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XF60-Q2901 Explosion-Protected Network Camera

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Page 2: ...or its affiliates UPnPTM is a certification mark of the UPnPTM Implementers Corporation SD SDHC and SDXC are trademarks or registered trademarks of SD 3C LLC in the United States other countries or both Also miniSD microSD miniSDHC microSDHC microSDXC are all trademarks or registered trademarks of SD 3C LLC in the United States other countries or both Regulatory information Europe This product com...

Page 3: ...r nearest designated collection point contact your local authority responsible for waste disposal Businesses should contact the product supplier for information about how to dispose of this product correctly This product complies with the requirements of Directive 2011 65 EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment RoHS China This product...

Page 4: ...ys 19 About privacy masks 20 Thermal Settings 22 Isothermal Settings 22 Temperature Scale 24 How to configure the live view window 25 About detectors 27 Temperature Detection 27 About shock detection 32 About applications 33 About application licenses 33 How to upload and start an application 33 Application Considerations 33 About events 34 How to set up action rules 34 About triggers 34 About act...

Page 5: ...01 Explosion Protected Network Camera Table of Contents Symptoms possible causes and remedial actions 56 Technical specifications 58 LED Indicators 58 SD card slot 58 Buttons 58 Performance considerations 58 5 ...

Page 6: ...ded could result in death or serious injury CAUTION Indicates a hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in minor or moderate injury NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE Indicates a situation which if not avoided could result in damage to property Other message levels Important Indicates significant information which is essential for the product to function correctly Note Indicates useful informati...

Page 7: ...Instructions before installing attempting to connect operating or servicing the equipment Installation and servicing must only be carried out by qualified service personnel and in accordance with all local national codes of practice and standards No modification to the certified product is allowed 1 Camera housing 2 Weathershield 7 ...

Page 8: ...XF60 Q2901 Explosion Protected Network Camera Product overview Camera Unit 1 Status LED indicator 2 MicroSD memory card slot 3 Control button 8 ...

Page 9: ...information about how to discover and assign an IP address see the document Assign an IP Address and Access the Video Stream on Axis Support web at www axis com support Note To show Bonjour as a browser bookmark go to Safari Preferences 3 Enter your username and password If this is the first time the product is accessed the root password must first be configured 4 The product s live view page open...

Page 10: ...nstallation requirements and user preferences Consequently some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own live view window The following provides an overview of each available control About the controls in the live view window Click the Spot temperature button to view the temperature of a particular area of the image To move the position marker click t...

Page 11: ...iew page 1 Go to Setup Live View Config 2 Under Action Buttons select Show manual trigger button About the AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only See About AXIS Media Control AMC on page 12 for more information The toolbar displays the following buttons The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media st...

Page 12: ...ideo traffic on the network until a client connects and requests the stream Note that there are a maximum of 20 simultaneous unicast connections Multicast RTP This method RTP over UDP should be used for live multicast video The video stream is always up to date even if some frames are dropped Multicasting provides the most efficient usage of bandwidth when there are large numbers of clients viewin...

Page 13: ...s from the Axis product in the following ways Motion JPEG server push if supported by the client Chrome or Firefox for example This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the browser and sends data as and when required for as long as required Still JPEG images in a browser Enter the path http ip axis cgi jpg image cgi Windows Media Player This requires AXIS Media Control and the H 264 decoder...

Page 14: ...dia streams Note ip IP address The Axis product supports QuickTime 6 5 1 and later QuickTime may add latency to the video stream It may be possible to use other players to view the H 264 stream using the paths above although Axis does not guarantee this 14 ...

Page 15: ...the live view window Administrators have unrestricted access to all settings Operators have restricted access to settings see Users on page 42 See also the online help How to perform a basic setup Basic Setup provides shortcuts to the settings that should be made before using the Axis product 1 Users See page 42 2 TCP IP See page 45 3 Date Time See page 44 4 Video Stream See page 16 The Basic Setu...

Page 16: ...on to enable the rectangle in the image Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle or enter the number of pixels in the Width and Height fields and click Apply When accessing the Live View page in Internet Explorer with AXIS Media Control AMC in Windows Right click in the image and select Pixel counter Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle Image The default image settings can be confi...

Page 17: ...ing power to decode than the Baseline profile About bitrate control Bitrate control is useful to make sure the video streaming does not take up too much bandwidth About variable bitrate Variable bitrate VBR adjusts the bitrate according to the image complexity When the activity in the scene increases VBR adjusts the bitrate according to the complexity using up more bandwidth for increased activity...

