Axis P32 Series User manual

AXISP32NetworkCameraSeries
AXISP3235–LVNetworkCamera
AXISP3235–LVENetworkCamera
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AXISP32NetworkCameraSeries
TableofContents
Aboutthismanual..........................................3
Solutionoverview...........................................4
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Productoverview...........................................5
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Howtoaccesstheproduct....................................6
Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser...........................6
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................6
Setup.....................................................8
Productwebpageoverview........................................8
Imagequality...................................................0
Privacymasks..................................................4
Overlays.......................................................4
Streamingandstorage...........................................5
Events........................................................6
Applications....................................................20
Troubleshooting............................................2
Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................2
Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................2
Howtoupgradethermware.....................................2
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................22
Performanceconsiderations.......................................23
Specications..............................................25
LEDindicators..................................................25
SDcardslot....................................................25
Buttons.......................................................25
Connectors....................................................26
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Aboutthismanual
Aboutthismanual
Thisusermanualdescribesmultipleproducts.Someoftheinstructionsmaynotberelevantforyourproduct.
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
1AXISP3235–LV
2AXISP3235–LVE
3Surveillancecenter
4Audioout
5Audioin
Thisisanexampleofhowtheproductscanbeinstalledandused.Theproductscanbeconnectedtoaspeakerviaaudiooutanda
microphoneviaaudioin,whichmakesitpossibletowatch,listenandbroadcastinformationfromthesurveillancecenter.
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Productoverview
Productoverview
1Networkconnector(PoE)
2Smemorycardslot
3StatusLEindicator
4Controlbutton
5Audio
6I/O
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owtoaccesstheproduct
owtoaccesstheproduct
AXISIPUtilityandAXISDeviceManagerarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigningthemIP
addressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:
•Windows®:ChromeTM(recommended),Firefox®,Edge®,orOpera®
•OSX®:ChromeTM(recommended)orSafari®
•Otheroperatingsystems:ChromeTMorFirefox®.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support
Howtoaccesstheproductromabrowser
.Startawebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceonthe
productpageataxis.com.
3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.
4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aboutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyastheymaybe
usedinvarioustypesofinstallations.Toprotectyourdatawerecommendthatyou:
•Changethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswitheachdevice.
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage6.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
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owtoaccesstheproduct
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Productwebpageoverview
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Controls
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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7Settingstabs
Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromtheproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.
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Imagequality
Aboutcapturemodes
CapturemodedenesthemaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Dependingonwhichcapturemodeyouselect,you
maynotbeabletouseWDR.
Acapturemodeconsistsofaresolutionandthecorrespondingframerateavailableintheproduct.Thecapturemodesetting
affectsthecamera’seldofviewandaspectratio.
Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.
Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.
Howtoselectcapturemode
Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com
Howtoocus
.Logintotheproduct’swebpageandgotoSettings>Image>Focus.
2.Tosetwhichareaoftheimagethatshouldbeinfocus,clickShowAFarea.Ifyoudon’tselectanautofocusarea,the
camerafocusesontheentirescene.
3.ClickAutofocus.
4.Tonetunethefocus,usethefocusslider.
Aboutremoteocusandzoom
Theremotefocusandzoomfunctionalityallowsyoutomakefocusandzoomadjustmentstoyourcamerafromacomputer.Itisa
convenientwaytoensurethatthescene’sfocus,viewingangleandresolutionareoptimizedwithouthavingtovisitthecamera’s
installationlocation.
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Left:nofocus.Right:remotefocusapplied.
Left:nozoom.Right:remotezoomapplied.
HowtobenetromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Aslightdiminishes,youcansetthecameratoautomatically
shifttonightmode.Innightmodethecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-whiteimages.
Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelightitcandeliverbrighter,moredetailed,images.
.GotoSettings>Image>ayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.EnableAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sbuilt-inIRlightwhenthenight
modeisactivated.
Howtoreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
Note
Increasingthemaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Theshutterspeedshouldbeasslowaspossible,whichmeansyoushouldsetmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
•Tryloweringthemaxgainvalue.
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Howtohandlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
.GotoSettings>Image.
2.TurnonWDRunderWidedynamicrange.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
ImagewithoutWR.
ImagewithWR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
Howtomonitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutilizethefulleldofviewinalongandnarrowarea,forexampleastaircase,hallway,road,ortunnel.
