Axis 215PTZ-E [4/56] Accessing the camera

AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E - Accessing the camera

Accessing the camera

The AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E can be used with most standard operating systems and supports Microsoft

Internet Explorer 6.x or later, Netscape 7.x or later and Firefox 1.4 or later.

The AXIS 215 PTZ-E Network Camera does not support audio and does not have I/O ports. All references in this

manual to audio and to the I/O parts pertain to the AXIS 215 PTZ Network Camera only.

Note: To view streaming video in Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, you must set your browser to allow the AXIS Media Control (AMC;

see page 9) to be installed on your computer. The first time an MPEG-4 video stream is accessed, AMC also installs an MPEG-4 decoder

for viewing the video stream. As a license is required for each instance of the decoder, the product administrator may have disabled the

installation. If your workstation restricts the use of additional software components, the camera can be configured to use a Java applet

for updating JPEG images. See the online help for more information.

Accessing from a browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape Navigator).

2. Enter the IP address or host name of the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215

PTZ-E in the Location/ Address field of your browser.

3. If this is the first time the camera is accessed, see Setting the Root

Password below. Otherwise enter the user name and password set

by the administrator.

4. A video image is displayed in your browser.

Setting the root password

1. When accessing the camera for the first time, the ‘Configure Root

Password’ dialog appears.

Note:

Before you enter your password at this point, you can secure configuration of the root pass-

word via HTTPS by creating a self-signed certificate. To do so, click the Create self-signed

certificate... button in the Create Certificate window, and then proceed as follows.

2. Enter a password and re-enter, to confirm. Click OK. The Enter

Network Password dialog appears.

3. Enter the password set in step 2. If the password is lost, the camera

must be reset to the factory default settings. See page 37.

4. If required, click Yes to install the AXIS Media Control (AMC). You will need administrator rights on

the computer to do this.

Accessing the camera from the Internet

Once installed, the camera is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the camera from the Internet you

must configure your router/firewall to allow incoming data traffic. For security reasons this is usually done on a

specific port. Please refer to the documentation for your router/firewall for further instructions.

For more information, please visit the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service at www.axiscam.net or, for Technical

notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support Web at www.axis.com/techsup

Note:

User functions in the AXIS 215 PTZ/AXIS 215 PTZ-E may have been customized to meet the specific requirements of the application.

Consequently, many of the examples and functions in this section may differ from those displayed in your Live View page.