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Accessing the camera, Access from a browser – Axis Communications AXIS Q1755-E User Manual

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AXIS Q1755/-E - Accessing the Camera

Accessing the Camera

Refer to the installation guide supplied with your product in order to install the AXIS Q1755/-E Network Camera.

The network camera can be used with most standard operating systems and browsers. The recommended browser is Microsoft
Internet Explorer with Windows, Safari with Macintosh and Firefox with other operating systems. See

Technical

Specifications,

on page 48

Notes:

• To view streaming video in Microsoft Internet Explorer, set your browser to allow ActiveX controls and install AXIS

Media Control (AMC) on your workstation.

• QuickTime

TM

is also supported for viewing streaming H.264 video and audio.

• If your workstation restricts the use of additional software components, the camera can be configured to use a Java

applet for viewing Motion JPEG.

• The network camera includes one (1) decoder license for viewing H.264 video streams. This is automatically installed

with AMC. The administrator can disable the installation of the H.264 decoder, to prevent installation of unlicensed
copies.

Access from a browser

1. Start a browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox).
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the camera in the

Location/Address field of your browser.

To access the camera from a Macintosh computer (Mac OSX), click on the Bonjour tab and select the AXIS Q1755
from the drop-down list.

3. If this is the first time you are accessing the camera, see

Access from the internet,

on page 8. Otherwise enter your

user name and password, set by the administrator.

4. The camera’s

Live View page appears in your browser.

Note:

The layout of the Live View page may have been customized to specific requirements. Consequently, some of the
examples and functions featured here may differ from those displayed on your own Live View page.

Setup - Provides all the tools for config-
uring the camera to requirements.

Help - Displays online
help on all aspects of
using the camera.

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