Axis AXIS P3228-LVE User manual

AXISP32NetworkCameraSeries
AXISP3227-LVNetworkCamera
AXISP3227-LVENetworkCamera
AXISP3228-LVNetworkCamera
AXISP3228-LVENetworkCamera
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AXISP32NetworkCameraSeries
TableofContents
Aboutthismanual..........................................3
Solutionoverview...........................................4
Getstarted................................................5
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................5
Openthedevice'swebinterface....................................5
Webinterfaceoverview..........................................6
Installation................................................7
Previewmode..................................................7
Congureyourdevice........................................8
Imaequality...................................................8
Viewandrecordvideo............................................9
Setuprulesforevents...........................................10
Thewebinterface...........................................12
Status........................................................12
Video.........................................................13
Recordins.....................................................22
Apps..........................................................23
System........................................................23
Maintenance...................................................42
Learnmore................................................44
Viewarea......................................................44
Overlays.......................................................44
Streaminandstorae...........................................44
Applications....................................................46
Troubleshooting............................................48
Resettofactorydefaultsettins...................................48
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................48
Upradethermware............................................48
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................49
Performanceconsiderations.......................................50
Contactsupport.................................................51
Specications..............................................52
Productoverview................................................52
LEDIndicators..................................................54
SDcardslot....................................................55
Buttons.......................................................55
Connectors....................................................55
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Aboutthismanual
Aboutthismanual
Thisusermanualdescribesseveralproducts.Thismeansyoumayndinstructionsthataren’tapplicabletoyourproduct.
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
1AXISP3227-LVEorAXISP3228-LVE
2AXISP3227-LVorAXISP3228-LV
3Surveillancecenter
Thisisanexampleofhowtheproductscanbeinstalledandused.
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedevieonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassinthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManaer.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassinIPaddresses,otoowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowinbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdeTMSafari®
Windows®recommendedrecommended
macOS®recommendedrecommended
Linux®recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatinsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewithiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,otoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevie'swebinterfae
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManaertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.See
Createanadministratoraccountonpage5.
Createanadministratoraount
Thersttimeyoulointoyourdevice,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.
1.Enterausername.
2.Enterapassword.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage5.
3.Re-enterthepassword.
4.ClickAdduser.
Important
Thedevicehasnodefaultaccount.Ifyoulosethepasswordforyouradministratoraccount,youmustresetthedevice.See
Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage48.
Seurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstloin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchanethepassword.
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Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronlyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Chanethepasswordatarecurrininterval,atleastonceayear.
Webinterfaeoverview
Thisvideoivesyouanoverviewofthedevice’swebinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,otothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=37204&section=web-interface-overview
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Installation
Installation
Previewmode
Previewmodeisidealforinstallerswhennetuninthecameraviewdurintheinstallation.Noloinisrequiredtoaccessthe
cameraviewinpreviewmode.Itisavailableonlyinfactorydefaultedstateforalimitedtimefrompowerinupthedevice.
Towatchthisvideo,otothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=37204&section=preview-mode
Thisvideodemonstratehowtousepreviewmode.
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Confiureyourdevice
Confiureyourdevice
Imagequality
Seletexposuremode
Toimproveimaequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andain.GotoVideoImageExposureandselectbetweenthefollowinexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallihtin,forexampleuorescentlihtin,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallihtandbrihtliht,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlihtinatnihtand
sundurindaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettins,selectHoldcurrent.
Handleseneswithstrongbaklight
Dynamicraneisthedifferenceinlihtlevelsinanimae.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrihtest
areascanbesinicant.Theresultisoftenanimaewhereeitherthedarkorthebrihtareasarevisible.Widedynamicrane
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrihtareasoftheimaevisible.
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
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Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimae.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoVideoImageWidedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
4.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,otoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Viewandreordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconurinyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreaminandstoraeworks,oto
Streamingandstorageonpage44.
Reduebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducinthebandwidthcanleadtolossofdetailintheimae.
1.GotoVideoStream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.SelectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideoStreamGeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideoStreamZipstreamanddooneormoreofthefollowin:
-SelecttheZipstreamStrengththatyouwanttouse.
-TurnonOptimizeforstorage.ThiscanonlybeusediftheVMSsupportsB-frames.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahihUpperlimitGOPlenthvalue.
Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordinsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorae.
