Axis M11 Mk II Series User manual

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TableofContents
Aboutthismanual..........................................3
Getstarted................................................4
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................4
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................4
Webpageoverview..............................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Replacethelens................................................6
Adjusttheiage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................10
Setuprulesforevents...........................................11
Thedeviceinterface.........................................14
Status........................................................14
Video.........................................................15
Audio.........................................................25
Recordings.....................................................26
Apps..........................................................26
Syste........................................................27
Maintenance...................................................41
Learnmore................................................43
Bitratecontrol..................................................43
Viewarea......................................................44
Privacyasks..................................................44
Overlays.......................................................45
Streaingandstorage...........................................45
Applications....................................................45
Specications..............................................47
Productoverview................................................47
LEDindicators..................................................47
SDcardslot....................................................48
Buttons.......................................................48
Connectors....................................................48
Troubleshooting............................................50
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................50
Firwareoptions...............................................50
Checkthecurrentrwareversion.................................50
Upgradetherware............................................50
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................51
Perforanceconsiderations.......................................52
Needorehelp?................................................53
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Aboutthismanual
Aboutthismanual
Thisuseranualdescribesseveralproducts.Thiseansyouayndinstructionsthataren’tapplicabletoyourproduct.
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassigntheIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfroaxis.com/support.
FororeinforationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChroeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®
Windows®recoendedrecoended
acOS®recoendedrecoended
Linux®recoendedrecoended
Otheroperatingsystes*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewitiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedoreinforationaboutrecoendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
penthedevice'swebpage
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnaeoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernaeandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttie,youustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordforterootaccountonpage4.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
ToakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage50.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Thedefaultadinistratorusernaeisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
tieyoulogintothedevice.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage5.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrthespelling.
3.ClickAdduser.
Iportant
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage50andfollowtheinstructions.
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Securepasswords
Iportant
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordisthepriaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotiposeapasswordpolicyasthey
aybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecoendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocuent.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/#t10157625
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Configureyourdevice
Configureyourdevice
Replacethelens
1.Stopallrecordingsanddisconnectpowerfrotheproduct.
2.Disconnectthelenscableandreovethestandardlens.
3.Attachthenewlensandconnectthelenscable.
4.Reconnectthepower.
5.Forthechangestotakeeffect,youneedtorestartthedevice.GotoSystem>MaintenanceandclickRestart.
6.Adjustthezooandfocus.
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage43.
Levelthecamera
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelgridincobinationwithaechanicaladjustent
ofthecaera.
1.Gotoideo>Image>andclick.
2.Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.
3.Adjustthecaeraechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelgrid.
Selectexposuremode
Toiproveiagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposureodes.Exposureodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.Gotoideo>Image>Exposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposureodes:
•Forostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexapleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesaefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenvironentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexapleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytie,selectFlicker-reduced.
Selectthesaefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode
Yourcaerausesvisiblelighttodelivercoloriagesduringtheday.Butasthevisiblelightdiinishes,coloriagesbecoeless
brightandclear.Ifyouswitchtonightodewhenthishappens,thecaerausesbothvisibleandnear-infraredlighttodeliverbright
anddetailedblack-and-whiteiagesinstead.Youcansetthecaeratoswitchtonightodeautoatically.
1.Gotoideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
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2.Tosetatwhatlightlevelyouwantthecaeratoswitchtonightode,ovetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.
Note
Ifyousettheswitchtonightodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theiagereainssharperasthereislesslow-lightnoise.If
yousettheswitchtooccurwhenit’sdarker,theiagecolorsareaintainedforlonger,butthereisoreiageblurdue
tolow-lightnoise.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneororeofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandotionblur.Gotoideo>Image>ExposureandovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
slidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposureodetoautoatic.
Note
Ahighaxshuttervaluecanresultinotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
Note
Whenyoureducetheaxgain,theiagecanbecoedarker.
•Settheaxgaintoalowervalue.
•Opentheaperture.
Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions
Toreduceotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneororeofthefollowingsettingsinideo>Image>Exposure:
•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,iagenoisealsoincreases.
•SetMaxshuttertoashortertie,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveprobleswithotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecaerasothatobjectsovetowarditorawayfroitratherthansideways.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynaicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinaniage.Insoecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenaniagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynaicrange
(WDR)akesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheiagevisible.
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ImagewitoutWDR.
ImagewitWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheiage.
•WDRaynotbeavailableforallcaptureodes.
1.Gotoideo>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheTonemappingslidertoadjusttheaountofWDR.
4.Ifyoustillhaveprobles,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Verifythepixelresolution
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheiagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexaple,recognizethefaceofaperson,youcanusethe
pixelcounter.
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1.Gotoideo>Imageandclick.
2.ClickforPixelcounter.