Page 18: ...ect a default stream profile for the Live View page go to Setup Live View Config About ONVIF media profiles An ONVIF media profile consists of a set of configurations that can be used to change media stream settings ONVIF media profiles can be used by a client to configure media stream properties The ONVIF Media Profiles page lists all preconfigured profiles These profiles are included in the prod...

Page 19: ... Size Text height Background height Small 10 pixels 20 pixels Medium 16 pixels 28 pixels Large 21 pixels 36 pixels It is also possible to display text when an action rule is triggered see How to include overlay text in an action rule on page 19 How to include overlay text 1 Go to Video Video Stream and select the Image tab 2 To include date and time select Include date and Include time 3 To includ...

Page 20: ...mage 2 Click Browse and browse to the file 3 Click Upload 4 The Transparency Settings page is now displayed To make a color in the overlay image transparent select Use transparency and enter the RGB hexadecimal value for the color Example To make white transparent enter FFFFFF For more examples of hexadecimal values see the online help To scale the image automatically select Scale with resolution ...

Page 21: ...XF60 Q2901 Explosion Protected Network Camera About video settings Important Adding many privacy masks may affect the product s performance 21 ...

Page 22: ...pes that can be applied to the image and the vertical bar indicates which palette type that is active Palette default All the colors in the applied palette are used to color the image but no colors correspond in any way to specific temperatures in the image The vertical bar shows the selected palette A White hot B Black hot C Planck D Axis E Rainbow F Red hot G Nightvision Isotherm palette isother...

Page 23: ...n isothermal palette that isolates predefined colors to selectable temperature levels in the image 1 Go to Thermal Settings Isothermal Settings 2 Select Enable isotherm the default Palette drop down menu is disabled 3 Select an Isotherm palette in the drop down menu 4 Enter your temperature levels in the Level fields Upper This level corresponds to the upper color indicated in the vertical bar Mid...

Page 24: ...rature Scale Temperature data can be displayed in either Celsius or Fahrenheit Select the temperature unit and click Save to apply the setting The Axis product can automatically convert all temperature values that you have entered into the selected temperature scale 24 ...

Page 25: ...splays still images only Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a new image Server Push Recommended viewer for other browsers Motion JPEG QuickTime H 264 Other browsers Still image Displays still images only Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a new image For more information please see the online help About viewer settings To configure options for the viewer go to Live View...

Page 26: ...emperature value for a specific area of the image About user defined links To display user defined links in the live view window select the Show custom link option give the link a name and then enter the URL to link to When defining a web link do not remove the http from the URL address Custom links can be used to run scripts or activate external devices connected to the product or they can link t...

Page 27: ...e information see How to set up action rules on page 34 Note To detect temperatures above 150 C 302 F the area above this temperature area must be larger than 3 of the exposure zone To resize the exposure zone see About exposure settings on page 18 Set up Temperature Detection Zones To set up a temperature detection zone with detection conditions that apply for action rules follow these instructio...

Page 28: ...e temperature E increases faster than the increase rate F during an increase time interval for example in the time between t1 and t2 The increase rate F is defined as number of degrees in Celsius or Fahrenheit during a set time interval In the following example the measurement points G between t1 and t2 trigger an Increase alarm The Increase alarm for t1 and t2 is active between t2 and t3 The meas...

Page 29: ...nt that triggers or untriggers an alarm Note By default maximum temperature in the zone is used as the base for detection type Increase To edit emissivity settings in the zone Select Advanced Settings and enter an emissivity value 0 50 1 00 Different materials have different emissivity levels See Material Emissivity Table on page 31 5 For detection type Above A or Below B Enter the Detection Tempe...

Page 30: ...e detection zone Select Advanced Settings to show additional detection settings 2 Enter an emissivity value 0 50 1 00 in the Emissivity field Different materials have different emissivity levels See Material Emissivity Table on page 31 3 Select Maximum temperature in the zone or Minimum temperature in the zone as the base for temperature detection Maximum temperature in zone C The temperature dete...

Page 31: ...lect View All Zones To view only one detection zone select the zone under Zone Name and click View Selected Zone Detection Zone Colors The blue rectangle implies that you have selected a detection zone for editing The green rectangle implies that no temperature alarm has triggered in the zone The red rectangle implies that a temperature alarm has triggered in the zone Material Emissivity Table The...

