Adding (or editing) an Axis camera (Web UI)
Adding a camera may involve approving its certificate as well as configuring its communication properties. This procedure
adds a camera manually. You can also discover cameras and edit their properties after adding them. Migrated installations
list all existing cameras without the need to discover or manually add the cameras.
Prerequisites: You are connected to the remote host station that controls the camera using the web UI. The Axis network has
been set up, configured and its health reports Ok. For secure communication between camera and station, the camera supports TLS secure communication.
- From the main menu, click .The Remote Drivers view opens.
- Double-click on the Axis Video Network row in the table.The Driver Manager view opens with the Axis Video Network tab selected.
- Click the Cameras tab.The Camera Manager view opens.
This view displays a list of any existing cameras.
- Do one of the following:
- To edit the properties of an existing camera, double-click the camera row in the table or select the camera and click the
Hyperlink button (
).
- To add an Axis camera manually, click the New button (
).
The New window opens.
- To edit the properties of an existing camera, double-click the camera row in the table or select the camera and click the
Hyperlink button (
- Give the camera a
Display Name, and optionalDescription; enter itsUrl Address(usually an IP address); and, to use secure Https streaming, click Ok.AWeb Portof 443 indicates that the communication channels default to secure communication. The camera must support TLS to communicate successfully.If the station renders video from the camera using fox streaming, this port should be different from the station’s port used to connect to the network. Otherwise, if the camera renders its own video and sends it to the user, this port should be the same as the port that connects the station to the network.
NOTE: IfUse Rtsp Streamistrue, the channel will not connect because RTSP does not support secure communication from the camera to the station. - To use RTSP streaming, set
Use Rtsp Streamtotrue; define the credentials required by the RTSP (Rtsp UsernameandRtsp Password); define theHost Name(<IP>/axis-media/media.amp); and click Ok.This value defines a port to communicate data from a device that does not support secure communication.The system saves the configuration to the station database. - To view the camera properties, navigate back to double-click the Axis video network row; click the Cameras tab; and double-click the camera row in the table.The system opens the Axis Video Camera tab.
Status should be {ok}.
- If
Statusis not {ok}, confirm that theHigh Compression Codecis appropriately configured for the camera, and, if necessary, change this property and click Save.- For a secure Https:// connection between the camera and station, the CODEC should be:
MPEG4(Ffmpeg_CODEC_ID_MPEG4). - For an RTSP connection between the camera and station, the CODEC should be:
H264(Ffmpeg_CODEC_ID_H264).
- For a secure Https:// connection between the camera and station, the CODEC should be: