Axis P3818-PVE User manual

AXISP3818-PVENetworkCamera
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AXISP3818-PVENetworkCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................3
Webpageoverview..............................................4
Congureyourdevice........................................5
Adjusttheimage................................................5
Viewandrecordvideo............................................8
etuprulesforevents...........................................9
Audio.........................................................16
Thedeviceinterface.........................................18
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tatus........................................................18
Video.........................................................18
Audio.........................................................26
Recordings.....................................................27
Apps..........................................................28
ystem........................................................28
Maintenance...................................................42
Learnmore................................................44
Long-distanceconnections........................................44
Privacymasks..................................................44
Overlays.......................................................44
treamingandstorage...........................................44
Applications....................................................47
ecurity.......................................................48
Specications..............................................49
Productoverview................................................49
LEDindicators..................................................49
Dcardslot....................................................50
Buttons.......................................................50
Connectors....................................................50
Cleaningrecommendations...................................52
Troubleshooting............................................53
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................53
Firmwareoptions...............................................53
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................53
Upgradethermware............................................53
Technicalissues,clues,andsolutions................................54
Performanceconsiderations.......................................55
Contactsupport.................................................56
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Getstarte
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXIIPUtilityorAXIDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browserspport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMafari®
Windows®recommendedrecommended
macO®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,useAXIIPUtilityorAXIDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.eeSeta
newpasswordforterootaccountonpage3.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.eeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage53.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccont
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefaultpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyoulogintothedevice.
Ifyoulosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage53andfollowtheinstructions.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.eeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Secrepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Webpageoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedeviceinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/60260#t10157625
Axisdevicewebinterface
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Configureyourevice
Adjsttheimage
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage44.
Levelthecamera
Toadjusttheviewinrelationtoareferenceareaoranobject,usethelevelgridincombinationwithamechanicaladjustment
ofthecamera.
1.GotoVideo>Image>andclick.
2.Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.
3.Adjustthecameramechanicallyuntilthepositionofthereferenceareaortheobjectisalignedwiththelevelgrid.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbysingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisiblelighttodelivercolorimagesduringtheday.Astheavailablelightdiminishes,youcansetthecamerato
automaticallyshifttonightmode,inwhichthecamerausesbothvisiblelightandnear-infraredlighttodeliverblack-and-white
images.incethecamerausesmoreoftheavailablelight,itcandeliverbrighter,moredetailedimages.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Daynightmode,andmakesurethattheIRcutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosetthelightlevelatwhichthecamerawillshifttonightmode,movetheThresholdslidertowardBrightorDark.
Note
Ifyousettheshifttonightmodetooccurwhenit’sbrighter,theimageremainssharperastherewillbelesslow-light
noise.Ifyousettheshifttooccurwhenit’sdarker,theimagecolorsaremaintainedforlonger,buttherewillbemore
imageblurduetolow-lightnoise.
Redcenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinlow-lightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionblur.GotoSettings>Image>ExposureandmovetheBlurnoise
tradeoffslidertowardLownoise.
•ettheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervaluecanresultinmotionblur.
•Toslowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossiblevalue.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage.
Note
Whenyoureducethemaxgain,theimagecanbecomedarker.
•etthemaxgaintoalowervalue.
Redcemotionblrinlow-lightconditions
Toreducemotionblurinlow-lightconditions,adjustoneormoreofthefollowingsettingsinVideo>Image>Exposure:
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•MovetheBlurnoisetradeoffslidertowardLowmotionblur.
Note
Whenyouincreasethegain,imagenoisealsoincreases.
•etMaxshuttertoashortertime,andMaxgaintoahighervalue.
Ifyoustillhaveproblemswithmotionblur:
•Increasethelightlevelinthescene.
•Mountthecamerasothatobjectsmovetowarditorawayfromitratherthansideways.
Maximizethedetailsinanimage
Important
Ifyoumaximizethedetailsinanimage,thebitratewillprobablyincreaseandyoumightgetareducedframerate.
•Makesuretoselectthecapturemodethathasthehighestresolution.
•GotoVideo>Stream>Generalandsetthecompressionaslowaspossible.
•Belowtheliveviewimage,clickandinVideoformat,selectMJPEG.
•GotoH.264andH.265encodingandturnoffZipstreamfunctionality.
Handlesceneswithstrongbacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
ImagewitoutWDR.
ImagewitWDR.
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Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavailableforallcapturemodes.
1.GotoSettings>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wide-dynamic-range.
Verifythepixelresoltion
Toverifythatadenedpartoftheimagecontainsenoughpixelsto,forexample,recognizethefaceofaperson,youcanusethe
pixelcounter.
1.ClickandselectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.GotoSettings>System>Orientation.
3.Click.
4.Inthecamera’sliveview,adjustthesizeandpositionoftherectanglearoundtheareaofinterest,forexamplewhere
youexpectfacestoappear.
Youcanseethenumberofpixelsforeachoftherectangle’ssides(XandY),anddecideifthevaluesareenoughfor
yourneeds.
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Youcancreateoneorseveralprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
2.Click+.
3.ClickthenewmaskandenteraName.
4.Adjustthesizeandplacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
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Tochangethecolorforallprivacymasks:expandPrivacymasksandselectacolor.
eealsoPrivacymasksonpage26
Showanimageoverlay
Youcanaddanimageasanoverlayinthevideostream.
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.electImageandclick.
3.GototheImagestab.
4.Draganddropanimage.
5.ClickUpload.
6.GototheManageoverlaytab.
7.electtheimageandaposition.Youcanalsodragtheoverlayimageintheliveviewtochangetheposition.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincludesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Tolearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage44.
Redcebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanresultinlossofdetailsintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Clickintheliveview.
3.electVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
5.GotoVideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneormoreofthefollowing:
-electtheZipstreamlevelthatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPlengthvalue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorapplicationsupportingH.265decoding.
Setpnetworkstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
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1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.Click+AddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedlocationonthehostserverunderNetworkShare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.electtheMBversionorleaveitonAuto.
7.CheckAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouareexperiencingtemporaryconnectionissues,ortheshareisnot
yetcongured.
8.ClickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,click.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,clickSetup.YoucanuseanDcardornetworkstorage.
-eeSetupnetworkstorageonpage8.
3.Tostoprecording,clickagain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Clickforyourrecordinginthelist.
Setprlesforevents
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhilethedeviceisrecording.
Tolearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwitrulesforevents.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.Theruledeneswhenthedevicewillperformcertainactions.Youcanset
uprulesasscheduled,recurring,ormanuallytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.electtheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherule,allofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.electwhichActionthedeviceshouldperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverule,therulemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
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Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeminuteafter.
1.tarttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
4.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
5.electastreamprole.
6.ettheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
7.etthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
8.ClickSave.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
1.tarttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
2.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.UnderOverlays,selectTextandclick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoverlay,clickandselectanoption.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofactions,underOverlaytext,selectUseoverlaytext.
4.electavideochannel.
5.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
6.ettheduration.
7.ClickSave.
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Note
Ifyouupdatetheoverlaytextitwillbeautomaticallyupdatedonallvideostreamsdynamically.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectslodnoises
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsloudnoiseandto
stoponeminuteafter.
Turnonaudio:
1.etupthestreamproletoincludeaudio,seeAddaudiotoyourrecordingonpage16.
Turnonaudiodetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Audiodetection.
2.Adjustthesoundlevelaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,underAudio,selectAudioDetection.
4.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideo.
5.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSD_DISK.
6.electthestreamprolewhereaudiohasbeenturnedon.
7.ettheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.etthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
9.ClickSave.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsimpact
hockdetectionallowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationsorshock.Vibrationsduetotheenvironmentortoan
objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis
throwingrocksatthecameraafterhoursandyouwouldliketogetavideoclipoftheevent.
Turnonshockdetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Shockdetection.
2.Turnonshockdetection,andsetavaluefortheshocksensitivity.
Createarule:
3.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
4.Typeanamefortherule.
5.Inthelistofconditions,underDevicestatus,selectShockdetected.
6.Click+toaddasecondcondition.
7.Inthelistofconditions,underScheduledandrecurring,selectScheduledevent.
8.Inthelistofschedules,selectAfterhours.
9.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
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10.electwheretosavetherecordings.
11.electaCamera.
12.ettheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
13.etthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
14.ClickSave.
