Axis Q3538-LVE User manual

AXISQ35SeriesDomeCamera
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AXISQ35SeriesDomeCamera
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Findthedeviceonthenetwork....................................3
Openthedevice'swebpage.......................................3
Installation................................................5
Congureyourdevice........................................6
Adjusttheimage................................................6
Viewandrecordvideo............................................8
Setupruesforevents...........................................9
Audio.........................................................13
Thedeviceinterface.........................................14
Status........................................................14
Video.........................................................15
Audio.........................................................24
Recordings.....................................................26
Apps..........................................................26
System........................................................27
Maintenance...................................................43
Learnmore................................................45
Viewarea......................................................45
Capturemodes.................................................45
Remotefocusandzoom..........................................45
Privacymasks..................................................46
Overays.......................................................46
Streamingandstorage...........................................46
Appications....................................................48
Security.......................................................49
Specications..............................................50
Productoverview................................................50
LEDindicators..................................................50
SDcardsot....................................................51
Buttons.......................................................51
Connectors....................................................51
Cleaningrecommendations...................................54
Troubleshooting............................................55
Resettofactorydefautsettings...................................55
Firmwareoptions...............................................55
Checkthecurrentrmwareversion.................................55
Upgradethermware............................................55
Technicaissues,cues,andsoutions................................56
Performanceconsiderations.......................................57
Contactsupport.................................................58
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Getstarted
Getstarted
Findthedeviceonthenetwor
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtiityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
appicationsarefreeandcanbedownoadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefoowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®Edge®Safari®
Windows®recommendedxx
macOS®recommendedx
Otheroperatingsystemsxx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
Openthedevice'swebpage
1.OpenabrowserandentertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtiityorAXISDeviceManagertondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustsettherootpassword.SeeSeta
newpasswordfortherootaccountonpage3.
Verifythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginaAxisrmware,ortotakefucontroofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefautsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstathedevice.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Thedefautadministratorusernameisroot.There’snodefautpasswordfortherootaccount.Yousetapasswordtherst
timeyouogintothedevice.
1.Typeapassword.Foowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage4.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespeing.
3.CickAdduser.
Important
Ifyouosethepasswordfortherootaccount,gotoResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpageandfoowtheinstructions.
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Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiaysetpasswordinceartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpoicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstaations.
Toprotectyourdatawestrongyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithateast8characters,preferabycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterva,ateastonceayear.
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Installation
Installation
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/72964#t1017201
InstallationtutorialAXISQ336-LVEandAXISQ338-LVE
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Configureyourdevie
Configureyourdevie
Adjusttheimage
Thissectionincudesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Ifyouwanttoearnmoreabouthowcertainfeatureswork,go
toLearnmoreonpage4.
Selectexposuremode
Toimproveimagequaityforspecicsurveiancescenes,useexposuremodes.Exposuremodesetsyoucontroaperture,shutter
speed,andgain.GotoVideo>Image>xposureandseectbetweenthefoowingexposuremodes:
•Formostusecases,seectAutomaticexposure.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiaighting,forexampeuorescentighting,seectFlicker-free.
Seectthesamefrequencyasthepowerinefrequency.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiaightandbrightight,forexampeoutdoorswithuorescentightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,seectFlicker-reduced.
Seectthesamefrequencyasthepowerinefrequency.
•Toockthecurrentexposuresettings,seectHoldcurrent.
BenetfromIRlightinlow-lightconditionsbyusingnightmode
Yourcamerausesvisibeighttodeivercoorimagesduringtheday.Butasthevisibeightdiminishes,coorimagesbecomeess
brightandcear.Ifyouswitchtonightmodewhenthishappens,thecamerausesbothvisibeandnear-infraredighttodeiverbright
anddetaiedback-and-whiteimagesinstead.Youcansetthecameratoswitchtonightmodeautomaticay.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Day-nightmode,andmakesurethattheIR-cutlterissettoAuto.
2.Tosetatwhatighteveyouwantthecameratoswitchtonightmode,movetheThresholdsidertowardBrightorDark.
Reducenoiseinlow-lightconditions
Toreducenoiseinow-ightconditions,youcanadjustoneormoreofthefoowingsettings:
•Adjustthetrade-offbetweennoiseandmotionbur.GotoVideo>Image>xposureandmovetheBlur-noisetrade-off
sidertowardLownoise.
•Settheexposuremodetoautomatic.
