User Guide

AXIS 212 PTZ - System Options
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Enable/Disable - When enabled, the AXIS 212 PTZ will attempt to configure port mapping in a NAT router on
your network, using UPnP™. Note that UPnP™ must be enabled in the camera (see System Options > Network >
UPnP).
AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service - Use this free service to assign a host name (user-friendly name) for easy
access to your camera. If the IP address of the camera or NAT router changes, the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS
Service will automatically be updated with the new IP address.
Use manually selected NAT router - Select this option to manually select a NAT router and enter the IP address
for the router in the field provided.
If a router is not manually specified, the AXIS 212 PTZ will automatically search for NAT routers on your
network. If more than one router is found, the default router will be selected.
Alternative HTTP port - Select this option to manually define an external HTTP port. Enter the port number in
the field provided. If no port is entered here a port number will automatically be selected when NAT traversal is
enabled.
Notes: • An alternative HTTP port can be used/be active even if NAT traversal is disabled. This is useful if e.g. your NAT router does not support
UPnP and you need to manually configure port forwarding in the NAT router.
• If a manually selected port is already in use, another will automatically be selected.
• When the port is selected automatically it will be displayed in this field. This can be changed by entering a new port number and clicking
Save.
RTSP
The RTSP protocol allows a connecting client to start an MPEG-4 stream. Enter the RTSP port number to use.
The default setting is 554.
Network Traffic
Connection Type - The default setting is Auto-negotiate, which means that the correct speed is automatically
selected. If necessary, you can set the connection speed by selecting it from the drop-down list.
SOCKS
SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The AXIS 212 PTZ can be configured to use a SOCKS server to reach
networks on the other side of a firewall/proxy server. This functionality is useful if the AXIS 212 PTZ is located
on a local network behind a firewall, but notifications, uploads, alarms, etc., need to be sent to a destination
outside the local network (e.g. to the Internet).
SMTP (email)
Enter the host names or addresses for your primary and secondary mail servers in the fields provided, to enable
the sending of notifications and image/video email messages from the camera to predefined addresses via SMTP.
If your mail server requires authentication, check the box for Use authentication to log in to this server and
enter the necessary information.
SNMP
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows remote management of network devices. Depending
on the level of security required, select the version of SNMP to use. The three levels of security are:
• SNMP V1 - includes no security.
• SNMP V2c - uses very simple security. The community name can be specified as a password for read or
read/write access to all supported SNMP objects. The community is the group of network devices using
SNMP.
• SNMP V3 - provides encryption and secure passwords. HTTPS must be enabled.