Axis P9106-V User manual

AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISP9106-VNetworkCamera
TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Productoverview...........................................4
Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................5
Setup.....................................................6
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................6
Imagequality...................................................6
Overlays.......................................................8
treamingandstorage...........................................9
Events........................................................10
Applications....................................................11
Addaudiotoyourproduct........................................11
Troubleshooting............................................13
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................13
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................13
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................13
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................14
Performanceconsiderations.......................................15
Specications..............................................17
LEDIndicators..................................................17
Dcardslot....................................................17
Buttons.......................................................17
Connectors....................................................18
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Solutionoeriew
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Productoeriew
Productoeriew
1StatusLED
2microSDcardslot
3Focusring
4Controlbutton
5Networkconnector(PoE
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
Howtoaccesstheproduct
AXIIPUtilityandAXIDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•Windows®:ChromeTM(recommended),Firefox®,Edge®,orOpera®
•OX®:ChromeTM(recommended)orafari®
•Otheroperatingsystems:ChromeTMorFirefox®.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support
Howtoaccessthedeviceromabrowser
1.tartawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdeviceinthebrowser’saddresseld.
ToaccessthedevicefromaMaccomputer(OX),gotoafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-down
list.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXIIPUtilitytolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Forinformationabouthow
todiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
devicepageataxis.com.
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimethedeviceisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured,gotoSetasecurepasswordfortherootaccountonpage5.
4.Thedevice’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.eeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
Imagequality
Howtoselectexposuremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Aboutviewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Howtohidepartsotheimagewithprivacymasks
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolor.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
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Howtocreateaprivacymask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
Howtoenhanceacialrecognition
Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.
1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof
therectangle.
Note
Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.
Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Makesurethattheexposuremodeisautomatic.
Note
Increasingthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
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Howtohandlesceneswithstrongbacklight
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
Howtomaximizedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.
•etthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•electMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
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MakesuretheAXIVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>pps>XISVideoMotionDetection.
2.tarttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createanactionrule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>ctionrules.
8.CreateanactionrulewithAXIVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
9.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
10.Type“Motiondetected”.
11.ettheduration.
Streamingandstorage
Howtochoosevideocompressionormat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/VC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
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2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFP.
Howtosetupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
Events
Aboutevents
Theeventpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.
Howtotriggeranaction
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetupanactionrule.Theactionruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertain
actions.Actionrulescanbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.
2.electwhatTriggermustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,all
ofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
3.electwhichctionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiveactionrule,theactionruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.
Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesuretheAXIVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>pps>XISVideoMotionDetection.
2.tarttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
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Createanactionrule:
4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.
5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectpplicationsandthenselectXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.
8.electanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
9.Enableandsetthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.
10.EnableWhiletheruleisactive.
11.Enableandsetthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.
12.electSDcardfromthelistofstorageoptions.
13.ClickOk.
Applications
Aboutapplications
AXICameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com
Note
•everalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
Addaudiotoyourproduct
Addaudiocapabilitytoyourproduct
EventhoughyourAxisnetworkvideoproducthasnobuilt-inaudiocapability,itisstillpossibletoaddthisfunctionality,byusinga
productfromtheAXIT61eriesAudioandI/OInterface(suppliedseparately),whicheffectivelyprovidesmicrophonecapability
whereitdoesnotexist.
ThissetuprequirestheAXIT61eriesproduct(2)tobeconnectedbetweenyourAxisnetworkvideodevice(1)andthePoE
switch(3)providingpower.
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Oncethevariousdevicesarecorrectlyconnected,therewillbeanaudiotabinthesettingsforyourAxisnetworkvideoproduct.
TheAXIT61eriesproductcanbeusedtogoodeffectinsituationssuchasinterviewrooms.TheAxisnetworkvideoproductis
mountedonthewallorceilingtogivegoodvisualcoverage,whiletheAXIT61eriesproductcanbemounted,forexample,onor
abovetheinterviewtable.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support
Howtoresettoactorydeaultsettings
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.eeProductoverviewonpage4.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support
Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.Clickbout.
Howtoupgradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Important
Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
Note
Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware
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1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware
2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.
3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the
productrestartsautomatically.
AXIDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-device-manager
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions
Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support
Problemsupgradingthermware
FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,theproductreloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason
isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourproductandtryagain.
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
Theproductislocatedona
differentsubnet
IftheIPaddressintendedfortheproductandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
productarelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.
TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice
DisconnecttheAxisproductfromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DO
window,typepingandtheIPaddressoftheproduct):
•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstalltheproduct.
•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisproduct.Checkallcablingandreinstalltheproduct.
PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet
ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisproductisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingtheproduct.
Theproductcannotbeaccessedfromabrowser
CannotloginWhenHTTPisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTP)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,theproductmustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
eeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.
TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXIIPUtilityorAXIDeviceManagertolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Identify
theproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductmustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime
Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
RoutercongurationCheckthatyourrouterallowsincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct.Theroutermustsupport
UPnP®.
FirewallprotectionChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.
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Problemswithstreaming
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
•eePerformanceconsiderationsonpage15.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Logintotheproduct’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.
Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum
resolutiondependingontheproductusedandcapturemodesavailable.
•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)of
theAxisproduct.
Problemsretrievingadditionalvideostreams
‘VideoError’displayedin
AXICompanion,or
‘tream:Error.omething
wentwrong.Maybethere
aretoomanyviewers.’in
Chrome/Firefox,or
‘503serviceunavailable’
errorinQuickTime,or
‘Cameranot
available’displayedin
AXICameratation,or
‘Errorreadingvideostream’
messageinbrowserwhen
usingtheJavaapplet
Thiscameraisdesignedtodeliveruptofourdifferentstreams.Ifafthuniquestreamisrequested,
thecamerawillnotbeabletoprovideit,andanerrormessageisdisplayed.Theerrormessage
dependsonthewaythestreamisrequested.Thestreamsareusedonarstcome,rstserved
basis.Examplesofinstancesusingastreamare:
•Liveviewinginawebbrowserorotherapplication
•Whilerecording-continuousormotiontriggeredrecording
•Aneventusingimagesonthecamera,forexampleaneventsendingane-mailwithan
imageeveryhour
•Aninstalledandrunningapplication,suchasAXIVideoMotionDetection,willalways
consumeavideostream,whetheritisusedornot.Astoppedapplicationdoesnot
consumeavideostream.
Thecameracandelivermorethanfoursimultaneousstreamsprovidedthecongurationofany
additionalstreamisidenticaltoanyoftherstfourstreams.Identicalcongurationimpliesexactly
thesameresolution,framerate,compression,videoformat,rotationetc.Formoreinformationsee
thewhitepaper“Maxnumberofuniquevideostreamcongurations”,availableataxis.com
Perormanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.omefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
•RotatingthelensmanuallywillresultinbetterperformancecomparedtorotatingtheimagefromtheGUI.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
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•imultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.treamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXICameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
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Specifications
Specifications
Tondthelatestversionoftheproduct’sdatasheet,gototheproductpageataxis.comandlocateSupport&Documentation.
LEDIndicators
Note
•ThetatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashwhileaneventisactive.
•ThetatusLEDcanbeconguredtoashforidentifyingtheunit.GotoSettings>System>Plaincong.
StatusLEDIndication
UnlitConnectionandnormaloperation.
Greenhowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.
Amberteadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.
Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.
RedFirmwareupgradefailure.
Note
Amberisacombinationofredandgreen,andcanbeperceivedaseitherofthesecolorsdependingonviewingangle.
SDcardslot
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
•RiskofdamagetoDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe
Dcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.
•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheDcard
fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.
ThisproductsupportsmicroD/microDHC/microDXCcards.
ForDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com
microD,microDHC,andmicroDXCLogosaretrademarksofD-3CLLC.microD,microDHC,microDXCare
trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofD-3C,LLCintheUnitedtates,othercountriesorboth.
Buttons
Controlbutton
Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:
•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.eeHowtoresettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage13.
•ConnectingtoanAXIVideoHostingystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe
statusLEDashesgreen.
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Connectors
HDMIConnector
TheHDMITMconnectorisnotusedbythisproductanditisnotpossibletogetavideostreamfromit.
Networkconnector
RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).
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