Axis 02463-001 User manual

AXISQ3538-SLVEDomeCamera
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AXISQ3538-SLVEDomeCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................3
Installation................................................5
Previewmode..................................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................8
etuprulesforevents...........................................9
Audio.........................................................13
Thedeviceinterface.........................................14
tatus........................................................14
Video.........................................................15
Audio.........................................................24
Recordings.....................................................26
Apps..........................................................26
ystem........................................................27
Maintenance...................................................44
Learnmore................................................46
Viewarea......................................................46
Capturemodes.................................................46
Remotefocusandzoom..........................................46
Privacymasks..................................................47
Overlays.......................................................47
treamingandstorage...........................................47
Applications....................................................50
ecurity.......................................................51
Specications..............................................52
Productoverview................................................52
LEDindicators..................................................52
Dcardslot....................................................53
Buttons.......................................................53
Connectors....................................................53
Cleaningrecommendations...................................56
Troubleshooting............................................57
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................57
Firmwareoptions...............................................57
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................57
Upgradethermware............................................57
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................58
Performanceconsiderations.......................................59
Contactsupport.................................................60
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXIIPUtilityorAXIDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browerupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®afari®
Windows®recommendedxx
macO®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
Openthedevice'webpage
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXIIPUtilityorAXIDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.eeSetanew
passwordfortherootaccountonpage3.
Verifythatnoonehatamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.eeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage7.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Setanewpawordfortherootaccount
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyoulogintothedevice.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.eeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickAdduser.
Important
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage7andfollowtheinstructions.
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Securepaword
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
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Installation
Installation
Previewmode
Previewmodeisidealforinstallerswhennetuningthecameraviewduringtheinstallation.Nologinisrequiredtoaccessthe
cameraviewinpreviewmode.Itisavailableonlyinfactorydefaultedstateforalimitedtimefrompoweringupthedevice.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=76243&section=preview-mode
Thisvideodemonstratehowtousepreviewmode.
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Congureyourdevice
Congureyourdevice
Adjuttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage46.
Selectexpouremode
Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideo>Image>xposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
electthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
electthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionbyuingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Butasthevisiblelightdiminishes,colorimagesbecomeless
brightandclear.Ifyouswitchtonightmodewhenthishappens,thecamerausesbothvisibleandnear-infraredlighttodeliverbright
anddetailedblack-and-whiteimagesinstead.Youcansetthecameratoswitchtonightmodeautomatically.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosetatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoswitchtonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.
Reducenoieinlow-lightcondition
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoVideo>Image>xposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
slidertowardLownoise.
•ettheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Ifpossible,opentheaperture.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage,underVideo>Image>Appearance.
Handlecenewithtrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
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ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoxposureandadjustthexposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Stabilizeahakyimagewithelectronicimagetabilization(EIS)
ElectronicImagetabilization(EI)canbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjectto
vibrations,forexample,windorpassingtrafc.
EImakestheimagesmoother,steadierandlessblurry.Italsoreducesthelesizeofthecompressedimageandlowersthe
bitrateofthevideostream.
Note
TheimageiscroppedslightlywhenEIisenabled,loweringthemaximumresolution.
1.GotoVideo>Installation>Imagecorrection.
2.TurnonImagestabilization.
Hidepartoftheimagewithprivacymak
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
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2.Click.
3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,clickPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
eealsoPrivacymasksonpage47
Straightenakewedimage
Youcanstraightenaskewedimagebyrotatingandcroppingitdigitally.Duetothecropping,apartoftheoriginalimageislost.
Thefunctionalityisusefulduringinstallation.
Theillustrationshowsbeforeandafteranimagehasbeenstraightened.
1.GotoVideo>Installation>Imagecorrection.
2.TurnonStraightenimage.
3.Usethecontrolstoadjusttheimage.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage47.
Reducebandwidthandtorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanresultinlossofdetailsintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.electVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
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5.GotoVideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneormoreofthefollowing:
-electtheZipstreamlevelthatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthedevicedoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
Setupnetworktorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.ClickAddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.electtheMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.electAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
congured.
