Axis M5525-E User manual

AXISM5525–EPTZNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISM5525–EPTZNetworkCamera
TableofContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................4
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................4
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................4
Setup.....................................................6
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................6
Imagequality...................................................6
Priacymasks..................................................8
Oerlays.......................................................8
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................9
Streamingandstorage...........................................9
Eents........................................................10
Applications....................................................14
Troubleshooting............................................15
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................15
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................15
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................15
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................16
Performanceconsiderations.......................................17
Specications..............................................18
LEDindicators..................................................18
SDcardslot....................................................18
Buttons.......................................................18
Connectors....................................................18
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Productoeriew
1SDcardslot(microSD)
2Controlbutton
3StatusLED
4RJ45connector
5Audioin
6Audioout
7/Oconnector
8Powerconnector
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
Howtoaccesstheproduct
AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•ChromeTM(recommended),Firefox®,Edge®,orOpera®withWindows®
•ChromeTM(recommended)orSafari®withOSX®
•ChromeTMorFirefox®withotheroperatingsystems.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support
Howtoaccesstheproductfromarowser
1.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoerandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’slieiewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aoutsecurepasswords
Important
Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoerthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.
Thedeicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandserices.Axis’productsdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasproducts
maybeusedinarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:
•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththeproducts.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changepasswordatarecurringinteral,atleastonceayear.
Setapasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,theproductmustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.
Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullpriilegesandshouldbereseredforadministratietasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
priilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministratieaccount.
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Howtoaccesstheproduct
1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Setup
Aouttheproduct'suilt-inhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpthroughyourproduct’swebpage.Thehelpproidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
Imagequality
Howtoselectexposuremode
Thereareseeralexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproeimagequalityfor
specicsureillancescenes.IntheImagetab,selectbetweenthefollowingoptions:
•Formostusecases,selectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicer-free.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Forenironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicer-reduced.
Selectthesamefrequencyasthepowerlinefrequency.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
HowtoenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode
Yourcameradelierscolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomaticallyshifttonightmode.
Withthissettingenabled,thecameradeliersblack-and-whiteimageswiththehelpofIRlight.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
Howtohandlesceneswithstrongacklight
UseWDRtomakebothdarkandbrightareasoftheimageisible.
1.GotoSettings>Image.
2.TurnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.
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magewithoutWDR.
magewithWDR.
Note
IfyouuseWDR,youmayexperiencesomeWDRartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
Howtoenhancefacialrecognition
Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.
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1.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’slieiewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof
therectangle.
Note
Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheiewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.
Privacymasks
Howtohidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Ifyouwanttohidepartsoftheimageduetopriacyreasons,useoneorseeralpriacymasks.
Whatisaprivacymas?
Apriacymaskisauser-denedareathatprohibitsusersfromiewingpartsofthemonitoredarea.Priacymasksappearasblocks
ofsolidcolorandareappliedontheideostream.
Thepriacymaskisrelatietothepan,tilt,andzoomcoordinateswhichmeansthatregardlessoftheangleandzoom,thepriacy
maskcoersthesameplaceorobject.
Priacymasksarepresentonallsnapshots,recordedideo,andrequestedstreams.TheycannotbebypassedthroughtheVAPIX®
applicationprogramminginterface(API).
Important
Ifyouaddmanypriacymasks,thismayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Howtocreateaprivacymas
Tocreateoreditapriacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymas.
Overlays
Aoutoverlays
Oerlaysaresuperimposedoertheideostream.Theyareusedtoproideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhaesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoerlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.
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7.Includethetextoerlay.
Createanactionrule:
8.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
9.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
10.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
11.Type“Motiondetected”.
12.Settheduration.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoerlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallideostreamsdynamically.
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)
Howtolimitpan,tilt,andzoommovements
Inthisexample,thecameraissureillingaparkinglotwithnearbyapartmentbuildings.Setpan,tiltandzoomlimitstoensure
priacyforresidents.
Tolimitpanandtilt:
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Advanced>Limits.
2.Setlimitsforpanandtilt.
3.ClickSave.
Tolimitzoom:
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Basic.
2.SetZoomtelelimit.
Streamingandstorage
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyouriewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
aailableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindiidualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheiewertoperceiemotion
ideotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionideoisperceiedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butproidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeeryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264iewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
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H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforaideole.Orseenanotherway,higherideoqualitycanbeachieedforagienbitrate.
Howtoreduceandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlessdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotolieiewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredleel.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Howtosetupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:
1.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworstorage.
3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserer.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserer.
5.Moetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
Howtoaddaudiotoyourrecording
Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
1.GotoSettings>System>Streamproles.
2.Selectthestreamproletomodify.
3.IntheAudiotab,selecttheAudiostreamcheckboxandselectOnfromthedrop-downlist.
4.ClickO.
Events
Aoutevents
Theeentpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteentsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.
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