Axis AXIS P3375-LV User manual

AXISP33NetworkCameraSeries
AXISP3374-VNetworkCamera
AXISP3374-LVNetworkCamera
AXISP3375-VNetworkCamera
AXISP3375-LVNetworkCamera
AXISP3375-VENetworkCamera
AXISP3375-LVENetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISP33NetworkCameraSeries
TableofContents
Aboutthismanual..........................................3
Solutionoverview...........................................4
Getstarted................................................5
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................5
Accessthedevice...............................................5
Webpageoverview..............................................6
Additionalsettings..........................................8
Adjustfocusandzoom...........................................8
magequality...................................................8
Viewandrecordvideo............................................10
Setuprulesandalerts...........................................11
Addaudio.....................................................14
Troubleshooting............................................15
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................15
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................15
Upgradethermware............................................15
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................16
Performanceconsiderations.......................................17
Learnmore................................................18
Viewarea......................................................18
Overlays.......................................................18
Streamingandstorage...........................................18
Applications....................................................20
Specications..............................................21
Productoverview................................................21
LEDindicators..................................................26
SDcardslot....................................................26
Buttons.......................................................26
Connectors....................................................26
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Aboutthismanual
Aboutthismanual
Thisusermanualdescribesseveralproducts.Thismeansyoumayndinstructionsthataren’tapplicabletoyourproduct.
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
1AXISP3374-V,AXISP3375-V,AXISP3374-LV,orAXISP3375-LVNetworkCamera
2AXISP3375-VEorAXISP3375-LVENetworkCamera
3Surveillaneenter
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedevieonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemPaddressesinWindows®,useAXSPUtilityorAXSDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.om/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaessyour
devieonthedevicepageataxis.om.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®Safari®
Windows®recommendedxx
OSX®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
fyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.om/browser-support.
Aessthedevie
1.OpenabrowserandenterthePaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
fyouhaveaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
fyoudonotknowthePaddress,useAXSPUtilityorAXSDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.fyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaountonpage5.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaount
mportant
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.fthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSeurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Seurepasswords
mportant
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
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•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
1Liveviewontrolbar
2Liveview
3Produtname
4Userinformation,olorthemes,andhelp
5Videoontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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7Settingstabs
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Additionalsettings
Additionalsettings
Adjustfousandzoom
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
Thisisanelectronically-focusedcamera.Adjustingfocusandzoommanuallyonthecameracandamagethelens.
Note
Duetothedome’srefraction,theimagemayappearslightlyoutoffocusoncethedomehasbeenplaced.Tocorrect
thisgotoSettings>Image>ocusandclickAutofocus.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Zoomandsetthedesiredzoomlevel.
2.Underocus,clickAutofocus.
Imagequality
Reduemotionblurinlow-lightonditions
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Note
magenoisewillincreaseifyouincreasethegain.
•ncreaseshutterspeedandgain.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandsetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgain
toahighervalue.
fyouarestillexperiencingmotionblur,youcantryoneofthefollowing:
•ncreasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightonditionsusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Todetermineatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBright
orDark.
3.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sRlightwhennightmodeisactivated.
Note
fyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-lightnoise.fyouset
theshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemoreimageblurdue
tolow-lightnoise.
Seletexposuremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequalityfor
specicsurveillancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
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Additionalsettings
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectlicker-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Monitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.
1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.
2.fthedevicedoesn’trotatetheviewautomatically,logintothewebpageandgotoSettings>System>Orientation.
3.Click.
4.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Findoutmoreataxis.om/axis-orridor-format.
Handleseneswithstrongbaklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.nsomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.frequired,turnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
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Additionalsettings
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.om/web-artiles/wdr.
Viewandreordvideo
Tolearnmoreaboutsettingsforviewingandrecordingvideo,seeStreamingandstorageonpage18.
