Axis AXIS P3227-LV User manual

AXISP32Series
AXISP3227–LV
AXISP3227–LVE
AXISP3228–LV
AXISP3228–LVE
UserManual

AXISP32Series
TableofContents
Systemoverview............................................3
Setup.....................................................4
Howtoaccesstheproduct........................................4
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................5
Aboutapplications..............................................5
Aboutdifcultlightconditions....................................5
Howtoselectexposuremode......................................6
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat............................6
Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage..............................
Aboutevents...................................................
Aboutoverlays..................................................8
Troubleshooting............................................10
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................10
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................10
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................10
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................11
Performanceconsiderations.......................................12
Technicalspecications......................................13
Productoverview................................................13
SDcardslot....................................................16
Buttons.......................................................16
Connectors....................................................16
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Systemoverview
Systemoverview
1AXISP3227–LVEorP3228–LVE
2AXISP3227–LVorP3228–LV
3Surveillancecenter
Thisisanexampleofhowtheproductscanbeinstalledandused.
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Setup
Howtoaccesstheproduct
AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromwww.axis.com/suort
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•ChromeTM(recommended),Firefox®,Edge®,orOpera®withWindows®
•ChromeTM(recommended)orSafari®withOSX®
•ChromeTMorFirefox®withotheroperatingsystems.
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser
1.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebatwww.axis.com/suort
Note
ToshowBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Note
Thecontrolsandlayoutoftheliveviewpagemayhavebeencustomizedtomeetspecicinstallationrequirementsand
userpreferences.Consequently,someoftheexamplesandfunctionsfeaturedheremaydifferfromthosedisplayedin
yourownliveviewpage.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:
•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
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Setapasswordfortherootaccout
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootispermanentandcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproduct
mustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.
1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecureasswordsonage4.
2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-ihelp
Tosetuptheproduct,youneedtoaccesstheproduct’swebpage.Inthewebpageyoucanalsonddetailedinstructionsinthe
product’sbuilt-inhelp.
Aboutapplicatios
AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Forinformationaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotowww.axis.com/alications
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotowww.axis.com
Note
•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
Aboutdifcultlightcoditios
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Usewidedynamicrange
(WDR)tomakebothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
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ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.
YoucanndoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitatwww.axis.com
Howtoselectexposuremode
Thereareseveralexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.IntheImagetab,selectbetweenthefollowingoptions:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlickerfree.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlickerreduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Formoredetailedinstructions,gototheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
Howtochoosevideocompressioformat
Decidingwhichcompressionmethodtochoosedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
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MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Formoreinformation,seewww.axis.com/learning/web-articles/technical-guide-to-network-video/comression-formats
Howtoreducebadwidthadstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlessdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GototheStreamtab.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionality.
-TurnontheGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnonthedynamicFPS.
Aboutviewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremove
partsofthefullview,forexamplesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Forinformationonhowtocreateaviewarea,seetheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
Aboutevets
Theeventpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.
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Howtosetupactiorules
Anactionruledenestheconditionsthatmustbemetfortheproducttoperformanaction,forexamplerecordvideoorsendan
emailnotication.Ifmultipleconditionsaredened,allofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Thefollowingexampledescribeshowtosetupanactionruletorecordvideotoanetworkshareifthereismovementinthe
camera’seldofview.
Howtosetupmotiondetectionandaddanetworkshare:
1.GotoSettings>AppstostartandcongureAXISVideoMotionDetection.Seetheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
2.GotoSettings>System>Storageandsetupthenetworkshare.Seetheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
Howtosetuptheactionrule:
1.GotoSettings>System>Events>ActionRulesandclickAdd.
2.SelectEnableruleandenteradescriptivenamefortherule.
3.SelectApplicationsfromtheTriggerdrop-downlistandthenselectVMD.
4.Optionally,selectaScheduleandAdditionalconditions.Seebelow.
5.UnderActions,selectRecordVideofromtheTypedrop-downlist.
6.SelectaStreamproleandconguretheDurationsettingsasdescribedbelow.
.SelectNetworkSharefromtheStoragedrop-downlist.
Tousemorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,selectAdditionalconditionsandclickAddtoaddadditionaltriggers.Whenusing
additionalconditions,allconditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
Topreventanactionfrombeingtriggeredrepeatedly,aWaitatleasttimecanbeset.Enterthetimeinhours,minutesandseconds,
duringwhichthetriggershouldbeignoredbeforetheactionrulecanbeactivatedagain.
TherecordingDurationofsomeactionscanbesettoincludetimeimmediatelybeforeandaftertheevent.SelectPretriggertime
and/orPosttriggertimeandenterthenumberofseconds.WhenWhiletheruleisactiveisenabledandtheactionistriggered
againduringthepost-triggertime,therecordingtimewillbeextendedwithanotherpost-triggertimeperiod.
Formoreinformation,seetheproduct’sbuilt-inhelp.
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Aboutoverlaytext
Anoverlaytextcanincludethecurrentdateandtime,oratextstring.Whenusingatextstring,so-calledmodierscanbeusedto
display,forexample,thecurrentbitrateorthecurrentframerate.
Youcanchoosebetweenthefollowingtextoverlaysizes:
SizeTextheightBackgroundheight
Small10pixels20pixels
Medium16pixels28pixels
Large21pixels36pixels
Itisalsopossibletodisplaytextwhenanactionruleistriggered,see.
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Howtoicludeoverlaytextiaactiorule
Note
Todisplayoverlaytextinmultipleviewareas,overlaytextmustbeenabledineachviewarea.
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.EnableInclude.
3.Enterthemodier#D.Whentheruleistriggered,#Disreplacedbythetextspeciedintheactionrule.
Additionaltextinthiseldwillbedisplayedalsowhentheactionruleisnotactive.
4.Selectalignment,size,andappearanceofthetextstring.
5.GotoSystem>Events>ActionRulesandcreateyouractionrule.
6.FromtheActions:Typedrop-downlist,selectOverlayText.
.EnterthetexttodisplayintheTexteld.
8.SpecifytheDuration.Thetextcanbedisplayedwhiletheruleisactiveorforaxednumberofseconds.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettigs
Important
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverview.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonwww.axis.com/suort
Howtocheckthecurretrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.ClickAbout.
Howtoupgradethermware
Important
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
Note
Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmware,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionalityavailable.Alwaysread
theupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthermware.Tondthelatest
rmwareandthereleasenotes,gotowww.axis.com>product>Support&Documentation.
1.Downloadthelatestrmwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeatwww.axis.com/suort/rmware
2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.
3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceintheproduct’swebpageandfollowtheinstructions.
4.Theupgradetakesawhile,don'tbreakthepowertotheproduct.Whentheupgradeisnished,theproductrestarts
automatically.
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