettingsprovidedbytheDHCPserver.
ClicktheViewbuttontoseethecurrentsettings.
30AXIS207-SystemOptionsUsethefollowingDNSserveraddress-enterthedesiredDNSserverbyspecifyingthefollowing:Domainname-enterthedomain(s)tosearchforthehostnameusedbytheAXIS207.
Multipledomainscanbeseparatedbysemicolons(;).
ThehostnameisalwaysthefirstpartofaFullyQualifiedDomainName,e.
g.
myserveristhehostnameintheFullyQualifiedDomainNamemyserver.
mycompany.
comwheremycompany.
comistheDomainname.
DNSservers-entertheIPaddressesoftheprimaryandsecondaryDNSservers.
NTPConfigurationObtainNTPserveraddressviaDHCP-checkthisradiobuttontoautomaticallylookupandusetheNTPserversettingsasprovidedbyDHCP.
ClicktheViewbuttontoseethecurrentsettings.
UsethefollowingNTPserveraddress-tomakemanualsettings,checkthisradiobuttonandenterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheNTPserver.
HostNameConfigurationTheAXIS207canbeaccessedusingahostname,insteadofanIPaddress.
ThehostnameisusuallythesameastheassignedDNSName.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseetheonlinehelp.
Link-LocalAddressThisisenabledbydefaultandassignstheAXIS207anadditionalIPaddressforusewithUPnP.
TheAXIS207canhavebothaLink-LocalIPandastatic/DHCP-suppliedIPaddressatthesametime-thesewillnotaffecteachother.
HTTPThedefaultHTTPportnumber(80)canbechangedtoanyportwithintherange1024-65535.
Thisisusefulfore.
g.
simplesecurityportmapping.
NATtraversal(portmapping)Abroadbandrouterallowsdevicesonaprivatenetwork(LAN)toshareasingleconnectiontotheInternet.
Thisisdonebyforwardingnetworktrafficfromtheprivatenetworktothe"outside"i.
e.
theInternet.
Securityontheprivatenetwork(LAN)isincreasedsincemostbroadbandroutersarepre-configuredtostopanyattemptstoaccesstheprivatenetwork(LAN)fromthepublicnetwork/Internet.
31AXIS207-SystemOptionsUseNATtraversalwhenyourAXIS207islocatedonanintranet(LAN)andyouwishtomakeitavailablefromtheother(WAN)sideofaNATrouter.
WithNATtraversalproperlyconfigured,allHTTPtraffictoanexternalHTTPportintheNATrouterwillbeforwardedtothecamera.
LAN(intranet)WAN(internet)Broadband(NAT)routerISPNotes:ForNATtraversaltowork,thismustalsobesupportedbythebroadbandrouter.
Thebroadbandrouterhasmanydifferentnames:"NATrouter","Networkrouter",InternetGateway","Broadbandsharingdevice"or"Homefirewall"buttheessentialpurposeofthedeviceisthesame.
Enable/Disable-Whenenabled,theAXIS207willattempttoconfigureportmappinginaNATrouteronyournetwork,usingUPnP.
NotethatUPnPmustbeenabledinthecamera(seeSystemOptions>Network>UPnP).
AXISInternetDynamicDNSService-Usethisfreeservicetoassignahostname(user-friendlyname)foreasyaccesstoyourcamera.
IftheIPaddressofthecameraorNATrouterchanges,theAXISInternetDynamicDNSServicewillautomaticallybeupdatedwiththenewIPaddress.
UsemanuallyselectedNATrouter-SelectthisoptiontomanuallyselectaNATrouterandentertheIPaddressfortherouterinthefieldprovided.
Ifarouterisnotmanuallyspecified,theAXIS207willautomaticallysearchforNATroutersonyournetwork.
Ifmorethanonerouterisfound,thedefaultrouterwillbeselected.
AlternativeHTTPport-SelectthisoptiontomanuallydefineanexternalHTTPport.
Entertheportnumberinthefieldprovided.
IfnoportisenteredhereaportnumberwillautomaticallybeselectedwhenNATtraversalisenabled.
Notes:AnalternativeHTTPportcanbeused/beactiveevenifNATtraversalisdisabled.
Thisisusefulife.
g.
yourNATrouterdoesnotsupportUPnPandyouneedtomanuallyconfigureportforwardingintheNATrouter.
Ifamanuallyselectedportisalreadyinuse,anotherwillautomaticallybeselected.
Whentheportisselectedautomaticallyitwillbedisplayedinthisfield.
ThiscanbechangedbyenteringanewportnumberandclickingSave.
32AXIS207-SystemOptionsFTPTheFTPserverrunningintheAXIS207enablestheuploadofe.
g.
newfirmware,userapplications,etc.
Checktheboxtoenabletheservice.
RTSPTheRTSPprotocolallowsaconnectingclienttostartanMPEG-4stream.
ChecktheboxtoenabletheRTSPserverandentertheRTSPportnumbertouse.
Thedefaultsettingis554.
NotethatMPEG-4streamswillnotbeavailableifthisisnotenabled.
NetworkTrafficConnectionType-ThedefaultsettingisAuto-negotiate,whichmeansthatthecorrectspeedisautomaticallyselected.
Ifnecessary,youcansettheconnectionspeedbyselectingitfromthedrop-downlist.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseetheonlinehelp.
QoS(Qualityofservice)QualityofService(QoS)providesthemeanstoguaranteeacertainlevelofaspecifiedresourcetoselectedtrafficonanetwork.
Qualitycanbedefinedase.
g.
amaintainedlevelofbandwidth,lowlatency,nopacketlosses,etc.
ThemainbenefitsofaQoS-awarenetworkcanbesummarizedas:Theabilitytoprioritizetrafficandthusallowcriticalflowstobeservedbeforeflowswithlesserpriority.
Greaterreliabilityinthenetwork,thankstothecontroloftheamountofband-widthanapplicationmayuse,andthuscontroloverbandwidthracesbetweenapplications.
TheQoSinAxisnetworkvideoproductsmarksthedatapacketsforvarioustypesofnetworktrafficoriginatingfromtheproduct.
Thismakesitpossiblefornetworkroutersandswitchestoe.
g.
reserveafixedamountofbandwidthforthesetypesoftraffic.
Thecamerasmarksthefollowingtypesoftraffic:livevideoliveaudioevent/alarmtrafficmanagementnetworktraffic.
QoSSettingsForeachtypeofnetworktrafficsupportedbyyourAxisnetworkvideoproduct,enteraDSCP(DifferentiatedServicesCodepoint)value.
Thisvalueisusedtomarkthetraffic'sIPheader.
Whenthemarkedtrafficreachesanetworkrouterorswitch,theDSCPvalueintheIPheadertellstherouterorswitchwhichtypeoftreatmenttoapplytothistypeoftraffic,forexample,howmuchbandwidthtoreserveforit.
33AXIS207-SystemOptionsNotethatDSCPvaluescanbeenteredindecimalorhexform,butsavedvaluesarealwaysshownindecimal.
FormoreinfomationonQualityofService,pleaseseetheAxissupportwebatwww.
axis.
com/techsupSMTP(email)Enterthehostnames(orIPaddresses)andportnumbersforyourprimaryandsecondarymailserversinthefieldsprovided,toenablethesendingofnotificationsandimage/videoemailmessagesfromthecameratopredefinedaddressesviaSMTP.
Ifyourmailserverrequiresauthentication,checktheboxforUseauthenticationtologintothisserverandenterthenecessaryinformation.
UPnPTheAXIS207includessupportforUPnP,whichisenabledbydefault.
Ifalsoenabledonyourcomputer,thecamerawillautomaticallybedetectedandanewiconwillbeaddedto"MyNetworkPlaces.
"Note:UPnPmustalsobeenabledonyourWindowsXPorMEcomputer.
Todothis,opentheControlPanelfromtheStartMenuandselectAdd/RemovePrograms.
SelectAdd/RemoveWindowsComponentsandopentheNetworkingServicessection.
ClickDetailsandthenselectUPnPastheservicetoadd.
RTP/MPEG-4Thesesettingsaretheportrange,IPaddress,portnumber(videoandaudio),andTime-To-Livevaluetouseforthevideostream(s)inmulticastMPEG-4format.
OnlycertainIPaddressesandportnumbersshouldbeusedformulticaststreams.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseetheonlinehelp.
BonjourTheAXIS207includessupportforBonjour.
Whenenabled,thecameraisautomaticallydetectedbyoperatingsystemsandclientsthatsupportthis.