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.Dependingonyourproduct,turnthecameraorthe3-axislensinthecamera90°or270°.
2.Ifyourproductdoesn’trotatetheviewautomatically,logintotheproduct’swebpageandgotoSettings>Stream>
Orientation.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format
Howtoenhanceacialrecognition
Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.
.GotoSettings>System>Orientationandclick.
2.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftherectangleinthecamera’sliveviewaroundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
thefacesofpassingpersonsareexpectedtoappear.Youcanthenseethenumberofpixelsrepresentedbythesidesof
therectangle.
Note
Youcanuseanobjectofaknownsizeintheviewasareferencetodecidehowmuchresolutionisneededforrecognition.
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Aboutviewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremoveparts
ofthefullview,forexample,thesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Privacymasks
Howtohidepartsotheimagewithprivacymasks
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolororblurredimageelements.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Howtocreateaprivacymask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.
Createanactionrule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
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8.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
9.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
0.Type“Motiondetected”.
.Settheduration.
Streamingandstorage
Howtochoosevideocompressionormat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast6imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion
JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace
arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Howtoreducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Howtosetupnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupnetworkstorage:
.GotoSettings>System>Storage.
2.ClickSetupunderNetworkstorage.
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3.EntertheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.Enterthenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserver.
5.Movetheswitchifthesharerequiresalogin,andenterusernameandpassword.
6.ClickConnect.
Howtoaddaudiotoyourrecording
Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
.GotoSettings>System>Streamproles.
2.SelectthestreamproleandclickModify.
3.IntheAudiotab,selecttheAudiostreamcheckboxandselectOnfromthedrop-downlist.
4.ClickOk.
Howtorecordandwatchvideo
Torecordvideoyoumustrstsetupnetworkstorage,seeHowtosetupnetworkstorageonpage15,orhaveanSDcardinstalled.
.Gotothecamera’sliveview.
2.ClickonRecordoncetostartrecordingandonemoretimetostoprecording.
Towatchyourrecording:
.ClickonStorage>Gotorecordings.
2.Selectyourrecordinginthelistanditwillplayautomatically.
Events
Aboutevents
Theeventpagesallowyoutocongureyourproducttoperformactionswhendifferenteventsoccur.Forexample,theproduct
canstartarecordingorsendanemailnoticationwhenmotionisdetected.Thesetofconditionsthatdeneshowandwhen
theactionistriggerediscalledanactionrule.
Howtotriggeranaction
.GotoSettings>System>Eventstosetupanactionrule.Theactionruledeneswhenthecamerawillperformcertain
actions.Actionrulescanbesetupasscheduled,recurring,orforexample,triggeredbymotiondetection.
2.SelectwhatTriggermustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanonetriggerfortheactionrule,all
ofthemmustbemettotriggertheaction.
3.SelectwhichActionthecamerashouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiveactionrule,theactionruleneedstoberestartedforthechangestotakeeffect.
Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsmotionandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
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.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createanactionrule:
4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.
5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionetection(VM).
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.
8.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.
9.Enableandsetthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.
0.EnableWhiletheruleisactive.
.Enableandsetthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.
2.SelectScardfromthelistofstorageoptions.
3.ClickOk.
HowtorecordvideowhenaPIRdetectorsensesmotion
ThisexampleexplainshowtoconnectanAxisPIRdetectortothecamera,andsetupthecameratostartrecordingwhenthe
detectorsensesmotion.
Requiredhardware
•3-wirecable(ground,power,I/O)
•AxisPIRdetector
NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
Disconnectthecamerafrompowerbeforeconnectingthewires.Reconnecttopowerafterallconnectionsaredone.
Connectthewirestothecamera’sI/Oconnector
Note
ForinformationontheI/Oconnector,seeConnectorsonpage26
.Connectthegroundwiretopin(GND/-).
2.Connectthepowerwiretopin2(2VDCoutput).
3.ConnecttheI/Owiretopin3(I/Oinput).
ConnectthewirestothePIRdetector’sI/Oconnector
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.Connecttheotherendofthegroundwiretopin(GND/-).
2.Connecttheotherendofthepowerwiretopin2(DCinput/+).
3.ConnecttheotherendoftheI/Owiretopin3(I/Ooutput).
