Axis M1145 User Manual

AXISM1145NetworkCamera
Aboutmediastreams
Aboutmediastreams
TheAxisproductprovidesseveralvideostreamformats.Yourrequirementsandthepropertiesofyournetworkwilldeterminethe
typeyouuse.
TheliveviewwindowintheproductprovidesaccesstoH.264andMotionJPEGvideostreams,andtothelistofavailablestream
proles.Otherapplicationsandclientscanaccessvideostreamsdirectly,withoutgoingviatheliveviewwindow.
AboutH.264format
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedwiththeMotion
JPEGformatandasmuchas50%morethantheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatmuchlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,muchhighervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Decidingwhichcombinationofprotocolsandmethodstousedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesof
yournetwork.TheavailableoptionsinAXISMediaControlare:
UnicastRTP
Thisunicastmethod(RTPoverUDP)isused
forliveunicastvideo,especiallywhenitis
importanttohaveanup-to-datevideostream,
evenifsomeframesaredropped.
RTPoverRTSP
Thisunicastmethod(RTPtunneledoverRTSP)
isusefulasitisrelativelysimpletocongure
rewallstoallowRTSPtrafc.
RTPoverRTSPoverHTTP
Thisunicastmethodcanbeusedtotraverse
rewalls.Firewallsarecommonlyconguredto
allowtheHTTPprotocol,thusallowingRTPto
betunneled.
Unicastingisusedforvideo-on-demand
transmissionsothatthereisnovideotrafc
onthenetworkuntilaclientconnectsand
requeststhestream.
Notethatthereareamaximumof20
simultaneousunicastconnections.
MulticastRTP
Thismethod(RTPoverUDP)shouldbeusedforlivemulticastvideo.Thevideostreamisalways
up-to-date,evenifsomeframesaredropped.
Multicastingprovidesthemostefcientusageofbandwidthwhentherearelargenumbersof
clientsviewingsimultaneously.Amulticastcannothowever,passanetworkrouterunlessthe
routerisconguredtoallowthis.ItisnotpossibletomulticastovertheInternet,forexample.
Notealsothatallmulticastviewerscountasoneunicastviewerinthemaximumtotalof20
simultaneousconnections.
AXISMediaControlnegotiateswiththeAxisproducttodeterminethetransportprotocoltouse.Theorderofpriority,listedinthe
AMCControlPanel,canbechangedandtheoptionsdisabled,tosuitspecicrequirements.
Note
H.264islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
AboutMJPEGformat
ThisformatusesstandardJPEGstillimagesforthevideostream.Theseimagesarethendisplayedandupdatedataratesufcient
tocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.TherecommendedmethodofaccessingMotionJPEGlivevideofromtheAxisproductistousetheAXIS
MediaControlinInternetExplorerinWindows.
AboutAXISMediaControl(AMC)
AXISMediaControl(AMC)inInternetExplorerinWindowsistherecommendedmethodofaccessinglivevideofromtheAxisproduct.
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Axis M1145 Specifications

General

Type	-
PTZ control	Yes
Placement supported	Outdoor
Connectivity technology	Wired
Form factor	Cube
Mounting type	Wall
Product color	White
Housing material	Aluminum
Total megapixels	2 MP
Maximum resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Supported video modes	1080p
Video formats supported	H.264, MPEG4
Supported graphics resolutions	1920 x 1080 (HD 1080)
White balance	Auto
Angle of rotation	270 °
Camera shutter type	Electronic
Camera shutter speed	1/33500 s
Minimum illumination	0.08 lx
Field of view (FOV) angle	112 °
Sensor type	CMOS
Optical sensor size	1/2.9 \
Optical zoom	- x
Focal length range	3 - 10.5 mm
Security algorithms	HTTPS
Password protection type	User
Compatible memory cards	MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC, MicroSDXC
Maximum memory card size	64 GB
LED type	IR
Cabling technology	10/100Base-T(X)
Supported network protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS*, QoS Layer 3 DiffServ, FTP, SMTP, Bonjour, UPnP™, SNMPv1/v2c/v3(MIB-II), DNS, DynDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTP, TCP, UDP, IGMP, RTCP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP, SOCKS, CIFS/SMB, SSH
Interface	RJ-45
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
DC output voltage	+3.3V
Power consumption	50 mA
Power source type	PoE
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (typical)	6 W
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 60 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 50 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80 %
Minimum RAM	256 MB

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	46 mm
Width	75 mm
Height	115 mm
Weight	250 g