Ports&DevicesI/OPorts-thepinout,interfacesupportandthecontrolandmonitoringfunctionsprovidedbythisconnectoraredescribedinTheI/OTerminalConnector,onpage36.
LEDSettingsTheStatusindicatorLEDonthefrontofthecameracanbesettoflashataconfigurableinterval(ortonotlightupatall)whenevertheunitisaccessed.
ForalistingofallLEDbehavior,seepage8,ortheonlinehelp.
34AXIS207-SystemOptionsNote:TheLEDdoesnotflashwhenthestreamisretrievedusingMPEG-4multicast.
MaintenanceRestart-Thecameraisrestartedwithoutchanginganyofthesettings.
Restore-Theunitisrestartedandmostcurrentsettingsareresettofactorydefaultval-ues.
Thesettingsthatwillnotberesetareasfollows:thebootprotocol(DHCPorstatic)thestaticIPaddressthedefaultrouterthesubnetmaskDefault-Thedefaultbuttonshouldbeusedwithcaution.
Pressingthiswillreturnallofthecamera'ssettingstothefactorydefaultvalues(includingtheIPaddress)UpgradeServer-SeeUpgradingtheFirmware,onpage38.
Backup-Totakeabackupofalloftheparameters,andanyuser-definedscripts,clickthisbutton.
Ifnecessary,itwillthenbepossibletoreturntotheprevioussettings,ifsettingsarechangedandthereisunexpectedbehavior.
Restore-clicktheBrowsebuttontolocatethesavedbackupfile(seeabove)andthenclicktheRestorebutton.
Thesettingswillberestoredtothepreviousconfiguration.
Note:BackupandRestorecanonlybeusedonthesameunitrunningthesamefirmware.
Thisfeatureisnotintendedfortheconfigurationofmultipleunitsorforfirmwareupgrades.
SupportThesupportoverviewpageprovidesvaluableinformationontroubleshootingandcontactinformation,shouldyourequiretechnicalassistance.
TheSystemOverviewpageprovidesaquickviewofsomeofthemostimportantinformationaboutthesystem.
Logs&Reports-whencontactingAxissupport,pleasebesuretoprovideavalidServerReportwithyourquery.
Information-TheLogs,theServerReportandtheParameterListallprovidevaluableinformationfortroubleshootingandwhencontactingAxissupport.
ConfigurationLogLevelforLogFiles-fromthedrop-downlist,selectthelevelofinformationtobeaddedtotheLogfileLogLevelforEmail-fromthedrop-downlist,selectthelevelofinformationtosendasemailandenterthedestinationemailaddress.
35AXIS207-SystemOptionsResettingtotheFactoryDefaultSettingsToresetthecameratotheoriginalfactorydefaultsettings,gototheSystemOptions>Maintenancewebpage(asdescribedinMaintenance,onpage34)orusetheControlbuttonontheundersideofthecamera(seepage7)asdescribedbelow:UsingtheControlButtonToresetthecameratothefactorydefaultsettingsusingtheControlButton:AdvancedScriptingisanadvancedfunctionthatprovidesthepossibilitytocustomizeandusescripts.
Thisfunctionisaverypowerfultool.
Caution!
Improperusemaycauseunexpectedbehaviororevencauselossofcontactwiththeunit.
Ifascriptdoescauseproblems,resettheunittoitsfactorydefaultsettings.
Abackupfilemaybeofusetoreturntheunittoitslatestconfiguration.
Axisstronglyrecommendsthatyoudonotusethisfunctionunlessyoufullyunderstandtheconsequences.
NotethatAxissupportdoesnotprovideassistanceforproblemswithcustomizedscripts.
Formoreinformation,pleasevisittheDeveloperpagesatwww.
axis.
com/developerPlainConfig-thisfunctionisfortheadvanceduserwithexperienceofAxisnetworkcameraconfiguration.
Allparameterscanbesetandmodifiedfromthispage.
Helpisavailablefromthestandardhelppages.
1.
Disconnectthepoweradapter.
2.
PressandholdtheControlbuttonwhilereconnectingthepower.
3.
KeeptheControlbuttonpresseduntiltheStatusIndicatorcolorchangestoamber(thismaytakeupto15seconds).
4.
ReleasetheControlbutton.
5.
WhentheStatusIndicatorchangestoGreen(whichmaytakeupto1minute),theprocessiscompleteandthecamerahasbeenreset.
TheunitwillnowhavethedefaultIPaddress192.
168.
0.
90,or,ifthenetworkusesaDHCPserver,itwillnowhaveanewdynamicIPaddress.
36AXIS207-TheI/OTerminalConnectorTheI/OTerminalConnectorPinoutandInterfaceThe4-pinI/Oterminalconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:1transistoroutput1digitalinputauxiliarypowerandGNDTheterminalconnectorisusedinapplicationsfore.
g.
motiondetection,eventtriggering,timelapserecording,alarmnotificationviaemail,etc.
Input-forconnectinge.
g.
apushbutton.
Ifthepushbuttonispressed,thestatechangesandtheinputbecomesactive(shownunderEventConfiguration>PortStatus).
Output-connectse.
g.
analarmdevicethatcanbeactivatedbyOutputbuttonsontheLiveViewpage,orbyanEventType.
Theoutputwillshowasactive(EventConfiguration>PortStatus)ifthealarmdeviceisactivated.
FunctionPinDescriptionPinoutsTransistorOutput4Withamaximumloadof100mAandamaximumvoltageof24VDC,thisoutputhasanopen-collectorNPNtransistorwiththeemitterconnectedtotheGNDpin.
Ifusedwithanexternalrelay,adiodemustbeconnectedinparallelwiththeload,forpro-tectionagainstvoltagetransients.
TheI/OterminalpinsontheAXIS207arenumberedasshownbelow.
41DigitalInput3ConnecttoGNDtoactivate,orleavefloat-ing(orunconnected)todeactivate.
GND2AuxiliaryDCPowerInput15VDC/min2.
5W.
ElectricallyconnectedinparallelwiththeconnectorforthePS-Lpoweradapter,thispinprovidesanauxiliaryconnectorformainspowertotheunit.
Thispincanalsobeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment,max50mA.
37AXIS207-TheI/OTerminalConnectorConnectinput/outputdevicestothecameraasfollows:1.
Attachthecablesforthedevicesecurelytothesuppliedgreenconnectorblock.
2.
Oncethecablesareconnected,pushtheconnectorblockintotheterminalconnector(alsogreen)onthecamera.
TerminalConnectorsAXIS207ozzoooooAXIS2073.
3VPS-L2.
5We.
g.
doorbellDevicez4o3oLinearPowerSupplyo2ooRelayGND+1Fuse500mA38AXIS207-TroubleshootingTroubleshootingCheckingtheFirmwareFirmwareissoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityoftheAXIS207.
Oneofyourfirstactionswhentroubleshootingaproblemshouldbetocheckthecurrentlyinstalledfirmwareversion.
Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatfixesyourparticularproblem.
ThecurrentfirmwareversioninyourcameracanbeseenonthepageSetup>BasicConfiguration.
UpgradingtheFirmwareWhenyouupgradethefirmwarewithafilefromtheAxisWebsite,yourcamerawillreceivethelatestavailablefunctionality.
Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewrelease,beforeupdatingthefirmware.
Note:Preconfiguredandcustomizedsettingswillbesavedwhenthefirmwareisupgraded(providingthefea-turesareavailableinthenewfirmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunications.
Alwaysreadtheinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewrelease,beforeupgradingthefirmware.
1.
Savethefirmwarefiletoyourcomputer.
ThelatestversionofthefirmwareisavailablefreeofchargefromtheAxisWebsiteatwww.
axis.
com/techsup2.
GotoSetup>SystemOptions>Maintenanceinthecamera'sWebpages.
3.
IntheUpgradeServersection,browsetothedesiredfirmwarefileonyourcomputer.
ClickUpgrade.
Notes:Afterstartingtheupgradeprocess,alwayswaitatleast10-15minutesbeforerestartingthecamera,evenifyoususpecttheupgradehasfailed.
Yourdealerreservestherighttochargeforanyrepairattributabletofaultyupgradingbytheuser.
39AXIS207-TroubleshootingEmergencyRecoveryProcedureIfpowerorthenetworkconnectiontothecameraislostduringtheupgrade,theprocesswillfailandtheunitwillbecomeunresponsive.
AflashingredStatusLEDindicatesafailedupgrade.
Torecovertheunit,followthestepsbelow.
Theserialnumberisfoundonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthecamera.
1.
Unix/Linux-Fromthecommandline,typethefollowing:arp-stempping-s408Windows-Fromacommand/DOSprompt,typethefollowing:arp-sping-l408-t2.
