Axis P5635-E Mk II User manual

AXISP5635-EMkIIPTZDomeNetworkCamera
UserManual

AXISP5635-EMkIIPTZDomeNetworkCamera
TableofContents
Productoverview...........................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork................................4
Accessthedevice...............................................4
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................4
Setup.....................................................5
Needmorehelp?................................................5
Imagequality...................................................5
Streamingandstorage...........................................7
verlays.......................................................8
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)..............................................8
Events........................................................9
Applications....................................................12
Troubleshooting............................................13
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................13
Checkthecurrentrmware.......................................13
Upgradethermware............................................13
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................14
Performanceconsiderations.......................................15
Specications..............................................17
LEDindicators..................................................17
SDcardslot....................................................17
Buttons.......................................................17
Connectors....................................................17
AXISMulticableCI/AudioPower.................................18
Axis10-pinpush-pullsystemconnector(soldseparately)...............19
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Prouctoverview
Prouctoverview
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NOTICE TICE TICE
Makesurethedomeisattachedinoperationmode,otherwisefocusmaybeaffected.
1Groundscrew
2Mountingscrews(3)
3Networkconnector(PoE+)
4Multi-connectorwitcover(DonotremovetecoverunlessanI/O-cableisconnected)
5Hookforsafetywire
6SDmemorycardslot
7Controlbutton
8StatusLEDindicator
9Powerbutton
10Dome
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Fintheeviceonthenetwork
Fintheeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceonthedevicepageataxis.com
Accessthedevice
1.penabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyouhaveaMaccomputer(SX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselectthedevicefromthedrop-downlist.Toadd
Bonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.See
Setasecurepasswordforterootaccountonpage4.
3.Theliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.
Aoutsecurepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Setup
Needmorehelp?
Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpfromthedevice’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationonthedevice’sfeaturesand
theirsettings.
Imagequality
Howtofocusfasterusingfocusrecallareas
Tosavethefocussettingsataspecicpan/tiltrange,addafocusrecallarea.Eachtimethecameramovesintothatareaitrecallsthe
previouslysavedfocus.It’senoughtocoverhalfofthefocusrecallareaintheliveview.
Werecommendthefocusrecallfeatureinthefollowingscenarios:
•Whenthereisalotofmanualoperationinliveview,forexamplewithajoystick.
•WherePTZpresetpositionswithmanualfocusarenotefcient,forexamplemovementswherethefocussettingchanges
continuously.
•Inlow-lightscenarios,wheretheautofocusischallengedbythelightingconditions.
Important
•Thefocusrecalloverridesthecamera’sautofocusatthespecicpan/tiltrange.
•Apresetpositionoverridesthefocussettingsavedinthefocusrecallarea.
•Themaximumamountoffocusrecallareasis20.
Howtoaddafocusrecallarea
1.Pan,tiltandzoomintotheareawhereyouwouldliketohavefocus.
2.Setthefocus,eitherusetheautofocusoradjustmanually.Aslongasthefocusrecallbuttonshowsaplus,youcanadda
focusrecallareainthatposition.
3.Clickonthefocusrecallbutton.
Howtoremoveafocusrecallarea
1.Pan,tiltandzoomintothefocusrecallareayouwanttoremove.Thefocusrecallbuttontogglestominuswhenthe
cameradetectsafocusrecallarea.
2.Clickonthefocusrecallbutton.
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Handlesceneswithstrongacklight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinlightlevelsinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresultisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisible.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisible.
1.GotoSettings>Image.
2.Ifrequired,turnonWDRunderidedynamicrange.
3.UsetheLocalcontrastslidertoadjusttheamountofWDR.
ImagewitoutWDR.
ImagewitWDR.
Note
WDRmaycauseartifactsintheimage.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
hatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatpreventsusersfromviewingapartofthemonitoredarea.Inthevideostream,privacy
masksappearasblocksofsolidcolororblurredimageelements.
Theprivacymaskisrelativetothepan,tilt,andzoomcoordinates,soregardlessofwhereyoupointthecamera,theprivacy
maskcoversthesameplaceorobject.
You’llseetheprivacymaskonallsnapshots,recordedvideo,andlivestreams.
YoucanusetheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API)toturnofftheprivacymasks.
Important
Usingmultipleprivacymasksmayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
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Createaprivacymask
Tocreateaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
Streamingandstorage
Choosevideocompressionformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.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.rseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.
Reduceandwidthandstorage
Important
Ifyoureducethebandwidthitcanresultinlossofdetailsinthepicture.
1.GotoliveviewandselectH.264.
2.GotoSettings>Stream.
3.Dooneormoreofthefollowing:
-TurnontheZipstreamfunctionalityandselectthedesiredlevel.
-TurnondynamicGPandsetahighGPlengthvalue.
-Increasethecompression.
-TurnondynamicFPS.
Addaudiotoyourrecording
Editthestreamprolewhichisusedfortherecording:
1.GotoSettings>System>Streamproles.
2.SelectthestreamproleandclickModify.
