Axis M4308-PLE User manual

AXISM4308-PLEPanoramicCamera
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AXISM4308-PLEPanoramicCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................3
Webpageoverview..............................................4
Installation................................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................0
Setuprulesforevents...........................................2
Audio.........................................................7
Cleaningrecommendations...................................8
Thedeviceinterface.........................................9
Status........................................................9
Video.........................................................20
Audio.........................................................28
Recordings.....................................................29
Apps..........................................................29
System........................................................30
Maintenance...................................................47
Learnmore................................................48
Viewarea......................................................48
Capturemodes.................................................48
Privacymasks..................................................48
Overlays.......................................................48
Streamingandstorage...........................................48
Applications....................................................5
Troubleshooting............................................54
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................54
Firmwareoptions...............................................54
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................54
Upgradethermware............................................55
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................55
Performanceconsiderations.......................................57
Needmorehelp?................................................57
Specications..............................................58
Productoverview................................................58
LEDindicators..................................................58
SDcardslot....................................................58
Buttons.......................................................59
Connectors....................................................59
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Getstarte
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browerupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®
Windows®recommendedrecommended
macOS®recommendedrecommended
Linux®recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewitiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'webpage
.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordforterootaccountonpage3.
Verifythatnoonehatamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage54.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Setanewpawordfortherootaccount
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyoulogintothedevice.
.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickAdduser.
Important
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage54andfollowtheinstructions.
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Securepaword
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/71813#t10157625
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Installation
Installation
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/71813#t10162017
InstallationtutorialAXISM4308-PLE,AXISM3077-PLVE,AXISM3057-PLVEMkII
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Configureyourevice
Adjuttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage48.
Rotatetheimagewithdigitalroll
Note
Ifyourotatetheimage,allviewsareaffected.
Torotatethe360°view,gotoVideo>Image>rientationandusetheRollslider.
Youcanalsoenteravaluefortherollangleinthetexteld.
Note
Ifdigitalrollislessthan-90°,ormorethan+90°,thentheleftandtherightaudiochannelsswitchplaceautomatically.This
meansthatwhentheimageisrotated,soistheaudio.
Congurethequadview
Note
Quadviewisavailableinthesemountingpositions:
•Desk
•Ceiling
.ClickandselectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.SelectQuadviewamongthelivefeedsources.
3.GotoSettings>System>rientationandclick.
4.Tochangethevieworder,draganddroptheyellowboxes.
Aboutcapturemode
Capturemodesetstheboundariesofthevideoimage,affectinghowtheimageiscapturedandprocessed.Beyondaspectratioand
resolution,itaffectsmanyothersettingsaswell,suchas,exposurezones,guardtours,imageoverlays,motiondetection(include
areasandexcludeareas),presetpositions,privacymasks,andviewareas.Thefollowingcapturemodesareavailable:
ViewVideoimageboundaries
verview
Panorama
DoublePanorama
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QuadView
ViewAreas1-4
CornerLeft/Right
DoubleCorner
Corridor
Selectcapturemode
Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com.
Levelthecamera
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaorobject,usethelevelingguideincombinationwiththedigitalrollsliderinthe
camera.
.GotoSettings>System>rientationandclick.
2.AdjustthecamerabyusingDigitalrolluntilthepositionofthereferenceareaorobject,isalignedwiththelevelingguide.
Selectexpouremode
Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideo>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
OptimizeIRillumination
Dependingontheinstallationenvironmentandtheconditionsaroundthecamera,forexampleexternallightsourcesinthescene,
youcansometimesimprovetheIRilluminationifyoumanuallyadjusttheintensityoftheLEDs.
.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode.
2.TurnonAllowillumination.
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3.GotoandselectManual.
4.Adjusttheintensity.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionbyuingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Butasthevisiblelightdiminishes,colorimagesbecomeless
brightandclear.Ifyouswitchtonightmodewhenthishappens,thecamerausesbothvisibleandnear-infraredlighttodeliverbright
anddetailedblack-and-whiteimagesinstead.Youcansetthecameratoswitchtonightmodeautomatically.
.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosetatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoswitchtonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.
Reducenoieinlow-lightcondition
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlur-noise
trade-offslidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
Reducemotionblurinlow-lightcondition
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinVideo>Image>Exposure:
•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.
•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Maximizethedetailinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizethedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•GotoVideo>Stream>Generalandsetthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•Belowtheliveviewimage,clickandinVideoformat,selectMJPEG.
•GotoH.264andH.265encodingandturnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
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Handlecenewithtrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
ImagewitoutWDR.
ImagewitWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
.GotoVideo>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Hidepartoftheimagewithprivacymak
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click.
3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,expandPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
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SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage28
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
.GotoVideo>verlays.
2.SelectImageandclick.
3.GototheImagestab.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.ClickUpload.
6.GototheManageoverlaytab.
7.Selecttheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Showatextoverlayinthevideotreamwhenthedevicedetectanobject
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
.GotoVideo>verlays.
2.Underverlays,selectTextandclick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,clickandselectanoption.
Createarule:
.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
4.Selectavideochannel.
5.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
6.Settheduration.
7.ClickSave.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.
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Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage48.
Reducebandwidthandtorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanresultinlossofdetailsintheimage.
.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.SelectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneormoreofthefollowing:
-SelecttheZipstreamlevelthatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
Setupnetworktorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.ClickAddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.SelectAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
congured.
8.ClickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
.GotoVideo>Image.
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2.Tostartarecording,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickand.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage11
3.Tostoprecording,clickagain.
Watchvideo
.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordinginthelist.
Setupruleforevent
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwitrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectanobject
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeminuteafter.
.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
4.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
5.Selectacameraandastreamprole.
6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
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7.Setthepostbuffertimetominute.
8.ClickSave.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectloudnoie
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseand
tostoptwominutesafter.
Turnonaudio:
.Setupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeAddaudiotoyourrecordingonpage17.
Turnonaudiodetection:
.GotoSystem>Detectors>Audiodetection.
2.Adjustthesoundlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underAudio,selectAudioDetection.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideo.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.Selectthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedon.
7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertimeto2minutes.
9.ClickSave.
Provideviualindicationofanongoingevent
YouhavetheoptiontoconnecttheAXISI/OIndicationLEDtoyournetworkcamera.ThisLEDcanbeconguredtoturnonwhenever
certaineventsoccurinthecamera.Forexample,toletpeopleknowthatvideorecordingisinprogress.
Requiredhardware
•AXISI/OIndicationLED
•AnAxisnetworkvideocamera
Note
AXISI/OIndicationLEDshouldbeconnectedtoanoutputport.
Note
ForinstructionsonhowtoconnecttheAXISI/OIndicationLED,seetheinstallationguideprovidedwiththeproduct.
ThefollowingexampleshowshowtocongurearulethatturnsontheAXISI/OIndicationLEDtoindicatethatcameraisrecording.
.GotoSystem>Accessories>I/ports.
2.MakesurethattheportyouconnectedtheAXISI/OIndicationLEDtoissettoutput.SetthenormalstatetoCircuitopen.
3.GotoSystem>Events.
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4.Createanewrule.
5.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggerthecameratostartrecording.Itcan,forexample,beatimescheduleor
motiondetection.
6.Inthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.Selectastoragespace.Selectastreamproleorcreateanew.Alsosetthe
PrebufferandPostbufferasrequired.
7.Savetherule.
8.CreateasecondruleandselectthesameConditionasintherstrule.
9.Inthelistofactions,selectToggleI/whiletheruleisactive,andthenselecttheporttheAXISI/OIndicationLEDis
connectedto.SetthestatetoActive.
0.Savetherule.
OtherscenarioswhereAXISI/OIndicationLEDcanbeusedareforexample:
•ConguretheLEDtoturnonwhenthecamerastarts,toindicatethepresenceofthecamera.SelectSystemreadyas
acondition.
•ConguretheLEDtoturnonwhenlivestreamisactivetoindicatethatapersonoraprogramisaccessingastreamfrom
thecamera.SelectLivestreamaccessedasacondition.
CongureI/Oport
Youneedtoconnecttheswitchrelaytothecamerafromthecamera’swebpage.First,conguretheI/Oports:
SetthePIRdetectortoaninputport
.GotoSystem>Accessories>I/ports.
2.SetthedirectiontoInputforport.
3.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename,forexample“PIRdetector”.
4.TotriggeraneventwheneverthePIRdetectorsensesmotion,setthenormalstatetoCircuitopen.
Settheswitchrelaytoanoutputport
.Setthedirectiontoutputforport2.
2.Givetheoutputmoduleadescriptivename,forexample“Gateswitch”.
3.Toopenthegatewheneveraneventistriggered,setthenormalstatetoCircuitclosed.
Createrule
ForthecameratoopenthegatewhenthePIRdetectorsensessomeonenearby,youneedtocreatearuleinthecamera:
.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule,forexample“Opengate”.
3.Inthelistofconditions,selectPIRdetector.