Iftheunitdoesnotreplywithinafewseconds,restartitandwaitforareply.
PressCTRL+CtostopPing.
3.
Openabrowserandtypeinthecamera'sIPaddress.
Inthepagethatappears,usetheBrowsebuttontoselecttheupgradefiletouse,e.
g.
axis207.
bin.
ThenclicktheLoadbuttontorestarttheupgradeprocess.
4.
Aftertheupgradehascompleted(1-10minutes),theunitwillautomaticallyrestartandshowasteadygreenonthePowerandStatusLEDsandflashinggreenoramberontheNetworkLED.
5.
Referringtotheinstallationguide,reinstallthecamera.
Iftheemergencyrecoveryproceduredoesnotgetthecameraupandrunningagain,pleasecontactAxissupportatwww.
axis.
com/techsup/AxisSupportIfyoucontactAxissupport,pleasehelpustohelpyousolveyourproblems,byprovidingtheserverreport,thelogfileandabriefdescriptionoftheproblem.
ServerReport-gotoSetup>SystemOptions>SupportOverview.
Theserverreportcontainsimportantinformationabouttheserveranditssoftware,aswellasalistofthecurrentparameters.
TheLogfileisavailablefromSetup>SystemOptions>Logs&Reports.
TheLogfilerecordseventsintheunitsincethelastsystemrestartandcanbeausefuldiagnostictoolwhentroubleshooting.
40AXIS207-TroubleshootingSymptoms,PossibleCausesandRemedialActionsProblemssettingtheIPaddressWhenusingARP/PingTrytheinstallationagain.
TheIPaddressmustbesetwithintwominutesafterpowerhasbeenappliedtothecamera.
EnsurethePinglengthissetto408.
SeetheInstallationGuide.
ThecameraislocatedonadifferentsubnetIftheIPaddressintendedforthecameraandtheIPaddressofyourcomputerarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youwillnotbeabletosettheIPaddress.
ContactyournetworkadministratortoobtainanappropriateIPaddress.
TheIPaddressisbeingusedbyanotherdeviceDisconnectthecamerafromthenetwork.
RunthePingcommand.
(InaCommand/DOSwindow,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheunit).
Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom:bytes=32;time=10ms.
.
.
.
.
-thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonyournetwork.
YoumustobtainanewIPaddressandreinstalltheunit.
Ifyousee:Requesttimedout-thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailableforusewithyourcamera.
Inthiscase,checkallcablingandreinstalltheunit.
PossibleIPaddressconflictwithanotherdeviceonthesamesubnetThestaticIPaddressinthecameraisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsaadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremaybeproblemsaccessingthecamera.
Toavoidthis,setthestaticIPaddressto0.
0.
0.
0.
ThecameracannotbeaccessedfromabrowserTheIPaddresshasbeenchangedbyDHCP1)MovethecameratoanisolatednetworkortoonewithnoDHCPorBOOTPserver.
SettheIPaddressagain,usingtheAXISIPUtility(seetheInstallationGuide)ortheARP/Pingcommands.
2)AccesstheunitanddisableDHCPintheTCP/IPsettings.
Returntheunittothemainnetwork.
TheunitnowhasafixedIPaddressthatwillnotchange.
3)Asanalternativeto2),ifdynamicIPaddressviaDHCPorBOOTPisrequired,selecttherequiredserviceandthenconfigureIPaddresschangenotificationfromthenetworkset-tings.
Returntheunittothemainnetwork.
TheunitwillnowhaveadynamicIPaddress,butwillnotifyyouiftheaddresschanges.
OthernetworkingproblemsTestthenetworkcablebyconnectingittoanothernetworkdevice,thenPingthatdevicefromyourworkstation.
Seetheinstructionsabove.
Cameraisaccessiblelocally,butnotexternallyBroadbandrouterconfigurationToconfigureyourbroadbandroutertoallowincomingdatatraffictothecamera:EnabletheNAT-traversalfeaturewhichwillattempttoautomaticallyconfiguretheroutertoallowaccesstothecamera.
ThisisenabledfromSetup>SystemOptions>Network>TCP/IPAdvanced.
FirewallprotectionChecktheInternetfirewallwithyoursystemadministrator.
DefaultroutersrequiredCheckifyouneedtoconfigurethedefaultroutersettings.
ProblemswiththeMPEG-4formatNoMPEG-4displayedintheclientCheckthatthecorrectnetworkinterfaceisselectedintheAMCcontrolpanelapplet(net-worktab).
CheckthattherelevantMPEG-4connectionmethodsareenabledintheAMCcontrolpanelapplet(networktab).
IntheAMCcontrolapplet,selecttheMPEG-4tabandclickthebuttonSettodefaultMPEG-4decoder.
NomulticastMPEG-4displayedintheclientCheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbythecameraarevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisafirewallpreventingviewing.
MulticastMPEG-4onlyaccessiblebylocalclientsCheckifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandtheserverneedtobeconfigured.
TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
41AXIS207-TroubleshootingPoorrenderingofMPEG-4imagesColordepthsetincorrectlyonclients.
Setto16-bitor32-bitcolor.
Iftextoverlaysareblurred,orifthereareotherrenderingproblems,youmayneedtoenableAdvancedVideoRenderingfromtheMPEG-4tabintheAMCcontrolpanelapplet.
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdevicedriver.
Thelatestdriverscanusu-allybedownloadedfromthemanufacturer'swebsite.
ColorsaturationisdifferentinMPEG-4andMotionJPEGModifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.
Pleaseseetheadapter'sdocumentationformoreinformation.
LowerframeratethanexpectedReducenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
ThisisdoneinSystemOptions>Security>Users.
Checkwiththesystemadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
Seealsotheonlinehelp.
CheckintheAMCcontrolpanelapplet(MPEG-4tab)thatvideoprocessingisnotsettoDecodeonlyIframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
Lostorpoorimagesinpre-triggerbuffer(MPEG-4videostream)MakesurethatCyclicrefreshunderSetup>Video&Image>Advanced>MPEG-4isdisabled.
ImagedegenerationDecreasetheGOVlength,seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.
ThePowerindicatorisnotconstantlylitFaultypoweradapterCheckthatyouareusinganAXISPS-Lpoweradapter.
TheStatusandNetworkindicatorLEDsareflashingredrapidlyHardwarefailureContactyourAxisdealer.
TheStatusindicatorLEDisflashingredandthecameraisinaccessibleAfirmwareupgradehasbeeninter-ruptedorthefirmwarehasotherwisebeendamagedSeetheEmergencyRecoveryProcedureabove.
NoimagesdisplayedonwebpageProblemwithAMC.
(InternetExploreronly)ToenabletheupdatingofvideoimagesinMicrosoftInternetExplorer,setyourbrowsertoallowActiveXcontrols.
Also,makesurethatAXISMediaControl(AMC)componentisinstalledonyourworkstation.
InstallationofadditionalActiveXcomponentrestrictedorprohibitedConfigureyourcameratouseaJavaappletforupdatingthevideoimagesunderLiveViewConfig>Layout>DefaultViewerforInternetExplorer.
Seetheonlinehelpformoreinformation.
Video/Imageproblems,generalImagetoodarkortoolightCheckthevideoimagesettings.
SeetheonlinehelponVideoandImageSettings.
MissingimagesinuploadsThiscanoccurwhentryingtousealargerimagebufferthanisactuallyavailable.
Trylow-eringtheframerateortheuploadperiod.
SlowimageupdateConfiguring,e.
g.
pre-buffers,motiondetection,high-resolutionimages,highframerates,etc,willreducetheperformanceofthecamera.
PoorperformancePoorperformancemaybecausedbye.
g.
heavynetworktraffic,multipleusersaccessingtheunit,lowperformanceclients,useoffeaturessuchasMotionDetection,Eventhan-dling,Imagerotationotherthan180degrees.
PoorqualitysnapshotimagesScreenincorrectlyconfiguredonyourworkstationInDisplayProperties,configureyourscreentoshowatleast65000colors,i.
e.
atleast16-bit.
Usingonly16or256colorswillproduceditheringartifactsintheimage.
BrowserfreezesNetscape7.
xorMozilla1.
4(orlater)cansometimesfreezeonaslowcom-puterLowertheimageresolution.
42AXIS207-TroubleshootingForadditionalassistance,pleasecontactyourresellerorseethesupportpagesontheAxisWebsiteatwww.
axis.
com/techsupProblemsuploadingfilesLimitedspaceThereisonlylimitedspaceavailablefortheuploadofyourownfiles.