Providevisalindicationofanongoingevent
YouhavetheoptiontoconnecttheAXII/OIndicationLEDtoyournetworkcamera.ThisLEDcanbeconguredtoturnonwhenever
certaineventsoccurinthecamera.Forexample,toletpeopleknowthatvideorecordingisinprogress.
Requiredhardware
•AXII/OIndicationLED
•AnAxisnetworkvideocamera
Note
ForinstructionsonhowtoconnecttheAXII/OIndicationLED,seetheinstallationguideprovidedwiththeproduct.
ThefollowingexampleshowshowtocongurearulethatturnsontheAXII/OIndicationLEDtoindicatethatcameraisrecording.
1.GotoSettings>System>I/OPorts.
2.FortheportthatyouconnectedtheAXII/OIndicationLEDto,setthedirectiontoOutput,andsetthenormalstateto
Opencircuit(NO)
3.GotoSettings>System>Events.
4.Createanewrule.
5.electtheConditionthatmustbemettotriggerthecameratostartrecording.Itcan,forexample,beatimescheduleor
motiondetection.
6.Inthelistofactions,selectRecordvideo.electastreamproleorcreateanew.AlsosetthePrebufferandPostbuffer
asrequired.
7.avetherule.
8.CreateasecondruleandselectthesameConditionasintherstrule.
9.Inthelistofactions,selectToggleI/Owhiletheruleisactive,andthenselecttheporttheAXII/OIndicationLEDis
connectedto.etthestatetoActive.
10.avetherule.
OtherscenarioswhereAXII/OIndicationLEDcanbeusedareforexample:
•ConguretheLEDtoturnonwhenthecamerastarts,toindicatethepresenceofthecamera.electSystemreadyas
acondition.
•ConguretheLEDtoturnonwhenlivestreamisactivetoindicatethatapersonoraprogramisaccessingastreamfrom
thecamera.electLivestreamaccessedasacondition.
Openthelocktoagatewhensomeoneisnearby
Thisexampleexplainshowtodirectthecameraandopenagatewhensomeonewantstoenterduringdaytime.Thisisdoneby
connectingaPIRdetectortotheproduct’sinputportandaswitchrelaytotheproduct’soutputport.
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•MountedPIRdetector
•witchrelayconnectedtothegatelock,inthiscasetheswitchisnormallyclosed(NC)
•Connectingwires
Physicalconnection
1.ConnectthewiresfromthePIRdetectortotheinputpin,seeI/Oconnectoronpage50.
2.Connectthewiresfromtheswitchtotheoutputpin,seeI/Oconnectoronpage50
CongreI/Oports
Youneedtoconnecttheswitchrelaytothecamerafromthecamera’swebpage.First,conguretheI/Oports:
SetthePIRdetectortoaninputport
1.GotoSystem>Accessories>I/Oports.
2.etthedirectiontoInputforport1.
3.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename,forexample“PIRdetector”.
4.TotriggeraneventwheneverthePIRdetectorsensesmotion,setthenormalstatetoCircuitopen.
Settheswitchrelaytoanoutputport
1.etthedirectiontoOutputforport2.
2.Givetheoutputmoduleadescriptivename,forexample“Gateswitch”.
3.Toopenthegatewheneveraneventistriggered,setthenormalstatetoCircuitclosed.
Createrles
1.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Typeanamefortherule,forexample“Opengate”.
3.Inthelistofconditions,selectPIRdetector.
4.Inthelistofactions,selectToggleI/Oonce.
5.Inthelistofports,selectGateswitch.
6.etstatetoActive.
7.ettheduration.
8.ClickSave.
Triggeranalarmifsomeoneopensthehosing
Thisexampleexplainshowtotriggeranalarmifsomeoneopensthehousing.
Addarecipient:
1.GotoSystem>Events>RecipientsandclickAddrecipient.
2.Typeanamefortherecipient.
3.electEmail.
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4.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
5.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soitwillneedtologintoanotheremailservertobeabletosendmails.Fill
intherestoftheinformationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
6.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
7.ClickSave.
Createarule:
8.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
9.Typeanamefortherule.
10.Inthelistofconditions,selectCasingopen.
11.Inthelistofactions,selectSendnoticationtoemail.
12.electarecipientfromthelist.
13.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
14.ClickSave.