4.Inthelistofactions,selectToggleI/once.
5.Inthelistofports,selectGateswitch.
6.SetstatetoActive.
7.Settheduration.
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8.ClickSave.
9.Createanotherrulewiththename“Directthecameratothegate".
0.Selectthesameinputsignalasbefore,butasactionselectthepreviouslycreated“Gateentrance”presetposition.
.ClickSave.
Setuptheintruionalarm
Usetheintrusionalarmswitchto,forexample,sendanoticationifsomeoneopensthecamerahousing.
Beforeyoustart
•Connecttheintrusionalarmswitchtopin(ground)andpin3(digitalinput)ofthecamera’sI/Oconnector.
Conguretheinputport
.GotoSystem>Accessories>I/ports.
2.ForPort1:
2.SelectCircuitclosed.
Addarecipient:
3.GotoSystem>Events>RecipientsandclickAddrecipient.
4.Typeanamefortherecipient.
5.SelectEmail.
6.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
7.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soitwillneedtologintoanotheremailservertobeabletosendmails.Fill
intherestoftheinformationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
8.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
9.ClickSave.
Createarule
0.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
.Typeanamefortherule.
2.Inthelistofconditions,underI/,selectDigitalinput.
3.Inthelistofports,selectPort1.
4.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemail.
5.SelectarecipientfromthelistorgotoRecipientstocreateanewrecipient.
Tocreateanewrecipient,click.Tocopyanexistingrecipient,click.
6.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
7.ClickSave.
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Detecttamperingwithinputignal
Thisexampleexplainshowtosendanemailwhentheinputsignaliscutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage59.
.GotoSystem>AccessoriesandturnonSupervised.
Addanemailrecipient:
.GotoSystem>Events>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
2.Typeanamefortherecipient.
3.SelectEmail.
4.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
5.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soithastologintoanotheremailservertosendmails.Fillintherestofthe
informationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
6.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
7.ClickSave.
Createarule:
.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underI/,selectDigitalinput.
4.Selecttherelevantport.
5.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselecttherecipientfromthelist.
6.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
7.ClickSave.
Sendanemailautomaticallyifomeonepraypaintthelen
Activatethetamperingdetection:
.GotoSystem>Detectors>Cameratampering.
2.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.
3.TurnonTriggerondarkimagestodetectifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.
Addanemailrecipient:
4.GotoSystem>Events>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
5.Typeanamefortherecipient.
6.SelectEmail.
7.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
8.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soithastologintoanotheremailservertosendmails.Fillintherestofthe
informationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
9.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
0.ClickSave.
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Createarule:
.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underVideo,selectTampering.
4.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselecttherecipientfromthelist.
5.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
6.ClickSave.
Audio
Addaudiotoyourrecording
.GotoVideo>Stream>Audioandincludeaudio.
2.Ifthedevicehasmorethanoneinputsource,selectthecorrectoneinSource.
3.GotoAudio>Devicesettingsandturnonthecorrectinputsource.
4.Ifyoumakeanychangestotheinputsource,clickActivatechanges.
5.Editthestreamprolethatisusedfortherecording:
5.GotoSystem>Streamprolesandselectthestreamprole.
5.2SelectIncludeaudioandturniton.
5.3ClickSave.
Enhancevoice
TurnonVoiceenhancement:
.GotoSettings>Audio.
2.TurnonVoiceenhancement.
Lessvoiceenhancementmeansthatvoicesareenhancedwhileambientsoundisstillpresent.Morevoiceenhancementprioritizes
recordingofspeech,attheexpenseofambientsound.
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Cleaningrecommenations
Cleaningrecommenations
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
Neveruseharshdetergent,forexamplegasoline,benzene,oracetone.
.Useacanofcompressedairtoremoveanydustorloosedirtfromthedevice.
2.Ifnecessary,cleanthelenswithasoftclothdampenedwithlukewarmwater.
Note
Avoidcleaningindirectsunlightoratelevatedtemperatures,asthismaycausestainswhenthewaterdropletsdry.
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Theeviceinterface
Theeviceinterface
YoureachthedeviceinterfacebyenteringtheIPaddressofthedeviceinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlightthemeordarktheme.
Seeinformationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedeviceinterfacetothelegacydeviceinterface.
Statu
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
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Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatisapplied
fromthespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactual
compressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexampletotestexternal
devices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.
•Customcontrols:ClickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
•Videoformat:Selecttheencodingformattouseintheliveview.Ifyouselectaformatwithvideocompression,it
resultsinahigherCPUandmemoryusage.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toincrease
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Pixelcounter:Clicktoshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
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