Axis P3717-PLE User manual

AXISP3717-PLENetworkCamera
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AXISP3717-PLENetworkCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................3
Webpageoverview..............................................4
Installation................................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Setupruesforevents...........................................9
Thedeviceinterface.........................................11
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Status........................................................11
Video.........................................................11
Recordings.....................................................19
Apps..........................................................19
System........................................................20
Maintenance...................................................33
Learnmore................................................34
Remotefocusandzoom..........................................34
Privacymasks..................................................34
Overays.......................................................34
Streamingandstorage...........................................34
Appications....................................................36
Specications..............................................38
Productoverview................................................38
LEDindicators..................................................38
SDcardsot....................................................39
Buttons.......................................................39
Connectors....................................................39
Troubleshooting............................................40
Resettofactorydefautsettings...................................40
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................40
Upgradethermware............................................40
Technicaissues,cues,andsoutions................................41
Performanceconsiderations.......................................42
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Getstarte
Getstarte
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtiityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
appicationsarefreeandcanbedownoadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browserspport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefoowingbrowsers:
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'swebpage
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtiityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordforterootaccountonpage3.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginaAxisrmware,ortotakefucontroofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefautsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage40.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstathedevice.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccont
Thedefautadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefautpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyouogintothedevice.
Ifyouosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage40andfoowtheinstructions.
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
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/44506#t10157625
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Installation
Installation
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/44506#t10170580
Installationvideoforteproduct.
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Configureyourevice
Configureyourevice
Adjsttheimage
Thissectionincudesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttoearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage34.
OptimizeIRillmination
Dependingontheinstaationenvironmentandtheconditionsaroundthecamera,forexampeexternaightsourcesinthescene,
youcansometimesimprovetheIRiuminationifyoumanuayadjusttheintensityoftheLEDs.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Daynightmode.
2.TurnonAllowillumination.
3.GotoandseectManual.
4.Adjusttheintensity.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbysingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisibeighttodeivercoorimagesduringtheday.Astheavaiabeightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticayshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisibeightandnear-infraredighttodeiverback-and-white
images.Sincethecamerausesmoreoftheavaiabeight,itcandeiverbrighter,moredetaiedimages.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Daynightmode,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosettheighteveatwhichthecamerawishifttonightmode,movetheThresholdsidertowardBrightorDark.
3.Tousethecamera’sIRightwhennightmodeisactivated,turnonAllowIRilluminationandSynchronizeIRillumination.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewibeessow-ight
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecoorsaremaintainedforonger,buttherewibemore
imageburduetoow-ightnoise.
Redcenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinow-ightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefoowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionbur.GotoImage>ExposureandmovetheBlurnoisetradeoff
sidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervauecanresutinmotionbur.
•Tosowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossibevaue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
Note
Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.
•Setthemaxgaintoaowervaue.
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•Opentheaperture.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinightevesinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresutisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisibe.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisibe.
ImagewitoutWDR.
ImagewitWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavaiabeforacapturemodes.
1.GotoImage>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastsidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
4.Ifyoustihaveprobems,gotoExposureandadjusttheExposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Monitorlongandnarrowareas
Usecorridorformattobetterutiizethefuedofviewinaongandnarrowarea,forexampeastaircase,haway,road,ortunne.
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1.Dependingonyourdevice,turnthecameraorthe3-axisensinthecamera90°or270°.
Note
MakesuretoaimIRLEDsawayfromwasorweathershieds.
2.Ifthedevicedoesn’thaveautomaticrotationoftheview,gotoVideo>Installation.
3.Rotatetheview90°or270°.
Findoutmoreataxis.com/axis-corridor-format.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveraprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Cick+.
3.CickthenewmaskandenteraName.
4.Adjustthesizeandpacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
Tochangethecoorforaprivacymasks:expandPrivacymasksandseectacoor.
SeeasoPrivacymasksonpage18
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.SeectImageandcick.
3.GototheImagestab.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.CickUpload.
6.GototheManageoverlaytab.
7.Seecttheimageandaposition.Youcanasodragtheoverayimageintheiveviewtochangetheposition.
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Setprlesforevents
Youcancreateruestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Arueconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexampe,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemaiwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoveraytextwhiethedeviceisrecording.
Toearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwitrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarue.Theruedeneswhenthedevicewiperformcertainactions.Youcanset
upruesasschedued,recurring,ormanuaytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.SeecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherue,aofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.SeectwhichActionthedeviceshoudperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverue,theruemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexampeexpainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeminuteafter.
1.Starttheappicationifitisnotareadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheappicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarue:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarue.
2.Typeanamefortherue.
3.Intheistofactions,underRecordings,seectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
4.Intheistofstorageoptions,seectSD_DISK.
5.Seectastreamproe.
6.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
7.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
8.CickSave.
Sendanemailatomaticallyifsomeonespraypaintsthelens
Activatethetamperingdetection:
1.CickandseectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.GotoSystem>Detectors>Cameratampering.
3.SetadurationforTriggerafter.Thevaueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemaiissent.
4.TurnonTriggerondarkimages.Thiswitriggeranaarmiftheensissprayed,covered,orrenderedsevereyoutoffocus.
Addarecipient:
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5.GotoSystem>Events>RecipientsandcickAddrecipient.
6.Typeanamefortherecipient.
7.SeectEmail.
8.Typeanemaiaddresstosendtheemaito.
9.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemaiserver,soitwineedtoogintoanotheremaiservertobeabetosendmais.Fi
intherestoftheinformationaccordingtoyouremaiprovider.
10.Tosendatestemai,cickTest.
11.CickSave.
Createarule:
12.GotoSystem>Events>RulesandcickAddarule.
13.Typeanamefortherue.
14.Intheistofconditions,seectTampering.
15.Intheistofactions,seectSendnoticationtoemail.
16.Seectarecipientfromtheist.
17.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemai.
18.CickSave.
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Theeviceinterface
Theeviceinterface
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthep.
Changetheanguage.
Setightthemeordarktheme.
Seeinformationabouttheuserwhoisoggedin.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personabrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohepusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,incudingrmwareversionandserianumber.
Stats
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,incudingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremainingunti
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:CicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinformation,incudingrmwareversionandserianumber.
Upgradermware:CicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
Video
Cicktopaytheivevideostream.
Cicktofreezetheivevideostream.
Cicktotakeasnapshotoftheivevideostream.Theeissavedinthe‘Downoads’foderonyourcomputer.Theimage
enameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatisappied
fromthespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactua
compressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
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CicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorcosethecircuitofaport,forexampetotestexternadevices.
CicktomanuayturnonorturnofftheIRiumination.
Cicktoturnonorturnofftheavaiabeon-screencontros.
Cicktomanuayturnontheheaterforaseectedperiodoftime.
Cicktostartacontinuousrecordingoftheivevideostream.Cickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
wiresumeautomaticayafterareboot.
Cicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeoggedinasan
administrator.
Cicktoaccessmoresettings:
•Videoformat:Seecttheencodingformattouseintheiveview.Ifyouseectaformatwithvideocompression,it
resutsinahigherCPUandmemoryusage.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showstheivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoveray,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateinthecientstreaminformationisthebitrateoftheastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverayistheaveragebitrateoftheast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvauescoveronytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionabandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresoutiontotheviewingcient’sactuadispayresoution,toincrease
theuserexperienceandheppreventapossibeoveroadofthecient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisony
appiedwhenyouviewtheivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhieadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwiusetheimage
resoutionseectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Cicktoshowtheevegrid.Thegridhepsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontayaigned.Cick
tohideit.
•Refresh:Cicktorefreshthestiimageintheiveview.
Cicktoshowtheiveviewatfuresoution.Ifthefuresoutionisargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmaerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Cicktoshowtheivevideostreaminfuscreen.PressESCtoexitfuscreenmode.
Installation
Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchangethe
capturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowthecameraismounted.
Powerlinefrequency:Seectthefrequencythatisusedinyourregiontominimizeimageicker.TheAmericanregions
usuayuse60Hz.Therestofthewordmostyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerinefrequency,check
withtheocaauthorities.
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Rotate:Seectthepreferredimageorientation.
Zoom:Usethesidertoadjustthezoomeve.
Autofocusarea:Cicktoshowtheautofocusarea.Thisareashoudincudetheareaofinterest.
