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AXIS 221 - Configuration
Overview of the Setup tools
Basic Configuration
The links under Basic Configuration are shortcuts providing a convenient way of making
the basic settings the first time the unit is configured.
Video & Image (Administrator/Operator)
Live View Config (Administrator/Operator)
Event Configuration (Administrator/Operator)
Tools Description
Instructions General Instructions.
Users See System Options > Security > Users below.
TCP/IP See System Options > Network > TCP/IP below.
Date & Time See System Options > Date & Time below.
Video & Image See Video & Image below.
Focus For help, see the Focus adjustment page in the Setup tools, or see page 9 of this manual.
Tools Settings Description
Image Image Appearance Basic video image settings - resolution, compression, image rotation, color, brightness
and contrast.
Video Stream Used to limit the video stream display time and frame rate.
Overlay/Mask Text Overlay Add date, time or other text to the video image and choose the location and color of
text.
Overlay/Mask Type Choose between having an image on top of the video image or blacking-out certain
parts of the image using a mask. The location of images and masks is configurable.
Advanced Camera Adjust camera to suit different light conditions - white balance, exposure control,
exposure area, IR filter and DC iris. Also possible to prioritize frame rate or image
quality in low light conditions.
MPEG Select the MPEG-4 profile and level, GOV structure and GOV length.
Tools Description
Layout Customize the Live View page, by adding e.g. custom links, manual trigger buttons and manual output control
buttons. Default Viewer: set your preferred method of viewing moving video images.
HTML Examples Add live video from your camera to your own web site, or to an HTML page on your local hard disk. The pages
provide the HTML code to have either MJPEG or MPEG-4 video image streaming.
External Video Display live video from an external source, i.e. from another Axis device on the network.
Sequence Mode Configure the camera to automatically display the available video sources at regular intervals. The video
images can be displayed in order or randomly. The time interval can be set to up to 59 minutes.
Tools Settings / Options / Description
Instructions General Instructions
Event Servers Specify destinations for uploaded image files and/or notification messages sent by the camera. FTP servers and
HTTP servers can save image files. HTTP servers and TCP servers can receive notification messages.
Event Types Set up event types so that the camera will perform various actions, e.g. upload images to a specified destina-
tion. These event types can be Triggered - e.g. they run when an alarm is activated, or Scheduled - the event
type runs at a set time.