Reduebandwidthandstorage
mportant
fyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-ncreasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:
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Additionalsettings
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
3.EnterthePaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
Reordandwathvideo
Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeSetupnetworkstorageonpage10,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.
Recordvideo
1.Gotothecamera’sliveview.
2.Tostartarecording,clickRecord.Clickagaintostoptherecording.
Watchvideo
1.ClickStorage>Gotorecordings.
2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.
Setuprulesandalerts
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhenitrecords.
Triggeranation
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetuparule.Theruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertainactions.Rules
canbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.
2.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.fyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
fyoumakechangestoanactiverule,thentheruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.
Reordvideowhentheameradetetsmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesurethatAXSVideoMotionDetectionisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
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Additionalsettings
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.nthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
4.nthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
8.nthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.
9.ClickSave.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedeviedetetsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsmotion:
MakesurethatAXSVideoMotionDetectionisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createarule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
8.Typeanamefortherule.
9.nthelistofconditions,selectAXSVideoMotionDetection.
10.nthelistofactions,selectUseoverlaytext.
11.Selectaviewarea.
12.Type“Motiondetected”.
13.Settheduration.
14.ClickSave.
ReordvideowhenaPIRdetetorsensesmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtoconnectanAxisPRdetectortothecamera,andsetupthecameratostartrecordingwhenthe
detectorsensesmotion.
Requiredhardware
•3-wirecable(ground,power,/O)
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Additionalsettings
•AxisPRdetector
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
Disconnectthecamerafrompowerbeforeconnectingthewires.Reconnecttopowerafterallconnectionsaredone.
Connectthewirestothecamera’sI/Oconnector
Note
Forinformationonthe/Oconnector,seeConnetorsonpage26.
1.Connectthegroundwiretopin1(GND/-).
2.Connectthepowerwiretopin2(12VDCoutput).
3.Connectthe/Owiretopin3(/Oinput).
ConnectthewirestothePIRdetector’sI/Oconnector
1.Connecttheotherendofthegroundwiretopin1(GND/-).
2.Connecttheotherendofthepowerwiretopin2(DCinput/+).
3.Connecttheotherendofthe/Owiretopin3(/Ooutput).
ConguretheI/Oportinthecamera’swebpage
1.GotoSettings>System>I/Oports.
2.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename.
3.TomakethePRdetectorsendasignaltothecamerawhenitsensesmotion,selectClosedcircuitinthedrop-downlist.
TotriggerthecameratostartrecordingwhenitreceivesasignalfromthePRdetector,youneedtocreatearuleinthecamera’s
webpage.
Detettamperingwithinputsignal
Thisexampleexplainshowtotriggeranalarmwhentheinputsignalhasbeencutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
/Oconnector,seepage27.
1.GotoSettings>System>I/OPortsandturnonSupervisedI/O.
Createarule:
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.nthelistofconditions,selectDigitalinputandthenselectaport.
4.nthelistofactions,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselectarecipientfromthelist.GotoRecipients
tocreateanewrecipient.
Tocreateanewrecipient,click.Tocopyanexistingrecipient,click.
5.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
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Additionalsettings
6.ClickSave.
Addaudio
Addaudiotoyourreording
Turnonaudio:
1.GotoSettings>AudioandturnonAllowaudio.
Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
2.GotoSettings>StreamandclickStreamproles.
3.SelectthestreamproleandclickAudio.
4.SelectthecheckboxandselectInclude.
5.ClickSave.
6.ClickClose.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
fyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.om/support.
Resettofatorydefaultsettings
mportant
Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingthePaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.
Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:
1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.
2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProdutoverviewonpage21.
3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.
4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.fnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultPaddressis192.168.0.90.
5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.
Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.om/support.
tisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.
Chektheurrentrmware
Firmwareisthesoftwarethatdeterminesthefunctionalityofnetworkdevices.Oneofyourrstactionswhentroubleshootinga
problemshouldbetocheckthecurrentrmwareversion.Thelatestversionmaycontainacorrectionthatxesyourparticular
problem.
