AXIS 214 PTZ Network Camera User’s Manual
About this Document Support This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS 214 PTZ PTZ Network Camera, and is applicable for software release 4.40. Previous experience of networking will be of use when installing and 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.
AXIS 214 PTZ Table of contents Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Accessing the camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AXIS 214 PTZ Event servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Event types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Triggered events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Scheduled events . . . . . . .
AXIS 214 PTZ Product Description The AXIS 214 PTZ is a fully-featured PTZ Network Camera for security surveillance and remote monitoring. With its removable automatic IR filter, the camera supports automatic day & night functionality. The AXIS 214 PTZ is equipped with 1 input and 1 output, for connecting external devices, e.g. door switches, etc. Two-way audio is supported by the LINE/MIC IN and LINE OUT ports.
AXIS 214 PTZ Rear panel The rear panel provides access to all of the available connections on the AXIS 214 PTZ. The view shown here is from a ceiling mounted camera. Control button Power indicator Network indicator Status indicator LINE OUT LINE/MIC IN I/O terminal connector Network connector Power connector Control button - This is used to restore the factory default settings, as described in Resetting to the factory default settings, on page 37.
AXIS 214 PTZ Accessing the camera The AXIS 214 PTZ can be used with most standard operating systems, and supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x or later, Netscape 7.x or later and Mozilla 1.4 or later. Accessing the camera from a browser 1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape Navigator). 2. Enter the IP address or host name of the AXIS 214 PTZ in the Location/Address field of your browser. 3. Enter the user name and password set by the administrator.
AXIS 214 PTZ The Live View page The following provides an overview of the controls found on the Live View page. If the AXIS 214 PTZ has been customized (from Setup > Live View Config > Layout), the controls will be displayed accordingly: The Video Format drop-down list allows the video format on the Live View page to be temporarily changed. The 2 types of Output button each control the output directly from the Live View page. These are configured under Setup > Live View Config > Layout.
AXIS 214 PTZ Control panel Click the Ctrl panel button to display the control panel, which provides the following settings: • Auto focus: Automatically adjusts the image focus. • Auto iris: Automatically adjusts the amount of light reaching the camera and gives the best results, This also protects the image sensor from strong light. • Backlight comp: Enabling backlight compensation makes the subject clearer if the image background is too bright, or if the subject is too dark.
AXIS 214 PTZ Use the slider to control the volume on the speaker and microphone. The volume can be set between 0 and 100. Area Zoom This allows you to draw a box over a desired area to zoom into. To activate, click the Center button described in the AMC viewer toolbar, or in other Internet browsers, select PTZ > Center. Using your mouse, click in the image and, while holding down the left mouse button, draw a square over the area you would like to zoom into.
AXIS 214 PTZ Video and Audio Streams The AXIS 214 PTZ provides several different image and video formats. The type to use depends on your requirements and on the properties of your network. The Live View page in the AXIS 214 PTZ provides access to Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 video streams, as well as to single JPEG images. Other applications and clients can also access these video and audio streams/images directly, without going via the Live View page.
AXIS 214 PTZ MPEG-4 protocols and communication methods To deliver live streaming video over IP networks, various combinations of transport protocols and broadcast methods are employed. •RTP (Realtime Transport Protocol) is a protocol that allows programs to manage the real-time transmission of multimedia data, via unicast or multicast. •RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) serves as a control protocol, to negotiate which transport protocol to use for the stream.
AXIS 214 PTZ Other methods of accessing the video stream Video/images from the AXIS 214 PTZ can also be accessed in the following ways: • If supported by the client, the AXIS 214 PTZ can use Motion JPEG server push to display video. This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the browser and sends data as and when required, for as long as required. • As single JPEG images in a browser. Enter e.g. the path: http:///axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?resolution=CIF • Windows Media Player.
AXIS 214 PTZ The Setup Tools The AXIS 214 PTZ is configured from the setup tools, which are available from the link in the web interface. The setup tools can be used by: • administrators, who have unrestricted access to all the Setup tools • operators, who have access to the Video & Image, Live View Config and Event Configuration settings See the section on Security - Users, on page 29 for more information on user access control. Accessing the setup tools from a browser Follow the instructions below: 1.
AXIS 214 PTZ Video & Image settings Image Image Appearance Adjust these settings to optimize the video images according to your requirements. All configuration of images and overlays will affect the performance of the camera, depending on usage and the available bandwidth. Use these settings to adjust: • • • • Image resolution - select the image resolution to show on the Live View page.
AXIS 214 PTZ Overlay Settings Text, date & time overlay Use these settings to include a) an image as an overlay, and/or b) the date and time, along with text of your own. Overlay image Text overlays are all included on one line at the top or bottom of the video image. Image overlays can be placed anywhere in the video image. See Overlay Image, on page 16 for instructions on how to upload an overlay image to the AXIS 214 PTZ.
