{"id":130,"date":"2015-06-26T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.2.166\/~webapp\/support\/faq\/wordpress\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:07:03","slug":"how-to-rename-an-axis-camera-in-device-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/130\/how-to-rename-an-axis-camera-in-device-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Rename An Axis Camera In Device ManageR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, your Axis camera&#8217;s name is its model number plus its serial number. If you wish, you may rename your camera through its\u00a0web interface; this new name will then appear in Device ManageR.<\/p>\n<p>To change the name of your Axis camera,\u00a0follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Select your Axis camera in the list of Discovered Devices in Device ManageR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Then select <strong>Open Settings<\/strong>\u00a0from the menu below the camera&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_AXISP3904-R.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6807\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_AXISP3904-R.png\" alt=\"ADM_DiscoveredDevices_AXISP3904-R\" width=\"600\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_AXISP3904-R.png 714w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_AXISP3904-R-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. The camera&#8217;s web interface will open to\u00a0<em>Setup<\/em> page. Select <strong>System Options<\/strong>\u00a0from the navigation bar to the left of the screen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. In the <em>System Options<\/em> menu, select <strong>Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">5. In the <em>Network<\/em> menu, select\u00a0<strong>Bonjour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">6. In\u00a0<em>Friendly name<\/em>, enter the new name for your camera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">7. Select<strong>\u00a0Save.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Axis_Setup_Bonjour_FriendlyName.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6798\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Axis_Setup_Bonjour_FriendlyName.png\" alt=\"Axis_Setup_Bonjour_FriendlyName\" width=\"550\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Axis_Setup_Bonjour_FriendlyName.png 714w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Axis_Setup_Bonjour_FriendlyName-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once Device ManageR scans the network for changes, your Axis camera should appear in the Discovered Devices list with the name you just configured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_DataCenterCamera1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6805\" src=\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_DataCenterCamera1.png\" alt=\"ADM_DiscoveredDevices_DataCenterCamera1\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_DataCenterCamera1.png 714w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ADM_DiscoveredDevices_DataCenterCamera1-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, your Axis camera&#8217;s name is its model number plus its serial number. If you wish, you may rename your camera through its\u00a0web interface; this new name will then appear in Device ManageR. To change the name of your Axis camera,\u00a0follow these steps: 1. Select your Axis camera in the list of Discovered Devices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-device-manager"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Rename An Axis Camera In Device ManageR - AVTECH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/130\/how-to-rename-an-axis-camera-in-device-manager\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Rename An Axis Camera In Device ManageR - AVTECH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By default, your Axis camera&#8217;s name is its model number plus its serial number. 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