1.GotoSystemStorage.
2.ClickAddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
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7.SelectAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
conured.
8.ClickAdd.
Reordandwathvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideoImage.
2.Tostartarecordin,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorae,clickand.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorae,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage9
3.Tostoprecordin,clickaain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordininthelist.
Setuprulesforevents
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordinorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecordin.
Tolearnmore,checkoutouruideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedeviedetetsanobjet
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
1.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunnin.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordintoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.GotoVideoOverlays.
2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,clickandselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystemEventsandaddarule.
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2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
4.Selectavideochannel.
5.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
6.Settheduration.
7.ClickSave.
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Thewebinterface
Thewebinterface
Toreachthedevice’swebinterface,typethedevice’sIPaddressinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettinsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.Thisiconindicatesthat
thefeatureorsettinisonlyavailableinsomedevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accessthereleasenotes.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Chanethelanuae.
Setlihtthemeordarktheme.
Theusermenucontains:
•Informationabouttheuserwhoisloedin.
•Changeuser:Looutthecurrentuserandloinanewuser.
•Logout:Looutthecurrentuser.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includinrmwareversionandserialnumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Chanethedevice’swebinterfacetotheleacyversion.
Status
Security
Showswhatkindofaccesstothedevicethatisactive,andwhatencryptionprotocolsareinuse.Recommendationstothesettins
arebasedontheAXISOSHardeninGuide.
Hardeningguide:LinktoAXISOSardeningguidewhereyoucanlearnmoreaboutcybersecurityonAxisdevicesandbest
practices.
Timesyncstatus
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includinifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininuntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ViewandupdatetheNTPsettins.TakesyoutotheDateandtimepaewhereyoucanchanetheNTPsettins.
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Ongoingrecordings
Showsonoinrecordinsandtheirdesinatedstoraespace.
Recordings:Viewonoinandlteredrecordinsandtheirsource.Formoreinformation,seeRecordingsonpage22
Showsthestoraespacewheretherecordinissaved.
Deviceinfo
Showsthedeviceinformation,includinrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:Upradethermwareonyourdevice.TakesyoutotheMaintenancepaewhereyoucandoarmware
uprade.
Connectedclients
Showsthenumberofconnectionsandconnectedclients.
Viewdetails:Viewandupdatethelistoftheconnectedclients.ThelistshowsIPaddress,protocol,port,andPID/Process
ofeachclient.
Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimae
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jp].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatthespecic
web-browsereninewherethesnapshotisreceivedapplies,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactualcompression
settinthatisconuredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexample,totestexternal
devices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktomanuallyturnonorturnoffthewhiteliht.
Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.
•Customcontrols:ClickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.
Startsthewasher.Whenthesequencestarts,thecameramovestotheconuredpositiontoreceivethewash
spray.Whenthewholewashsequenceiscompleted,thecamerareturnstoitspreviousposition.Thisiconisonlyvisiblewhenthe
washerisconnectedandconured.
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Startsthewiper.
Clickandselectapresetpositiontootothatpresetpositionintheliveview.Or,clickSetuptootothepreset
positionpae.
Addsorremovesafocusrecallarea.Whenyouaddafocusrecallarea,thecamerasavesthefocussettinsat
thatspecicpan/tiltrane.Whenyouhavesetafocusrecallareaandthecameraentersthatareaintheliveview,thecamera
recallsthepreviouslysavedfocus.It’senouhtocoverhalfoftheareaforthecameratorecallthefocus.
Clicktoselectauardtour,thenclickStarttoplaytheuardtour.Or,clickSetuptoototheuardtourspae.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordinofthelivevideostream.Clickaaintostoptherecordin.Ifarecordinisonoin,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoraethatisconuredforthedevice.Toconurethestorae,youneedtobeloedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettins:
•Videoformat:Selecttheencodinformattouseintheliveview.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodindriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveraebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
eneratedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthrouhUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimaeresolutiontotheviewinclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toimprove
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimae
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelrid.Theridhelpsyoudecideiftheimaeishorizontallyalined.Click
tohideit.
•Pixelcounter:Clicktoshowthepixelcounter.Draandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
•Refresh:Clicktorefreshthestillimaeintheliveview.
•PTZcontrols:TurnontodisplayPTZcontrolsintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislarerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimaeto
naviateintheimae.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenmode.