Autofocus:Cicktomakethecamerafocusontheseectedarea.Ifyoudon’tseectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocuses
ontheentirescene.
Resetfocus:Cicktomakethefocusreturntoitsoriginaposition.
Focus:Usethesidertosetthefocusmanuay.
Image
Appearance
Saturation:Usethesidertoadjustthecoorintensity.Youcanforexampegetagrayscaeimage.
Contrast:Usethesidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenightanddark.
Brightness:Usethesidertoadjusttheightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappiedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetaisfromadarkarea,it’susuaybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
Sharpness:Usethesidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswe.
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Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisibe.
Localcontrast:Usethesidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervauemakesthecontrasthigherbetweendark
andightareas.
Tonemapping:Usethesidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappiedtotheimage.Ifthevaueissettozeroony
thestandardgammacorrectionisappied,whieahighervaueincreasesthevisibiityintheimage.
Dynamiccontrast:Turnontoimprovetheexposurewhenthereisaconsiderabecontrastbetweenightanddarkareasinthe
image.TurnonWDRinintensebackightconditions,andturnitoffinow-ightconditionsforoptimaexposure.UsetheDynamic
contrastlevelsidertoadjustthecontrastintheimage.Ahighervaueincreasesthecontrastbetweendarkandightareas.
Whitebalance
Whenthecameradetectsthecoortemperatureoftheincomingight,itcanadjusttheimagetomakethecoorsookmore
natura.Ifthisisnotsufcient,youcanseectasuitabeightsourcefromtheist.
Theautomaticwhitebaancesettingreducestheriskofcoorickerbyadaptingtochangesgraduay.Iftheightingchanges,or
whenthecameraisrststarted,itcantakeupto30secondstoadapttothenewightsource.Ifthereismorethanonetype
ofightsourceinascene,thatistheydifferincoortemperature,thedominatingightsourceactsasareferenceforthe
automaticwhitebaanceagorithm.Thisbehaviorcanbeoverriddenbychoosingaxedwhitebaancesettingthatmatches
theightsourceyouwanttouseasareference.
Lightenvironment:
•Automatic:Automaticidenticationandcompensationfortheightsourcecoor.Thisistherecommendedsetting
whichcanbeusedinmostsituations.
•Automatic–outdoors:Automaticidenticationandcompensationfortheightsourcecoor.Thisistherecommended
settingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcooradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiaightotherthanuorescentightingand
goodforanormacoortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcooradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacoortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcooradjustmentforuorescentightingwithacoortemperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcooradjustmentforuorescentightingwithacoortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcooradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiaightotherthanuorescentightingand
goodforanormacoortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcooradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacoortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcooradjustmentforcoudyweatherconditionwithacoortemperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury:Fixedcooradjustmentforutravioetemissioninmercuryvaporightscommoninstreet
ighting.
•Streetlight–sodium:Fixedcooradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyeoworangecoorofsodiumvaporights
commoninstreetighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforightchanges.
•Manual:Fixthewhitebaancewiththehepofawhiteobject.Dragthecircetoanobjectthatyouwantthe
cameratointerpretaswhiteintheiveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesiderstoadjustthe
whitebaancemanuay.
Daynightmode
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IRcutlter:
•Auto:SeecttoautomaticayturnonandofftheIR-cutter.Whenthecameraisindaymode,theIR-cutter
isturnedonandbocksincominginfraredight,andwheninnightmode,theIR-cutteristurnedoffandthe
camera’sightsensitivityincreases.
•On:SeecttoturnontheIR-cutter.Theimageisincoor,butwithreducedightsensitivity.
•Off:SeecttoturnofftheIR-cutter.Theimageisinbackandwhiteforincreasedightsensitivity.
Threshold:Usethesidertoadjusttheightthreshodwherethecamerachangesfromdaymodetonightmode.
•MovethesidertowardsBrighttodecreasethethreshodfortheIR-cutter.Thecamerachangestonightmode
earier.
•MovethesidertowardsDarktoincreasethethreshodfortheIR-cutter.Thecamerachangestonightmodeater.
IRlight
Ifyourdevicedoesn’thavebuit-iniumination,thesecontrosareonyavaiabewhenyouhaveconnectedasupportingAxis
accessory.