3.Inthecaera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexaplewhere
youexpectfacestoappear.
Youcanseethenuberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides,anddecideifthevaluesareenoughforyourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacyaskstohidepartsoftheiage.
1.Gotoideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click.
3.Clickthenewaskandtypeanae.
4.Adjustthesizeandplaceentoftheprivacyaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecolorforallprivacyasks,expandPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage25
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddaniageasanoverlayinthevideostrea.
1.Gotoideo>Overlays.
2.SelectImageandclick.
3.GototheImagestab.
4.Draganddropaniage.
5.ClickUpload.
6.GototheManageoverlaytab.
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7.Selecttheiageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayiageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject
Thisexapleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
1.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.Gotoideo>Overlays.
2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,clickandselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanaefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
4.Selectavideochannel.
5.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
6.Settheduration.
7.ClickSave.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautoaticallyupdatedonallvideostreasdynaically.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnoreabouthowstreaingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage45.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Iportant
Reducingthebandwidthcanresultinlossofdetailsintheiage.
1.Gotoideo>Stream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.SelectideoformatH.264.
4.Gotoideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
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5.Gotoideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneororeofthefollowing:
-SelecttheZipstreamlevelthatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecaeradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideoanageentsysteorapplicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
Setupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.ClickAddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenaeofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernaeandpassword.
6.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.SelectAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperienceteporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
congured.
8.ClickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.Gotoideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickand.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage1 1
3.Tostoprecording,clickagain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordinginthelist.
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Setuprulesforevents
Youcancreaterulestoakeyourdeviceperforanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexaple,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendaneailwhenitdetects
otion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwitrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperforcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,oranuallytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.SelecttheConditionthatustbeettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifyorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsustbeettotriggertheaction.
4.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperforwhentheconditionsareet.
Note
Ifyouakechangestoanactiverule,theruleustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexapleexplainshowtosetupthecaeratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeinuteafter.
1.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanaefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
4.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
5.Selectacaeraandastreaprole.
6.Settheprebuffertieto5seconds.
7.Setthepostbuffertieto1inute.
8.ClickSave.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsloudnoises
ThisexapleexplainshowtosetupthecaeratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseand
tostoptwoinutesafter.
Note
Thefollowinginstructionsrequirethataicrophoneisconnectedtoaudio-in.
Turnonaudio:
1.Setupthestreaproletoincludeaudio,see.
Turnonaudiodetection:
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1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Audiodetection.
2.Adjustthesoundlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanaefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underAudio,selectAudioDetection.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideo.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.Selectthestreaprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedon.
7.Settheprebuffertieto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertieto2inutes.
9.ClickSave.
Sendanemailautomaticallyifsomeonespraypaintsthelens
Activatethetaperingdetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Cameratampering.
2.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetiethatustpassbeforeaneailissent.
3.TurnonTriggerondarkimagestodetectifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.
Addaneailrecipient:
4.GotoSystem>Events>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
5.Typeanaefortherecipient.
6.SelectEmail.
7.Typeaneailaddresstosendtheeailto.
8.Thecaeradoesn’thaveit’sowneailserver,soithastologintoanothereailservertosendails.Fillintherestofthe
inforationaccordingtoyoureailprovider.
9.Tosendatesteail,clickTest.
10.ClickSave.
Createarule:
11.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
12.Typeanaefortherule.
13.Inthelistofconditions,underideo,selectTampering.
14.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselecttherecipientfrothelist.
15.Typeasubjectandaessagefortheeail.
16.ClickSave.
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Thedeviceinterface
Thedeviceinterface
YoureachthedeviceinterfacebyenteringtheIPaddressofthedeviceinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
Showorhidetheainenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlighttheeordarkthee.
Seeinforationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
Thecontextenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusiproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinforationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinforation,includingrwareversionandserialnuber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedeviceinterfacetothelegacydeviceinterface.
Status
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinforation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetiereaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtiepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinforation,includingrwareversionandserialnuber.
Upgradermware:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarwareupgrade.
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Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostrea.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostrea.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostrea.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcoputer.Theiage
lenaeis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecopressionthatisapplied
frothespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizeayvaryfrotheactual
copressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexapletotestexternal
devices.
ClicktoanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRilluination.
Clicktoaccessonscreencontrols:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavailableonscreencontrols.
•Customcontrols:ClickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontrol.
Clicktoanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftie.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostrea.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresueautoaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeloggedinasan
adinistrator.