Trydeletingexistingfilestofreeupspace.
MotionDetectiontriggersunexpectedlyChangesinluminanceMotiondetectionisbaseduponchangesinluminanceintheimage.
Thismeansthatiftherearesuddenchangesinthelighting,motiondetectionmaybetriggeredmistakenly.
Lowerthesensitivitysettingtoavoidproblemswithluminance.
NoaudioIncorrectsetupCheckthesoundcardinthePC.
Ensurethatthemutebuttonisnotpressedandthevolumesettingsarecorrect.
Audiovolumetoolow/highVolumesettingsincorrectThevolumeofthemicrophoneiseithertoohighortoolow.
ChangethevolumeforthemicrophoneinthetoolbarontheLiveViewpage.
PooraudioqualityToomanyusersToomanyusers/clientsconnectedtothecameramayaffectthesoundqualityadversely.
TrylimitingthenumberofclientsallowedtoconnectunderBasicConfiguration>Users.
CPUoverloadedReducethenumberoflistenersandviewersanddecreasetheimageresolutionandcom-pression.
UnsynchronizedaudioandvideoItisrecommendedthatthecamera'stimesettingissynchronizedwithanNTPServer.
ThisisenabledunderSystemOptions>Date&Time.
43AXIS207-TechnicalSpecificationsTechnicalSpecificationsItemSpecificationModelAXIS207NetworkCameraLens4.
0mm,fixedirisF2.
0Imagesensor1/4"MicronprogressivescanRGBCMOSAngleofviewHorizontalviewingangle:55°Lightsensitivity1-10000Lux,F2.
0VideocompressionMotion-JPEG.
SnapshotJPEGimagesavailable.
Tenuser-controlledcompressionlevels.
MPEG-4Part2.
Resolutions640x480480x360352x288320x240240x180176x144160x120.
FramerateUpto30fpsinallresolutionsImagesettingsConfigurablecompressionlevelRotation:0o,180oConfigurablecolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,whitebalanceOverlaycapabilities:time,dateandtextShuttertime1/2-1/10000secSecurityMulti-userpasswordprotection.
Users10simultaneoususersUnlimitednumberofusersusingmulticast(MPEG-4)ConnectorsEthernet10BaseT/100BaseTX,RJ-45MiniDCpowerjackTerminalblockfor1alarminputand1outputProcessors&memoryARTPEC-ACPUandcompressionchip32MBSDRAM4MBFlashmemoryLinuxkernelPower5.
1VDC,max2.
5WOperatingConditions(forindooruseonly)Temperature:+5oCto+50oC(41oFto122oF)Humidity:20-80%RHGInstallation,managementandmaintenanceInstallationtoolonCDandWeb-basedconfigurationConfigurationbackupandrestoreAXISCameraExplorerforrecordingFirmwareupgradesoverHTTPorFTP,firmwareavailableatwww.
axis.
comVideoaccessfrombrowserCameraliveviewCustomizableHTMLpages44AXIS207-TechnicalSpecificationsMinimumwebbrowsingrequirementsPentiumIII500MHzorhigherorequivalentAMD128MBRAMAGPgraphicscard,DirectDraw,32MBvideoRAMWindowsXP,2000,orServer2003,DirectX9.
0orlaterInternetExplorer6.
xorlaterForotheroperatingsystemsandbrowsers,seewww.
axis.
com/techsupSystemintegrationsupportPowerfulAPIforsoftwareintegrationavailableatwww.
axis.
com,includingVAPIXHTTPAPI,AXISMediaControlSDK,embeddedscriptingsupportEmbeddedLinuxoperatingsystemSupportedprotocolsIP,HTTP,TCP,ICMP,RTSP,RTP,UDP,IGMP,RTCP,SMTP,FTP,DHCP,UPnP,Bonjour,ARP,DNS,DynDNS,SOCKS,NTP,QoS.
Moreinformationonusageavailableatwww.
axis.
comApplications(notincluded)AXISCameraStation:Surveillanceapplicationforviewing,recordingandarchivingupto25camerasAXISCameraManagement-EfficientinstallationandmanagementtoolforAxisnetworkvideoproducts.
Seewww.
axis.
com/partner/adp_partners.
htmforfurthersoftwareapplicationsfrompartners.
AudioFeaturesBuilt-inmicrophoneforone-wayaudioAudiocompression:AACLC8-32kbit/sInternalMicrophoneBuilt-incondensermicrophone.
GeneralI/O1digitalalarminputand1outputtransistor(max24V,0.
1A)onasingleterminalconnector.
Pre/PostAlarmBufferUpto4MBmemoryavailableforpre/postalarmimagestorageApprovals-EMCEN55024EN55022ClassBEN61000-3-2EN61000-3-3FCCPart15SubpartBClassBICES-003ClassBVCCIClassBC-tickAS/NZS3548Approvals-SafetyULCSA(poweradapteronly)EN60950Metrics(HxWxD)85x55x34mm(3.
35"x2.
17x1.
34")(cameraonly)Weight:177g(0.
39lb)includingstandMPEG-4AACaudiocodingtechnologyThisproductincludesMPEG-4AACaudiocodingtechnologylicensedbyFraunhoferIIS.
RefertoFHGaudiohomepagehttp://www.
iis.
fraunhofer.
de/amm/ItemSpecification45AXIS207-TechnicalSpecificationsMPEG-4licensingLicenseforoneMPEG-4encoderandoneMPEG-4decoderincluded.
AdditionallicensesavailableforpurchasefromAxisCommunications.
THISPRODUCTISLICENSEDUNDERTHEMPEG-4SYSTEMSPATENTPORTFOLIOLICENSEFORENCODINGINCOMPLIANCEWITHTHEMPEG-4SYSTEMSSTANDARD,EXCEPTTHATANADDITIONALLICENSEANDPAYMENTOFROYALTIESARENECESSARYFORENCODINGINCONNECTIONWITH(i)DATASTOREDORREPLICATEDINPHYSICALMEDIAWHICHISPAIDFORONATITLEBYTITLEBASISAND/OR(ii)DATAWHICHISPAIDFORONATITLEBYTITLEBASISANDISTRANSMITTEDTOANENDUSERFORPERMANENTSTORAGEAND/ORUSE.
SUCHADDITIONALLICENSEMAYBEOBTAINEDFROMMPEGLA,LLC.
SEEFORADDITIONALDETAILS.
ItemSpecification46AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsGlossaryofTermsActiveX-Astandardthatenablessoftwarecomponentstointeractwithoneanotherinanetworkedenvironment,regardlessofthelanguage(s)usedtocreatethem.
WebbrowsersmaycomeintocontactwithActiveXcontrols,ActiveXdocuments,andActiveXscripts.
ActiveXcontrolsareoftendownloadedandinstalledautomaticallyasrequired.
AF(Autofocus)-Asystembywhichthecameralensautomaticallyfocusesonaselectedpartofthesubject.
Angle-Thefieldofview,relativetoastandardlensina35mmstillcamera,expressedindegrees,e.
g.
30°.
Forpracticalpurposes,thisistheareathatalenscancover,wheretheangleofviewisdeterminedbythefocallengthofthelens.
Awide-anglelenshasashortfocallengthandcoversawiderangleofviewthanstandardortelephotolenses,whichhavelongerfocallengths.
ARP(AddressResolutionProtocol)-ThisprotocolisusedtoassociateanIPaddresstoahardwareMACaddress.
ArequestisbroadcastonthelocalnetworktodiscovertheMACaddressforanIPaddress.
ARTPEC(AxisRealTimePictureEncoder)-Thischipisusedforimagecompression.
ASF(AdvancedSystemsFormat)-ThefileformatusedbyWindowsMedia.
Audioand/orVideocontentcompressedwithawidevarietyofcodecscanbestoredinanASFfileandplayedbackwiththeWindowsMediaPlayer(providedtheappropriatecodecsareinstalled),ortheycanbestreamedwithWindowsMediaServices.
ASFisanextensiblefileformatdesignedtostoresynchronizedmultimediadata.
Itsupportsdatadeliveryoverawidevarietyofnetworksandprotocolswhilestillprovingsuitableforlocalplayback.
ASIC(ApplicationSpecificIntegratedCircuit)-Acircuitdesignedforaspecificapplication,asopposedtoageneralpurposecircuit,suchasamicroprocessor.
Aspectratio-Aratioofwidthtoheightinimages.
Acommonaspectratiousedfortelevisionscreensandcomputermonitorsis4:3.
High-definitiontelevision(HDTV)usesanaspectratioof9:16.