Allowillumination:Turnontoetthecamerausethebuit-inightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticaysynchronizetheiuminationwiththesurroundingight.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnightonyworksiftheIR-cutterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautomaticiuminationange.
Illuminationangle:Usethesidertomanuaysettheiuminationange,forexampeiftheangeneedstobedifferentfromthe
camera’sangeofview.Ifthecamerahasawideangeofview,youcansettheiuminationangetoanarrowerange,which
equasagreaterteeposition.Thiswiresutindarkcornersintheimage.
IRwavelength:SeectthedesiredwaveengthfortheIRight.
Whitelight
Allowillumination:Turnontoetthecamerausewhiteightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticaysynchronizethewhiteightwiththesurroundingight.
Exposure
Exposuremode:Seectanexposuremodetoreducerapidychangingirreguareffectsintheimage,forexampeickerproduced
bydifferenttypesofightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyour
powernetwork.
•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gainandshutterautomaticay.
•Automaticaperture:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomaticay.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
•Flickerfree:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay,andusesonythefoowingshutterspeeds:
1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
•Flickerfree50Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flickerfree60Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
•Flickerreduced:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan1/100s
(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.
•Flickerreduced50Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan1/100s
forbrighterscenes.
•Flickerreduced60Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan1/120s
forbrighterscenes.
•Manual:Theaperture,gainandshutterarexed.
Exposurezone:Theexposurezonetesthecameratoprioritizeimagequaityinthemostimportantpartofthescene.Seectthe
partofthesceneofgreatestinteresttocacuatetheautomaticexposureeves,forexampetheareainfrontofanentrancedoor.
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Note
Theexposurezonesarereatedtotheoriginaimage(un-rotated),andthenamesofthezonesappytotheoriginaimage.
Thismeans,forexampe,thatifthevideostreamisrotated90°,thentheUpperzonebecomestheRightzoneinthe
stream,andLeftbecomesLower.
•Automatic:Suitabeformostsituations.
•Center:Usesaxedareainthecenteroftheimagetocacuatetheexposure.Theareahasaxedsizeand
positionintheiveview.
•Full:Usestheentireiveviewtocacuatetheexposure.
•Upper:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheupperpartoftheimagetocacuatetheexposure.
•Lower:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheowerpartoftheimagetocacuatetheexposure.
•Left:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheeftpartoftheimagetocacuatetheexposure.
•Right:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintherightpartoftheimagetocacuatetheexposure.
•Spot:Usesanareawithaxedsizeandpositionintheiveviewtocacuatetheexposure.
•Custom:Usesanareaintheiveviewtocacuatetheexposure.Youcanadjustthesizeandpositionofthearea.
Maxshutter:Seecttheshutterspeedtoprovidethebestimage.Lowshutterspeeds(ongerexposure)mightcausemotionbur
whenthereismovement,andatoohighshutterspeedmightaffecttheimagequaity.Maxshutterworkswithmaxgainto
improvetheimage.
Maxgain:Seectthesuitabemaxgain.Ifyouincreasethemaxgain,itimprovesthevisibeeveofdetaiindarkimages,but
asoincreasesthenoiseeve.Morenoisecanasoresutinincreaseduseofbandwidthandstorage.Ifyousetthemaxgain
toahighvaue,imagescandifferaotiftheightconditionsareverydifferentfromdaytonight.Maxgainworkswithmax
shuttertoimprovetheimage.
PIrisupload:Seecttheinstaedandsupportedens.Restartthecameraforthechangestotakeeffect.
Blurnoisetradeoff:Usethesidertoadjusttheprioritybetweenmotionburandnoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizeowbandwidth
andhaveessnoiseattheexpenseofdetaisinmovingobjects,movethesidertowardsLownoise.Ifyouwanttoprioritizethe
preservationofdetaisinmovingobjectsattheexpenseofnoiseandbandwidth,movethesidertowardsLowmotionblur.
Note
Youcanchangetheexposureeitherbyadjustingtheexposureorbyadjustingthegain.Ifyouincreasetheexposuretime,
itresutsinmoremotionbur,andifyouincreasethegainitresutsinmorenoise.IfyouadjusttheBlurnoisetradeoff
towardsLownoise,theexposurewipreferongerexposuretimesoversensorgainwhentheexposureisincreased,and
theoppositeifyouadjustthetrade-offtowardsLowmotionblur.Boththegainandexposuretimewieventuayreach
theirmaximumvauesinow-ightconditions,regardessofthepriorityset.