8.ClickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickand.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage9
3.Tostoprecording,clickagain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordinginthelist.
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Setupruleforevent
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Sendanemailifthecameracaingiopened
Thisexampleshowshowtosetupanevent,thatsendsanemailnotication,ifthecameracasingisopened.
Addanemailrecipient:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarecipient.
2.Enteranamefortherecipient.
3.Inthelistofdifferentrecipienttypes,selectmail.
4.Entertheemailaddressthatyouwanttosendtheemailsto.
5.Entertheemailaddressandallotherrequiredinformationfortheserveryouwanttosendtheemailsfrom.
6.ClickSave.
Createtherule:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarule.
2.Enteranamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underDevicestatus,selectCasingopen.
4.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemail.
5.Inthelistofrecipients,selecttherecipientyoucreated.
6.EnteraSubjectandaMessageforyouremail.
7.ClickSave.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.electtheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.electwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectanobject
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheDcardwhenthecameradetectsanobject.Therecording
willincludevesecondsbeforedetectionandoneminuteafterdetectionends.
Beforeyoustart:
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•MakesureyouhaveanDcardinstalled.
MakesurethatAXIObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.tarttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.electacameraandastreamprole.
7.ettheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.etthepostbuffertimeto1minute.
9.ClickSave.
Showatextoverlayinthevideotreamwhenthedevicedetectanobject
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
MakesurethatAXIObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.tarttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,clickandselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
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5.electavideochannel.
6.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
7.ettheduration.
8.ClickSave.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectimpact
hockdetectionallowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationsorshock.Vibrationsduetotheenvironmentortoan
objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis
throwingrocksatthecameraafterhoursandyouwouldliketogetavideoclipoftheevent.
Turnonshockdetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Shockdetection.
2.Turnonshockdetection,andsetavaluefortheshocksensitivity.
Createarule:
3.GotoSystem>vents>Rulesandaddarule.
4.Typeanamefortherule.
5.Inthelistofconditions,underDevicestatus,selectShockdetected.
6.Click+toaddasecondcondition.
7.Inthelistofconditions,underScheduledandrecurring,selectScheduledevent.
8.Inthelistofschedules,selectAfterhours.
9.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
10.electwheretosavetherecordings.
11.electaCamera.
12.ettheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
13.etthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
14.ClickSave.
Detecttamperingwithinputignal
Thisexampleexplainshowtosendanemailwhentheinputsignaliscutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage4.
1.GotoSystem>AccessoriesandturnonSupervisedfortherelevantport.
Addanemailrecipient:
1.GotoSystem>vents>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
2.Typeanamefortherecipient.
3.electmail.
4.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
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5.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soithastologintoanotheremailservertosendmails.Fillintherestofthe
informationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
6.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
7.ClickSave.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>vents>Rulesandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underI/O,selectSupervisedinputtamperingisactive.
4.electtherelevantport.
5.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselecttherecipientfromthelist.
6.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
7.ClickSave.
Audio
Addaudiotoyourrecording
Turnonaudio:
1.GotoVideo>Stream>Audioandincludeaudio.
2.Ifthedevicehasmorethanoneinputsource,selectthecorrectoneinSource.
3.GotoAudio>Devicesettingsandturnonthecorrectinputsource.
4.Ifyoumakeanychangestotheinputsource,clickApplychanges.
Editthestreamprolethatisusedfortherecording:
5.GotoSystem>Streamprolesandselectthestreamprole.
6.electIncludeaudioandturniton.
7.ClickSave.
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Thedeviceinterface
Thedeviceinterface
Toreachthedeviceinterface,typethedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.
Note
upportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
howorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
etlightthemeordarktheme.
Theusermenucontains:
•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
•Changeuser:Logoutthecurrentuserandloginanewuser.
•Logout:Logoutthecurrentuser.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:hareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedeviceinterfacetothelegacydeviceinterface.
Statu
Security
howswhatkindsofaccesstothedevicethatareactive,andwhatencryptionprotocolsareinuse.Recommendationstothe
settingsarebasedontheAXIOHardeningGuide.
