The 241Q Blade has been Discontinued. Replaced by the P7224
Full-featured, digital benefits for analog surveillance systems
The AXIS 241 Video Servers are designed to migrate your analog investments into high-performance IP solutions, ideal for surveillance and remote monitoring. The AXIS 241Q Video Server accommodates four analog video streams.
Powerful event management tools
System integration and network utilization are optimized with sophisticated functions such as built-in motion detection, SNMP and simultaneous Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 streams. Powerful event management tools include image upload, alarm notification and I/O control. Pan/tilt/zoom control is done over the serial port, enabling PTZ and dome camera handling over the network. A de-interlace filter eliminates interlace artifacts from NTSC/PAL cameras.
Advanced network security
A comprehensive set of security features, including multiple user access levels, HTTPS encryption, possibility to disable unused network services for example ftp, IEEE802.1X and IP address filtering, ensures secure video handling and configuration. In addition, the AXIS 241Q has support for Quality of Service (QoS) which helps secure the necessary bandwidth for streaming video and control commands over a network.
Support for PTZ and dome cameras
All Axis video encoders connect to analog pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras to allow for easy operation of these PTZ cameras across the IP network. Axis' open policy ensures simple and fast integration with most analog PTZ cameras on the market by including software drivers for more than 25 different analog cameras, including products from American Dynamics, Bosch, Canon, Panasonic, Pelco, Philips, Samsung, Sensormatic and Sony.
Models
AXIS 241Q*: Four video channels
AXIS 241S*: One video channel
*Also available as Blade versions for Axis Video Rack Solution
Video compression
Motion JPEG
MPEG-4 Part 2 (ISO/IEC 14496-2), Profiles: ASP and SP
Resolutions
4CIF, 2CIFExp, 2CIF, CIF, QCIFmax 704x480 (NTSC) 704x576 (PAL)min 160x120 (NTSC) 176x144 (PAL)
Frame rate
(NTSC/PAL)
Motion JPEG: Up to 30/25 fps at 4CIF (1 channel)
30/25 fps at CIF (4 channel)
MPEG-4: Up to 30/25 fps at 2CIF (1 channel)
21/17 fps at 4CIF (1 channel)
20/17 fps at CIF (4 channel)
Video streaming
Simultaneous Motion JPEG and MPEG-4
Controllable frame rate and bandwidth
Constant and variable bit rate (MPEG-4)
Image settings
Compression levels: 11 (Motion JPEG) /23 (MPEG-4)
Rotation: 90º, 180º, 270º
Aspect ratio correction
Color: color, black & white
Overlay capabilities: time, date, text, image or privacy mask
De-interlace filter
Security
Multiple user access levels with password protection, IP address filtering, HTTPS encryption, IEEE 802.1X network access control
Alarm and event management
Events triggered by video motion detection, external inputs, audio detection, PTZ presets, product restart, video loss, or according to a schedule,
Image upload over FTP, email, HTTP
Notification over TCP, email, HTTP, external outputs
Pre- and post alarm buffer of 9 MB per channel (approx. 4min of CIF resolution video at 4 frames per second)
Pan/Tilt/Zoom
Wide range of analog PTZ cameras supported*
20 presets/camera, Guard tour, PTZ control queue
Supports Windows compatible joysticks
*Drivers available for download at www.axis.com
Connectors
Analog composite video, NTSC/PAL autosensing inputs:
AXIS 241Q: 4 BNC inputs
AXIS 241S: 1 BNC input and 1 BNC output: loopthrough or
Y/C video input
Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX, RJ-45
Terminal block: 4 alarm inputs, 4 alarm outputs,
RS-485/422 half duplex port, alternative power connection
D-Sub for RS-232 port
Casing
Metal casing. Standalone, stackable, or with brackets for wall or cage mount
Processors and memory
CPU: ETRAX 100LX
Video processing and compression: ARTPEC-2
RAM: 64MB (241Q), 32 MB (241S)
Flash: 8 MB
Battery backed up by real-time clock
Power
7-20 V DC, max 8W
Operating conditions
5-50 ºC (41-122 ºF)
Humidity 20-80% RH (non-condensing)
Installation, management and maintenance
AXIS Camera Management tool on CD and web-based configuration
Configuration of backup and restore
Firmware upgrades over HTTP or FTP, firmware available at
www.axis.com
Video access from Web browser
Camera live view for up to 20 clients,
Video recording to file (ASF),
Squence tour for up to 20 PTZ presets or external Axis video sources
Customizable HTML pages
Minimum Web browsing requirements
Pentium III CPU 500 MHz or higher, or equivalent AMD,128MB RAM, AGP graphics card 32 MB RAM, Direct Draw
Windows XP, 2000, DirectX 9.0 or later Internet Explorer 6.x or later
System integration support
Open API for application integration, including VAPIX® from Axis Communications*, AXIS Media Control SDK*, event
trigger data in video stream, embedded scripting
Quality of Service (QoS) Layer 3, DiffServ Model
Watchdog ensures continuous operation, event notifications can be monitored by other systems
Embedded Linux operating system
* Available at www.axis.com
Supported protocols
IPv4/v6, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS*, TCP, QoS, SNMPv1/v2c/v3 (MIB-II), RTSP, RTP, UDP, IGMP, RTCP, SMTP, FTP,
ICMP DHCP, UPnP, Bonjour, ARP, DNS, DynDNS, SOCKS, IEEE802.1X. More information on protocol usage available at www.axis.com
*This product includes software developed by the Open SSL Project for use in the Open SSL Toolkit.
Applications (not included)
AXIS Camera Station - Surveillance application for viewing, recording and archiving up to 25 cameras
See www.axis.com/partner/adp_partners.htm for further software applications via partners
Included Accessories
Power supply 9 V DC, mounting brackets, connector kit, Installation Guide, CD with installation tool, software and User’s Manual.
MPEG-4 decoder (Windows), MPEG-4 licences (1 encoder,1 decoder)
Accessories (not included)
AXIS 295 Video Surveillance Joystick
MPEG-4 Decoder multi-user license pack
Cable adapter Y/C to BNC (AXIS 241S)
Approvals
EN 55022 Class B, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3,
EN 55024, FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B,
ICES-003 Class B, VCCI Class B, C-tick AS/NZS CISPR 22
EN 60950
Power supply: EN 60950, UL, cUL
Dimensions (HxWxD) and weight
42 x 140 x 155 mm (1.7” x 5.5” x 6.1”)
540 g (1.2 lbs) excl. power supply
