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AXIS COMMUNICATIONS

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About this Document

This manual is intended for administrators and users of the 

AXIS 210/211 Network Camera, and is applicable for 

software release 4.20. It includes instructions for using and 

managing the AXIS 210/211 on your network. Previous 

experience of networking will be of use when using this 

product. Some knowledge of UNIX or Linux-based systems 

may also be beneficial, for developing shell scripts and 

applications. Later versions of this document will be posted to 

the Axis Website, as required. See also the product’s online 

help, available via the Web-based interface.

Intellectual Property Rights

Axis AB has intellectual property rights relating to 

technology embodied in the product described in this 

document. In particular, and without limitation, these 

intellectual property rights may include one or more of the 

patents listed at http://www.axis.com/patent.htm and one or 

more additional patents or pending patent applications in the 

US and other countries. 

This product contains licensed third-party software. See the 

menu item “About” in the product’s user interface for more 

information.

This product contains source code copyright Apple Computer, 

Inc., under the terms of Apple Public Source License 2.0 (see 

http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/). The source code is 

available from: 

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/rendezvous/

Legal Considerations

Video and audio surveillance can be prohibited by laws that 

vary from country to country. Check the laws in your local 

region before using this product for surveillance purposes.

This product includes one (1) MPEG-4 decoder license. To 

purchase further licenses, contact your reseller.

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio 

frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance 

with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio 

communications. However, there is no guarantee that 

interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or 

television reception, which can be determined by turning the 

equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct 

the interference by one or more of the following measures: 

Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the 

separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the 

equipment to an outlet on a different circuit to the receiver. 

Consult your dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician 

for help. Shielded (STP) network cables must be used with 

this unit to ensure compliance with EMC standards. If the I/O 

terminal connector is used, a ferrite core (available e.g. from 

Axis) should be fitted around the wires in order to ensure 

compliance with EMC standards.

USA - 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply 

with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to 

Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to 

provide reasonable protection against such interference when 

operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this 

equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, 

in which case the user at his/her own expense will be 

required to take whatever measures may be required to 

correct the interference. 

Europe - 

 

This digital equipment fulfills the 

requirements for radiated emission according to limit B of 

EN55022/1998, and the requirements for immunity according 

to EN55024/1998 residential, commercial, and light industry.

Japan - 

This is a class B product based on the standard of 

the Voluntary Control Council for Interference from Information 

Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a radio or 

television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio 

interference. Install and use the equipment according to the 

instruction manual. 

Australia - 

This electronic device meets the requirements of the 

Radio communications (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Standard 

1998 AS/NZS 3548. 

Liability

Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual. 

Please inform your local Axis office of any inaccuracies or 

omissions. Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible 

for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to 

make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. 

Axis Communications AB makes no warranty of any kind with 

regard to the material contained within this document, including, 

but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and 

fitness for a particular purpose. Axis Communications AB shall 

not be liable nor responsible for incidental or consequential 

damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of 

this material.

Trademark Acknowledgments

Boa, Ethernet, Internet Explorer, Linux, Microsoft, Mozilla, 

Netscape Navigator, OS/2, UNIX, Windows, WWW are registered 

trademarks of the respective holders. Java and all Java-based 

trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of 

Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. 

Axis Communications AB is independent of Sun Microsystems 

Inc. UPnP™ is a certification mark of the UPnP™ Implementers 

Corporation. 

Support

Should you require any technical assistance, please contact your 

Axis reseller. If your questions cannot be answered immediately, 

your reseller will forward your queries through the appropriate 

channels to ensure a rapid response. If you are connected to the 

Internet, you can:

• download user documentation and firmware updates

• find answers to resolved problems in the FAQ database. Search 

by product, category, or phrases

• report problems to Axis support by logging in to your private 

support area

• visit Axis Support at www.axis.com/techsup/

Safety Notice - Battery Replacement

The AXIS 210/211 uses a 3.0V CR2032 Lithium battery as the 

power supply for its internal real-time clock (RTC). Under normal 

conditions this battery will last for a minimum of 5 years. Low 

battery power affects the operation of the RTC, causing it to reset 

at every power-up. A log message will appear when the battery 

needs replacing.

The battery should not be replaced unless required!

If the battery does need replacing, please observe the following:

• Danger of Explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced

• Replace only with the same or equivalent battery, as 

recommended by the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's 

instructions.

AXIS 210/211 User’s Manual

Revision 3.0 

Part No: 23621 

March 2005 

Copyright© Axis Communications AB, 2004-2005

Summary of Contents for 210/211

Page 1: ...AXIS 210 211 Network Camera User s Manual...

Page 2: ...case the user at his her own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Europe This digital equipment fulfills the requirements for radiated emissi...

