User`s manual

AXIS M7014
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 Interne t Explorer with Windows ,
Safari w ith Macintosh and Fire fox with other operating systems. See
Technical Specifi cations, on page 44 .Toviewstreamingvideoin
Internet Exp lore r, allow installation of AXIS M edia Control (AMC) w he n prompted.
The Axis product includes one (1) H.264 decoder license for view ing video streams. The license is automatically installed with AMC.
The administrator can di sa ble the installation of the decoders, to prevent installation of unlicensed copies.
Note
• QuickTime
TM
is also supported for viewing H.264 streams.
• If your computer restricts the use of additional software components, the product can be configured to use a Java
applet for viewing Motion JPEG.
Access from a Browser
1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the Axis product in the browser’s Location/Address field. To access the product from a
Macintosh computer (Mac OS X), click on the Bonjour tab and select the product from the drop-down list.
If you do not know the IP address, use AXIS IP Utility to locate the product on the netw ork. For more information on how to
discover and assign an IP address, refer to the Installation Guide.
3. Enter your user name and password. If this is the first time the product is acce ss ed, the root password must first be
configured; for instructions see
Set the Root Password, on page 7 .
4. The product’s Live View page appears in your bro wser.
Note
The controls a nd layout of the Live View p age may have been customized to meet sp ecific installa tion requirements and
user p refer ence s. Consequently, some of the examples and functions fe
atured here m ay diffe r from those displayed in
your own Live View page.
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