USER MANUAL AXIS M1054 Network Camera
About this document This manual is intended for administrators and users of AXIS M1054 Network Camera, and is applicable to firmware 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 systems may also be beneficial, for developing shell scripts and applications. Later version of this document will be posted to the Axis website, as required.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Table of Contents Hardware overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Access from a browser . . . . . . .
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Table of Contents Performance considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Hardware overview Hardware overview 6 1 10 7 2 8 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 9 11 12 13 14 5 Lens with Status LED indicator Microphone Light (white illumination LED) PIR sensor Speaker Network connector (RJ-45) Lock ring Part number (P/N) & Serial number (S/N) Power connector I/O terminal connector Control button Power LED indicator Network LED indicator Wireless LED indicator (activated on wireless models only) Connectors Network connector - RJ-45 Ethernet conn
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Hardware overview • Resetting the product to factory default settings. See page 47. Power connector - Mini DC connector I/O connector Note For technical specifications, see page 53. I/O terminal connector - Use in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, time lapse recording and alarm notifications.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Hardware overview 1 3.3 V max 50 mA 2 3 4 LED indicators LED Color Indication Network Green Steady for connection to a 100 MBit/s network. Flashes for network activity. Amber Steady for connection to a 10 MBit/s network. Flashes for network activity. Unlit No network connection. Green Steady green for normal operation. Amber Steady during startup and when restoring settings. Red Slow flash for failed upgrade. Green Normal operation.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Accessing the product Accessing the product To install the Axis product, refer to 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 Macintosh and Firefox with other operating systems. See Technical Specifications, on page 53. Note • To view streaming video in Internet Explorer, allow installation of AXIS Media Control (AMC) when prompted.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Accessing the product Access from the Internet Once connected, the Axis product is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the product from the Internet you must configure your network router to allow incoming data traffic to the product. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically configure the router to allow access to the product. This is enabled from Setup > System Options > Network > TCP/IP Advanced.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Accessing the product Set Power Line Frequency Power line frequency is set the first time the Axis product is accessed and can only be changed from Plain Config or by resetting the product to factory default. Select the power line frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) used at the location of the Axis product. Selecting the wrong frequency may cause image flicker if the product is used in fluorescent light environments. When using 50 Hz, the maximum frame rate is limited to 25 fps.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Accessing the product Use the Slider to control the brightness of the built-in light, slide left to dim and slide right do to brighten. Click Pulse to activate the output for a defined period of time, such as switching on an external light for 20 seconds. Click the Active/Inactive buttons to manually start and stop a connected device — e.g. switch an external light on and off. The Manual Trigger button can trigger an event directly from the Live View page.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Accessing the product Use the slider to control the volume of the speakers and the microphone. Half-duplex mode The Talk/Listen button is used to switch between sending and receiving audio. The button can be configured from the Audio tab in the AMC Control panel: • Push-To-Talk mode: Click and hold the button to talk/send. Release the button to listen. • Toggle mode: Click once to switch between talking and listening.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Media streams Media streams The Axis product provides several audio and video stream formats. Your 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, audio streams and to the list of available stream profiles. Other applications and clients can access video and audio streams directly, without going via the Live View page. How to stream H.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Media streams The AMC Control Panel can be used to configure various video and audio settings. Please see the AXIS Media Control User’s Manual for more information. The AMC Control Panel is automatically installed on first use, after which it can be configured. Open the AMC Control Panel from: • Windows Control Panel (from the Start menu) • Alternatively, right-click the video image in Internet Explorer and click Settings.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Media streams Note • = IP addess • The Axis product supports QuickTime 6.5.1 and later. • QuickTime adds 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.