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AXIS P8524 Network Camera User Manual[...]

About this Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS P8524 Network Camera, and is applicable to rmware 5.40 and later . It includes instructions for using and managing the product on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using this product. Some knowledge of UNIX or Linux-based system[...]

Safety This product complies with IEC/EN/UL 60950-1, Safety of Information Technology Equipment. If its connecting cables are routed outdoors, the product shall be grounded either through a shielded network cable (STP) or other appropriate method. The power supply used with this product shall fulll the requirements for Safety Extra Low V oltage [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera T able of Contents Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Shorten Sensor Unit Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connectors and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Hardware Overview Hardware Overview T 10 Shorten Sensor Unit Cable The sensor unit is delivered with a cable. T o shorten the cable follow these steps: 1. Cut the cable to the desired length. Measure from the sensor unit. 2. Strip the plastic outer coating from the end of the cable. 3. P eel back the shield. 4. Flatten the[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Hardware Overview 3 Not used 4 Not used 5 White/blue 6 Blue 5. Insert the wires all the way into a shielded 6P6C RJ12 connector . NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE Make sure that the wires stay in the correct order and that the cable shield makes good contact with the connector shield. 6. Use a crimping tool to fasten the connector [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Hardware Overview P ower Connector 2-pin terminal block for power input. Use a Safety Extra Low V oltage (SEL V) compliant limited power source (LPS) with either a rated output power limited to ≤ 1 00 W or a rated output current limited to ≤ 5 A. SD Card Slot NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE • Risk of damage to SD card. Do no[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Access the Product Access the Product To install the Axis product, see the Installation Guide supplied with the product. The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended browsers are • Internet Explorer ® with Windows ® • Safari ® with OS X ® and • Chrome TM or Firefox ® with oth[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Access the Product Set the Root P assword To access the Axis product, you must set the password for the default administrator user root . This is done in the Congure Root P assword dialog, which appears when the product is accessed for the rst time. To prevent network eavesdropping, the root password can be set via a[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Access the Product The Live View P age The controls and layout of the Live View page may have been customized to meet specic installation requirements and user preferences. Consequently , some of the examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page. The following provides a[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Access the Product AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar The AXIS Media Control viewer toolbar is available in Internet Explorer only . See 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 stream. The St[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Media Streams Media Streams The Axis product provides several video stream formats. Y our requirements and the properties of your network will determine the type you use. The Live View page in the product provides access to H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams, and to the list of available stream proles. Other applicatio[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Media Streams The AMC Control P anel can be used to congure various video settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control P anel is automatically installed on rst use, after which it can be congured. Open the AMC Control P anel from: • Windows Control P anel (fro[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Media Streams Note • <ip>= IP addess • 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[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Set Up the Product Set Up the Pr oduct The Axis product can be congured by users with administrator or operator rights. T o 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 setti[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Video Video It is possible to congure the following video features in your Axis product: • Video stream. See page 16 . • Stream proles. See page 17 . • Camera settings. See page 18 . • Overlay image. See page 18 . • Privacy mask. See page 20 . Set Up Video Streams To set up the product’s video streams, go[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Video Click Save to apply the new settings. H.264 H.264, also known as MPEG-4 P art 1 0/A VC, is a video compression standard that provides high quality video streams at low bit rates. An H.264 video stream consists of different types of frames such as I-frames and P-frames. An I-frame is a complete image whereas P-frames [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Video Camera Settings The Video > Camera Settings page provides access to advanced image settings for the Axis product. Image Appearance Increasing the Color level increases the color saturation. The value 1 00 gives maximum color saturation. The value 0 gives a black and white image. The image Brightness can be adjuste[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Video 3. To include date and time, select Include date and Include time . 4. To include a text string, select Include text and enter the text in the eld. Modiers can be used, see File Naming & Date/Time Formats in the online help . 