AXIS 214 PTZ Advanced Camera Settings Lighting Conditions To optimize the lighting settings according to your requirements, modify the following settings: • • • • Color setting - select color or B/W. Brightness - this can be adjusted in the range 0-100. Sharpness - controls the amount of sharpening applied to the image. IR cut filter - turns the IR filter on or off. Alternatively, when set to Auto the filter will automatically be switched off when the light level falls below the minimum requirement.
AXIS 214 PTZ Audio The AXIS 214 PTZ can transmit audio to other clients, by connecting a microphone, and can play audio from other clients by attaching a speaker. This section describes how to configure the basic audio settings for the AXIS 214 PTZ, e.g. set the communication mode and adjust the sound levels for the microphone and speaker. Note: The speaker attached to the LINE OUT connector must have a built-in amplifier, which is available in e.g. some brands of PC speakers.
AXIS 214 PTZ • In Simplex - AXIS 214 PTZ speaker only mode, the speaker connected to the AXIS 214 PTZ will play audio, but no audio will be transmitted from the AXIS 214 PTZ to other web clients. This could be used to e.g. provide spoken instructions to a person viewed in the camera. This mode requires the use of the push-to-talk button. • Simplex - AXIS 214 PTZ microphone mode transmits audio only from the microphone connected to the AXIS 214 PTZ to web clients.
AXIS 214 PTZ Enable echo cancellation reduces acoustic echoing (feedback) if sound from the speaker is captured by the microphone. Noise cancellation is a way of reducing the background noise when there is no useful audio present. A typical application could be that the camera is set up in a noisy environment, and you are only interested in hearing the sound from the AXIS 214 PTZ when someone is speaking close to the microphone.
AXIS 214 PTZ Live View Config Layout These are the tools for deciding the layout of the Live View page. The layout can be set in 3 ways: • Use Axis look - the layout is unchanged. • Use custom settings - modify the default page with your own colors, images etc. Click the Configure button and see the following page. • Own Home Page - Upload and use your own custom page as the default web page. Click the Configure button and see the following page.
AXIS 214 PTZ Own Home Page To use a previously uploaded web page as the default page, check the checkbox, select the page from the drop-down list and click OK. User Defined Links Enter a descriptive name and enter the URL in the provided field. The link will appear on the Live View page. User defined CGI links can be used to issue HTTP API requests, e.g. PTZ commands. Example: 1. Check Show custom link 1. 2. Enter a descriptive name, e.g. CAM START. 3.
AXIS 214 PTZ Check the Show crosshair in PTZ joystick mode box to show a red position indicator on the live view page when joystick navigation mode is selected. Use PTZ joystick mode as default - Sets the PTZ mode to joystick, which can be changed temporarily on the PTZ Control Panel, but will default to joystick if this is selected. Enable recording button - When enabled, clicking this button will start an MPEG-4 recording. Please see the online help for further details.
AXIS 214 PTZ PTZ Configuration Preset Positions A preset position is a pre-defined camera view that can quickly and easily be viewed. From Preset Position Setup, use the Pan, Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) controls to steer the camera to the required position. When satisfied with the camera's position, enter a descriptive name. This camera position is then saved as a preset position. The AXIS 214 PTZ will take the exact position when the preset's name is selected from the Preset positions drop-down list.
AXIS 214 PTZ Event configuration This section describes how to configure the AXIS 214 PTZ for alarm and handling. The AXIS 214 PTZ can be configured to perform certain actions when certain types of events occur. Terminology • Event Type - A set of parameters describing how and when the AXIS 214 PTZ should perform certain actions. An event type may result in a single event, or it may result in many, all depending on how often the conditions governing its behavior are met.
AXIS 214 PTZ Event types An event type is a set of parameters describing how and when the AXIS 214 PTZ is to perform certain actions. Example: If someone passes a connected sensor and an event type has been configured to act on this, the camera can e.g. record and save images to an FTP server, and/or send a notification email to a pre-configured email address with a pre-configured message. Images can be sent as email attachments. Triggered events A triggered event is activated by e.
AXIS 214 PTZ Include post-trigger buffer - contains images from the time immediately after the trigger. Configure as for pre-trigger. Note: If the pre- or post-buffer is too large for the internal memory, the frame rate will 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) - enable the upload of images for a fixed length of time.
AXIS 214 PTZ 3. Set the Object Size, History, and Sensitivity profile sliders for the window (only applies to Include windows). A full description of each profile slider is provided below. 4. To test the motion detection window, select it and then create some physical disturbance within the window area. Any detected motion is then indicated by colored peaks in the Activity Indicator. An alarm is only generated if the motion exceeds the tolerance defined by the black delimiter line and the peak turns red. 5.