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Setting up the product Setting up the product The Axis product can be configured by users with administrator or operator rights. 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 settings except System Options See also the online help . Basic Setup Basic Setup provides shortcuts to the settings that should be made before using the Axis product: 1. Users. See page 38. 2.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Video and Audio Video and Audio The video and audio settings can be used to optimize video and audio quality. You can configure the following: • Video stream settings. See page 17. • Stream profiles. See page 18. • Camera settings. See page 19. • View area. See page 19. • Overlay image. See page 20. • Privacy mask. See page 20. • Audio settings. See page 20. • Audio clips. See page 21.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Video and Audio • Video & Audio > Video Stream. Under Preview, click Open and select the Show pixel counter option to enable the rectangle in the image. Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle, or enter the number of pixels in the Width and Height fields and click Apply. • The Live View page in Internet Explorer in Windows. Right-click in the image and select Pixel counter. Use the mouse to move and resize the rectangle.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Video and Audio For more information see the online help on this page. Camera Settings The Video & Audio > 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 100 gives maximum color saturation. The value 0 gives a black and white image. The image Brightness can be adjusted in the range 0–100, where a higher value produces a brighter image.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Video and Audio 4. Select Enable PTZ to enable digital PTZ for the view area. 5. Click Save to save the settings. To modify the view area, modify the settings as required. Click Save. Tip: • The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product. Use a view area to crop out a specific part of the full view. Overlay Overlays can be used to provide extra information and are superimposed over the video image.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Video and Audio once to switch between speaking and listening. The Talk/Listen mode is configured from the Audio tab in the AMC control panel (see AXIS Media Control on page 13). Simplex - speaker only - Audio is transmitted from the client to the Axis product and played by the speaker connected to the product. To send audio, the Talk and Microphone buttons in the AMC toolbar must both be enabled. Click either button to stop audio transmission.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Video and Audio You can add, play, download, modify and remove audio clips from Video & Audio > Audio Clips. For more information see the online help . Note Audio clips cannot be used if the product’s audio functionality is enabled. The audio functionality is enabled on the Audio tab under Video & Audio > Video Stream.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Live View Config Live View Config You can customize the Live View page and alter it to suit your requirements. It is possible to define the following features of the Live View page. • Stream Profile. See page 18. • Default Viewer for Browser. See page 23. • Viewer Settings. See page 24. • Action Buttons. These are the buttons described in Controls on the Live View page, on page 10. • User Defined Links. See page 24. • Light Buttons. See page 24. • Output Buttons.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Live View Config Browser Viewer Description Windows Internet Explorer AMC Recommended viewer in Internet Explorer (H.264/Motion JPEG) QuickTime H.264 Java applet A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPEG). Requires one of the following installed on the client: • JVM (J2SE) 1.4.2 or higher • JRE (J2SE) 5.0 or higher Still image Displays still images only.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Live View Config Output Buttons An output on the Axis product can be controlled directly from the Live View page, by enabling the display of output buttons. To display the output buttons in the Live View page, select the type of control to use for the port from the drop-down list under Live View Config > Output Buttons: • Pulse activates the output for a defined period of time.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) The PTZ menu is available if digital PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) is enabled in the selected view area. For more information on view areas, see View Area, on page 19. Preset Positions A preset position is a predefined view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a specific location. Preset positions can be accessed in several ways: • By selecting the preset from the Preset positions drop-down list in the Live View Page.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) 3. Specify the pause length between runs. 4. Select an available preset position and click Apply. 6. Specify the View Time in seconds or minutes. 7. Specify the View order or select the Random view order check box option. 8. Click Save. To modify or remove guard tours, go to PTZ > Guard Tour, select the guard tour in the Guard Tour List and click Modify/Remove. For more information see the online help .
