Set camera password and select power line frequency

Aim

To give the camera a password, which is compulsory, and to select the power line frequency of your country.

Prerequisites

• You have Axis IP cameras that are supported with MediaRecorder.

See Supported IP cameras in Recording devices

• You followed the procedure in Ethernet card setup
• You connected all cameras.
• You gave the cameras an IP address.

See Set camera IP address

Procedure

IP address

1. 1.In the IPUtility tool, click the Home Page button. the camera now opens in a browser.

   

   1. Alternatively, type the IP address in the address field of, for example, Internet Explorer.
2. The first time you open the camera in a browser, you must set a password. If you obtained cameras from Noldus IT, this password is Noldus. The user name root cannot be changed. Do not use the characters @, space, or colon (:) for the password. These characters cannot be used in MediaRecorder.

   

3. As soon as you set the password, you must log in to the camera with the password you just set.

Power line frequency

The first time you log in in the camera, you must select a power line frequency. Look up the correct power line frequency of your country on Internet.

Notes

• important  Close the browser before you start recording. Leaving it open may cause recording problems in MediaRecorder.
• If you do not get a view in Internet Explorer, click the Settings wheel in the upper-right corner of your window and choose Compatibility View Settings. Enter the IP address of your camera and click Add. Other browsers may have a comparable setting.