Setptheintrsionalarm
Beforeyoustart
•Connecttheintrusionalarmswitchtopin1(ground)andpin3(digitalI/O)ofthecamera’sI/Oconnector.
Conguretheinputport
1.GotoSystem>Accessories>I/Oports.
2.ForPort1:
2.1electInput.
2.2electCircuitclosed.
Addarecipient:
3.GotoSystem>Events>RecipientsandclickAddrecipient.
4.Typeanamefortherecipient.
5.electEmail.
6.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
7.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soitwillneedtologintoanotheremailservertobeabletosendmails.Fill
intherestoftheinformationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
8.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
9.ClickSave.
Createarule
10.GotoSystem>Events>Rulesandaddarule.
11.Typeanamefortherule.
12.Inthelistofconditions,underI/O,selectDigitalinput.
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13.Inthelistofports,selectPort1.
14.Inthelistofactions,underNotications,selectSendnoticationtoemail.
15.electarecipientfromthelistorgotoRecipientstocreateanewrecipient.
Tocreateanewrecipient,click.Tocopyanexistingrecipient,click.
16.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
17.ClickSave.
Detecttamperingwithinptsignal
Thisexampleexplainshowtotriggeranalarmwhentheinputsignaliscutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage50.
1.GotoSystem>AccessoriesandturnonSupervisedforoneoftheports.
Createarule:
1.GotoSystem>Eventsandaddarule.
2.Enteranamefortherule.
3.Inthelistofconditions,selectDigitalinput.
4.electaPort
5.Inthelistofactions,selectSendnoticationtoemailandthenselectarecipientfromthelist.
-Tocreateanewrecipient,gotoRecipientsandclick+Addrecipient.
-Tocopyanexistingrecipient,gotoRecipients,hoveranexistingrecipient,openthecontextmenu
andclickCopyrecipient.
6.Enterasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
7.ClickSave.
Sendanemailatomaticallyifsomeonespraypaintsthelens
Activatethetamperingdetection:
1.ClickandselectLegacydeviceinterface.
2.GotoSystem>Detectors>Cameratampering.
3.etadurationforTriggerafter.Thevalueindicatesthetimethatmustpassbeforeanemailissent.
4.TurnonTriggerondarkimages.Thiswilltriggeranalarmifthelensissprayed,covered,orrenderedseverelyoutoffocus.
Addarecipient:
5.GotoSystem>Events>RecipientsandclickAddrecipient.
6.Typeanamefortherecipient.
7.electEmail.
8.Typeanemailaddresstosendtheemailto.
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9.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemailserver,soitwillneedtologintoanotheremailservertobeabletosendmails.Fill
intherestoftheinformationaccordingtoyouremailprovider.
10.Tosendatestemail,clickTest.
11.ClickSave.
Createarule:
12.GotoSystem>Events>RulesandclickAddarule.
13.Typeanamefortherule.
14.Inthelistofconditions,selectTampering.
15.Inthelistofactions,selectSendnoticationtoemail.
16.electarecipientfromthelist.
17.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemail.
18.ClickSave.
Adio
Addadiotoyorrecording
Turnonaudio:
1.GotoAudio>DevicesettingsandturnonAllowaudio.
2.GotoInput>Typeandselectyouraudiosource.
3.Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
3.1GotoSystem>Streamprolesandselectthestreamprole.
3.2electIncludeaudiotoallowaudiotobeincludedinthestream.
3.3ClickSave.
Connecttoanetworkspeaker
NetworkspeakerpairingallowsyoutouseacompatibleAxisnetworkspeakerasifitisconnecteddirectlytothecamera.Once
paired,thespeakeractsasanaudiooutdevicewhereyoucanplayaudioclipsandtransmitsoundthroughthecamera.
Important
Forthisfeaturetoworkwithavideomanagementsoftware(VM),youmustrstpairthecamerawiththenetworkspeaker,
thenaddthecameratoyourVM.
Paircamerawithnetworkspeaker
1.GotoSystem>Accessories>Networkspeakerpairing.
2.Typethenetworkspeaker’sIPaddress,usernameandpassword.
3.ClickConnect.AconrmationmessageappearsandUsespeakerpairingisturnedon.
4.GotoSettings>Audio.
5.TurnonAllowaudio.
