Axis M1144-L manual

USER MANUAL AXIS M1144–L[...]

About this Document This manual is intended for admini strators and users of the AXIS M1144–L Network Camera, and is applicable to fi rmware 5.40 and later. It includes instructions fo r using and managing the product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product. Some knowle dge of UNIX or Linux-based[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T able of Contents H a r d w a r e O v e r v i e w ................ ......................... . 4 C o n n e c t o r s ............. ............ ............. .............. 4 L E DI n d i c a t o r s ... ............... ............. ............ ....... 5 A c c e s s i n g t h e P r o d u c t ....................... ..............[...]

AXIS M1 144–L H a rd w a re O ve r vi ew Hardware Overview 4 5 6 3 7 8 9 10 1 2 1. Lid 2. Focus p uller 3. Zoom puller 4. microSD card slot 5. I/O connector 6. Network connector (PoE) 7. Network LED 8. Status LED 9. Power LED 10. Control button Connectors For technical speci fi cations, see page 50 . Network connector - RJ-45 Ethernet connector.[...]

AXIS M1 144–L H a rd w a re O ve r vi ew • C o n n e c t i n gt oa nA X I SV i d e oH o s t i n gS y s t e ms e r v i c e . S e e page 37 . To connect, press and hold the button for about 1 second until the Status LED fl ashes green. • C o n n e c t i n gt oA X I SI n t e r n e tD y n a m i cD N SS e r v i c e . S e e page 38 . To connect, p[...]

AXIS M1 144–L A ccessing the P r oduct Accessing the Product To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplie d with the pro duct. The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended brow sers are Internet Ex plore r with Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Fire fox with other operating systems. Se[...]

AXIS M1 144–L A ccessing the P r oduct Access from the I nternet Once connected, the Axis product is accessible o n your local net work (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you m ust con fi gure your network router to allow incoming data traf fi c to the product. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature , which will attempt to aut[...]

AXIS M1 144–L A ccessing the P r oduct T h eL i v eV i e w P a g e The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet speci fi c installation requirements a nd user preferences. Consequently, some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page. T he following pro[...]

AXIS M1 144–L A ccessing the P r oduct PTZ Controls The Live View page also displays Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) controls. The administrator can enable/disable controls for speci fi ed users under System Options > Security > Users . Note These controls are available if digital PTZ is enabl ed in the selected view area, see View Area on page 17 . C[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Media Str eams Media Streams The Axis product provides severa l vide o stream formats. Your re quirements and the properties of y our n e tw ork will determine the type you use. The Live View p ag e in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, and to the list of available stre am pro fi les. Other applicat[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Media Str eams T h eA M CC o n t r o lP a n e lc a nb eu s e dt oc o n fi gure v a rio us video settin g s. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control P anel is autom a tically installed on fi rst use, after which it can be con fi gured. Open the AMC Control Panel from: • Windows Con[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Media Str eams Note • <ip>= IP addess • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later. • Q uickTime adds latency to the video stream. • It may be possible to use other players to view the H.264 stre am using the paths above, although Axis does not guarantee this. 12[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Setting Up the Pr oduct Setting Up the P roduct The Axis p roduct can be con fi gured by users with administra tor or operator r ights. To open the product’s Setup pages, click Setup in the top right-hand corner of the Live View page. • Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings. • Operators have access to all se[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Setting Up the Pr oduct Video It is possible to con fi gure the following video features in your Axis product: • Video stream. See page 14 . •S t r e a m p r o fi les. See page 15 . • Camera settings. See page 16 . •V i e w a r e a . S e e page 17 . • Overlay imag e. See page 17 . •P r i v a c y m a s k . S e e page 18[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Setting Up the Pr oduct Image The default image settings can be con fi gured under Video> Video Stream . Select the Im age tab. The following settings are available: • Resolution . Select the default resolution. • Compression . The com pression lev el affects t he image quality, bandwidth and fi le size of saved images; the[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Setting Up the Pr oduct Four pre-programmed stream pro fi l es are availab le for quick set up. Each pre-progr am m e d pro fi le has a des criptive nam e, indicating its purpose. If required, the pre-programmed s tream pro fi les can be modi fi ed and new customized stream pro fi les can be created. To create a new pro fi le [...]