Autoiris(orDC-Iris)-Thisspecialtypeofirisiselectricallycontrolledbythecamera,toautomaticallyregulatetheamountoflightallowedtoenter.
AVI(AudioVideoInterleave)-Avideoformatthatsupportssimultaneousplaybackofaudioandvideo.
Bitmap-Abitmapisadatafilerepresentingarectangulargridofpixels.
Itdefinesadisplayspaceandcolorforeachpixel(or"bit")inthedisplayspace.
Thistypeofimageisknownasa"rastergraphic.
"GIF'sandJPEG'sareexamplesofimagefiletypesthatcontainbitmaps.
Becauseabitmapusesthisfixedrastermethod,itcannoteasilyberescaledwithoutlosingdefinition.
Conversely,avectorgraphicimageusesgeometricalshapestorepresenttheimage,andcanthusbequicklyrescaled.
Bitrate-Thebitrate(inkbit/sorMbit/s)isoftenreferredtoasspeed,butactuallydefinesthenumberofbits/timeunitandnotdistance/timeunit.
Bluetooth-Bluetoothisanopenstandardforwirelesstransmissionofvoiceanddatabetweenmobiledevices(PCs,handheldcomputers,telephonesandprinters).
Bonjour-Alsoknownaszero-configurationnetworking,Bonjourenablesdevicestoautomaticallydiscovereachotheronanetwork,withouthavingtoenterIPaddressesorconfigureDNSservers.
BonjourisatrademarkofAppleComputer,Inc.
.
Broadband-Innetworkengineeringterms,thisdescribestransmissionmethodswheretwoormoresignalssharethesamecarrier.
Inmorepopularterminology,broadbandistakentomeanhigh-speeddatatransmission.
CCD(ChargedCoupledDevice)-Thislight-sensitiveimagedeviceusedinmanydigitalcamerasisalargeintegratedcircuitthatcontainshundredsofthousandsofphoto-sites(pixels)thatconvertlightenergyintoelectronicsignals.
Itssizeismeasureddiagonallyandcanbe1/4",1/3",1/2"or2/3".
CGI(CommonGatewayInterface)-Aspecificationforcommunicationbetweenawebserverandother(CGI)programs.
Forexample,aHTMLpagethatcontainsaformmightuseaCGIprogramtoprocesstheformdataonceitissubmitted.
CIF(CommonIntermediateFormat)-CIFreferstotheanalogvideoresolutions352x288pixels(PAL)and352x240pixels(NTSC).
SeealsoResolution.
Client/Server-Client/serverdescribestherelationshipbetweentwocomputerprogramsinwhichoneprogram,theclient,makesaservicerequestfromanotherprogram,theserver,whichfulfilstherequest.
Typically,multipleclientprogramssharetheservicesofacommonserverprogram.
Awebbrowserisaclientprogramthatrequestsservices(thesendingofwebpagesorfiles)fromawebserver.
CMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)-ACMOSisawidelyusedtypeofsemiconductorthatusesbothnegativeandpositivecircuits.
Sinceonlyoneofthecircuittypesisonatanygiventime,CMOSchipsrequirelesspowerthanchipsusingjustonetypeoftransistor.
CMOSimagesensorsalsoallowprocessingcircuitstobeincludedonthesamechip,anadvantagenotpossiblewithCCDsensors,whicharealsomuchmoreexpensivetoproduce.
Codec-Incommunicationsengineering,acodecisusuallyacoder/decoder.
Codecsareusedinintegratedcircuitsorchipsthatconverte.
g.
analogvideoandaudiosignalsintoadigitalformatfortransmission.
Thecodecalsoconvertsreceiveddigitalsignalsbackintoanalogformat.
Acodec47AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsusesanalog-to-digitalconversionanddigital-to-analogconversioninthesamechip.
Codeccanalsomeancompression/decompression,inwhichcaseitisgenerallytakentomeananalgorithmorcomputerprogramforreducingthesizeoflargefilesandprograms.
Compression-SeeImageCompression.
Contrast-Definesthedegreeofdifferencebetweenthelightestanddarkestpartsofanimageorvideostream.
DC-Iris-Thisspecialtypeofirisiselectricallycontrolledbythecamera,toautomaticallyregulatetheamountoflightallowedtoenter.
DHCP(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol)-DHCPisaprotocolthatletsnetworkadministratorsautomateandcentrallymanagetheassignmentofInternetProtocol(IP)addressestonetworkdevicesinanetwork.
DHCPusestheconceptofa"lease"oramountoftimethatagivenIPaddresswillbevalidforacomputer.
Theleasetimecanvary,dependingonhowlongauserislikelytorequirethenetworkconnectionataparticularlocation.
DHCPalsosupportsstaticaddressesfore.
g.
computersrunningwebservers,whichneedapermanentIPaddress.
DNS(DomainNameSystem)-DNSisusedtolocateandtranslateInternetdomainnamesintoIP(InternetProtocol)addresses.
Adomainnameisameaningfulandeasy-to-remembernameforanInternetaddress.
Forexamplethedomainnamewww.
example.
comismucheasiertorememberthan192.
0.
34.
166.
ThetranslationtablesfordomainnamesarecontainedinDomainnameservers.
DomainServer-Domainscanalsobeusedbyorganizationswhowishtocentralizethemanagementoftheir(Windows)computers.
Eachuserwithinadomainhasanaccountthatusuallyallowsthemtologintoanduseanycomputerinthedomain,althoughrestrictionsmayalsoapply.
Thedomainserveristheserverthatauthenticatestheusersonthenetwork.
Duplex-SeeFull-duplex.
Ethernet-Ethernetisthemostwidelyinstalledlocalareanetworktechnology.
AnEthernetLANtypicallyusesspecialgradesoftwistedpairwires.
ThemostcommonlyinstalledEthernetsystemsare10BASE-Tand100BASE-T10,whichprovidetransmissionspeedsupto10Mbpsand100Mbpsrespectively.
ETRAX(EthernetTokenRingAXIS)-Axis'ownmicroprocessor.
Factorydefaultsettings-Thesearethesettingsthatoriginallyappliedforadevicewhenitwasfirstdeliveredfromthefactory.
Ifitshouldbecomenecessarytoresetadevicetoitsfactorydefaultsettings,thiswill,formanydevices,completelyresetanysettingsthatwerechangedbytheuser.
Firewall-Afirewallworksasabarrierbetweennetworks,e.
g.
betweenaLocalAreaNetworkandtheInternet.
Thefirewallensuresthatonlyauthorizedusersareallowedtoaccesstheonenetworkfromtheother.
Afirewallcanbesoftwarerunningonacomputer,oritcanbeastandalonehardwaredevice.
Focallength-Measuredinmillimetres,thefocallengthofacameralensdeterminesthewidthofthehorizontalfieldofview,whichinturnismeasuredindegrees.
FTP(FileTransferProtocol)-AnapplicationprotocolthatusestheTCP/IPprotocols.
Itisusedtoexchangefilesbetweencomputers/devicesonnetworks.
Frame-Aframeisacompletevideoimage.
Inthe2:1interlacedscanningformatoftheRS-170andCCIRformats,aframeismadeupoftwoseparatefieldsof262.
5or312.
5linesinterlacedat60or50Hztoformacompleteframe,whichappearsat30or25Hz.
Invideocameraswithaprogressivescan,eachframeisscannedline-by-lineandnotinterlaced;mostarealsodisplayedat30and25Hz.
Framerate-Theframerateusedtodescribethefrequencyatwhichavideostreamisupdatedismeasuredinframespersecond(fps).
Ahigherframerateisadvantageouswhenthereismovementinthevideostream,asitmaintainsimagequalitythroughout.
Full-duplex-Transmissionofdataintwodirectionssimultaneously.
Inanaudiosystemthiswoulddescribee.
g.
atelephonesystems.
Half-duplexalsoprovidesbi-directionalcommunication,butonlyinonedirectionatatime,asinawalkie-talkiesystem.
SeealsoSimplex.
Gain-Gainistheamplificationfactorandtheextenttowhichananalogamplifierbooststhestrengthofasignal.
Amplificationfactorsareusuallyexpressedintermsofpower.
Thedecibel(dB)isthemostcommonwayofquantifyingthegainofanamplifier.
Gateway-Agatewayisapointinanetworkthatactsasanentrypointtoanothernetwork.
Inacorporatenetworkforexample,acomputerserveractingasagatewayoftenalsoactsasaproxyserverandafirewallserver.
Agatewayisoftenassociatedwithbotharouter,whichknowswheretodirectagivenpacketofdatathatarrivesatthegateway,andaswitch,whichfurnishestheactualpathinandoutofthegatewayforagivenpacket.
