Axis M5055 - Product Access and Setup; Accessing the Product

AXISM50PTZNetworkCameraSeries
Howtoaccesstheproduct
Howtoaccesstheproduct
ToinstalltheAxisproduct,seetheInstallationGuidesuppliedwiththeproduct.
Theproductcanbeusedwithmostoperatingsystemsandbrowsers.Werecommendthefollowingbrowsers:
•InternetExplorer
®
withWindows
®
•Safari
®
withOSX
®
•Chrome
TM
orFirefox
®
withotheroperatingsystems.
ToviewstreamingvideoinInternetExplorer,allowinstallationofAXISMediaControl(AMC)whenprompted.
TheAxisproductincludesone(1)H.264decoderlicenseforviewingvideostreamsandone(1)AACaudiolicense.Thelicensesare
automaticallyinstalledwithAMC.Theadministratorcandisabletheinstallationofthedecoderstopreventinstallationofunlicensed
copies.
Note
•QuickTime
TM
isalsosupportedforviewingH.264streamsandforaudio.
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser
1.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Howtoaccesstheproductfromtheinternet
Onceconnected,youcanaccesstheproductonyourlocalnetwork(LAN).
Toaccesstheproductfromtheinternetyoumustcongureyournetworkroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheproduct.Todo
this,enabletheNAT-traversalfeature,whichwillattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheproduct.Thisis
enabledfromSetup>SystemOptions>Network>TCP/IPAdvanced.
Formoreinformation,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4onpage48.
ForTechnicalnotesonthisandothertopics,visittheAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/support
SeealsoAXISInternetDynamicDNSServiceatwww.axiscam.net
Howtosettherootpassword
ToaccesstheAxisproduct,youmustsetthepasswordforthedefaultadministratoruserroot.ThisisdoneintheCongureRoot
Passworddialog,whichopenswhentheproductisaccessedforthersttime.
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