AXIS M1 144–L Setting Up the Pr oduct View Area A vie w area is a cropp ed par t of the full view. The view area is treated as a video source in Live View and has its ow n video stream and PTZ settin gs. When setting up a vie w ar ea it is rec om m e nde d tha t the video stream re solutio n is the same size as or sma ller tha n the vie w area si[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Setting Up the Pr oduct To use an overlay image, the image must fi rst be uploaded to the Axis product: 1. Go to Video > Overlay Image . 2. Click Brow se a n db r o w s et ot h e fi le. 3. Click Upload . 4. Select the image to use from the Use overlay image list. 5. Click Save . To display the overlay image: 1. Go to Video >[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Live Vie w Con fi g Live View Con fi g You can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to de fi ne the following features of t h eL i v eV i e wp a g e . •S t r e a m P r o fi le. S ee page 15 . • Default Viewer for Browser. See page 19 . • Viewer Settings. See page 20 . • Acti[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Live Vie w Con fi g Browser Viewer Description AMC Recommended viewer in Internet Explo rer (H.264/Motion JPEG). QuickTime H.264. Java applet A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPE G ) . R eq uires one of the following installed on the client: • JVM (J2SE) 1.4.2 or hig her. • JRE (J2SE) 5.0 or h igher. Windows Internet[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Live Vie w Con fi g - Active/Inact ive displays two buttons, one or each action. To con fi g u r et h ea c t i v ea n di n a c t i v e s t a t e s ,g ot o System Options > Ports & Devices > I/O Ports and s et the port’s Normal state . For more information about I/O ports, see I/O Ports on page 42 . 21[...]

AXIS M1 144–L PTZ (P an Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom ) The PTZ me nu is available if digital PTZ (pa n, tilt and zoom) is enabl ed in the selected view area. For more information on view areas, see View Area on page 17 . Preset Positions A preset position is a prede fi ned view that can be used to quickly s teer the camera to a speci fi c loca[...]

AXIS M1 144–L PTZ (P an Tilt Zoom) 5. Specify the View Time in seconds or minutes. 6. Specify the View Order or select the Random view order option. 7. Click Save . To mo dify or remove guard tours, go to P T Z>G u a r dT o u r , select the guard tour in the Guard T our List and click Modify/Remove . For m ore information see the online help .[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Detector s Detectors Camera Tampering Camera Ta m per ing can genera te an alarm whenever the camera is repositioned, or when the lens is covered, sprayed or severely defocused. To send an alarm, for example an email, an action rule must be set up. To con fi gure tampering: 1. Go to Detectors > Camera Tampering . 2. Set the Mini[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Detector s Note Using the motion detection feature may dec rease the product’s overall p erf orm a nce. Set Up Motion Detection Windows To set up a motion detection Include Window , follow these ins tructions : 1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection . 2. Select the Con fi gure Included Windows option and click New . Select the [...]

AXIS M1 144–L Detector s Low level (0%) Even very small objects trigger motion detection. An object that appears in the window triggers motion detection only for a very short time before it is conside re d as non-moving. Only very bright objects on a dark background trigger motion detection. Recommen d ed values 5–15% 60–90% 75–95% Default [...]

AXIS M1 144–L Ev e n t s Events The Axis product can be con fi gure d to perform actions whe n di ffe rent e ve nts occur, for example, start a rec ord ing w he n m otion is detected. The set of conditions that de fi nes how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule . Available Action Rule triggers and conditions include : • A[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Ev e n t s - Recurrence — trigger the rule periodically, see Recurrences on page 29 . This can for example be used to upload an image eve ry 5 minutes. - Use Schedule — trigger the rule according to the se lected sc hedule, see Schedules on page 29 . Available actions include: • IR light — activate/de-activate IR light. • [...]

AXIS M1 144–L Ev e n t s For m ore information, see the online help . Recipients Recipients receive media fi les and noti fi cation m e ss age s. The fo llow ing r ecipi ents are available: Recipient Use with action Email Send Images Send Noti fi cation FTP Send Images HTTP Send Images Send Noti fi cation Network Share Send Images TCP Send No[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Ev e n t s 1. Go to Events > Recurrences and click Add . 2. Enter a descriptive name and recurrence pattern. 3. Click OK . To use the recurrence in a n Action Rule, fi rst se lect Time from the Trigger drop-do wn list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop-down list. To modify or remove[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Re c o rd i ng s Recordings T h eA x i sp r o d u c t c a nb ec o n fi gured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 31 . • To set up ac tion rules, see page 28 . • To access recordings, see Recording List on pag e 31 . •T o c o n fi gure camera controlled st[...]