GIF(GraphicsInterchangeFormat)-GIFisoneofthemostcommonfileformatsusedforimagesinwebpages.
Therearetwoversionsoftheformat,87aand89a.
Version89asupportsanimations,i.
e.
ashortsequenceofimageswithinasingleGIFfile.
AGIF89acanalsobespecifiedforinterlacedpresentation.
GOV(GroupOfVOPs)-AgroupofVOP'sisthebasicunitofanMPEG-4videostream.
TheGOVcontainsdifferenttypesandnumbersofVOP's(I-VOP's,P-VOP's,etc)asdeterminedbytheGOVlengthandGOVstructure.
SeealsoVOP.
GOVlength-TheGOVlengthdeterminesthenumberof48AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsimages(VOP's)intheGOVstructure.
SeealsoGOVandVOP.
GOVstructure-TheGOVstructuredescribesthecompositionofanMPEG-4videostream,asregardsthetypeofimages(I-VOP'sorP-VOP's)includedinthestream,andtheirinternalorder.
SeealsoGOVandVOP.
Half-duplex-SeeFull-duplex.
HTML(HypertextMarkupLanguage)-HTMListhesetof"markup"symbolsorcodesinsertedinafileintendedfordisplayinwebbrowser.
Themarkuptellsthebrowserhowtodisplaythepage'swordsandimagesfortheuser.
HTTP(HypertextTransferProtocol)-HTTPisthesetofrulesforexchangingfiles(text,graphicimages,sound,video,andothermultimediafiles)ontheweb.
TheHTTPprotocolrunsontopoftheTCP/IPsuiteofprotocols.
Hub-A(network)hubisusedtoconnectmultipledevicestothenetwork.
Thehubtransmitsalldatatoalldevicesconnectedtoit,whereasaswitchwillonlytransmitthedatatothedeviceitisspecificallyintendedfor.
IEEE802.
11-AfamilyofstandardsforwirelessLANs.
The802.
11standardsupports1or2Mbit/stransmissiononthe2.
4GHzband.
IEEE802.
11bspecifiesan11Mbit/sdatarateonthe2.
4GHzband,while802.
11aallowsupto54Mbit/sonthe5GHzband.
Imagecompression-Imagecompressionminimizesthefilesize(inbytes)ofanimage.
TwoofthemostcommoncompressedimageformatsareJPEGandGIF.
Interlacing-Interlacedvideoisvideocapturedat50pictures(knownasfields)persecond,ofwhichevery2consecutivefields(athalfheight)arethencombinedinto1frame.
InterlacingwasdevelopedmanyyearsagofortheanalogTVworldandisstillusedwidelytoday.
ItprovidesgoodresultswhenviewingmotioninstandardTVpictures,althoughthereisalwayssomedegreeofdistortionintheimage.
Toviewinterlacedvideoone.
g.
acomputermonitor,thevideomustfirstbede-interlaced,toproduceprogressivevideo,whichconsistsofcompleteimages,oneaftertheother,at25framespersecond.
SeealsoProgressivescan.
IP(InternetProtocol)-TheInternetProtocolisamethodtransmittingdataoveranetwork.
Datatobesentisdividedintoindividualandcompletelyindependent"packets.
"Eachcomputer(orhost)ontheInternethasatleastoneaddressthatuniquelyidentifiesitfromallothers,andeachdatapacketcontainsboththesender'saddressandthereceiver'saddress.
TheInternetProtocolensuresthatthedatapacketsallarriveattheintendedaddress.
AsIPisaconnectionlessprotocol,whichmeansthatthereisnoestablishedconnectionbetweenthecommunicationend-points,packetscanbesentviadifferentroutesanddonotneedtoarriveatthedestinationinthecorrectorder.
Oncethedatapacketshavearrivedatthecorrectdestination,anotherprotocol-TransmissionControlProtocol(TCP)-putsthemintherightorder.
SeealsoTCP.
IPAddress-AnIPaddressissimplyanaddressonanIPnetworkusedbyacomputer/deviceconnectedtothatnetwork.
IPaddressesallowalltheconnectedcomputers/devicestofindeachotherandtopassdatabackandforth.
Toavoidconflicts,eachIPaddressonanygivennetworkmustbeunique.
AnIPaddresscanbeassignedasfixed,sothatitdoesnotchange,oritcanbeassigneddynamically(andautomatically)byDHCP.
AnIPaddressconsistsoffourgroups(orquads)ofdecimaldigitsseparatedbyperiods,e.
g.
130.
5.
5.
25.
Differentpartsoftheaddressrepresentdifferentthings.
Somepartwillrepresentthenetworknumberoraddress,andsomeotherpartwillrepresentthelocalmachineaddress.
SeealsoIP(InternetProtocol).
I-VOP-SeeVOP.
JPEG(JointPhotographicExpertsGroup)-TogetherwiththeGIFfileformat,JPEGisanimagefiletypecommonlyusedontheweb.
AJPEGimageisabitmap,andusuallyhasthefilesuffix'.
jpg'or".
jpeg.
"WhencreatingaJPEGimage,itispossibletoconfigurethelevelofcompressiontouse.
Asthelowestcompression(i.
e.
thehighestquality)resultsinthelargestfile,thereisatrade-offbetweenimagequalityandfilesize.
kbit/s(kilobitspersecond)-Ameasureofthebitrate,i.
e.
therateatwhichbitsarepassingagivenpoint.
SeealsoBitrate.
LAN(LocalAreaNetwork)-ALANisagroupofcomputersandassociateddevicesthattypicallysharecommonresourceswithinalimitedgeographicalarea.
Linux-LinuxisanopensourceoperatingsystemwithintheUnixfamily.
Becauseofitsrobustnessandavailability,Linuxhaswonpopularityintheopensourcecommunityandamongcommercialapplicationdevelopers.
MACaddress(MediaAccessControladdress)-AMACaddressisauniqueidentifierassociatedwithapieceofnetworkingequipment,ormorespecifically,itsinterfacewiththenetwork.
Forexample,thenetworkcardinacomputerhasitsownMACaddress.
Manualiris-Thisistheoppositetoanautoiris,i.
e.
thecamerairismustbeadjustedmanuallytoregulatetheamountoflightallowedtoreachtheimagesensor.
Mbit/s(Megabitspersecond)-Ameasureofthebitrate,i.
e.
therateatwhichbitsarepassingagivenpoint.
Commonlyusedtogivethe"speed"ofanetwork.
ALANmightrunat10or100Mbit/s.
SeealsoBitrate.
Monitor-Amonitorisverysimilartoastandardtelevisionset,butlackstheelectronicstopickupregulartelevisionsignals.
49AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsMotionJPEG-MotionJPEGisasimplecompression/decompressiontechniquefornetworkedvideo.
Latencyislowandimagequalityisguaranteed,regardlessofmovementorcomplexityoftheimage.
Imagequalityiscontrolledbyadjustingthecompressionlevel,whichinturnprovidescontroloverthefilesize,andtherebythebitrate.
High-qualityindividualimagesfromtheMotionJPEGstreamareeasilyextracted.
SeealsoJPEG.
Megapixel-SeePixel.
MPEG(MovingPictureExpertsGroup)-TheMovingPictureExpertsGroupdevelopsstandardsfordigitalvideoandaudiocompression.
ItoperatesundertheauspicesoftheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO).
TheMPEGstandardsareanevolvingseries,eachdesignedforadifferentpurpose.
MPEG-2-MPEG-2isthedesignationforagroupofaudioandvideocodingstandards,andistypicallyusedtoencodeaudioandvideoforbroadcastsignals,includingdigitalsatelliteandCableTV.
MPEG-2,withsomemodifications,isalsothecodingformatusedbystandardcommercialDVDmovies.
MPEG-4-MPEG-4isagroupofaudioandvideocodingstandardsandrelatedtechnology.
TheprimaryusesfortheMPEG-4standardareweb(streamingmedia)andCDdistribution,conversational(videophone),andbroadcasttelevision.
MostofthefeaturesincludedinMPEG-4arelefttoindividualdeveloperstodecidewhethertoimplementthemornot.
ThismeansthatthereareprobablynocompleteimplementationsoftheentireMPEG-4setofstandards.
Todealwiththis,thestandardincludestheconceptof"profiles"and"levels",allowingaspecificsetofcapabilitiestobedefinedinamannerappropriateforasubsetofapplications.
Multicast-Bandwidth-conservingtechnologythatreducesbandwidthusagebysimultaneouslydeliveringasinglestreamofinformationtomultiplenetworkrecipients.
