Axis P3255-LVE User manual

AXISP3255-LVEDomeCamera
UserManual

AXISP3255-LVEDomeCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Accessthedevice...............................................3
Webpageoverview..............................................4
Additionalsettings..........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................10
Setupruesandaerts...........................................11
Audio.........................................................17
Learnmore................................................18
Capturemodes.................................................18
Viewarea......................................................18
Remotefocusandzoom..........................................18
Privacymasks..................................................18
Overays.......................................................19
Streamingandstorage...........................................19
Appications....................................................21
Security.......................................................22
Troubleshooting............................................23
Resettofactorydefautsettings...................................23
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................23
Upgradethermware............................................23
Technicaissues,cuesandsoutions................................24
Performanceconsiderations.......................................25
Specications..............................................27
Productoverview................................................27
LEDindicators..................................................28
SDcardsot....................................................28
Buttons.......................................................28
Connectors....................................................28
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtiityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
appicationsarefreeandcanbedownoadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browserspport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefoowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®Safari®
Windows®recommendedxx
macOS®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
Accessthedevice
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtiityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.
3.Theiveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccont
Important
Thedefautadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootisost,resetthedevicetofactorydefautsettings.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/6182#t100805
Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck
1.Typeapassword.Foowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespeing.
3.CickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Secrepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiaysetpasswordinceartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpoicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstaations.
Toprotectyourdatawestrongyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithateast8characters,preferabycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterva,ateastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
1Liveviewcontrolbar
2Liveview
3Productname
4Userinformation,colorthemes,andhelp
5Videocontrolbar
6Settingstoggle
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7Settingstabs
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Addtonalsettngs
Addtonalsettngs
Adjsttheimage
Thissectionincudesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Ifyouwanttoearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatures
function,gotoLearnmoreonpage18.
Selectexposremode
Therearedifferentexposuremodeoptionsinthecamerathatadjustsaperture,shutterspeed,andgaintoimproveimagequaityfor
specicsurveiancescenes.GotoSettings>Image>Exposureandseectbetweenthefoowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,seectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiaighting,forexampeuorescentighting,seectFlickerfree.
Seectthesamefrequencyasthepowerinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiaightandbrightight,forexampeoutdoorswithuorescentightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,seectFlickerreduced.
Seectthesamefrequencyasthepowerinefrequency.
•Toockthecurrentexposuresettings,seectHoldcurrent.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionssingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisibeighttodeivercoorimagesduringtheday.Astheavaiabeightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticayshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisibeightandnear-infraredighttodeiverback-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavaiabeightitcandeiverbrighter,moredetaied,images.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Dayandnight,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Todetermineatwhatighteveyouwantthecameratoshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdsidertowardBright
orDark.
3.EnabeAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRilluminationtousethecamera’sIRightwhennightmodeisactivated.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewibeessow-ight
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecoorsaremaintainedforonger,buttherewibemore
imageburduetoow-ightnoise.
Redcenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinow-ightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefoowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionbur.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlurnoise
tradeoffsidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervauecanresutinmotionbur.
•Tosowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossibevaue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
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Note
Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.
•Setthemaxgaintoaowervaue.
•Opentheaperture.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinightevesinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresutisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisibe.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisibe.
ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavaiabeforacapturemodes.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastsidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
4.Ifyoustihaveprobems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Compensateforbarreldistortion
Barredistortionisaphenomenonwherestraightinesappearincreasingybentcosertotheedgesoftheframe.Awideedofview
oftencreatesbarredistortioninanimage.Barredistortioncorrectioncompensatesforthisdistortion.
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Note
Barredistortioncorrectionaffectstheimageresoutionandedofview.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Imagecorrection.
2.TurnonBarreldistortioncorrection(BDC).
3.Usethesidertoimprovetheimage.
Monitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutiizethefuedofviewinaongandnarrowarea,forexampeastaircase,haway,road,ortunne.
1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axisensinthecamera90°or270°.
Note
MakesuretoaimIRLEDsawayfromwasorweathershieds.
2.Ifthedevicedoesn’thaveautomaticrotationoftheview,ogintothewebpageandgotoSettings>System>Orientation.
3.Cick.
4.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format.
Verifythepixelresoltion
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixesto,forexampe,recognizethefaceofaperson,youcanusethe
pixecounter.
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1.GotoSettings>System>Orientation.
2.Cick.
3.Inthecamera’siveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectangearoundtheareaofinterest,forexampewhere
youexpectfacestoappear.
Youcanseethenumberofpixesforeachoftherectange’ssides(XandY),anddecideifthevauesareenoughfor
yourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveraprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/6182#t1010602
Howtocreateaprivacymask
1.GotoSettings>Privacymask.
2.CickNew.
3.Adjustthesize,coor,andnameoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
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Addtonalsettngs
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/6182#t1010602
Howtochangetheappearanceofthemask
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverayinthevideostream.
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.CickImagelist.
3.UpoadanimageandcickDone.
4.CickCreateoverlay.
5.SeectImageandcickCreate.
6.Seecttheimagefromthedrop-downist.
7.Topositiontheimageoveray,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.
8.CickCreate.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincudesinstructionsabouthowtocongureyourdevice.Toearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage1.
Redcebandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresutinossofdetaisinthepicture.
1.GotoiveviewandseectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefoowing:
Note
ThezipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnondynamicGOPandsetahighGOPengthvaue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Note
WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.UseavideomanagementsystemorappicationsupportingH.265decoding.
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