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Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetconurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimaes.Whenyouchane
thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettins,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimaecanchanedependinonhowyoumountthecamera.
Powerlinefrequency:Tominimizeimaeicker,selectthefrequencyyourreionuses.TheAmericanreionsusuallyuse60Hz.
Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourreion'spowerlinefrequency,checkwiththelocalauthorities.
Rotate:Selectthepreferredimaeorientation.
Zoom:Usetheslidertoadjustthezoomlevel.
Focus:Usetheslidertomanuallysetthefocus.
AF:Clicktomakethecamerafocusontheselectedarea.Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocusesonthe
entirescene.
Autofocusarea:Clicktoshowtheautofocusarea.Thisareashouldincludetheareaofinterest.
Resetfocus:Clicktomakethefocusreturntoitsoriinalposition.
Image
Appearance
Sceneprole:Selectasceneprolethatsuitsyoursurveillancescenario.Asceneproleoptimizesimaesettins,
includincolorlevel,brihtness,sharpness,contrast,andlocalcontrast,foraspecicenvironmentorpurpose.
•Forensic:Suitableforsurveillancepurposes.
•Indoor:Suitableforindoorenvironments.
•Outdoor:Suitableforoutdoorenvironments.
•Vivid:Usefulfordemonstrationpurposes.
•Trafcoverview:Suitableforvehicletrafcmonitorin.
Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcan,forexample,etarayscaleimae.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlihtanddark.
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Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelihtintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brihtnessisappliedafterimae
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimae.Toetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
ainorexposuretime.
Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimaeappearsharperbyadjustintheedecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoraespaceneededaswell.
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrihtanddarkareasoftheimaevisible.
Localcontrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimae.Ahihervaluemakesthecontrasthiherbetween
darkandlihtareas.
Tonemapping:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappinthatisappliedtotheimae.Ifthevalueissetto
zero,onlythestandardammacorrectionisapplied,whileahihervalueincreasesthevisibilityofthedarkestandbrihtest
partsintheimae.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominliht,itcanadjusttheimaetomakethecolorslookmorenatural.
Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelihtsourcefromthelist.
Theautomaticwhitebalancesettinreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptintochanesradually.Ifthelihtinchanes,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlihtsource.Ifthereismorethanonetypeofliht
sourceinascene,thatis,theydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinlihtsourceactsasareferencefortheautomaticwhite
balancealorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosinaxedwhitebalancesettinthatmatchesthelihtsourceyou
wanttouseasareference.
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Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelihtsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsettin
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelihtsourcecolor.Thisisthe
recommendedsettinwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallihtotherthanuorescentlihtin
andoodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound
5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlihtinwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlihtinwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallihtotherthanuorescentlihtinand
oodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlihtscommon
instreetlihtin.
•Streetlight–sodium:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworanecolorofsodiumvapor
lihtscommoninstreetlihtin.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettinsanddonotcompensateforlihtchanes.
•Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Drathecircletoanobjectthatyouwant
thecameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimae.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalancemanually.
Day-nightmode
IR-cutlter:
•Auto:SelecttoautomaticallyturnonandofftheIR-cutlter.Whenthecameraisindaymode,theIR-cutlter
isturnedonandblocksincomininfraredliht,andwheninnihtmode,theIR-cutlteristurnedoffandthe
camera’slihtsensitivityincreases.
•On:SelecttoturnontheIR-cutlter.Theimaeisincolor,butwithreducedlihtsensitivity.
•Off:SelecttoturnofftheIR-cutlter.Theimaeisinblackandwhiteforincreasedlihtsensitivity.
Threshold:Usetheslidertoadjustthelihtthresholdwherethecamerachanesfromdaymodetonihtmode.
•MovetheslidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachanestonihtmode
earlier.
•MovetheslidertowardsDarktoincreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachanestonihtmodelater.
IRlight
Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuilt-inillumination,thesecontrolsareonlyavailablewhenyouconnectasupportinAxisaccessory.
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausethebuilt-inlihtinnihtmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizetheilluminationwiththesurroundinliht.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnihtonlyworksiftheIR-cutlterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautomaticilluminationanle.
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Illuminationangle:Usetheslidertomanuallysettheilluminationanle,forexample,iftheanleneedstobedifferent
fromthecamera’sanleofview.Ifthecamerahasawideanleofview,youcansettheilluminationanletoanarroweranle,
whichequalsareaterteleposition.Thiswillresultindarkcornersintheimae.