Clicktoaccessoresettings:
•ideoformat:Selecttheencodingforattouseintheliveview.Ifyouselectaforatwithvideocopression,it
resultsinahigherCPUandeoryusage.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynaicinforationaboutthevideostreausedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostrea.Thebitrateinforationdiffersfrotheinforationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinforationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreainforationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
coesfrotheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcoesfrothebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreaandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheiageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toincrease
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreaisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreainthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreaisturnedon,
theaxiufraerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreaisturnedon,itwillusetheiage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestrea.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheiageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Pixelcounter:Clicktoshowthepixelcounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
alsodenethepixelsizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeightelds.
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•Refresh:Clicktorefreshthestilliageintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesalleriageto
navigateintheiage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreainfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenode.
Installation
Capturemode:Acaptureodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecaeracapturesiages.Whenyouchange
thecaptureode,itcanaffectanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacyasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheiagecanchangedependingonhowthecaeraisounted.
Powerlinefrequency:Selectthefrequencythatisusedinyourregiontoiniizeiageicker.TheAericanregions
usuallyuse60Hz.Therestoftheworldostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,check
withthelocalauthorities.
Rotate:Selectthepreferrediageorientation.
Image
Appearance
Sceneprole:Selectasceneprolethatsuitsyoursurveillancescenario.Asceneproleoptiizesiagesettings,
includingcolorlevel,brightness,sharpness,contrast,andlocalcontrast,foraspecicenvironentorpurpose.
•Forensic:Suitableforsurveillancepurposes.
•Indoor:Suitableforindoorenvironents.
•Outdoor:Suitableforoutdoorenvironents.
•ivid:Usefulfordeonstrationpurposes.
•Trafcoverview:Suitableforvehicletrafconitoring.
Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcanforexaplegetagrayscaleiage.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.
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Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafteriage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinforationintheiage.Togetoredetailsfroadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretie.
Sharpness:Usetheslidertoakeobjectsintheiageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itayincreasethebitrateandtheaountofstoragespaceneededaswell.
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontoakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheiagevisible.
Localcontrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheiage.Ahighervalueakesthecontrasthigherbetween
darkandlightareas.
Tonemapping:Usetheslidertoadjusttheaountoftoneappingthatisappliedtotheiage.Ifthevalueissetto
zeroonlythestandardgaacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityintheiage.
Whitebalance
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Whenthecaeradetectsthecolorteperatureoftheincoinglight,itcanadjusttheiagetoakethecolorslookore
natural.Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefrothelist.
Theautoaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or
whenthecaeraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereisorethanonetype
oflightsourceinascene,thatistheydifferincolorteperature,thedoinatinglightsourceactsasareferenceforthe
autoaticwhitebalancealgorith.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatatches
thelightsourceyouwanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Autoaticidenticationandcopensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecoendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors:Autoaticidenticationandcopensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisisthe
recoendedsettingwhichcanbeusedinostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustentforaroowithsoearticiallightotherthanuorescentlighting
andgoodforanoralcolorteperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcoloradjustentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolorteperaturearound
5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustentforuorescentlightingwithacolorteperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustentforuorescentlightingwithacolorteperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustentforaroowithsoearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanoralcolorteperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolorteperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolorteperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury:Fixedcoloradjustentforultravioleteissioninercuryvaporlightscoon
instreetlighting.
•Streetlight–sodium:Fixedcoloradjustentthatcopensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiuvapor
lightscooninstreetlighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcopensateforlightchanges.
•Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwant
thecaeratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewiage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalanceanually.
Day-nightmode
IR-cutlter:
•Auto:SelecttoautoaticallyturnonandofftheIR-cutlter.Whenthecaeraisindayode,theIR-cutlter
isturnedonandblocksincoinginfraredlight,andwheninnightode,theIR-cutlteristurnedoffandthe
caera’slightsensitivityincreases.
•On:SelecttoturnontheIR-cutlter.Theiageisincolor,butwithreducedlightsensitivity.
•Off:SelecttoturnofftheIR-cutlter.Theiageisinblackandwhiteforincreasedlightsensitivity.
Threshold:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightthresholdwherethecaerachangesfrodayodetonightode.
•MovetheslidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecaerachangestonightode
earlier.
•MovetheslidertowardsDarktoincreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecaerachangestonightodelater.
IRlight
Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuilt-inilluination,thesecontrolsareonlyavailablewhenyouhaveconnectedasupportingAxis
accessory.
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecaerausethebuilt-inlightinnightode.
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Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautoaticallysynchronizetheilluinationwiththesurroundinglight.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnightonlyworksiftheIR-cutlterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautoaticilluinationangle.
Illuminationangle:Usetheslidertoanuallysettheilluinationangle,forexapleiftheangleneedstobedifferent
frothecaera’sangleofview.Ifthecaerahasawideangleofview,youcansettheilluinationangletoanarrowerangle,
whichequalsagreaterteleposition.Thiswillresultindarkcornersintheiage.
IRwavelength:SelectthedesiredwavelengthfortheIRlight.