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6.MakesurethataudiomodeissettoHalfduplexorSimplexNetworkCameraspeakeronly.Otherwise,thecamerawill
notcommunicatewiththenetworkspeaker.
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Theeviceinterface
Theeviceinterface
Note
upportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
howorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthelp.
Changethelanguage.
etlightthemeordarktheme.
eeinformationabouttheuserwhoisloggedin.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personalbrowserdata.
•Feedback:hareanyfeedbacktohelpusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandlicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Stats
NTPsync
howsNTPsynchronizationinformation,includingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremaininguntil
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:ClicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
howsdeviceinformation,includingrmwareversionandserialnumber.
Upgradermware:ClicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
Video
Clicktoplaythelivevideostream.
Clicktofreezethelivevideostream.
Clicktotakeasnapshotofthelivevideostream.Theleissavedinthe‘Downloads’folderonyourcomputer.Theimage
lenameis[snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_.jpg].Thesizeofthesnapshotdependsonthecompressionthatisapplied
fromthespecicweb-browserenginewherethesnapshotisreceived,therefore,thesnapshotsizemayvaryfromtheactual
compressionsettingthatisconguredinthedevice.
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AXISP3818-PVENetworkCamera
Theeviceinterface
ClicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorclosethecircuitofaport,forexampletotestexternaldevices.
ClicktomanuallyturnonorturnofftheIRillumination.
Clicktoturnonorturnofftheavailableon-screencontrols.
Clicktomanuallyturnontheheaterforaselectedperiodoftime.
Clicktostartacontinuousrecordingofthelivevideostream.Clickagaintostoptherecording.Ifarecordingisongoing,it
willresumeautomaticallyafterareboot.
Clicktoshowthestoragethatisconguredforthedevice.Tocongurethestorageyouneedtobeloggedinasan
administrator.
Clicktoaccessmoresettings:
•Videoformat:electtheencodingformattouseintheliveview.Ifyouselectaformatwithvideocompression,it
resultsinahigherCPUandmemoryusage.
•Clientstreaminformation:Turnontoshowdynamicinformationaboutthevideostreamusedbythebrowserthat
showsthelivevideostream.Thebitrateinformationdiffersfromtheinformationshowninatextoverlay,becauseof
differentinformationsources.Thebitrateintheclientstreaminformationisthebitrateofthelastsecond,andit
comesfromtheencodingdriverofthedevice.Thebitrateintheoverlayistheaveragebitrateofthelast5seconds,
anditcomesfromthebrowser.Bothvaluescoveronlytherawvideostreamandnottheadditionalbandwidth
generatedwhenit’stransportedoverthenetworkthroughUDP/TCP/HTTP.
•Adaptivestream:Turnontoadapttheimageresolutiontotheviewingclient’sactualdisplayresolution,toincrease
theuserexperienceandhelppreventapossibleoverloadoftheclient’shardware.Theadaptivestreamisonly
appliedwhenyouviewthelivevideostreaminthewebinterfaceinabrowser.Whenadaptivestreamisturnedon,
themaximumframerateis30fps.Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhileadaptivestreamisturnedon,itwillusetheimage
resolutionselectedbytheadaptivestream.
•Levelgrid:Clicktoshowthelevelgrid.Thegridhelpsyoudecideiftheimageishorizontallyaligned.Click
tohideit.
•Refresh:Clicktorefreshthestillimageintheliveview.
Clicktoshowtheliveviewatfullresolution.Ifthefullresolutionislargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmallerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Clicktoshowthelivevideostreaminfullscreen.PressECtoexitfullscreenmode.
Installation
Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchangethe
capturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowthecameraismounted.
Powerlinefrequency:electthefrequencythatisusedinyourregiontominimizeimageicker.TheAmericanregions
usuallyuse60Hz.Therestoftheworldmostlyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerlinefrequency,check
withthelocalauthorities.
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AXISP3818-PVENetworkCamera
Theeviceinterface
Image
Appearance
Saturation:Usetheslidertoadjustthecolorintensity.Youcanforexamplegetagrayscaleimage.
Contrast:Usetheslidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenlightanddark.
Brightness:Usetheslidertoadjustthelightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappliedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetailsfromadarkarea,it’susuallybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
Sharpness:Usetheslidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswell.
Widedynamicrange
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