Lockaperture:TurnontokeeptheaperturesizesetbytheAperturesider.Turnofftoaowthecameratoautomaticayadjust
theaperturesize.Youcan,forexampe,ocktheapertureforsceneswithpermanentightconditions.
Aperture:Usethesidertoadjusttheaperturesize,thatis,howmuchightpassesthroughtheens.Toaowmoreighttoenter
thesensorandtherebyproduceabrighterimageinow-ightconditions,movethesidertowardsOpen.Anopenapertureaso
reducesthedepthofed,whichmeansthatobjectscosetoorfarfromthecameracanappearunfocused.Toaowmoreof
theimagetobeinfocus,movethesidertowardsClosed.
Exposurelevel:Usethesidertoadjusttheimageexposure.
Defog:Turnontodetecttheeffectsoffoggyweatherandautomaticayremovethemforacearerimage.
Note
WerecommendyounottoturnonDefoginsceneswithowcontrast,argeightevevariations,orwhentheautofocusis
sightyoff.Thiscanaffecttheimagequaity,forexampe,byincreasingthecontrast.Furthermore,toomuchightcan
negativeyimpacttheimagequaitywhendefogisactive.
General
Name:Enteranamefortheseectedcamera.
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Stream
General
Resolution:Seecttheimageresoutionsuitabeforthesurveiancescene.Ahigherresoutionincreasesbandwidthandstorage.
Framerate:Toavoidbandwidthprobemsonthenetworkorreducestoragesize,youcanimittheframeratetoaxedamount.
Ifyoueavetheframerateatzero,theframerateiskeptatthehighestpossiberateunderthecurrentconditions.Ahigher
frameraterequiresmorebandwidthandstoragecapacity.
Compression:Usethesidertoadjusttheimagecompression.Highcompressionresutsinaowerbitrateandowerimagequaity.
Lowcompressionimprovestheimagequaity,butusesmorebandwidthandstoragewhenyourecord.
H.26xencoding
Zipstream:Abitratereductiontechnoogy,optimizedforvideosurveiance,thatreducestheaveragebitrateinanH.264orH.265
streaminreatime.AxisZipstreamappiesahighbitrateinsceneswheretherearemutiperegionsofinterest,forexampein
sceneswithmovingobjects.Whenthesceneismorestatic,Zipstreamappiesaowerbitrate,andtherebyreducestherequired
storage.Toearnmore,seeReducingtebitratewitAxisZipstream
Seectthedesiredeveofbitratereduction:
•Off:Nobitratereduction.
•Low:Novisibequaitydegradationinmostscenes.Thisisthedefautoptionanditcanbeusedinatypes
ofscenestoreducethebitrate.
•Medium:Visibeeffectsinsomescenesthroughessnoiseandasightyowereveofdetaiinregionsofower
interest,forexampewherethere’snomovement.
•High:Visibeeffectsinsomescenesthroughessnoiseandaowereveofdetaiinregionsofowerinterest,
forexampewherethere’snomovement.Werecommendthiseveforcoud-connecteddevicesanddevicesthat
useocastorage.
•Higher:Visibeeffectsinsomescenesthroughessnoiseandaowereveofdetaiinregionsofowerinterest,
forexampewherethere’snomovement.
•Extreme:Visibeeffectsinmostscenes.Thebitrateisoptimizedforsmaestpossibestorage.
DynamicFPS(framespersecond):Turnontoaowthebandwidthtovarybasedontheeveofactivityinthescene.More
activityrequiresmorebandwidth.
Lowerlimit:Enteravauetoadjusttheframeratebetweenminimafpsandthestreamdefautfpsbasedonscenemotion.We
recommendyoutouseowerimitinsceneswithveryittemotion,wherethefpscouddropto1orower.
DynamicGOP(GroupofPictures):TurnontodynamicayadjusttheintervabetweenI-framesbasedontheeveofactivity
inthescene.
Upperlimit:EnteramaximumGOPength,thatis,themaximumnumberofP-framesbetweentwoI-frames.