IRwavelength:SelectthedesiredwavelenthfortheIRliht.
Whitelight:
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausewhitelihtinnihtmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizethewhitelihtwiththesurroundinliht.
Exposure
Selectanexposuremodetoreducerapidlychaninirreulareffectsintheimae,forexample,ickerproducedbydifferenttypesof
lihtsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyourpowernetwork.
Exposuremode:
•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,ain,andshutterautomatically.
•Automaticaperture:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandainautomatically.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandainautomatically.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettins.
•Flicker-free:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandainautomatically,andusesonlythefollowinshutter
speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
•Flicker-free50Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flicker-free60Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
•Flicker-reduced:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramihtuseshutterspeedsfasterthan
1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrihterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced50Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramihtuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/100sforbrihterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced60Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramihtuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/120sforbrihterscenes.
•Manual:Theaperture,ain,andshutterarexed.
Exposurezone:Useexposurezonestooptimizetheexposureinaselectedpartofthescene,forexample,theareain
frontofanentrancedoor.
Note
Theexposurezonesarerelatedtotheoriinalimae(unrotated),andthenamesofthezonesapplytotheoriinalimae.
Thismeans,forexample,thatifthevideostreamisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecomestheRightzoneinthe
stream,andLeftbecomesLower.
•Automatic:Suitableformostsituations.
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•Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheimaetocalculatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand
positionintheliveview.
•Full:Usestheentireliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Upper:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheimaetocalculatetheexposure.
•Lower:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositioninthelowerpartoftheimaetocalculatetheexposure.
•Left:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheleftpartoftheimaetocalculatetheexposure.
•Right:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherihtpartoftheimaetocalculatetheexposure.
•Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Custom:Usesanareaintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.
Maxshutter:Selecttheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestimae.Lowshutterspeeds(lonerexposure)mihtcausemotionblur
whenthereismovement,andatoohihshutterspeedmihtaffecttheimaequality.Maxshutterworkswithmaxainto
improvetheimae.
Maxgain:Selectthesuitablemaxain.Ifyouincreasethemaxain,itimprovesthevisiblelevelofdetailindarkimaes,but
alsoincreasesthenoiselevel.Morenoisecanalsoresultinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorae.Ifyousetthemaxain
toahihvalue,imaescandifferalotifthelihtconditionsareverydifferentfromdaytoniht.Maxainworkswithmax
shuttertoimprovetheimae.
Motion-adaptiveexposure:Selecttoreducemotionblurinlow-lihtconditions.
Blur-noisetrade-off:Usetheslidertoadjusttheprioritybetweenmotionblurandnoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizelowbandwidth
andhavelessnoiseattheexpenseofdetailsinmovinobjects,movetheslidertowardsLownoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizethe
preservationofdetailsinmovinobjectsattheexpenseofnoiseandbandwidth,movetheslidertowardsLowmotionblur.
Note
Youcanchanetheexposureeitherbyadjustintheexposuretimeorbyadjustintheain.Ifyouincreasetheexposure
time,itresultsinmoremotionblur,andifyouincreasetheain,itresultsinmorenoise.IfyouadjusttheBlur-noise
trade-offtowardsLownoise,theautomaticexposurewillprioritizelonerexposuretimesoverincreasinain,andthe
oppositeifyouadjustthetrade-offtowardsLowmotionblur.Boththeainandexposuretimewilleventuallyreach
theirmaximumvaluesinlow-lihtconditions,reardlessofthepriorityset.
Lockaperture:TurnontokeeptheaperturesizesetbytheApertureslider.Turnofftoallowthecameratoautomatically
adjusttheaperturesize.Youcan,forexample,locktheapertureforsceneswithpermanentlihtconditions.
Aperture:Usetheslidertoadjusttheaperturesize,thatis,howmuchlihtpassesthrouhthelens.Toallowmoreliht
toenterthesensorandtherebyproduceabrihterimaeinlow-lihtconditions,movetheslidertowardsOpen.Anopenaperture
alsoreducesthedepthofeld,whichmeansthatobjectsclosetoorfarfromthecameracanappearunfocused.Toallowmoreof
theimaetobeinfocus,movetheslidertowardsClosed.