Hardeningguide:ClicktogotoAXISOSHardeningguidewhereyoucanlearnmoreabouthowtoapplycybersecuritybest
practices.
Timesyncstatus
howsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
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howsdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
Connectedclients
Viewdetails:Clicktoshowallclientsthatareconnectedtothedevice.
Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatisapplied
fromthespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactual
compressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexampletotestexternal
devices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktomanuallyturnonorturnoffthewhitelight.
Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.
•Customcontrols:ClickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.
tartsthewasher.Whenthesequencestarts,thecameramovestotheconguredpositiontoreceivethewash
spray.Whenthewholewashsequenceiscompleted,thecamerareturnstoitspreviousposition.Thisiconisonlyvisiblewhenthe
washerisconnectedandcongured.
tartsthewiper.
Addsorremovesafocusrecallarea.Whenyouaddafocusrecallarea,thecamerasavesthefocussettingsat
thatspecicpan/tiltrange.Whenyouhavesetafocusrecallareaandthecameraentersthatareaintheliveview,thecamera
recallsthepreviouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfoftheareaforthecameratorecallthefocus.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
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Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
•Videoformat:electtheencodingformattouseintheliveview.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toimprove
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Pixelcounter:Clicktoshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
•Refresh:Clicktorefreshthestillimageintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressECtoexitfullscreenmode.
Intallation
Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchange
thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowthecameraismounted.
Powerlinefrequency:electthefrequencythatisusedinyourregiontominimizeimageicker.TheAmericanregions
usuallyuse60Hz.Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,check
withthelocalauthorities.
Rotate:electthepreferredimageorientation.
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Zoom:Usetheslidertoadjustthezoomlevel.
Autofocusafterzooming:Toggletoturnonautofocusafterzooming.
Autofocusarea:Clicktoshowtheautofocusarea.Thisareashouldincludetheareaofinterest.
Autofocus:Clicktomakethecamerafocusontheselectedarea.Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocuses
ontheentirescene.
Resetfocus:Clicktomakethefocusreturntoitsoriginalposition.
Focus:Usetheslidertosetthefocusmanually.
Imagecorrection
Important
Werecommendyounottousemultipleimagecorrectionfeaturesatthesametime,sinceitcanleadtoperformanceissues.
Barreldistortioncorrection(BDC):Turnontogetastraighterimageifitsuffersfrombarreldistortion.Barreldistortion
isalenseffectthatmakestheimageappearcurvedandbentoutwards.Theconditionisseenmoreclearlywhentheimageis
zoomedout.
Crop:Usetheslidertoadjustthecorrectionlevel.Alowerlevelmeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpenseof
imageheightandresolution.Ahigherlevelmeansthatimageheightandresolutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
Removedistortion:Usetheslidertoadjustthecorrectionlevel.Puckermeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpense
ofimageheightandresolution.Bloatmeansthatimageheightandresolutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
Imagestabilization:Turnontogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithlessblur.Werecommendthatyouuseimage
stabilizationinenvironmentswherethedeviceismountedinanexposedlocationandsubjecttovibrationsdueto,forexample,
windorpassingtrafc.
Focallength:Usetheslidertoadjustthefocallength.Ahighervalueleadstohighermagnicationandanarrowerangle
ofview,whilealowervalueleadstoalowermagnicationandawiderangleofview.
Stabilizermargin:Usetheslidertoadjustthesizeofthestabilizermargin,whichdeterminesthelevelofvibrationto
stabilize.Iftheproductismountedinanenvironmentwithalotofvibration,movetheslidertowardsMax.Asaresult,asmaller
sceneiscaptured.Iftheenvironmenthaslessvibration,movetheslidertowardsMin.
Straightenimage:Turnonandusetheslidertostraightentheimagehorizontallybyrotatingandcroppingitdigitally.The
functionalityisusefulwhenit’snotpossibletomountthecameraexactlylevel.Ideally,straightentheimageduringinstallation.
:Clicktoshowasupportinggridintheimage.