Multiplexer-Amultiplexerisahigh-speedswitchthatprovidesfull-screenimagesfromupto16analogcameras.
Multiplexerscanplaybackeverythingthathappenedonanyonecamerawithnointerferencefromtheothercamerasonthesystem.
Networkconnectivity-Thephysical(wiredorwireless)andlogical(protocol)connectionofacomputernetworkoranindividualdevicetoanetwork,suchastheInternetoraLAN.
NTSC(NationalTelevisionSystemCommittee)-NTSCisthetelevisionandvideostandardintheUnitedStates.
NTSCdelivers525linesat60half-frames/second.
OEM(OriginalEquipmentManufacturer)-Thisisadesignationforcompaniesthatmanufactureequipmentwhichisthenmarketedandsoldtoothercompaniesundertheirownnames.
PAL(PhaseAlternatingLine)-PAListhedominanttelevisionstandardinEurope.
PALdelivers625linesat50half-frames/second.
PEM(PrivacyEnhancedMail)-Anearlystandardforsecuringelectronicmail.
ThePEM-formatisoftenusedforrepresentinganHTTPScertificateorcertificaterequest.
Ping-Pingisabasicnetworkprogramuseddiagnosticallytocheckthestatusofanetworkhostordevice.
Pingcanbeusedtoseeifaparticularnetworkaddress(IPaddressorhostname)isoccupiedornot,orifthehostatthataddressisrespondingnormally.
Pingcanberunfrome.
g.
theWindowsCommandpromptorthecommandlineinUnix.
Pixel-Apixelisoneofthemanytinydotsthatmakeupadigitalimage.
Thecolourandintensityofeachpixelrepresentsatinyareaofthecompleteimage.
PoE(PoweroverEthernet)-PoweroverEthernetprovidespowertoanetworkdeviceviathesamecableasusedforthenetworkconnection.
ThisisveryusefulforIP-Surveillanceandremotemonitoringapplicationsinplaceswhereitmaybetooimpracticalorexpensivetopowerthedevicefromapoweroutlet.
PPP(Point-to-PointProtocol)-Aprotocolthatusesaserialinterfaceforcommunicationbetweentwonetworkdevices.
Forexample,aPCconnectedbyaphonelinetoaserver.
PPTP(Point-to-PointTunnellingProtocol)-Aprotocol(setofcommunicationrules)thatallowscorporationstoextendtheirowncorporatenetworkthroughprivate"tunnels"overthepublicInternet.
InthiswayacorporationcaneffectivelyuseaWAN(WideAreaNetwork)asalargesingleLAN(LocalAreaNetwork).
Thiskindofinterconnectionisknownasavirtualprivatenetwork(VPN).
Pre/postalarmimages-Theimagesfromimmediatelybeforeandafteranalarm.
Theseimagesarestoredinabufferforlaterretrieval.
Progressivescan-Progressivescan,asopposedtointerlacedvideo,scanstheentirepicture,linebylineeverysixteenthofasecond.
Inotherwords,capturedimagesarenotsplitintoseparatefieldsasininterlacedscanning.
Computermonitorsdonotneedinterlacetoshowthepictureonthescreen,butinsteadshowthemprogressively,ononelineatatimeinperfectorder,i.
e.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7etc.
,sothereisvirtuallyno"flickering"effect.
Inasurveillanceapplication,thiscanbecriticalwhenviewingdetailwithinamovingimage,suchasapersonrunning.
Ahigh-qualitymonitorisrequiredtogetthebestfromprogressivescan.
SeealsoInterlacing.
Protocol-Aspecialsetofrulesgoverninghowtwoentitieswillcommunicate.
Protocolsarefoundatmanylevelsofcommunication,andtherearehardwareprotocolsandsoftwareprotocols.
Proxyserver-InanorganisationthatusestheInternet,a50AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsproxyserveractsasanintermediarybetweenaworkstationuserandtheInternet.
Thisprovidessecurity,administrativecontrol,andacachingservice.
Anyproxyserverassociatedwithagatewayserver,orpartofagatewayserver,effectivelyseparatestheorganisation'snetworkfromtheoutsidenetworkandthelocalfirewall.
Itisthefirewallserverthatprotectsthenetworkagainstoutsideintrusion.
AproxyserverreceivesrequestsforInternetservices(suchaswebpagerequests)frommanyusers.
Iftheproxyserverisalsoacacheserver,itlooksinitslocalcacheofpreviouslydownloadedwebpages.
Ifitfindsthepage,itisreturnedtotheuserwithoutforwardingtherequesttotheInternet.
Ifthepageisnotinthecache,theproxyserver,actingasaclientonbehalfoftheuser,usesoneofitsownIPaddressestorequestthepagefromanotherserverovertheInternet.
Whentherequestedpageisreturned,theproxyserverforwardsittotheuserthatoriginallyrequestedit.
P-VOP-SeeVOP.
Resolution-Imageresolutionisameasureofhowmuchdetailadigitalimagecanhold:thegreatertheresolution,thegreaterthelevelofdetail.
Resolutioncanbespecifiedasthenumberofpixel-columns(width)bythenumberofpixel-rows(height),e.
g.
320x240.
Alternatively,thetotalnumberofpixels(usuallyinmegapixels)intheimagecanbeused.
Inanalogsystemsitisalsocommontouseotherformatdesignations,suchasCIF,QCIF,4CIF,etc.
RTCP(Real-TimeControlProtocol)-RTCPprovidessupportforreal-timeconferencingofgroupsofanysizewithinanintranet.
Thissupportincludessourceidentificationandsupportforgatewayslikeaudioandvideobridgesaswellasmulticast-to-unicasttranslators.
RTCPoffersquality-of-servicefeedbackfromreceiverstothemulticastgroupaswellassupportforthesynchronizationofdifferentmediastreams.
RTP(Real-TimeTransportProtocol)-RTPisanInternetprotocolforthetransportofreal-timedata,e.
g.
audioandvideo.
Itcanbeusedformedia-on-demandaswellasinteractiveservicessuchasInternettelephony.
RTSP(RealTimeStreamingProtocol)-RTSPisacontrolprotocol,andastartingpointfornegotiatingtransportssuchasRTP,multicastandUnicast,andfornegotiatingcodecs.
RTSPcanbeconsidereda"remotecontrol"forcontrollingthemediastreamdeliveredbyamediaserver.
RTSPserverstypicallyuseRTPastheprotocolfortheactualtransportofaudio/videodata.
Router-Adevicethatdeterminesthenextnetworkpointtowhichapacketshouldbeforwardedonitswaytoitsfinaldestination.
Aroutercreatesand/ormaintainsaspecialroutingtablethatstoresinformationonhowbesttoreachcertaindestinations.
Arouterissometimesincludedaspartofanetworkswitch.
Seealsoswitch.
Server-Ingeneral,aserverisacomputerprogramthatprovidesservicestoothercomputerprogramsinthesameorothercomputers.
Acomputerrunningaserverprogramisalsofrequentlyreferredtoasaserver.
Inpractice,theservermaycontainanynumberofserverandclientprograms.
AwebserveristhecomputerprogramthatsuppliestherequestedHTMLpagesorfilestotheclient(browser).
Sharpness-Thisisthecontroloffinedetailwithinapicture.
ThisfeaturewasoriginallyintroducedintocolorTVsetsthatusednotchfilterdecoders.
Thisfiltertookawayallhighfrequencydetailintheblackandwhiteregionofthepicture.
Thesharpnesscontrolattemptedtoputsomeofthatdetailbackinthepicture.
Sharpnesscontrolsaremostlysuperfluousintoday'shigh-endTVs.
TheonlylogicalrequirementforitnowadaysisonaVHSmachine.
Simplex-Insimplexoperation,anetworkcableorcommunicationschannelcanonlysendinformationinonedirection.
SMTP(SimpleMailTransferProtocol)-SMTPisusedforsendingandreceivinge-mail.
However,asitis"simple,"itislimitedinitsabilitytoqueuemessagesatthereceivingend,andisusuallyusedwithoneoftwootherprotocols,POP3orIMAP.
Theseotherprotocolsallowtheusertosavemessagesinaservermailboxanddownloadthemperiodicallyfromtheserver.
SMTPauthenticationisanextensionofSMTP,wherebytheclientisrequiredtologintothemailserverbeforeorduringthesendingofemail.
Itcanbeusedtoallowlegitimateuserstosendemailwhiledenyingtheservicetounauthorizedusers,suchasspammers.
SNMP(SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol)-SNMPformspartoftheInternetProtocolsuite,asdefinedbytheInternetEngineeringTaskForce.