Page 3: ...am MPEG 4 15 The AXIS Media Control 16 Other methods of accessing the video stream 16 Configuration 18 Accessing the Setup tools 18 Overview of the Setup tools 19 Video and Image settings 21 AXIS Medi...

Page 4: ...LED Settings 39 Maintenance 39 Support 40 Advanced 41 The I O Terminal Connector 42 Troubleshooting 44 Technical Specifications 49 General performance considerations 51 Optimizing your system 51 Fram...

Page 5: ...times Security features include IP address filtering and multilevel password protection The cameras are equipped with an alarm input and an output which can be connected to various external devices e...

Page 6: ...hich automatically regulates the amount of light entering the camera Tele wide and focus are adjusted manually with the aid of the pullers mounted on the lens Power over Ethernet PoE Supporting PoE ne...

Page 7: ...BaseT 100BaseTX Ethernet This socket can also be used to power the AXIS 211 via PoE Power over Ethernet Serial Number This number is used during installation Control Button Press this button to instal...

Page 8: ...tus indicator for hardware error Unlit No connection Status Green Shows steady green for normal operation Can be configured to flash green at intervals whenever the camera is accessed See the online h...

Page 9: ...ts the cameras can be configured to use a Java applet for updating JPEG images Please see the online help for more information The AXIS 210 211 includes one 1 decoder license for viewing MPEG 4 video...

Page 10: ...factory default settings See page 41 5 If required click Yes to install the AXIS Media Control AMC You will need administrator rights on the computer to do this Accessing the cameras from the Internet...

Page 11: ...anti clockwise Adjust the zoom setting as required Re tighten the zoom puller 4 Unscrew the focus puller on the lens Adjust the focus as required Re tighten the focus puller 5 From the Focus adjustme...

Page 12: ...the port for a defined period of time e g to switch on a light for 20 seconds Active Inactive click these buttons to manually start and stop a connected device e g switch a light on off These buttons...

Page 13: ...Snapshot button saves a snapshot of the video image currently being displayed The Snapshot function and the target directory for saving snapshots can be configured from the AMC Control Applet in the...

Page 14: ...hich can provide high quality video streams at less than 1 Mbit s Notes MPEG 4 is licensed technology The AXIS 210 211 includes one viewing client license Installing additional unlicensed copies of th...

Page 15: ...hat if one stream fails it only affects one user Multicast is bandwidth conserving technology that reduces bandwidth usage by simul taneously delivering a single stream of information to multiple netw...

Page 16: ...Panel Alternatively right click the video image in Internet Explorer Other methods of accessing the video stream Video images from the AXIS 210 211 can also be accessed in the following ways If suppor...

Page 17: ...QuickTime the Video Object Type must be set to Simple It may also be necessary to adjust the advanced MPEG 4 settings To assess the video stream from e g QuickTime the following path can be used rtsp...

Page 18: ...ideo Image Live View Config and Event Configuration The camera is configured under Setup from a standard browser see Technical Specifications on page 49 Accessing the Setup tools Follow the instructio...

Page 19: ...pearance Use these settings to change the image as required The configuration of the video image and overlays will affect the camera s overall performance depending on how it is used and on the availa...

Page 20: ...as expired a new stream can be started by refreshing the page in the browser The frame rate allowed to each viewer can also be limited to avoid bandwidth problems on the network To allow the highest a...

Page 21: ...fine and use subsets for different clients or groups of clients These settings allow you to define the type of viewing client to use Adjusting the maximum bit rate and setting it to variable or consta...

Page 22: ...cally the first time the camera is accessed from a browser The AMC control panel can be opened by right clicking on the video image in the Live View web page The AMC control panel can be used to confi...

Page 23: ...elow Own Home Page Upload and use your own custom page as the default web page Click the Configure button and see below The other settings on this page mainly concern which features e g buttons and li...

Page 24: ...hich pages can be viewed by which users 4 When the path is shown correctly in the text field click the Upload button All uploaded files are shown in the list in the lower section of the page To remove...

Page 25: ...n be used to manually trigger and stop an event from the Live View page See Event Configuration on page 30 Enabling the display of the Snapshot button allows users to save a snapshot from the video st...

Page 26: ...sed copies Further decoder licenses can be purchased from your Axis dealer Default Viewer for Motion JPEG Select the appropriate radio button to define the method for viewing moving video images depen...

Page 27: ...ngs Enter the IP address or host name of the external video source you wish to add The user can then choose to receive either MPEG 2 MPEG 4 or Motion JPEG video stream Sequence Mode The Live View page...

Page 28: ...the connection test takes approximately 10 seconds Event type A set of parameters describing how and when the camera will perform certain actions Triggered Event see page 31 The circumstances that st...

Page 29: ...ot after e g power loss How to set up a triggered event This example describes how to set up the camera to upload images when e g the main door is opened 1 Click Add triggered on the Event types page...