Whitelight
Allowillumination:Turnontoletthecaerausewhitelightinnightode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautoaticallysynchronizethewhitelightwiththesurroundinglight.
Exposure
Exposuremode:Selectanexposureodetoreducerapidlychangingirregulareffectsintheiage,forexapleickerproduced
bydifferenttypesoflightsources.Werecoendyoutousetheautoaticexposureode,orthesaefrequencyasyour
powernetwork.
•Automatic:Thecaeraadjuststheaperture,gainandshutterautoatically.
•Automaticaperture:Thecaeraadjuststheapertureandgainautoatically.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter:Thecaeraadjuststheshutterandgainautoatically.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
•Flicker-free:Thecaeraadjuststheapertureandgainautoatically,andusesonlythefollowingshutter
speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
•Flicker-free50Hz:Thecaeraadjuststheapertureandgainautoatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flicker-free60Hz:Thecaeraadjuststheapertureandgainautoatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
•Flicker-reduced:Thisisthesaeasicker-free,butthecaeraightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan
1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced50Hz:Thisisthesaeasicker-free,butthecaeraightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/100sforbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced60Hz:Thisisthesaeasicker-free,butthecaeraightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/120sforbrighterscenes.
•Manual:Theaperture,gainandshutterarexed.
Exposurezone:Theexposurezonetellsthecaeratoprioritizeiagequalityintheostiportantpartofthescene.Selectthe
partofthesceneofgreatestinteresttocalculatetheautoaticexposurelevels,forexapletheareainfrontofanentrancedoor.
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Note
Theexposurezonesarerelatedtotheoriginaliage(un-rotated),andthenaesofthezonesapplytotheoriginaliage.
Thiseans,forexaple,thatifthevideostreaisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecoestheRightzoneinthe
strea,andLeftbecoesLower.
•Automatic:Suitableforostsituations.
•Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheiagetocalculatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand
positionintheliveview.
•Full:Usestheentireliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Upper:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheiagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Lower:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositioninthelowerpartoftheiagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Left:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheleftpartoftheiagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Right:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherightpartoftheiagetocalculatetheexposure.
•Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.
•Custom:Usesanareaintheliveviewtocalculatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.
Maxshutter:Selecttheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestiage.Lowshutterspeeds(longerexposure)ightcauseotionblur
whenthereisoveent,andatoohighshutterspeedightaffecttheiagequality.Maxshutterworkswithaxgainto
iprovetheiage.
Maxgain:Selectthesuitableaxgain.Ifyouincreasetheaxgain,itiprovesthevisiblelevelofdetailindarkiages,but
alsoincreasesthenoiselevel.Morenoisecanalsoresultinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorage.Ifyousettheaxgain
toahighvalue,iagescandifferalotifthelightconditionsareverydifferentfrodaytonight.Maxgainworkswithax
shuttertoiprovetheiage.
Motion-adaptiveexposure:Selecttoreduceotionblurinlow-lightconditions.
Blur-noisetrade-off:Usetheslidertoadjusttheprioritybetweenotionblurandnoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizelowbandwidth
andhavelessnoiseattheexpenseofdetailsinovingobjects,ovetheslidertowardsLownoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizethe
preservationofdetailsinovingobjectsattheexpenseofnoiseandbandwidth,ovetheslidertowardsLowmotionblur.
Note
Youcanchangetheexposureeitherbyadjustingtheexposureorbyadjustingthegain.Ifyouincreasetheexposuretie,
itresultsinoreotionblur,andifyouincreasethegainitresultsinorenoise.IfyouadjusttheBlur-noisetrade-off
towardsLownoise,theexposurewillpreferlongerexposuretiesoversensorgainwhentheexposureisincreased,and
theoppositeifyouadjustthetrade-offtowardsLowmotionblur.Boththegainandexposuretiewilleventuallyreach
theiraxiuvaluesinlow-lightconditions,regardlessofthepriorityset.
Lockaperture:TurnontokeeptheaperturesizesetbytheApertureslider.Turnofftoallowthecaeratoautoatically
adjusttheaperturesize.Youcan,forexaple,locktheapertureforsceneswithperanentlightconditions.
Aperture:Usetheslidertoadjusttheaperturesize,thatis,howuchlightpassesthroughthelens.Toalloworelight
toenterthesensorandtherebyproduceabrighteriageinlow-lightconditions,ovetheslidertowardsOpen.Anopenaperture
alsoreducesthedepthofeld,whicheansthatobjectsclosetoorfarfrothecaeracanappearunfocused.Toalloworeof
theiagetobeinfocus,ovetheslidertowardsClosed.
Exposurelevel:Usetheslidertoadjusttheiageexposure.
Defog:Turnontodetecttheeffectsoffoggyweatherandautoaticallyreovetheforacleareriage.
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