Note
Ahighmaxshuttervauecanresutinmotionbur.
•Tosowdowntheshutterspeed,setmaxshuttertothehighestpossibevaue.
•Opentheaperture.
•Reducesharpnessintheimage,underAppearance.
Handlesceneswithstrongbaclight
Dynamicrangeisthedifferenceinightevesinanimage.Insomecasesthedifferencebetweenthedarkestandthebrightest
areascanbesignicant.Theresutisoftenanimagewhereeitherthedarkorthebrightareasarevisibe.Widedynamicrange
(WDR)makesbothdarkandbrightareasoftheimagevisibe.
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ImagewithoutWDR.
ImagewithWDR.
Note
•WDRcancauseartifactsintheimage.
•WDRmaynotbeavaiabeforacapturemodes.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Widedynamicrange.
2.TurnonWDR.
3.Ifyoustihaveprobems,gotoxposureandadjustthexposurezonetocovertheareaofinterest.
FindoutmoreaboutWDRandhowtouseitataxis.com/web-articles/wdr.
Stabilizeashayimagewithelectronicimagestabilization(EIS)
EectronicImageStabiization(EIS)canbeusedinenvironmentswheretheproductismountedinanexposedocationandsubjectto
vibrations,forexampe,windorpassingtrafc.
EISmakestheimagesmoother,steadierandessburry.Itasoreducestheesizeofthecompressedimageandowersthe
bitrateofthevideostream.
Note
TheimageiscroppedsightywhenEISisenabed,oweringthemaximumresoution.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Imagecorrection.
2.Turnonlectronicimagestabilization(IS).
Hidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymass
Youcancreateoneorseveraprivacymaskstohidepartsoftheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Privacymasks.
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2.Cick.
3.Cickthenewmaskandtypeaname.
4.Adjustthesizeandpacementoftheprivacymaskaccordingtoyourneeds.
5.Tochangethecoorforaprivacymasks,expandPrivacymasksandseectacoor.
SeeasoPrivacymasksonpage24
Straightenasewedimage
Youcanstraightenaskewedimagebyrotatingandcroppingitdigitay.Duetothecropping,apartoftheoriginaimageisost.
Thefunctionaityisusefuduringinstaation.
Theillustrationshowsbeforeandafteranimagehasbeenstraightened.
1.GotoVideo>Image>Imagecorrection.
2.TurnonStraightenimage.
3.Usethecontrostoadjusttheimage.
Viewandrecordvideo
Thissectionincudesinstructionsaboutconguringyourdevice.Toearnmoreabouthowstreamingandstorageworks,goto
Streamingandstorageonpage46.
Reducebandwidthandstorage
Important
Reducingthebandwidthcanresutinossofdetaisintheimage.
1.GotoVideo>Stream.
2.Cickintheiveview.
3.SeectVideoformatH.264.
4.GotoVideo>Stream>GeneralandincreaseCompression.
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5.GotoVideo>Stream>H.264andH.265encodinganddooneormoreofthefoowing:
-SeecttheZipstreamevethatyouwanttouse.
Note
TheZipstreamsettingsareusedforbothH.264andH.265.
-TurnonDynamicFPS.
-TurnonDynamicGOPandsetahighUpperlimitGOPengthvaue.
Note
Mostwebbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decodingandbecauseofthisthecameradoesn’tsupportitinitswebinterface.
InsteadyoucanuseavideomanagementsystemorappicationthatsupportsH.265decoding.
Setupnetworstorage
Tostorerecordingsonthenetwork,youneedtosetupyournetworkstorage.
1.GotoSystem>Storage.
2.CickAddnetworkstorageunderNetworkstorage.
3.TypetheIPaddressofthehostserver.
4.TypethenameofthesharedocationonthehostserverunderNetworkshare.
5.Typetheusernameandpassword.
6.SeecttheSMBversionoreaveitonAuto.
7.SeectAddshareevenifconnectionfailsifyouexperiencetemporaryconnectionissues,oriftheshareisnotyet
congured.
8.CickAdd.
Recordandwatchvideo
Recordvideodirectlyfromthecamera
1.GotoVideo>Image.
2.Tostartarecording,cick.
Ifyouhaven’tsetupanystorage,cickand.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupnetworkstorage,seeSetup
networkstorageonpage9
3.Tostoprecording,cickagain.
Watchvideo
1.GotoRecordings.
