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AXIS M30 Series AXIS M3015 AXIS M3016 User Manual
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AXIS M30 Series Table of Contents About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to access the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to access the product from a browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About secure passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AXIS M30 Series About this manual About this manual This user manual describes multiple products. Some of the instructions may not be relevant for your product.
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AXIS M30 Series Product overview Product overview 1 2 3 4 SD card slot (microSD) Status LED RJ45 connector Control button 4
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AXIS M30 Series How to access the product How to access the product AXIS IP Utility and AXIS Camera Management are recommended methods for finding Axis products on the network and assigning them IP addresses in Windows®. Both applications are free and can be downloaded from axis.
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AXIS M30 Series How to access the product The default root account has full privileges and should be reserved for administrative tasks. Always create a user account with limited privileges for daily use. This reduces the exposure of the administrative account. 1. Make sure to follow the instructions about secure passwords, see About secure passwords on page 5 . 2. Type a password and then retype it to confirm the spelling. 3. Click Create login. The password has now been configured.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup Setup About the product's built-in help You can access the built-in help through your product’s web page. The help provides more detailed information on the product’s features and their settings. Image quality About capture modes A capture mode consists of a resolution and the corresponding frame rate available in the product. The capture mode setting affects the camera’s field of view and aspect ratio. The lower resolution capture mode is cropped out from the highest resolution.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup A privacy mask is a user-defined area that prohibits 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 are present on all snapshots, recorded video, and requested streams. They can not be bypassed through the VAPIX® application programming interface (API). Important If you add many privacy masks, this may affect the product’s performance.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup 1. Depending on your product, turn the camera or the 3–axis lens in the camera 90° or 270°. 2. Go to Settings > Stream > Orientation on the product’s webpage and rotate the view 90° or 270°. Find out more at axis.com/axis-corridor-format How to enhance facial recognition To better recognize the face of a person passing by the camera, you can set the optimal pixel resolution with the camera’s pixel counter. 1. Go to Settings > System > Orientation and click . 2.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup About view area A view area is a cropped part of the full view. You can stream and store the view area instead of the full view to minimize bandwidth and storage needs. If you enable PTZ for the view area, you can pan, tilt and zoom within the it. By using a view area you can remove parts of the full view, for example sky. When you set up a view area, we recommend you to set the video stream resolution to the same size as or smaller than the view area size.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup How to show a text overlay when the camera detects motion This example explains how to display the text “Motion detected” when the camera detects motion: 1. Go to Settings > Overlay. 2. Enter #D in the text field. 3. Choose alignment, text size and appearance. 4. Include the text overlay. 5. Go to System > Events > Action rules. 6. Create an action rule with AXIS Video Motion Detection as trigger. 7. From the list of actions, select Overlay text. 8. Type “Motion detected”. 9.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup How to reduce bandwidth and storage Important If you reduce the bandwidth it can result in less details in the picture. 1. Go to live view and select H.264/H.265. 2. Go to Settings > Stream. 3. Do one or more of the following: - Turn on the Zipstream functionality and select the desired level. - Turn on dynamic GOP and set a high GOP length value. - Increase the compression. - Turn on dynamic FPS.
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AXIS M30 Series Setup How to record video when the camera detects motion This example explains how to set up the camera to start recording to the SD card five seconds before it detects motion and to stop one minute after. Make sure the AXIS Video Motion Detection application is running: 1. Go to Settings > Apps > AXIS Video Motion Detection. 2. Start the application if it is not already running. 3. Make sure you have set up the application according to your needs. Create an action rule: 4.
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AXIS M30 Series Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 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 while reconnecting power. See Product overview. 3.
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AXIS M30 Series Troubleshooting AXIS Camera Management can be used for multiple upgrades. Find out more at axis.com/products/axis-camera-management Technical issues, clues and solutions If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, try the troubleshooting section at axis.com/support Problems upgrading the firmware Firmware upgrade failure If the firmware upgrade fails, the product reloads the previous firmware. The most common reason is that the wrong firmware file has been uploaded.
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AXIS M30 Series Troubleshooting No multicast H.264 displayed in the client Check with your network administrator that the multicast addresses used by the Axis product are valid for your network. Check with your network administrator 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. Color saturation is different in H.
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AXIS M30 Series Troubleshooting Use identical streams wherever possible to maintain a high 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.
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AXIS M30 Series Specifications Specifications To find the latest version of the product’s datasheet, go to the product page on axis.com and locate Support & Documentation. LED indicators Status LED Indication Unlit Connection and normal operation. Green Shows steady green for 10 seconds for normal operation after startup completed. Amber Steady during startup. Flashes during firmware upgrade or reset to factory default. Amber/Red Flashes amber/red if network connection is unavailable or lost.