Axis M43 Series User Manual

AXISM43PanoramicCameraSeries
Thedeviceinterface
Addnetworkstorage:Clicktoaddanetworksharewhereyoucansaverecordings.
•Address:EntertheIPaddressorhostnameofthehostserver,typicallyaNAS(NetworkAttachedStorage).We
recommendyoutocongurethehosttouseaxedIPaddress(notDHCPsinceadynamicIPaddresscanchange)or
thatyouuseDNS.WindowsSMB/CIFSnamesarenotsupported.
•Networkshare:Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.SeveralAxisdevicescanusethesame
networkshare,sinceeachdevicegetsitsownfolder.
•User:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,entertheusername.Tologintoaspecicdomainserver,type
DOMAIN\username.
•Password:Iftheserverrequiresalogin,enterthepassword.
•SMBversion:SelecttheSMBstorageprotocolversiontoconnecttotheNAS.IfyouselectAuto,thedevicetries
tonegotiateoneofthesecureversionsSMB:3.02,3.0,or2.1.Select1.0or2.0toconnecttoolderNASthatdon’t
supporthigherversions.YoucanreadmoreaboutSMBsupportinAxisdeviceshere.
•Addshareevenifconnectiontestfails:Selecttoaddthenetworkshareevenifanerrorisdiscoveredduringthe
connectiontest.Theerrorcanbe,forexample,thatyoudidn’tenterapasswordeventhoughtheserverrequiresone.
Removenetworkstorage:Clicktoremovetheconnectiontothenetworkshare.Thisremovesallsettingsforthenetworkshare.
Writeprotect:Turnontostopwritingtothenetworkshareandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata
write-protectednetworkshare.
Ignore:Turnontostopstoringrecordingsonthenetworkshare.
Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordingsortocomplywithregulationsregarding
datastorage.Ifthenetworkstoragebecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodhaspassed.
Tools
•Testconnection:Testtheconnectiontothenetworkshare.
•Format:Formatthenetworkshare,forexamplewhenyouneedtoquicklyerasealldata.CIFSistheavailable
lesystemoption.
ClickUsetooltoactivatetheselectedtool.
Onboardstorage
Important
Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhilethedeviceisrunning.UnmounttheSD
cardbeforeyouremoveit.
Unmount:ClicktosafelyremovetheSDcard.
Writeprotect:TurnontostopwritingtotheSDcardandprotectrecordingsfrombeingremoved.Youcan’tformata
write-protectedSDcard.
Autoformat:TurnontoautomaticallyformatanewlyinsertedSDcard.Itformatsthelesystemintoext4.
Ignore:TurnontostopstoringrecordingsontheSDcard.WhenyouignoretheSDcard,thedevicenolongerrecognizesthatthe
cardexists.Thesettingisonlyavailableforadministrators.
Retentiontime:Selecthowlongtokeeprecordings,tolimittheamountofoldrecordingsortocomplywithregulationsregarding
datastorage.IftheSDcardbecomesfull,oldrecordingsareremovedbeforetheselectedtimeperiodhaspassed.
Tools
•Check:CheckforerrorsontheSDcard.Thisonlyworksfortheext4lesystem.
•Repair:Repairerrorsintheext4lesystem.TorepairanSDcardwiththeVFATlesystem,ejecttheSDcard,insertit
inacomputerandperformadiskrepair.
•Format:FormattheSDcard,forexamplewhenyouneedtochangethelesystemorquicklyerasealldata.VFAT
andext4arethetwoavailablelesystemoptions.Therecommendedformatisext4,duetoitsresilienceagainst
datalossifthecardisejectedorifthereisanabruptpowerloss.However,youneedathird-partyext4driveror
applicationtoaccessthelesystemfromWindows®.
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Axis M43 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Axis
Model	M43 Series
Category	Security Camera
Language	English