2.Cickforyourrecordingintheist.
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Setuprulesforevents
Youcancreateruestomakeyourdeviceperformanactionwhencertaineventsoccur.Arueconsistsofconditionsandactions.
Theconditionscanbeusedtotriggertheactions.Forexampe,thedevicecanstartarecordingorsendanemaiwhenitdetects
motion,orshowanoveraytextwhiethedeviceisrecording.
Toearnmore,checkoutourguideGetstartedwithrulesforevents.
Sendanemailifthecameracasingisopened
Thisexampeshowshowtosetupanevent,thatsendsanemainotication,ifthecameracasingisopened.
Addanemairecipient:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarecipient.
2.Enteranamefortherecipient.
3.Intheistofdifferentrecipienttypes,seectmail.
4.Entertheemaiaddressthatyouwanttosendtheemaisto.
5.Entertheemaiaddressandaotherrequiredinformationfortheserveryouwanttosendtheemaisfrom.
6.CickSave.
Createtherue:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarue.
2.Enteranamefortherue.
3.Intheistofconditions,underDevicestatus,seectCasingopen.
4.Intheistofactions,underNotications,seectSendnoticationtoemail.
5.Intheistofrecipients,seecttherecipientyoucreated.
6.EnteraSubjectandaMessageforyouremai.
7.CickSave.
Triggeranaction
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarue.Theruedeneswhenthedevicewiperformcertainactions.Youcanset
upruesasschedued,recurring,ormanuaytriggered.
2.EnteraName.
3.SeecttheConditionthatmustbemettotriggertheaction.Ifyouspecifymorethanoneconditionfortherue,aofthe
conditionsmustbemettotriggertheaction.
4.SeectwhichActionthedeviceshoudperformwhentheconditionsaremet.
Note
Ifyoumakechangestoanactiverue,theruemustbeturnedonagainforthechangestotakeeffect.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsanobject
ThisexampeexpainshowtosetupthecameratostartrecordingtotheSDcardvesecondsbeforeitdetectsanobjectandto
stoponeminuteafter.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnayticsisrunning:
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1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheappicationifitisnotareadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheappicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Createarue:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarue.
2.Typeanamefortherue.
3.Intheistofconditions,underApplication,seectObjectAnalytics.
4.Intheistofactions,underRecordings,seectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
5.Intheistofstorageoptions,seectSD_DISK.
6.Seectacameraandastreamproe.
7.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
8.Setthepostbuffertimeto1minute.
9.CickSave.
Showatextoverlayinthevideostreamwhenthedevicedetectsanobject
Thisexampeexpainshowtodispaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthedevicedetectsanobject.
MakesurethatAXISObjectAnayticsisrunning:
1.GotoApps>AXISObjectAnalytics.
2.Starttheappicationifitisnotareadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheappicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoveraytext:
1.GotoVideo>Overlays.
2.UnderOverlays,seectTextandcick.
3.Enter#Dinthetexted.
4.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
5.Topositionthetextoveray,cickandseectanoption.
Createarue:
1.GotoSystem>ventsandaddarue.
2.Typeanamefortherue.
3.Intheistofconditions,underApplication,seectObjectAnalytics.
4.Intheistofactions,underOverlaytext,seectUseoverlaytext.
5.Seectavideochanne.
6.InText,type“Motiondetected”.
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7.Settheduration.
8.CickSave.
Note
Ifyouupdatetheoveraytextitwibeautomaticayupdatedonavideostreamsdynamicay.
Recordvideowhenthecameradetectsimpact
Shockdetectionaowsthecameratodetecttamperingcausedbyvibrationsorshock.Vibrationsduetotheenvironmentortoan
objectcantriggeranactiondependingontheshocksensitivityrange,whichcanbesetfrom0to100.Inthisscenario,someoneis
throwingrocksatthecameraafterhoursandyouwoudiketogetavideocipoftheevent.
Turnonshockdetection:
1.GotoSystem>Detectors>Shockdetection.
2.Turnonshockdetection,andsetavauefortheshocksensitivity.
Createarule:
3.GotoSystem>vents>Rulesandaddarue.
4.Typeanamefortherue.
5.Intheistofconditions,underDevicestatus,seectShockdetected.
6.Cick+toaddasecondcondition.
7.Intheistofconditions,underScheduledandrecurring,seectScheduledevent.
8.Intheistofschedues,seectAfterhours.