Tocheckthecurrentrmware:
1.Gototheproduct’swebpage.
2.Clickonthehelpmenu.
3.ClickAbout.
Upgradethermware
mportant
Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.
mportant
Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.
Note
Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.om/support/rmware.
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1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.om/support/rmware.
2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator.
3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the
productrestartsautomatically.
AXSDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.om/produts/axis-devie-manager.
Tehnialissues,luesandsolutions
fyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.om/support.
Problemsupgradingthermware
Firmwareupgradefailurefthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason
isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.
ProblemssettingtheIPaddress
Thedeviceislocatedona
differentsubnet
fthePaddressintendedforthedeviceandthePaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsetthePaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanPaddress.
ThePaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice
DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,
typepingandthePaddressofthedevice):
•fyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthatthePaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.
•fyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthatthePaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.
PossiblePaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet
ThestaticPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.
Thedevicecannotbeaccessedfromabrowser
CannotloginWhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.
fthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofatorydefaultsettingsonpage15.
ThePaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
PaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.fthePaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXSPUtilityorAXSDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.dentify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).
frequired,astaticPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.om/support.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
EEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime.
Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows®:
•AXSCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.
•AXSCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.
Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.om/produts/axis-ompanion.
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Problemswithstreaming
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
deviceneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
•SeePerformaneonsiderationsonpage17.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)
oftheAxisdevice.
Performaneonsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.ftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
•RotatingtheimageintheGUwillincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXSCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
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Viewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoretheviewareainsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.fyouenablePTZfortheviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingaviewareayoucanremove
partsofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.fyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Overlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.Youcanaddeithertextoranimage.
Streamingandstorage
Videoompressionformats
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEG,orMJPEG,isadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Toinstalladditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Bitrateontrol
Withbitratecontrol,youcanmanagethebandwidthconsumptionofyourvideostream.
Variablebitrate(VBR)
Withvariablebitrate,thebandwidthconsumptionvariesbasedonthelevelofactivityinthescene.Themoreactivityinthescene,
themorebandwidthyouneed.Youareguaranteedconstantimagequalitybutitrequiresstoragemargins.
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Maximumbitrate(MBR)
Withmaximumbitrate,youcansetatargetbitratetohandlebitratelimitationsinyoursystem.Youmayseeadeclineinimage
qualityorframeratewhentheinstantaneousbitrateiskeptbelowthespeciedtargetbitrate.Youcanchoosetoeitherprioritize
imagequalityorframerate.Werecommendthatyoucongurethetargetbitratetoahighervaluethantheexpectedbitrate.This
givesyouamarginforadditionalcomplexitythatneedstobecaptured.
kbit/s
s
1
1Targetbitrate
Averagebitrate(ABR)
Withaveragebitrate,thebitrateisautomaticallyadjustedoveralongertimescale.Thisissoyoucanmeetthespeciedtargetand
providethebestvideoqualitybasedonyouravailablestorage.Bitrateishigherinsceneswithalotofactivity,comparedtostatic
scenes.Youaremorelikelytogetbetterimagequalitywhenneededwhenusingtheaveragebitrateoption.Youcandenethetotal
storagerequiredtostorethevideostreamforaspeciedamountoftime(retentiontime)whenimagequalityisadjustedtomeetthe
speciedtargetbitrate.Specifytheaveragebitratesettingsinoneofthefollowingways:
•Tocalculatetheestimatedstorageneed,setthetargetbitrateandtheretentiontime.
•Tocalculatetheaveragebitrate,basedonavailablestorageandrequiredretentiontime,usethetargetbitratecalculator.
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1
2
1Targetbitrate
2Atualaveragebitrate
Youcanalsoturnonmaximumbitrateandspecifyatargetbitratewithintheaveragebitrateoption.
kbit/s
s
1
2
1Targetbitrate
2Atualaveragebitrate
Appliations
AXSCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.om/appliations.
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.om.
Note
•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
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