Axis M4318-PLR User manual

AXISM43SeriesPanoramicCamera
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AXISM43SeriesPanoramicCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebinterface....................................3
Createanadministratoraccount...................................3
Securepasswords...............................................3
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware....................4
Webinterfaceoverview..........................................4
Installation................................................
Previewmode..................................................
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Basicsettings..................................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................11
Setuprulesforevents...........................................12
Thewebinterface...........................................19
Status........................................................19
Video.........................................................20
Recordings.....................................................29
Apps..........................................................30
System........................................................30
Maintenance...................................................0
Learnmore................................................1
Viewarea......................................................1
Capturemodes.................................................1
Privacymasks..................................................1
Overlays.......................................................2
Streamingandstorage...........................................2
Applications....................................................3
Cybersecurity...................................................
Specications..............................................7
Productoverview................................................7
LEDindicators..................................................7
SDcardslot....................................................7
Buttons.......................................................7
Connectors....................................................8
Cleaningrecommendations...................................60
Troubleshooting............................................61
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................61
Firmwareoptions...............................................61
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................61
Upgradethermware............................................61
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................62
Performanceconsiderations.......................................64
Contactsupport.................................................64
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Brosersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®
Windows®recommendedrecommended
macOS®recommendedrecommended
Linux®recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewitiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'sebinterface
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.See
Createanadministratoraccountonpage3.
Createanadministratoraccount
Thersttimeyoulogintoyourdevice,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.
1.Enterausername.
2.Enterapassword.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage3.
3.Re-enterthepassword.
4.ClickAdduser.
Important
Thedevicehasnodefaultaccount.Ifyoulosethepasswordforyouradministratoraccount,youmustresetthedevice.See
Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage61.
Securepassords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
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Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Verifythatnoonehastamperediththermare
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage61.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Webinterfaceovervie
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedevice’swebinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=76564&section=web-interface-overview
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Installation
Previemode
Previewmodeisidealforinstallerswhennetuningthecameraviewduringtheinstallation.Nologinisrequiredtoaccessthe
cameraviewinpreviewmode.Itisavailableonlyinfactorydefaultedstateforalimitedtimefrompoweringupthedevice.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=76564&section=preview-mode
Tisvideodemonstrateowtousepreviewmode.
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Configureyourdevice
Configureyourdevice
Basicsettings
Setthecapturemode
1.GotoVideoInstallationCapturemode.
2.ClickChange.
3.SelectacapturemodeandclickSaveandrestart.
SeealsoCapturemodesonpage51.
Setthemountingposition
1.GotoVideoInstallationMountingposition.
2.ClickChange.
3.SelectamountingpositionandclickSaveandrestart.
Setthepowerlinefrequency
1.GotoVideoInstallationPowerlinefrequency.
2.ClickChange.
3.SelectapowerlinefrequencyandclickSaveandrestart.
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage51.
Rotatetheimageithdigitalroll
Note
Ifyourotatetheimage,allviewsareaffected.
Torotatethe360°view,gotoVideoInstallationandusetheRollslider.
Youcanalsoenteravaluefortherollangleinthetexteld.
Congurethequadvie
Note
Quadviewisavailableinthesemountingpositions:
•Desk
•Ceiling
1.ClickandselectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.SelectQuadviewamongthelivefeedsources.
3.GotoSettingsSystemOrientationandclick.
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4.Tochangethevieworder,draganddroptheyellowboxes.
Levelthecamera
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelgridincombinationwiththedigitalrollsliderinthecamera.
1.GotoVideoInstallationandclick.
2.Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.
3.AdjustthecamerausingtheRollslideruntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelgrid.
Straightenthehorizon
Asheyelensisawide-anglelensthathasacurvedprotrudingfront,whichmakestheimagecircular.Tocompensatefortheimage
distortion,youcanuseHorizonstraighteningtogetanimagethatisperceivedasstraightandinlinewiththehorizon.
1.GotoVideoInstallationandclickChange.
2.SetCapturemodetoadewarpedview.
3.SetMountingpositiontoWallmounted.
4.ClickSaveandrestart.
.GotoVideoStreamandsettheviewtoPanorama.
6.ClickHorizonstraighteningandusetheHorizonlineslidertoadjustthehorizon.
7.UsetheTiltslidertotilttheimage.
Selectexposuremode
Toimproveimagequalityforspecicsurveillancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesletsyoucontrolaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideoImageExposureandselectbetweenthefollowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
BenetfromIRlightinlo-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Butasthevisiblelightdiminishes,colorimagesbecomeless
brightandclear.Ifyouswitchtonightmodewhenthishappens,thecamerausesbothvisibleandnear-infraredlighttodeliverbright
anddetailedblack-and-whiteimagesinstead.Youcansetthecameratoswitchtonightmodeautomatically.
1.GotoVideoImageDay-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tousethebuilt-inIRlightwhenthecameraisinnightmode,turnonAllowilluminationandSynchronizeillumination.
OptimizeIRillumination
Dependingontheinstallationenvironmentandtheconditionsaroundthecamera,forexampleexternallightsourcesinthescene,
youcansometimesimprovetheimagequalityifyoumanuallyadjusttheintensityoftheLEDs.Ifyouhaveproblemswithreections
fromtheLEDs,youcantrytoreducetheintensity.
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1.GotoVideoImageDay-nightmode.
2.TurnonAllowillumination.
3.ClickintheliveviewandselectManual.
4.Adjusttheintensity.
Reducenoiseinlo-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoVideoImageExposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
slidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Ifpossible,opentheaperture.
Reducemotionblurinlo-lightconditions
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinVideoImageExposure:
•MovetheBlur-noisetrade-offslidertowardLowmotionblur.
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.
•SetMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Maximizethedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizethedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•GotoVideoStreamGeneralandsetthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•Belowtheliveviewimage,clickandinVideoformat,selectMJPEG.
•GotoVideoStreamZipstreamandselectOff.
Handlescenesithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
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ImagewitoutWDR.
ImagewitWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoVideoImageWidedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
4.UsetheTonemappingslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
.Ifyoustillhaveproblems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Verifythepixelresolution
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizelicenseplates,youcanusethepixel
counter.
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ABC 123
1.GotoVideoImage.
2.Click.
3.ClickforPixelcounter.
4.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhereyou
expectlicenseplatestoappear.
.Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides,anddecideifthevaluesareenoughforyourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimageithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideoPrivacymasks.
2.Click.
3.Clickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
.Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks,clickPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
SeealsoPrivacymasksonpage51
Shoanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideoOverlays.
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