AXIS 214 PTZ System Options Security - Users User access control is enabled by default, when the administrator sets the root password on the first access. Other users are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow anonymous viewer login to the Live View page, as described below. Users - the user list displays the authorized users and access levels: • Viewer - the lowest level of access, which only allows the user access to the Live View page.
AXIS 214 PTZ 3. Create self-signed certificate generates and installs a certificate which will be displayed under Installed Certificate. Create Certificate Request generates a PEM formatted request which you copy and send to a CA for signing. When the signed certificate is returned, click Install signed certificate... to install the certificate in the AXIS 214 PTZ. 4. Set the HTTPS Connection Policy for the administrator, Operator and Viewer to enable HTTPS connection (set to HTTP by default).
AXIS 214 PTZ Security - 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Admission Control. It provides authentication to devices attached to a network port (wired or wireless), establishing a point-to-point connection, or, if authentication fails, preventing access on that port. 802.1x is based on EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol). In a 802.
AXIS 214 PTZ CA servers In cryptography, a Certification Authority (CA) is an entity that provides signed digital certificates for use by other parties, and thus acts a trusted third party. There are many commercial CA’s that charge for their services. Institutions and governments may have their own CA, and there are free CA’s available. Date & Time Current Server Time - displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can be displayed in 12h clock format in the Overlay Images (see below).
AXIS 214 PTZ Options for notification of IP address change - Automatic IP address assignment via DHCP may lead to the situation where the IP address changes and you lose contact with the camera. To configure notification of changes in the IP address, click Settings... and enter the required information.
AXIS 214 PTZ HTTPS The default HTTPS port number (443) can be changed to any port within the range 1024-65535. HTTPS is used to provide encrypted web browsing. NAT Traversal (port mapping) A broadband router allows devices on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the Internet. This is done by forwarding network traffic from the private network to the “outside” i.e. the Internet.
AXIS 214 PTZ Network - SOCKS SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The AXIS 214 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 214 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).
AXIS 214 PTZ Network - Bonjour Your Axis network camera includes support for Bonjour. When enabled, the camera is automatically detected by operating systems and clients that support this protocol. Ports & Devices - I/O Ports The pinout, interface support and the control and monitoring functions are described in the section Connections, on page 38. Maintenance • Restart - The unit is restarted without changing any of the settings. Use this method if the unit is not behaving as expected.
AXIS 214 PTZ Advanced Scripting - this is a powerful and advanced function that enables the use of custom scripts. Caution! Improper use may cause unexpected behavior or even cause loss of contact with the unit. If a script does cause problems, reset the unit to its factory default settings. A backup file may be of use to return the unit to its latest configuration. Axis strongly recommends that you do not use this function unless you fully understand the consequences.
AXIS 214 PTZ Connections I/O inputs and outputs The 4-pin I/O terminal connector provides the interface to: • 1 transistor output • 1 digital input • auxiliary power and ground The I/O terminal connector is used in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, time lapse recording, alarm notification via email, image storage to FTP locations, etc. • Input - for connecting e.g. a push button.
AXIS 214 PTZ Troubleshooting Checking the Firmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of the AXIS 214 PTZ. When the firmware is upgraded, your Axis product receives the latest available functionality. One of your first actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the currently installed firmware version. The latest version may contain a correction that fixes your particular problem.
AXIS 214 PTZ Symptoms, Possible Causes and Remedial Actions Problems setting the IP address Using ARP and Ping The IP address must be set within two minutes after the power has been applied to the AXIS 214 PTZ. Restart the server and try again. Also, make sure the ping length is set to 408. The AXIS 214 PTZ is located on a dif- If the IP address intended for the AXIS 214 PTZ and the IP address of your computer are located on different subnets, you will not be able to set the IP address.
AXIS 214 PTZ Slow image update Configuring, e.g. pre-buffers, hi-res images, high frame rate etc will reduce the performance of the AXIS 214 PTZ. Slow performance Slow performance may be caused by e.g. heavy network traffic, many users with access to unit, low performing client, use of features such as event handling and image rotation. Bad snapshot images Display incorrectly configured on your In Display Properties, configure your display to show at least 65000 colors, i.e. at least 16-bit.
AXIS 214 PTZ Technical Specifications Item Specification Models • AXIS 214 PTZ 50Hz (PAL) • AXIS 214 PTZ 60Hz (NTSC) Image sensor ¼" Sony Exview HAD CCD Lens • 4.1-73.8 mm • F1.4-3.0 • Autofocus • Auto day/night • Focus range: 10mm (wide) or 800 mm (tele) to infinity Angle of view Horizontal 2.7°-48° Zoom 18x optical, 12x digital Minimum illumination Pan range Tilt range • Color mode: 0.3 lux at F1.4, 30IRE • Black/white mode: 0.005 lux at F1.