Page 32: ... human 0 98 Soil 0 93 Tape electrical 0 95 0 97 Tar paper 0 93 Textiles 0 94 Wood value may vary depending on wood type finish etc 0 90 0 95 About shock detection Enable Shock Detection from the Detectors menu Shock detection is used for example to generate an alarm if the product is hit by an object or if the product is tampered with Use the Shock sensitivity slider to adjust the sensitivity leve...

Page 33: ... and click Upload Package 3 Install the license if applicable For instructions see the documentation provided by the application vendor 4 Start the application Go to Applications select the application in the list of installed applications and click Start 5 Configure the application For instructions see the documentation provided by the application vendor Note Applications can be uploaded by produ...

Page 34: ...om the Trigger drop down list and then select VMD 4 Optionally select a Schedule and Additional conditions See below 5 Under Actions select Record Video from the Type drop down list 6 Select a Stream profile and configure the Duration settings as described below 7 Select Network Share from the Storage drop down list To use more than one trigger for the action rule select Additional conditions and ...

Page 35: ...s are detected for example if the storage device is unavailable removed full locked or if other read or write problems occur This can for example be used to send maintenance notifications Recording Triggers the rule when the Axis product records to the storage device The recording status trigger can be used to notify the operator for example by flashing LED lights if the product has started or sto...

Page 36: ...h action Notes Email Send Images Send Notification Send Video Clip An email recipient can contain multiple email addresses FTP Send Images Send Video Clip SFTP Send Images Send Video Clip Encrypted file transfer using SSH File Transport Protocol SFTP SFTP is a more secure method than FTP but file transfer might be slower especially for large files such as high resolution video Specify login inform...

Page 37: ...password for the email account 6 Click Test to send a test email To set up an email recipient using for example a corporate email server follow the instructions above but select User defined as Provider Enter the email address to appear as sender in the From field Select Advanced settings and specify the SMTP server address port and authentication method Optionally select Use encryption to send em...

Page 38: ...e recurrence in an action rule first select Time from the Trigger drop down list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop down list To modify or remove recurrences select the recurrence in the Recurrences List and click Modify or Remove 38 ...

Page 39: ...ettings are configured under System Options Date Time see Date Time on page 44 To find a recording follow these steps 1 Go to Recordings List 2 To reduce the number of recordings displayed select the desired options under Filter Recording time List recordings that started between the From and To times Event List recordings that were triggered by a specific event Select continuous to list continuou...

Page 40: ...ordings on page 39 3 Select the recording and click Export The Export Recording dialog opens 4 By default the complete recording is selected To export a part of the recording modify the start and stop times 5 Optionally enter a file name for the recording 6 Click Export Note Recordings can also be exported from the playback window About continuous recording The Axis product can be configured to co...

Page 41: ...e Note Resetting the product to factory default settings will erase any uploaded language files and reset the product language to English Clicking the Restore button on the Maintenance page will not affect the language A firmware upgrade will not affect the language used However if you have uploaded a new language to the product and later upgrade the firmware it may happen that the translation no ...

Page 42: ...low anonymous users access to the Live View page Deselect the Enable Basic Setup option to hide the Basic Setup menu Basic Setup provides quick access to settings that should be made before using the Axis product ONVIF ONVIF Open Network Video Interface Forum is a global interface standard that makes it easier for end users integrators consultants and manufacturers to take advantage of the possibi...

Page 43: ...rtificates are provided by a Certification Authority CA You need a CA certificate to authenticate the authentication server a CA signed client certificate to authenticate the Axis product To create and install certificates go to System Options Security Certificates See About certificates on page 43 To allow the product to access a network protected by IEEE 802 1X 1 Go to System Options Security IE...

Page 44: ...ttings are configured under System Options Date Time Current Server Time displays the current date and time 24h clock The time can be displayed in 12h clock in the text overlay see below To change the date and time settings select the preferred Time mode under New Server Time Synchronize with computer time Sets date and time according to the computer s clock With this option date and time are set ...

Page 45: ...n IP address according to the configuration in the network router To enable IPv6 go to System Options Network TCP IP Basic Other settings for IPv6 should be configured in the network router ARP Ping The product s IP address can be assigned using ARP and Ping For instructions see Assign IP Address Using ARP Ping on page 45 The ARP Ping service is enabled by default but is automatically disabled two...

Page 46: ...ble AVHS box One click enabled Press and hold the product s control button see Product overview on page 7 for about 3 seconds to connect to an AVHS service over the Internet Once registered Always will be enabled and the Axis product stays connected to the AVHS service If the product is not registered within 24 hours from when the button is pressed the product will disconnect from the AVHS service...