3.IntheAudiotab,selecttheAudiostreamcheckboxandselectOnfromthedrop-downlist.
4.ClickOk.
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Overlays
Aoutoverlays
verlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Displaythepanortiltpositionasatextoverlay
Itmaybeusefultoretrieve,forinstancefromarecordedvideo,thepanortiltpositionindegreesinwhichaneventhastakenplace.
Thiscanbeobtainedbyincludingthepositionintheimageasatextoverlay,usingaso-calledmodier.
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.Inthetexteld,enter#xtoshowthepanposition.
Enter#ytoshowthetiltposition.
3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.
4.Includethetextoverlay.
5.Thecurrentpanandtiltpositionsshowupintheliveviewimageandintherecording.
PTZ(PanTiltZoom)
Limitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements
Asanexample,youmightneedtoprotecttheprivacyofresidentslivinginapartmentbuildingslocatedclosetoaparkinglotthat
youwishtosurveil.Todothis,youcanlimitthepan,tilt,andzoommovements,sothattheviewdoesnotcovertheapartment
buildings.GotoSettings>PTZ>Limits.
Aoutguardtours
Aguardtourdisplaysthevideostreamfromdifferentpresetpositionseitherinapredeterminedorrandomorder,andforcongurable
periodsoftime.ncestarted,aguardtourcontinuestorununtilstopped,evenwhentherearenoclients(webbrowsers)viewingthe
images.
Createaguardtourwithpresetpositions
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Guardtours
2.Click+.
3.SelectPresetposition.
4.Toedittheguardtour’sproperties,click
5.Typeanamefortheguardtourandspecifythepauselengthinminutesbetweeneachtour.
6.Ifyouwanttheguardtourtogotothepresetpositionsinarandomorder,turnonShufe.
7.ClickDone.
8.ClickAddtoaddthepresetpositionsthatyouwantinyourguardtour.
9.ClickDonetoexittheguardtoursettings.
10.Toscheduletheguardtour,gotoSystem>Events.
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Events
Rulesandalerts
Youcancreaterulestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Aruleconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexample,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemailwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoverlaytextwhenitrecords.
Directthecameratoapresetpositionwhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtosetupthecameratogotoapresetpositionwhenitdetectsmotionintheimage.
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addapresetposition:
GotoSettings>PTZandsetwhereyouwantthecameratobedirectedbycreatingapresetposition.
Createanactionrule:
1.GotoSettings>System>Events>Actionrulesandaddanactionrule.
2.Typeanamefortheactionrule.
3.Fromthelistoftriggers,selectApplicationsandthenselectAXISVideoMotionDetection(VMD).
4.Fromthelistofactions,selectPTZControlandthenselectPresetPosition.
5.Selectthepresetpositionyouwantthecameratogoto.
6.ClickOk.
Directthecameraandopenthelocktoagatewhensomeoneisneary
Thisexampleexplainshowtodirectthecameraandopenagatewhensomeonewantstoenterduringdaytime.Thisisdoneby
connectingaPIRdetectortotheproduct’sinputportandaswitchrelaytotheproduct’soutputportviathemulticable.
Requiredhardware
•Multicable(soldseparately),see.
•MountedPIRdetector
•Switchrelayconnectedtothegatelock,inthiscasetheswitchisnormallyclosed(NC)
•Connectingwires
Physicalconnection
1.Removetheplugfromthecamera’smulti-connectorandconnectthemulticable.
2.ConnectthewiresfromthePIRdetectortotheinputpin,seeAXISMulticableCI/OAudioPoweronpage18.
3.Connectthewiresfromtheswitchtotheoutputpin,seeAXISMulticableCI/OAudioPoweronpage18.
CongureI/Oports
Youneedtoconnecttheswitchrelaytothecamerafromthecamera’swebpage.First,conguretheI/ports:
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SetthePIRdetectortoaninputport
1.GotoSystem>I/Oports.
2.SelectInputinthePort1drop-downlist.
3.Givetheinputmoduleadescriptivename,forexample“PIRdetector”.
4.TotriggeraneventwheneverthePIRdetectorsensesmotion,selectOpencircuitinthedrop-down
list.
Settheswitchrelaytoanoutputport
1.GotoSystem>I/Oports.
2.SelectOutputinthePort2drop-downlist.
3.Givetheoutputmoduleadescriptivename,forexample“Gateswitch”.
4.Toopenthegatewheneveraneventistriggered,selectClosedcircuitinthedrop-downlist.
Createthepresetposition
1.GotoSettings>PTZ>Presetpositions.
2.Createthepresetpositionthatcoverstheentranceofthegateandnameit,forexample,“Gateentrance”.
Createrules
ForthecameratoopenthegatewhenthePIRdetectorsensessomeonenearby,youneedtocreatearuleinthecamera:
1.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
2.ClickAdd.
3.Givetheactionruleaname,forexample“pengate”.
4.IntheTriggerdrop-downmenu,selectInputsignal.
5.SelectDigitalinputsignal.
6.Select”PIRdetector”,inthisexampleconnectedtoport1.
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