Pframes:EnterthedesirednumberofP-frames.Thehigherthenumber,theessbandwidthisrequired.However,ifthereare
networkcongestion,therecoudbeanoticeabedeteriorationinthevideoquaity.
H.264prole:
•Baseline:Useifthevideomanagementcientdoesn’tsupportCABACentropycoding.
•Main:UseifthevideomanagementcientsupportsCABACentropycoding,toachievehighercompressionwith
maintainedvideoquaity.Itrequiresmoreprocessingpowertodecodecomparedtothebaseineproe.
•High:UseifthevideomanagementcientsupportsCABACentropycoding,toachieveevenhighercompressionthan
withthemainproe.Itrequiresmoreprocessingpowertodecodecomparedtothemainproe.
Bitratecontrol:
•Average:Seecttoautomaticayadjustthebitrateoveraongertimeperiodandprovidethebestpossibeimage
quaitybasedontheavaiabestorage.
-Cicktocacuatethetargetbitratebasedonavaiabestorage,retentiontime,andbitrateimit.
-Targetbitrate:Enterdesiredtargetbitrate.
-Retentiontime:Enterthenumberofdaystokeeptherecordings.
-Storage:Showstheestimatedstoragethatcanbeusedforthestream.
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-Maximumbitrate:Turnontosetabitrateimit.
-Bitratelimit:Enterabitrateimitthatishigherthanthetargetbitrate.
•Maximum:Seecttosetamaximuminstantbitrateofthestreambasedonyournetworkbandwidth.
-Maximum:Enterthemaximumbitrate.
•Variable:Seecttoaowthebitratetovarybasedontheeveofactivityinthescene.Moreactivityrequiresmore
bandwidth.Werecommendthisoptionformostsituations.
Orientation
Rotate:Rotatetheimagetomatchyourrequirements.
Mirror:Turnontomirrortheimage.
Overlays
:Cicktoaddanoveray.Seectthetypeofoverayfromthedropdownist:
•Text:Seecttoshowatextthatisintegratedintheiveviewimageandvisibeinaviews,recordingsandsnapshots.
Youcanenteryourowntext,andyoucanasoincudepre-conguredmodierstoautomaticayshowforexampe
time,date,framerate.
-:Cicktoaddthedatemodier%Ftoshowyyyy-mm-dd.
-:Cicktoaddthetimemodier%Xtoshowhh:mm:ss(24-hourcock).
-:Cicktoseectanyofthemodiersshownintheisttoaddthemtothetextbox.Forexampe,
%ashowsthedayoftheweek.
-Size:Seectthedesiredfontsize.
-Appearance:Seectthetextcoorandbackgroundcoor,forexampe,whitetextonabackbackground
(defaut).
-:Seectthepositionoftheoverayintheimage.
•Image:Seecttoshowastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Youcanuse.bmp,.png,.jpeg,or.svges.
Toupoadanimage,cickImages.Beforeyouupoadanimage,youcanchooseto:
-Scalewithresolution:Seecttoautomaticayscaetheoverayimagetotthevideoresoution.
-Usetransparency:SeectandentertheRGBhexadecimavaueforthatcoor.UsetheformatRRGGBB.
Exampesofhexadecimavaues:FFFFFFforwhite,000000forback,FF00000forred,6633FFforbue,and
669900forgreen.Onyfor.bmpimages.
•Streamingindicator:Seecttoshowananimationsuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theanimationindicates
thatthevideostreamisive,evenifthescenedoesn’tcontainanymotion.
-Appearance:Seecttheanimationcoorandbackgroundcoor,forexampe,redanimationonatransparent
background(defaut).
-Size:Seectthedesiredfontsize.
-:Seectthepositionoftheoverayintheimage.
Privacymasks
:Cicktocreateanewprivacymask.Themaximumnumberofmasksdependonthecompexityofamaskscombined.
Eachmaskcanhavemaximum10anchorpoints.
Privacymasks:Cicktochangethecoorofaprivacymasks,ortodeeteaprivacymaskspermanenty.
Maskx:Cicktorename,disabe,orpermanentydeetethemask.
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Recordings
Cicktotertherecordings.
From:Showrecordingsdoneafteracertainpointintime.
To:Showrecordingsupuntiacertainpointintime.
Source:Showrecordingsbasedonsource.
Event:Showrecordingsbasedonevents.