Theprotocolcansupportmonitoringofnetwork-attacheddevicesforanyconditionsthatwarrantadministrativeattention.
Sockets-Socketsareamethodforcommunicationbetweenaclientprogramandaserverprogramoveranetwork.
Asocketisdefinedas"theendpointinaconnection.
"Socketsarecreatedandusedwithasetofprogrammingrequestsor"functioncalls"sometimescalledthesocketsapplicationprogramminginterface(API).
SSL/TSL(SecureSocketLayer/TransportLayerSecurity)Thesetwoprotocols(SSLissucceededbyTSL)arecryptographicprotocolsthatprovidesecurecommunicationonanetwork.
SSLiscommonlyusedoverHTTPtoformHTTPS,asusede.
g.
ontheInternetforelectronicfinancialtransactions.
SSLusespublickeycertificatestoverifytheidentityoftheserver.
Subnet/subnetmask-Asubnetisanidentifiablyseparatepartofanorganization'snetwork.
Typically,asubnetmayrepresentallthemachinesatonegeographiclocation,inonebuilding,oronthesamelocalareanetwork(LAN).
Havinganorganization'snetworkdividedintosubnets51AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsallowsittobeconnectedtotheInternetwithasinglesharednetworkaddress.
ThesubnetmaskisthepartoftheIPaddressthattellsanetworkrouterhowtofindthesubnetthatthedatapacketshouldbedeliveredto.
Usingasubnetmasksavestherouterhavingtohandletheentire32-bitIPaddress;itsimplylooksatthebitsselectedbythemask.
Switch-Aswitchisanetworkdevicethatconnectsnetworksegmentstogether,andwhichselectsapathforsendingaunitofdatatoitsnextdestination.
Ingeneral,aswitchisasimplerandfastermechanismthanarouter,whichrequiresknowledgeaboutthenetworkandhowtodeterminetheroute.
Someswitchesincludetherouterfunction.
SeealsoRouter.
TCP(TransmissionControlProtocol)-TCPisusedalongwiththeInternetProtocol(IP)totransmitdataaspacketsbetweencomputersoverthenetwork.
WhileIPtakescareoftheactualpacketdelivery,TCPkeepstrackoftheindividualpacketsthatthecommunication(e.
g.
requestedawebpagefile)isdividedinto,and,whenallpacketshavearrivedattheirdestination,itreassemblesthemtore-formthecompletefile.
TCPisaconnection-orientedprotocol,whichmeansthataconnectionisestablishedbetweenthetwoend-pointsandismaintaineduntilthedatahasbeensuccessfullyexchangedbetweenthecommunicatingapplications.
Telnet-Telnetisasimplemethodwithwhichtoaccessanothernetworkdevice,e.
g.
acomputer.
TheHTTPprotocolandtheFTPprotocolsallowyoutorequestspecificfilesfromremotecomputers,butdonotallowyoulogonasauserofthatcomputer.
WithTelnet,youlogonasaregularuserwithwhateverprivilegesyoumayhavebeengrantedforspecificapplicationsanddataresidingonthatcomputer.
TVL(TVLines)-Amethodofdefiningresolutionsinanalogvideo.
UDP(UserDatagramProtocol)-UDPisacommunicationsprotocolthatofferslimitedserviceforexchangingdatainanetworkthatusestheInternetProtocol(IP).
UDPisanalternativetotheTransmissionControlProtocol(TCP).
TheadvantageofUDPisthatitisnotrequiredtodeliveralldataandmaydropnetworkpacketswhenthereise.
g.
networkcongestion.
Thisissuitableforlivevideo,asthereisnopointinre-transmittingoldinformationthatwillnotbedisplayedanyway.
Unicast-Communicationbetweenasinglesenderandasinglereceiveroveranetwork.
Anewconnectionisestablishedforeachnewuser.
URL(UniformResourceLocator)-An"address"onthenetwork.
USB-(UniversalSerialBus)Aplug-and-playinterfacebetweenacomputerandperipheraldevices,e.
g.
scanners,printers,etc.
Varifocallens-Avarifocallensprovidesawiderangeoffocallengths,asopposedtoalenswithafixedfocallength,whichonlyprovidesone.
VPN(VirtualPrivateNetwork)-Thiscreatesasecure"tunnel"betweenthepointswithintheVPN.
Onlydeviceswiththecorrect"key"willbeabletoworkwithintheVPN.
TheVPNnetworkcanbewithinacompanyLAN(LocalAreaNetwork),butdifferentsitescanalsobeconnectedovertheInternetinasecureway.
OnecommonuseforVPNisforconnectingaremotecomputertothecorporatenetwork,viae.
g.
adirectphonelineorviatheInternet.
52AXIS207-GlossaryofTermsVOP(VideoObjectPlane)-AVOPisanimageframeinanMPEG-4videostream.
ThereareseveraltypesofVOP:-AnI-VOPiscompleteimageframe.
-AP-VOPcodesthedifferencesbetweenimages,aslongasitismoreefficienttodoso.
Otherwiseitcodesthewholeimage,whichmayalsobeacompletelynewimage.
WAN(Wide-Area-Network)-SimilartoaLAN,butonalargergeographicalscale.
W-LAN(WirelessLAN)-AwirelessLANisawirelesslocalareanetworkthatusesradiowavesasitscarrier:wherethenetworkconnectionsforend-usersarewireless.
Themainnetworkstructureusuallyusescables.
Webserver-AWebserverisaprogram,whichallowsWebbrowserstoretrievefilesfromcomputersconnectedtotheInternet.
TheWebserverlistensforrequestsfromWebbrowsersanduponreceivingarequestforafilesendsitbacktothebrowser.
TheprimaryfunctionofaWebserveristoservepagestootherremotecomputers;consequently,itneedstobeinstalledonacomputerthatispermanentlyconnectedtotheInternet.
Italsocontrolsaccesstotheserverwhilstmonitoringandloggingserveraccessstatistics.
WEP(WirelessEquivalentPrivacy)-Awirelesssecurityprotocol,specifiedintheIEEE802.
11standard,whichisdesignedtoprovideawirelesslocalareanetwork(WLAN)withalevelofsecurityandprivacycomparabletothatusuallyexpectedofawiredLAN.
Securityisattwodifferentlevels;40-bitand128-bitencryption.
Thehigherthebitnumber,themoresecuretheencryption.
WINS(WindowsInternetNamingService)-PartoftheMicrosoftWindowsNTServer,WINSmanagestheassociationofworkstationnamesandlocationswithIPaddresses,withouttheuseroradministratorhavingtobeinvolvedineachconfigurationchange.
WPA-PSK(Wi-FiProtectedAccess-Pre-SharedKey)-Thiswirelessencryptionmethodusesapre-sharedkey(PSK)forkeymanagement.
Keyscanusuallybeenteredasmanualhexvalues,ashexadecimalcharacters,orasaPassphrase.
WPA-PSKprovidesagreaterdegreeofsecuritythanWEP.
Zoomlens-Azoomlenscanbemoved(zoomed)toenlargetheviewofanobjecttoshowmoredetail.
53AXIS207-IndexIndexNumerics3GPP10,15AActionButtons22Active/Inactive22Administrator16Alarm26,36AMC9AMCViewerToolbar12ARP/Ping29AuxiliaryPower36AXISInternetDynamicDNSService29BBackup34BitRate18Bonjour9BufferSize25Buffers25CConfiguration16ControlButton7,35Customize21DDate&Time28DefaultViewer22DNSConfiguration29DNSServer29,30DomainName30EEmergencyRecovery39EnableARP/Ping29Events24FFactoryDefaultSettings35FrameRate18GGOVSettings18HHostName30HTMLExamples23II/OPorts33I/OTerminalBlock7,36IncludeWindows26Input36LLiveView11,16LiveViewConfig20Logs&Reports34MMotionDetection24,26,36MPEG-4Settings18NNATtraversal10,30,31NetworkConnector7NotificationofIPaddresschange29NTPServer28OOutput36OutputButtons22OwnHomePage21OwnWebFiles21PPinout-I/Oconnectors36PortStatus27Ports&Devices33Post-triggerBuffer25PowerConnector7Pulse11,2254AXIS207-IndexQQoS32QuickTime9,14,22RRealPlayer9,14Recovery39Resolutions43Restore34SSecurity28ServerTime28Services29Snapshotbutton12Support34SystemOptions28TTCP/IPSettings29TerminalBlock36TimeMode28Troubleshooting38UUpgradeServer34Uploadingwebfiles21UPnP30,33Users28VVideoStream18