Axis M4216-V User manual

AXISM4216-VDomeCamera
UserManual

AXISM4216-VDomeCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................3
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount............................3
Securepasswords...............................................3
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware....................4
Installation................................................5
..............................................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................
Basicsettings..................................................
Adjusttheimage................................................
Viewandrecordvideo............................................10
Setuprulesforevents...........................................1 1
Audio.........................................................14
Thedeviceinterface.........................................1
..............................................................1
Status........................................................1
Video.........................................................1
Recordings.....................................................24
Apps..........................................................24
System........................................................25
Maintenance...................................................37
Learnmore................................................38
Long-distanceconnections........................................38
Viewarea......................................................38
Capturemodes.................................................38
Remotefocusandzoom..........................................39
Privacymasks..................................................39
Overlays.......................................................40
Streamingandstorage...........................................40
Applications....................................................41
Security.......................................................43
Specications..............................................44
Productoverview................................................44
LEDindicators..................................................44
SDcardslot....................................................44
Buttons.......................................................45
Connectors....................................................45
Cleaningrecommendations...................................4
Troubleshooting............................................47
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................47
Firmwareoptions...............................................47
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................47
Upgradethermware............................................48
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................48
Performanceconsiderations.......................................50
Contactsupport.................................................50
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersuort
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®Safari®
Windows®recommendedxx
macOS®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
Oenthedevice'swebage
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.
Setanewasswordfortherootaccount
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyoulogintothedevice.
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage7andfollowtheinstructions.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage3.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Secureasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
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•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Verifythatnoonehastameredwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage7.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
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Installation
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/7159#t10173890
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Confiureyourdevice
Basicsettings
1.Setthecapturemode:
1.1GotoVideo>Image>Basicsettings>Capturemode.
1.2ClickChange.
1.3SelectacapturemodeandclickSaveandrestart.
SeealsoCapturemodesonpage38
2.Setthepowerlinefrequency:
2.1GotoVideo>Image>Basicsettings>Currentpoerlinefrequency.
2.2ClickChange.
2.3SelectapowerlinefrequencyandclickSave.
3.Settheorientation:
3.1GotoVideo>Image>Orientation.
3.2Select0,90,180or270degrees.
SeealsoMonitorlongandnarrowareasonpage8
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage38.
Adjustthefocusandzoom
Toadjustthezoom:
1.GotoVideo>Image>Focusandzoomandusethezoomslidertoadjust.
Toadjustthefocus:
1.GotoVideo>Image>Focusandzoomandclicktoshowtheautofocusarea.
2.Adjusttheautofocusareatocoverthepartoftheimagethatyouwanttobeinfocus.
Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocusesontheentirescene.Werecommendthatyoufocusona
staticobject.
3.ClickAutofocus.
4.Tonetunethefocus,usethefocusslider.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelight,itcandeliverbrighter,moredetailedimages.
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1.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosetthelightlevelatwhichthecamerawillshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-light
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemore
imageblurduetolow-lightnoise.
Reducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinVideo>Image>Exposure:
•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLomotionblur.
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.
•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
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Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
1.GotoImage>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Monitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.
1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.
2.Ifthedevicedoesn’thaveautomaticrotationoftheview,gotoVideo>Installation.
3.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format.
Verifytheixelresolution
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizethefaceofaperson,youcanusethe
pixelcounter.
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1.ClickandselectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.GotoSettings>System>Orientation.
3.Click.
4.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
youexpectfacestoappear.
Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides(XandY),anddecideifthevaluesareenoughfor
yourneeds.
Hideartsoftheimagewithrivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click+.
3.ClickthenewmaskandenteraName.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks:expandPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage2
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SelectImageandclick.
3.GototheImagestab.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.ClickUpload.
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.GototheManageoverlaytab.
7.Selecttheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Showatextoverlay
Youcanaddatexteldasanoverlayinthevideostream.Thisisusefulforexamplewhenyouwanttodisplaythedate,timeora
companynameinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SelectTextandclick.
3.Enterthetextyouwanttodisplayinthevideostream.
4.Selectaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlaytexteldintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickSetup.YoucanuseanSDcardornetworkstorage.
-SeeSetupnetworkstorageonpage1 1
3.Tostoprecording,clickagain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordinginthelist.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage0.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanresultinlossofdetailsintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.SelectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneormoreofthefollowing:
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-SelecttheZipstreamlevelthatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.24andH.25.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.25decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.25decoding.
Setunetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.Click+AddnetorkstorageunderNetorkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetorkShare
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
.SelecttheSMBversionorleaveitonAuto
7.CheckAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouareexperiencingtemporaryconnectionissues,ortheshareisnot
yetcongured.
8.ClickAdd.
Viewalivevideostreamonamonitor
YourcameracantransmitalivevideostreamtoanHDMImonitorevenwithoutanetworkconnection.Usethemonitorfor
surveillancepurposesorforpublicviewing,forexampleinastore.
1.ConnectanexternalmonitorusingtheHDMIconnector.
2.GotoSystem>VideooutandturnonHDMI.
3.SelectaSource.Rotatetheimageifneeded.
Important
ToviewthevideostreamviatheHDMIconnector,makesuretoselectacapturemodethatsupportsHDMI.
Seturulesforevents
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.
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2.EnteraName.
3.SelecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.SelectwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Note
Ifyouchangethedenitionofastreamprolethatisusedinarule,thenyouneedtorestartalltherulesthatusethat
streamprole.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideohiletheruleisactive.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
.Selectastreamprole.
7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertimeto0seconds.
9.ClickSave.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnalyticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
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2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,clickandselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underApplication,selectObjectAnalytics.
4.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
5.Selectavideochannel.
.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
7.Settheduration.
8.ClickSave.
Sendanemailautomaticallyifsomeonesrayaintsthelens
Activatethetamperingdetection:
1.ClickandselectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.GotoSystem>Detectors>Cameratampering.
3.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.
4.TurnonTriggerondarkimages.Thiswilltriggeranalarmifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.
Addarecipient:
5.GotoSystem>Events>RecipientsandclickAddrecipient.
.Typeanamefortherecipient.
7.SelectEmail.
8.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
9.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soitwillneedtologintoanotheremailservertobeabletosendmails.Fill
intherestoftheinformationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
10.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
11.ClickSave.
Createarule:
12.GotoSystem>Events>RulesandclickAddarule.
13.Typeanamefortherule.
14.Inthelistofconditions,selectTampering.
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15.Inthelistofactions,selectSendnoticationtoemail.
1.Selectarecipientfromthelist.
17.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
18.ClickSave.
Audio
Addaudiocaabilitytoyourroduct
WiththeAXIST1AudioandI/OInterfaceproducts,youcanaddaudiocapabilitytoyourproduct.Usethesetupin,forexample,
interviewrooms.YoucanplacetheAxisnetworkvideoproductonthewallorceilingtogivegoodvisualcoverage,andthe
AXIST1AudioandI/OInterfaceonorabovetheinterviewtable.
InterviewroomwithAXIST61Seriessetup.
1Axisnetworkvideodevice
2AXIST61AudioandI/OInterface
3PoEswitch
ToaddaudiocapabilitytoyourAxisnetworkvideodevice,connecttheAXIST1AudioandI/OInterfacebetweenyourdeviceand
thePoEswitchwhichprovidespower.
1.ConnecttheAxisnetworkvideodevice(1)andtheAXIST1AudioandI/OInterface(2)withaPoEcable.
2.ConnecttheAXIST1AudioandI/OInterface(2)andthePoEswitch(3)withaPoEcable.
Oncethedevicesareconnected,anaudiotabbecomesvisibleinthesettingsforyourAxisnetworkvideodevice.Gototheaudio
tabandturnonAlloaudio.
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SeeT1usermanualforfurtherinstructions.
Addaudiotoyourrecording
Turnonaudio:
1.GotoAudio>DevicesettingsandturnonAlloaudio.
2.GotoInput>Typeandselectyouraudiosource.
3.Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
3.1GotoSystem>Streamprolesandselectthestreamprole.
3.2SelectIncludeaudiotoallowaudiotobeincludedinthestream.
3.3ClickSave.
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Thedeviceinterface
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
Setlightthemeordarktheme.
Seeinformationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Status
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermare:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatisapplied
fromthespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactual
compressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexampletotestexternaldevices.
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ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktoturnonorturnofftheavailableon-screencontrols.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
•Videoformat:Selecttheencodingformattouseintheliveview.Ifyouselectaformatwithvideocompression,it
resultsinahigherCPUandmemoryusage.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toincrease
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Refresh:Clicktorefreshthestillimageintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressESCtoexitfullscreenmode.
Image
Installation
Appearance
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Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcanforexamplegetagrayscaleimage.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.
Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswell.
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Zoom:Usetheslidertoadjustthezoomlevel.
Autofocusarea:Clicktoshowtheautofocusarea.Thisareashouldincludetheareaofinterest.