ConguretheI/Oportinthecamera’swebpage
.GotoSettings>System>I/Oports.
2.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename.
3.TomakethePIRdetectorsendasignaltothecamerawhenitsensesmotion,selectClosedcircuitinthedrop-downlist.
TotriggerthecameratostartrecordingwhenitreceivesasignalfromthePIRdetector,youneedtocreateanactionrulein
thecamera’swebpage.
Howtorecordvideowhenthecameradetectsloudnoises
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseandto
stoponeminuteafter.
Makesureaudioturnedon:
.Setupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeHowtoaddaudiotoyourrecordingonpage16.
Makesuretheaudiodetectionissetup:
2.GotoSettings>System>etectors>Audiodetection.
3.Adjustthealarmlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createanactionrule:
4.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddanactionrule.
5.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectetectorsandthenselectAudioetection.
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.
8.Selectthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedonorcreateanewone.
9.Enableandsetthepre-triggertimeto5seconds.
0.EnableWhiletheruleisactive.
.Enableandsetthepost-triggertimeto60seconds.
2.SelectScardfromthelistofstorageoptions.
3.ClickOK.
Howtouseaudiotodeterintruders
Thisexampleexplainshowtoconnectaspeakertothecameraandsetituptoplayawarningmessagewhenthecameradetects
motioninarestrictedarea.
Requiredhardware
•Speakerwithconnectingwires
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NO NO
NOTICE TICE TICE
Makesurethecameraisdisconnectedfrompowerbeforemakingtheconnections.Reconnecttopowerafterconnectingthe
wires.
Physicalconnection
.ConnecttheaudiowirefromthespeakertotheAUDIOOUTpinonthecamera.SeeProductoverviewonpage5.
2.ConnectthegroundingwirefromthespeakertotheGNDAUDIOOUTpinonthecamera.SeeProductoverviewonpage5.
Addaudiocliptothecamera
.GotoSettings>Audio>Outputandclicktoaddyouraudioclip.
2.ClickAdd.
3.SelectUploadunderAddAudioClipOptions.
4.BrowsetolocatetheaudioclipandclickUpload.
Totriggerthecameratoplaytheaudioclipwhenitdetectsmotion,createanactionruleinthecamera’swebpage.
Howtodetecttamperingwithinputsignal
Thisexampleexplainshowtotriggeranalarmwhentheinputsignalhasbeencutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage26.
.GotoSettings>System>I/OPortsandenableSupervisedI/O.
Createanactionrule:
.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandcreateanactionrule.
2.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
3.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectInputSignalandthenigitalinputport.SelectInput1andsetTamperedtoYes.
4.Fromthelistofschedules,selectAlways.
5.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendNoticationandthenselectarecipientorcreateanewrecipient.
6.ClickOK.
Howtoautomaticallysendanemailisomeonespraypaintsthelens
.GotoSystem>etectors.
2.TurnonTriggerondarkimages.Thiswilltriggeranalarmifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.
3.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.
Createanactionrule:
4.GotoEvents>Actionrulesandaddanactionrule.
5.Enteranamefortheactionrule.
6.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectetectorsandthenselectTampering.
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectSendNoticationandthenselectarecipientfromthelistorclickNewRecipient
tocreateanewrecipient.
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8.Enternameandaddressfortheemail.
9.ClickOk.
Applications
Aboutapplications
AXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)isanopenplatformthatenablesthirdpartiestodevelopanalyticsandotherapplications
forAxisproducts.Tondoutmoreaboutavailableapplications,downloads,trialsandlicenses,gotoaxis.com/applications
TondtheusermanualsforAxisapplications,gotoaxis.com
Note
•Severalapplicationscanrunatthesametimebutsomeapplicationsmightnotbecompatiblewitheachother.Certain
combinationsofapplicationsmightrequiretoomuchprocessingpowerormemoryresourceswhenruninparallel.Verify
thattheapplicationsworktogetherbeforedeployment.
AXISPeopleCounter
AXISPeopleCounterisananalyticapplicationthatcanbeinstalledonanetworkcamera.
Thecounterisembeddedinthecamerawhichmeansyoudonotneedadedicatedcomputertoruntheapplication.
AXISPeopleCounterisintendedforretailenvironments,likestoresorshoppingmalls,orotherenvironmentswhereyouwantto
countpeople.
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