9.Intheistofactions,underRecordings,seectRecordvideowhiletheruleisactive.
10.Seectwheretosavetherecordings.
11.SeectaCamera.
12.Settheprebuffertimeto5seconds.
13.Setthepostbuffertimeto60seconds.
14.CickSave.
Detecttamperingwithinputsignal
Thisexampeexpainshowtosendanemaiwhentheinputsignaiscutorshort-circuited.Formoreinformationaboutthe
I/Oconnector,seepage2.
1.GotoSystem>AccessoriesandturnonSupervisedforthereevantport.
Addanemairecipient:
1.GotoSystem>vents>Recipientsandaddarecipient.
2.Typeanamefortherecipient.
3.Seectmail.
4.Typeanemaiaddresstosendtheemaito.
5.Thecameradoesn’thaveit’sownemaiserver,soithastoogintoanotheremaiservertosendmais.Fiintherestofthe
informationaccordingtoyouremaiprovider.
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6.Tosendatestemai,cickTest.
7.CickSave.
Createarue:
1.GotoSystem>vents>Rulesandaddarue.
2.Typeanamefortherue.
3.Intheistofconditions,underI/O,seectDigitalinput.
4.Seectthereevantport.
5.Intheistofactions,underNotications,seectSendnoticationtoemailandthenseecttherecipientfromtheist.
6.Typeasubjectandamessagefortheemai.
7.CickSave.
Audio
Addaudiotoyourrecording
1.GotoVideo>Stream>Audioandincudeaudio.
2.Ifthedevicehasmorethanoneinputsource,seectthecorrectoneinSource.
3.GotoAudio>Devicesettingsandturnonthecorrectinputsource.
4.Ifyoumakeanychangestotheinputsource,cickApplychanges.
5.Editthestreamproethatisusedfortherecording:
5.1GotoSystem>Streamprolesandseectthestreamproe.
5.2SeectIncludeaudioandturniton.
5.3CickSave.
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Thedevieinterfae
Thedevieinterfae
YoureachthedeviceinterfacebyenteringtheIPaddressofthedeviceinawebbrowser.
Note
Supportforthefeaturesandsettingsdescribedinthissectionvariesbetweendevices.
Showorhidethemainmenu.
Accesstheproducthep.
Changetheanguage.
Setightthemeordarktheme.
Theusermenucontains:
•Informationabouttheuserwhoisoggedin.
•Changeuser:Logoutthecurrentuserandoginanewuser.
•Logout:Logoutthecurrentuser.
Thecontextmenucontains:
•Analyticsdata:Accepttosharenon-personabrowserdata.
•Feedback:Shareanyfeedbacktohepusimproveyouruserexperience.
•Legal:Viewinformationaboutcookiesandicenses.
•About:Viewdeviceinformation,incudingrmwareversionandserianumber.
•Legacydeviceinterface:Changethedeviceinterfacetotheegacydeviceinterface.
Status
NTPsync
ShowsNTPsynchronizationinformation,incudingifthedeviceisinsyncwithanNTPserverandthetimeremainingunti
thenextsync.
NTPsettings:CicktogototheDateandtimepagewhereyoucanchangetheNTPsettings.
Deviceinfo
Showsdeviceinformation,incudingrmwareversionandserianumber.
Upgradermware:CicktogototheMaintenancepagewhereyoucandoarmwareupgrade.
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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.
CicktoshowI/Ooutputports.Usetheswitchtoopenorcosethecircuitofaport,forexampetotestexterna
devices.
CicktomanuayturnonorturnofftheIRiumination.
Cicktoaccessonscreencontros:
•Predenedcontrols:Turnontousetheavaiabeonscreencontros.
•Customcontrols:CickAddcustomcontroltoaddanonscreencontro.
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.
•Pixelcounter:Cicktoshowthepixecounter.Dragandresizetheboxtocontainyourareaofinterest.Youcan
asodenethepixesizeoftheboxintheWidthandHeighteds.
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•Refresh:Cicktorefreshthestiimageintheiveview.
Cicktoshowtheiveviewatfuresoution.Ifthefuresoutionisargerthanyourscreensize,usethesmaerimageto
navigateintheimage.
Cicktoshowtheivevideostreaminfuscreen.PressESCtoexitfuscreenmode.
Installation
Capturemode:Acapturemodeisapresetcongurationthatdeneshowthecameracapturesimages.Whenyouchange
thecapturemode,itcanaffectmanyothersettings,suchasviewareasandprivacymasks.