AXIS 214 PTZ Item Specification Connectors • Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX, RJ-45 • Terminal block for 1 alarm input, 1 output and alternative power connection • Line/mic in 3,5mm tele jack • Line out 3,5mm tele jack Casing Processors and memory Power Plastic • CPU: ETRAX 100LX 32bit • Video processing and compression: ARTPEC-2 • RAM: 32 MB, Flash: 8 MB • Battery backed-up real-time clock 11-13V DC, max 14 W Operating conditions • 0-45 °C (32-113 °F) • Humidity 20-80% RH (non-condensing) Installation,
AXIS 214 PTZ The AXIS 214 PTZ (PAL) delivers the following file sizes: PAL PAL aspect ratio corrected Resolution Min-Max (KB) Resolution Min-Max (KB) 4CIF 704x576 10 - 300 4CIF 768x576 11 - 330 2CIF expanded 704x576 10 - 250 2CIF expanded 768x576 11 - 270 2CIF 704x288 5 - 150 2CIF 768x288 5.5 - 160 CIF 352x288 2.5 - 80 CIF 384x288 2.7 - 90 QCIF 176x144 1 - 20 QCIF 192x144 1.
AXIS 214 PTZ Important! •The figures displayed here are the values as delivered by the camera. If other restrictions are currently in force, (e.g. bandwidth limitation) these values might not correspond to those actually received by the client. •For Motion JPEG, these values will only be accurate as long as no frame rate limit has been specified.
AXIS 214 PTZ Glossary of Terms ActiveX - A standard that enables software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language(s) used to create them. Web browsers may come into contact with ActiveX controls, ActiveX documents, and ActiveX scripts. ActiveX controls are often downloaded and installed automatically as required. AF (Autofocus) - A system by which the camera lens automatically focuses on a selected part of the subject.
AXIS 214 PTZ settings, this will, for many devices, completely reset any settings that were changed by the user. Firewall - A firewall works as a barrier between networks, e.g. between a Local Area Network and the Internet. The firewall ensures that only authorized users are allowed to access the one network from the other. A firewall can be software running on a computer, or it can be a standalone hardware device.
AXIS 214 PTZ JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) - Together with the GIF file format, JPEG is an image file type commonly used on the web. A JPEG image is a bitmap, and usually has the file suffix '.jpg' or ".jpeg." When creating a JPEG image, it is possible to configure the level of compression to use. As the lowest compression (i.e. the highest quality) results in the largest file, there is a trade-off between image quality and file size. kbit/s (kilobits per second) - A measure of the bit rate, i.e.
AXIS 214 PTZ the user that originally requested it. P-VOP - See VOP. Resolution - Image resolution is a measure of how much detail a digital image can hold: the greater the resolution, the greater the level of detail. Resolution can be specified as the number of pixel-columns (width) by the number of pixel-rows (height), e.g. 320x240. Alternatively, the total number of pixels (usually in megapixels) in the image can be used.
AXIS 214 PTZ VOP (Video Object Plane) - A VOP is an image frame in an MPEG-4 video stream. There are several types of VOP: - An I-VOP is complete image frame. - A P-VOP codes the differences between images, as long as it is more efficient to do so. Otherwise it codes the whole image, which may also be a completely new image. WAN (Wide-Area-Network) - Similar to a LAN, but on a larger geographical scale.
AXIS 214 PTZ Index FTP Server 25 Full duplex 18 A H Accessing the video stream 13 Action 25 Action Buttons 22 Active/Inactive 22 Administrator 29 Administrators 14 Advanced Simple profile 11 Alarm 25, 27, 38 AMC 9, 12 ARP/Ping 32 Audio 18 Audio input 19 Audio mode 18 Audio output 19 Auxiliary Power 38 AXIS Media Control 18 Half duplex 18 Host Name 33 HTML Examples 23 HTTP API 22 HTTP Server 25 B M Backup 36 Bandwidth 11, 45 Bit rate 11 Buffer Size 26 Buffers 26 Motion Detection 27 Motion JPEG 11 M
AXIS 214 PTZ Pulse 8, 22 Push to talk 18 R Referrals 29 Restart 36 Restore 36 RTP 12 RTSP 12 S Scheduled Event 25, 27 Security 29 Security/Users 29 Sequence Mode 8 Server Time 32 Services 32 Setup 14 Simple profile 11 SMTP 35 Snapshot 8 SOCKS 35 Streaming MPEG-4 12 Support 36 System Options 29 T TCP Server 25 Time Mode 32 Triggered Event 25, 26 Troubleshooting 39 U UDP 12 Unicasting 12 Upgrade Server 36 UPnP 35 User 29 User Defined Links 22 User List 29 V Variable bit rate 11 Video Stream 16 52