Page 30: ...be reduced and individual images may be missing If this occurs an entry will be created in the unit s log file Continue image upload unbuffered enables the upload of video images for a fixed length o...

Page 31: ...triggers for triggering events See How to set up a triggered event above Note Using the motion detection feature may decrease the camera s overall performance How to configure Motion Detection 1 Clic...

Page 32: ...ate for a push button connected to an input is set to Open circuit as long as the but ton is not pushed the state is inactive If the button is pushed the state of the input changes to active To exclud...

Page 33: ...r or Administrator Referrals to prevent unauthorized clients from including the video stream from the camera into external Web pages check the Referrals checkbox and enter the IP address or Host name...

Page 34: ...See Network TCP IP below Date Time Format Used in Images specify the formats for the date and time 12h or 24h displayed in the Live View video streams Use the predefined formats or use your own custo...

Page 35: ...ngs DNS Configuration DNS Domain Name Service provides the translation of host names to IP addresses on your network Obtain DNS server address via DHCP automatically use the DNS server settings provid...

Page 36: ...that the AXIS 210 211 is allowed to use on your network This is a useful function when connecting the camera to busy or heavily loaded networks The default setting is Unlimited Note When using MPEG 4...

Page 37: ...ort and the control and monitoring functions provided by this connector are described in The I O Terminal Connector on page 42 LED Settings The Status indicator LED on the front of the camera can be s...

Page 38: ...ded for the configuration of multiple units or for firmware upgrades Support The support overview page provides valuable information on troubleshooting and contact information should you require techn...

Page 39: ...process is complete and the camera has been reset The unit will now have the default IP address 192 168 0 90 Advanced Scripting is an advanced function that provides the possibility to customize and...

Page 40: ...evice is activated Pin Function Description 4 Transistor Output With a maximum load of 100mA and a maximum voltage of 24V DC this output has an open collector NPN transistor with the emitter connected...

Page 41: ...he correct pin to use 2 Push the cable into the connector and secure it by fastening the screw 3 Once devices are connected connect the terminal connector to the camera making sure that all cables are...

Page 42: ...he firmware Note Preconfigured and customized settings will be saved when the firmware is upgraded providing the features are available in the new firmware although this is not guaranteed by Axis Comm...

Page 43: ...elect the upgrade file to use e g axis210 bin or axis211 bin Then click the Load button to restart the upgrade process 4 After the upgrade has completed 1 10 minutes the unit will automatically restar...

Page 44: ...the same default static IP address is also used by another device there may be problems accessing the camera To avoid this set the static IP address to 0 0 0 0 The camera cannot be accessed from a br...

Page 45: ...MC control panel applet MPEG 4 tab that video processing is not set to Decode only I frames Lower the image resolution Reduce the number of applications running on the client computer No MPEG 4 displa...

Page 46: ...perties configure your screen to show at least 65000 colors i e at least 16 bit Using only 16 or 256 colors will produce dithering artifacts in the image Browser freezes Netscape 7 x or Mozilla 1 4 or...

Page 47: ...e user levels with password protection IP address filtering Users 20 simultaneous viewers Unlimited users using MPEG 4 multicast Alarm and event management Events triggered by built in multi window mo...

Page 48: ...stems and browsers see www axis com techsup Supported protocols HTTP TCP RTSP RTP UDP IGMP RTCP SMTP FTP DHCP UPnP ARP DNS DynDNS SOCKS Approvals EMC EN55022 1998 A1 CISPR 22 1997 A1 Class B EN55024 1...

Page 49: ...ettings affects the camera s CPU load Frame rate affected Enabled motion detection Frame rate and bandwidth affected Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructure Bandwidth affected Viewing on...

Page 50: ...lt to predict the required amounts The settings that affect bandwidth are the image resolution the image compression the frame rate the MPEG 4 object type the MPEG 4 GOV structure the maximum exposure...

Page 51: ...for exchanging files text images sound video and other files on the World Wide Web Intranet A private network limited to an organization or corporation Usually closed to external traffic IP Internet...

Page 52: ...ion Control Protocol Internet Protocol A suite of network protocols that determine how data is transmitted TCP IP is used on many networks including the Internet TCP keeps track of the individual pack...

Page 53: ...Domain Name 37 E Emergency Recovery 45 Event Servers 30 Event Types 31 Events 30 External Video 29 External Video Source 12 F Factory Default Settings 41 Frame rate 22 FTP Server 30 H Host Name 37 HTT...

Page 54: ...Mode 12 29 Server Time 36 Services 36 Setup Tools 19 Snapshot button 12 Support 40 System Options 35 System Options Overview 20 T TCP Server 30 TCP IP Settings 36 Terminal Block 42 Time Mode 36 Trigg...

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