AXIS M1 144–L Re c o rd i ng s Note If a new stream pro fi le is selected while a recording is ongoing, the reco rding will be stopped a nd saved in the recording list and a new recording with the new stream pro fi le will start. All previous continuous recordings will rem ain in the recording list until they are removed manually or through aut[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options System Options Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be con fi gured under System O ptions > Security > Users . An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords. It i s also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which m eans that anybody may access t[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options HTTPS HTTPS (HyperTe xt Transfer Proto col over Se c ure Socket Layer, o r HTTP over SSL) is a web protocol providing encrypted browsing. HTTPS can also be used by users and clients to verify that the corr ect device is being accessed. The security le vel provided by HTTPS is considered adequate f or most comm ercial [...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options Certi fi cates CA Certi fi cate The CA certi fi cate is used to va lida te the identity of the a uthentication s erver. Enter the path to the certi fi cate directly, or lo cate the fi le using the Browse button. Then click Upload .T o r e m o v e ac e r t i fi cate , click Remove . Client certi fi cate Client p[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options CA certi fi cates - to authenticate peer certi fi cates, for example the certi fi cate of an authentication server in case the Axis product is connected to an IEEE 802.1X protected n etwork. Note Installed certi fi cates, except preinstalled CA certi fi cates, will be deleted if the product is re set to factory d[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options Networ k Basic TCP/IP Settings The Axis product supports IP version 4 and IP version 6. Both versions can be enabled simultaneo usly, and at least one version must always be enabled. Network Interface Mode The network interface to the AXIS product can be wired or wireless . Differ ent settings can be used for e ach n [...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options AXIS Internet Dynam ic DNS Service AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service assigns a host name for easy ac ce s s to the product. For more information, see www.axiscam.net To register the A xis product with AXIS Interne t Dynamic DNS Se rvice , go to System Op tions > Network > TCP/IP > Basic .U n d e r Services , [...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options HTTPS The HTTPS port used by the Axis product can be changed under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > A dvanced . In addition to the default setting, which is 443, any port in the range 1024–65535 can be used. To enable HTTPS, g o to System Options > Security > HTTPS . For more information, see page [...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options SOCKS SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The Axis product can b e con fi gured to use a SOCKS server to reach networks on the other side of a fi rewall or proxy server. This functionality is useful if the A xis product is located on a local network behind a fi rewall, and noti fi cations, uploads, alarms, etc n[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options Note The initial password can only be set once. If the p assword is lo st, the Axis prod uct must be reset to factory default, see Reset to Factory Default Settings o n page 44 . UPnP TM The Axis pro duct includes support for UPnP TM .U P n P TM is enabled by default and the product is automatically detected by operat[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options 3. The card can now be removed. The SD card is managed on the System Options > Storage page. Click SD Card to o pen Storage M anagement . If the card’s status shows as fa ile d, click Check disk to see if the problem can be found and then try Repair . T his option is only available for S D card s with ext4. For S[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options • the boot pro tocol (DHCP or static) • the static IP addr ess • the default router • the sub net m ask •t h e s y s t e m t i m e • the IEEE 802.1X settings • the focus position Click Default to reset all setting s, including the IP address, to the f actory default values. This button should be used wit[...]

AXIS M1 144–L System Options The log levels for the System Log and the Access Log are set under System Options > Support > Logs & Reports > Con fi guration . The Access Log can be con fi gured to list all connections to the product (select Cri tical, Warnings & Info). If required, a different log level can be used wh e n sendin[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T r oubleshootin g Troubleshooting Checking the Firmware Firmware is software that determines the func tionality of network devices. One of your fi rst actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the current fi rmware version. The latest version m a y contain a correction that fi x e sy o u rp a r t i c u l a rp r o[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T r oubleshootin g ping -s 408 <IP address> In Windows , type the following from a command/DOS prom pt (t his may require that you run the command prom pt as an admin istra tor): arp -s <IP address> <serial number> ping -l 408 -t <IP address> 2. If the product does not rep ly in 30 seconds, restart it and wai[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T r oubleshootin g The product is accessible locally but not externally Router con fi guration To con fi g ure your router to allow incoming data traf fi c to the Axis product, enable the NAT-traversal feature which will atte m pt to automatically con fi gure the router to a llow access to the A xis product, see NAT traversal (p[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T r oubleshootin g Status indicator LED is fl ashing red and the product is inaccessible A fi rmwar e upg rade h a s been interrupted or the fi rmware has otherwise been damaged See Emergency Recovery Procedure on page 45 . No images displayed on web page Problems with AXIS Media Control ( Internet Explorer only ) To enable the u[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T r oubleshootin g Motion Detection triggers unexpectedly Changes in luminance Motion detection is based on changes in lumin ance in the image. This means that if there are sudden changes in the lighti ng, motion de te ction may trigg er mistakenly. Lowe r the sensitivity setting to avoid problems with luminance. Storage and disk ma[...]

AXIS M1 144–L T echnical Speci fi cations Technical Speci fi cations Function/group Item Speci fi cations Models AXIS M1144–L Image sensor 1/4” progressive scan RGB CMOS Lens Varifocal, DC-iris, manual fo cus and zoom 6mm: 2.5-6 mm, F1.4 Horizontal angle of view*: 87°-40° Vertical angle of view: 54°-24° Diagonal angle of view: 102° - [...]

AXIS M1 144–L T echnical Speci fi cations Function/group Item Speci fi cations Installation, management and maintenance AXIS Camera Management tool on CD and web-based con fi guration Con fi guration of backup and restore Firmware upgrades over HTTP or FTP, fi rmware available on www.ax is.com Casing Aluminium and PC/A BS Color: White NCS S [...]

AXIS M1 144–L T echnical Speci fi cations Digital Input 3 Connect to GND to activate, or leave fl oating (unconnected) to deactivate. 0t o+ 4 0VD C Digital Output 4 Internal connection to ground when activated, fl oating (unconnected) when deactivated. If used with an inductive load, e.g. a relay, a diode must be connected in parallel with the[...]

User Manual Ver. M1.9 AXIS M1144– L Date: June 2012 © Axis Communication s AB, 2012 Part No. 45 408[...]