5. Dene text overlay characteristics in the relevant elds. 6. Click Save . T[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Video Privacy Mask A privacy mask is a user-dened area that prevent users from viewing parts of the monitored area. Privacy masks appear as blocks of solid color and are applied on the video stream. Privacy masks cannot be bypassed using the VAPIX® application programming interface (API). The Privacy Mask List ( Video [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Configure the Live View Page Configure the Live View Page Y ou can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to dene the following features of the Live View page. • Stream Prole. See page 17 . • Default Viewer for Browser . See page 2 1 . • Viewer Settings. See page 2[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Configure the Live View Page User Dened Links To display user-dened links in the Live View page, select the Show custom link option, give the link a name and then enter the URL to link to. When dening a web link do not remove the 'http://' from the URL address. Custom links can be used to run scripts or[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Detectors Detectors Camera Tampering Camera T ampering can generate 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gure tampering: 1. Go to Detectors > Camera T ampering . 2. Set the[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Detectors Note • Using the motion detection feature may decrease the product’s overall performance. • The position of the Motion Detection Window is relative to the orientation of the Camera. Changing the orientation of the camera will also change the position of the Motion Detection Window . Set Up Motion Detection [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Detectors Note • To trigger on small objects or movements, use several small motion detection windows rather than one large window and select a low object size. • To avoid triggering on small objects, select a high object size. • While monitoring an area where moving objects are not expected, select a high history le[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Applications Applications Third party applications can be uploaded to and installed on the Axis product. Applications add functionality to the product, for example video analytics and intelligent video capabilities such as recognition, tracking, detection and counting. For information about available applications, download[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Applications If the Axis product is reset to factory default, installed applications and their settings are removed. For information about factory default, see Reset to Factory Default Settings . 27[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Events Events The Event pages allow you to congure the Axis product to perform actions when different events occur . For example, the product can start a recording or send an email notication when motion is detected. The set of conditions that denes how and when the action is triggered is called an action rule. Co[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Events For more information, see the online help . Triggers Available action rule triggers and conditions include: • Applications – Use installed applications to trigger the rule. See Applications on page 26 . • Detectors - Motion Detection – T rigger the rule when motion is detected. See Motion Detection on page 2[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Events Add Recipients The product can send media les and messages to notify users about events. Before the product can send media les or notication messages, you must dene one ore more recipients. For information about available options, see Recipient T ypes on page 30 . To add a recipient: 1. Go to Events >[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Events 1. Go to Events > Recurrences and click Add . 2. Enter a descriptive name and recurrence pattern. 3. Click OK . To use the recurrence in an action rule, rst select Time from the T rigger drop-down list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop-down list. To modify or rem[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Recordings Recordings The Axis product can be congured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 32 . • To set up action rules, see page 28 . • To access recordings, see Recording List on page 32 . • To congure camera controlled storage, see Stora[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options System Options Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be congured under System Options > Security > Users . An administrator can set up other users by giving them user names and passwords. It is also possible to allow anonymous viewer login, which means that anybody may acc[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options IEEE 80 2.1X IEEE 802.1X is a standard for port-based Network Admission Control providing secure authentication of wired and wireless network devices. IEEE 80 2.1X is based on EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol). To access a network protected by IEEE 802.1X, devices must authenticate themselves. The aut[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options If using a host name for the NTP server , a DNS server must be congured. See DNS Conguration on page 37 . • Set manually – Allows you to manually set date and time. If using an NTP server , select your Time zone from the drop-down list. If required, check Automatically adjust for daylight saving ti[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options Linux/Unix syntax arp -s <IP address> <serial number> temp ping -s 408 <IP address> Linux/Unix example arp -s 192.168.0.125 00:40:8c:18:10:00 temp ping -s 408 192.168.0.125 Windows syntax (this may require that you run the command prompt as an administrator) arp -s <IP address> <se[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options Advanced T CP/IP