Mountingposition:Theorientationoftheimagecanchangedependingonhowthecameraismounted.
Powerlinefrequency:Seectthefrequencythatisusedinyourregiontominimizeimageicker.TheAmericanregions
usuayuse60Hz.Therestofthewordmostyuses50Hz.Ifyou'renotsureofyourregion'spowerinefrequency,check
withtheocaauthorities.
Rotate:Seectthepreferredimageorientation.
Zoom:Usethesidertoadjustthezoomeve.
Autofocusarea:Cicktoshowtheautofocusarea.Thisareashoudincudetheareaofinterest.
Autofocus:Cicktomakethecamerafocusontheseectedarea.Ifyoudon’tseectanautofocusarea,thecamerafocuses
ontheentirescene.
Resetfocus:Cicktomakethefocusreturntoitsoriginaposition.
Focus:Usethesidertosetthefocusmanuay.
Imagecorrection
Important
Werecommendyounottousemutipeimagecorrectionfeaturesatthesametime,sinceitcaneadtoperformanceissues.
Barreldistortioncorrection(BDC):Turnontogetastraighterimageifitsuffersfrombarredistortion.Barredistortion
isaenseffectthatmakestheimageappearcurvedandbentoutwards.Theconditionisseenmorecearywhentheimageis
zoomedout.
Crop:Usethesidertoadjustthecorrectioneve.Aowerevemeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpenseof
imageheightandresoution.Ahigherevemeansthatimageheightandresoutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
Removedistortion:Usethesidertoadjustthecorrectioneve.Puckermeansthattheimagewidthiskeptattheexpense
ofimageheightandresoution.Boatmeansthatimageheightandresoutionarekeptattheexpenseofimagewidth.
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lectronicimagestabilization(IS):Turnontogetasmootherandsteadierimagewithessbur.Werecommendyou
touseEISinenvironmentswherethedeviceismountedinanexposedocationandsubjecttovibrationsdueto,forexampe,
windorpassingtrafc.
Focallength:Usethesidertoadjustthefocaength.Ahighervaueeadstohighermagnicationandanarrowerange
ofview,whieaowervaueeadstoaowermagnicationandawiderangeofview.
Stabilizermargin:Usethesidertoadjustthesizeofthestabiizermargin,whichdeterminestheeveofvibrationto
stabiize.Iftheproductismountedinanenvironmentwithaotofvibration,movethesidertowardsMax.Asaresut,asmaer
sceneiscaptured.Iftheenvironmenthasessvibration,movethesidertowardsMin.
Straightenimage:Turnonandusethesidertostraightentheimagehorizontaybyrotatingandcroppingitdigitay.The
functionaityisusefuwhenit’snotpossibetomountthecameraexactyeve.Ideay,straightentheimageduringinstaation.
:Cicktoshowasupportinggridintheimage.
:Cicktohidethegrid.
Theimagebeforeandafterithasbeenstraightened.
Image
Appearance
Sceneprole:Seectasceneproethatsuitsyoursurveiancescenario.Asceneproeoptimizesimagesettings,
incudingcooreve,brightness,sharpness,contrast,andocacontrast,foraspecicenvironmentorpurpose.
•Forensic:Suitabeforsurveiancepurposes.
•Indoor:Suitabeforindoorenvironments.
•Outdoor:Suitabeforoutdoorenvironments.
•Vivid:Usefufordemonstrationpurposes.
•Trafcoverview:Suitabeforvehicetrafcmonitoring.
Saturation:Usethesidertoadjustthecoorintensity.Youcanforexampegetagrayscaeimage.
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Contrast:Usethesidertoadjustthedifferencebetweenightanddark.
Brightness:Usethesidertoadjusttheightintensity.Thiscanmakeobjectseasiertosee.Brightnessisappiedafterimage
capture,anddoesn’taffecttheinformationintheimage.Togetmoredetaisfromadarkarea,it’susuaybettertoincrease
gainorexposuretime.
Sharpness:Usethesidertomakeobjectsintheimageappearsharperbyadjustingtheedgecontrast.Ifyouincreasethe
sharpness,itmayincreasethebitrateandtheamountofstoragespaceneededaswe.
Widedynamicrange
WDR:Turnontomakebothbrightanddarkareasoftheimagevisibe.