Page 47: ... changes For more information see the online help Link Local IPv4 Address Link Local Address is enabled by default and assigns the Axis product an additional IP address which can be used to access the product from other hosts on the same segment on the local network The product can have a Link Local IP and a static or DHCP supplied IP address at the same time This function can be disabled under Sy...

Page 48: ... and click Save FTP The FTP server running in the Axis product enables upload of new firmware user applications etc The FTP server can be disabled under System Options Network TCP IP Advanced Note This FTP server has nothing to do with the product s ability to transfer images via FTP to other locations and servers RTSP The RTSP server running in the Axis product allows a connecting client to start...

Page 49: ...iled Note All AXIS Video MIB traps are enabled when SNMP v1 v2c traps are enabled It is not possible to turn on or off specific traps SNMP v3 provides encryption and secure passwords To use traps with SNMP v3 an SNMP v3 management application is required To use SNMP v3 HTTPS must be enabled see HTTPS on page 42 To enable SNMP v3 check the box and provide the initial user password Note The initial ...

Page 50: ... To avoid filling the card it is recommended to remove recordings continuously Under General Settings select Remove recordings older than and select the number of days or weeks To stop writing to the card and protect recordings from being removed select Lock under General Settings How to mount and unmount the SD card NO NO NOTICE TICE TICE To prevent corruption of recordings the SD card should alw...

Page 51: ...n the card is unmounted After enabling encryption the SD card must be formatted so that no unencrypted data remains on the card The card must also be mounted before it can be used Note If autoformat is enabled the card will be formatted and mounted automatically when encryption is enabled The format and mount steps below should then be skipped To encrypt the SD card content 1 Open the Axis product...

Page 52: ...signated share click Clear under Storage Tools To avoid filling the share it is recommended to remove recordings continuously Under General Settings select Remove recordings older than and select the number of days or weeks To stop writing to the share and protect recordings from being removed select Lock under General Settings Ports Devices Port Status The list on the System Options Ports Devices...

Page 53: ...rovide a server report with your query System Log Provides information about system events Access Log Lists all failed attempts to access the product The access log can also be configured to list all connections to the product see below View Server Report Provides information about the product status in a pop up window The access log is automatically included in the server report Download Server R...

Page 54: ... this feature How to reset to factory default settings Important Reset to factory default should be used with caution A reset to factory default resets all settings including the IP address to the factory default values To reset the product to the factory default settings 1 Disconnect power from the product 2 Press and hold the control button and reconnect power 3 Keep the control button pressed f...

Page 55: ... upgrading the firmware 1 Download the latest firmware file to your computer available free of charge at www axis com support 2 Go to Setup System Options Maintenance in the product s webpages 3 Under Upgrade Server click Browse and locate the file on your computer 4 Click Upgrade 5 Wait approximately 10 minutes while the product is being upgraded and restarted Then access the product 6 Go to Setu...

Page 56: ...for use with the Axis product Check all cabling and reinstall the product Possible IP address conflict with another device on the same subnet The static IP address in the Axis product is used before the DHCP server sets a dynamic address This means that if the same default static IP address is also used by another device there may be problems accessing the product The product cannot be accessed fr...

Page 57: ...nistrator to see if there is a firewall preventing viewing Poor rendering of H 264 images Ensure that your graphics card is using the latest driver The latest drivers can usually be downloaded from the manufacturer s website Lower frame rate than expected See Performance considerations on page 58 Reduce the number of applications running on the client computer Limit the number of simultaneous view...

Page 58: ...is running Disconnect power or unmount the SD card from the product s webpage before removal This product supports microSD microSDHC microSDXC cards not included For SD card recommendations see www axis com Buttons Control Button For location of the control button see Product overview on page 7 The control button is used for Resetting the product to factory default settings See page 54 Connecting ...

Page 59: ...igh frame rate Stream profiles can be used to ensure that streams are identical Accessing Motion JPEG and H 264 video streams simultaneously affects both frame rate and bandwidth Heavy usage of event settings affects the product s CPU load which in turn affects the frame rate Using HTTPS may reduce frame rate in particular if streaming Motion JPEG Heavy network utilization due to poor infrastructu...

Page 60: ...User Manual Ver M2 2 XF60 Q2901 Explosion Protected Network Camera Date September 2017 Axis Communications AB 2017 Part No 1787273 ...

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