Exposurelevel:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimaeexposure.
Defog:Turnontodetecttheeffectsoffoyweatherandautomaticallyremovethemforaclearerimae.
Note
WerecommendyounottoturnonDefoginsceneswithlowcontrast,larelihtlevelvariations,orwhentheautofocusis
slihtlyoff.Thiscanaffecttheimaequality,forexample,byincreasinthecontrast.Furthermore,toomuchlihtcan
neativelyimpacttheimaequalitywhendefoisactive.
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Temperaturecompensation:Turnonifyouwantthefocuspositiontobecorrectedbasedonthetemperatureintheoptics.
IRcompensation:TurnonifyouwantthefocuspositiontobecorrectedwhenIR-cutlterisoffandwhenthereisIRliht.
Calibratezoomandfocus:Clicktoresettheopticsandthezoomandfocussettinstothefactorydefaultposition.Youneedto
dothisiftheopticshavelostcalibrationdurintransport,orifthedevicehasbeenexposedtoextremevibrations.
Stream
General
Resolution:Selecttheimaeresolutionsuitableforthesurveillancescene.Ahiherresolutionincreasesbandwidthandstorae.
Framerate:Toavoidbandwidthproblemsonthenetworkorreducestoraesize,youcanlimittheframeratetoaxedamount.
Ifyouleavetheframerateatzero,theframerateiskeptatthehihestpossiblerateunderthecurrentconditions.Ahiher
frameraterequiresmorebandwidthandstoraecapacity.
Compression:Usetheslidertoadjusttheimaecompression.Hihcompressionresultsinalowerbitrateandlowerimaequality.
Lowcompressionimprovestheimaequality,butusesmorebandwidthandstoraewhenyourecord.
Signedvideo:Turnontoaddthesinedvideofeaturetothevideo.Sinedvideoprotectsthevideofromtamperinby
addincryptoraphicsinaturestothevideo.
Zipstream
Zipstreamisabitratereductiontechnoloy,optimizedforvideosurveillance,thatreducestheaveraebitrateinanH.264orH.265
streaminrealtime.AxisZipstreamappliesahihbitrateinsceneswheretherearemultiplereionsofinterest,forexample,inscenes
withmovinobjects.Whenthesceneismorestatic,Zipstreamappliesalowerbitrate,andtherebyreducestherequiredstorae.
Tolearnmore,seeReducingthebitratewithAxisZipstream
SelectthebitratereductionStrength:
•Off:Nobitratereduction.
•Low:Novisiblequalityderadationinmostscenes.Thisisthedefaultoptionanditcanbeusedinalltypes
ofscenestoreducethebitrate.
•Medium:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthrouhlessnoiseandaslihtlylowerlevelofdetailinreionsoflower
interest,forexample,wherethere’snomovement.
•High:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthrouhlessnoiseandalowerlevelofdetailinreionsoflowerinterest,for
example,wherethere’snomovement.Werecommendthislevelforcloud-connecteddevicesanddevicesthat
uselocalstorae.
•Higher:Visibleeffectsinsomescenesthrouhlessnoiseandalowerlevelofdetailinreionsoflowerinterest,
forexample,wherethere’snomovement.
•Extreme:Visibleeffectsinmostscenes.Thebitrateisoptimizedforsmallestpossiblestorae.
Optimizeforstorage:Turnontominimizethebitratewhilemaintaininquality.Theoptimizationdoesnotapplytothestream
showninthewebclient.ThiscanonlybeusedifyourVMSsupportsB-frames.TurninonOptimizeforstoragealsoturnson
DynamicGOP.
DynamicFPS(framespersecond):Turnontoallowthebandwidthtovarybasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.More
activityrequiresmorebandwidth.
Lowerlimit:Enteravaluetoadjusttheframeratebetweenminimalfpsandthestreamdefaultfpsbasedonscenemotion.We
recommendyoutouselowerlimitinsceneswithverylittlemotion,wherethefpscoulddropto1orlower.
DynamicGOP(GroupofPictures):TurnontodynamicallyadjusttheintervalbetweenI-framesbasedonthelevelofactivity
inthescene.
Upperlimit:EnteramaximumGOPlenth,thatis,themaximumnumberofP-framesbetweentwoI-frames.AnI-frameisa
self-containedimaeframethatisindependentofotherframes.
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