Axis Video driver

The following topics include information that is unique to the Axis video driver (naxis). For common video driver information, including the installation process, refer to the rest of this guide.

Supported features

The Axis video palette is called naxisVideo. It supports these features:

Automatic discovery of cameras
PTZ operation, including Go To preset
Focus and iris
Surveillance Viewer
Remote video connections
Fox video streaming
Graphics widgets
Motion detection from the camera
HTML5 video streaming views in a browser

Supported firmware

The Axis driver supports firmware version 6.x and later. Firmware 9.x is preferred so that you can use token authentication. Always upgrade the Axis camera to the current firmware version when using this video driver.

Supported browsers

The naxis driver supports video streaming with Chrome and Firefox. It does not support Microsoft Edge.

Unsupported features

The Axis video driver does not support these features:

Alarm video playback
Live video playback (even though some newer cameras support playback with a memory card)
Switching between live and playback video
Bidirectional alarms

Requirements

Axis video driver requirements include the following:

IP access between the camera and remote controller on a local area network or connected via a browser over the Internet
Appropriate ports open; the defaults are port 80 for the web (not secure connection), port 443 for the web (secure connection), port 554 for control, and port 9000 for data
If possible, secure communication for each camera
The system defaults to TLS (Transport Layer Security), which uses certificates to verify the camera as a video server and encrypt communication. If one or more of your cameras does not support or is not configured to support secure communication, you will have to turn off this feature to connect.
Access authentication to each camera
Cameras require credentials (username and password). If you do not want to distribute credentials to your end users, and, if the camera’s firmware version is 7.0 or higher, you can use token authentication.
Web Launcher to play back video clips made in older versions of Niagara

Streaming

Niagara supports live video web (HTML5) streaming in addition to bajaui live video streaming. Web streaming works in a browser without requiring a Java applet.

The lowest Axis camera firmware version that supports web streaming is 6.53.2.1. Camera authentication provides three options: Token, Browser or Token Or Browser. If the camera cannot use Token authentication (no native browser window), the camera firmware version needs 9.x or higher. If the camera does not support Browser authentication, which pops up a window to enter the username and password, the camera needs version 7.10 firmware or higher.

Video Motion Detection (VMD) for older Axis cameras

Niagara does not require the Point Id properties for Axis cameras whose firmware version is later than 5.60. Axis cameras whose firmware version is 5.60 or earlier use the Point Id properties on the motion detected event’s Property Sheet. You may need to update these properties.