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Detectors Detectors Camera Tampering Camera Tampering 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 configure tampering: 1. Go to Detectors > Camera Tampering. 2. Set the Minimum duration, that is, the time that must elapse before an alarm is generated. This can help prevent false alarms for known conditions that affect the image. 3.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Detectors Set up motion detection To set up a motion detection Include Window, follow these instructions: 1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection. 2. Select the Configure Included Windows option and click New. Select the new window in the list of windows and enter a descriptive name. 3. Adjust the size (drag the bottom right-hand corner) and the position (click on the text at the top and drag to the desired position) of the active window (window with red frame). 4.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Detectors Low level (0%) Even very small objects trigger motion detection. An object that appears in the window triggers motion detection only for a very short time before it is considered as non-moving. Only very bright objects on a dark background trigger motion detection.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Applications Applications Third party applications can be uploaded to and installed on the Axis product. For information about available applications, downloads, trials and licenses, go to www.axis.com/applications To upload an application, go to Applications > Overview, click Browse to locate the file and then click Upload Package. Click on the uploaded application’s name to open the menu options Settings, License and About.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Events Events The Axis product can be configured to perform actions when different events occur, for example, start a recording when motion is detected. The set of conditions that defines how and when the action is triggered is called an Action Rule. Available Action Rule triggers and conditions include: • Applications — use installed applications to trigger the rule, see Applications, on page 31.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Events • Activate Light — turn the built-in light on or off. • Output Port — activate an I/O port to control an external device. • Play Audio Clip — see Audio Clips, on page 21. • PTZ Control - Preset Position — go to a preset position. - Guard Tour — start a guard tour, see Guard Tour, on page 26. • Record Video — record video to a selected storage. • Send Images — send images to a recipient. • Send Notifications — send a notification message to a recipient.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Events To add additional criteria, select the Additional conditions option and add additional triggers. To prevent an action from being triggered repeatedly, a Wait at least time can be set. Enter the time in hours, minutes and seconds, during which the trigger should be ignored before the action rule can be activated again. The recording Duration of some actions can be set to include time immediately before and after the event.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Events To set up a recurrence: 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, first select Time from the Trigger drop-down list in the Action Rule Setup page and then select the recurrence from the second drop-down list. To modify or remove recurrences, select the recurrence in the Recurrences List and click Modify or Remove.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Recordings Recordings The Axis product can be configured to record video continuously or according to an action rule: • To start a continuous recording, see page 36. • To set up action rules, see page 33. • To access recordings, see Recording List, on page 36. • To configure camera controlled storage, see Storage, on page 44. Recording List Recorded videos are listed on the Recordings > List page.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Recordings Note If a new stream profile is selected while a recording is ongoing, the recording will be stopped and saved in the recording list and a new recording with the new stream profile will start. All previous continuous recordings will remain in the recording list until they are removed manually or through automatic removal of old recordings.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options System Options Security Users User access control is enabled by default and can be configured 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 access the Live View page.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is a standard for port-based Network Admission Control providing secure authentication of wired and wireless network devices. IEEE 802.1X is based on EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol). To access a network protected by IEEE 802.1X, devices must authenticate themselves.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options To change the date and time settings, select the preferred Time mode under New Server Time: • Synchronize with computer time sets date and time according to the computer’s clock. With this option, date and time are set once and will not be updated automatically. • Synchronize with NTP Server obtains date and time from an NTP server. With this option, date and time settings are updated continuously.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options AXIS Video Hosting System (AVHS) AVHS used in conjunction with an AVHS service, provides easy and secure Internet access to live and recorded video accessible from any location. For more information and help to find a local AVHS Service Provider go to www.axis.com/hosting AVHS is enabled by default. The settings are configured under System Options > Network > TCP IP > Basic.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options Link-Local IPv4 Address Link-Local Address is enabled by default and assigns the Axis product an additional IP address which can be used to access the product from other hosts on the same segment on the local network. The product can have a Link-Local IP and a static or DHCP-supplied IP address at the same time. This function can be disabled under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options Note This FTP server has nothing to do with the product’s ability to transfer images via FTP to other locations and servers. RTSP The RTSP server running in the Axis product allows a connecting client to start an H.264 stream. The RTSP port number can be changed under System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced. The default port is 554. Note H.264 video streams will not be available if the RTSP server is disabled. SOCKS SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options The following traps are available: • Cold start • Warm start • Link up • Authentication failed SNMP v3 provides encryption and secure passwords. To use traps with SNMP v3, an SNMP v3 management application is required. To use SNMP v3, HTTPS must be enabled, see HTTPS, on page 38. To enable SNMP v3, check the box and provide the initial user password. Note The initial password can only be set once.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options To clear all recordings and data from the Axis product’s folder on the designated share, click Clear under Storage Tools. To avoid filling the share, it is recommended to remove recordings continuously. Under Recording Settings, select Remove recordings older than and select the number of days or weeks. To stop writing to the share and protect recordings from being removed, select Lock under Recording Settings.
AXIS M1054 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 firmware version, IP address, network and security settings, event settings, image settings and recent log items. Many of the captions are links to the proper Setup page.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera System Options Plain Config Plain Config is for advanced users with experience of Axis product configuration. Most parameters can be set and modified from this page. Help is available from the standard help pages. To open Plain Config, go to System Options > Advanced > Plain Config. Reset to factory default settings This will reset all parameters, including the IP address, to the factory default settings: 1. Disconnect power from the product. 2.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checking the firmware Firmware is software that determines the functionality of network devices. One of your first actions when troubleshooting a problem should be to check the current firmware version. The latest version may contain a correction that fixes your particular problem. The current firmware version in the Axis product is displayed in the page Setup > Basic Setup and in Setup > About.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Troubleshooting In Windows, type the following from a command/DOS prompt: arp -s ping -l 408 -t 2. If the product does not reply within a few seconds, restart it and wait for a reply. Press CTRL+C to stop Ping. 3. Open a browser and type in the product’s IP address. In the page that appears, use the Browse button to select the upgrade file to use. Then click Load to restart the upgrade process. 4.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Troubleshooting Firewall protection Check the Internet firewall with your network administrator. Default routers required Check if you need to configure the router settings. Problems with the H.264 format No H.264 displayed in the client Check that the relevant H.264 connection methods and correct interface are enabled in the AMC Control Panel (streaming tab). See AXIS Media Control (AMC), on page 13. In the AMC Control Panel, select the H.264 tab and click Set to default H.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Troubleshooting No images displayed on web page 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. Installation of additional ActiveX component restricted or prohibited Configure the Axis product to use a Java applet for updating video images in Internet Explorer.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Troubleshooting No audio Incorrect setup Check the sound card in the computer. Ensure that mute is not selected and that the volume settings are correct. No audio or very poor audio quality Check that Enable audio support is selected under Setup > System Options > Security > Audio Support. Check that the correct Audio Input source is selected under Setup > Video & Audio > Audio Settings. Poor audio quality CPU overloaded Reduce the number of listeners and viewers.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Function/group Item Specifications Camera Model AXIS M1054 Image sensor 1/4" Progressive scan RGB CMOS Lens 2.9 mm, F2.0 fixed iris, fixed focus Horizontal angle of view: 84° Vertical angle of view: 48° Minimum illumination 1.2 lux, F2.0 0 lux with illumination LED on Shutter time 1/24500 s to 1/6 s Video compression H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC, Main profile) Motion JPEG Resolutions 1280x800 to 160x90 Frame rate H.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Technical Specifications Function/group Item Specifications System Integration Application Programming Interface Open API for software integration, including VAPIX® from Axis Communications*, AXIS Media Control SDK, event trigger data in video stream* Includes the ONVIF specification available at www.onvif.
AXIS M1054 Network Camera Technical Specifications Function/group Item Specifications Weight Camera: 0.2kg (0.3 lb.) Included accessories Power supply, stand and clamp, Installation Guide, CD with installation tools, recording software and User Manual, Windows decoder 1-user license, extension for stand: 100 mm [4.0”] Video management software (not included) AXIS Camera Station — Video management software for viewing and recording up to 50 cameras See www.axis.
User Manual AXIS M1054 Network Camera © Axis Communications AB, 2011 Ver. M1.6 Date: December 2011 Part No.