:Clicktohidethegrid.
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Theimagebeforeandafterithasbeenstraightened.
Image
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisible.
Localcontrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervaluemakesthecontrasthigherbetween
darkandlightareas.
Tonemapping:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappliedtotheimage.Ifthevalueissetto
zeroonlythestandardgammacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityofthedarkestandbrightest
partsintheimage.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominglight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecolorslookmore
natural.Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefromthelist.
Theautomaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetype
oflightsourceinascene,thatistheydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinglightsourceactsasareferenceforthe
automaticwhitebalancealgorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatmatches
thelightsourceyouwanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisisthe
recommendedsettingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlighting
andgoodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound
5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.
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•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlightscommon
instreetlighting.
•Streetlight–sodium:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiumvapor
lightscommoninstreetlighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforlightchanges.
•Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwant
thecameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalancemanually.
Day-nightmode
IR-cutlter:
•Auto:electtoautomaticallyturnonandofftheIR-cutlter.Whenthecameraisindaymode,theIR-cutlter
isturnedonandblocksincominginfraredlight,andwheninnightmode,theIR-cutlteristurnedoffandthe
camera’slightsensitivityincreases.
•On:electtoturnontheIR-cutlter.Theimageisincolor,butwithreducedlightsensitivity.
•Off:electtoturnofftheIR-cutlter.Theimageisinblackandwhiteforincreasedlightsensitivity.
Threshold:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightthresholdwherethecamerachangesfromdaymodetonightmode.
•MovetheslidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmode
earlier.
•MovetheslidertowardsDarktoincreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmodelater.
IRlight
Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuilt-inillumination,thesecontrolsareonlyavailablewhenyouhaveconnectedasupportingAxis
accessory.
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausethebuilt-inlightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizetheilluminationwiththesurroundinglight.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnightonlyworksiftheIR-cutlterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautomaticilluminationangle.
Illuminationangle:Usetheslidertomanuallysettheilluminationangle,forexampleiftheangleneedstobedifferent
fromthecamera’sangleofview.Ifthecamerahasawideangleofview,youcansettheilluminationangletoanarrowerangle,
whichequalsagreaterteleposition.Thiswillresultindarkcornersintheimage.
IRwavelength:electthedesiredwavelengthfortheIRlight.
Whitelight
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausewhitelightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizethewhitelightwiththesurroundinglight.
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xposure
xposuremode:electanexposuremodetoreducerapidlychangingirregulareffectsintheimage,forexampleickerproduced
bydifferenttypesoflightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyour
powernetwork.
•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gainandshutterautomatically.
•Automaticaperture:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomatically.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
•Flicker-free:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusesonlythefollowingshutter
speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
•Flicker-free50Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flicker-free60Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
•Flicker-reduced:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan
1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced50Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/100sforbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced60Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/120sforbrighterscenes.
•Manual:Theaperture,gainandshutterarexed.
xposurezone:Useexposurezonestooptimizetheexposureinaselectedpartofthescene,forexample,theareainfront
ofanentrancedoor.
Note
Theexposurezonesarerelatedtotheoriginalimage(unrotated),andthenamesofthezonesapplytotheoriginalimage.
Thismeans,forexample,thatifthevideostreamisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecomestheRightzoneinthe
stream,andLeftbecomesLower.
•Automatic:uitableformostsituations.
•Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand
positionintheliveview.
•Full:Usestheentireliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Upper:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Lower:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositioninthelowerpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Left:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheleftpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Right:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherightpartoftheimagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Custom:Usesanareaintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.
Maxshutter:electtheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestimage.Lowshutterspeeds(longerexposure)mightcausemotionblur
whenthereismovement,andatoohighshutterspeedmightaffecttheimagequality.Maxshutterworkswithmaxgainto
improvetheimage.
Maxgain:electthesuitablemaxgain.Ifyouincreasethemaxgain,itimprovesthevisiblelevelofdetailindarkimages,but
alsoincreasesthenoiselevel.Morenoisecanalsoresultinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorage.Ifyousetthemaxgain
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