Storage:Showrecordingsbasedonstoragetype.
Cicktopaytherecording.
Cicktostoptherecording.
Cicktoshowmoreinformationandoptionsabouttherecording.
Setexportrange:Ifyouonywanttoexportpartoftherecording,enterfromwhentowhen.
Cicktodeetetherecording.
Export:Cicktoexport(partof)therecording.
Apps
Addapp:Cicktoinstaanewapp.
Findmoreapps:CicktogotoanoverviewpageofAxisapps.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Applog:Cicktoviewaogoftheappevents.Theogishepfuwhenyoucontactsupport.
•Activatelicensewithakey:Iftheapprequiresaicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevice
doesn’thaveinternetaccess.
Ifyoudon’thaveaicensekey,gotoaxis.com/applications.YouneedaicensecodeandtheAxisproductseria
numbertogenerateaicensekey.
•Activatelicenseautomatically:Iftheapprequiresaicense,youneedtoactivateit.Usethisoptionifyourdevicehas
internetaccess.Youneedaicensecodetoactivatetheicense.
•Deactivatethelicense:Deactivatetheicensetouseitinanotherdevice.Ifyoudeactivatetheicense,youaso
removeitfromthedevice.Todeactivatetheicenserequiresinternetaccess.
•Delete:Deetetheapppermanentyfromthedevice.Ifyoudon’tdeactivatetheicenserst,itremainsactive.
Note
Thedevice’sperformancemightbeaffectedifyourunseveraappsatthesametime.
Start:Startorstoptheapp.
Open:Cicktoaccesstheapp’ssettings.Theavaiabesettingsdependontheappication.Someappicationsdon’thaveany
settings.
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System
Dateandtime
Thetimeformatdependsonthewebbrowser’sanguagesettings.
Note
Werecommendyoutosynchronizethedevice’sdateandtimewithanNTPserver.
Synchronization:Seectanoptionforsynchronizingthedevice’sdateandtime.
•Automaticdateandtime(NTPserverusingDHCP):SynchronizewiththeNTPserverconnectedtotheDHCPserver.
•Automaticdateandtime(manualNTPserver):SynchronizewithNTPserversofyourchoice.
-PrimaryNTPserverandSecondaryNTPserver:EntertheIPaddressofoneortwoNTPservers.Whenyouuse
twoNTPservers,thedevicesynchronizesandadaptsitstimebasedoninputfromboth.
•Customdateandtime:Manuaysetthedateandtime.CickGetfromsystemtofetchthedateandtimesettings
oncefromyourcomputerormobiedevice.
Timezone:Seectwhichtimezonetouse.Timewibeautomaticayadjustedfordayightsavingtimeandstandardtime.
Note
Thesystemusesthedateandtimesettingsinarecordings,ogsandsystemsettings.
Network
IPv4andIPv6
IPv4
•AutomaticIP(DHCP)andDNS(DHCP):Therecommendedsettingformostnetworks.Thecurrentsettingsare
updatedautomaticay.
•AutomaticIP(DHCP)andmanualDNS:Contactyournetworkadministratortocongurethemanuasettings.The
currentautomaticsettingsareupdatedautomaticay.
•ManualIPandDNS:Contactyournetworkadministratortocongurethesettings.
IPaddress:EnterauniqueIPaddressforthedevice.StaticIPaddressescanbeassignedatrandomwithinisoatednetworks,
providedthateachaddressisunique.Toavoidconicts,werecommendyoutocontactyournetworkadministratorbeforeyou
assignastaticIPaddress.
Subnetmask:Enterthesubnetmask.
Router:EntertheIPaddressofthedefautrouter(gateway)usedtoconnectdevicesthatareattachedtodifferentnetworksand
networksegments.
Hostname:Enterthehostname.
Searchdomains:Whenyouuseahostnamethatisnotfuyquaied,cickAddsearchdomainandenteradomaininwhichto
searchforthehostnameusedbythedevice.
DNSservers:CickAddDNSserverandentertheIPaddressoftheprimaryDNSserver.Thisprovidesthetransationofhostnames
toIPaddressesonyournetwork.
IPv6
AssignIPv6automatically:SeecttoetthenetworkrouterassignanIPaddresstothedeviceautomaticay.
HTTPandHTTPS
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