Autofocus:Clicktomakethecamerafocusontheselectedarea.Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocuses
ontheentirescene.
Resetfocus:Clicktomakethefocusreturntoitsoriginalposition.
Focus:Usetheslidertosetthefocusmanually.
Rotate:Selectthepreferredimageorientation.
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisible.
Localcontrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervaluemakesthecontrasthigherbetweendark
andlightareas.
Tonemapping:Usetheslidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappliedtotheimage.Ifthevalueissettozeroonly
thestandardgammacorrectionisapplied,whileahighervalueincreasesthevisibilityintheimage.
Dynamiccontrast:Turnontoimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderablecontrastbetweenlightanddarkareasinthe
image.TurnonWDRinintensebacklightconditions,andturnitoffinlow-lightconditionsforoptimalexposure.UsetheDynamic
contrastlevelslidertoadjustthecontrastintheimage.Ahighervalueincreasesthecontrastbetweendarkandlightareas.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecolortemperatureoftheincominglight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecolorslookmore
natural.Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanselectasuitablelightsourcefromthelist.
Theautomaticwhitebalancesettingreducestheriskofcolorickerbyadaptingtochangesgradually.Ifthelightingchanges,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewlightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetype
oflightsourceinascene,thatistheydifferincolortemperature,thedominatinglightsourceactsasareferenceforthe
automaticwhitebalancealgorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebalancesettingthatmatches
thelightsourceyouwanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors:Automaticidenticationandcompensationforthelightsourcecolor.Thisistherecommended
settingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforuorescentlightingwithacolortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcoloradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiallightotherthanuorescentlightingand
goodforanormalcolortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcoloradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacolortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcoloradjustmentforcloudyweatherconditionwithacolortemperaturearound500K.
•Streetlight–mercury:Fixedcoloradjustmentforultravioletemissioninmercuryvaporlightscommoninstreet
lighting.
•Streetlight–sodium:Fixedcoloradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyelloworangecolorofsodiumvaporlights
commoninstreetlighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforlightchanges.
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•Manual:Fixthewhitebalancewiththehelpofawhiteobject.Dragthecircletoanobjectthatyouwantthe
cameratointerpretaswhiteintheliveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesliderstoadjustthe
whitebalancemanually.
Day-nightmode
IR-cutlter:
•Auto:SelecttoautomaticallyturnonandofftheIR-cutlter.Whenthecameraisindaymode,theIR-cutlter
isturnedonandblocksincominginfraredlight,andwheninnightmode,theIR-cutlteristurnedoffandthe
camera’slightsensitivityincreases.
•On:SelecttoturnontheIR-cutlter.Theimageisincolor,butwithreducedlightsensitivity.
•Off:SelecttoturnofftheIR-cutlter.Theimageisinblackandwhiteforincreasedlightsensitivity.
Threshold:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightthresholdwherethecamerachangesfromdaymodetonightmode.
•MovetheslidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmode
earlier.
•MovetheslidertowardsDarktoincreasethethresholdfortheIR-cutlter.Thecamerachangestonightmodelater.
IRlight
Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuilt-inillumination,thesecontrolsareonlyavailablewhenyouhaveconnectedasupportingAxis
accessory.
Alloillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausethebuilt-inlightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizetheilluminationwiththesurroundinglight.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnightonlyworksiftheIR-cutlterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautomaticilluminationangle.
Illuminationangle:Usetheslidertomanuallysettheilluminationangle,forexampleiftheangleneedstobedifferentfromthe
camera’sangleofview.Ifthecamerahasawideangleofview,youcansettheilluminationangletoanarrowerangle,which
equalsagreaterteleposition.Thiswillresultindarkcornersintheimage.
IRavelength:SelectthedesiredwavelengthfortheIRlight.
Whitelight
Alloillumination:Turnontoletthecamerausewhitelightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticallysynchronizethewhitelightwiththesurroundinglight.
Exposure
Exposuremode:Selectanexposuremodetoreducerapidlychangingirregulareffectsintheimage,forexampleickerproduced
bydifferenttypesoflightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyour
powernetwork.
•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gainandshutterautomatically.
•Automaticaperture:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomatically.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
•Flicker-free:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusesonlythefollowingshutterspeeds:
1/50s(50Hz)and1/0s(0Hz).
•Flicker-free50Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flicker-free60Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomatically,andusestheshutterspeed1/0s.
•Flicker-reduced:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan1/100s
(50Hz)and1/120s(0Hz)forbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced50Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan1/100s
forbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced60Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan1/120s
forbrighterscenes.
•Manual:Theaperture,gainandshutterarexed.
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