Axis Communications 2120 User Manual

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Choosing Your Application

AXIS 2120 User’s Manual

Viewing Images in a Custom-designed Web Page

Often used as an attraction for enhancing a Web site with live images, this type of application
represents the most basic form of network camera configuration. It is ideally suited for
occasionally-visited sites on both large corporate networks and on SOHO (Small-Office
Home-Office) applications, where a small network is installed and maintained.

If you anticipate a large audience for your images, you should consider configuring your product to
upload images to an FTP server, as described in Sequentially Uploading Images to a Remote FTP
Server on page 37.

Simply install the AXIS 2120 directly on your local Ethernet network and complete the Installation
Wizard to immediately view live video images in your own custom-designed Web page. The
Wizard not only helps you define the image format and personalized characteristics of your Web
page Layout, but also allows you to determine how accessible the product is over your intranet or
Internet network. You decide in just a few simple steps.

Installation and Configuration Overview

Configure your AXIS 2120 for viewing images over a network as follows:

Note:

Although custom HTML code is not supported by Axis, advanced users can optionally write their
own individual pages, as described in Appendix E - Custom Web Pages.

1. Connect the AXIS 2120 to your local network. Refer to Installing Your Camera on a Network on page 12.
2. Open the product Home Page in your browser and start the Installation Wizard; complete the Wizard to establish

the standard Security, Date and Time, Image General Layout and TCP/IP Network settings - selecting network as your chosen
method of connection in the Modem or Network dialog. Refer to Configuring Your Camera on page 25.

3. The application setup is now complete. Having completed the Wizard, you should now verify the installation by checking

that you have full access to both the images and the product Web pages in your browser.

AXIS 2120

LAN/WAN

Intranet or Internet

Browser