Localcontrast:Usethesidertoadjustthecontrastoftheimage.Ahighervauemakesthecontrasthigherbetween
darkandightareas.
Tonemapping:Usethesidertoadjusttheamountoftonemappingthatisappiedtotheimage.Ifthevaueissetto
zeroonythestandardgammacorrectionisappied,whieahighervaueincreasesthevisibiityintheimage.
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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.Thisisthe
recommendedsettingwhichcanbeusedinmostoutdoorsituations.
•Custom–indoors:Fixedcooradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiaightotherthanuorescentighting
andgoodforanormacoortemperaturearound2800K.
•Custom–outdoors:Fixedcooradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacoortemperaturearound
5500K.
•Fixed–uorescent1:Fixedcooradjustmentforuorescentightingwithacoortemperaturearound4000K.
•Fixed–uorescent2:Fixedcooradjustmentforuorescentightingwithacoortemperaturearound3000K.
•Fixed–indoors:Fixedcooradjustmentforaroomwithsomearticiaightotherthanuorescentightingand
goodforanormacoortemperaturearound2800K.
•Fixed–outdoors1:Fixedcooradjustmentforsunnyweatherconditionswithacoortemperaturearound5500K.
•Fixed–outdoors2:Fixedcooradjustmentforcoudyweatherconditionwithacoortemperaturearound6500K.
•Streetlight–mercury:Fixedcooradjustmentforutravioetemissioninmercuryvaporightscommon
instreetighting.
•Streetlight–sodium:Fixedcooradjustmentthatcompensatesfortheyeoworangecoorofsodiumvapor
ightscommoninstreetighting.
•Holdcurrent:Keepthecurrentsettingsanddonotcompensateforightchanges.
•Manual:Fixthewhitebaancewiththehepofawhiteobject.Dragthecircetoanobjectthatyouwant
thecameratointerpretaswhiteintheiveviewimage.UsetheRedbalanceandBluebalancesiderstoadjustthe
whitebaancemanuay.
Day-nightmode
IR-cut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.
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Allowillumination:Turnontoetthecamerausethebuit-inightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticaysynchronizetheiuminationwiththesurroundingight.Thesynchronization
betweendayandnightonyworksiftheIR-cutterissettoAutoorOff.
Automaticilluminationangle:Turnontousetheautomaticiuminationange.
Illuminationangle:Usethesidertomanuaysettheiuminationange,forexampeiftheangeneedstobedifferent
fromthecamera’sangeofview.Ifthecamerahasawideangeofview,youcansettheiuminationangetoanarrowerange,
whichequasagreaterteeposition.Thiswiresutindarkcornersintheimage.
IRwavelength:SeectthedesiredwaveengthfortheIRight.
Whitelight
Allowillumination:Turnontoetthecamerausewhiteightinnightmode.
Synchronizeillumination:Turnontoautomaticaysynchronizethewhiteightwiththesurroundingight.
xposure
xposuremode:Seectanexposuremodetoreducerapidychangingirreguareffectsintheimage,forexampeickerproduced
bydifferenttypesofightsources.Werecommendyoutousetheautomaticexposuremode,orthesamefrequencyasyour
powernetwork.
•Automatic:Thecameraadjuststheaperture,gainandshutterautomaticay.
•Automaticaperture:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay.Theshutterisxed.
•Automaticshutter:Thecameraadjuststheshutterandgainautomaticay.Theapertureisxed.
•Holdcurrent:Locksthecurrentexposuresettings.
•Flicker-free:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay,andusesonythefoowingshutter
speeds:1/50s(50Hz)and1/60s(60Hz).
•Flicker-free50Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay,andusestheshutterspeed1/50s.
•Flicker-free60Hz:Thecameraadjuststheapertureandgainautomaticay,andusestheshutterspeed1/60s.
•Flicker-reduced:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfasterthan
1/100s(50Hz)and1/120s(60Hz)forbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced50Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/100sforbrighterscenes.
•Flicker-reduced60Hz:Thisisthesameasicker-free,butthecameramightuseshutterspeedsfaster
than1/120sforbrighterscenes.
•Manual:Theaperture,gainandshutterarexed.
xposurezone:Theexposurezonetesthecameratoprioritizeimagequaityinthemostimportantpartofthescene.Seectthe
partofthesceneofgreatestinteresttocacuatetheautomaticexposureeves,forexampetheareainfrontofanentrancedoor.
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