AXISP1204NetworkCamera
Troubleshooting
Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
RoutercongurationTocongureyourroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct,enabletheNAT-traversal
featurewhichwillattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheAxis
product,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4,onpage35.TheroutermustsupportUPnP
TM
.
Firewallprotection
ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.
Defaultroutersrequired
CheckifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsfromSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>
Basic.
ProblemswithstreamingH.264
ProblemswithAXISMedia
Control(InternetExplorer
only)
ToenabletheupdatingofvideoimagesinInternetExplorer,setthebrowsertoallowActiveX
controls.Also,makesurethatAXISMediaControlisinstalledonyourcomputer.
NoH.264displayedinthe
client
CheckthattherelevantH.264connectionmethodsandcorrectinterfaceareenabledintheAMC
ControlPanel(streamingtab).SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC),onpage11.
IntheAMCControlPanel,selecttheH.264tabandclickSettodefaultH.264decoder.
CheckthatRTSPisenabledunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
Installationofadditional
ActiveXcomponent
restrictedorprohibited
ConguretheAxisproducttouseaJavaappletforupdatingvideoimagesinyourbrowser.Goto
Setup>LiveViewCongandselectJavaappletunderDefaultviewer.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceConsiderations,onpage47.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisNOTsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)oftheAxis
product.SeeTechnicalSpecications,onpage45.
StatusandNetworkindicatorLEDsareashingredrapidly
Hardwarefailure
ContactyourAxisreseller.
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