Settings DNS Conguration DNS (Domain Name Service) provides the translation of host names to IP addresses. The DNS settings are congured under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced . Select Obtain DNS server address via DHCP to use the DNS settings provided by the DHCP [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4 A network router allows devices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Internet. This is done by forwarding network trafc from the private network to the “outside”, that is, the Internet. Security on the private network (LAN) is increased s[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options QoS (Quality of Service) QoS (Quality of Service) guarantees a certain level of a specied resource to selected trafc on a network. A QoS-aware network prioritizes network trafc and provides a greater network reliability by controlling the amount of bandwidth an application may use. The QoS settings [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options RTP/H.264 The RTP port range and multicast settings are congured under System Options > Network > RTP . The RTP port range denes the range of ports from which the video ports are automatically selected. For multicast streams, only certain IP addresses and port numbers should be used. Select Alway[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options 3. Click Unmount . 4. The card can now be removed. Format SD Card NO NO NO TICE TICE TICE Formatting the SD card will remove all data and recordings stored on the card. Important If autoformat is enabled, only use new or empty SD cards. Any data stored on the card will be lost when the card is inserted into [...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options P orts & Devices I/O P orts The Axis product provides one input port and one output port for connection of external devices. For information about how to connect external devices, see Connectors on page 5 1 . The I/O ports are congured under System Options > P orts & Devices > I/O P orts . T[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options System Overview To get an overview of the Axis product’s status and settings, go to System Options > Support > System Overview . Information that can be found here includes rmware version, IP address, network and security settings, event settings, image settings and recent log items. Many of the c[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera System Options Plain Cong Plain Cong is for advanced users with experience of Axis product conguration. Most parameters can be set and modied from this page. To open Plain Cong, go to System Options > Advanced > Plain Cong . Axis Support does not provide assistance. Reset to Factory Default Settings[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Check the Firmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of network devices. One of your rst actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the current rmware version. The latest version may contain a correction that xes your particular problem. The curre[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Troubleshooting 5. Reinstall the product, referring to the Installation Guide. If the emergency recovery procedure does not get the product up and running again, contact Axis support at www .axis.com/techsup/ Symptoms, P ossible Causes and Remedial Actions Problems setting the IP address When using ARP/Ping Try the install[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Troubleshooting Problems with streaming H.264 Problems with AXIS Media Control ( Internet Explorer only ) To enable the updating of video images in Internet Explorer , set the browser to allow ActiveX controls. Also, make sure that AXIS Media Control is installed on your computer . No H.264 displayed in the client Check th[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera Troubleshooting Storage and disk management problems Storage disruption A storage disruption alarm is sent if a storage device is unavailable, removed, full, locked or if other read or write problems occur . T o identify the source of the problem, check the System Log under System Options > Support > Logs & Repor[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera T echnical Specifications T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Model HDTV 720p in black/silver housing with metric/imperial height strip Image sensor 1/4” progressive scan RGB CMOS Lens Fixed iris, xed focus. 3.7 mm: F2.5 Horizontal angle of view: 57° V ertical angle of view: 3 1° Diagonal[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Application Programming Interface Open API for software integration, including VAPIX® and AXIS Camera Application Platform; specications at www .axis.com AXIS Video Hosting System (A VHS) with One-Click Camera Connection. ONVIF Prole S; specication at[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera T echnical Specifications Function/group Item Specications Weight Main unit: 1 09 g (0.24 lb .) Height strip: 930 g (2.05 lb .) Included accessories Mounting kit, Installation Guide, Installation and Management Software CD, Windows decoder 1-user license, A VHS Authentication key Video management software AXIS Camera C[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera T echnical Specifications 3. 3 V max 50 m A 1 2 3 4 P ower Connector 2-pin terminal block for power input. Use a Safety Extra Low V oltage (SEL V) compliant limited power source (LPS) with either a rated output power limited to ≤ 1 00 W or a rated output current limited to ≤ 5 A. DC power input P erformance Considerat[...]

AXIS P8524 Network Camera T echnical Specifications • Running multiple ACAP Applications simultaneously may affect performance. • If the product includes several camera units, running applications on multiple cameras may affect the frame rate. 53[...]

User Manual V er . M3.13 AXIS P8524 Network Camera Date: January 20 15 © Axis Communications AB, 20 15 P art No. 6186 1[...]