User manual

AXIS P7224

Accessing the product

To install the Axis product, refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the pro duct.

The product can be used with most operating systems and browsers. The recommended bro wsers are Internet Explorer with Windows,

Safari with Macintosh and Firefox with other operating systems. See Technical Speciﬁcations, on page 44.

Note

• To view s treaming video in Internet Exp lorer, al low installation of AXIS Media Control (AMC) when prompted.

• QuickTime

is also supported for viewing H.264 streams and for audio.

• If your com puter restricts the use of additional software components, the product can be conﬁgured to use a Java

applet for viewing Motion JPEG.

• The Axis p roduct include s (1) H.264 decode r lice nse for view ing video str eams and (1) AAC audio license. These licenses are

automatically installed with AMC. The administrator ca n disable the installation of the decoders, to prevent installation of

unlicensed copies.

Access from a browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).

2. Enter the IP address or host name o f the Axis product in the browser’s Location/Address ﬁeld. To access the product from a

Macintosh co mputer (Mac OS X), click on the Bonjou r 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 network. 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 accessed, the root pas sw o rd must ﬁrst be

conﬁgured; for instructions see Set the root password, on page 8 .

4. The product’s Live View page appears in your bro wser.

Note

The layout o f the Live View page may have been customized to meet speciﬁcrequi

rements. Consequently, some of the

examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed in your own Live View page.